Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-04-17

Floating Battery, the Entiiade Battery, and
other frrtifcatons spit forth their wrath at
the grim fortress rising 50 deiiantly out of
the Hea.
M.inr Anderson received the >hot and sell
in silence And some excited lookers-on, ig.
noranr of the character of the foe, were iiu"nt
with CO. lectures and predictions, that revived
the hop. last d, ing out of heir hopeful amt
tender hearts. Bat the sh"rt-iTcd hope w;ss
ute l.. cxtin;ui e,l wArr the deepening W.
liy;.t revealed the Stars alr! S;rpcs llualimg
proudly in the breeze The batteries contin
ue,! at regular incr,a S to bclch IRON VEN
gclcc, and sill! no answer was returned by
tie foe About an hour after The booming
began, two balls rushed Missing through the
air, and glanced harmless from the stuccoed
bricks ul For; Moul.ric. The cmbrasuFeS ut
the hostile fortress gave forth 10 sound AGAIN
tin betwrc, Elk and seven O'clock, when, as
i 5vrath!ul IRON enforced delay, from Case
mate and parapct the United States officer
pa,r, Il i sloru. u! iron hail UPON Fort Motl-
trie, Stevens I..jn Battery and the Floating
Battery. The broadsde was returned WITH
spirit b. the gallant gunners at these lmpor-
tant posts. =,
The firing now began in gno;i earnest. The
curling white smoke hung above the angry
piece, Of fiend and foe, and the Jarr'ns
boom rolled ut regular intervals on the a'lX-
ious ear The atmosphere was charged win
the smell of vilai: ou' saltpe're, AMI as il III
sympathy with the melancholy scene the SKY
| WAS covered with heavy clouds, and every
thing wore Sulnhre aspect.
a boat bearing dispatches to General Beau
regard from Morris Island, raache ! tie city
| about nine o'clock, reported that all lh' bat
teries were working admiralty; thai no one
was injured, and that the men were wild With
enthusiasm.
4 short time after that happy news was
received. the schooner PetrG, from Hog Is
lald Channel, reported that the shot from
Stcvena' Iron Battery had told upon inc walls
Of Fort Sumter. And also that Fort Montrlc
La,; sustained no damage.
About hali-past nine O'Clock, Capt Il. ).
Parker reported from Snllivan's island to
Mount Pcas;l.,' that everything was i'll iihe
..oatli,ion at Fort Mnultrie, ANA that tac so :
clrrs had escaped unhurt.
The same dispatch stated that the enlbra,
sur.s IF the Ensting Battery We're undam-
a,etl bv the shock of the shot, aud though
tina. Crmi liable structure had been struck
eleven times, the balls had not started :: si'l-
ole holt. Anderson had concentrated his fire
upon the Floating Battery, aud the Dalhlgren
Battery. un:ier command Of Lieut.. Hamilton.
\ numcr of shells had dropped into + r.
Sumter, AM o4e qua Ell balbetts had been
G>mDunied.
The following Cheering tidi"gs were brought
to the city by Col Ednund Yates, Ac'ing
Lieutenant to Doz'er, of the Confederate
States Navy, from Fort johnson. Stevens,
Battery has made considerable progress in
l.ea;hlny the South and Southwest walls OF
Fort Sumter. The Northwest wal! is suffer
!. O from the we'll aimed fire Of tk. Floating
Battery. wLu>e shot have disnunntrd several
,.f the guns On Tie parapct. and made it i'm
no s.!.lr to use tie remaining ones. The
| llawi.zer Battery connected with the im-
ptrguab!c Gun Battery at Cummings Point.
is nalnged with conSumuiatc and terrible
effect.
Eicren o'clock.-A messenger from Morris
| island brings the glorious news that the SHOT
sancr from the iron cuvere! battery al Cum
ming's Point, like marbles thrown by child
On The back Of turtle. The upper portion
OF the S ,uthwcst wall Of Fort Sumter shows
plainly the effect of the terrible cannonadc
from the formidable product Of Mr.. G. II.
Stevens patriotism and ingenuity.
A half an hour later the gladstone tidlngs
came that Stevens Battery was last DANA
e:ng the Southwest wall of Sumter.
4 boat reached tic City from the Floating
Battery about half past twelve o'clock, aud
reported that shot from Fort Sumter pene-
trated the top vf the structure, and three
Shets struck tue sand bags in the rear OF. tue
Blttery.
Ttrclrc ociock.-Wc bave just learned by
aa arrival from Cummings Point, that the
batteries there are doing good serrice-S.e-
vrns' Battery very successful. Net single
accident. The troops are in the Ges,
spirits. Two Of the guns at Sumter appear
III be disabled.
A; one o'clock the following was received
rom Norris Island. Two guns in Stevens
BATTERY temporarily disabled Anderson's fire
.:yinr injured the doors Of the embrasure>.
The damage will be repaired speedily. |, is
thought that Ft Sumter will he preached in
iw0 h,urS. The steam vessels of war Were
>ccn off the bar, one Of them supposed to be
tie Harriet Lane.
Capt. r. S. Parker reached the city from
Fort Moutric at lialf-rust two O'Clock, and
makes the following report: Capt. p. visited
Fort Moultric and the Enlading Battery hear
!.v. and found all well and in high spiris.-
lie left the Mortar Battery. Lieut.. Ii lin
uuist, at ten minutes past two. The soldiers
Stationed there are giving good account Of
themselves. The Floating Battery had been
struck eighteen times, ami received no mate
ri;i INJURY.
The venerable Edmund Ruflin, who, as
SION AS it was knnwn battle was inevitable,
iia,tercd over to Morris Island and was elect
cd !. member of the Palmetto Guard, fired
the first gun from Stevens Iron Battery. All
homer TO the chraric Virgiuian! May he
live many years to wear the tadelcSS wreath
a..:s, honor placed upon his brow on our slo-
.i;,ls Friday.
Another noble son of the Old Dominion,
wi!u rebukin.ly reminds her Of her past glory,
vas appointed OH Gen. Bcaurcgards Staff on
Thursday, bore dispatches to the General in
command from Brig. Gen. James SimonS in
command Of Norris Island during the thick
est of the fight. and in the face Of . murde
r.,,I> fire from Fort Sumter Col. Roger A.
Pryor, the eloquent young Vrsinian, in tie
execution Of that dangerous commission.
passed within speaking distance Of the angry
and hostile fortress.
Despite the fierce and concentrated fire
from Fort Sumter, the rival fertilization on
Suliivan's Island received but slight damage.
It's MerlollS stood unmoved, and are this
mnrni in as good condition as they were
b.E,re their strength was tested by the rude
shocks Of the shot.
The Floating Battery came ont Of the iron
storm without losing plate Of its iron cover
Or splinter Of its pine.
A brisk fire was kept up By all TIE bat
terics until about O'Clock in the evening,
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