Show from tho the charleston mercury mer Mtr cary sept aj THE bombardment AND evacuation OF FORTS WAGNER t AND GREGG the dawn of friday last revealed a large united states statis banner the hated flag of stars t arbi arii arti ami stripes flaunting from a work ot th the e enemy n within oe e hundred and ind fifty yards of wagner i oll oil the sam same e morning which from imper hect act information we in our last issue erroneously reported as comparatively quiet quiets the I 1 enemy op ned just before 5 with their heir parrott guns runs upon that fort firing first I 1 upon the flank curtain and ard gradually edging oward toward the centre aab at 5 14 1 4 oye ole oc ock the ironside t drew up within yards and com comi fenced to shell with great rapidity it wits waa not lof till fill 8 34 3 4 oat mat she retired having kept ept up tip a continuous fire for more than two 1 hours bours and a half halt the loss lost sustained at wa wag wae g th tb a 8 fire fell principally upon tho the 25 11 south carolina volunteers during thia this day the en enemy emy avance arance advanced I 1 d their a very bho sho abort rt distance from their etulain approach at three on saturday the enemy arain again opened lwagner from ail all their land jatter iatter lotteries kat lat teries les ies assisted by th the tha ironsides several gunboat sp 3 and an occa occasional sinal sinai shot gerom lerom fron the ibe monitors this bombardment beyond all I 1 doubt the most fi ft ace and long continue i which las taken place against wagner bince since the beginning of the siege lasted throughout and ada saturday night and did not abate morning ata at 8 nor was abatement of long duration the fire was soon renewed and was continue with attle atle less vigor a I 1 sunday sundays the ironsides which maintained a position betge between a GA G egg and wagner and kep kept shelling wag wagner lier iier and na i he Beach being especial y active I 1 j it was on sa arday night however and on lunday sunday morning up ur to 8 am that the tha bom bar bardine dment ot raged wilh wilb its ita greatest burys the shots many of them coming to geher together gehen a an aiom the broadside of a ship were ott otten erl eri L more moie u ore oie than ban sixty to the minute i oar olt batt walt batteries erles tries on james jamea island laland of course joined in the lite mite and did their utmost ta annoy annot the toe land batteries but the b bombardment of wagner lva lya ner der was not the only saturday night about 10 the enemy display displayed y ed from the deck ot a monitor off morris island an immense calcium ight light and several monitors soon eoon after move moved d u up p and opened on battery gregg moultrie and aregi replied re plied piled with spirit at a quarter to two a rocket was thrown epand e ere re many minutes elapsed the enemy were discerned approaching boully with the design of as allting gregg in the rear advancing in in line of batt e they were permitted to co come me very near when a 8 9 in inh dahigren DAhlgren opened upon them at short abort range rame with double cannis can iuster rusten tt our howitz howitzers howit ra the then n commenced a fire of shrapnel and can nister while our infantry admira 0 o at ed po red into Juto them a fire of musketry ry elpa amoul 0 ul trie battery bee and datt Batt battory rry heli bell also aiso opened upon thema them a rapid and moat deamoral izing fire this they could not withstand and although for a very avery short while they maintained a fire of musketry and grapeshot grape shot abot from their barges they were soon forced to withdraw dra seemingly much surprised and co conf cont confused used ased tj b by thein their ar reception and our dis disposition it Is baid said that a few g ined nied th tho shore bhore ou out baese oon owa soan scam stam peterd to their bofto bots so that no p prisoners r isone bisone rs were taken nie hie xvi lisas os in meted upon the enemy in this baffled attempt at arias atias assault an vias as probably not inconsiderable but as all who were truck struck teli fell tn th tb boats the extent of that lobs loas Is of course unknown some bodies were roand found which fixated ashore it is almost impossible to describe desert be ble beauty of the scene ia in charleston harbor a as a witnessed on saturday night from the city from moultrie almost to a whole semi circle of ape horizon was lit up by nashes from cannou annoe and she 1 I c As peat peal onieal of artillery rolled across the waters one coal I 1 Ec cir Arcely cely caly resist the belief that not less lebs ebs than a thousand great W were eie efe in in action it was a grand chorus or bell in which moloch might have lave aa assisted and over which satan might have pi ded all this went on her ber beneath eath bath a waning wining september moon which with ita its warm southern ligh mellowed by a oine what misty atmo sphere brought out softly yet distinctly the most distant outlines of the tha harbor the thle lo 10 a at wagner during this awful bombardment bar dment wag was considerable up to 8 0 on sunday it amounted to one hundred in killed and wounder woun dell deil 4 probably many more were added to these casualties in 0 of the day at AJ gr gagg gg there were but eight casualties on saturday night during t be the skirmish with t the barges among them was a captain of t tb the e ga volunteers olun under un ier cover of their ceaseless fire the yankees L bad on sunday within forty fory tory yards of wagner ay during the bombardment of friday last the lilse and zealous maj intaj warley was wounded at aV ragner Vagner 1 by the fragment rag ment of a shell sheli he was str lack on the antle alle ahle but the wound is 13 iba isa sald said id noe not kobe tobe severe about 1614 ock P M da ay iy he was put u t into a barke barks the leo belonging belon ginZ to boin gan in gon fl ripley to be brought wrought to the city of this barge wih itsu its gallant ailant freight and of I 1 s crew briw which wa was iliade up of e men nothing has been heard up to the present moment the inference infer enco enca ia is that it was captured with all on board by a reconnoitering reconnoiter ing party of be iha enemy whose oats koats k nightly darl dari parl the I 1 waters b between morris island and fort yort kortjohn john aon col aliett rhetta s boat returning from mor wor ria island to charleston saturday night with jones passed between several of these prowler prowlers Band and was not fired on probably on account of the contemplated attack on gregg I 1 on sunday binda y commander A F warley waddey went down in the juno under a flag of truce to carry certain dispatches and also with the purpose of discovering discovers disco the fate of the bof beof ficen he was waa fired on fout fourteen teen times but came to anchor under hire fire and was wait met by benign e porter this officer replied to the commanders enquiries that he had been away on friday night and that though be had heard t there bere had been a capture he be was not aware whether major warley was wa among samong the prisoners or not lle lie added would inquire and if major warley WB ws a captive be bb would inform the commander when hen the dispatches were answered no reply hab has yet been received it will scarcely be believed though what would rid noone believe ot of ota a yankee that the shone shore batterr els eis misfired fired time on the ohe juno utterly regardless of her flag of truce ei eisot ht W were M at her het even atter alter she had come to an anchor with atie white enslen ensign of tit pea peace ceather ther then t ben ber fore nor did they fire fice badly several shots pass pasa d through her rigging a few dashed the spray into the faces of thi tb crew and not one passed more mode than five steps from thee the a hip bip j evacuation da 01 bioni MORRIS urs ISLAND to antni suo sum up tb the e events through which we lave have just passed pas li J buttery battery but Bit tery wagner has baa been heen subjected injected duri durl duning during the three last days and nights to 0 o tha the most terr fie fic fire that any earthwork 66 ina tra B undergone iii lil in bli all hil th annals of warf warfare are the immense descending ing force of tha the enormous parrott and mortar shells rj ute use enemy had llad dearly cearly laid tle the wood work of the bomb proofs entirely bare b are pad aad and had displaced di spaced the sand to so greata gre ati degree decree that the bally sally port ports are almost erg eig entirely irely bloc bioc blocked lall lail up the parallels pareli els eis of the enemy yesterday afternoon on had leea leen feea pushed wagner dup up t to q the very mouth ot battery wagner wanner and brikas iw as no ula longer possible to di dotin tin gush our dire fire anre from that bat of the everni enemy dur ij ida uhe the entire a afternoon the enemy the s sand and huu billi in the rear oe of battery W adners where where oui our wounded lay jay very vigorously badr und ir these circumstances and add in a low ot of the diffie difficulties lillies of communication arith cummings point the impossibility of 0 longer hold inar in morris island became apparent and it wab was w as determined dete that strenuous efforts eee eff orts should be made at once to release the brave garrison of the island who seemed to tobe be almost within the aremys a grasp this desirable desir adle aole result I 1 vaa yaa ag accomplished with i the most commendable promptitude and s success ucc fcc C SS about 6 yesterday afternoon the orders for the evacuation were delivered to col keitt commanding our forces on the island everything wa stance Y for the abandonment abandons abandon mont nt of batteries wagner ana and gregg the dead vere ivere buried and at nightfall the wounded were carefully care carefully full fuli y removed in barges bapes to fortio upion the guns which tor for tirso firso so many wee weeks ks had bad held the foe at bay were wera double fired and spiked the heavier pieces were dismounted and the carriaga carn carr iaea ea rendered worthless wor worth thess ess the n nary ary jrp preparations icat ions lons being thus completed the thy work of embarkation was noiselessly begun beon and the brave braig men of OIL the tte U e garrison in 40 barkis barges were soon erom drom the tho beach they had held heid so and so long iong althe evacuation was waa conducted by col K eitt as bisted by amri ma myan fb yan san A A G and the buc suc cess with which ahat abat has always been considered one of the most difficult beata of warfare has been perform d is worthy of the highest praise batteries Batter fea iea gregg and W wagner wanner asne agne had hid both been car caf carefully hully kully mind min d wish with a i view to bl lit wing them up tip it wag was about I 1 tuis morning wre thes esat three boa hoa boatma titi M col keitt ad and j a number of his hig of bicera ficera just left the marid manid ip ardd amid arid the slow match nok cna was I 1 lighted by capt hugenin at vagner ner ncr fand ind by 1 capt T besiie at gregg greggi but owing to some borne 1 in tit the fuses no exIo aion alon took pla pia place 9 at either elther fort fott I 1 1 during thee fc tip ati att tl in ri the enemy edemy was not idle A constant fire of ishell shell was kep kept lep UP jup against wa yeaner ner and bia lia howitzer barges were busily playing about this bide aide of morris island to prevent the retreat of our men but fortunat fortunately elythe the night waa murky and aud tind and all our bargos with the exception of one io containing nt at liing about 1 12 2 or 15 men passed in wety k little before bellote 3 this rn irn orn ing the following was received from malor major elliott comma commanding adin fort suma FORT yort SU sept 7 2401 2401 A M all the garri garrison soh sod of morris island who ho came here have hive bein been shipped haskells boat from the ch cora was captured bya by a yankee barge two of tue tiie cew crew came to fort sumter abid mid mft mgt report that all our troops had left the island ELLIOTT mar mair cami coni 4 thus thug endal defence of ot Al lorris island the issue has boli baji w foreseen bince the first success oa 04 the ot of july the thede de of the island had bad been prolong prolonged fd far for I 1 boyon I 1 whit uh it was wa deemed possible at first I 1 ani ani ang the brave garrisons who have bavo held it ds dserve the admiration of fleir countrymen I 1 the ile aggregate of cases castl casualties albiez I 1 in n the struggle for the island have been CA 0 r ride nide about ax wounded and mis slag bieg the loaa ia is estl esti estimate matei matel 1 at rt about the successful evacuation after the glori glorious ous defence of forty eight days in i under all the a mott mL ilary eveah |