The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-04-17
WAR NEWS.
Thc Ailnck on Chnrlc.ton.

A largo portion Of the fleet Of Admi
raj Dupont, consisting Of iron.elads and
wooden walls, being now visible from
the rebel signal station connecting with
Fort Sumter, as well rs the spires Of
city of Charleston. there oan bo no i'm
prJpricty IN my stating that the attempt
70 rctakc and repOssess the forts and pub.
lie property. aud reduce the city TO sub
irction 10 the National authority, will
spon take place. ~ all probability, be.
tore the receipt Of this letter, tidinH, Of
the opcring Of the conflict will reach
you through the Richmond papers.
On our WY along the Southern coast
We encountered tho cquinocual storms,
~ that we may hope tho present mild
and clcur wcAihcr will continue lnnn
enough for the full test of our powers 10
'ubduc the rebel stronghold. We will
also, should the clear wcother continue,
have bright moonlight nights, 50 that
everything Is most propitiouS for th un-
dertskng.
A. 20 tho mode OF attack resolved up.
on By Admiral Dupont, nothing Ia dcfn-
itcly known, Whether he will advance
slowly, lrst lcducng tho outer forts, OF
whether he will dash on to Sumter with
his iron iteet--whcthcr he will pass Sum.
ter aud Moullric and the sand batteries
IN silent contempt, atd attack the city
" whether he will fret effect a landiup
Tor the troops OF General Hunter, bcft r.
Masking q serious demonstration on thr
fprts aud the city, are oil subjects OF spec.
..I.Nt.... IAea a. - f1.4t M.rfI
lie Keeps his own counsel, aud will pro.
bubly he guided in some measure by cir
eumstUnccs us they may arise.
Tho number Of guns now mnuatcd by
the rebels along the five miles Of approach
to the city IRE estimated at nearly four
hundred, including those NJ Sumter,
MOutric, Cummings Point, Fort Pink
ncy, and n battery commanding the mid
die ground near the city. There ure nl.
so said % BE- guns aud ort,rs mounted
on the Charleston Battery, which hna n
ine front on the approaches to the city.
The troops now uacmblcd at aLd around
Charleston for It's defense, urc reported
TO number rtyenly.fyo thousand. It Is
presumed that both troops and guns will
be brought from Savannah 10 jiin in the
defence.
There IL, therefore, no doubt lhat the
attack on Cha lesion will bc the great
oct naval undertaking in the history Of
tho world. Against thcsN flur hundred
guns, our irunclads will b. ublc To brlng
to bear not mort than thirty, though Il
iH doubtful whether more Than sixty of
their guns eau be brought io bear on the
lcct at any one time. still To reach the
upper works, il such should be- the course
adopted, they will be compelled 20 run
the gnurtlct of all these immense batter.
les. Tho conflict must therefore, be re-
gurdcd IN ndval &C, us ono depending on
ou' powers Of resistance and ability 10
give h,rder blows than we may r, ccivc.
Admir- Dupont has been suppl ID by the
Government with ALL tho appliances Of
science aud art in guns, projcctilcs aud
vessels, TO make hrs means OF attack
equal to the rubcrs power OF dcfcnsc.---
HIS vessels are Commanded by the lnvsl
skilliuI aud energetic officers Of our na.
Wy, aud ii hc does not sucoecd il will be
rather from the iupulnerdbiliiy OF the On.
cny ,hpn from any iainrc ON hls part to
nae all the appliances placed at his dis
peril to the best possblc advantage.