Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-27

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ro.t's. Heavy mortar Smelling OF Port sumter
sas he-r "ontip ned all day. No report from
Tie fort this evening. A
(PoUgrH DIsPArCHl
Cu..t gs1SN, Nov 2.-l.ast hight eighteen
shells we're thrown into the city between 4:
snd q O'Clock. Ten buildisGs were struck. but
no persons injured The ire on Sumter con-
tinned h, ayy during thu night. One white
man and two negroes were killed in the fort
yesterday.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 22.-There has been no
fl ing ON the city TO- day. 1t Is reported that
Battery Simpkins suceeeaed in siiencink the
enemy's ann last night Several e-inch and
10. pound Parrot shells were picked up in this
city Today.
A spirited heh. between the enemy's batter
les, Gregg and Wagner, and our batteries Bee
and Simphins, together with Forts Monltrie
and johnson, took place this afternoon. Gregg
OF ened heavily on Moultrie and Wagner on
johnson. Our fire, particularly from Simp-
kins, was remarkably accurate, compelling the
eneny 70 leave their guns at every fire. The
contest closed at dark. The firing o. Sumter
ment the number Of shot and shell OF all kinds
tbrswn is reported at 1890 Of which about
5000 missed. Total In all from beginning q, 900.
The number Of shot and shell fred from sun
down Friday to sundown Saturday, was AL,
OF which i % missed. No further indications of
an assault on the part Of the enemy
Operations OFF Charlestsn-At Attempt 70
- ....-, .-., Shell the City. 49,
The Charleston Mercury OF last Saturday
Gays: a.r o. e~ttir- .|-=aE ~ .--
early assault upon Sumter, and for the last two
or three nights he has been making efforts to
find ont the strength OF the garrison. On Tues
day night, about half past Il O'Clock, the senti
mel at the northeast angle deserted small boat
approaching the fort. He hailed 1t several
times, and was answered with an oath. He
thereupon fred, and the boat went of. Not
long after, there was considerable musketry
Rvi0 lHy hat fho fOPf0 nd
Several balls struck the fort, and some passed
over. Towards daylight two boats approached
within four hundred yards Of the northeast
angle. Being fired upon, they retreatsd to-
On Thursday night a rather more daring at
empt was made, for The purpose, probably, Of
dis covering whether the fort was defended by
many musksts. About 3 O'Clock q. m, a num-
at from four TO nine-approached within three
hundred yards Of the fort and opened fire with
musketry. The garrison, which had been
placed In readiness for any emergency, re-
turned the fire, and the boats retired.
It will be seen from our report that the NOR
tar firing Of the enemy has been lately much
heavier than from his rifled guns. On Friday
morning the mortar firing was particularly
severe.
"A correspondent of the Augusta {Gs.) SEN
tnel writes from Charleston:
About twenty-five 100. pound Parrot shells
were flung into the city TO- day. Old Gilmore
scattered them promiscnously in the lower
part Of the city, and it really seemed, from the
way in which they were pitched about, that he
was trying to hit somebody. The City Hall
building had hole punched in one corner and
some Of the marble cornica knocked away
One struck the telegraph office, and the oper.
ators scout stick" Ooe smashed through the
roof Of house in Queen street, and everaI
falling in this neighborhcod, the frightened
denizens 'vamoosed to the tune of the double.
quick" Several fell in the vicinity Of the
banks on Broad street and East Bay, tearing
up the streets, smashing window panes, and
kicking up the mischief generally. One went
crashing through the Mechanics and Planters
Bank, and it is evident, think, that Gilmore
was after making deposit Whether he will
be regularly "ooeked" and his currency taken
sat par" is more than can say.
Several cOunting-rOoms on the wharyes were
slightly smashed. but during the entire shell.
ing, which lasted from * to o'clock, no Que
was hurt.
From Chattanooga.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.1
ARMY OF TKENEssEB, MISSIONARY RIDGE,
Nov. i7.-Our latest official intelligence from
East Tennessee is up to Friday last, the 18th
instant On that day our forces crossed the
In the direction OF Knoxville, to
WHICH point 1t is supposed burnside had retired
We have Geographic communication with
Loudon, but the country along the route
abounds in tories, and the enemy may get DOS.
session Of our dispatches, and hence but few
mess AGES OF i'm pcrtancs are pnt upon the wires
Nhu ttls may account TOT the failure TO receive
further intelligence. Burnside will find it
difficult, If not impossible, to maintain himself
in Knoxville, even behind barricades and earth
works, on account OF supplies; for our cavalry
that may attempt to cross the mountains to his
RI lief. He Is already suffering severely from
our euerrillas. He must either fight and whip
US: therefore, or retreat into Kentucky.
It Is now believed that Sherman will reach
bridgeport by the end Of the present week,
with 1900 men. having been joined by another
division before he crossed the Tennessee He
dld not cross the river at Florence, as was
stated IN recent letter, but at Eastpoft, near
iuka. His advance guard had reached Tus-
cumbia, but the opposition it encountered from
cur cavalry was such as to compel him to
abandon the idea of repairing the railroad as
he moved, and to return to Eastport.
From the latter point he marched up the
north bank OF the river to Rosersville, but
being unable to cross Elk river on account OF
the prevailing freshet, he turned the head OF
his column up that stream TO Fayetteville, and
from thence he would proceed to take the cars
on the winchester branch railroad to Decherd,
and thence to Bridgeport. Sherman commands
the Army Of the Tennessee, Grants old army,
ana so called after the Tennessee river mn
which 1t moved last year to Shiloh. He does
not rank Ihomas, the commander Of the Army
nor Burnside, who commands the Army of the
Ohio, nor Hooker, who brought out two mot
tnree} corps d'armee from the Army Of the
Potomac.
Rockers reinforcsments will no, exceed
2,OCG men. which, added to Shermans column
OF 20 600, makes the total reinforcemepts sent To
In $4,000 fighting, men. Estimating
Thomas army at 50,O0d Gen Grant, the com.
mander-in-chief,,o Of all these forces, will have
an army for the invasion OF Georgia of $4,000
men, exclusive Of cavalry. Burnside will not
se permitted to join this formidable force, At
least for the present.
The enemy has not yet rebuilt the railway
bridge over the Tennessee at Bridgeport nor
me Running Water creek, between She'll
mound and Browns Ferry. This latter bridge
Is l2O feet high, and is represented to be more
difficult work than the former. As soon as
these repairs shall have been made, and Sher.
man shall have come up, the Federal army
will be concentrated, and Grant will show his
hand. SWhether he will attack us here, or seek
to dislodgs US from Lookout Mountain, or Will
repeat the movement OF Rosecrans upon our
left flank, or 60 into winters, will probably be
Known In the next ten or fifteen DAYS
His army is now well supplied from Bridge
port by Lookout Valley and the river: for YOU
must know that we left two steamers at Chat.
tanooga, which the enemy is now using in the
transportation OF supplies from Bridgeport.
The cavalry, who brought up the rear when
we retired from Chattanooga, were ordered to
destroy these boats and our pontoon bridges,