The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1863-03-12
The Bombardfhent of Fort MsAllisser

From the Savannah. papess-ef We'd
nesday. we CLEAN the following pa,ticu
iars Of the action ,d Genesis Poin,
The FIRE on the fort was opened al,,u,
half past 7 o'clock from, tf,res iron clad
tnrre, bonts, which had taken. .pasisiou IN
frontof the hat,erics, and kwo or tIires
mortar i'ea's, which rvere with the. Aee,
supe,tws miles below. The firing wa,
1continuous andbrisk from the mon cIads
during the day, which. was deliberately
se<pondsd to hy The garrison, which di.
rec:ed IFS shot almost entirely nj tho
nearest iron clad, .hpposcd 10 lie the
Montapk. From Coffee Bluif we Wit.
nessed for hours the oaeqaSi.con,es, in
which our gallant -inen,, in tl,ei. -opcn
Earth Fnrk. received the Concentrated
anu eni'laiing FIRE of the Yankees. who
were securely housed IN their i" ire n
safes. The,fre'was kept up with great
sri, il by the Y;tnkees.uhri about three
ocieck, when tlisir, energi.s seolnrd 10
flag. A 1iltle after .3'p. m, one of lie
if"h clnds hauled off and.retuTned to tbe
feet. Abomt this time The fire from, the
other two ceased, anil sborav after The
secoud iron clad relired. The batteries
now poured tetril;c. ire ,upon, tue re,
inainipg iron-clad, which. af:cr remain
ing Sreat f,r filhIialf an hour, full igea
her companions hia,keir re: reat. AS she
s:es'ned down The river our garrison re-
do sbied their I've, which was moi ve.uru-
,e'i 10y tho netreating Yankee. The last
gun FROM the. fort. y an fred at her when
nearly out OF tahge, a quarter TO five
O'clock. "' :. =.
The latest accounts we have from the
hatfery. are up 10 three o'clock, from
WHICH. ". iean that only two men had
been slightly injured. aud one gun dis.
mounted. More or less damage was,
n" doubt, dome 10 The works, hut the
'epairs viii he completed 10y dayliah,
to,moirow morning, when our lrave
boys viii hc ready TO give. tile Yankees
another davS Seniertainment. ,......
Occasional heavy guns were b~sttl
last night in the direction of Genesis
Pint fiom. which we iufes that The
:nioriar boats lying below we're engaged
in throwing shells al oar ba,ieries for
| the purpose of preventing our men from
repairing The damage aastained ,by The
works during JIbe daT, or from Obtaining
rest. - ~, 2
The attack, will probshly I've renewed
this merning. with. perTsaps, increased
force, as ,iIsy1haye, anotLei iron.cIsd in
.tksir fleet. =, ...-
We observed. Yesterday that most of
the shots fired Rom our batteries struck
the turret of the iron>cIad at which ,hey
were aimed. but the fact that -sIle. was
not disabled ~ evidences that our heavi.
est. misseis had but little .tfec, on her
iron mailed turfet. AT long taw, or in
IN open sea road. where it, ould he
d'ihcnit to come to close quarters with
these iron monsters. they .ate certainly
very formidable affairs; but in a land.
locked. channel, with ihe shores on ef
ther side in our poss ession, II seems ,ha,
means nigh! be re-oted to which wnald
render them unsafe. The fresh water
navy and horse nari,ss Of The West
have a way Of cap,ufiuge Yankee gun
boais.
There are thirteen vesaelsbefnw in
OssSbay Sound. Firm reconnaissance
made hy capls. IIu-sey aud Marks, on
Mondsy and yesterday. il has been rs
eerssiQed That there are none Of the
enens's. vessels IN Savaairsh River.-
They started M"ndat morning and re.
turned iast evening. sfter makmg,s thor,
ough search. =, 49,
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