Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-04-16
Charleston.

The attack commenced ct about three O'Clock on the 81
ternoon ii Tuesday The 7th inst, ard coseo At soou' ~
past five Of the same afternoon, at Wh'ch Uine INC
the ircD-clad feet had retired cut OF range Inc
and fo-,s having thus succeeded in REFUSING an GtacA
ps6a bv eight MOaitoEs, one Whitney Da''eIy' anu o
;ro,oIad fizate. The two last Named tne heoAuA 1u
ropsdes were 80 severely handled that the former sunk
nat long after a9d lie IrOnEideG evidently dsahled-
The iry the MCpitoIs Is definitely known, but me
disappearance Of the Pasga;o probably sone 10 F0' oJ
for repairs, with the repairing operations seen u 70
-essng OH another beat, which has renamed COMBINE 10
,connt for the failure OF the enemy TO renew the attack
on the ncxt- any other day OF last week. and force Us TO
the concuzior that they must hare been severely
Injured.
teIegraphic dispatch received Tuesday sVeEi1g,
caused US for Charleston Wednesday morning
for the purpose bringing young relative at school,
II that city a desire anything that might occur
kept us there Friday evening" but without having the
opportunity of eecg single shot exchanged The enc
N.Y. caGs Ell at the latest Oates lying inside
the bar round tie point Of hcTTs Island to be
invisible from city. Our boats, the Cbicors
and Palmetto State, cruising the haTbor. The
QlarteTEasteTs boats tn Ia,ionu etc for Mount Plea
liant Island etc. ling around the harbor
The CoTfedeTae fsg still foaed proudly from Sumter,
houtris Johnson Batteries Eco ard BeaUregard, well
from Fort Ripley and the works Morris Island The
CITY, it, quiet, people went about usua
ard little indicated the fact Of canaoDade or
presence of hostile force Inside the bar. Outside the
Sssts O. the bl0ckadeTs occasionally 1st visible
But tie caimCes, which prevailed IN hareston evil
IDENTITY that Of caTeessucsB TIE attack had been long
expected people had made Up their minds and completed
their arrangements and glad Ohave the suspense
end TO- Bosineas Of eli kinds however, might be said
10 s.Gnd s Tie banks closed ard their busin
removed and the stores presented beggy array Of emp
u sheve He she, IT, Who might 80 shopping oons
King Street WoUld fnd Itte 70 buy and much pay.
The hotels full, and at the LIiIa House the
Charleston Hotel might occasionally be dis
ti1guished military men, either actually service g
ChaTleso3 drawn there by the reported attack Gen.
BEAUREaAED puts at the s Ouse, aud has his head
quarters Broad Street. below Church lie looks we'll aud
cheerful and, informed expressed him. elf fully
satisfied indeed highly gTated by of the COB
test OF Tuesday evening. General G. SMITH, an Intel
gent locking middie-sged gentleman with firm and de-
cided cast Of eOunenaDCe having gned his commission
In the Confederate amy, IS Charleston in plain black
clothes, E7cg to make himself useful Il RDy way
He is EentuckiED By birth.
The Charleston papers say tina. tho rcn-clads
Eihin foU teen, twelve ard eight hundred yards Sum
Ter. Gentlemen who spectators CT the seems from
james Island and rCm sllliaas Island told Charles
ton that il their opinion none Of them approached
than fourteen sixteen hundred yards and TIE fact That
al or nearly Il tie thCts fEoEi Tie Monitors made
Ticochct,thas II, to strike tie and robcuDd be-
foIe striking tie ioTt show that they could
cot have been much less than nile distant otherwise
dcuit understand why ordnance Of such weight and
range should rot have been fred directly an object like
tAe fort, presenting height OF fifty feet ard largely
extended front E indeed the Whitney boat the X okuk
did venture much nearer she paid dearly tenert
and is net likely that the others will repeat the
pertinent which proved disastrous to the pet invention
Of the worthy New York rclaoEger. Still lie will they
be Inclined IL attempt past The font
they must pzsa within shoE pistol range, and under
plupsing fire upon their decks which are only protected By
two inch iron. Several CT the shots fred the
Tic0chetd cTcg It AKA strike water be
ycHd.
OF courle Gaye always ru2ouzs of all sorts a1oat
about damage done, and Of course such rumours we're
ahlat in reference to Sumter the parape 0, which had
several bricks kaesEod Of but without interfering
with the working Of The guns strength Of the work
Other parts o. the val! decidedly rted, but neither
rent crack nor breach made yting like it. The il.
Jury to the par@pet has been repaired the whole
IS believed 40 be strong il was o'clock On Tues
day, when the first gua was ircd.
Il, as stated, only eighty shots ~ed a. the :ot il 8o
hours anda-laf 10y thIyou guns would Indicate
very slow firing he pa5 Of both the tureed vessels
Inc lonaIdss, even allowing c1ehg the Shots fred to
nave Deen directed ssal1at tie other ard batteries,
giving, as it would only five discharges from each gun
which would 60 70 Cozrm tie reported difficulties in the
way OF managing the mon ter guns in The turretts The
correspondent CT Northern paper said that tho nvulrer
abItyth6 defensive power Monitors had been set
tedtheiE poUer of attack had yet be proved l. GER
FAM has not get baea proved either at Fort EcAser OF
Fort SuneF while the Ees1lt the attack upon the latter
for throws serious doubts upon TIER assumed invurers
sy The question Of the offensive and defensive power
OF AO1o5 opposed to forts not yet been fully de-
cided, but he esG of the experiment. far as it has
Bore has been highly aging rs. OF course il is
not to be supPosr that ths attack Charleston viii be
abandoned sOOn until every has been exhaust
Cd The YANKEE preparations have been long planned
and carried cut at too expense permit their be-
ing thrown ASIDE wAiee hope remains of success. will
near q other and deso attacks both by land and
WAFER, which believe viii be Tepee1 It dicuIt to
feel any absolute confidence any future event all the
Issues OF wbch have not been red we can saw that
IN the present aspects of this attack upon Charleston VIC
see many grounds Ct Encouragement if lot absolute con-
fdeace.
We are not aware CT any landing having yet been made
except on Coles Ii2ud which barely separated frem
james Island By Marsh AID creek through which
We beleVe lse had been If there sti bridge al
causeTay There ret probably than six thousand
there yet. From cur lock station On James Island
large lumber OF transports visible last week A.
OF them Wkisc painted Northern river steamers We
think forces James Island with works there euF
hceHt TO EsPel any force tEaho enemy could bring
ward against them There place the Island where
upon 10 tnsl suVIe ten thousand troops in attack.
Morris Island Contains point Of land nearegt Fort
SamteT-CumHDs 3 Point. South ard West Of Norris
Isian1 ard separated lEem il by rarcw channel is Folly
island It supposed that The enemy might land upon
F"y island and rect batteries on The next 10 Morris
Island with the view of taking works on the latter
Island IL reverse, compelling their abandonment and
thus obtaining loohod on land for the purpose of erect
Ing batteries to bear upon Sumter Our military ar.h;
ties not asleep as 10 this probable movement
N.Y. which will succeed. There was also rrrro- n
Charleston last week. that the enemy was landing or At
ten pt land troops at Bulls Bay, distance North
Of Charleston We do not think that this report il
of attention. nasmuch would be the height of folly fr