Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-04-14
TIE BoxBARpxENr OF FORT PULASKI.

Thk bOhbAhDhENT VI fUhT fULAsh.
Oar de'p.ichSs published Saturday noraing, give 81
the more important facts with regard to the 6t days
bomb,rdment Of Tort Pul.ski. The following. however
from the Savannah Republican Of yesterday viii be read
With interest
Tte enemy, being ell ready opened fire on For, Pr.
lAski after sunrse yesterday ucrbi5g Too deep
OF the heavy artillery cisiacy heard In tho
city, aud hey came booming III api sucessou up tho
Savannah. The 6re seemed to proceed en,ifely nom
the batteries On fybes Eland. TIey are nearly eli
masked behind The u.'s er sand hi, but line Tic ,ns
west lie oil the Island f.om Kings Llrcng the
10 the Marelo Tower the NORTH dis &c Of about
mi and half As well as c9uls be asceFlKDed tbsy
are Il 10 number, and well gu pi.d .ih guns AMI
tArs OF Leavy CT i)re Thsy tue entire este
aud good p9rioa Of the southern eide Of the Fort and
dstapt from il tie nile or tu0ui,s TEe,e
o. elght or vessels oil large yir CT Dec,
-Aro but thay are 100 remote 10 take pad In the
ton. Thts lordiiab ennes OF opelsd upon tho
Fort in rapid succession aud during the en,re dsy Ito
nro KEEP, up with hard aiuuie's iDts, mission.
The enemy have gone 2 vAk wills DETERMINATION 20
reduce tie So!k II eneSsy Gan accomplish tie ask. Is
Ia estimated BY parties who enough hear
every repor, that IRON tue commencement u0ti dark
tasir sh0 mus! have from four 10 FIVE per min
uGe They f;sd. too, sIh much accuracy for tho
shells generally plodsd directly over, IN iuma
d.te nsghborRood o. tie Fort. Toe fIssAf wss LEot
OF ssry tee day. The For repisd e!susly, bus with
gisat regularity throughout the day. W. tpsns an hour
OF the aiternoOn CaustOLs Buf-thc nssres. accs
sibs point the mainland, 10 the OF scios and
from All elevated position Uewd tue sc.ion, at dis
lance of some seven pies Toe Fort and .he fling Of
every gun we're dis ibcdy visible. storm Of ron hs
resred 10 fill the air. judging from the immense cl5uJI
of smoke that continued foAt ABOVE toe seene Der
fire ened u poJeed Chi h1 from the rortir ouisGs
the Fort and the pNnpet guns siEg that troops
we're NOT afraid ,xpJso themselves at the pcsJ of
danger. We are glad 10 kao6 thai Major 0ms:,ad ia
n nj
whilst the amount powder and balls sodea Sy the
enemy must bsve been Immense.
Az we leyo no communication with the fort IL 10 M
possible 10 say anything OF RESULT Every ccafie. W
Is felt In the ability Of the tort 10 stand ssige,
10 q. so long they hsvs In their mag and
| tue powder 70 drive il.
IL il cobf Ien.ly stated by the pickets skdI~ay,
who wero fell view Of the fort, though sone eight
nies distant, that Yankee vessel Set On re ard
purnt BIZ a shot from our guIs, about mid dsy We
heard nothing of the circumstance during our yft 10
| Causton's BLf Heavy canronuding ~.s So keIt up
lhroughout tue day yesterday, in the direction OF K
| Bluff Or BpG 90, in S0dth Carolina. We have no par
| ticuAIs
The firing kept up with unabs'ed fury uxtl after dark,
but the hour 20 10 press ST. D. m il has c.ased
altogether.
The present coudi,icn OF Fort Pulaski invests il wh
great interest," suc especially will The public be anI us
10 know who constitute It's officers and garrison. Tbs
| We can state in general way
this city, Colonel o; the FrE Volunteer Regiment Of
Savannah now in the Confed. service. He quite
young mGn-bepg about rs years oil Sge-yo pro-
fcsnt III juds m nj Gad veil ssil-d in misryc &c /.
He graouited with the f s: GietEcdon at the ENsiy
Academy OF Marietta AID has sDse devoted mush attft
ton 10 arms HIS sagscy, coursge aud coOnc's aIc
uutoubted. He will surrender 10 long he fas
Gun on is carriage AID the ammunition TO ire it, Thn
second cflser in rank Is Nj John Foley, for mary
years Cap sin OF the Irish J.psr Greens one Of the
vonte volunteer psnies OF our city and oiceT {,
much tIperi aud ufd,ubied galsntfy. TIE hId in
giade ia O,ptsn John H. s:egic, OF the German ytlnr
to rs also an old AID skGl commander. All tlree Il
thes flee Rave been 10 the For auos. frcm the
Of IL occupation in JanuIy, 1861 aid bcir commands
have much experience IN guuGery. TIE c.npameI
which compose the gtr:ison are as follows: GsImsn
Volunteers, Captain JOHN Il Stegf; oge:horpe Ligh.
Infantry, Co. B, Cspsin f. derrick W. Sims; Washing
ton Volunteers, Captain John EcA,hof; hcnig' merry
Guards CapIsin LeSrence j. Gulnsrtit; Wise Guards,
2o:h Geoig Regiment C'pt. Acsulip