Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-04
LATE FROM THE sOUrH.

| Cty-A Bank Building Struck.s,ea
Ieft ftSumfer-Scarcits Of Food in x icS.
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| The following extracts ara from late Rich
Inc mbardm ent NJ Cha
| ing arrek Fire Into the City.
Inc kichnond Whig publishes the follow.
ing dispatches, and although not as late RS the
| one published yesterday, are interesting: : ~
| "CHARLxsToN, October 27.-Four monitors
opened nre Al IL O'Clock this morning on Fort
ceased between and O'Clock this Afternoons
ne hring from Gregg, Wagner aud the centsr
battery on Sumter, johnson and Simpkins has
th,s nefS nsass ~, during sns day O'Clock
thets from the center battery into tha city
Only one building-the Union Bank-wss
sIneka NO person injured. A report from
Jennson saXs nat the sHewY,s. gun firing on
patch from SsnteI states that one of the enc.
mys guns in the battery east of Gregg was
bursted. From 70 O'Clock to o this afterooon,
GO shots were fired al Sumter. The following
are the cas- ualties Of to- day AT Sumter, Lieut.
Brown, 18th Georgia, mortally wouuded. a
Fort Johnson, privates Reeves killed and Davis
wounasd no Our Our batteries steadily replied 70
s.CHARLEsToN, Oct. 2s.-A heavy fire was
kept up on the sea-face Of Snmter- all night by
the monitors and two guns at Gregg Firing
from front OF the enemy's batteries was again
renewed this morning against Sumter, John.
son, and the Sullivan Island batteries, OMIT
one monitor now In sight. The Irensides re-
9ue. =. a. nsr o,d anchorage No further
"GHAKLEsToH, Oct % The IRE ON snua..r
from Gregg, wagner and the three monitors
has been ncessant siace ten O'Clock this morn
ing. The monitors drew of at seven this eve.
ning. bIt Gregg and Wagner are still firing
rapidly from 800 pound Parrott guns Six
hundred and seventy.sho's have been fired A.
Srmter, So ofwhich have missed. They were
nearly all directed at the sea face No DAMAGE
OF consequence to the FORT but the sea. wall is
pretty weli battered. The fire at Fort Johnson
has not be en- so heavy to day. Some fe ~ shots
were fired on Sulliyans Island. Our batteries
keep mp regular fire, making excellent shots
and surprising the enemy In accuracy Not a
single casualty reported at Forts Sumter,
Monltrie or any OF the batteries
"There has been no further firing OF the city.
Some of the shells thrown Were picked up, and
fonnd to be filled with Greek fire The one
which struck the Union Bank fell in g cstern,
and the others in the water"
Threatened Bread Famine in Richmona
We regret to state that the efforts of the com.
mittee appointed by the city council to obtain
supplies OF food for this community have TINS
lar not been attended with snccess. Mr. Gar
ret, the agent appointed by the committee has
just returned from visit TO Louisa and ada
cent counties. He reports that the farmers in
1nat sreton OF the State have nothing for sale
De Viii next visit the Valley-the Goshen of
NHeinia-and 1t is TO be hoped that he will
mt ct win more success in th at produ c.i We rc
glon. Farmers who have any sarplus edibIes
Tor sale ST Eould not wait to be Called upor,.9 IL
they are at al disposed TO avert the fearful
condition OF things which we tell them in an
candor threatens to overtake us ere long what
Will our enemies think when they read such
paragraphs as this-penhed, from a senss of
duty 10 TINS community and to the causel II
is useless 10 mlnce words; it we've folly to re.
main silent, when we see every day evidences
OF an approaching bread famine in this city,
" hilst within the limits of the State IL is be
lie we'd, there is food enough for all the people
for twelve months. The population of Rjch
,f ~ s1s De Nlrma = -
present, no prospect of obtaining this muca
during the winter.-Richmond Whsg.
The s.Peace Meetings..
The deserters from North Carolina regiments
are IN iaNcr OF "peace on some terms" honor
able terms, of course, as will be seen by the
following advertisement:
Colonel Thomas M. Garrett, OF the 5th North
Carolina rec eimept, offers reward of two hun.
dred and fifty dollars for the arrest OF C. %.
Garrett says fl1tftCz! tgEve
"1his man deserted on the 10th of MAY last,
al VAS last heard of as figuring on the COM
mittee TO draft resolution for meeting held in
Forsyth county on the 26th Of August"
From Tennessee.
Some OF the Yankee troops now in East Ten
nessee are feeling their way across the ALE.
ghaIy, by way of Warm Springs, into the
western counties of North Carolina. A skir-
mish has taken place at Warm Springs, and
General Vance, Commandant Of that depart
ment, has telegraphed to the Governor for rein-
force me- nts. The reinforcements have been
sent forward and Governor Vance has started
for the West. North Carolina papers say the
alarm is exaggerated.
Miscellaneous fa.+
Major Charles Pickett, Of the Eonfederate
Army, was married at Danyille, Va, on the
27th ultimo, 10 Lizzie II ;, daughter Of John H
Smith, of W Washington, ID. q. - 49,.
Col. Edmund Kirby, Of Richmond, was
killed in the battle OF Cnickamauga
Governer Bradford and Major General