Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-08-27
southern News.

BAiLriMoRE. Ang 26.-The American has Rich
mou: paper- with the lpllopin-
CuARLIsToN, Aug 2I-P M.-The fire on
Sumter >lackened to-day The fleet has not par
ticip.ted in the attack At ~ o'clock. last night
the enemy opened on the city With si1ch Parrot
shellt. NOn-cOmbatants are leaving steadily
WaLMINGToN. n. c. Aug - Yesterday
morIling the frigate Minnesota and six eunhoals
bomharded Fort Fisher. where the steamer Hebe
grounded. The enemv attempted to land but
eeuui<ed. "nsi on being reinforced they final
ly DESTROYED the goods landed from the steamer
and Ered her. We held the wreck last evening
HEADoUARrERs ARMY or THE PoToMAcl
August %. 1863. (
TIE cavalry pickefs of the enemv callel YES
tertlay morning across the k R,pDlhannock 10
thos. of our own that Fort Sumter had been ta en-
by uA
This il confirmation Of he news that was re-
ceived at Fortress Monroe bv the Richmond pa
pers OF Yesterday
A CIV ,lry furce under F.izhugh Lee crossed
tie * ,ppahannock le>terda, morning near Cor
bin Neck six miles below Fredericksburg, hut
were spec i'y routed hy brigade in command of
General Curtis, with the loss of prisoners of
three engineer officers and number of pri
vltae be .ides several killed aud wounded before
re crossing the river. Our ;oss slight. No Off
GERS 9nnred
The positions of the rebel army now is some
what thus:
Ewell lies near Orange C. Fl A. p Hill near
RapdIn Station. L0nsstreets for, e stretches
from The United States Ford to Fredericksburg
and the pickets on the Rappahannock down to
Port R0val
Gen Lees headquarters are about two miles
beyond Orange & H, on the GorIonsville
rold
Twenty two rebel prisoners and deser.ers left
for Washington last evening. and several
more will leave here this morning. They re
port continued dissatisfaction and desertiOn in the
rebel army
william King and John Pearce. deSerting pr
Yates from the sh Georgia. ren0rt Gen Stuart
a. having heen relieved from his cavalry com
mand and the appointments of gen Hood in ts
slerd. lately in comm ND OF brigade under his
orders
The Her Ia special say:
Edward Lester clerk Ia the Wtr Department.
was arrested last Monday Harners Ferry with
important documents intended tur the enemy.
Lester is suspected OF having been in commune
CATION with the rebels for slne time. and has
GOGb less given thfm much valuable information
The gueiriaS who e~t the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal have again made their appearance
Yesterday, on the tow path about - miles above
Georgetown. they appeared IN Sounds of fifteen
twenty. hut a they were told b, the boats they
ntlle1 ltltl pineF were nv manu- WIN troops
hoard they did 40 damage
An active pursuit of The guerrilla hands who
inieSt the country in the vicinity of lines. il
constantly kept ~ hy our cavalry, and mare or
less of them are dali, captured
The steamer Baltimore arrived here this
morning from Fortress Mpnrpe She rennrt> that
the enemy have not appe trei on the Pptomic.
reports tO the contrary n,twithstlndng and
there no indications of new batteries at any
point.
Our hoiilla has not heen able to q scover any
rebels on the Virginia shore. and the whole c0un
try wears air OF loneliness and desolaiion.
The Worli'S special dispatch says that "ficial
advices from Gen Gilmore and Com Dlhlgreen
are expecrel bv the War and Navy Departments
10 reach here 10 morrow
I he l1ct tha Gen Gilmore hls denanded the
surrender of Ch4rlc>tnn j. believed here be
hisel un his success IN reaching The cilv with hi:
Parrot guns. with which he intends IN king ex
perimeniS ~ >oon aS they are mounted
II j. believed that what i left OF Fort Sumter
is fully ia Gen t'imore's possession. and that
this the iicntic,l dag which waved until Maj
Anderson surrendered is hack in it, old place il
having been sent down there sometime since foI
that express purpose