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miles distant where Gen. Gillmorc's headquarters were, and immeuse elongated shells thrown into it. Nearly every one burst in the immediate vicinity of headquarters. One man was killed and several severely wounded ; Ave hear of no other casualties there; but at the front some were wounded. Tuesday all Avas tolerably quiet, Avith the exception of some shelling on both sides. We are rapidly constructing batteries and defences, principally by night, and are succeeding admirably. Among the prisoners Ave captured, A\*as Lieut. Bee, cousin of the rebjl General Bee; Capt. McCelter, son of the Mayor of New Orleans, and nine other j commissioned officers, with 113 privates. They # all seemed rather pleased than sorry with their captivity, for their circumstances are greatly improved. Gen. Terry's Division is on James island, having landed from Stono river. They have had no fight as yet, but in a slight skirmish the pickets killed two rebel cavalry. They will be heard from in due time. [Anoibor Account From One of Our Correspondents.] , THti CrlAl\LE5T0N EXPEDITION. Our forces on Morris Island?James Island occupied. in Force?Our Iron-Clad Fleet engaged. , Mobris Island, July 14m, 18C3. i Mr. Editor:?As full details of our present ' * successes in this vicinity would fill a volume your readers must be content with the following brief 1 J summary of events: As soon as General Gillmore assumed command in this department he immediately decided upon and commenced his offensive operations against Charleston and its defences, chosing as his point 1 of attack the southern extremity of Morris Island. Siege batteries were erected with the utmost secrecy on the northern end of Folly Islaud, for the purpose of reducing the rebel batteries, and gaining a foot-hold on Morris Island. Our battelies were built under the immediate supervision of Lieut's. Wilson aud Maguire, the former of the 1st (J. S. Art., the latter of the N. 1 Y. Vol. Eng., and the work itself was done by the j following regiments: N. Y. Vol. Engineers, 39th , Illinois, 62d Ohio, (57th Ohio, Both JPeon a., 4tn N. H., and 6tli Conn. They were completed in , seventeen days, and on the 6th instant, we had j erected two lines of siege batteries mounting forty- , seven guns and mortars, under tho very eyes of j the rebels, and yet they were so unconscious of ( any such danger that General .Ripley, in command of their forces on Alorris Island, made an exami- 1 nation of our position on Kolly Island with his field-glass on the 8th inst., and said that we had , nothing there but a battery of two guns; and in i addition, he ordered that one hundred and fifty i men should come over on the following night and drive our picket force away. On Thursday evening, everything having been ] comp.eted, General Terry's forces on transports. | * rnnvaved bv the Pawnee and Com. McDonough , moved up Stono river, to eff.ct a landing on .lames Island. The ironclad Nantucket also ac- ( companied them. Tlie Pawnee and McDonought she led the shore in advance, and before dark the expedition was well on its way to cooperate ia the general plan. , That night also, General Strong's brigade moved up Folly river in launches with muffled oars, preceded by four boat-howitzer9. This brigade! was to conceal themselves on the- left flank of Morris Island, and at the proper time, storm the rebel batteries. At four o'clock Friday morning, General's Gillinore, Seymour and staff's, proceeded trom the White House to our look-out on Folly Jslaud, which is one hundred and forty-five feet high, and distant in the rear of our batteries about two miles. These General s, accompanied by Co'oncl Turner, Major Smith, Lieut's. Bragg and Webber, ascended the look-out which commands a view of tin country for miles around. At a quarter of five . * -i- - ??avo.nwn rut awav the trees and O'CIOCIS, ?pit) ui uav ...? _ brush which-had concealed our batteries from the enemy, and laid bare to the astonished gaze of the rebels, our embrasures and their glistening guns. The rebel pickets, and those on the rebel batteries parapets, stood aghast with astonishment, and neither moved or fired upon the axrnen, as battery after battery was exposed to view. The monitors Cut skill, (tiag-ship) Mont auk, Nahant and Ureehaurkcn, had now uiooved up the channel and were waiting for the signal of attack when they were to enfilade by thei/ fire the rebel batteries. Our first, and signal gun at quarter past lit Cj II O-O j a thirty pound Parrott on the right. Ibis shot disabled one of the rebel guns. At this signal, our batteries under the command of General Vogdes, opened a simultaneous fire and the rebels replied. Uheir first shot was from theii battery on the left, and it fell a thousand yards beyond our line of; batteries. '[ he monitors also opened at 6 o'clock,! with their fifteen inch shell, and for two hours the cannonade was fearful. At about a quarter past eight, General Strong's brigade effected a safe landing, the howitzers having shelled the shore, and charged upon the rebel batteries atter Having tianKea tne rine-pus ana captured some rebel infantry. The rebels tried to depress their guns which were all en barbette, in order to prevent the landing, but were unable to do so, aud soon General Strong leading the charge the 6th and 7th Conn., 9th Maine, 76th l'enna.j 48th N. Y., and 3d N. H., were in possession of the rebel batteries, and persuing the retreating enemy up the beach. Immediately two batteries of artillery were ordered across the inlet, aud General Seymour superintended the sending over of reinforc.ments, the regiments having been under arms since four o'clock,' and ready for any success or defeat which might attend us. General Gill more and staff crossed the inlet and mounting one of tne rebel batteries, directed operations The monitors, also, moved up the channel and shelled the island in advance of us. The rebel batteries were all one gun batteries, with the exception of one of the southernmost, which was mounted with two ten-inch mortars. Tht. number of:heir gun batteries was seven, and mounted respectively two eight inch commom smooth-bore guns, a eighteen-pound Tarrott, a twenty-four pound rifled gun, and eight-inch smooth-bore, a ..?> ?a 11 anrl an oicrhLim'h Crnn_ BUjn.t liuunvuu 1.11 sv .uvu ~.e-. ... e Two of these guns were center pintle, and fire on siege carriages. The line of thrse batteries ran | parallel with the Morris Island beach and their j line of fire f rmed with ours an angle of thirty de- i grees. Tnev had but two magazines, and no bomb proofs or splinter proofs. We came very near capturing an amunition train which was coming down to their relief. The rebel officers report < that their force was as follows ; four hundred and fifty infantry, 300 of which belonged to Col. Graham s 21st S. C. Vols., aud 150 to t'ol. Nelson's I 7th S. C. Bat. One hundred and ten men ma.med the batteries. Tbey were companies I and ?, of 1 the 1st S 0. Art. C'apt. Mitchell son ot the bogus Irish patriot, commanded the former and Captain Macbeth of Charleston, commanded the latter. The 0th Conn, captured two flags, one a storm flag, the other a new confederate flag. The sailors who rowed the launches, seized the state flag of the 21st S.C. Vols., in a tent. The rebel camps, of which there were two near the batteries, gave many indications or their occupants naving Deen completely surprised by the opening of our batteries, and the storm of iron, which fell oh every i.de of them. Our troops in their victorious march up the beach, did not omit to visit a large house within a hundred yards of Fort Wagner, and appropriate one hundred new Enfield rides, which they found therein. Beyond this house was another, which the rebels had used as a commissary storehouse. ' Upon this was raised the 6th Conn , State fla*, which regiment lead the advance, and the U. S. 1 flag. These flags were both shot away afterwards by the fire of bumter and Wagner, which forts opened fire soon after we landed. Our force, having reached near f ort Waguer, found the fire J of the fort too hot, and fell back to a safe distance while the monitors endeavored to silence the fort The monitors were unable to do so, and retired at four o'clock in the afternoon from the conflict Our troops during the rest of the day were protected from the rebel fire of Sumter and Wagner, by the innumerable sand ridges, which traverse tue island in every direction. ? % -a-. - ' ??* aaaanlf nrv/vn TTnrf Wencrai uriiimorM uoc?ucu k>uj urva ? . Wagoni r at daylight the next morning, and General strong's brigade, was to be the stormi.g party. At daylight, accordingly the assault was made, in the fallowing order: The 7th Conn, led the assault supported by the 75th Pa. 3d N. H., Gth Conn., and 9th Maine. The reserve was the 4 tth and lODth New York regiments, formed obhque. Fort Wagner is a bastion, closed gorge, casemated fort, with an exterior slope of 25 feet and a ditch some twelve feet wide, having in it at low tide one foot of water and at high tide, Six. It mounts nine guns, four bearing seaward, the rest i lland. As our men charged it, they were met by a raking fire of musketry from the rebel sharpshooters linin^the parapet and grape and cannister from the guns. The charge was unsuccessful and after a short action our men fell back to their protection, and the taking of Fort Wagner by assault was abandoned. The A'ahant, kept up a shelling ail day, in order to prevent the rebels from sending reinforcements to Wagoner, and our forces occupied themselves ou a new tact. In this charge, CoL I tod man and Major Hicks were sens rely, though not mortally wounded, in I the 7th Conn., entering it witlione hundred andeifhty, returned with but eighty men. This regiment also d.d the most execution, and deserve especial praise. Saturday night, a rebol steamboat came down the harbor on a scoutin ? expedition and was immediately captured by one of our naval vessels, and sent to Port Royal. Sunday morning at nine o'clock, two monitors'and some wooden gunboats shelled Wagoner, and again in the afternoon, but without effect so far as silencing the fort was concerned. The 1'aul Jinxes, threw one shot clear over Cummings Point, and beyond Sumter. In the morning a rebel force of some two hundred men were discovered . throwing up a battery about half way between Wagner and. Cummings Point A rebel steamboat had come down Vincents creek with reinforcements for this party, and had made fast to the shore, when one of our light batteries Lieut, llenry, opened fire and not only dispersed the arriving paaty, but the seventh shot entered the rebel boat, and penetrated her boiler, enveloping her in steam. The erection of that battery has been stopped and the rebel boat Is useless. During the day, Wagoner and Cumming's Point replied to our monitors and wooden gunboats, but without ( injury. About four o'cleck in the afternoon Sumter threw two shells over our camps, which injured several men. 8umter has ten Brooks' guns mounted on her parapet, and as prisoners say, she has closed her lower casemates with sand bags in order to protect herself against the monitors fire. Cummings Point mounts three guns and is called b> the rebels, battery Bee, aner a General 01 inai same, who was killed at the first battle of Bull Bun. Sumter flies the new confederate flag, also the old one and a state flag besides. On Sunday morning General Terry's forces were within three miles of Secessionvilleand were preparing to move on the enemy's works. Monday morning Sumter opened fire at half-past seven, and threw shells and solid shot at the rate of one in fifteen minutes over Morris Island, but she cannot arrest our progress by any such waste of ammunition. The casualties up to last Monday on our side, had been comparatively small, and on Friday only one man belonging to Co. 0, N. Y. Engineers was killed. The rebel infantry have thus far shot very low, wounding the majority of our men below the hips. The prisoners captured by "us, numbering over one hundred^ have mostly expressed a desire to take the oath of allegiance, many of them being conscripts and substitutes and having friends and relatives in the .> orth. We also captured seven officers as follows : Capt. Macbeth, 1st 8. C. Art, Lient, Bee, ditto (since dead relative of Gen Bee,) 2d Lieut J. G. Haj wood, ditto, Capt. William Clayburn, 7th 8. C. Bat, 1st Lieut. J. M. Woodward, 21st 8. 0. Vols., Capt B. G. Howard, ditto, Brev. 2d Lieut A. 8. Craig, ditto. In the rebel hospital about two miles up the beach, we found the following surgeons, B. B. Hannahan, C. Hapwold, and W. B. Col well. As our surgsons could easily take care of both the rebel wounded and our own, it was thought best for prudential reasons, that these surgeons should be detained within our lines, until our operations on Morris Island, shall have been completed. They have therefore been sent to Port Royal to await their release, which we hare no doubt will be speedy. All the?e officers are confident in the midst of all their reverses that their rebellion will yet be successful, but not so with the meu and especially one Irishman who said to the Provost Marshal, ' I nather want parool or exchange but I want to go to Bostin." The men are dressed very poorly and say that their privations are without description, and that their lore has been of the poorest and most meagre kind. It would be impossible to narrate the individual instances of daring and bravery exhibited not only by our troops but by each and every General in the field during the action of Friday. More character was developed and a determination to take Sumter, Wagner and Char.eston than was ever dreamed of in our unmilitary philosophy, and the (alien brave have not died in vain for we have a General at our head. ?Being unable this week to give a complete list of killed, wounded and missing at the Morris Island fights we have delayed it till our next issue. We hope then to have the list perfect and reliable in every particular. Rebel Deserters.?On Wednesday two deserters came into our lines at one of the outposts of *v.:? Toiond from fn fx S. O.. Cavalrv. Thcv tlllO iOIOUU uvu vv. VI, -V? -w- 7 w were from a rebel picket station six miles this side of Idutfton. They are both Germans and quite intelligent, and left because they were heartily disgusted with the rebel cause. They brought their revolvers and belts but nothing else; they escaped in a dug-out with a large hole in the bottom, and one bailed water out, while the other rowed. Tbcv say the 2d battalion of this cavalry regiment are all the troops between Savannah and Charleston, picketing the whole line. The troops from Savannah have all been taken to Charleston, and there is nothing there but a home guard. The deserters were brought in by 1st sergeant K. S. Capen, cf Co. 1,1st Mass. Cavalry. ?Want of room compels us to omit many items of news this week, including Col. Iligginson's expedition with the 1st S. C. Vols. Our next issue will be very interesting. # Capture of Prizes.?On the 16th of June the U. S. Steamer Laikawana captured the rebel steamer Neptune off Mobile. She had thrown all her cargo overboard before the Lackatcana came up with her. On the next day the same U. S. vessel captured the rebel steamer Planter, from Mobile for Havana, with675 bales of cotton and 125 barrels of turpentine on toard. Acting Master B. Van Voories brought the Planter here for repairs, and she will probably go north in the course of a week. The Planter is a high pressure river boat and resembles the rebel rams very much. She had started tor the north, but was obliged to put back here for repairs." She created quite a fluttering among our fleet at Bull Bay and here who supposed her a rebel marine monster come to fight them. ? Capt. Wm. M. McArtbur of the 8th Maine Vols., has been appointed Provost Marshal of this Post, relieving Lieut.-Col. Batcheller of the 115th !-a . J *? N. Y. Vols., who lias ueen appoiniuu Provost Marshal General of the Department of the South. ?Some negroes who camo across our lines a day or two ago report that Charleston is in a fever of excitement and every one who can get away is leaving for a place of more security. The rebels lost 150 killed in our late fights on Morris Island, so these negroes say.