Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-08-24
The News Of the Week.

any previous day. The IronSideS and
six monitors and six gun.boats, with all
of the enemy's. land batteries, opened on
Battery Wagner at daybreak, throwing
twenty shells per minute at our works. |
This continued until eleven o'clock, when
the feet and land batteries turned their
attention to Fort Sumter. The Ironsides
and six monitors approached to within
. three quarters of a mile of Sumter and
battered away vigorously against the
South face. Fort Sumter replied vigor-
ously from the barbctte guns, The
contest lasted about three hours, when
the feet being struck very often st cd out
OF range, with flags at half mast. 1t is
supposed that some high Yankee Naval
officer had .been killed. The enemy's
land batteries of some two hundred poun
ders, parrot guns, kept a constant fire
Yesterday evening and all last night
against Sumter. The roar of cannon was
heard in the city. The casualties at
Sumter was one killed and thirteen
wounded. At Battery Wagner, seven
killed and twenty. four " ounded. Among
the killed is Capt. Wampler, of Va,
Chief Engineer at Wagner. The can
nopading was resumed at daybreak on
the 18th, with great vigor.
The enemy's land batteries kept pound.
ing away, chiefly with their heavy par
rott guns. There was comparatively lit
tie firing against Fort Wagner, on which
the enemy can make no impression what
ever. A monitor engaged Fort Wagner
but was soon driven off,, No casualties
amongst our troops. e
A dispatch from Charleston, daten the
Goth, says: The enemy's operations during
last twenty four hours have been mostly
confined to steady and continuous bom-
hardment of Fort Sumter from their Par
rott runs ON Morris Island. Their fire
begins to tell upon Sumter, which replies
oriy at long intervals. The defence OF
the.throat of this harbor does not depend
mainly upon Sumter. Even if that For.
tress should e~ventuallybe battered down,
the Habor entrance is still etfcctually
guarded by powerful SAND Batteries On
Sulliyan's Island and elsewhere. There
were but few casualties yesterday.
THE TRANs-MIssIssIPPL-The Mobile
Tribune has had q visit from q gcntlemar
inst from the other side of the Mississippi
who left Gen. Taylor's headquarters OF
the 25th ult. He says that u troops
hold ~undisputed sway of all those late con-
sipts in Louisiana west OF the MTssls-
fine spEhsy, as we'll as the people, are in
Vicksburg, and~q4Esessed by the fall o.
their own, but at proper firhfee le to holo
o. this side the river. General Magrnud9es1
artifying atSabine Pass, and ready tc
~c5sUpef Win Kirby Smith. Taylor II
securing his ~conGuests and is zealeusly
ly supported by the planters, who, wher
Banks oyerrun the country, were ready t
give up and take the oath. Banks scout
ed at their oaths and took their property
They are now fighting men and war mel
to tho bitter end. Our informant be
lieves that our combined forces unde
Price, Walker, Tsylor-Kirby Smith
commanding the whole-will reach so,
900 men, and are increasing.
Major Mosby has made another Of hi
dashes in the rear Of the yankee army, thi
time near Aide, capturing nunaber o
suffers wagons, horses, andtakihg TWEEN
ty or thirty prisoners. Numerous bodie
of Yankee cavalry were hunting Mosby
in various directions, but it was believed
that he had successfully eluded them, a
usual, and escaped into the Mountain
Businesses with his booty and prisoners
as the latter have been received in Rich
mond.
AT a sale of yankee plumber taken By
Mostly and his men, held at Charlottes.
Vile last week, 100000 we're realized, tc
be divided among the gallant band.
The Yankee gunboat Barney. Injured
by the explosion of torpedo in theJames
on the occasion of the recent gunboa
excursion up that river, is reported tt
have sunk between City Pointa and Fort
tress Monroe, while being towed to thu
latter place. The Yankee papers admit
ted that the Barney, which was a wooder
tub, was lifted clear out of the water, ant
the strain upon her timbers must hav'
"hogged" her terribly. We credit tn
report that she has " gone nder."-Ez'
GGmineT.
Gen. Hood c~ontradicts the report @
his appointment to the command of tb
cavalry in Northern Virginia.
Colonel w. w. w. Wood, of Matches
denies that ex-Gov. Brown, of Missis
sippi, has taken the oath of allegiance t
the Lincoln Government. He is now re
-o,;nc bic family and nrouerty to Geor