Named Entity Results, September 2nd

Latest from Charleston. terrific fire upon Fort Sumter--our batteries reply with spirit. Charleston, Sept. 2. --Last night at 11 o'clock the monitors approached close to Sumter and opened a terrific fire of shot and shell against her. For a time the impression prevailed that the enemy were about to try to pass our obstructions. All our Sullivan's Island batteries, including Fort Moultrie and Cumming's Point, opened upon the monitors, and the roar of heavy artillery was kept up incessantly till daylight. The firing was the loudest ever heard here, and startled the entire city. [second Dispatch.] Charleston, Sept. 2d--P. M. --Very little firing to-day. The harbor is comparatively quiet. Our accounts of the effect of the enemy's heavy attack on Sumter last night exhibit an insignificant result. Twelve men in the fort were wounded. On Morris Island there are no new incidents. Operations to-day were confined chiefly to firing of sharpshooters on

From East Tennessee. Atlanta, Sept. 2. --The Yankee force in East Tennessee is variously reported. One account says that but 4,000 cavalry came to Wartzburg and retreated across the mountains on the advance of Forrest. Another, that the Yankees are stronger and have not fallen back. Private telegrams from Chattanooga to-day say the enemy is firing on the town. [second Dispatch.] Atlanta, Sept. 2. --There are rumors of a Yankee raid in North Georgia yesterday. PrecautioSept. 2. --There are rumors of a Yankee raid in North Georgia yesterday. Precautionary measures were taken in the city, and to-day the aspect of affairs is more calm. No information of the approach of the enemy is received. A force of Yankee cavalry is reported at Trenton, Ga. Advices from Knoxville, 1st, are received. There are no Yankees there. The city is quiet and business going on as usual. At last accounts Burnside was still west of the mountains. At Chattanooga yesterday the Yankee sharpshooters in the rifle pits were trying to pick out stragglers. No operation