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The Daily Dispatch: September 3, 1863., [Electronic resource], The siege of Charleston. (search)
e general impression communicated both by the Charleston papers and by the Yankee correspondents from the scene is that some night this week the iron-clads intend attempting to burst through the obstructions and get into the firmer harbor. The letter bag of the United States gunboat Ottawa, with letters to friends at home, dated as late as the 29th instant, floated ashore on Saturday night, and is in possession of our officers. The Mercury says: By letters from the Captain (Lt. Commanding Wm. Whitney) to his wife, and by those of other officers, we are informed that the Yankees have entertained the idea of breaking up our harbor obstructions by night operations, and actually made the attempt last Wednesday night with their monitors and two gunboats, of which the Ottawa was one "Violent squalls of rain and wind" are given as a reason for their having turned back before reaching the obstructions, of which our Yankee neighbors have apparently so whole-some a dread and so high an e