Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-05
FURTHER FROM CHARLESTON.

FURTHER FROM CHARLESTON.
sumter Lrveled TO It's sfoundatiou-Starva-
tien fully upon the People OF X nc Ia hnl ond
The Richmond Eratiner of Monday last has
the following: ~
"CHAKLssToN, Oct 3l.-The enemy's fire on
Sum ter last right continued furious aud irces-
SAINT from The land batteries. This morning,
about O'Clock, n portion of the sea wall fell
In, bnrylng beneath the ruins some men, be-
liered TO be Of the 18th Georgia and 25,h South
Carolina regiments. Thirteen are mi ssing"
TIE second dispatch gives their names, and
adds:
They were buried ny the falling In of the
farrc cks on the sea face OF the fort, where they
had been placed in position for Incunting the
rarapet III ase of an assault
"a heIee bt m ardment has been Kept up all
day on Sumter from the monitors and land bat
teries: Up 10 3o'ciock this afteraoon, no further
casualties have occurred. Over 1900 shots
w+re fired in wenty-tour hours. Firing still
heavy"
THIRD DIsPATcH.l
"CHARLRsToN, Nov. 1.-The bonn mbardment
OF Sumter continued fiercely without iutermis-
sion, last night and to day. This afternoon the
shots AVERAGED four per minute. The firing
has been from two monitors, two heavy and
two light rified guns at Gregg, fCnr ten-inch
mortars at the middle battery, and four rided
guns at Wagner. os.# -.saE Fl g
from the monitors and 373 from mortars. The
mortar fuses are cut so as to explode the shell
in second or two after the report. On Satur-
RRn fs6,Af, taifhfpts tfsa
rectCd chiefly at the south west angle OF the fort
The flag staff was carried away twice, but
speedily repiaced-Fhe flag was SO cut to
pieces that the battIe-f1ag of the 18th Georgia
had to be used instead. The casualties on Sat-
urday were ten killed and three wounded.
Bombardment still severe"
The Examiner, speaking OF affairs in Rich
mond, says:
he nlofp
uation In regard to flour; barrel of which,
any kind, at any price, ii is impossible to OBJ
tam. The holders should be made to come to
terms, that s, to put their stores in the market
Beef is in great abundance in the Piedmont
country, we learn, and in the upper valley,
and sells hs at from IS to So on the hooi
hands, We need have no fears for the coming
Writer.
Al, an early hour on Saturday morning tho
meat supplies at the city markets gave out
and nurnt rous families, in consequence, had TO
dine on Grahamite dinners.
As long as b ef is impressed for the benefitof
twelve thousand Yankee prisoners, this con-
dition OF the city markets may be expected TO
continue.
night, upon an unlawful assembly OF negroes
congregated on the city gas works lot for re-
ligious purposes, and took in custody forty
Jnsee a
be punished with ten lashes each, and let them
go. p. s.-t- 80
II Wh6 uuOclBOOO y6etSTOay LO6I 0,0l0 6u~
KEGS had landed at Newport News. se,3sE3
This is, doubtiess, the first step in the grand
scheme which is to astonish Yankeedom, COM
found the Rebels, take Richmond, and crush
The Lynchburg Republican, learning nat
some three thousand "Yankee prisonsrs' are To
protests. 1--WE don't want them here. We have
got as many people now amongst us - can
possibly be supplied with food, and 70 have
three thousand yoracious Yankees added to
the nnYnhAP. v0nlA YnAkA RtRYVatf0n.
with it, pallid cheek. not only possible, but
most probable contingency, for all Of MS. We
termination and not put upon us Q plague
worse than that which the locusts inflicted
upon Egypt"
The Richmond ESaminer Of the 3lst has .
leading editorial article on the importance or
East Tennessee to the rebels. Il says:
the enemy was its incalculable value apprsci-
ted. Except that was fertiyely obtained from
Kentucky, the whole army supply Of pork
counties Of adjoining states. the prodnct OF
corn in that region was very heavy, and no
portion Of the Vonfederacy, equal in extent, af-
pasturage. The occupation Of East Tennessee
by our own armies was not only important in
itself, but it was important also In respect to
the contiguous country which 1t protected. A
great line OF railway was secured, continental
in Its dimensions and in its value. The salines
and lead mines Of Virginia, which produce all
eAC SoAt uAu Acou usCQ III OOAAACAACA oCys WoA0
protected SO long as East Tennessee was ours.
"But the evacuation of that region, and its
surrender without q single battle to the enemy
has lost us all these advantages. The railway
is broken up, and there can be no communiea-.
ton between General Jones of Bristol and
General Bragg at Chickamapga, who are less
than one hundred and fifty miles apart except
| by a circuit Of twelve hundred miles, through
Petersburg, the Carolinas, and Augusta. The
| hogs Of Eas Tennessee, affording twenty-five
millions OF pounds of pork, are now slaughtered
| tor the Yankee armies The vast corn crops
and forage supplies of that department, sufi-
Scient to winter all the live stock Of the Con-
t federate armies, are fed TO the fifty thousand
| horses and mules belonging TO the forces Of
Grant. The salt and lead works Of the Con-
| federacy, and the nuMberles caves of South
| western Virginia, from which immense sup
| Department, are now imminently threatened
hy tie close presence of hostile armies req uir-
| ing the presence of heavy forces of our own
EJer their protection. ssasN ,s>s3ia a.fS Rss4esl
| "The task imposed by the loss Of East Ten !.
nj ssee upon Ger erai Samuel Jones, command :
| ing in Southwest Virginia. is onerous, Pa wae,,
| The Yankee Generals Ayerill, in tn !, direc tion
| OF Cheat Mountain, ard burnside threaten ening
from Knoxville, he has line OF more than 81 =
hundrt d miles 70 guard. The task il rendered.
doubly arduous through the thorough disor.
| gsnizatioE Of TIE Kentncky and Tennessee
| cavalry, who have been earousiug, pilfsrinr
and sknlkiDg in South western Virgin a, under
/ the non. discipline Of the Kentucky generals
/ to whose tender merces the people Of that
| country have been turned over ever since ths,
war begun." Esf 6t so salJef 1t Is4s a9sg
.sRasHFT ag4