The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-04-26

foe, were fluent with ceuiccturcs and pre-
diclons. that revived the hope iost dy-
Iiur ont of thci hopeful and tundcr hcurts.
But the short-livcd hope was utterly cN.
'urruishrd when the deepening twilight
revealed the strs and stripes floating
proudly in the breeze. Tho batteries
continued at regular intervals tl bclch
Iron vengeance, and still no answer was
RETURNED by the foe. About an h,ur ot-
ltct the booming began two balls rushed
lhssipg through the air, md glanced
harmless from the succeed bricks OF Fort
.Moultfic. Tho cmbrosurcs Of the hos-
tile fortress gave forth no sound again
ill between six and seven u'clocki whrn
us II wruthlul from cuivrccd dClag from
cascmatc and rarapct the United STATES
officer poured a storm Of huilupou Fort
lNloultric, stevens iron battery aud thc
floating battery The brouds jdc was re-
turned with spirit by the gallant gmucrs
of these important posts.
PROGRESS or THE coNfiIcT.
The firing now began in good carnest.
THE curly white smoke hung above the
Ianrrv pieces or friend and foe, and the
iarrinr boom rolled at regular intcry 3ls
lon the anxious ear The atmosphere
Twas charged with the smell of villoinous
saltprtrc, and, as if in sympathy with
the melancholy scene, the shy was cov-
|crcd with heavy clouds, aud everything
wore sumbrc aspect,
A boat bearing dispatches 20 Gen.
Bcaurerurd from Morris Island, reached
the city about nine o. clock reported thut
lall the batteries were working Odmira-
.hlv; that no one was injured and that
the men were wild with enthusiasm.
A short time uilcr that happy news was
received the schooner Patriot, FROM the
Hog Island Channel, reported that the
shot from Stevens Iron Battery had told
upon the walls Of Fort sumter and also
that Fort Moultrle had sustained no dum.
age.
About hulf-past nine o'clock Capt. r.
S Parker reported from Sullivun's Island
20 Mt. Pleasant, shat everything was iu
the condition of Fort Moultrie, and that
the soldiers had escaped uuhurt.
Tho same dispatch stated That ths ems
brasurcs of the Floating Battery were
undamogcd by the shock of the shot, and
though that formidable structure had
been struck eleven times the balls had
r mot started single bolt. Anderson had
Battery and the Dahlrrccn Ruttcry, un-
der command Of Lieut.. Hamilton. A
number of shells had dropped into Fort
Sumter, aud one gun, en- berbettC, had
been dismount2d. .
The following cheering tidings were
brought to the city by Col. Edmund Yates
Acting Lieutenant 10 DOzicr, of the Con.
federatc States Navy, from Fort johnson.
IS Stevens Battery and the Floating Bat.
tcry are doing important service. Ste
:, |yen's Battery has made considerable pro.
Il grcss in preaching the south aud south
D wcstwalls Of Fort Sumter. The north
p west wall Is suffering from the woll aim
shots have dismounted several Of IA,
guns ON the porupet, and made il impos
siblc 20 use TIE rcmCiuing ones. Tho
D. lIowitzcr Battery connected with tho
=, impregnablc Gun Battery at Cummings
Point. is managed with consunmUtC
e skill and terrible effect,
- HOURLY RRroBTs.
Eleven o'clock-A messenger from
: Morris Island brings the glorious new.
that the shot glance from the iron GOV,
G cred battery at Cummings Point like mar.
ID bles thrown by a child on the bacIof q
: turtle. The upper portion of the south
i west wall OF Fort Sumter shows plainly
ID the effect of the terrible cannonode from
~ the formidable product Of Mr.. c. IL. Ste
ycus' patriotism and ingenuity.
q a half an hour later the gladsome ii
ii dings camu that Stevens Battery wa
lc fast damaging the southwest wall Of Sum
at ter.
ID A q. "a Al.
ID Floating Battery about hul.-post twely
Id o'clock, and reported that shot frou
le Fort Sumter penetrated the top or She
'e Of the structure, aud three shots strucl
50 the sand bags in the rear Of the battery
ry Another messenger who arrived
TX short time after the above was bulletin
e. ed, confirms the cheerful news.
d. Twelve o'clock.-We have Just learn
ct cd BY an arrival from Cummings POint
&c that the batteries there are doing 700
ur service Stevens battery very success
ful. Not u single casually has happen
cd. The troops arc in the best spirits
Two of the guns at Fort Sumter appcu
az 10 be disabled. Considerable damuc
~ has been done to the roofs Of the officers
by quarters,
w At one O'clock tho following was re
IL ceived from Morris Island:
% Two of the guns in Stevens batter
es temporarily disabled, Andersou's fir
ul having injured the doors Of the embru
rs sures. The damdge will be rcpuirc
rs speedily. II is thought that Fort Sum.
70 ter will be preached in two hours. Three
IN steam vessels Of war were seen of th,
r. bar, one Of them supposed to be tn,
ur Harriet Lane.
ln Capt. r.. $. Parker reached the cit,
sy from Fort Moultrio ut half-past tW,
I'D o'clock, and makes the following report
il Capt Parkcrvisi Fort Moultric an,
ht the Euilading Battery near by, and iounS
or all wcll and ia high spirits He lct th,
Mortar Battery, Lieut.. Hollinquis., a
lg ten minutes past two. The soldiers sta
nd toned there are giving good account o
n, themselves. The Floating Battery ha,
O. been 81 uck eighteen times, and received
he no material injury.
Despite the fierce and concentrates
ie fire from Fort Sumter, the rival iortifica
of tions On SulliVan's Island received bu
,n slight damage. It's merlons stood un
Of moved, and are this morning in as good 4
le condition as they were before thei
ly strength was tested BY the rude shocks o
. tho shot.
r. The Floating Battery came out Of the
o- iron storm without losing plate Of il
up iron cover or a splinter of il pine
It A brisk fire was keptup by all the bat
teries until about O'Clock ia the even
ng ing, after which hour the guns doomed a
sh regular intervals Of twenty minutes.
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