Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1863, Page 2

OOO a mm — ae ea a en ee eae eS THE EVENING STAR, | GTON CITY: AUGUST 25, 1563. WASHI TUESDAY......- GLORIOUS NEWS FROM CHARLESTON! FORT SUMTER REDUCED!! ees CHARLESTON BEING SHELLED! eee ge . The following thrilling news has just been received from Fortress Monroe, tell- ing of the positive reduction of Fort Suam- ter; apd us it is iurther stated that Charles- ton ix being -helled. it is evident that our forces bad zuined other important advan- tages in the way of an advance upon Charleston: Fortress Monnog, ¥a., Aug. 25, 1863. Steamer New York just arrived from City Point. Captain Chishoim reports Fort Sumter reduced and (Charleston being shelled. OUR MILITARY BUDGET. ieee NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, #HEGULAR SERVI Assisiant Surgeon Samuel N. Brayton has been ordered to the sloop-of-war Cyane, Pa- cific Squacrin, to relieve Assistant Surgeon W.O. Lyman, detached and ordered home. VOLUNTEER SERVICE. Thomas Pekvring, promoted to Acting Vol- unteer Lieutenant. Edward G. Bishop, appointed an Acting As- sistant Pay master. Acting Master A. N. Gould, detached from , the Octarora and waiting orders. The sppointments of W. C. Gibson and C. B. Staples as Acting Ensigns, and W.H. Alger as Acting Master's Mate, confirmed. Acting Asristxnt Paymaster Wm. B. Crosby, erdered to the Mississippi Squadron. Acting Assistant Paymaster H. T. Mansfield, ordered to the Neipsic. Acting Third Assistant Engineer Thomas Hencerecn, diemiseed the service. DESERTERS ¥YROM THE REBEL NAVY. Jonbn Hannah and John Dariels, deserters from the rebel navy, were before Provost Mur- shal Todd yesterday, and by his order commit- ted to the Old Uapitol. They were sent from Point Lookout, Md , and desire to take the oath. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Regiments Filling Up—Deserters Shot— Gen. Maade's Recent Order. WaAsHINGTON, Aug. 21.—[Associated Press Dispatch.] A gentieman who to day arrived here from the Army of the Potumac says the regiments are daily fliling up wtth recruits, and that the sanitary condition of the troops is Recently three privates from Rhode Island, who had just arrived, were, while in the act of deserting, shot by their escort. Eleven recruits yesterday leaped from the cars while the latter were moving toward Warrenton, and succeeded fora time at least in making their escape. A party was subse- quently diepatehed in pursuit of them. Comparatively few of this class of soldiers manage to get beyond our military lines, as scouts are out in all directions to intercept them. The order of Major General Meade, ap- | proving the sentence of death in sueh cases will, it is believed, effectually check further desertions. ++ -____ Hein'zlman, Col. Swaim, of “Scott's 90." on Friday night sent a detachment of three cayal- ry ccmpanies to reconnoiter on the line of the Chrsapeske and Obio canal. By Saturday nocn they had made a circuit of forty miles and captured seventeen rebel soldiers with their borres and equipments. These compose the party thatrecently plundered the canal com- pany of its best horses, and committed other of- fenses, including the burning of boats. The prisoners have been brought to Washington. M7 Thomas DArcy Mc(tee denies that he received his information about the invasion of Canada from Mr. Vallandigham. He says that Mr. Helton, who is a member of the Canadian Government, told him (McGee) that Theodore Hart tdld him (Holton) that Secretary Seward told him (Hart) tbat when Canada was invaded it would be with an army the number of which he did mot recollect. Mr. McGee is adecidedly funny tellow in his way. Natrionat Loan.—Subscriptions to the Na- tional 5.20 Loan amount, for the week ending yesterday, at the office of Jay Cooke & Co., to $5,391,550. Since our last report, the number | of orders from Europe have increased, and orders baye been received from as far South as Mississippiand Tennessee. ®7 Officers recently arrived in Washington from the front report that no movement what. ever bas taken place in either General Meade’s or General Lee's army, beyond the occasional skirmishing in which the cavalry are daily engaged. The position of both armies is un- changed. S7 The Government has cent an agent to | Cairo to investigate the circumstances con- nected with the burning of the steamer Ruth Gad the loss of Treasury notes alleged to naye been involved in that catastrophe, Major Gen. Foster, accompanied by his staff, visited Baltimore yesterday, for the pur- Pose of attending the wedding of Gen. F.’s brotnmer, The party returned to their head- . quarters at Old Point yesterday afternoon. Se The draft in New Jersey will commence on Tuesday, the 25th instant. It will be very light, as the quota ot the State has nearly been made up by enlistments. @@ The order of the War Department ts im- perative that passes cannot be given to females to visit the Army of the Potomac. setae (ebert tame th, sv Charies H. Upton, of Virginia, has been | appoinied consul tu Geneva. ALEXANDRIA APPAIRS.—Six men, former! connected with the Confederate armay_thres 83 soldiers, three as artisans—came in from | Stafford Court House, where they reside, and | applied to Colonel W: ington, that they for their families, who are at the vation. They were sent to Washington, and will probably be allowed to get their families, and go North where they can earn & livelihood. The Quartermaster's Bs 4 erecting at the upper end of Duke street, near the Orange and s lexal depot, Duildinge for a soldiers’ retreat, capable of e@ccommodating one thousand men, so that they may have comfortable Fema and places to get their meals.—Alez News, Aug. 24. peut rer Sitias vimana 2 POLITICS ix Panos GeoRGa’s.—There was & meeting of Union voters ot Vansville election district of Prince George's county, held at Beltsville on the 22d inst., for the purpose of mending delegates to Mariborough to meet in convention to select delegates to meet in Bla- deneburg on the 29:h inst, to nominate a can- didate for Congress for the Fifth Oon zressional District. Meeers. Jno. D. Latchford, James Oessard, Jus T. Perkins ant Wm W were appointed delegates, and tither ons ot them, in case of th= abs-a ‘a of the othors , was inatru: ted to cast the whole delegate vote of said District. is for a pass to Wash- EXTRA. atin some way get help | int of star. i artment are about | Hall | THE OPESATIONS BEFORE CHARLESTON. ——s_ i IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING DETAILS, | = H THE PART TAKEN BY THE ARMY AND NAVY. ae SUMTER FAST FALLING INTO RUINS, ———<—=_—— PAKT OF FORT WAGNER A SHAPELESS MASS. | —_—_—»—_—_— i | GILMORE AND DAHLGREN SATISFIED WITH , | THEIR SUCOESS, Seager THE KNEMY TO HAVE NO BREATHING TIMB. Sa {Correspondence New York Tribune.) i i | Morais IsLanp, Auguet 18.—The bombard- | ment of Foit Sumter by both our land and naval forces commenced yesterday morning, | and has up to this moment progressed as favor- | Guns are ably as the most ssnzuine could desire. The reduction of a strong brick fort, resting upon a foundation of granite, at a distauceoftwo miles and a quarter, is something new in the world’s history, although in this age of revolutions not at all wonderful, and is to be now looked for. Th. re is nothing man car make that man can- uot also destroy. Even sand earthworks mast succumb at Jast to the ingenuity and persever- ance of some euperior genius; and Fort Wag- ner, impregnable as she has at times appeared fo be, be rent and torn to drifting heaps, and ber heavy guns and bombproofs lie smashed and shattered upon the shores of Morris Island. Atthis mowentot writing, two o'clock p.m, no fla- can be seen flying trom Fort Wagner, no reply to the fifteen-inch guns of the moni- tors is heard, no soldiers peer aboye the para- pets; that portion of the fort where the bomb- proots Were situated belore the assault of the ith lve Ashapetess mass of sand and timber, and the cnulire for: read. to be occupied by our jorces whenever the order ehall be given. dul Sumters guns are stil alive. A few spiteful ones on the parapet of the sea-will send their shell wildly in the direction of our batteriez, but as yet have effected no injury whatever. The guises upon the sea-wall may be esid to be practicaily silent. At the distance we are trom them they cin embarrass our gan- , ners but little, and since wide gaps have been opened in her sides by our heavy rified Par- | rotts, every broadside but weakens her foun- | dations and hastens the hour ot her fall. | But whether Fort Wagner has really suc- cumbed or not, whether the profound silence is assumed or necessitated, whether thirteen hundred strong men still liv safe within tha komb-proo's or silently evacuated them during the carkness of lat night; ot one thing we are positively certain, and that is that Sumter, the fortrees upon which the gaze of the whole nation may be said to be turned, beneath the most terribie fire ever betore con-entrated upon asimilar etructurr, is fast falling into ruins. Four rifled shots were sent through her gorge Wall last Satu: day evening; nine more ou San- day evening, and at daylight yesterday mora- ing the bombardment opened in earnest, to close only when the batile-flag of the enemy flutters and falis upon her ruins, and stars and stripes again float over them. Between 30) and 4(0 ehots have alreudy passed into and through her gorge wall, nearly 50 through her sea. wall, and xbout 30 bave gone directly into the fort. Immense heaps of brick and mortar have fallen into the sea, choked up the sally- ert, and made a pile of ruins, between the Eectons, over which a storming party could climb into the fcrt if it were at this stage deemed practicable. By this evening it is con- | fidently sxe that the gorge wall will have been completely crushed in, but whether the chivalry of South Carolina will then deem it prudent to surrender remains to beseen. Sand begs rapidly filled and piled up across the fort in front of the casemates may protect them for a@ day or two, but foradayortwoonly Fort Wagner in our possession, the guns upon the sea-wall of Sumter dismounted, so rapid and | and so heavy a firecan them be poured into ' her that it would be folly, vordering upon madness, for her garrison longer to hold eut. By to-morrow morning the heaviest rifle guns known to the artillery service will be in porn with the most experienced gunners the country on hand to direct their fire. Educated officers, who have had much expe- rience in reducing fortresses both in Europe } and in this country, consider the redaction of ace ecm within. the present week beyond & ' joubt. Altnough Forts Sumter and Wagner had re- gitea but little to our fire, the batteries on ames Island extending from Fort Johnson to | | expected, the gorge wall obstinately stinds. | Maryland, and to be inspected and measured by a0 wilbin two miles of Light-house Inlet, have kept up an incessant cannonade, both by day | and night, but thus far have inflicted bat liitle injury. But few shells have burst within our batteries. Nearly all fall over or fall short. j The North end of Morris Island, without any | exagyeration, may be said to be almostas tnick- | ly payed with shot and shell as Broadway is with granite blocks. Mornzis Is_anp, Aug. 19, Nine o'clock p. m. ‘The terrible wind storm spoken of in my hast: ly-writtin dispatch of lastevening still contin- ues, although at this hour witn some signs of | abatement. This storm has yery materially in | terfered witn the accuracy of the firing, and | caused come batteries to be suspedded. The | navy has done nothing since the stormcom- , @7In accordance with an ord2r from Gen. | menced. A close examination of the gorge wallof Sumter bas led many officers to think that no practical breaches have yet been made, al- though the immense pile of debris extending from the base almost to the parapet, and the huge holes scattered all along between the bas- | tions, give it almost the appearance of total ruins. This debris is tormed principally by the sand bags which were placed in front of the sallyport and along the base of the gorge wall, and extending up about one-third the height or the wall. Two deserters from Fort Gregg, who formed part of a boat's crew plying between Forts | Gregg and Sumter, came within our lines this this morning. They left the fort on Sunday morning having been hiding in the creeks be- tween the fort and our batteries until this morning. They ray that the first experimental shot, fired last Saturday, passed through the gorge wall and into the olficers’ quarters, pen- etrated the wall facing Sullivan’s Island nine feet, knocked a pile of brickdown uponasteam- boat unloading sand bags at the wharf, tum- bling over her smokestack, pierced and explo- | ded her boiler, and killed four negroes. They | | Slso staie that after we have breached the gorge wall we have got to demolish a wall of cotton | bales and sand bags behing the gorge walls and | filling the casemaies and officers’ quarters, and | extending trom the sea wall to the wall facing | Charleston. ‘The approaches-to Wagner are slowly pro- | grecsing. The high water last night swept en- | tirely over the north end of the island, making the point upon which Forts Gregg and-Wag- | ner are situated entirely an island, and render- | | ing it difficalt for engineers to work. | The deserters report that the three forts are | gar isoned by over 3,000 men, 1,300 being in ; Fort Wagner. Itshould be remembered that | these deserters lefton Sunday, and before the | bombardment commenced in earnest. The re- | duction of those formidable forts has thus far | been almost entirely the work of the army. The navy bas accomplished but little, but very few of the shots from the Monitors hay. ing hit the forts, But two Monitors, however, have directed their fire upon the fort. | Mr. Fulton writes to the Baltimore American: i { At one o’clock the Admiral returned to the flagship, having been nearly six hours in action, nd all the fieet were then telegraphed to with. | draw for rest asd refreshments. On reaching , the flagship the Admiral immediately cemmu- nicated by signals with General Gillmore, and shortly received the following congratulatory fone s eae am entirely Clg tgablngs opera- 5 Of morning—the entire gorge wall is pitte with holes.” ates INCIDENTS OF THE FIGHT. | _It is the intention of General Gillmore to give the enemy no breathing time, but to keep ae the fire night and day until the west wail | gives way. | The Passaic and Patapsco were about 1,100 | yards from Sumter. They had a good view of the obstructions in front of Sumter. Two ves- sels are filled with water and keeled over, cup- j to support a chain across the channal. ; They could also ece the cordon of barrels across the harbor from Sumter to Moultrie. The Patapsco had a torpedo exploded under | her when near Sumter, lifting her a foot out of the water, but doing no damage. Work of Tuesday Morning. The steamer Arkansas leaves at 12 o'clock this morning, and I close with a brief note the | latest events. During the past night theshore batteries fired without intermission at Sumter, having od- tained the ranges during the day. This kept the rebéls from snything to is strengthening the wall, and this moraing the i Be sage da is quite visible. | . The night wasstormy and reiay, but we have |-nother clear and beautifal mora From Gaylight until 12 o'clock, at the time I write, the batteries haya been doing heavy duty. - } Thecheils fired average about four per minute, and Sumter is constantly enveloped in clouds of brickdust. The Nahant and Weehawken, with the lronsides, and some of the ‘wooden gunboats, are paying their compliments mo- mentarily to Forte Wagner and which occasionally get off a return shot, but Samter snd Moultrie are quiet. The rebel batterieson James Island throw a few shell occasionally, but dono harm. The Admiral has gone on | ehore for consultation with Gen. Gilmore, who iz rapidly recovering from his indisposition Several transports with troops arirvad asc | pight and the fine sice-wheel stexmer Phila. celpbia, Capt. Reynolds, which is to be tha flagship of Admiral Dubigron, arrived here this morning from Baltimore. The Diasmore | of the Wood will be extended, at the option of the | sidered, and an oath of allegiance must accompany | | Gertificate above mentioned.) The presumption is that the fleet will not make a grand ageault on the sea walls of Sum- ter until Gen. Gilmore has breached the west wall and is enabled to lodge and explode his shells inside of the structure. This may be to- | morrow or next day. Admiral Dahigren is de- sirous of retaining all his iron-c in good concition for the heavy work inside of the is bor and the approaches to the city. The Sangamon will arrive here boy f or to- morrow, and the captured Rebel ram Atlanta will be brought here from Port Royal. Yours, &c., Cc. Cc. Another Late Account. By the Star of the South, at New York on Sunday, the Herald has a letter dated the woth. We copy the following: THK BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES. From ore end of our lines to the other our uring their fire against the devoted george walls ot Sumter. But, though the effect of our projectiles is ali that could be desired or Enough of the masonry yet remains to keep it persistently upright. It refuses to come down ull eaten piece by pieceaway. That the rabels who constitute its garrison mean to maintain their tenure to the last moment is evident from the industrious manner in whish they are pil- ing sund-bags into the apertures; from their spietar fire against the iron-clads whenever they approach; from the steady flow of shot and shell trom Fort Johnson and the James Island batteries; from the angry volleys of } grape and cannister and spherical case which ‘Wagner vomits forth; and from the defiant fixunting of the blood-red battle-flag of the “Confederate States Army” from every flag- staff visible in their lines. We have no task of an hour before us, and the public must not be impatient yet to learn of the reduction of Fort Sumter. FORT SUMTER STILL STRONG. Fort Sumter enjoys as much immunity from Ageauit as if her fuir outlines had never been disturbed Wugner to-day is as strong as when this end of Morris Island was occupied by the Federal forces—stronger perhaps, for its garri- | son has beenincreased, and wherever a gun has been dismcunted another has been mounted, To military minds the idea of assaulting Fort Sumter, after a three days’ bombardment, at a distance of thirty-five hundred to feur thous- and yards, is simply ridiculous. The posses- sion ot Wagnerand Gregg is essential to our vuccupation or Sumter. Operations looking to their posgession have not been lost sight of, nor for 4 moment suspended. We will have them and Fort Suinter with them, in du» time. WHY THE IRON-CLADA KEPT SILENT. The iron-clads moved up abreast of Fort Sumter last evening, but retired withcut firing ashot. The heavy ocean swell washed into their portholes as they were opened, and de- stroyed all accuracy in the elevationof their guns. | was found to be too email for the transaction of the immense fleet. the Ninth street Methodist Protestant th School will be held at the Union League kooms on MONDAY and TUBSDAY, Aug 2th aod “5th Fruit, Flowers, Ice Cream, and Music The emt FESTIVAL.—A Fruit Festival of a roceeds for the purchase of 8. Library. A ine Brass Bard will be presi Admission 10 cents. au 24-2t* NOTIOB —Tie First Grand Pic Nio of the Washington Sailmakers’ Acsociation whieh was to have been given at the Park on Wediesday, 26th instant, has been postponed to Sist instant, in conrequence of the pic-nic of Bt. Dominior’s Church taking place atthe time named. au?{2t” taco TO TAX PAYBRS. CoLtector's 0: mon: Orry Hai, st 13, 1853. The rate of Tax for the year | as been fixed at seventy five cents on the one hundred dollars. Under the law a discount of 15 per cent is allowed upon ali taxes paid on or before the last day of Sep - tember. 1863 at t therein named will not be allowed upon taxes on property already in arrears for general purposes, until all soch arrearages are au l4-2awsw WH. DIXON, Collector. P®orosate FOR WOOD. Daror POR Rconaas or We 2 | Ssisiant Quartermaster’s ee Potnt Lookows, Md , August 33. 1433, Suarep Prorosats for the delivery of 300 cords of Wood to the Government will be recsived a this office until TUESDAY, the 8th da; yt ber, 1363, at 12 m. Wi to merchantable, four feet long, and split siz be delivered at Point Lookout, The Wood to officer of the Quartermaster’s Department. Delivery not . onsidered complete until corded, measured, and inspected. Buch We &s does not conform to the abore Specifications wal be nuected, ie lelivered on or before the 30th of Cctober, 1863. The time for the delivery of part Depot Quartermaster, i! deemed best for the in- tee ok conte ety om Sort mt a yment to be made as follows: upon delivery of | 2 00 cords of Wood 1,000 cords will be paid for, and j payment wil! be made upon delivery of every 1,0) | cordatbereafur The balance upon co npletion of j the whole contract, PEOPOSALS. The full name and Post Office address of the bid- dar must appear in the proposal. f a bid is made in the name of a firm the names f ail the parties composing it must appear, or the | bid will be considered as the incividual proposal of | the party signing it ,Proporals from disloyal parties will not be ¢on- | each pro; 100 Proposa’s must be addressed to Capt. Nelson Plato, Assistant Quartermaster, Point Lookout, | Moeryland, sod chuuid be plainly marked" Pro: posa 8 for Wood.’” | GUARANTEB. The responsibility of the guarantors must be ahcwn by the official certificate of the Clerk of the pearest Districc Court or of the United States Dist ict Attorne The ability of the bidder to fill the contract, should it be awarded to him, must be gua: ied by two esponsible persons, whose signatures are to be appended to the guarantee, and said guarantes must sccomp:ny the bid. Bidders must be present in person when the bids ave opened,or their proposals will not be consid- Bonds in the sum of ten thousand dollars, signed by the contractor and both of his guarantors, will be required of the successful bidder upon signing the contract ¥ORM OF GUARANTEE. We —,, of the county of —, and State of — and—— ofthe county of —, and State of —, do nereby guaranty that — is able to fulfil a contract im accordance with the terms of his proposition, | aod that, should his gee be accepted, he | wil at = enter into @ contract in accordance ; with. | Should the contract be awarded him, we are pre- | ‘ed to become his securities. (To this guarantee must be appended the official The Desot Quartermaster reserves to himself the pieht te reject any or all bids that he may deem tee ‘Lotormal proposals will be rejected. ee NELSON PLATO Captain A. Q. M. NM 188 TAYLOR expects to resume the Ixercises of her SouooL (avant in the rear of the First Presbyterien hurch, 434 street, north entrance,)on MONDAY, Bept. 7th. au 25 enlw* YOUNG LADIES’ SEMI YY. Cornet Of Prospect and Viedorick atroeta, Georgetown, D.O, mn UiRS, GENE “WHEBLER,: Principal. @ duties of this Instituti ny esam ‘Tuecday, st of 8 mber. cum ten au mice 1,000 Manan ao vRaas sande from prime old wheat; also, best bi AMILY, 7 sale in 1ote to ent, at No, 83 Water street, Georgetown, D.C. au 25 WM. CLABAUGH. T° WHOM IT MAY CONOEEN.—A gentleman desires to quit Ho isekeeping, will offer a chance to any rood responsible tenant who buy the furniture, whick is nearly new and in perfect condition. 1% will cost $700 more or les! sion pe immediately, 378 8th strc au 2g T PASTUBAGD. HE Best Pasturage. a fine meadow and other fields, with a large branch of best water throug it, may be had for 490 or more Horses, Sheep, &c Prego See LSM ae palate . Apply the ., Long le tins: George ccunty, Md. 28-7" i p eiek 1 eho Lh nk eg ere. S35 all GQAGOND GRAND EXCURSION TO G@LYMONT. The proprietors of tha steamer YOUNG AMBRICA will give the!r Second Grand Bxcursion to Glymontt on THUREDAY, Aug. g7th. 1863. Tickets boat will leave Washington at 7 o'clock Alexandria at 8a. m. auk ther double ness. Bold for ro fault, the ower hav fer her. Shecan be seen at P. Georgetown, D. 0, QTHAMEHIP JAB. 8. GREEN HAS ARRIVED be from Dew York, ani isnow discha: mo’ Fgo at foot of High street, te san ewer teat oie seas reception o} ir a le This ‘Reamer will re tor Bow You! On Wod- OE +» Ot 12 ma, For freight or MOBGAN & INBHARP, Agents. T NOTiOn. es HE PARTNERSHIP b iG xietin: - tween Tealan B Basses? ead Wanay Be Geer war Gisoived by tutu conaeat ou Asean ~E Briesay is puthorined to collect aliments 1883. Nect due to the late Girm, gad will all dobts due ‘arm. THath un, Be Lard HENRY B-OUMTISS’ | «7 THE BUSINESS WILL BE CARRIED ON at the od stand, Noa $9 and 01 jana Bear Tenth st eet Thsnokful for pact favore hope a corti: nance of the au M-St* S' MAM TUG FOR BALE. For saie cebe to ciese @ aitler’s business, a email Steam Pu, ia perfret runnin, 191 Pena. ave, toJ, P. MUMFORD, order. Ay po | ports Cambria and America bring Mi SECOND EDITION. THIRD EDITION, 1 O'CLOCE P. M. MORE THRILLING NEWS FROM CHARLESTON !! FORT SUMTER IN RUINS! ITS SURRENDER BY ANDERSON AVENGED !! —_—>—— COMBINED ATTACK ON SUNDAY. Our Shot Go Through Both Walls !! ———-——_ The Rebel Col. Gaillard Killed. ———.—-—. Colonel Bhett and other Officers Wounded. CHARLESTON SHELLED ON THE 24TH! THAT CITY PROBABLY NOW IN RUINS 1! —_—_e-——_. The following thrilling news received by Government will electrify the country from end to end, telling as it does that the surrender of Fort Sumter to the Confederates Kas been avenged by its utter destruction, and that Charleston, the nest of the accursed rebel- lion, is alsonow under the penalty of Union ehot and chell:— Fortress Mongog, VA., Aug. 25, 1953. Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War: {From the Richmond Sentinel, August 21.) «CHABLESTON, August 23.—Or Saturday six hundred and four shots were fired at Sumter, of which four hundred and nineteen (419) struck inside and outside. The east wall is much scaled and battered in and the parapet undermined. The northwest wall, arches, &c., have fallen in, guns dismounted, and one pri- vate killed. «On Sunday the land batteries opened from south to north and the monitors from east to west, coming close up. The fire was very damaging. The east wall was cracked and breached, and the shot swept through the fort. A shell burst, wonnding Lieut. Boylston, Col. Rhett and three other officers. The fort is now in ruins. “Col. Rhett is ordered to hold this outpost even as @ forlorn hope, until relieved or taken. «Col. Gaillard was killed on Sunday. «Gen. Gilmore sent & communication at li | o'clock on Sunday, giving notice that at 11 o’clock to-morrow he would open fire on Charleston.” Very respectfully, §S. A. MrRepirs, Brig. Genera). FURTHER FROM CHARLESTON AND FORT SUMTER. Fortgrss Monros, Aug. 24—The City of Richmend, Capt. Kelly, arrived at Hampton Roads at noon. Capt. Kelly reports having leit off Charleston Saturday last at 10 o’clock p.m. The fiags of Sumter had been shot away Thursday and Friday, and no reply was made | to our bombardmert, which was constantly kept up. ' The southwest side of Sumter was demol- ished, and presented nothing but heaps of ruins. No guns were being fired from the Fort. Capt. Keely reports that the steamers Cam- bria and American left Uharleston bar Friday for New York. On Friday nine breaches were obseryed in Sumter by a@ epyglass from the ships off Charleston. The siege was then progressing on our part. For the last seven days our casualties bad been only about four per day LATER. New York, August 25.—The steam tr; Island dates to midnight of the 2!st instant. The bombardment of Fort Sumter still con- tinued, and the south wall had been demol- ished almost to the base. Wagzer, Gregg and her rebel batteries replied at short interyals. An expedition was fittin: out to silence the James Island batteries, which have become annoying. Qur casualties are smail. The greatest confidence is felt as tothe result by the officers and troops. >= RBWARD.—Lost or stolen, a middle-sized $5 garb WaTOH: detached fever. The floder i tl corner of lv an ata, will leave it at org PRISAED. Watcamaker, AKBN UP AS AN BSTRAY—A Black MARE, T about 5 or 6 tie ola rhe owner aon some roperty charg an‘ eo Sway Abe in now at BAWLE'S Stables, H St. bet, a au 25-3)* im- his Rooms, 305 @ aicuets between’ Sth and lith, commencing August 27th, 1868. For ulars apply at his rooms. HERE WILL BE A SALE ON FHUBBDAY he 7th ipat.,at 4 past 6p. m., of 9 Spotied B.ws,1 Boar, 1 Black Sow. and 1 potted Sew. Al o, 1 Bpotted Pig, and one Nannie Goat. at the City Pound on N and 3 atreet, JOHN TOOMBS, au 25-3t* Pound Mast: STEAY.—A small BROWN MULB (looked as though it had been worked) came to Mark Howlan’s om the of bang Ene owner ou are aad eit away. eal caterer JOHNSON 3d Metropolitan Precinct. au 25 3t™ iT .—/ {long tailed BLAOK HO2343 Orth Aefncas, attached t> a Phacton, became frightened Snnday afternoon near Georgetowa Heights. The last reen of them they were head Wane & Giati’s Blablon, corner of Vth and Bs ‘a, ner eat THOMAS OLAR: Ee ee 2 dt) ae BST: ANTED.—We want tweaty- | Soper Ores Wiis "day, ‘We ver Gx0 (30) good reliablo MBN the highest prices. Call early an: tieredipuceee along Salat ono a8 Noa Sth titeef, between G ang au 25-8t {Ohrobicle. INT—On Green street, George- Hes, yaad goseension given ‘medi ely, by a genase, who, at procan’ Sostines Keeping bor Itish isomnely farnished, Perhaps the ure can be ren with the house if desired, ne He nte e ie' tome ae. maguire at tore a: vants rooms, . a x 136 street. an 9 3t y at 25, 1568 Prorosars Wilbe recsived at this oes until pt , the 20th instant, for grading aoe eee ee era marth A to norih 0 street, the ayel To bepiac inohes thiek in the center,taperiag {o"four inches the gatter line, and to be of s enal! ‘the Gomi and Assist ent }, the gravel % ‘well raked of stone im erst mee eee rolled witha fe. ee x ‘Siddera ‘Wiil state the rice ver cubic yard fer erading sed pe, square yard for grav; Ro part of the appropriation be paid the tractor exce) the certificate of the Com- SSinloner, and Taietant ‘Oommissioners thatthe beer Kr cnted. ferork has boon graperly xg HAMILTON, Comm! Fi ‘ard, H. WN. 8TEYBNS. BENJAMIN OWENS, - an & ate t Commissioners, GgPRING CASH BOXSS YOR HOLDING THE Penh maw end very convenient article, Forsale®y Sarnp & ROLOMONS, Ba 0 35 38¥ Pean avenue, | | 4 O'CLOOK P. M. TELEGRAPHIC N&Wws. Further News of the Attack Upon Sumter and Charleston. Gen. Gilmore Demands the Surren- der of Sumter and Morris Island, EE He Threatens to Shell Charleston. Beauregard Makes Threats also, 23 of our Vessels Inside the Bar. Confirmation of the Shelling of Chattanooga. FortkEss Monon, Aug. 25.—The flag-of- truce etcamer New York has arrived. The Ricbmond Senjinel of the 2ith instant contains the tollowing telegrams: CHARLESTON, Aug. 22.—The fire of the ene- iry's Innd batteries has been kept up on Fort Sumter, and more guns disabled. There was only ons casualty. There was also a heavy fire on Battery Wag- ner from the fleet and land, also on Battery Gregg. The casualties at Wagner were one officer and four privates. Gen. Gilmore's demand for the surrender of Fort Sumter and Morris Island, witha threat to ehell Charleston in four hours from the de- livery of the paper at Wagner, was signed and returned at7 o'clock this morning. Gen. Beauregard, in his reply, charges inhu- manity and violation of the laws of war, and affirms that if the offense be repeated he will employ stringent measures of retaliation. Up to this time the threat to shell the city has not been executed. {Here follows the dispatch from Charleston to the Richmond Sentinel published in our second edition.] CHARLESTON, Aug. 23.—Satarday at Wagner a lieutenant and four men of the siege train were wounded. It is said to-day that there are twenty-three vessels inside, including the Ironsides and menitors, ete, and thirteen outside the bar. CuATTANOOGA, Aug. 2?.—The Yankees com- meneed chelling the city of Chattanooga yes- terday without giving notice. All quiet to- day. THE THREE HUNDRED-POUND PARROTT GUN. We apprehend that when full particalars of the important news from Charleston (given elsewhere) have been received, it will be found that the immense 300-pound Parrott gun in the hands ot Gen. Gilmore 1s the instrument that conveys the Union shot to the doomed city of Charleston. On the 20th, Gen. Gilmore was mounting this gun at a point where he expected to reach Charleston, and the later news would indicate that he has been successful. NAVAL ORDERS. First Assistant Engineer G. B. N. Tower, detached from the Richmond and ordered to special duty at Boston, Mass. Second Assistant Engineer Clark Fisher, de- tached trom the Marblehead and waiting or- ders. Second Assistant Engineer Albert Morley, ordered to the Nipsic. Sailmaker Theodore C. Herbert, ordered to the steam sloop Hartford, vice Sailmaker John A. Holbrook, detached and waiting orders. TRANSFERRED TO THE OLD CAPITOL. Corporal I. A. Gray, of the 12th Mississippi volunteers, who bas been since his eapture in St. Aloysius Hospital, under treatment, was to-day pronounced convalescent, and trans- ferred to the Old Capitol. COMMITTED. Henry C. Emmerson and J. ©. Athey, ar- rested by the Potomac Flotilla as blockade run- ners, were committed to the Old Capitol yes- terday afternoon by order of Provost Marshal Todd THE OLD FLAG OVER SUMTER! We hear that when Gilmore takes possession of Fort Sumter he will hoist over it the old flag that waved there when Maj. Anderson commanded the post. = A SCARY TIME DOWN IN DIXIE Meise ees THE CONFEDERATE CAUSE NOPREIL.ESS [F ABSENTEBI8M 18 NOT ARRESTED.” oe FEDERAL ATTACK ON MOBILE VIA PEN- SACOLA, Seen geeee THE CONFEDERATES AFRAID THE YAN- KEES WILL GET A FOOTHOLD ON JAMES’ ISLAND. Sige cei The Richmond Whig of the 20th has a terribly lachrymose article upon absenteeism in the Confederate army, in which it makes the re- markable statement that at the battles around Ricbmond last June twelye months, the num- ber of soldiers on Gen. Lee’s roll was one hun- dred and twenty thousand. The largest number present at these battles waa forty-eight thousand ! At the battle of Sharpsburg the number on the Genersl’s roll was one hundred and forty thousand. The number actually present and in the fight was only thirty-five thousand; and that at the battle of Gettysburg the ratio of ab- senteeism was about the same.” The Whig despairingly says :— It is useless to conceal the fact any longer; our cause will ere long become hopelesa if the evil of abeenteeism is not arrested.” ye ‘The Whigsays that the Yankees are making large hospital accommodations at the Pensa- cola Navy Yard, and that vessels are congre- gating there, indicating that they contemplate moving on Mobile from that point directly or indirectly. The 1ig thinks the matter should be attended to. The Richmond Examiner intimates that the garrieon will be withdrawn from Fort Wagner and Morria Island when the place gets too for for them, and says “the officers in command at Charleston understand their profession too well to permit the battery or the island to be- come another of the many man-traps which have Gone the country so much moral as well as material injury during the war. We have never been able to learn why this battery and this island are considered essential to the safe- ty of Charleston.” The Augusta Conétitutionalist dreads lest the Yankees should geta foothold on James Island, compelling the surrender Leet sen ne is probably the secret of el rebals are making to fortify James Island. ‘The Constiiutionalsst says: right and left by “ i janked on ee rere Sentey rivers; the Coepzr river sad Town creek being too wide to allow of much uneasiness from that quarter, bat on the Tight side of the Kooy as we look toward the sea, the Ashley only ceparates ue, with its comparatively narrow stream, from the sandy so long and hardly contested, for James Isinnd.” eg Shillington sends us an advance copy of the {nviting September number of Harv: Magacine. Buying. Seu 7a U.S Coupon Bonds, 1961 ......106% 1°7 U. 5. 5'20's ... ~ U.S. 7.30 Notes . ur NEW YORK RATES—3 0 CLOOK P. M. Uoupon 6's, 1681, 107s: 7-30's, 107; New Gere tificates of Indebtedness, 99%, (old, 122 x. see TersonaL.—Brigadier General Wesley Mer- ritt, commander of the Regular Cavalry Bni- gade, leftthe city this morning tor his com- mand. Hen. 1. N. Morris, of Illinois, and Hon. John Hu'chins, of Ohio, called on the President this morning. LOCAL NEWS Tux Drart.—The following cases were dis- pee of by the Board of Enrolment up to the jour Of 2 o clock to-day : Wm. Hess, disability. Leopold Feiss, alien. Seigstord Hammersley, alien. John Berry, erroueously evroled. Leonhardt Albright, erroneously enroled. Chas. W. Dawes, disability. Robert Lanhan, only support of widow. R. B. Johnson, disability. Jose de la Concepsion Sarimento, alien. Frank Chew, disability. Ferdinand Dodge, erroneonsly enrolled. Joseph W. Arnold, furnished substitute - Frederick Di ne. George Pe: pler, over age. Frauklio \.’ashington, (colored,) disability. Charles W. Morris, erroneously enrolled. John Griszharber, alien. John Cahill, disability. A. B. Chandler, erroneously enrolled. Geo. H. Plant, jr., turnished substitute —W H. Kelley. Charles King, erroneously enrolled. Wm. S. Pyles, furnished substitute—Patrick Clifford John Dieterie, alien. Geo. Dant, furnished substitute—Henry Meir. Jobn A. Wilson, furnished substitute—Joun Reilly. Chas, Lohr, disab:Jity. Marshai Duval, erroneously enrolled. Alex. McMasters, disability. Albert Brooke, under age. John W. Grish, disability. Jacob D. Kiger, only support of a mother. George Burgess, erroneously enrolied. E. B. Burry, disability. Hostord A. Brown, disability. Wm. F. Berkley, furnished substitute—Dun- can McDonald. Charles Van Anden, disability. Charles Lemon, in service 3d of March. Henry Herman, alien James F. McGuire, erroneously enrolled. E. Marlatt, furnished substitute—T.C. Hatca. wm. J. Ebbitt, furnished substitute—Jere- miah Sullivan. James R. Cook, furnished substitute—Rich. Harding. Cc. Haul, furnished substitute—Haufman Conrad. James H. Gleason, furnished substitute— Patrick Dean. ‘Theo. L. Bowen, disability. Nicholas Lochbochler, disability. James Robbins, disability. ELSES IED, Mr. Epitor:—It was Dr. Newman, and not Dr. Joyce who dressed the wounds of Wm. Donohoo, and he does not consider them neces- sarily fatal. Ee REMEMBER the pic-nic of St. Dominick's Church congregation at the Washington Park, Seventh street, to-morrow. AFFAIRS IN GEORGEIOWRN. Guerrillas onthe Canal. GEORGErOWN, August 25, 1863. Last eyening Mr. N. G. Roberts, of Nortoilk, Va., and recently of the firm of Dawson & Co., while bathing in thy Poiomac, near Lawson's coal wharf, was takeu, it is supposed, with the cramp and drowned. He returned to Lynn's Hotel, where he was boarding, early in the evening and proposed to one of his fellow- boarders to go and takea bath in the Potomac; but his associate, not feeling well, excused himself, and Mr. Roberts proceeded alone to the whar!, where he was seen by 3 colored boy to undress himself and plunge into the water. After swimming about twenty minutes, the boy heard him make a noise, and observed him throwing uphis hands. He was about twenty yards off the wharf, and sunk before any as- sistance could be afforded. Up to ten o’clock to-day his body had not been recovered. This sad affair should be a warning to othera, no matter how well they can swim, to beware of deep water when alone. Notwithstanding that troops have recently been placed along the line of the Chesapeake and Obio Canal to guard and secure the sate transportation of coul and other produce to market, the guerrillas appeared again last night on the towing-path about twenty-five roles from our town, but did no damages, as the boats that were hailed told them that ot boats were neur loaded with troops, they were in squads of fifteen or eighteen, and wi creted in the weeds, which grow to § it height near the river. q The arrivals to day are—Schooners ta, English, Balt., lumber to Libbey} Morris, Artia, Bangor, Me., ice to Godey$ Wind, Burnette, N. ¥., hay to Govern it; Daniel Brown, Herald, N. ¥., grain wo de: C. A. Cook, Verenhaia, N. ¥., bay to do.; Helen McLeod, Goodrich, Washington, light. By csnal—Beats A. Kane, Susquelanna, W. J. Buthe, Elmira, coal to Ray’s Do-ks; H. P. Kindle, Francis Mamaduke, Jas. Baker, coal to Boden Mining Co.: H. Fray, Wm. MeMolen,S. M. Petue, Mary Mertirs, Poto- mac, coal to Agnew’s Dock; C. E. Detmold, coal to C.C. and I. Co. Departed by river—Schooner Charlotte Shaw, Reeves, to Boston with coal from R: Locks. Crna. hobi “NONDEMNED SUBSISTENOR STOKES aT , AUCTION Will be sold at Public Auction. at «leven o’clook a. m., on BATURDAY, August th, 1265, at @ street wharf, Washington, »,C, the totlowiog named articles of Subsistence Stores condemned as unt for issue, vis : 1 barre! of Pork 137,855 pounds of Bacon, (mostly Bidex) 1 barre} ot Flour 89 39-100 bushels of Beans 1 40-100 bushels of Peas 21,019 pounds of Rice 38 pounds of Roasted and Ground Coffee Termb cash, in Government funds erms in Government fu: 5 7 LESLI® SMITH, au 25-4t Captain First Infantry, 4.0 8. SSIETANT QUARTERMASTER’S OFFIOS Corns: of G and Twenty-second streets. Washington. D. C. August 25, 1863 PUBLIC #ALES OF CONDEMNED ANIBIALS Will take piace at ths Corral, near the Observatory in this city. on the firat, third, and fifth WEONBS- DAYS of Begtomber, 1863, the $4, 16 b, and goth dase @ mon’ a ne property is condemned as unfit for publi fervice. Sales to commence at ten o’clock a. m.. of each day,and be continued from day to dsy uctil the puraber on hand shail be sold ‘erms cash, in Governm at 28- 30t Captain By W. B. LEWIS & 00. Aen a: OOKS, STATIONERY. FAN’ Gey ‘ar Avoviog—On THURSDAY BVSNING at 37th, at 7o'clock, we shall sell the Stook Fixtures of Store No. 4827! corner of B street, co: ing of @ good selac- f Standard Books, Albums. pm looeg 8 «e. Goods,&s. Also, Fixtures, Counter, Caseg, 0. . B. LBWI8_& CO. Auctioneers. N Sten, e"éirculating L rary is removed to : and 13th. No, 244 heehee pe) 'W. 8. L. & CO. By J.C, McGUIBE & OO. ee sere, ‘T OW THIED eT WHET. OLLDING LOT M srasereuontu at Avetios: Arts . Sept. ist, at 6 seco ae eeatan SAT eke a eea ect west, between T and Ke streste orth,and rupning ba: fest toa pablicalley ae conte ne Ahitd cash; the remainder in 6 and 1g mente with interest, secured by deed of trust on the premi at the cost of the haser. dass bre7eneing NO. MCGUIRE & Go. Aucu. es eee By GRBEN & WILLIAMB, Auctioneers. P3RBMETORY BALE OF UB VALUABLE Burt.pinc Lore ow , the ta D ds 2 gOMPRINS, A -8 ‘ant, ° a * SAREE ae Se een mable Building Lots, having s front ef @ fet. nm tre jalding, Lot, fron! Aandsome om ave, in 3: One the same te 874. half cash ; in siz and Ren Beipes ton the ‘All conveyancing and stamps at the cost of the "ie sedkta — GRURN & WILLIAMS, Ancte__ Jomare B. SHBWALL, ze a PHIL ES De ne PHIA, PLES AND PEAOH SS. eee Orr ot Government tse. au T-Te~ SUTLEBS, ATPENTION | BUTTER DEPOT zon — ARMY, Oboice Butter @'aas Jos, 8 W275 OW eked B. FUNNEL, arc at 334 Det, near ith it,