Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-04-10
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FROM CHARLESTON.
New Totk. April 6-Tho Herald's Washing.
ton speciel states that a report reached there bv
way of fredericksburg, derived from rebel souf-
cea uihi Charleston was boinbardet by our feet
and attacked b ouf land forces on Thuradnv
last, and il now In possession Of the Fedcrnis
under General Hunlef and Admiral Dupont
This report is fully credited by prominent Off
GERS 81 ihe Government who are in possession Of
facts N reference to the contemplated attack on
Charleston, which il is not yet prudent TO di.
yulge. II is certain, however, that those who
possesses this information arc confident that our
soldiers aid sailors wilIcelebtate tkc second an
nivcrsary Of the fall of Fort Sumter in tho cap
tured city ofCharlcston.
The restrictions upon publication In Southern
papers are so stringent that II is not expected 10
fnd much in them in reference to the capture of
Charleston until the disaster can no longerte
concealed, but the reports that have arrived here
are definite and positive, and are, believed by
those who have tic best right % know what
foundation there is for them.
New York, Affil'6. 4 fArormation has been re-
ceived ,contndicting pQstfusIf The reported
prepsrntoneo 81 TIE rebels toevabuate Ilichmoud.
These reperts were based upon the Movements
Of troops and materials from Richmond to
strengthen the deGencea at other points in the
Confederacy. 1t is believed, however, that they
are erecting formidable dcfenccs at Chattanooga,
as aplhce for a last grand rally, ioeese Of being
compelled toretire from thebotdgfs.
Fort Monroe, A prii 4, 1.-The Richmond Dcs-
patch says, "The enemy have landed in forceon
seabrobEs OF, johns Island, South Carolina-
Three guhboats and several transports are lying
off the Island. skirmishine has already taken
place between our and the eneTny's pickets
Our plckets are driven IN aud the enemy is adj
vancing. tE0F EBF sg}IEgS
l. General Haywood has ordered all women and
children and on-combatants to remove from
Adams Run, which is 20 miles from Seabrook' q
Island
Fort Monroe, April 4.-Fomteen exchanged
Federal officers arrived to-day from City Point,
capt6tcd Mt Harsville Tenn, Dec. 10th.
The Charleston Courier gives the same nc
count Of the landing Of our troops at Sestbrook,
DC, as telegraphed in specials this morning, but
nothing about the capture Of the city.
The Courier says the steamer .Naichez burn
ed at Castlemans, on the Iazoo, had 300 bales
Of cotton, and was one ofthe best steamers in the
Confederacy. Loss heavy. .iaDGzess
New York, April 6.--Despatches from For
uess Monroe state that Charleston papers are re-
\ ceisetl. They acknowledges the attack on that
city being commenced, but don't indicate eth
er success or repulse. II is fair to suppose, II
the latter, they would have anpounccd it In most
glowing terms. It's generally believed in offic-
Fial quartcrsthat no reverse has been sustained
and there is the best reason to believe the news
will soon be received of the capture of Charles
| ton. - xr
New York, April THE steamer Eastern
Queen has arrived from New Orleans with date
29th, aud Key West lst. Capt. Collins reports
while at Port Phillips South West Pass nc was
1boarded by the U. s. boarding officer who re-
ported having received a telegram from New
Orleans stating the rebels had begun to evacu-
ate Port Hudson. $50
The Richmond Sentinel of the 7th has the fol-
lowing significant paragraph:
Yesterday morning, eight monitors and IRON
lclads were off the bar at Charleston. The briel
significant telegram which was received early
in the day and published elsewhere, tells that
the long expected collision has probably come
off. Ere this, the storm SO long foretold for
| Charleston has burst at last. We shall publish
the results as we learn them. We await the is
sue with buoyant hopes, but not without solic-
itude due to the important struggle. May Hea-
ven shield Charleston from the Iage Of her enc
my s and ours, 4 .E I. Il ..ta,t-.>
! The Sentinel editorially reols in ambiguous
terms to a riot which took place in Richmond
last Thursday, of such magnitude as to cause
the affairto be suppressed from publication.
| From, the aFtieleit appears, thnt.the city was
fora While at The control ola lawless mob pfmen
ahdiwomen for the Ostensiblc purpose to save
themselves from starvation by breaking open
stores, bakeries, DC. The movement was head
ed by a female who, the Sentinel says, was
above want and the whole affair was simply I'd
rob and plumber under the excuse of scarcity Of
food
Washington, April 7.-Official information
was lately received at tie War Department that
| the, movement against Charleston had been mi
tiated by landing small Federal force near The
foot of James Island. ho E'Hf y
Private letters are received Tonight from
CommanderJohn Rogers, second in command
under Admiral Dupont, and also from Gen. Hun.
ter to his relatives dated Friday last, fully cor
roborating the rebel account of the landing Of
our forces on St. Johns Island and the with
drawal of the enemy's pickets. They speak in