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TELEaRAPHIC.
Prom the Georgia Weekly Extra,
April 13th.
Special Dispatch to the Montgomery Advertiser.
THE WAR BEGUN!
SURRENDER OF FORT SUMTER
DEMANDED!
Anderßonßefuses to Comply!
Correspondence between Sec'y Walker
and General Beauregard!
Matters have at last reached a cri
sis at Charleston. Our government
has formally demanded tno surren
der of Fort Sumter, and this demand
Maj jor Anderson refuses to comply
with. The following is the official
correspondence between Secretary
Walker and Gen. Beauregard,
who is in command of the Confederate
States’ forces at Charleston, relative
to the Fort :
No. 1. Gen. Beauregard's dis
patch to the Secretary of War :
Charleston, April 8, 1861.
To L. P. Walker :
Authorized messenger from Lin
coln just informed Gov. Pickens and
myself, that provisions will be sent to
Sumter, peaceably, otherwise by force.
(Signed) G. T. Beauregard.
No. 2. Reply of Secretary of War
to Gen. Beauregard:
Montgomery, April 10, 1861.
Gen. Beauregard, Charleston:
If you have no doubt of the author
ized character of the agent, who com
municated to you the intention of the
Washington Government, to supply
Fort Sumter by force, you will at once
demand its evacuation ; and if this is
refused, proceed in such manner as
you may determine to reduce it. An
swer. (Signed) L. P. Walker.
No. 3. Gen. Beauregard to the Sec
retary of War:
Charleston, April 10, 1861.
To L. P. Walker:
The demand will be made to-mor
row at 12 o’clock.
(Signed) G. T. Beauregard,
Brigadier General.
No. 4. The Secretary of War to Gen
eral Beauregard :
Montgomery , April 10, 1861.
Gen. Beauregard, Charleston :
Unless there are special reasons
Connected with your own condition, it
is considered proper that you should
make the demand at an earlier hour.
(Signed) L. P. Walker.
No. 5. Gen. Beauregard to the Sec
retary of War:
Charleston, April 10, 1861.
To L. P. Walker :
The reasons are special for twelve
o’clock.
(Signed) G. T. Beauregard.
No. 6. Gen. Beauregard to the Sec
retary of War:
Charleston, April 11, 1861.
To L. P. Walker:
Demand sent at two. Allowed till
six to answer.
(Signed) G. T. Beauregard.
No. 7. Secretary of War to General
Beauregard.
Montgomery , April 11, 1861.
Gen. Beauregard, Charleston:
Telegraph reply of Anderson.
(Signed) L. P. Walker.
No. 8. Gen. Beauregard to the Sec
retary of War :
Charleston, April 11, 1851.
To L. P. Waklkr :
Maj. Anderson replies:
“ I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your communication de
manding the evacuation of this fort,
and to say in reply thereto, that it is
a demand with which I regret that my
sense of honor and of my obligation
to my Government prevent my com
pliance.” He adds, verbally, “ I will
await the first shot, and if it do not
batter us to pieces, we will be starved
out in a few days.”
Answer.
[Signed] G. T. Beauregard.
No. 9. Secretary of war to Gen. Beau
regard :
Montgomery, April XT.
Gen. Beauregard, Charleston:
Do not desire, needlessly, to bom
bard Port Sumter. If Maj. Ander
son will state the time at which, as in
dicated by him, he will evacuate, and
agree that in the meantime he will not
use his guns against us, unless ours
should be employed against Fort Sum
ter, you are authorized thus to avoid
the effusion of blood. If this, or its
equivalent, be refused, reduce the
Fort, as your judgment decides to be
the most practicable.
[Signed.] L. P. Walker.
No. 10. Gen. Beauregard to the Sec
retary of war:
Charleston, April 12.
To L. P. Walker :
He would not consent. I write to
day.
[Signed.] G. T. Beauregard.
No. 11. Gen. Beauregard to the Sec
retary of War:
Charleston, April 12.
To L. P. Walker :
We opened fire at four, thirty min
utes.
[Signed.] G. T. Beauregard.
Note. Intercepted dispatches dis
close the fact that Mr. Fox, who had
been allowed to visit Maj. Anderson
<Jn the pledge that his purpose was
pacific, employed his opportunity to
devise a plan for supplying the Fort
by force—and that this plan had been
adopted by the Washington Govern
ment, and Was in progress of execu
tion.
Progress of Bombardment.
Nothing has transpired up to the
hour of going to press, except that wo
learn Major Anderson is returning
the fire of Gen. Beauregard. At
last accounts tho fleet had not been
heard from.
Important from Washington!
Departure of the Commissioners!
They Accuse the Administration of
Perfidy.
Washington, April 12.
The Southern Commissioners left
here yesterday for the South, the
Black Republican Administration hav
ing refused to receive them in a diplo
matic character.
The Commioainnnra -bpfnro their
aepartuic, Wrote a letter to the Ad
ministration, saying that if hostilities
between the two governments should
occur, the responsibility will rest upon,
their heads. They repeat that they
had almost daily indirect assurances
that Fort Sumter would positively be
abandoned, and the efforts of the gov
ernment directed towards bringing
about a peaceful termination of the
difficulties whiehhave caused the revo
lution now agitating the country ; but
under this pretext and assurance, an
immense armada, with, hostile intent,
has been dispatched to provision and
re-inforce the different.'fjOtts .within the
confines of the Confederate States.
The Commissioners *boklly accuse
the Administration , of gross perfidy,
and announce their .intention of re
turning to the outraged people of the
Confederate States, and expressing to
them .their firm conviction that war is
inevitable.
Proclamation by the President of the
Confederate States of America.
Whereas an extraordinary occasion
has occurred, rendering it necessary
and proper that the Congress of the
Confederate States shall convene to
receive and act upon such communica
tions as mny be made to it on the part
of the Executive:
Now, therefore, I, JEFFERSON
DAVIS, President of the Confeder
ate States, do issue this my proclama :
tion, convoking the Congress of the
Confederate States for the transaction
of business at the Capitol in the city
of Montgomery on the twenty-ninth
of April, at 12 o’clock, noon, of that
day, of which all who shall at that
time be entitled to act as members of
that body are hereby required to take
notice.
Given under my hand and the
seal of the Confederate States,
[l. s.l at Montgomery, this twelfth
day of April, Anno Domini,
1861.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
By the President,
R. Toombs, Secretary of State.
Special Dispatch to the Chronicle & Sentinel.
Surrender of Fort Sumter.
Charleston, April 13.—(via Mont
gomery, Ala.) —Maj. Anderson has
hauled down his flag and run up a
white flag. The fort had been burn
ing for several hours from the effect of
the shells. Two explosions were
produced by shells. He ceased firing
some time, and the fire of all the bat
teries had been continuous, until the
white flag was discoV'.red. Soon after
this, Aids to tlic General commanding
the Confederate forces were sent to
Fort Sumter. This is the substance
of a dispatch sent to Fort Sumter. —
This is the substance of a dispatch
sent by Gov. Pickens to the Secretary
of War.
The dispatch was read by one of
the Clerks of the War Department in
front of the Executive buildings, in
the presence of President Davis and
his Cabinet.
Seven guns were fired in honor of
the achievement, .one for Beau
regard, and another for the Confeder
ate States:
There is a great rejoicing in all
circles.
Confederate Flag on Fort Sumter.
Montgomery, Ala., April 13.—•
Official dispatches received hero state
the Flag of the Confederate States
now waves over Fort Sumter.
No one Killed—Condition of Fort
Sumter.
Charleston, April 13.—W. Porch
er Miles, who has been to Fort
ter, says that no one was •killed in that
fortification.
Maj. Anderson is now in this city,
and is at the residence of Gen. Beau
regard as a guest.
Judge Magrath has also been at
Sumter, and says that the officers
quarters are all burnt.
The garrison of Sumter will be
manned by the troops of the Confed
erate States to-night. t * •
The liveliest feelings of delight
were manifested at the surrender of
Sumter, and every demonstration of
such feelings was made.
Port of Charleston Blockaded.
Montgomery, April 13.—1 tis an
nounced here in well-informed circles,
that the port of Charleston is block
aded by the federal fleet.
THE GEORGIA WEEKLY.
Maj. Anderson and his Men.
Charleston* April 13.—Fort Sum
ter was surrendered unconditionally.
Maj. Anderson and his men were
sent to Morris’ Island under charge of
a military guard, Major Anderson
was subsequently convoyed to the city
by Capt Ilartsteine and Captain
Whitney.
A Prisoner of War.
Montgomery, April 13.—Maj.
Chambers, of the Alabama Army,
has just arrived from Pensacola. lie
brings here Lieut. Reed Walden, of
the IT. S. Navy, a prisoner of war.—
He was the bearer of dispatches to
Fort Pickens and to the Federal fleet
in Pensacola Bay. He is now held by
the Secretary of War, who sent a de
tachment on the railroad to arrest
him.
Arrest of a Spy—Secret Dispatches.
Montgomery, Ala., April 13.
Lieutenant Warden of the United
States Navy, a prisoner of war here,
has been compelled to give up to the
Secretary of war his dispatches from
Commander Slemmer to the Govern
ment at Washington, me opinion oi
the Attorney General has been re
quested as to the law in his case.
te violated his promises to report
en.'Bragg, and carried into Fort
Pickens secret dispatches while he
showed to Gen. Bragg open dispatches
and further failed to report himself on
returning from Fort Pickens.
Fort Pickens Reinforced.
Montgomery, April 13.—Advices
from Pensacola state that reinforce
ments were put into Fort Pickens
last night.
Special Dispatches to the Atlanta Confederacy.
Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio on
the War scent!
Maj. Anderson denounced as Traitor!
Lincoln to Issue Proclamation!
CIVIL WAR TO BE INAUGURATED!
The News in Montgomery.
Montgomery, April 12.—Seven
guns have been fired in front of the
Executive building. There is great
rej'oicing. Three cheers were given
for Gen. Beauregard and three for
President Davis. The Cabinet has
been in session all day.
Letters of marque and reprisal arc
to be issued immediately.
Gen. Reneau and Berij. McCullough
proposed to the Confederate Govern
ment to have twenty five thousand
men in Washington in ten days, and
take Lincoln and Scott prisoners.—
McCullough lias ten thousand men
now in Virginia, and has purchased"
ten thousand stand of arms.
War Bill Passed in Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg, I’a., April 13.—The
war bill passed both houses of the
Legislature last night without amend
ment. Gov. Curtins being now in of
fice. the bill was promptly signed by
him, and is a law.
Pennsylvania News.
Harrisburg, Pa., April 13.
Charleston dispatcbesannouncing that
hostilities had commenced, were read
in both Houses of the Legislature to
day. They produced a profound sen
sation.
Smith (Democrat) in the House,
after the announcement was made,
changed his vote in favor of the pas
sage of the war bill, but all othev
Democrats voted against it.
Louisville. Ky., April 13.—A
dispatch has been received here re
questing that the Kentucky regiment
be held in readiness to march at a mo
ment’s notice from the war depart
ment at Montgomery.
Washington, April 13.—Mr. Sum
ner, of Mass., called on Secretary
Seward yesterday and urged the im
mediate recognition of independence
of Hayti.
Washington, April 14.—1 tis reli
ably stated that Pennsylvania, Ohio
and New York furnishes thirteen thou
sand troops each, to operate against
the South, in response to President
Lincoln’s call—the balance required
wiH be furnished by the other States.
Charleston, April 14.—Maj. An
derson and his men will leave this
evening, at high tide in steamer Isa
bel for New York. The fleet is still
outside our bar. The people of the
North denounce Anderson as a traitor
for surrendering to the Confederate
authorities.
Washington, April 14. — President
Lincoln will to-morrow issue his Pro
clamation, calling forth the Militia, in
the aggregate seventy-five thousand
men. He will order the suppression
of all combinations in the seceded
States, against the Federal Govern
ment, and require the laws to be rigidly
executed. The first service required
of the Militia will, probably, be to aid
in repossessing the forts, arsenals and
other property which have been seized
from the Federal Government. The
Proclamation also convenes the Con
gress at Washington on the fourth of
July next. The War Department
have been busy to-day (Sunday) in the
preparation of the details to be com
municated immediately to the authori
ties of the seceded States. An addi
tional number of Federal troops ar
rived here to-day by special train.
From the Charleston Mercury, April 13.
BOMBARDMENT
OF
FOKT SUMTER!
FORT MOULTRIE IMPREGNABLE!]
TheTlbafeng Battery and Stevens’ Bat
tery a Success !
“NOBODY HURT” ON^UrTsIDE!
As may have been anticipated from"
our notice of the military movements
in our city yesterday, the bombard-;
ment of Fort Sumter, so long and),
anxiously expected, lias at length be-;
come a fact accomplished. The rest-1
less activity of the night before was
gradually worn down, the citizens who!
had thronged the battery through theJ
night, anxious and weary, had sought!
their homes, the Mounted Guard:,
which had kept watch and ward oveij
the city, with the first grey streak of:
morning were preparing to retire,
when two guns in quick succession
from Fort Johnson announced the
opening of the drama.
upoi. - ! b — l , *>-- — 1- -c
teries with which the grim fortress of;
Fort Sumter is beleaguered opened;
fire.
It affords us infinite pleasure to re-1
cord that Fort Mfiultrie has fully sus-)
tamed the prestige of its
name. It fired very nearly gun fori
gun with Fort Sumter. We countedp
the guns from eleven to twelve o’clock,,
and found them to be 42 to 46, whiles
the advantage was unquestionably!
upon the side of Fort Moultrie. In|
that fort not a gun was dismounted,!
not a wound received, not the slight-i
est permanent injury sustained by anyy
of its defences, while every ball from
Fort Moultrie left its mark upon Fort,
Sumter. Many of its shells weref
dropped into that fort, and Lieuti
John Mitchell has the honor of dis-|
mounting two of its parapet guns by a \
single shot from one of the Colum-■
biads.
The famous iron batteries—tlie one j
at Gumings’ Point—named for Mr. ’
C. 11. Stevens, the inventor, and the ’
celebrated Floating Battery, construe-"
tion under the direction of Gapt. Ham- |
ilton, have fully vindicated the cor
rectness of their conception. Shot'
after shot fell upon them and glanced
harmless away, while from their fa
vorable position their shots fell with'
effect upon Fort Sumter, and the south-1
east pancopee, under the fire of Ste-i
vens’ battery, at nightfall, if not ac-J
tually breached, was badly damaged..
At this battery the honor of firing the;
first gun was accorded to the venera
ble Edmund ltuffin, of Virginia, who
rtfarr<«&<*#'tG The rendezvous at the
sound of the alarm on Monday night,
and who, when asked by some person:
who did not know him, to what com
pany he belonged, replied, “to that
in which there is a vacancy.”
Boats passed from post to post
without the slightest hesitation under
the guns of Fort Sumter, and withj
high and low, old and young, rich and'
poor, in uniform or without, the com-,
mon wish and constant effort was to:
reach the posts of action ; and amid,
a bombardment resisted with the most!
consummate skill and perseverance,;
and with the most efficient appliances'
of military art and science, it is a most)
remarkable circumstance, and one]
which exhibits the infinite goodness of;
an overruling Providence, that, so far ?
as we have been able to learn from {
tlie most careful inquiry, not the!
slightest injury has been sustained byi
the defenders of their country.
It may be added, as an incident;
that contributed no little interest to f
the action of the day, that from early j
in the forenoon three vessels-of-war,)
two of them supposed to be the Har- \
riet Lane and Pawnee, lay just be-j
pnd the bar, inactive spectators ofj
the contest.
Fort Sumter did not return the fjye j
of our batteries for over two hours,)
and ceased firing at seven o’clock, p. 1
in., though our men continued to the 3
hour of our going to press.
Floating Battery, 1
April 12—9, a. m.—1861. / 1
Captain R. S. Parker reports from £
Sullivan’s Island to Mt. Pleasant that f
everything is in good order at Fort h
Moultrie. "Nobody hurt.” The em-1
brastires have stood well. The float-f
ing Battery has been struck eleven |
times, but the balls failed to penetrate. j
Maj. Anderson is concentrating his j
fire on the Floating Battery and the «
Dahlgrcn Battery, under command of j
Lieut. Hamilton. No houses on fire, |
as has been rumored. A number of j
shells from Fort Moultrie have drop- |
ped into Fort Sumter, and one of the J
barbette guns has been dismantled.— |
A steamer, supposed to be the Mash- 1
t’ille, hove in sight about 8 o’clock, t
but, ’upon bearing the firing, put back [
to sea.
Floating Battery, 10| o’clock, f
All right here ; not a man woun- j;
ded, though Anderson has concentra- j)
ted a heavy fire on us. The battery |
stands well. S. Logan, M. D. |
Floating Battery, 11 o’clock.
Nobody hurt up to this hour. Three £
guns are working.. One ball struck ;
on the edge or angle of the roof, and |
perforated the planking. When a j
ball strikes the battery, the shock is ]
not perceptible.
Camp Bomar, I j
Sullivan’s Island, Ip. m. j
No fleet in sight yet. Sumter badly ]
damaged in parapet guns and build-1
NOTIdE I
ALL persons having demands against the es
tate of John W. Weils, lateof Merriwether
Count y, deceased, are requested to present the
same to the subscriber, duly authenticated,
within time prescribed by law. All those in
debted to said estate are hereby notified to
, make immediate payment.
April, Uth, 1861. WM. H. HINTON,
n-6w. Adm’r.
LAND! LAND!! LAND!!!
MTHE undersigned offer for sale the
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deceased, lying inrthe Bth District of Merrl
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Land adjoins the plantations of Col. W. R. Fa
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For terms apply to either of the subscribers,
J. V. MOORE,
10-tjan C. W. HOWARD,
STATE OF GEORGIA, ) TO all whom
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Notice is hereby given that two months from
this date I shall apply to the Court of Ordinary
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April Ist, 1861.
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