The New York Herald Newspaper, September 25, 1863, Page 2

a 8 ‘ W YORK HEM. ——— se Sees Z Army of the snste Of desperation, the enemy fieoing from ous urn fully cas your at in retura, fue aszcontivn ap in ty co.coutraty of force may oliow ing y formed by a few poreena by the . inevitable d graduatiy the contrabands witbia our line: t J prowet! mn pit had Kiown inte quite & Corpo CO. .8INY vround Uy ‘Tho same ships, ai of wt teh Hou, doing au inmecse busige st bought largo quan- —influcnee that has pre 10 destiny of the Amo- foulty for Wo wa ities @f cortom, and sold cousiderable supplies ‘© the rien republic thro 8 Of war and treason ani doplore the evil, and leave tt your wisdn t country A part of its wagons. bo eds, 0 ,&e, were Stil! protects it, ‘Treason is undoubtedly in ite last Darox vicearemedy. ti & grest e trabaud a Seiced. bot mony of them were run off on our approach. | Yst; we may almost now see the son of liberty" oneo leit entirely to the morey and \ > bu thonsand bales of ution to pre- | More breaking forth unelouced in all its radiane -, -hodde pod pert of our veut ite falli g inte de, On every side its pormeating and Vitalizing was ith. though kown, and fami unload 4 atanc ‘or nothin nvorfei money, ir Servs wyed by the government as t:araster, rywe, (tbe t videbted to ‘or the orphan child here has become notorious for Aith, 1 brutal whipptog, eo that the con trbands have ios all hope of Kind treviment thero, and Would almost as soon go to their gravor as to this Losital, These nes, reported to us by persons in whom wo have confidence, aud some of which we know to be true, are bat a fow of the many wxones of whch they compliiv, For tho sake of humanity, for the guke of Christianity, for the good naine of our army, for tho honor of our couutry, cannot something be done to pra- vent this oppression, and to stop its demoraliving iuflu. enco upon the soldiers themsel Some have sugested the ma’ter be ‘aid before the Department at Wash ton, in the hope that they will clothe our agent with authority to register all the names of the contrabands; who will hove @ beoevolent regard for their we.fire; through whom all details of fatigue and working parties shall be mate; through whom rations muy bo draws and | money paid, and who ghail be empowered to organize schools on: to make all needful rezulations for the com: | fort and -imp emont of the condition of the coutra- bands: who shall be open at all times for in- spection, and who shail make stated reports to the Depart anent. SAMUS SAWYER, ) | PEARL P. INGALL, + Committee, .G. FORMAN, | PURPOSKS OF 148 NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN REGARD TO TEE NEGRO, Soon after this document was adopted, and of caurs ode- | fended, public sentiment began to change favorably to. | ward the colored peoplo; and, upon tho assignment of General Prentiss to command this post, the government | found a military officer in bim prompt and faithful to execute its will, Thon Adjutant General Thomas came, and before the assembled officers and men convened in Fort Curtis, he sot forth the fixed purposes of the admin- istration with reference to tho nogro:—To take tho able bodied mon for soldiers, to perform garrison and fatigue duty, and to distribute tho rest under circumstances the | most favoruble towards their own support. The officers of the First reziment Arkansas Volunteers, A. D.—i. ¢., of African descent—were aunounced, and by tens, by fifties and by hundreds the men rallied around them, ‘they were dressed in uniform, they saved our brave aud worn soldiers an immense amount of fatigue labor, and the entire army here became a unit in favor of tho Adju- tant Goneral’s plan, Whéu the First colored regiment of Arkansas troops was ordered to Lake Providence, La. they left of course a large numbor of wo. men and children on the hands of the Superia- fendent of Contrabands to be looked after and cared for. Tho vfficers of the Second colored regiment woro ap. polled, and have, up to the present time, about five | hun¢rea mustered men in their ranks, Some of the time 8 many as one thousand five hundred and fifty men, wo- mon and children have been drawing rations from the Commissary hore, but by shipmenis to =t. Louis, Mo , to meet the demands for labor there and at other points, tho numbe; hay boon reduced to lesg thgn four hundred, XCM KR OF CONTRARANDS AT HBLENA. »2%e are throo thousand six hundred contrabands i} ‘within our lines at Helena, Of this number three thou- fand two hundred are self-sustaining. Many of them are accumulating property. As draymea, hostlers, private | eervants, keepers of “shel or small sutlers’ shops, they {ill the bill exactly, and they could net well be dis | with, As they ‘accumulate wealth they will take | part inevery variety of business. Some colored firms Hore are making hundreds of doliars per week. Take | away every form of opproasi aiid, ft appear: ances, they. wil'make Mire iseey for the ae eats tuan the native white population of the South. THK PLANTATION SYSTEM. ‘The commissioner to lease abandoned plantations in Arkansas commenced his operations too late in the season to eeoure the most important results. ho rebels and guerillas, too, have been hovering too near Helena, until ; ‘very recently, to make it altogether pleasant or safe to | work the farms deserted by their original owners. And yet a good boginning has beon made. For over ten miles Fouth on the Mississippi bank plantations bave been doased, and over twelve hundred acres of cotton now rowing handsomely, Fifty acres will be ready foe the | pickers to commence wor! ua 8 foptnight, whole | crop will be bagged’ and LFought to Helotia to be ginned, baled and thrown tuto the market. A gin building ts gor jug up for this purpose, and baling material hag already beon ordered for shipment. BORO PLANTERS. Thero ure fow white lessees. Nine-tenths of them al aré Golored men, and the profits of their labor wil! be paid iuto their own hands, Some of them will make one thou- sand, aome two, three, four and even five thousand dollars for their summor’s {abor, and they will richly earn it. ‘Whey baye totied early und lato, working harder and mors industriously, because more hopefully, than when the; were slaves. ' William Anderson, of Iowa, lossee of Pillow farm, was captured, with bis foreman and nine mules, and started on the way to Texas, The leader of the suoriilas coolly remarked to Mr. Anderson that as he Feomod to hive a taste for growing cotton be would give him au opportuuity to use the hoe in the Lone Star State. Many mules ond horses bave been taken from lessees and jaborors, it is true, but still, at the risk of about three thousand dollars the government will sec raiged, on the plan adopted, turee hundred thousand dollars worth of cotton, The emount of corn planted was very email, for fear that the roasting ears would be plucked by the itine- rant eoldiery, loyal and disloyal, Should the plan of the Adjutant General with reference to abandoned planta. tions be prosecuted another year, I may be able to send you a much more graphic report. But so far, 80 good, | Mr. S. Cadwa. Vicesuuns, Mixt QUIET RKIGNS SUPREME, Ato time since the commencement of tke war bis there beon £0 little to write about in this department. Duluess, orpidity and stagnation aro manifest overy- whore. There is absolutely nothing doing ta this dis- trict beyond tho legitimate quartermaster’s commis. earies’ and sutlers’ functions, Ali trade ts prohibited in thecity, Not a store, grocery or restaurant can bel found in the place, and but few branches of mechanical industry can be prosecuted, owing to the lack of stock and the difficulty of obtaining any, No lectures, no con certs, no theatres aro allowed to amuse, instruct or d e- Bauch ‘The steong arm of military powor is over all nnd prohibits all, The streets are vigilantly patrolled pight.and fday by cavalry, and tafantry guarts are stationed at nearly half the street fnterses- tions in the city Officers, privates and civilians ore com polled to show written permission to pags about by day, cor's Despatch » Sept. 8, 1863. | artery to invite tho eacrificial immolation of self upon the | the poignant blow wis given, a barrier of glistening steol | was Mr. Del. Candolph Ketm’s Despatohes. Meant, Toon, Sept, 14, 1868, DIOR"ANT CHANGK IN THR REDSL IATARY POLICY. At length the gloom and uncertainty that for more than © yOars have lowored upon the airs of the republic show siges of spredy dissipation, and an early rejoiciug in the rejuvenation of a new epoch. From Sumter to the cainpaizn of July last the nation seemed wrapped in an fvevitable destruction, Sorae dire fatality Seemed to look down apon tt with aa impatient, aa in exorabie determination, like the death scone of man, ‘The People Stood at Lhe bedside of the republic, watching the irregalar pulsstions of its every function; the throes of iar discord, the monstrous cnormities of human pas the jarriny of sectional interests, the anguish of a disvevered fraternity, the teccblike voraciousness of po litioal parasites, the abortion of despicable, ambitious and selfish asptratious—all these, and a hundred more eynally as potent agents of destruction, they wit. nosed at work upon its tenacious vitality, en- feeb tog its vigor, shattering its constitution, and hurl- jog it to the very verge of federal dissolution, unayoida- ble ruin and an eternity of sanguinary, hideous anarchy. Bat hope and will—those two unconquerable mediums while there is life —degerted not the patriots, the Glial baud that stood by the writhing form of the nition, aud bared their arma, their breasts; pul forth thoir life p sion altar to save Liberty, (h-ir goddess. In an instant after hod sprung up. ‘The tread of mtantry, the clash of horse, the rumble of artillery, wore heard from Kast to West, tho full breadth of the land. It tho grim-visaged God of Pattles frown- ing upon impious treason, His voice was soon heard -in the tumult of war. And now, amid the continued tread of armies we hear a wail of lamenta- tion and woo from tho vanquished desecrators of our government, which will echo through all cternity as a warning and racollection of a righteous retribution. Tae DAWN OF THAT NEW ERA for which was sacrificed the blood and treasure of tho country) is beginning to appear. The fruition of that bope which could not be extinguished, the reeling of treagon, the expiring of rebellion, tho destruction of a people led by the miscarried monstrosities of a disap- pointed and ambitious oligarchy, the political fabric of the insurgent government torn into shreds, its financial schemes moet miserable failures, its social organism re- duced to a balderdash of criminality and corruption, its Iccal institutions irrevocably ruined. And now, in the midst of all this discord, they put forth their last effort for the success of the rebellion. ‘THE POLICY OF THR ENEMY. It is evidently the policy of the enemy to concentrate the forces he has scattered over Mississippi, parts of Ten. nessee, Alabama, and along the Guif, even extending its working t> the States of the Atlantic coast, and combin 1 hem in one gigantic mass with which to overwhelm the Army of the Cumberland and repel its gradual approrch to the very vitals of the rebellion. We have this u:on such exoellont authority that it seems without doubt this | Mexrms, Tenn ,Sopt 15, 1863. Arrival of Brigadier General Tu'tie— News fo Wittle Rock Reported Reacualed—The Preriy Forty Miles—iransfer of Ellel’s Mar Army—Lis Activity—A Raid Into itissiesi ture of a Ketel Vaymaster with « Large 3 Election in Tennessee, de. Brig. Gon. Tuttle, div army, and candidate tor arrived hore today from i time among bis friends commiand on the lower afi Hecwalorial efi¢e in fowa, Norta, having passot somo The Geverad returns to his ssippl, 10 await the issue of tho political contest in which be is one of the prominent | e. obaraciers, Even if be be successful in the election, it is supposed he will continue his services in the field until the last moment, and then retire from @ life uf usefulness in the army 10 one administrative of the executive autbority Of the State of his citizenship, By the latest arrivais from bolow we receive a liltlo in- formation as to the tendency of matters there, Thoro is cousiderable excitement and preparation going on con- tinually in tho southora part of General Grant's do- minions, but not of a nature to allow the unbridling of our knowledge concerning it. We havo credible accounts from White river, ia which wo find that the enemy has abandoned the territory north | of the White and Arkanras rivers, evacuating Littlo Rock, | and estublisbing himselt about thirty miles in a southerly direction, in a position called Fort Washington. Thero it is eaid bo is busily fortilying, aod declares he will not Give up another toch of ground without we fight for it. However, little anticipation is thoro on our part of such a desirable oppottunity. Our officers fear the enomy will keop falling back pon our approach, and thus dep-ive hein of the anxiously sought for en- gagement, which ja all probability would be docisive as regards the biottiog out of rebel rule in Arkansas. Brigadier oral Eilovs famous and indefatigable marine di ixadc, which, ever since its first incoption by the older Kilet,'luss been part of the navy, has been transferred to Genoral Grant, and will henooforth be sub- ject to his orders. The brigade since its first campaign has been deci edly active, and hag done more, porhaps, than any like number of men, to keep the guerillas from the river. Its latest performance was a raid, a few days Binco, into Sississipp!. ‘the expedition was composed of the cavalry arm of the brigade, avd commanded by Licutenant Colonel G. E. Currie. Tho party penetrated about forty miles, and re- turned the gamo night, bringing with them somo rich prizes. Among them wore a rebel pene. named Clemson, and his clerk, The Gnancisl gentleman, when surprised, was pursuing his way in one of Uncle Sam's mail coaches, which bly was ono of the many appropriations of that individual's property made at tho Dboginuing of the war. Upon being requested to halt, the gentioman did so, and to his astonishment saw himsolf and his guard in possession of the cavalry of the M. M. B. It was found that the paymasier had with him a amount of funds, stated at one million two hundred thousand dollars in rebel shinplasters, and 8 draft, payable at Alexandria, La. , for 8 million more. It was discovered, when captured, that Clemson and his party were en rote for Bolivar Landing, on the river, at which polut they proposed to cross into Arkansas. ‘The funds in their possession were for the payment of the allied armies of Price,Smith & Company. A number of despatches wore algo taken. They were from the rebel Department of War to the general officersc mmand- dng in the trans-Missiasippi territory. ‘The entire cap ture of men and arms wag three commissioned officers, eighteen privates and about forty stand of arms. work is now going on; and, in addition to all this, such a course is 80 natural to a posple reduced to the despe- ration of the South that, from the very existence of circumstances, it would suggest itself. In view therefore, of this newly adopted policy , we learn from al quarters east of the Mississipp! river that the troops of the insurgents are pouring into the army of Bragg, whose position is made a kind of rendezvous for their widely separated forces. A féw troops, however, aro still ro- tained in the theatre of operations given up, im order to check our ready advance and lead our generals to believe the contrary of the real movements going on. However, they are not quite so biind as all this indicates. It seems to be positively known that Jobnston, in Lower Mississipp!, is moving gagtward, and taking with him all ¢he different commands here and there and everywhere dispersed, according to bis deas of military, operations. ‘hors BOM, Lowover, Fe- mains an occupying force of heya! soap stiapaipre an insignificant number of cavalry. ‘a force amusds itself scouring the country lately Cop iS by thoir troops, Bs tga ts wherever an able-bodied man can f ay tion array i ney Bosecran: ary Be a ace ito withdr: rs yea logitimate matorial of the Soutl of tho Department of the Southwest lying oast of the Mississippi river. This country to their despicable outrages—perhsps rightfully visiting the sing of rebellion upon their own peop! ; bo required to keop a large force in tho department and bik od our troops to coutipne their most vigorous exer- j them to swell tho ranks of opposi- mil ‘i ot “the 70 ighting from that part belng the case, guerilla bands spring up and subject the To meet tho demands of thisstate of things we will tio CONDITION OF AFFAIRS. In Jooking over the conaition of affairs in the different States, we find a growing popular sontiment for the better, in West Tennessee the peo: ple have already taken incipient measures to have restored to them the authority of the old government. Legitimate military operations have entirely ceased. The outiaws and bandits who now prowl through the country and live by robbing their friends are but thé offscourings of socioty and the army, and, even aside from their impious proceedings, aro on this account hated by the pe Tn some sections tho citizens have taken up arms against them, and have been successful, Guerilla ronegades only slay and destroy where there is no opposi- vion, or a vastly inferior force. One more ec on our part, backed by a firm, unflivebing, necessary policy, would cloar this part of the State of every vestige of ro- pellion and open the way to a speedier aud more certain restoration of Tennessee to the country. ‘THE KERRLLION IN ARKANSAS, Jn Arkansas we find the rebellion as dep!orably situated as it-could be at this stage of the beginning of the end. Discouragement and the gradual closing in of expeditions from the east. under Steele and Davidson, and from the northwest under Blunt, bave so far disheartened the ene my that it is said the troops of Price and Smith are fail- | ing back towards the South, in order to preserve a more eligble opening in the rear. Their ermy is disor ganized and under poor discipline, and the utmost severity is practised to keep Uhe men from degerting. ‘ eam 1s @ list of the officers commanding the rigade:— Brigadier General Alfred W. Etlet, commander. Colonel Charles R, Ellet, commander of infantry. Lieutenant Colonel George F. Currie, of infantry. Major J. M. Hubbard, commander of cavalry. Captain D. P. Walling, commander of artillery. ‘eee Colonel John A. Ellet, commander of ram I. Captain J. R. Crandall, military executive officer. Captain Samuat Hendricks, fleet beep master. Lieutenant Edward C. Ellet (son of General), aid-de- camp to General Ellet. It is expectod Governor Johnson will soon take measures: to bring about an election of members of the Legislature, a8 requested a short time since by the State committec. New Publication: The following is a list of the n ublications received ee Fe re rare «are years’ residence in Japan, by Sir Rutherford Alcock, hor Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plentpoten- tiary in Japan. Illustrated with maps and engravings, two vols. Published by Harper & Brothers. WHO J8 GiNELAL CILEECRE? pore Some Account or the Soldier Who is ' Astonishing the World by His Operations at Charleston. | General Quincy Adams Gillmoro, the commander of the forces engaged in the attack upon the defences of Charies” Loraine county, Ohio, during the year 1828, and is there fore but thirty-five years of age. | - MIS BARLY ROUCATION AND ADMISSION INTO WeST POINT. He went t school in Elyria, Ohio, at which placo he academic education, On leaving school bis parents chose | this choice his friends, like those of many other youths, told bim to go it he pleased; but the son had.no money. him with the money.”” He promised to do his best, and started on his military career by entering the West Point meucement of the Mexican war. HIB GRADUATION AND OLASSMATRS re After four years’ atudy, during the whole of which time ho kept himse’ among the distinguished cadois, young Gillmore, who bad attaived the age of manhood, gradu- ated, as be had promised his father he would try to do, “at the head of his class,” on the 30ih of July, 1849, Tho class contained forty-three membera, among whom we find sevoral who havo distiaguished themseives during the present war. Second in tho class was John G. Parko, of Pennsylvania, nOW a major goueral, | commanding the Ninth army corps; fourth stood Thomas J. Haines, of New Hampshire, now a colonel on the sta Abealom Baird, of Pennsylvania, was niuth, and is now a general of division under Rosecrans;. Milton Coggewell, of Indiana, stood eleventh, and was recently colonel of the Tammany regiment, of this city; Chauncey MoKeover, of Maryland, was fourteenth, and is now Assistant Adjutant General on tho staff; Rufus Saxton, of Massachusetts, stood eighteenth, and is now a brigadier general in General Gillmoro’s department; Edward McKean Hudson, of Uon- necticut, the twenty-second, was recently colonol on Genero! McClellan's staff; Richard W. Johnson, of Ken- tucky, who ranked thirtieth, is now a general of division under General Rosecrans; Samuol RB. Holabird, of Conneo ticut, standing thirty-first, 1s now a colonel on tho staff; and numerous other officers engaged ia the service, either on the Union or rebel side of the lino, were classmates of young Gillmore. It wil thus be seen that to keep at the head of go large and influential a class required somewhat of patience and perseverance in his studies and precision in bis genorat habits. HB ENTERS THE ARMY—WEST POINT INSTRUCTOR. On the 1st day of July, 1849, ho ontered the regular army of the United States, with a brevet second licuten- ancy of engineers—the highost grado of service. Ho was attached to the United St»tes Engiveer corps then engaged in the orection of defences along the coasts, and Lieutenant Gillmore was detailed on tho fortitications then being construsted in Hampton Roads. He remained at this station until 1852, meanwhile receiving his (ull rank of eecond lieutenant of engineors. He was next appointed, during 1852, one of the | academic staff at the Military Academy at West Poiat, | holding the position of Assistant Instructor in Practicat Fngineering—a very important appointmont, considering his youth and the shortness of tho tino be had been in actual service, and a testimonial of his good qualities as ‘an evgineor officer. WEST POINT QUARTERMASTER AND TREASURER—EROMOTION. During the early part of 1856 he was appointed to the responsible position of Quartermaster and Treasurer of the Military Academy at West Point, On tho Ist of July, 1856, he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant of the Corps of Engineers, and was detailed upon the de- fences of New York harbor. At tho time of his promo- tion the following general officers of the present war held the rank appended to their names in the same corps as Lieutenant Gillmore:—Brigadier General Jobn 8. Barnard, captain; Brigadier Geveral Ges. W. Cullum, captain; Brig- The Social Condition and Education of the People in England. By Joseph Kay, Esq.,and published by Har- per & Brothers, Tuo Cotton Trade of Jodie. Relng & series of otters Emith> ‘Published by Eilingham Wilson. Liverpoo: wn. A etory of the Light Lands. By J.C. Published by Harper & Brothers. t_ aud Dark of the Rebellion, Published by George Childs, Philadelphia. Victor Hugo Raconte. Par un tomoin deo sa vie. lizhed by Chas. Lassalle, 92 Walker street. The American Annual Cyciopadia and Register cf Im portent Events of tho year 1862. eo ti political, military and social affairs, public documents, biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, ecience, ngricnl- ture and’ mechanical industry. Vol. 2. Published by D. Appleton & Co. — Harper's New Monthly Magazine for September. A Manual of Instructions for isting and Discharging Soldiers, with speciat reference to the medical examina- tions ef recruits and tho detection of disqualifying and feigned diseases. By Reyert Bartholow, M.D. Published by J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphi Shoulder Straps. A novel of New York and the Army of 1862. By Henry Moriord. T, &. l’eterson & Brothers, Philadelphia, Hospital Sketches Ry L. M. Alcott. Published by James Redpath, Boston, For sale by James J. Spellman, New York, Stonewall Jackson, The Life and Military Careor of ‘Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Lieutenant General in the Confederate Army. By Markinfleld Addey. Published by Charles T. Evans. ‘The Knickerbocker Month'y Magazine tor September. The London Quarterly Review: American edition. Pab- lished by Leonard Scott & Co., New York. The Poor Girl: or, the Marchioness and her Secret. A novel. By Pierce Egan, F'sq. Published by Dick & Fitzgerald. . Poems and Ballads of Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Trans- Live it Dor Jeaffreson, ‘The a i Pub- Disease aaso is doing its work. Fevers and ague pre vailto an alarming extent, The meu aro dying like sheep. Evory kind of medicines useful in wiasmatic diseases bas been exbansted. in fact the condition of the enemy hero is pitiable in the extreme. ‘With these insurmountable realities staring them in the face, the entire abandooment of Arkansas is con templated, Its capita! will not be defended. The State {s at the mercy of cur arms. ONK VERY IRRESISTIDLE ARGUMENT, aside from the reports of pergons lately from Little Rock, and also the corroborative testimony of retugoes, is the fact of the destruction of property, the driving or carry- ing off of cattie and previsions from the districts which would most probably be visited by our troops. This, we learn, is now going on in a somewhat ny: 4 manner, ‘and ore this it is thought the army itself is following. It then remains for our troops to occupy, hold open thei lines of communication and institute new expeditions. ir and to have the countersign by eiglt o'clock in the even tag. Tho city is more rigorously policed than any in tho department, and probably needs loss than any of equal sivo. It Kina been foo from tumult, excitement or threat ened disorder of auy kind, among either citizens or gol- diers, and no adc quate reason is apparent for the severity of its goverpmont, WXPEDITION® TO LOUISIANA, Beyoud # sual expedition through two or three coun {ca of Louisiana, between this aud Monroo, on Wachita rivor, tho troops at this post have enjoyed unbroken ro poso for weoks, On tho 26th of Augoet Brigadior General Jobu D. commanding Genera Togan'’e (Third) General McPherson's Seventh army corps, with a detachment of cavalry con. sisting of Goveral Grant's cReort battalion and four com- panies of the Second Wiscovsin, left Goodrich’s Landing, én tho right bask of the Mississippi, about fifty miles from here, and etrack westward for tho purpore of rout ing tho rebol forces in the counties bordertag on tho river. The cavalry was commanded by Maor k. ). Osband, and cam vpon Captain Parsou's camp on the 37th THR RNERY KeTRRATED fn em » procipitately nothin equipoge io our banda, at the crossing of i ? Capon’s cavalr; Colowsl Capon ms eee th 4 escapod. broken up and destro: to retard our advance waseven throateued at w bot camp ed of our approach at yoleavalry seemed content to hover in trout, dis see eva tow ra.dom shows fro the joglor at inter brossiows, abd convey tho intelligence of our appronch 6 these beyood. Montoe was reached and found avacn ato, The evemy’s cavalry wor drawn up iy fine of bat yorite aide of the river, but formed tute ter tring three ight ond Tange Ne robe! infantry could be found to whe section of coun try traversed, and it eeome probable none have been per: manontly stationed there aince the war began, Strotling companies ond detachment iry have been con Btantly poxetne and repassing through the country, the dread allke of friend and foe. Finding a9 opposing forees aoywhere Sterameon returned four days ago with bia command, without the joem of a men io battle. ne member of Co, D. fourth Titaole exralee was wounded In Jouisiaoa a large nuinber of the responsitie @iehoy mm the breast with baetenes, snd wo horses werd men are imploring the government to take tho k . This was the sur total of convaition, State back. if interceta and the estates, and Datween forty and fi'ty prisoners wore captured, and evorythiug else, havo Fuflored under the iniquitous rule of rout one bungred horses and “oomfiseatod ‘c insurgents, And now they come to the old copatituuion ordore crap y oes =ry. 5 par ‘aod protection, where only such things are to duct of t ve . ine as beh ext ied y Gen. St rar eines. “on onder, 4 ta therefore weit nigh at band. Crippled or destroyed, BERR COTTON AvtocrATIO ¥, rebel inilnence has rest. Ane Sere monte Al Moni tion"? wae found Ina fioar. nnd wo may witoons the realeation fullest hopes of ishing cor autoa.” te oblecta were to buy aad transvort MILITART OPRPATIOND IN MISBISSIPPT since the surrender of Vicksburg bavo been of an active but desultory character, Johnaton has, until lately, kept up @ front of opposition, without possessing much backbone to support bim in event of a move- ment on our part. His army, io fact, has done little except to receive a sound thrashing at Jackson and retire out of harm's wer In the central ‘and northern parta of the State the rebeilion is alone re- “presented by an infinite number of gutter, however, very little materi rations. I think, with the confirmation which we bave the concentratin, Neo: now belong adopted by omy, we may consider eer relieved of any regu lar force of the enemy ; for there 1s not a particle of doubt that Jobnaton bar left hts old postition east of Jackson, and gore to Atlanta or elsewhere within convenient proximity of the army of Bragg. LOUISIANA ALL RIGHT, As for Louisiana, this State has almost ceased to attract attention, Ita chief cities in our possession, and the in- torior occupied by but an insignificant force of the enemy , we have no more trouble to anticipate here. CONSOLIDATION OF DREARTMRNTS The consolidation of Unis department with the Depart. ment of the Gulf elicits much talk, and seems to be very satiafactory to all parties. mmand will be en- troeted to Geveral Grant, while*Hauks, in all proba- bility, will reesive the administration of a new de- yartment, perhaps Texas, No action has yet boon taken, bat we may look any day for the entire com f tho Mississippi, from Cairo to the Balize, under ono officer This {8 a Natural consequence of the reopen ing of trade, in order to avoid the numerous cinsbings of orders which would inevitably result in the continued division of the command of the torr: along the river. As a result of the military aspect of irs in the South. woat—our own indubitable triumph and the enemy's irre- vocable deveat—we find the popular mind of the reclaimod States fast approaching that condition of acquiescence which will certainly result im the restoration of (he coveted harmony of States and communities. In Tennessee the work has already commenced and progresses vigorously, every day gaining moro strength Bumerically and in point of unanimity. In Mississippi the presence of disorganized banda cf the enemy. still keeps the popular sentiment in check. In some localities, however, where they are unhampered, the people aro beginning to apa Tu Arkaneas the’ people are heartened, and roady for any moasure tending to Aamoliorate their deplorable poverty stricken situation, the loyal niiod, Wo already 600, 10 the lam act adier General Henry W. Benham, captain; Brigadier Genoral Montgomery C. Meigs, captain; Brigadier General D. P. Woodbury, captain; rebel Genoral P. G. T. Boanre- gard, captain; Brigadier General Zealous B. Tower, cap- tain; Brigadier General H. G. Wright, captain; Major General Jobn Newton, capisin: Major General John @. Foster, first houtenant; Major General Jas. B. McPhor- 800, second ficutenant; Brigadier General Godirey Wolt- zel, second lieutenaas, &e, It will thus be seen th: Gevers| Gilmore, in the attack upon the Charleston de- fences, is contesting against the supposed superior skill of one of bis old captains. NEW YORK HARHOR—RXPRRIMENTS. From the time Lieutenant Gillmore left the Military Academy in 1856, until the breaking out of the rebellion in 1861, be was engaged upon certain duties tn the neigh- borhood of this city. Among other things he was en- trusted with the responsible duty of purchasing and for. warding materials to be used in the construction of forti fications. He was also associated with Major (since Gene ral) J. G. Barnard ia the construction of the new tort at Sandy Hook. During the years 1868 to 1861 inclusive he was ongaged in numerous experiments upon the merits of different times, hydraulic cements ard mortars, under the authority of the Engineer Bureau of the War Depart- ment. These experiments were completed in the summer of 1861, and bis ‘*Treatise on Limes, Hydraulic Cements and Mortars,’’ which contains the reports of these numer ovs experiments, forms a thick volume, cently published in octavo, edited by himself, by D. Van Nostrand, of this city. CAPTAIN OF BNGINRERS—STAFF OFMICKH. Hav'ng completed his experiments and made his off lated by W. Fdmonstoune Aytoun and Theodore Martin. Published by W. Gowans, New York. Sights A-Foot, By Wilkie Collins. son & Brothers, Philadel phit Blackwood’s Edinburg Magazine for August; American edition. Published by Leonard Scott & Co., New York. Fluctuations in the Price of Gold, from January to De- cember. The Westminster Review; American edition, Published ‘vy Leonard Scott & Co., New York. Hints on Health in Armies, for tho use of Volunteer Officers. Ordronanc, M.D. Published by Van Nostrand. The Bivouac and the Battle Field; or, Campaign Sketches in Virginia and Maryland. By George F. Noyes, Captain United States Army. Published by Harper & Brothers. Romola. A novel, By George Elliot, author of Adam Bede. Published by Harper & Brothors, The Atlantic Monthly for September. Squire Thevlyn’s Acir. A novel of domestic life. By Mra. Henry Wood. Published by F. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia. ‘The North British Review. Amorican edition. Publish- ed by Leonard Scott & Co., New York. Ave Maria. pawod ‘by Walter Roaselt Jobe ve Maria. Hymn, com, y * ston, Published by Firth, Pond & Co, McClellan and the Union. By Albert Fleming. Pub. lished by Wm. MeCarrell, Louisville, Ky I Love that Dear Old Flag the Best. Song and chorus, By kdward Rossiter. Music Md Frank Walters, Published by Lee, Walker & Co. , Philadelphia. Our two Years Boys. Patriotic song , composed by Lewis Steteher. Published D. 3. Holmes, Brooklyn. = The Dying Drummer Boy. Words by J.C. Koch; vy L. Crube. Lewis Orube, publisher, Brooklyn. Published by Peter- News from San Fancisco. Sax Francisco, Cal., Sept. 23, 1868. Arrived sbip Young America from Boston. Sailed ship Daring for Hong Kong, carrying!8,000 sacks of wheat and $37,000 in treasure, Also sailed at tenjo’clock this forenoon steamer Golden Age for Panama, carrying one hundred and fifty passengers for New York. ‘Tho Golden Age has also the following amounts in trea- s0ro:—$696,000 for England, $255,000 for New York and $500,000 for Panama. The latter \s shipped by Roths- childs? agents. The mates of passage are recuced as follows:.—$225 for tho first cabin, $102 for the second cabin aud $76 for the steerage. Newann, N. J., Sept, 24, 1863, ‘An oxtea train belonging to the Sassex Railroad ia coming down the road collided near Waterloo with an up freight train, The latter is said to Lave been entitled to the road, George Franks, Superintendent of the Sassex road, had both bis legs cut off, and Conductor Talmadge and brakeman Ammerman wore seriously injured. The engices are badly smashed. "ys ‘The Utica Observer says that James Matieck, of Western, Odevda county, =. of Major General HL. W. Halleck, died on Thursday, toe 17th instant, at the oxtra ordinary age of ove haudred and three years, cla! reports, be was, at his owa request, placed on more active duty, Ho was at first promoted to a captaincy in the Engineer Corps, to fillone of the places vacated by promotions and treasonable resignations, His commis- sion was dated August 6, 1861. During the ‘month of October, 1861, he Was appointed as chief engineer on the staff of General Thomas W. Sherman, who was detailed as commander of the division of expecitiovary troops to cc- cupy such parts of South Carolina as might be captured ton harbor, was born in tho township of Blick River, | for him the profession of a medical practitiover; but in | made a falso calculation. Young Gilmore did not like | this profession, and requested of his father that he should | with this matter and tho gun carringes wa Uld slip off, be sent to stucy for a military officer. His father | sinking up to their bubs in tho mire, ‘To ramegthem again on the planks powerful leverage and muck: lab” bad to His father (hon said, “If he would go to West Point and | be used. ‘The platforms being complete, the gua? Wore try to come out at the head of his class ho would furnish | placed in position, and by haif-past cight o'clock a! the | on tho 22d. nd bas been re | time tonger he was ordered Kast, and ste AT), PRIDAY, SEPYEMPER 25, 1863—TRIFLE SHEET. GUN RC ACGRD OVER A. MUD MAnS— ru MLOOK ADE COMPLETE. The giim fF (his batery wore transported across the under the personm,“UPerinteadence of Captain Gitlmore:— | The preces moawied © (heir carriages ond Hmbered up were moved forward &8 Sifting runways of planks | (adout fuxteen toot sdug, ome (ool wide aud three thick) laid emd go end. Fix Peces -one bowitaer twenty-pouaders ang thred bhirty-pounders—were {rene Ported across the marsh by &¥o separate partis from the Forty-eizhih New Berk Voluuteers, under command Of Major Bea:d and Lieutenant Witeon. one pair of planks in exgeas ol the number roquired for | the guus and timbers to: rest upon ogether. This extra pod &” Planks in front, in prolongation of aye already uador th carriaes, tho pieces were she ” thus freeing tho two planks in the rear» Which in tho’ turn were carried to the front, ‘Tlie ab oF was most f in the morning of February 12, 1862, were in readiness tog "PC! on the enomy. A dike waa thrown around tho battery Militarywicadomy as @ cadet, appointed from the State | prevent the action of the water, which, on the dug of th * of Obio during the year 1845, shortly before the com- | planting of the guns, rose to within eight inches of the | Sandbag surfuce. On the 13th the guns from Venus Poin, fired at tho rebot sicamer Ida as ghe passod down the river. Ou the 14th the battery was engaged by three rebel gunboats, one of which was struck ond the rest withdrew. Other batterios wore afterw ds planted, and the blockade was found to be as uear complete a3 possi ble. THE REDUCTION OF PULASKI. On the 19th of February Captain and Acting Goneray Gillmore was ordered to Tybeo Island, to blockade the ap- proaches to Fort Pulaski, which blockade was commenced It was found impossible to porfectly isolate the work, in consequence of the fact that light, portable boats could traverse the marshes, under cover of night, and thus evade the most rigid picketing that could be estab. lished, Several of these light craftsmen were ciught during the siege; but on the vory day of the fall of Pulaski ove of them étarted from the fort and made his way to Savannab. From the 2st of Fevruary to the 9th of April the troops under Gil!more’s command were ongoged in landing and transporting ordnance, ordnance stores and battery mate- rials, making fascines and roads, constructing batteries, magazines, &c. Tybee Island’ was also a mud marsh, with sevoral ridges of firm ground upon it. A cause- way, resting on fascines and brushwoed, had to be construeted acress the swamp, which occu, pied the major portion of the route from the landing placo,a distance of two and « half miles Over this narrow causeway, bordered on either aide by swamps, mortars and columbiads, exceeding cight tons in woight, had to be transported to the batteries by man- ual labor and in the dead of the night. The labor of this work was feariul, and the danger of the guna being over- turned and buried in tweive foet of mud was imminent. Tt took @ thousand mon to move four pieces. These men were guided by thé sound of a whistle, as_no one was al- fowed to speak. On April 9, 1862, everything was in readiness to-open fire, and orders were issued to commence the assault next morning. the orders, which were signed by Gen. Giil- more, designated not only the commanders of the batte- ries, but the elevation of the guns, the weight of the charges of powder to be used, and the exact moment of discharging the pieces. Just after sunrise a flag of truce was sent to the fort by Gen. Hunter, commanding the de- partment, demandiog a surrender, which being refusod, fire was opened upon the work at a quarter part cight o’clock, under the immediate direction of Gen. Gillmore. After & bombardment of ten hours and a half, the day closed with the perceptible result of a commenco- ment of a breach ip the easterly hal: of the pancoupe con- necting the south and southeast faces, On the morning of the 11th of April, a little after sun- rise, the attacking batteries again opened fire, and by noon two cleem :tea of the fort had been opened—that is, rendere:! unsa o for he active Operations of the defenders. Fire was thea covcentrated upon another embrasure, when the work ws surrendered by the onemy. The white flag vas hoisted at two o'clock in the afternoon, and tho fort occupied that evcuiag by the Union troops. Gene ral Gillmore’s report of bis operations in reducing this work (urms a very interesting volume, and is published im octavo, with illustrations, by D. Van Nostrand, of this city. BRIGADIRR GRNRRAL OF YOLUNTERRS—ORDERED WEST. For his success in reducing Fort Pulaski ho was re- warded with a commission of brigadier general of volun. teers, to date from Apri! 28, 1862. After serving in South Caroliaa for some litte time, he was recalied to Wasbing- ton, for the purpose of being placed in command of an ac- tive force in the field. During the month of September, 1862, he was ordered West, a3 commanier of the district of Westeru Virginia, forming part of the Department of the Ohio. He started and arrived at his new post, where he assumed commaad. He had searcely assumed the po- sition wheo he wus assigned to the command of a division of the Army of Kentucky COMMANDER AT LEXINGTON==De RATED VRGRAM’A RANE Ho was next placed in command of the forces occupy. ing the city of Lexington, Kentucky, ia which city ho speat the New Year's day of 1853, When the roxds were in asuch acondition that he could in any way move his troops he took the field, and when nowr Somerset, Ky., he met the reo! forces, uuder Brigadier General Pegram, These forces ed with a vigor that astonished them, and his assanit ended with their entire defeat, on March 20, 1363, After being in command for a short at the national capitil for a certain time awaiting orders, when be was ordered to South Carolma to | Hunter, then in command of the Departs meat of the Sorth. COMMANDER OF THK DRRART MENT OF THE BOUTR. On the 12th day of June, 1863, General Gillmore as- sumed command of the Pepariment of (he South and of the Tenth army corps. After occupying a tew days in making the proper arrangements necessary to the sumptiog of 80 important a command, he began to pro. pore for operations against the works of Charlestou harbor. He announced bis staff; but, from certain causes, be ong by tho ficct under Flag Officer Dupont. When the troops occupied Port Royal Island, Hilton Head, &c., Captain Gillmore immediately superintended the construction of such defensive works as were required to prevent the enemy from disturbing them in that occupation. The ‘value of these defences was several times tested by th advance of portions of the rebel forces, and always to the disadvantage of the agsatlante. BLOCKADE OF SAVANNAM RIVER—ENGINERRING DIFFICULTIES, Un the 29th of November, 1861, Capt Gillmore was directed by Gen, Sherman to make an examination of Tybee Island and Fort Pulaski, and to report upon the propriety of occupying and holding that island, and upon the practicability and best method of reducing tho fort. On December 1 be reported that the work could be reduced by planting batteries upon Tybee Ieland, and specified the est positions of location so as to concentrate their fro ‘upon the fort, The plan met with groat favor from Gen Sherman, and operations for investing the piace by the erection of batteries on the Savannah river above the ‘work wore set on foot about the middle of January, 1862. Capt. Gillmore was placed in command of the expedi tionary forces for the reduction of the fort, while Gen. Viele bad charge of the brigaile co-operating. On the 28th of January a reconnoiesance was made of Mud river and of the Savannah rivor shore of Jones island, which consisted of vothing better than a mud marsh, covered by roeds and tall grass generally, submerged at ordinary high tides, except a few spots of limited area on which was a partiaily dry crust, afow inches in depth, with a substratum of semi fluid mud, which waa agitated like jolly by oven the jumping of men or the ramming of earth. Whenever this crust gave way the men upon it would sink nearly bree feot in the mud by merely walk. ing across it. As a point of this island was selected for the erection of one of the batteries, it was doomed neces sary to build a causeway across the istand for military purposes. fo accomplish this the first six days of Feb: ruary were employed by the enaineer force in cutting poles, ten thousand in number,and in Ailing sandbags, was afterwards compelled to make some changes in the Hist. Colonel John W. Turnor was appointed chief of staff, and on the 26th of July was algo ,appointed chief of artillery. Other officers were selected, xmoug whom yas a chief engineer; but, to secure proper concert of action, General Gillmore decided to be his own chief engineer, with certain oMfcors ag assistants, But of this at the proper time and place. THE CAPTORR OF FOLLY ISLAND—UATTERIRS. As soon as General Gillmore had made sufficient ar. rangements for the propor working of the department he vistied Folly Is!and and examined it thoroughly, The oxaminftion being satisfactory, he at once set to work all the spare troops and transporte for the removal to that island of cannon, mortars and ammunition. ce were speedily constracted inder the personal supervision of oue of General Giilmore’s best artillery officers, and 80 tecretly was all this done that forty-five guns and mortars were mounted, the first lino in closed embrasures, before even the enemy was aware that avything more than a strong picket was on the island, Even bombproofs for the infantry supports wore constructed at the same time. The headquarters wore also removed to Folly Island, and preparations were mado to attack Morris Island on the morning of July 9, 1863; Dut the attack was postponed in consequence of rough weather, THM ATTACK AND CAPECRM OF MORRIS INLAND —SOUTH END, On the morning of the 10th Gevoral Gitlmora, with other general officers, came to the front, and the storm ing brigade—set apart for the purpose under the late Gou. Strong—was early embarked and moved along Folly river in boate ta, ‘accordance with signals given by Gon, Gillmore bimsel®, Suddenly the guns in the batteries projectiles / shouting over the captured camps of the rebels, not. Several of the latter were tranaported daring the next two days tothe point selected, which waa known ae Venus Voint. Daring the night of February 10 the magazine and gun platforms on Veaus Point wore commenced. the platforms were mado by raising the sur’ace Live of si inches with sand, carried to the isiand in bags, and on this sant Qmdation thick planks were perpendicolarly laid, neagy touching cach other. Ot right angles to those docls pianks worn Inid, giving a pat. form nine by seventega foot. The floor of the may azing was twonty inches 4Gov0 the natural evrtaco, a7, rested ‘on sandbags, range of the rebol guns. Fight rebel batteries were cap. tured by this gallant charge, and the south eo’ of the island was brovght upder United Srates rale, Gen, Strong assuming command on the afternoon of July 10, A por. tion of James Island was ocoupted at about the mame time from Stono river. Although the captured positiong— which were being rapidly fortided—ware shollod from meteby talaon © Venus Pomt ia the following manner, | Kach party nad | ' areal Fort Sumter on the Mersin vi Wwe 13th of July, om , fofees Hever avandoued tho positions they had +0 bravely gained ENGINERRING OPERATIONS ComncENCED. On the morning of the 13th of July engineering opern- tions were at once begun, with the view of reducing the | Temaining rebel works of Charleston harbor, and wero commenced by the breaking of the ground for the siege | of Fort Wagner, The first parallel was then entered upon by the sain fatigue party that had helped to construct she battory oa Venus Point, and the next morning—the 14u\—a similar line for beavior guns was begun on the lott ‘ when closed being placed dragged forward reortved the principal portion or both his primary and | with drag ropes, one after thootiter, &'\ length of a plank tiguing, ard in many places the men eavieg ver Weir kuees y mud, The planks would bea "ne sinered wore uumaskey upon the rebel works on Morris Island, and, within ty,¢ space of ous mine, ove hundred heavy ore raiued upon them, The storming bri. gade was Yinded under this Ore, and as the smoke of the silenced Zatterios began to blow away the mon went withsy dig they had to pass through tho torrifle tine of f¥, from Fort Waguer and Battery Grogg. Tho works at Ano south ond of tho isiand wore successfully Of cried, and during the whols operation General Gillmore Foalutained his position in tho frout, although within GEANKAL GMIMORE HLS OWN ENGINERR—STORMING OF FORT WAGNHi, Gonoral Gittmore, inorder to have all tho engineering Operations under his immediate supervision, and to pre- Vent mistakes arising, issued, on the morning of July 16, an order announcing that all such operations “civil and military, connected with active operations in the fold, would be conducied under bis immediate order and su- Pervision.”” Ie n»ined,certain officers whom he had 60- lected as bis assistants, and thon commenced work im goodvearnest. Tho defences were rapidly pushed to com- Plotion, and at daylight on tho morning of tho 18th he Oponed on Fort Wagner, Tho bombardment was followed at night by the gallant, although unsuccessful, assault through which General Strong lost his Iife. The furious bombarding of one who'e day, succeeded by an equally furious assault, without reducing the work, convinoed Gonoral Gillmore that to succeed anothor plan would be necessary. ir a ‘0 APYROACHRS MADE BY PARALLRLA, General Gillmore therefore aotermined to approach: ov “rer to tho remaining works on Morris Island and to Fok ' Sumter by moans of paralleis—the much abused spac > Deing found to be ‘all important—and on July 21 heavy, rifle gun battery was begun on the left, in advance of the, first parallol. Two days afterwards the second paralief! was opoved. The work had been done under cover of darkness, the lines pushed forward successfully six hund@ °4 yards, and by two nights’ labor the Union troops weg ° within half a mile of Fort Wagner. It was therefore pa ceasary to mako this an important line of de- fence, and ta>mb and splinter proofs wore at once con- structed. rem this live other saps wore begun, while a stil more dmprtant operation was commenced in the rear of this par. ‘lel. UUM BREACHING WORKS AGAINST SUMTER—SUMTER REDUCED, At sshort dMstaa ‘ce in the rear of these parallola, and out of the extremes ‘t range of the fire of Fort Sumter, Generat Gilmore, @ the 25th of July, commonced the erection of heavy m&© gun batteries, for the purpose of operating against tha\t heretofore oonsidered impreguable work, Tho battortesavore got im readiness in sufficient time to Open @ cones ttrated fire upon the fort on the merning of tho 17th of \\ugust, and after soven days’ fir ing reduced it into a “sis *poless mage of ruins,” em the 23d of August, 1863. THR MARS BATTERY '—~THR RECONWOTSANCR. About tho latter end of @July Genorat Gillmore deter- mined to plant @ heavy piece: of ordnance:at a certain po. sition so as, by a direst line af fire, to command the city of Charleston. A spot was selsctod at a distance of about four and a nalf mios in an air lino from that city; but, alas! it was ina swamp of soft and slushy mad; in which: aman would sink to his waist inthe frmest portion, while a slender iron rod would sink of its owa weight to the depth of twenty-five feet. No substantial ground anywhere, But the battery had here to be built, and mud never yet conquered General Gillmore. How: it was done is yet a secrot; but done it was. A report was sub- mitted to General Gillmore on August 2, detailinga plam for the operation, The play was approved, and two days after the men were-set to work. ‘TAR WORK COMMENOUD AND COMPLETED. On August 4, 1863, a sufllciont number of hands were engaged upon the work to insure an early comple tion of the same. The trees on Wolly Island, nino miles: from tho selected spot, were felled, hewn into shape, an@’ the timbers hauled in trucks overland to Lighthouse In- let, whence they were rafted five miles further to thelr destination, whtle sanabags and implements came Irom. another direction; aud all this waa done witbia range of the rebel batteries, located im the woods beyond the marsh, But who would have suspected that what Gen. Peauregard could not do intwo and a half years, with broad daylight and n0 opposition, would havo been at- tempted by 80 young an officer, who had been only a few days in that vicinity, especially #8 he would have to and did work during the nighttime, under the very noses of the rebels, and within range of thoir guns? Night after night was, however, thus employed, until,on the mora- ing of the 19th of August, the sun rose upon the complet ed battery, its sides rising a dozen feet out of the slough, and surmounted by the heaviest orduance in the service, ‘The construction of thia work under the circumstaaces: was a gloriqns victory. THE THIRD AND FOURTH PARALLELS, On the 9th day of August the system of approaches agvinst Fort Wagner was further pushed forward by the establishment of the third parallel. The sap roller con- tinned to move forward glowly and steadily, sometimes before and sometimes on the heels of the Union pickets. Nearer and nearer came the works that would eventually destroy Fort Wagner, until, of the 21st of August, while the bombardment of Fort Sumter was going on, the fourth parallel was opened. By this advance an important point, until then heid by tho rebel sharpshooters, was secured, aud five days after a ridge, within two handred yards of Fort Wagner, was carried at the potnt of the bayonet. It DEMAND POR SURRENDER—THe “SWAMP ANGEL’? 2st of August 1863, General Gilimoro sent to General Beauregard a demand for the evacuation of Fort Surnter and the works on Morris Island, under a threat of iininediately opening fire upon the city of Charleston inthe event of a refusal. The communication being treated with apparent coptempt, the “Swamp Ang opened upon the city at half-past one o'clock A. M. om tho 224, with shells loaded with “Greek fire,’ a very in- iammablo material not easily oxtinguiehed. The effect of these sholis was to excito the greatest indignation of General Deanrogard, who declared ‘such a mode of war- faro atrocious, and unworthy of apy soldior.” That any one should presume to shell the city ho deomed so sate while the defences thoreof were in existence was some- thiay he could not understand or appreciate, A corros- pondence ensued between the belligorent generals, in wlicd, ip point of argument, Gen. Gillmore came out the better of the two. CBN, GILLMORE APPOINTS AN ACTING CHIR? RNGINERR. Having catablished his batteries and conducted his en- gineering operations to bis satisfaction, General Gillmore, on the 29th of August, relieved himseif of the labors of the closer attention to the onginoer portion of bis depart. mont, by appointing Captain C. B. Reese, of the Engineer corps of the United States Army, assistant ond conaulting engincer on bis staf. Through him ali future ordors con- wected with the engincer service were to be deliverod, to him all reports pro fem. wore to be rendered, and by him. all engineering material would be collected or issued. ‘THE YIFTH PARALLEL—=LAST ATEACK UPON WAGNER. ‘Tho fifth parallel was at last constracted, the mortars from which belched their shells upon and iuto Fort Wag- ner on the Sth of Soptember, while the heavy guos that had demolished Sumter, and the feet, pow: turned also upon this work and upon Battery Gregg. All the rebed ‘works except Wagner replied to this attack, and the bom- ‘bardment must havo beoo fearful. The Gring was kept up on the 6th of Soptember with equal vigor as 00 the 6th. But, although Wagner was silent, {t was not cmpty. {HB SAPPERS WORKING CLOSE UP TO tHE FORT. The sappers pushed on during the bombardment, uatit wt night on the 6th they bad dug through the counter- carp of Fort Wagner, getting past the guns on the sem front and cstablishing & covered way to « point from which au assau‘ting column could have loaped almcnt at a single Vound to the parapet, or, by debouching upon the beach, pass the fort and aiteck it i the rear. The labor had been dangerous 16 cousequeuce of the concealed rebel torpedoos, and was necesacrily slow; but it had veep com. ploted at last, and on the morning of the Tih the assault was ordered to take plese. THR RVACUANON OF MORWO! ISLASD. The rebels, however, perceiving that all hope of further dofending the island was gono, and that both Wagner and Grogg must fall in the morning, determined to make the best of a bad bargain and evacuate the position before it became too lato, and their retreat would be cut of. Un. der the cover of darkness, therefore, they row from the island, leaving their dead inthe works, and (hoir ordpance but imperfectly spiked, Several pricon- ers wore, however, taken during the retreat, aud the vio- tory was the more glorious inasmuch as it was bloodless, Thos has the young onginger, in « slege of euly Ofty-coven days, deatroyed eome of the best laid plans of bis souiot jw rank, in yours and in service, All bouor to him, PRRAOMAL PRIOUPTION O° THE GENERAL. A correspondemk writer that General Gilmore is a handsome, powerfully built man, of apparently thirty- five years of fgo, with brown bair and beard, and cut and ‘lovalse’ blue eyes, The impression of his counte- naneo igfmiablo in the extreme, and bis manner is self- possessed, retiring, modest gad aMable. He is etmply apd ‘s soldier, and never allows himself to be drawn ‘ate ‘iltical doussions. flo defines hie optaicoe em yudity \