Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-28
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NV YoKK. August e7 The Herald has the
follOwins:
CH,RLtsros. August % From 5 A. NJ, till
7PN VI Yesterday, the enemy's fire was verv
he,vy on Sumter 923 shots were fired. and INA
struck the fort either out-ide or inside. The
eas' face of the fort j. badly batiered. and some
Of the guns on the east end and nOrtheast face
were displaced The flag was shot down four
times
Five privates and two negroes were wounded
in Sgmter
The enemy. fire on Wagner caused FIVE casu-
altes. including Capt Robert Pryngle. who was
killed
Our sharpshooters annoy the Yankees consid-
erablv
Al II o'clock last night communication
from Tire enemy unsigned was sent io Beaure
gard. demanding the surrender of Sumter and
the Morris Island batteries. with notification
that the city would be she'lei in four hours If TIE
demand WAS hot complied with Beauregard
reconnaissance. and Gen Jordan re
tufne il fpr the signature Of the writer
Aboui O'Clock this morning the enemv com
menced throwing shells into the city from hat
tery on n marsh between Morris and james Is
land4. di,tance Of five miles from The city
Twelve eight inch PirrOtt shell' fell into the
CITY hut eaused no casualties The shellinc had
a good effect il Fastening the exodus of non
comb ,ttnnts
A. DAYLIGHT this morning the enemy opened
IRE nn Sumter The IronsideS has -irce opened
Sumter is replyinr. md Wagner j. firing briskly
on The enemy's advance works, $50 yards from
our haiferv
The Richmond Enquirer ~iy>:
The enemy IL seems has been able 20 throw
few ,hell- into the CITY from a distance Of five
miles, and We are told that Gen Beiuregard has
protested against -uch proceelings on the ground
of humanity This protest will be of little use IL
he can not Disable the batteries which fired the
shells The Yankee commanders. with their
customary bravado. have dem,ndei the surren
der of Sumter ana our forts ON Morris Island,
bur IN his they can by no means he INDUCED.
They will find that they are now only ut the
beginning of the siege of Charleston, and be
tween theIa aud that city is still frey path TO
travel
Tire Times special says:
Mosbv's operations in our immediate front are
assuming rather gigantic proportions From 4
band OF 90 deSneraioeS his force has grown To
$40 ahe bodiei guerriilas. who prey upon every
thing W ich passes between Fsirtax aud Warren
ton Early this morning. with hi. whole force
he attlckel a suffer- lin between Cenierville
and Bull Run. AMI captured II WAGONS with
Their teams. a number OF Government horses
and much other property which was or its way TO
the army.
The steiner Arago from Charleston bar the
25lh has arrived
G. c. Fulton sends n dispatch dated off Morri.
Island at noon of 2ith from Admiral Dihlgren:
Five monitors bombtrde1 Sumter. At 10
o'clock. the fort had been struck over 100 times
the balls .oing through the sen wall The whole
pnrapet WIS also carried away
Sumter fired one gun five times: but Moultrie
Gregg and Beaureerr'i raiued shells during three
hours on the monitors They were struck several
time- hut no d. mage was done
Sumter il defunct The last gun was dis
mounted Yesterday
To day a grand army and naval attack OF
Wagner and Gregg takes place
Now tint Sumter is defnuct the rebels will b,
driven from Morris Island Gilmore is determ
mined to have possession to night
Gen Gilmore. on Thursday. notified Beaure
gard If he lid not surrender the forts he would
shell the citv IN twenty four hours No atten
ton wi> paid 20 the dem md and on Friipv nigh
Gilmore threw ID shells charged with Greek fire
in'o the ciiv
o. S,tur,lav atternoon Belnregari sent dowI
fla of truce with the urgent nroteS'. denOunc
ng the O eek fire a. most villainons compound
unworthy OF civilized uations and demandin;
/ more TIVE
TIE English. French and Sn,nish Consuls ala
/ denuuns ed The ,hor' time given and claime
more time - remove The subjects of their re
sTective countries
Gimme replied by renewing his demand 70
surrender
Beauregard asked "a truce Of forty hours. Gil
more refused ihe time or any terms but uncor
ditional surrender
At II last night the shelng Of the city wit
CIR * fire resumed.
IL is generally thought that the stars an
strines will wave over Sumter tonight
There is evidently great trouble in Charlie:
ton
IL is believed that there are not more that 2
men IN the ruins of Sumter Her guns are no
mounted on Sulivans leland. The end is NJ
preaching