, 1861-05-17

, Stevens iron battery had told upon tb,
walls OF Fort Sumter, and also that For
Mouitrie had sustained no damage.
About half past 9 o'clock Capt. r. S
Parker reported from Sullivan's Island t
Mount Pleasant that everything was il
fine condition at Fort Moultrie, and thai
the soldiers had escaped unhurt The sam,
despatch stated that the embrasures Of th,
floating battery were uudamaged by tht
shock of the shot, ard though that formi
dable structure had been struck IL times
the balls had not started q single bolt
Anderson had concentrated his fire upoT
the floating battery, and the Dahlgren bat
terry, under command of Lieut.. Hamilton
A number Of shells had dropped into For
Sumter, and one barbette gun had beer
dismounted.
The following cheering tidings were
brought to the city by Col Edmund Yates,
acting lieutenant to Dozier, of the Confed.
crate States Navy, from Fort Johnson:-
Stevens battery aud the floating battery
are doing important service Stevens bat
terry has made considerable progress in
preaching the south and southwest walls OF
Fort Sumter The northwest wall is suf-
fering from the well-Oimed FIRE of the float
ing battery, whose shot have dismounted
several Of the guns on the parapet, and
made it impossible to nse the remaining
ones. The howitZer battery connected with
the impregnable battery at Cnmmings's
Point, is managed with cOnsummate skill.
and terrible effect"
EieueR o'cioek.-A messenger from Nor
ris Island brings the glorious news that the
shot glance from the iron-coVered battery
at Cummings's Point like marbles thrown
by a child on the back of a turtle. The
upper portion Of the southwest wall of Fort
Sumter shows plainly the effect of the ter
ribe cannonade from the formidable pro
duct Of Mr.. @. II. Stevens ingenuity,
Half an hour later the gladsome tidings
came that Stevens battery was fast dam
aging the southwest wall Of Sumter.
A boat reached the city from the Aoat-
Jog battery about halfpast l2 o'clock, and
reported that shot from Fort Sumter pen
etrated the top or shed Of the structure,
aud three shots struck the sand-bags in the
rear Of the battery.
ItOelre 0'elOok We have Just learned by
an arrival from Cummings's Point, that the
batteries there are doing good service
Stevens battery very successful Not a
single casualty has happened The troops
are in the best spirits. Two Of the gaus
at Fort Sumter appear to be disabled.
Considerable damage has been done to the
roofs Of the officers quarters,
At>1 o'clock the following was received
from Morris Island. Two guns in Stevens
battery temporarily disabled, Anderson's
FIRE having injured the doors Of the embras-
ares. The damage win be repaired speedi-
ly. 1t is thought that Fort Sumter will
be preached In two hours. Three steam
vessels Of war we're seen of the bar, one Of
them supposed to be the Hayriei Lane
Capt r. S. Parker reached the city from
Fort Moultrie at half-past 2 O'Clock, and
makes the following report: Capt. Parker
visited Fort Moultrie and the Enfilading
battery near by and found all well and in
high spirits. He left the mortar battery,
Lieutenant Holanquist, at ten minutes past
two. The soldiers stationed there are Civ
ing good account Of themselves. The
floating battery had been struck ls times,
and received no material injury.
The venrable Edmund Ruth, who, as
soon as it was known battle was inevita-
bic, FASTENED over to Morris Island and
was elected q member Of the Palmetto
Guard, fred the first gun from Steyens's
iron battery. All honor to the chivalric
Virginian.
Another noble son Of the Old Dominion,
who rebukingly reminds her Of her past
glory, was appointed on General Beaure-
CARDS staff on Thursday, bore dispatches
to the General in command, from Brigadier
General James Simons, in command Of Nor
ris Island, during the thiekest Of the fight,
and in the face Of a murderous FIRE from
Fort Sumter. Col. Roger A. Pryor, the
eloquent young VirginiaD, in the execution
Of that dangerous commission, passed with
in speaking distance Of the angry and hos
tile fortress.
Despite the fierce and concentrated fire
from Fort Sumter, the rival fOrti6cation on
Sullivan's Island received but slight dam
age. The floating battery came out Of the
"NH oNSAA WAbuouh AOoAub pow VI Aeo hSh
cover or a splinter Of its pine. A brisk
FIRE was kept up by oil the batteries until
about 7 o'clock in the evening, after which
hour the guns doomed at regular intervals
Of twenty minutes.
All the batteries on Morris Island bear
ing upon the channel kept up steady FIRE for
some time at the dawn Of day. 1t is report
ed they threw their shot into the Harriet
Lane, and that that steamer having ad-
vanced as far as the renowned Star Of the
West battery, was crippled by Well-Rimed
shot, after which she deemed 1t prudent
70 give up the dangerous attempt, and
turned her sharp bow to the ssa.
S.a7vns's iron battery played a conspicu-
Gus and important part in the brilliant, and
as far as our men are concerned, bloodless
conflict which has placed the 18th Of April,
1851, among the memorable days. . The
calibre of its guns, its nearness to Fort
Sumter, its perfect impenetrability, the
GOODNESS and skill Of its gallant gamers,
made this fortifcation one Of the most for