3 P.M.
Major Anderson is replying with his barbette guns . '' `` 8 A.M. `` A private despatch to the N. Y. Herald says that the batteries on Mount Pleasant have opened on Sumter . Major Anderson has brought into action two tiers of guns trained on Fort Moultrie and the Iron Battery . '' `` 3 P.M. `` The fire at this hour is very heavy . Nineteen batteries are bombarding Sumter . The fort replies briskly . The excitement in Charleston is intense . ''