Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-09-02
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. AUGUST ,


/ 1t appears from statements received at the
! Treasury Department, that during the month
eff July S4l6,SS9 was received for duties at
| San Francisco, which is therefore the next
! port in Importance to New York. so far as
! the revenue Is concerned.
The revenue of Tuesday, July 2Sth, was
! Sj50,0OO, the largest sum ever received there
in single day.
Gentlemen attached to the public service
say that in the shclling Of Charleston at
distance of five miles q greater success has
been attained than has heretofore entered in
to their calculations even. The rebel accounts
of the recent movements against Charleston
are regarded here as atfordiug a cheering
| prospect of complete Union success. The
Navy Department has received no official ad-
! vices within the last Two days from that quar-
| ter.
Guerilla bands still infest the South side
! of the Potomac, stealing horses and other
! property, without respect to persons.
| BosToN, August 20.
| The political canvas in Maine IS very act
/ tive. The election takes place on the 18th
/ of September Among those stunping the
/ State for the Union ticket, are Vice Prcsi-
/ dent Hamlin Israel Washburn, and Senator
! Wilson.
/ New YORK, August IS.
/ The following interesting letter is from c.
/ c. Fulton, Editor OF the Baltimore AUerJcoa ::
/ Orr CHARLESTON. Friday Noon. Aug. y.
! Fort Sumter still flies the rebel flag, but
! its west wall IS a mass of ruins. Shells go
| into the fort and explode inside, some OF them
! passing through the east wall-going in one
/ side and coming out at the other An east
/ cTly storm prevailed OnIucsday and Wcdnes-
/ day, but broke away on Thursday. We now
/ have fine weather, and it is expected that
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/ ter this afternoon.
| The Hro11stdes and our wooden vessels have
| shelled Wagner and Greggeyery day, keeping
| them quiet, while shore batteries are
/ hammering Sumter.
/ Seven North Carolina deserters from Sui
/ livaIl's Island, were picked up in boat, last
night, by the Aontouk They say the rebels
/ are preparing to abandon Sumter and blow it
I'D that They have been taking the guns out
/ Of its ever since the attack upon 1t IN a prIl
/ last. which demonstrated their inability TO
/ hold 1t: that there are not more than SIX or
! eight guns now in the Fort, the remainder
! being "'Quakers; :" that the Gordon OF beer
/ barrels are merely intended to sustain the
| telegraph wire between Sumter and MOultric,
/ and are no part Of the distractions of the
harbOr that the North Carolina troops are
anxious to 90 home, and are almost in state
/ of mutinv; that the rebels all anticipate the
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were extensively preached in April, and that
/ there Is great scarcity Of provisions amongst
! the rebels
/ The flag of Sumter has been shot away
/ four times and now there IS no flag up. The
/ rebel batteries on James Island throw shells
night aud day into our lines, but do not cause
more than one or two casualties daily.
/ Admiral Dahlgren Is anxious TO let the
army and naval batteries finish Sumter, eX-
pecting to have plenty Of work for the mon
/ itors in taking the interior line OF defencez OF
/ Charleston.
/ \ flag of truce was sent to " aSner on
/ Friday afternoon and firing ceased during the
| interval. When it was resumed again Ten
4 Gilmore notified Gen. Beauregard that ne
/ would commence Smelling the city IN forty
/ eight hours, requesting to remove the women
/ and children The whole monitor heel went
( up FRIDAY night for another assault upon sum
/ ter. Tie F2Essuic got aground and so much
time was lost in getting her off that the eN-
/ peditfou was abandoned for the night. The
rabels did not discover her position though
/ She was within half a mile of the fort
Orr CHARLESTON, Augtst -.
Sumter, this morning, Is an immense ruin
The rear wall is battered down and the inte-
rior of the fort Is open to view Our shells
f. strike against the inside of the front wall,
/ which is greatly shattered, and al times balls
pass entirely through the fort The flag OF
! Sumter was shot away four times on Friday
A new flag Is up this morning The weather
is very hot and TO ice to- be had should
/ there be no accidents tonight, the old nag
| win float over Sumter tomorrow.