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allel and a sap extending therefrom, the head of which is but one hundred yards from the rebel fort. Numerous rifle pits of the enemy, which were filled with sharpshooters, have been leveled, and he has been forced to contract his boundary limits. In a word, we have materially added to our chances of a speedy capture of Wagner. The Boston Journal has the following about the shelling of Charleston: Our readers will be pleased to learn that General Gillmore has no less than thirty Parrott guns mounted that will throw shells plump into Charleston. Also that the use of Greek fire shells to bombard that rebel stronghold was personally ordered by President Lincoln. The Greek fire burns for 20 minutes. It will burn on the water as well as on land, and each shell covers a surface of one hundred square feet with flame. The shell bursts into about one hundred and twenty pieces, or ten times as many as the ordinary shell. Of course the effect of these shells will be to set Charle