Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-14

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Noon Reports.
LATEST WAR NEWS.
FURTHER from CHARLESTON.
Particulars Of the Attack.
Important from North Carolina,


lie following Was made up from an Interest
ing account furnishes the Blltimore American
by an eve witness who WIS IN the hight.
NeehSa ken Wa assigned important duty
which Mas faithfully performed ia the midst OF
the tight. 10 examine. and IL possible. ~ tre the
distractions which the rebels have extended
across the harbor from Sumter To NUultre. Pro-
tected by scOw and tie Devil IN front OF her,
she Fushed straight up towards the INSTRUCTIONS.
They found 10 consist OF network of
chains aud cables. stretched across the harbor,
which it Impossible Tor the W eehaw ken
10 run without iOuling her propeller. aud which
she found IL impossible 10 force 10 this net
work the rebels supposed To have suspended
torpedoes aud other submarine explosives. Hay
ing completed examination, and tested the Im
possibility OF woI king up the harboT until means
were devised 10 remove distractions, the Wee
hawken retired.
CiScINSATI, April l3-Gen. Burnsides has is
sued a general order prOnOuncing the penalty OF
death all persons found guilty OF aiding the
rebels Persons symptIhising with the reoeIs
will be arrested and tried. sent beyond our
lines.
The order says it must be distinctly under
stood that treason, expressed or implied, will not
be tolerated in tins department.
HEADQuARrLRs ARMY PoroNAc. April II A
refugee who lett Richmond ls-t Tuesday. has
TIVeu in our lines
Bread riot Ia that city was witnessed by him,
and caused the greatest CONSERVATION among an
thorItes The women Tie heads OF iam
lies OF working cla>se, and were actually starving,
mIny having been compelled To be- Oh the street.
A repetition OF the demonstration feared,
and every precaution being taken 10 ert it. he
effect upon the troops very demoralizng-
the men being very clamorous ANA demanding
that their families should be ted Reinforce
meuts are hurrying up 10 Fredericksburg rap
Idly ~ possible, most ot them new cOnscsipts ana
cOnvalescent-. Several divisions were eneamPed
about Richmond. one OF which started off IN
great haste at the time Gen Averll visited Cul-
pepper. but returned in few DAYS. Work has
been suspended upon the Qualifications around
Richmond. the inpresnab'lity being considered
certain. Earthworks are being thrown mp along
kIpdan river but the force IN that vicinity MAS
composed chiefly oil cavalry
NO iron clad sunboats ahoat in James
river The Virginia lies down near Drnry ;
Bluff and has made several attempts TO pass the
distractions, but Iaiied The thd is unfinished
but rapidly approaching completion.
NEW YoRK. April l3.-fhe Trbune's account
OF the Charleston hgnt says:
The squadron arrived off Charleston on the
morning OF the 9th, aud spent day in exam
nlng the bars aud channels, the wind being too
high to- cross tlat evening.
The Admiral discose, his plan of attack which
Was To sail directly up aud attack the northwest
tace OF Fort Sumter 1T or olO yards
About { O'Clock on Monday morning the sig
nal tor movement was gwen and the vessels start
ell. Ia consequence oil the fog, hOmeye they
were obliged postpone the attack till the next
day
Daring the afternoon one of Gen. Fury's bri-
gades worked lis way up 70 FOiley's Island and
established communication with The fleet
" portion OF the land forces got into the attack
stali.
On the It'll. at ALI p. IN the feet got under
WAY and passed. Morris Island batteries, without
being fired upon. pushing right OH toward Fort
Sumter.
I he new Ironsides worked badly and. in con
sequence OF the current, WAS Obliged To anchor
TWO three times
Fort Moulire opened first on the " eehaw ken,
which within 900 Yards.
Cummings Point battery, Fort Sumter and
! Battery Bee Immediately opened and the action
! became general and terrific.
The Monitors still pushed on. replying vigor
i ousl9 aui passed The northeast ttce of Sumter
when the. dscoN efed thee lines of instructions
hnumg t0rpedOes. one of which exploded but cid
no gfeat d. mage Finding It impossible to GET
acgoS~ THESE distinctions, they tul Iled about ant
steamed TOWN the river.
The Petapsco 2jO FOUNDER nad become disa
bled ami the Iurret Oi tie Pissiic bent thai
the veS,ei was practically out OF use
q; ee boats passed up 20 the mon theast face .
Sumter till they We're stopped bY The obstruction.
and turned oack Alter being under fire three
quarters OF al hour ali the Monitors ordere,
back and a O'Clock The entire feet were on
OF range and the action ceased
Admr. Dupont intended 10 renew the attacl
the next day but on a>cerianng tn 4 the keVkuI
and Pts>aic entirely disabled and that three
Others were partially SEA, he concluded to dess
IN which he Was sustained by all the command
ers
The Monitors were hit fifty or sixty times each
except the keukuk which received about nluet,
shots, aid vas penetrated. ut water mark, no les
than nineteen times
She Was kept afoat till next morning. whe
she sahk the tar. her coors flying All oil
board we're we'd
The Irousdes was biz about sixty times but no
damaged There are eleven large holes in th
side at Fort Sumter. apparently running through
the walls The entire firing only amounted u
$50 rounds. " hen cur correspondent lett, Ia
OF the Monitors had sailed Tor Port Royal an
the Others 10 follow. Oar entire casualte
amounted to Is. of whom only two or three wer
killed
The Times special gives the following list c
casualties OF the Nahaut:
Commodore Downs slight confusion in th
foot. pilot Isaac ScUhtld, severe confusion in ia
neck and Shoulders-doing well Quertermast e
Cont, compound fracture OF tie skull, sine
died and three seaman slightly wounded.
keokuk-Commodore A {. Pnrd, received
confusion in the ies. A Mcintosh, acting EnslgI
vigorously wounded; r. Nicholson, Quartel
muster. w1unded slightly. aud three seamen ser
ously. aud seven Others slightly wounded
The Herald's account says:
4 rumor is in circulation both at Port Rows
anu Charleston Bar, that our troops were rapid.
gaining the rear OF the city OF Charleston.
The Times correspondent SAYS;
Ia Charleston hight the iron ships were expose
To concen,ric from five different points unparl
leled IN history OF var tare The fleet found
impossible TO pass no beyond Sumter and assuIn
the appointed place owing 20 the obstruction
which extend across the eHtlre channel from Sun
ter 10 Maultrie. while above there hear the MIDI
ground were three other rows of piles. and abov
these, three rebel iron cllds The feet Wa
thus compelled 10 sustain this terrific fire. an
molly i; did - for 80 minutes during that tim
not ess than 3 900 shots we're fired by the enenl
loo being counted in 4 single minute
The Times publishes extra giving detaile
account OF the light AT Charleston. 1t SAYS:
The result OF the reconnaissance proves the u
Ter instfciency OF the iron clad fleet TO TAX
Charleston alone.
The Nahant received 80 wounds. several ben
bad fractures
The Pas>aic Was also wounded severely in Il
turret and pilot house
The Nantucket's turret was 30 Jared that Il