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s creeks which intersect the neighboring islands. It is to be hoped that the mystery will soon be solved and the battery silenced. Our land batteries were very active throughout the night, but whether their fire was directed at this Yankee will of the wisp or at the batteries on Morris Island, we have not been able to learn. The contest on Monday was carried on entirely by the land batteries; the fleet, which has not changed in number since Sunday, remaining perfectly quiet. The Parrott guns of the enemy continued to play both on Sumter and Wagner, but with less vigor than has been displayed on any previous day of the siege. Up to 6 o'clock P. M., but 120 shots had been fired at Sumter. Our batteries on James Island took their usual share of the work. The last reports from Sumter state that there were but one hundred and fifty shots in all fired at that fort on Monday. The wind was so high that the enemy chose rather to husband their shot than fling them away. A v