, 1863-11-05
FROM CHARLESTON.
The Bo1nbardment Of Fort SUMTER
Shells Thrown into the CITY.

NEW LORE, Noy. "a Folly Island letter
OF tie Goth, to the Herald, speaking Of the
,e-opcLing Of the bombardment on 6amter
says: From all our sources Of information,
We judge the intention OF the enemy to be the
erection OF eand battery within the battered
walls Of Sumter, similar to Wagner, but 'un-
like that 1o1E, tecure from approaca by zap
~ parallel. The present purpose Of Gen.
Gilmore, It Is btlleved, is to prevent the 6 ~:
summation Of ReauEegard's ,p1aos.. a7d, it
necessary, to level the foundations Of Sumter
to tha waters edge.
Mculuie and Johuson hare 80 fr directed
their shots against Battery Gregg, hut the &C.
cu1acy Of their fire has been entirely des-
:lo5ed By the guns which We hnve trained
On Tue.day the fir: Of one heavy riaed
gun between Gregg and Wagner was directed
1t the spire Of Sc. MIchael's church in the
city Of Charleston, and as least three shells
The general belief is that our batteries will
succeed in utterly destroying Sumter, and
dri1yng dc1sg from 1t the diminished garrison now
Desefters from the enemy acknowledge
fear among the rebel soldiers that We Will yet
get into the city. Tnoee who closely watched
the tort On Monday morning cay q steamer
took from the tort to tho city large number
Of troops Immediately after our batteries
opened flEe upon 1t.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4-The Richmond Er-
asntaer of Monday contains the following:
CHARLESTON, Oct. 31.-The enemy's fire
On Fort Sumter last night continued furious
and incesEant from the land batteries. This
morning, about four clock, portion Of the
wall fell In, burying beneath the ruins some
men, believed to be Of the 12th Georgia and
25th South Carolina regiments. Thirteen
are misslrg. The second dispatch give.
their names, and adds they were buried By
the falling in Of The barracks On the sen face.
where they had been placed in position for
mounting the parapet, in case Of an assault.
a fierce bombafdment has been kept up
all day on Fort Sumter from the Monitors
and land batteries. Up to o'clock this p.
m. no further casualties have occurred. Over
200 shcts we're fired in twenty -four hours.
CHARLESTON, Nov. The bombardment
cf Fort Sumter continued without lnternis.
sion last night and today. This afternoon
firing has been ffom two Monitors, two heavy
ard two light 1iaed guns at Fort Gregg. ten
inch mortars 1t Middle Battery. md four
r1aed guns ut Fort Wagner. On Saturday
tLey fred 443 rided ahots-S6 from
tie monitors, and s'3 from mortsrA; The
shell in second OF tTo after the report. On
Saturday night seventy 1ihed shots were fired
md thirty 7-three mortar shells. The fire Of
the land batteries was directed chiefly At the
|. soutnHe6I angie oI 1ne 1oFt. The nag stAH
was carried away twice, but speedily replaced.
The flag Was SO cut to pieces that the battle.
dsg OF the 12th Georgia was used instead.
The casualties On Saturday were two killed
and four wounded. The bombardmenti is stin
severe. IA
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. At is understood
here that the orders to Gen. Gilmore and
Admiral Dallgrcn arc to continue the bonn
bardme1t Of Sumter till not vesttge Of 1t
remains; and with the artillery now en-
ployed sgainst the fort, It's total destruction
f. believed to be certain,