Evening star., 1863-04-14
SECOND EDITION,
THREE O'CLOCK pm.
THREE O'ULOOK p. nj.
RICHMOND DATES OF THE 18th,
ORR IRON N-CLADS OFF CHARLESTON WAIT
ING FOR NEW MACHINE To
REMOVE TORPEDOEs
THE ATTACK UPON SUMTER

THE ATTACK UPON SUMTER.
THE FEDERAL FLEET DISAPPEARED FROM
PORT HUDSON
VICTORY CLAIMED FOR HUMPHREY
MARSHALL.
THE RICHMOND EXAMINER EXULTING
OVER THE RESULTS OF THE LATE
COMBAT NEAR CHARLESTON
From the Richmond Eromtner of the 18th in
slant we CLEAN the following:
CHARLESTON, April 9-All quiet-no pros
poets Of fight to-day. A Confederate officer
boarded the wreck Of the Keokuk last night
and found her turret had been pierced through
by q ball.
SECOND DIsPATCHl
CHARLEsToS, April Six monitors and the
lronsides lie within the bar about IN miles
from Sumter. The enemy is waiting for new
machine to remove torpedoes. Senor Monadu,
Spanish Consul, returned to-day via Rich
mond, having left Washington on Thursday
last on hearing the attack here was imminent.
Neither the French or English Consuls are here.
THIRD DIsrATcn.l
CHARLESTON, April a.-Accounts from Fort
Sumter reflect highest credit on the garrison
for GOODNESS and bravery. When the Monitors
were discovered approaching the men were at
dinner. At the sound OF the long roll thay
sprang to their guns with cheering; the battle
flag was run up to the air Of Dixie, and d sa-
lutte of l3 guns fired.
Col. Alfred Rhett was commanding officer of
the fort; Lieut. Col. Jos. Yates commanded the
barhette batteries, and Maj Blandiug the case
mated batteries. The enemy fired 80 shots a.
the fort, OF which 81 struck. The garrison are
eager for the next chance at the Monitors.
FROM LOUISIANA
PoRT HUDSON, April ALI quiet here The
enemy's fleet above and below have disap.
peared.
Some excitement was caused last night by =
log Of fire which fioated down the river
A skih, with negroes attempting to pass the
batteries was captured this morning.
RODNEY, MISS, April o.-Reiiable informa-
ton from ST. Jo=ephs, La, states that Harri-
sons pickets have been skirmishing with the
enemy. Three fats loaded with Yankees came
down the Tensas yesterday. Harrson's pick
cts captured negro bearing dispatches from
the lower to the upper iiect. The negro was
hung to-day. The enemy has been reinforced
with three regiments.
THE EXPEDITION TO sTEELEs BAYOU
JACKSON, April s. = \ x The Vicks-
burg Is TO be cotton Clad so us 10 land troops,
Vicksbnrg boats have returned from Steeles
bayou, badly damaged. The navigation OF the
bayou was found to be more difficult than the
Iazoo
Humphrey Marshall, at Winchester, with
heavy infantry, encountered Quinby's forces,
who ANONYMOUSLY fed, burning everything
on the retreat. This portion OF the dispatch in
the original was almost unintellisible. We give
the best translation we can.l
More families ha We been exiled from Mem.
phis in retaliation for raids upon the railroad
SUCCESSFUL ATTACK UPoS suHBoAr IN
SAVANNAH, April GA letter to the Korataa
Nses, from Palaska, Fla, says:
On the 9TH ult., the Yankee gunboat Ben De.
ford was attacked in st. Johns river by Dick.
hson's cavalry battalion, driven or and MANY
Yankees killed and wounded. Among the
killed u the notorious outlaw, Montgomery.
OBSTRUCTION OF A YANKEE aUSBoAT IN co.,
SAW RIVER.
CHARLEsroN, April 9.--An official dispatch
from Hardeeyille announces that early this
morning, Gen Walker, with his light artillery,
destroyed one OF the enemy's gunboats in Coo
saw river.
OFFICIAL DISPATCH.
CHARLESTON, April a.-To Gen. S. Cooper:
Gen. ". S. Walker destroyed an armed
steamer in the Coosaw river at daylight thi.
morning. No casualties on our side. All quiet.
six Monitors and the lronsides are still within
the bar. tSigned} G. T. BEAUREGARp.
FROM TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY.
CHATTANOOGA, April 9.-The enemy occupy
Lebanon, with division under Gen Rev
nolds. They are also in force a, Carthage.
News from Kentucky is cheering The
louisville Democrat ssspurns the tyranny of
the Union Democratic Convention and its
platform"
All quiet at Columbia. Twenty more pris-
oners arrived here yesterday. Yankee scouts
have burned the railroad bridge north of
McMinnyiile.
FROM yICKSRURG.
FlCKsBURG, April S.-Eyery thing is quiet
here. Two more transports left this afternoon,
bound up the river. A number OF transports
still in sight.
ACCIDENT ON THE VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.
LYsCHBURG, April i0-The train which LETT
here this morning on the Va. and Tenn. R. r.,
with 100 exchanged Confederate prisoners on
board, ran of the track near Lowrys Cross.
ing, wouAding II soldiers, OF them seriously
The Eramtaer has an editorial in which it
argues that the whole feet of Monitors is
Notwithstanding its conclusion from the
report that the turrets Of the Keokuk were
pierced from side to side by balls. 1t thinks
the slanted sides Of the Virginia (Merrimac)
and not the thick walled turrets of the Moni-
tors the true model; and deems the money and
time expended by the United States in the con-
struction OF the feet, as thrown away con.
cluding by pronouncing Ericsson's last inven-
tion to be like his former, an ingenious failure.
In another article the Eponsiner alludes to
the result Of the Confederate loan in Europe,
and claims that not only cotton but we'll
grounded confidence in the ability OF the South
to obtain and maintain her Independence, has
given it the standing which it occupies