The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-08-29
WEEKLY SUMMARY OF NEWS.


81. HANNAHs, A. A. @.
WEEKLY SUMMARY OF NEWS.
The Richmond papers have the following,
dated Charleston August 18th: The bonn
bardment yesterday was more furious than
on every other day. The Ironsides, six
monitors, six gunboats, with land batteries,
threw ten shells per minute at Fort Wag
until 10 o'clock. when they changed fire
against Sumter The Ironsides and six
monitors battered at the south face, at dis
lance of three quarters of mile After
three hours firing, the feet stood out of
range with flags half mast. 1t is supposed
that prominent naval officer has been kill
| ed. The enemy's land batteries kept up
constant FIRE all last night, against Sumter.
! n Sumter there was one man killed and
thirteen wounded. Another dispatch states
that since the bombardment of Fort Sumter
the south and east face looks like honey
comb, and the walls are cIumbling fast un-
! der the heavy fire. Commander Rogers, OF
the gunboat Ca!skil. was instantly killed
when within one hundred and fifty yards of
Fort Wagner with his vessel. At O'Clock
on the morning of the 18th, large vol
umes of smoke were seen rising from Fort
Sumter like the burning of cotton. When
the steamer left the shore batteries, Ironsides
and FIVE monitors were all engaged.
A dispatch from Memphis says that Gen.
1 Hurlbut learning that a large amount of
railroad rolling stock was at Grenada, which
the rebels were trying to run South, sent an
expedition under Col. Phillips, 9th Illinois
Mounted Infantry, to destroy the stock.
A division was also sent by Gen. Grant,
from Vicksburg. Phillips reached Grenada
on the 18th. drove out the rebels 1000
strong. under Gen. Slemmer, and destroyed
fifty seven locomotives, four hundred cars,
depot building, machine shops, and large
amount Of commissary and quartermaster's
stores. Col. Winslow, with an expedition
from Gen. Grant, arrived when Phillips had
finished the work of destruction.
A dispatch from Stevenson, Alabama,
says The Army of the Cumberland approach.
ed in front of Chattanooga, on the 25th, anc
opened fire on the city. The enemy re-
sponded with little damage. The works arr
reported to be very strong. Two steamers
at the wharf have been disabled by our fire
Contrabands report that Johnston arrived
on the goth with reinforcements and super.
seeded Bragg.
Eleven deserters from Louisiana regi
ment came in recently. They say that the
decentralization of the rebel army is complete
Three hundred deserters in Lookou
Mountains are awaiting advance. Hundred:
of loyalists are engaged in plotting deserters
through the mountains.
Many furloughed men from Pemberton's
army are coming into our lines.
The steamer City of Madison was de-
stroyed at Vicksburg on the 18Th by the ex-
ploson of shell carelessly handled. 1t i:
reported three boats and a large number o
lives were lost. No particulars have ye
been received.
Seven hundred deserters have been sen
from Washington in the last few days t.
join their regiments.
A general order has been issued that the
extreme penalty of The law will be inflicted
on substitutes deserving under the draft.
The United States Marshal of the District
of Columbia advertises public sale of life es-
tates of number of leading rebels formerly
living in Washington.
The Herald has the following of date 9lst
from headquarters of Potomac army: 81
have information from three different sour.
ces which leads me to believe the rebels
have left our front and gone to Richmond
/ DeserLers who come across the Rappahan-
mock say the movement of troops towards
Fredericksburgh from Culpepper was only
ruse to cover Lees real object, and 10 en-
able him to move his troops southwark by
way of Gordonsville. Day before yesterday
large bodies of rebel cavalry dashed down
the Rappahannock at several fords, driving
in our pickets. They came boldly up in
sight of our lines and deployed in line of
battle. Immediately the corps along the
river were put under arms, in which posi-
ton they remained until morning, when the
enemy withdrew. A cavalry reconnaissance
was then made, which went as far as Gull