Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-11
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Noon Reports.
LATEST WAR NEWS.
FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK.
The Rebels Apparently i'm Rad
spirits.
FURTHER from CT RLESTON.
THE ATTACK ACTUALLY COMMENCED.
Fort Sumter Bombarded.
OmciaI .S'esrs Expected Soon.
Important from Tennessee.
$4,000 Fedcrals Marching on
Woodbury. and McMinmville.
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Important from Tennessee.
$4,000 Fedcrals Marching OF
Woodbury. and McMinnville.
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NEw YoRK, April l0.-The Tribunes Wash
ington special contains the following:
The Rebels on the other side of the Kappa
hammock are in receipt of unpleasant news. They
gather in knots, talk il over, but extremely
quiet and subducd and apparently in very bad
spirits Their pckets take unusual pains to pre-
vent the exchange of newspapers or the commu
nication of intelligence through any channel IL
has. however, been ascertained by conversation
with stray rebels both military aud civil, that a
decided advantage has been gained by our forces
at Charleston, and that a fort had been taken.
but what fort is not stated.
Richmond papers OF later date than those re-
ceived yesterday contain no dispatches whatever
from South Carolina.
A belief is entertained in naval and military
circles here that Charleston has by this time fall
len Great confidence Is felt in the ability of the
thirty gunboats and 600 men in iron-clads to
overcome their four hundred guns and Admiral
Dupont has in his possession accurate charts of
water approaches to the city, in which localities
of torpedoes are laid and channels by which they
may be avoided carefully traced.
The following is a special dispatch
HEADQUARTERS ARMY PoToMAc. April 9.-The
Rebels are actively engaged on their earthworks
around Fredericksburg.
Additional displays of camps and bustling
activity on the Notifications look so much like
their former weak inventions that the belief that
an evacuation is intended is entertained by many
officers. The balloon and signal corps. however
report no withdrawal up to this time.
Illness special saws:
II is understood that dispatches just forwarded
by Secretary Seward to Minister Adams, in Lon
don. take decided ground against fitting out in
English ports piratical vessels to prey upon our
commerce The English Government is inform
ed that its course in rot endeavoring to prevent
their fitting out, is regarded unfriendy to this
Government. and solemn protest is entered
again st the continuance of its policy in this re
spect
The Herald makes the following assertion:
We have now received from various sources
positive information of the actual commencement
of the attack upon Charleston.
The bombariment of Fort Sumter by the iron.
clads began OH Monday
Capt Moses. of the Fair Haven. brings intelli
gence from Capt Steeiman that Admiral Du
pont had. on the Sd of April, proceeded tc
Charleston with the following iron clads New
lronsides, flag ship. and the Monitors Patapsco
Catskill, Montauk, Passaic, Weehawken, Keo
kuk. Navant and Nantucket
When off Stone Inlet Capt Moses saw our ar
ay transport feet and the iron clads anchored
inside He also the Ericsson lying off the
inlet with float riding astern.
The following pispatch is from Richmond pa
per:
CHATTANOOGA, April 6-The enemy advanced
on Woodbury. aud McMinnville. but being out
hanked retired.
| Fifteen thousand Federas are advancing or
! Columbia. A battle is considered imminent be
tore the week closes
WAsHINGToN, April AT midnight tonight
no official intelligence in reference to affairs a,
Charleston has been received. 1t was expected
at the Navy Department that dispatches would
arrive this evening. Entire confidence is ex
pressed that the attack on Charleston will b,
completely successful.
Prominent Government officers openly an
nounce their belief that Charleston had beer
taken. If victory is gained there by our lant
and naval forces the first intelligence of it viii
be brought by dispatch from Hilton Head. The
Rebels will not permit any mention by telegraph
or publication in any paper.
A Tribune dispatch gives the following Califor
MIA appointments:
SUPERINTENDENT int-Robert b. Swain, vict
! Stevens, removed.
Appraiser-H. M. Miller, vice Nudge, re
moved.
This action is consequent upon the report o
! Thomas Brown, special agent of the Treasury
| Department, sent to examine into matters on thu
Pacific coast.
No appointment of Collector of San Francisco
has yet been made.