The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-04-11
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THE CHARLESTON EXPEDITION.
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Charleston te II no Mean, thnbiexn.s,e.
RamSorsd 3 oal forces
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-NEwYoRK, April 10.
The Herald says. By;ll,q1 transport Fair
haven, wlieharrivsd last evening" iiom Port
Royal, 4th inst, We hayss RECEIVED from various
spurees positive, sinformatoni of stheltnctual
cohmencenient uf the attack upon charleston.
The bSrnbardlnept Of Fort sumier commenced
CAPT Noses Ok The Fairhaveuns sbd rngs intel
diligence. nom Capts Stead,nan that Admiral
|" Dupont had onh the 81 IL April proceeded to
Charleston with the following iron-clads:: New
Ironsdes. taag ishipta Commander Thomas
y Tprnef; Patapsco, Capt. d., Amen; Catskill
Capt George W. Rodgers = Montaak, CAPT
JOHN " Wordep 70 Passaic, Capt. 'Percsal
l-prayton; Weehawken, Capt John Rodgers
KsekAk &0nnander IL o. tsbhd, 1Nnhant,
Capt. John Downes; Nantucket, Commander
ID. n. FaifIaxlSd3Hh 0IIHTs
o., on Stone Iulet Capt. Moses saw our army
fleet and iron clads ahc bored inside
He also saw the Ericsson lying on the Inlet
lrwitha aoatriding astern 1ol bn6li1o,i eyaeI
!, An English officer who left Charleston en-
+ The 2Sth nit, states that II Is as Well defended
as the rebels are able to make it, butit Is by %
means inpregnabis. Many OF the engines OF
swaf sdvptedby the rsbeis, ARE by no means
reliable.H HE'S of the opinion that If our mon
tors successfully resist the lire OF the batteries
and forts, and reach aspot where they can fire
into Charleston that place will be reducedtd
ashes.! He Considers an attack BY land NOT
feasible 1--WE lavR not men enough. &C. "a
pro The Heraldlhas thenfoliewiBg dispatch;,oq
t"H dstiagtonI April 9tA, Bfidnights-1No of
| fetal intelligence id relation to affaifs at
sChMlestop has vet been RECEIVED here, II was
expected az the Navy Department that tiisI
patches wond arrive this eysnipg. Entire
confidence is expressed that the attack on
Charleston viii be completely successful
gRfoBiaentl government officials epeaiy ant
! noppce their conviction that Charleston has
been takeh. Ii u victory has been gained
there by our land ami naval forces, The Drst In
telligence of II will be brought by dispatch
1, boat from Hilton Head. The rebels will not
4 permit any ti,e1tion Of It by telegraph, q any
i publication OF tin their ne wsiapers.., 49,
-hsH The Tribane's Washington dispatch Of last
evening says: (. II has been 4scertaibed from
j conversation with, stray rebels, military and
y seiRil that decided advantage has been gained
by our forces at Charleston, and that fort
has been taken--what fort Is not stated
Richmond papers OF later date than those
luroceiyed yesterday contain NO dispatches
| whatever from South Carolina ,isliad 1oi a.
The belief T. ehtertaiped in naval and mill
tary circles here that Charleston has BY this
time fallen, and thai the news OF its Capture,
.ass ~ II hQpeds 0f siis Stssr dsstrpc,isp also,
will soon be receiyed- Great confidence Is
felt in the ability lof ;theatiIr1yl guns and 600
men of the ron-clads TO overcome 400 guns
I and the afmy OF the rebels 40 -ly--zrs-F-
II may not be generally known that dini-
\ raj Dupont bad .iaihi possession accurate
charts OF the water approaches Of the city, on
\ which the localities OF the torpedoes were laid
i down. and The charnels BY winch they might
be avoided carefully traced .6+s,,1q s,nl
IA, ...,.s -, .,... New York, April 10.
The Richmond Sentinel or the 9Th ilst,,s
u IL Is understood that Official information was
4 received at hate hoar ON Monday evening, TO
II the effect that the enemy had been attempting
10 cross the bar of Charleston harbor but had
not up TO that time succeeded IN getting over.
II was believed yesterday that several iron
clads, eight in Number, together with many
transports bad crossed. II was also. belieSsd
Of War yesterday evening. to the effect that
The long expected attack had eo1ninencad, aud
4 that the enemy were bombarding Fort Sumter
The Charleston Mercury of the LIST, says -
The French steamer Lilinlp-left this port yes
4 serdsy-s She has. gone. eve sunderstapd, TO
Mexico.
iio1 mpili slassjT -uPHILADELPHIA, April 10.
The attack on Charleston was commenced
on the 18th inst -Four iron-clads were engag-
ed in the morning. The Ir9pddes Was ashore
but subsequently gof,ofs, Nine monitors and
fhe !ronsidfs we're engaged in the afternoon.
4 An incessant firing. from 215 until o'clock,
was concentrated on Fort Sumter The Iron
Z. sides and the Keokuk were withdi AVID at 4
8 O'Clock. y There 10 Intense ifexcitement in
Charleston, The rebel iroB-ciads have gone
down % engage the federak.a The iron clads
and the Ironsides were inside OF the bar on
the sih The ke9kuk was reported sunk. The