The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1863-11-26

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bn threw die scrap of paper .aWay OF.
which they We're written.l They were
| so unsatisfactory. ,-'i-.ge g. W.B.
Bombardment of Fort Sumter.
Since our last, the enemy have kept
mp a slow but STEADY Ere on The fert.-
The numbcr OF sho.s of al, kinds fired
up, TO >Fiiday morning was 500 of
which 229 oissed. rhere we're no cas-.
aalties. The Yankee picket boats have
become more daring in heir approachs
es at night, and .haye mad q segeral IN.
successful attempts 10 anBos, tBe aa,ris
son 10y creating false .alatms and max.
ing feints at assault. =. -
Abon. Il O'Clock Thursday nao,rpingy,
the sentinel or the Southeast angle
discovered a small boat approaching,
and hailed IL, mhep he was answered
with an oarh.-.Irhe seutinctfred,s : and
The boat inrnediaieiy rsifeaieji. "A
short ti,pe sfierwar.l considerable, mus.
kerry was head directed towards the
Tort, apparently from the enemy's boats
betweei, ,Sumer ami Gregg. Some Of
the balls struck, and . few2 paused over.
AT aSIater 'hapf tISev again approacte ed
within 400 yards this tin,e, Opposite
The Southwestern ancls. Mhen they
were agaia fire,l< upon aud re;reai ed 'loNl
wards Morris island. g, : -, : :. ..... =: -
About 81 o'clock Frilay morning,
sevefai.,f the enemy's barges, variousfy
estimated at frou.tour tonine; approach,
ed cautiously within $50 'yasds7 s7of the
fort, and were haiie,l. when they again.
answered With oarhs AMI ye;ls, and
opeued a mpsSe,rs fire upon theifIrt..---
The garrisoir, reriied with nauSketry,
and for some len or fifteen minutes the
affair ras. qt,ite hot. and heavy. Fort
aSteulllie and -l':iliery-iee, on Sullivan's.
Island, with Fott. Jalmson, on James
Island together with onc of 'Gur gun
b"ats. opened an enfiiading Ere on the
harges as,they retrealoa to Cummings
Point. The rieocl,ct practice trom Sui:
liSan's Islands& as splendid. II is not
known with certainty, bat it is believed
lhev must have sustained a severe loss
From what we have been Informed
an assault has -heen. expected for some
\
time. and onr military authorities, with
Major Elliott, and The. garrison. have
been ready tolgive the enemy the warm
est kind Of n reception, This little nfI
fair Of Friday morning issupposed TO
have been nothing. mo,e han y feint or
On effort to reconnoi;re in force, for
which he has been severely punished. --'
The only casualty on our side was
private q. Wheeler, Company b, lst
South Carolina ARTILLERY wounded
slightly in head.
The enemy, no doubt stung 10 mad
ness at the meagre results of ms mighty
and unparalleled Struggle for the pos.
session Of Sumter, and seemingly de-
spairing Of ultimate success, has opened
fire on tlfe city. Since Thursday morn
ing between twenty liYe and thirty.
shells have been thrown, fortunately in
juring no one. The gun from which
iae' SHELF appear TO come is situated on
the, extreme end Of Cummings Point.
The marsh battery {" swamp Angel W
now has mortar. in position, and occa
sionally opens fire on Sumter. p -. =. 5
Our batteries on James Island are
still engaged in firing on the Yankees
on Morris Island. The only casualty
lately was at Battery, Simkins, when
private Goudey Of Captain Dickens'
Company. Second Regiment South Ca,
roli1a Artiliery, lost an arm while on
duty, having been struck by 4 piece Of
shell from Gregg. ~. - -
Pijpate Edward Lake, Of Captain
Simons Company, 27a, Regiment, s..
G. Y, formerly. Charleston Bauslihn.)
who was Killed at For: Sumter, was
struck in the lsft cheek byA piecesof
shell, which passed downwsrds trnna
sersely,, and rested In The riphtsbreast,
His death is The more saddeoipg. IS
four or five members Of bis family, in.
Guiding his father and mother, Rad but
recently died. all within eight days9f
each other. The only member left Is a
little girl Of between thirteen snd four.
teon years old, who depended upon her
brother for support. = -. s,
A letter from Fort johnson, of the
18th, 10 a gentleman IN this city, speak.
lag of.the fgh, Of last Monday, says:
"The engagements between Sulliyau's
island and the monitors wss an.inter-
-esIing sight from this point Of yiew.- -
Our firing. wss 'adnifsble. Sunday
I night, Sullivaa's Island batteries opened
on the enemys calcium light at Cum.
mings Point, aud made excellent shots
wifi ,nos,ars aud rife guns. Monday
F1s,fues,- 1,at cyivs. ut,eaetl os An