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eries. The officer in command of the advanced pickets reported that the enemy worked industriously in his trenches until 2 A. M. The fire of our sharp-shooters evidently seemed to annoy the enemy, as he occasionally fired with great spirit to dislodge them, but ineffectually. One casualty in Battery Wagner during the day. The effective force on Morris Island was 663 infantry, 248 artillery, and 11 cavalry—total, 922. During the day I received the following telegram from Brigadier-General M. Jenkins, dated Petersburg, Virginia: My scouts report shipment of troops, both infantry and cavalry, from Norfolk, supposed for Charleston. Large quantities of forage shipped. Cavalry left 6th inst. The Chief-Engineer was instructed to lay out and erect a line of works on James Island from Secessionville to Dill's house, in lieu of the present defensive lines, to consist of lunettes with closed gorges disposed at one-half to three-quarters of a mile apart, and connected with cre