Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-09-02

One hundred and eighty-three bodies have
| been buried at Lawrence TO this time This
morning seven more bodies were found IS2
! buildings were burned, So of them brick So
/ widows and 30 orphans were made by Guam
| trelis raid. several merchants have com
menced rebuilding. All the towns in the
state have sent IN large sums Of money for
| the rehet OF the sufferers. One of Quautrelrs
| spies Was hung at Lawrence TO-DAY.
The Chiefs of the DeIawares, Sacs and
| Fox Indians offered their services TO Lane.
| Reports just received SAYS that buildings
IN Cass county, Mo, were on fire, and 100
| rebel sympathizers killed
New YORK, Aug. 81.
| The Herald has the following:
Charleston, Aug. 22.-From fixe O'Clock A.
| NJ. until : p. Nj. yesterday, the enemy's fire
on Sumter was heavy; 923 shots were fired
| and 1U4 struck the fort, either outside or in
side The eastern face of the fort is badly
! damaged and some guns on the east end dis
! mounted. The flag was shot down four times
live prIyates ana two negroes were wounded
! in Sumter.
The enemy's fire on Wagner caused FIVE
| casualties, including Capt. Pringe Our
| shdrpshooters are causing the Yankees con
/ considerable trouble 1t is supposed the en-
envy burst one of their Parrot guns ytsterda,
! forenoon.
! At II O'Clock last night communication
from the enemy, unsigned, was sent to Gen.
/ Bcauregard, demanding the surrender of sum
! ter and the Morris Island batters. and n mott
! hcatIon that the city would be sheled in four
/ hours II not complied with. Gen Beaure-
| gard was on reconnaissance and Gen Ran
/ don returned ii for the signature OF the wri
/ ter.
About o'clock this morning, the enemy
| began throwing shells into the CITY. from :
! battery on Morris and James Island and dis
taut five miles from the CITY Twelve S-inch
Parrott shells fell into the city but caused no
casualties. The transaction is regarded as
an outrage on civilized warfare Tie slelIinc
! had good effect in fastening non-comhat
tants.
At daylight this morning the enemy OPEN
ed fire vigorously on Sumter The IronSias
! has since opened. Sumter Is replying. Wag
ucr fires briskly on the ene1nv's advance
| which Is four hundred and fifty yards from
| our batteries
NEW YORK, August -.
The Richmond Enquirer states that. the en-.
| envy, ii seems, has been able to throw few
/ shells into the city of Charleston. from a dis
| lance of five miles, and we are told Gen
| Beaurcgard has protested against such
| proceedings on the ground Of its inhumanitv
This protest VIII be Of little use indeed. if he
cannot disable those batteries which fred the
| shells
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! tOmary bravado, have demanded the surrers
/ der of Sumter and our forts on Morris Island
! but IN this they can by means be induig-
| ed. They will find they are now only az the
| beginning of the siege Of Charleston, and be-
| tween them and that city is still fiery path
| to travel.
special to the Times saws Mosby's opera
| tions On our immediate front are assuming
( rather gigantic proportions. From band OF
/ 80 Gcsperadoes his force has grown to 500
/ able-b0died guerillas, who prey upon every
| thing which passes between Fairfax
\ and Warrenton Only this morning with his
I whole force, he attacked a suffers train be-
| tween Centrcville and Bull Run and captured
| Il wagons with their traps and number OF
1 Government horses and much OF tire proper
/ ~ on It's way to Tie army ..-
! NEW YoRK, August u.
| The steamer -4rogo from Charleston Bar,
| 2Jth has arrived.
C. c. Fulton sends a dispatch dated off
Morris Island, 24th, at noon
Admiral Dahlgren, midnight SATURDAY.,
with five Monitors, bombarded Sumter till
| Is O'Clock. The fort was struck over a hun
dred times, the balls going through the sea
walls The whole parapet was also carried
away. Sumter fired one gun five times,
| while MOuitrie, Gregg and Beauregard, for
| three hours rained shells on the Monitors They
| were struck several times but no harm done.
Sumter IS dcTosct
| The last gun was dismounted yesterday.
| To-day the grand army and naval attack on
! Wagner and Gregg takes place
| Now that Sumter Is defunct, the rebels
viii be drives from Morris Island
| Gen. Gilmore Is determined TO have posses
| sion to might
! Gen. Gilmore on Thursday, notified Beau
| regard that if he didn't surrender the forts, be
would shell the city in "a hours. No atten-
| ton was paid 10 the demand, and Friday
night Gilmore threw > shells charged with
| Greck FIRE, into the city.
On Saturday 2. NJ, Beauregard sent down
a flag with an urgent protest, denouncing the
GreeE fire as a most villaiu0us compound IN
worthy of civilized nations, and demanding
more time
The English and Spanish Consuls also de-
nounced the short time given, and claimed
more time to remove their subjects to their
| respective countries. Gen. Gilmore replied
| by renewing his demand for surrender
Beauregard asked for q truce of forty hours.
| Gilmore refused time any terms but IN
| conditional surrender, and at II o'clock last
| NIGHT the sheIling with Greek FIRE was re-
| suIaed II Is generally thought that the stars
| and STRIPES viii wave over Sumter tonight.
/ There Is evidently great trouble in Charles
| ton. Ii is not believed there are over 90
men in the ruins Of Fort Sumter. Her guns
are now mounted on Sullivan's Island The
end Is approaching.
| NORFOLK, Va, August %.
/ The Richmond EJaD,iae7- of to-day hss been
| received, containing Charleston dates of the
| oath, which says, Last night, at y sclock,
/ the enemy opened fire on the city; firing IF
| teen S-inch Parrot shells. Non-combatants
were leaving in continuous stream"