Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-12-05
TELEGRAPHlC NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArOHES.1
FROM CHARLESTON.


Progress Of the Bomb rdme ut-Ghe Dam.
age TO Fert Aumter-Trrrtble Fire en-
Fort Johnssa-hhelliHg the ity.
.rHIiAoElrHIA. Dec. 4.-rhe U. 8: stesIner
bar on Tuesday evening, arm, ed here th,s af-
ternoon.
When she sailed the bonhardmeut of the forts
on charleston was going on night and day.
1be Hiring On Sumter had ceased, and 0enel al
Gilmore was turning his nit ntion to the forts
II The inside OF the harbOr. A terrific fire. was
lept mp on Fort johnson, which must b. r..
ducfo tefore further progrsss can be maue In
Gen. Gilmore was throwing she'll into
Cfafleston at The rate of twenty per dav, and
mas evident that they did eons'dsFabie dam
haa all been removed from the iSy.
There was no nag visible the ruins OF
Fort Sunhr. TIE rebels have heretofor. keep,
ard Of course, cur officers have respected 1t
and avoided firing upon It. Blu. few days
seo the rebels b gan to tear down the Mou itris
House, and revealed to our forces \ formi liable
battery rected behind IL, while unoer the pro-
lection Of a hospital flag.
The news OF General Grants victories haj
we're fired in hoLor OF il from ali the vessels OF
TIE teet and from the batteries on shore. After
the salutes the rebel batteries opeusd very
brisk fire In response, dong NO damage.
The Mass sachusetts brings the officers and
men OF The marine battalion, numbering about
2tt, recently doing duty on Il IRIS Island, and
also several refugees from st. John rip.r
flcr,ds, who represent that the people Of thst
state are in starving condition.
Nav YORK, Dsc. 4-The correspondent of
The Associated Press, under date Off Charles.
ton, let instant, say The position OF aff ,txs
here is unchanged. .2en. Gilmore con ,inues 10
shell Fort Sumter from his mortar batt-.ries
he y est wall has been OIL der NJ med py our fire
and the last HestIge OF the fort as O Iortid4,d
work is disappearing. the rebels now only
oeeat ionally display email battle nag ftora
III. n ine.
On Thursday last the land batteries ensaged
tie re bel 1c1 t. On James and Sullivan Islands
and fer several hours the firing was very
heavy.
The weather up TO yesterday has en stormy,
ana the navy consequently inactive. Captain
J. NJ Bradford has b. en- appointed fleet capta1n
vht Captain Emmons r lPved.
BORON, Dee 4.-rhe eorrespondent Of ,he
foe'on Herald, in a letter dated IN Charles ton,
Nov. q, says:
One ~ two rebel batteries on james Island
hat heen completely demolIsnes b. our shot
and she'll For. Sumter received An awful
pouDotrG yests ruay One OF our heavy shot
sAHck upon ths inside Of ID. wall, aad Sent An
Immt he quantity OF Is into the se- bl,v The
walls are so bIokRn up now that we have a
fine view through them.
ast night, sergran. and ten privR4s OF q
SeorgIa regiment, who were stationed off
james lslana, nsus good their escape ia the
uafkness, and surrendered themselves TO our
torcrs on Folly Leland. They state that the
Charlesionians and the reb ! sroops are almost
in STATE OF panic. ALI kinds Of pros isions are
ecaree and enormously hlgh. They saw the
south cannot hold out m any Month. longer,
The POOR people are In a state Of star yation 10
Charleston and SavanDHh.