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From Charleston. Charleston, Feb. 5 --Eighty-five shots were fired at the city to-day. No firing at Sumter. The enemy have been at work all day hauling ammunition to Gregg and Cummings Point batteries. There has been a large fire on Folly Island to day, supposed to be the burning of a Yankee hospital. A gunboat in the Edisfo river is lying high and dry. It is believed she will be destroyed. [Second Dispatch.] Charleston, Feb. 7. --The enemy have ceased firing on the city, but continue working on their batteries, and hauling ammunition. Nothing else of interest.
is impossible to judge, though they are probably not half as formidable as imagined. A rebel iron-clad, probably the Chicora, was seen yesterday west of Fort Simpkins. No less than three rebel iron-clads are seen daily." A letter from Folly Island to the Commercial says: "Rumors are still prevalent among the troops of a meditated expedition towards Savannah, but nothing of a reliable character was known." "There was a general review on the 20th of all the troops on the Islandebel iron-clads are seen daily." A letter from Folly Island to the Commercial says: "Rumors are still prevalent among the troops of a meditated expedition towards Savannah, but nothing of a reliable character was known." "There was a general review on the 20th of all the troops on the Island. Seven thousand men were in line besides two full battalions. General Ferry is in command on Folly Island. All hopes of reaching Charleston this winter have died away among the troops."
The fight on John's Island. --The affair on John's Island, near Charleston, does not appear to have resulted in much loss to either side. On Tuesday the Yankees crossed from Folly Island to Klawah, and thence to Seabrook's Island, killing and capturing several of our pickets at Hanover At that point Major Jenkins, with 150 men, including a company of the 59th Virginia, under Capt. Jenett, made a stand. Reinforcements were sent for, and Cols. Tabb and Page arrived on the ground. The Mercury says: On Wednesday evening Gen. Wise arrived, finding Page and Jenkins scouting the foe within a mile of the Hanover. The Yankees' strength was estimated at 2,000, with six pieces of artillery, while our force, up to that time, numbered but 550, with four pieces. A volley or two had been discharged when Gen. Wise came up. Immediately the enemy were seen massing on our left flank, and threatening to turn our position by getting the Mullet Hall road. Our position had been saved by our
From Charleston. Charleston, March 14. --Our pickets report increased activity among the enemy's steamers between Folly and Cole's Islands. The enemy are again at work on battery Gregg, and also engaged hauling ammunition. No firing on the city to-day.
from the Gainesville (Fla.) Cotton States, of the 19th inst.: All quiet at Jacksonville and Palatka. It is supposed that there are between two and three thousand troops at the latter place, and arrangements have been made to take care of them. The hotel and female seminary at Madison, Fla., have both been burnt; it is supposed accidentally. Brig. Gen. Gardner has removed his headquarters to Tallahassee. It is supposed by some that a number of Yankees have gone back to Folly Island. Others think that they have been reinforced. Yankee prisoners state that they were informed that Union meetings had been held throughout this State inviting them in. They found the right sort of Union--of bullets and bayonets. The Yankees opened the commissary at this place when they were here, and treated their colored brothers and sisters to the good things. The Federal General Seymour has announced that he will give no quarter to Confederate troops hereafter. If his n
strations of the enemy since our last report have been expected for several days past. --These movements are, however believed to be mere feints to cover their heat weakness. Two deserters, belonging to the 41st New York regiment stationed on Folly Island, came into our lines last week and reported that an expedition against James's Island had been projected, and that an attack might be expected the first favorable night. The plan, as they learned, was for the light draft gunboats and monitorsr would admit. They were then to shell the island while the troops in barges landed, under cover of the boats, at or near Grimbell's or Legarc's plantation. The deserters also stated that there were only about eleven hundred effective men on Folly Island, under the command of Brig Gen Semmelting. Great dissatisfaction existed among the troops, the greater majority of whom were foreigners and substitutes, whose term of service expires in June. They had been promised seven hundred to a thousan
Movements of Yankee troops. --The great body of the Yankee troops left Morris and Folly Islands some days age, and it has been tained that a large number of vounels sailed from Hilton Head Monday last. They probably contain troops destined for Grant or perhaps for the Georgia cost, to work off some of their had humor over the loss of the Warts Witch.