Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1863-08-28
FROM CHARLESTON


upon the east battery and It's guns. The
south wall OF the fort is now Il Pile Of rub
hish, and on the worth the wall is also
crumblinS into ~ heap. Tie AAS h.s been
shot away twice to-day. making six times
during the attack. The flag stall was shot
Yfl and tn" flag flies from the ruins Of the
south wall. Just before sunset Sumter
fred several shots at the lrous;les, which
was engaging Battery Wagner. y mons
ltor this morning fired a. Snmtcr, while
Wak'ng reconnaissance, but was not
fp'i"'l to. No report of casualties. The
ankcc Sappcrs are making regular ap
Pr"aches on Battery Wagner. The officer
killed on Monday was captain Of one .!
he Monitors
! CnAnLEsroS, hue. 22-From ) a. m.
fntil p. m. yesterday the cncny's fire on
Sumter was very heavy. o23 shots were
hr,.l, and 701 stuck the Ert chc: on'si,lc
or Inside. The eastern face WAS badly
battered and soln" guns cas-, aud northeast
faces wsr: disabled. Tu. Arg vas shot
down l"Er times and five prra;cs arI two
negroes wounded IN Srmtcr. The eunn.vS
fire b. Wagn.r ca;.<el five casualties. Ia
clay fng Capt. Robert Fringc, k.i!v.'. Chr
|rs: "'',rS are annoying the lan%s"s
fsbnsidc"aLt:.. Ii IS supposed that tn. me
my burst o'lc OF their Ear. Oft guns ycstvr~-
day afternoon.
y; ii o'clock last II: sha Il com ma,unica.
;i"n from the enemy. uns'cme,l, WAS sen,
I" Ger. Is aurcgar1 dc,n,n.i;rY tie sur
rcnder Of Sumter and tie Norris I,!.rl
batteries, with the nnt;!: ,,iou 1T the
lily wpu''i hc siiclcl in 'uur hours il np;
complied with. Gen. B"unrrgar.l WI, Oh
Il reconnaissance, and Col. Jnrlin, chir!-
Of stall, returned it for HE si-natnr" Of ,hc
sitter. Ab,nt O'Clock thi. morning .h-
cherry began tllro Ain- she's into The city
from t!icir battery in the marsh hc,w"vn
Morris and james I,an', AID .1s'ar:
ahnu, five m 'cs Frosn the city. Vwc'v..
Sine, shells fell in the ci'v. No cas,,:.;-
ties. The tra,.sacl;on is rry"r,:,.,l rs AN
outrage on civiliz j w:,ii;.rc. Tac s!ie:!:n..
had the good cti;.ci Of hAs,cnins Tie OK olu.
O! ncn-conj.tanta.
At daylight this mornins tie cn. my
opened: fire vigorously on Sumter, and the
lronsides has since opened Slmtrr re-
piled. Wagner is firing bri>kiv on the
cne:ny's advanced works, about 45O Yards
from our work.
CHAELEsroS, Augu-t 22.--Thr fire Of
the en.emy's land batteries Was keep. up on
Sumter, and n.vre guns were disabled.
One casualty. Tnerc WAS a heavy fire on
Wagner from the flee: and land, ais, on
Gregg. The casualties at Wagner was
one officer and four priva,es.
General Gilmore's demand for the sur
render Of Fort Sumter and Morris island
with the threat to shell Charleston in four
hours from the delivery of the paper FL
Wagner, was signed and returned at :
O'Clock this IN 'rning. Gen. BtaurcgarI,
in reply, charges him with ihumanitv
AMI a violation oLthe laws Of war, and
alfirms that If the offence Be repeated, he
will employ stringent measures of relalia-
tion. Up to this time tile threat to shell
the city has not been executed.
LATEST.
CHARLEsroS, August 23-On Sa:ur-
day GOA shots were fired At Fort Sumter.
of which 4l9 struck inside and outside.
The cast wall is much scaled and battered
in. The parapet is undermined. The
northwest wall arches and terreplane have
fallen in, and the guns dismounted. One
private was wounded
On Sunday the land batteries Of the en-
emy opened from south to norh, and the
Monitors from cast 10 west, coming close
up. The fire was very damaging. Tie
east wall is cracked and preached, and
Sho! sweep through the fort. A shell
burst, woundi!g Lieut.. lioylston seriously,
and Col. Rhett, Captain Fleming and
Lieuts. Ston'on AMI Fickiing slightly
The fort is how ruin.
Col. Rhett is or,lere j, with his brave
garrison, to hold his outpost, even as a
foriorn hope, until relieved or taken. On
Saturday. at Wagner, Lieut.. ard four
men, Of the siege train, were wounded
On Sunday tho brave Lieut.. Col. GiIlard
lost his left hand. To-day twenty three
vessels are inside, including the Iron--
sides, Monitors, &C.; thirteen are outside
the bar
Gen. Gilmore sent a communication. Mt
II o'clock on Sunday, giving notice that
at II O'Clock p. IN. Tomorrow lie would
open fire on Charleston, and tlrat in the
meantime non coml,atants can 90 out.
CHARLESTON, August 24.-The enemy