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be kept up until nothing but a mass of sand and dirt remaing within which it will be impossible for either party to find refuge. The inert resistance of the vast mass of rubbish composing the gorge wall is very great, and to strengthen this the rebels have formed an immense traverse of sand bags. A great amount of labor must have been expended by them on this work, as the traverse is estimated to be twenty feet thick and from twenty to thirty feet high. Through both these obstructions Gen. Gillmore has to bore before he can effectively reach that part of the fort which is still tenable. Though slow, the work is sure to be accomplished. Already we can see changes in the aspect of the front against which our fire is directed, the wall of which is being perceptibly lowered and the sand barrier demolished, and not many days can elapse before the interior wall will he opened to a "fire in the rear," and the last rebel driven perforce from the stronghold they have so tenaciously held.