Winchester daily bulletin. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn) 1863-1863, 1863-04-25
WINCHESTER, TENN, APRIL e5, 1863.

neIs in the harbor, and with their three
hundred monster guns guarding tho
entrance to the rebel city Of Charles.
ton.
The Horald here gives an account
of the immense preparations made to
reduce the rebel city, but we have not
room in the Bulletin to publish it.
The following will be found full of
interest:
The Attempt to Take Charleston Abandoncd-
DaPoncS Fleet and Hunters Aymy With
drqpp-7He Rebel Adrancc upon S1Tolk-
, Co1 Kt@bau Shot a'ad RiledJy Gen, C5rcOran,
etc.
By flag Of truce boat to City Point
the Petersburg Express received New
York and Baltimore papers Of Wodnes-
day last, April Is. They are filled
with much interesting information
from Hilton Head and Suffolk. 1t will
be seen that the attempt to tako
Charleston has been abandoned, the
fleet moving from Charleston, and the
army Of Hunter going to Hilton Head.
The Herald gives the following as
TuE SITUATION.
The attempt to take Charleston is
for the time abandoned. The iron clad
fleet Of Admiral Dapont and the army
Of General Hunter have beon with.
drawn to Port Royal. The experiment
proved too hazardous. The batteries
Of the enemy at Sumter, Moutre and
Cummings Point, and the distractions
in the channels, presented obstacles
too formidable to be overcome by the
force brought against them BY the
arrival Of the Arago from Charleston
bar on the llth inst. we learn these
facts. The fire from tic batteries was
tremendous, as the condition of the
Keokuk shows. She was fairly rid,
died through and through with highly
polished steel shot, weighing y hun.
dred pounds each, furnished to the rcb-
els BY England Our vessels fired in
all only one hundred and tiity-Ono shots
at the forts, while the latter struck the
boats over five hundred and twenty
times. The armed transport George
Washington was destroyed by the rcb-
els in Coosaw river, near Port Royal,
OH Thursday morning last, as before
reported. She remained behind for
special service under Col. Hawley, who
was acting as post Commandant at
Hilton Head while the forces were,
away. Gen. Saxton who was in com,
mand at Beaufort, sent for the Wash
ington to make q reconnaissance around
the island. In company with the gun
boat Halo, she went up tho Coosaw
river, was attacked by a rebel battery,
which sent shot through her maga.
zine and blew her up. The crew were
fired upon while attempting to escape,
and several Of them killed and woun.
died.
Our correspondence from tho Black,
water to-day gives an interesting ac.
count Of the rebel advance upon Suf.
folk, the capture ofour outposts, and
the fight Of the women and children.
The object Of this attack is to prevent
reinforcements from reaching Gen.
Foster, in his perilous position at
Washington, n. c., and cut off our
forces at Suffolk from communication
with Norfolk, which latter place no
doubt the rebels intend TO invest. In
tollieence reached Fortress Monroe on
the 18th that the enemy had rotreated
four miles from Suffolk, and that the
gunboats sent to Fosters assistance
had succeeded in running the rebel
batteries.
THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR
The Herald says, odjtorially
The repulse of Admiral Duponts
iron. clad fleet at Charleston indef
nitcly postpones, we suspect, the re,
sumption Of active operations against
that rebel stronghold, Tho door will
doubtless be kept more closely guarded
than heretofore against English block.
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