Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-04-14
The attack upon Charleston

Sinc!nhatli april III.
! Gen. Burnside regards the news from
! Charleston of the repulse of the iron-claGs
on the 7tb us not significant He saws
| that the action Of tho rebel pickets near
! fredericksburg is the thermometer Of 90 ID
OF bad news, aud that to-day they Indicate
! by looks and actions, that there il bad
news for them, which, in military circles.
! is believed to be from Charleston. If the
| rebels had any encouraging news from
| Charleston, it would be made known inn
Inediately. and not three days afterwards
| The next advIGeS from that point and
NewberD may he looked for with ankle
ty.
HOoker's army is on the verge of move
lnent. and. indeed, it is no doubt the inten.
| ton to make a simultaneous attack at all
| points between the 10Th and 18th, to ure-
! vent concentration of the enemy az any
| given pcint. Stirring events from Charles
ton, Newbern, fredericksburg, Tullahoma.
| East Tennessee, Vicksburg. and Purr
Hudson will occur during the present
month.
! Washington, Apl,l 10.
No Official intelligence in reference to
affairs at Charleston had been received at
midnIght last night. Ic was expected at
the Navy Department that dispatches
would arrive last evening. Entire cunti>
| dSnce is expressed that the attack on
| Charleston Will be completely successful.
Prominent government officers openly an.
npunce their belief that Charleston has
Seeu taken. Ii victory is gained thsre
| by our land and naval furces. the first in
! telligence of it will be brought by the dis
| patch boat from lIiltCn Head. The reb
els will not permit any mention of il by
telegraph, or its publication in any pa
per.
New York, April 10.
The Herald makes the following asser-
! tiuns
| 1--WE have now received from varinus
sources positive information of the actual
commencement Of the attack upon Charles.
| tOG. The bOmbardment Of Fort Sumi ter
by iron-clads began 90 Monday.
Capt Moses, Of the FAR Haven, brings
intelligence from Capt. Steedman that AID,
miral Dupont had. ON the Sd of April, pro.
ceeded to Charleston with the following
| iron-clsds:
New IrOusides (asg ship, Monitors
Patapsco, Catskili, Montauk, Psssaic
Weehawksn, KeOkuk, Nahant, and Man,
| tuCket. y: -
Of Stone Inlet. Capt. Moses saw our
army transport feet aud irOn-clads an.
ch0red inside. He also saw the Friesson
lying off the Inlet, with float riding a.
| stern"
Fortress Monroe, April 10. e..
The Richmond Wing of yesterday has
the following Eighty exciting inteIll-
genee:
Charleston, April The attack IN
Charleston commenced to-day. Four iron.
clads, out IF seven Of the Yankee feet-
were engaged. The firing from the fee,
on Forts Sumptes and Moula ie and Norris
Island was very heavy. The Irousids,
was hit, and ran ashore, but subseouentlu.
got off and was taken out of range.
At 2 o'clock P. NJ, nine Monitors and
the lrOnsides opened FIRE, at distance az
5000 yards. :
At 2:30 the firing or both sides became
incessant. and was kept up until S a'cl pcks
when it gradually diminished The fire.oi
the feet was concentrated 90 Fort Sumns H.
The lronsides and the Keokuk w,thdreSWs
ly DISABLED. Ssa q
Intense excitement prevails in this lc;-
~. ls.
Our Monitore have just gone out to take
part in the fight.
Our casual les are one boy killed and Eve
men badly wounded in Fort Sumpter. Re-
ports from the other batteries have not yet
come to hasd.
Charleston, April 8 Seven turreted.iron.
ciads and the lrOnsides are inside the bar.
The keOkuk Is sunk on the beach off Nor.
ris Island.
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