Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-03-02
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Prom xoUTIi CAROLINA.
NAVAL sOsESESrs.
PREP PARArIoSs Yoa TIE lrrAcx oS
CHA.lE- ToS

MI &. L. FuitUu, o. he iSailaaose >sas.s.u
writes 20 tha; paper :r,Fn Port aayai e. ,ia.
som int.T'sttug particulars coiic-ralnx IN.
eo"i.nipisi'd 4 attack upon Char Ie. Loa. whic.
Ia low trSs OF BY nj, corr pondentS there n
. ;x'6 fsct. he writes:
"I'.p.u."d"re dupont keep- his feet Al ysv,
ready Icr ison 1t u inomeuls uotscs, 90 saa:
s-oiF aTa 10 evidences ~ extensive prepare
t!>l ItcC Ted 10 lIlGicaie " hen the mo ernept
will cun nee. Nor v tll. ~ any thanx kpo IN
as 10 The mode or pian cf sttsck arrange z,
.uiih' ihsn 'has Ia Irrn-ciads arr % Ies.f ths
Way. In commanders Of the iron & iads ~,
,ohid' Mt hat Ih-y can, in Sin hours, IN tk.
SoIitTie a macs OF ruIns, ct 90 ards IA. "A nee
lh,, know llihl they will be under a cro~. fir..
from MoGitrie anu Cumm,ngs' PoanI but s4y
HAT tails ;roI.. TIA; distance will ha We ns IA re
IL ci ifaI hsnG.;Eii "a p"b-ira cast on ~ sheir
srnof.
Our latest inteliia' nee fr IN Fort Ne aiIlster,
on tie Osssbsw ana III. mot n Of ths- Uxescns
seNen Il iits from SAssnI an. is that he rrdu..
ton If the Tort Tor IN present hss b. ,.rIiaIty
staEoon.d. We Str 'reetng u lori oa the
Ussmbaw, blow Fort HcAlltstSr, 10 prevent
he Rebel rams IRON coming out, aud ~ rsii,ve
'he EcntaGk and i'afeRic from e-rsice there
arG itus enatP t6rm 70 join In the attach ON
thari.siun. A regiment hss been ssnt up -
FsrIson th" new forI, and po ~erfuI guns haze
rtri trrctru, lncin inding two n-w Parrott eupe
brought dow un the Mary Sanford.
1Ee fret intelligence reoeiveda the North
hcn lie anticipated d. monstraIOn on Oharl..-
Ton viii doubtless come 20 you oy WAY of
EftEn.ond. In creditine thrs. stal.u.ut.
+" hat. VI they may u, % must ee bofpe in
n lEd ihSi EfsufeEard ~ IA command. Th-r.
viii probably he IRON clad rpconnoissanees iu
10 wsr barbor tor two or three DAYS prior 20
h, main attack. After accomplishing their
pErETtr Ios the day, IL NAV so hxpran Shat the "
will 81 "A back to their anchoI age Ior Ihe nigh,
Eeaurgarc will forth with leiegr: nh 10 Rich
r old. in he IA sounding bembast, aecuunts of
sr.ashed trrreie, disabled y-ssrie, q severe re-
lulfr, ahd p crhsps the I'm king Of two uf
the s'Y ankee cheese boxes" You must bs yre-
rar6d !cr AL ihis chsracteristtc "B~aufe-
rardinra," and place just 80 much credi, in
what may r'soh you from tnss source az The
circ, mstan may warraph
That the humbl Of charleston, the taking
Of SGmteI and MCubhe, The restoration OF the
power OF he G".ernment, aud the raising of
lie cid rax 90 undertakings Of magnificent
in. portsn.-, and of doubtful re uits there eau
TO aifl.u We riay find the work one II
". hut a. al there iil be am eerious d,ss.,i ,
attending the iron clad denicnstral xoas.ns
he anticipated. The operations snnsy An Wa,ea
al Fort MeAli,st ter. and b. fulI la the ias-,
ift m he meet pow. &l guns "a the posss,sl9a
g. N 8 Rebel-, mas stt,leo "a" poiha rs 10 taef
ntn.TaIliity Thy Say not b. able % p,>s
TIE a; s;ructions, ~ nay AZ nc imp ieo %
ahan,'oD thr ah ah., - - ~ ~, "a. ~ s'sd
-" 80, n. or disabled by tn, my's guns
or i6's sfs, lie rot st all 20 be anu-ipatcd.
" al he lsst accounts fiom Cnariesto the
numt'r of gnns IN pCsiion % check our ad-
Nante WAS cpe hundred and sixty More have
ELL. e q, ubtifss teen mounted, and Ne may
c;iC ulaie On al least TWO hundred by The t.ae
4! r arIack is made. Ui thee psooab.y nfty
'Cmn ard the apprcachrs TO Fort sumter, and
Y lr Ia hsi point as reached the fe'-i will prooi-
tir r.",INc tie tUnc'itratPu fire OF Mouitris,
- htG aic Cummings Poin-, wnerP the IA
t. - riliioac hat e. lie sfaiIOu,d. They wall
GCubii'ss, loweS' T, IL atlP TO place them. selves
n ;uth "a Ios!t.on hetwe,D sumter aud Mo.l-
IL az Ihat Ih' ir mI,s-ahots " i'll strike wh r,.
i"y or loi lItrICed. The battery at Cum
mii - FclHt viii he a mil distant, too far
a.togt iltr 10 evan CeLt the armoI Of an IRON
lac.
- - 1. ode Cf attack concluded upon hy ad.
- -. :, - OEr is of course altog, th-r un kuoyu
o., +, S'i. mInt d g. ia. ba1t-rl,,s
80, "a :, .. IA ~ u C'n'Ganc' % the harb,r
an % ~. - n,i,ra n bort sumter and demani
h,,d tbor aId th,It W, TO eiving tn ir CON-
n a, G,i.l mn- 10 firstmsRu respJnss; or he
"a 4 T, ,.ak, - ms a. a base mort tof duce
,rs CE tEc city. The ouetructioH'ere opera
d alr IND, rstooc 80 ID" bstween Stue iiar-
., CstN: IRCted, a. would D. imlJoe iSleer Ana
aiN OF : IA ctitns belOw Sumter, as the fasSce
st 1 rtci oi sUGk' IA whalcrs has aIready proved
I us. v len Sumter ls passed, the .tliy wll De
~ roy OF our fifteen iRS n shells, and m u>t
,lIh. sul IEttC submit 10 sies trU tion. The
Ia sirg of SUmt ? " iIi no weyer, put the Nom
UTS % a ful l. st Ui their powers OF resistance
l. "a L. L. move d-s plte the showers OF shot
anu eli, ii thai may b. pDur,d upon taeR- or 10
! luI,. lheir ground unni they have sliencsd the
| mN'A guns at this poiut. TIE city Will OF
couls r. AZ their mtrcy."
| lie new cylinder has BEEN placed IN the
! NuLav Il, n, ara shr " as ca peeted 10 be read y
| f,T sPrNiIt ia q cay ortwo.
/ It Jet Fncineels - .nlcr- and Robie had ar.
| riNtd at Port Eo, nj on a special commission
! .-,l a ced with the supervisIvn Of another mos
| ultrant invention. or raih-T eobtriN an NJ, al
MI. ErI,sson-hs TO which the country 10 a
| Ir, scI.t in profound isnoTance-which Is oes-
i.l, 10 dumbfound the Rebels in these local
| tiitsD