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From the Chirleston Courier
noSTlMTSES COMHEXCED
THE BOMBARDMENT OF FORT
SUMTER.
At nbtitit 2 o’clock, on the afternoon of
Thursday, General Beyurejgard made a de
mand on Maj. Anderson tor the immediate
Hiim-nder of Fort Sumter, through his
Aids, Col. J times Chesfmt, Jr., C'l. Chis
liolnt stnd C.tjtt. Lee. Major Anderson re
]‘lied 1 hat such a course would lit* incon
sistent with the duty he was required hy
his Government to perform. The answer
was commnnieaied hy theGeneral-in-Ohief
to President Davis.
This visit, and the refusal of the com
mandant ot. Fort Sumter to accede to the
demand made hv Gen. Beauregard, passed
from tongue to tongue, and sott the whole
city was in possession of the startling in
telligence. Rumor, as sin* is wont to do,
shaped the facts to suit her purposes, en
larged their dimensions, and gave them a
complexion which they had not worn when
fresh from the pure and artless hands of
truth.
A half an hour after the return of the
I orderlies, it was confidently believed that
the batteries would onen fireat eight o’clock
i ait 1 in xj ‘ com* u ot seeing Ihe beginning
ot tlie eonfiiet, hundreds congregated up
on the Battery and the wharves, looking
out on the hav. ‘1 here they stood, strain
ing their eyes over the dark expanse of wa
ter, waiting to see the flash and hear the
boom ot the tirst gun. The clock told tin*
| hour of cl \tii, and still they gazed and
listened, but the eyelids grew weary, and
at the noon ot the night the larger portion
of the disap] oiifted spectators were plod-
I dit g their way homeward.
At about nine o’clock. General Boaure-
I gard received a reply from President Davis,
to the telegram in relation to tlie surrender
of Sumter, by which he was instructed to
inform Major A ride rson that if he would
- ’ achate the fort he h 1.1 wh n his present
su lll it’ of provisions was exhausted there
would be .;o appeal to arms. This propo
sition was l rue to Major Anderson by the
Aids who had delivered the first message,
and lie refused to accept the condition
The General-in-Chief forthwith gave the
old r that the batteihs b * opened at half
past four o’clock ott Friday morning. M;t
----j r Audi ‘set’s re jly was decisive of the
momentous question, and General Beaure
gard determined to apply the last argu
!!)( lit.
the sh-rd s 1 r had resol v,\ to make a
I I * c> era e d"h net-’, aid the ! axly trial ot
strengt!; iiiiint be essayed. The sword must
cut asunder the l ist tie that b mini us to a
people, whom, in spite of wrongs and in
justice wantonly indicted through a long
series ( f years, wo h.-.d not yet utterly ha
ted and dtstqsid. The last expiring spaik
( t aliev.:ion imist he quenched in blood.—
iS"n.e of the most splendid pages in our
glorious history must be blutdcl. A blow
tiiust he sntick that would make the ears
of every Republican fanatic tingle, and
whi.se uiuii.i’ul cfleets will he feir !>v gen
erations vet tw tome. We must transmit
a heii’aget f rankling and undying hate to
our chiidnn.
W e paused to contemplate the terrible
j instil ft, Honied on h\ tin* rapid course
of events, vexed *ud di.--traded by increas
ing imuiUous, us.oundefl by ihe glaring
tnaeherv of our enemies, lost in wonderat
their egregious stupidity, we had not fully
comprehended the nature of the work we
were about to begin. Now, while the ear
was waiting for the roar of the cannon we
sHWchailv the magnitude of the crisis.—
While those soiemn hours were passing si
lently away, we contemplated the tremen
dous undertaking in all its aspects, bear
ings and consequences.
We paused, but it was not the pause of
hesitation or doubt. We bad long since
made ourselves familiar with the dangers
that darkened over our pathway, and hud
they been ten-fold greater we would have
dated to do what we have done, with the
same -steady courage and immovable reso
lution. We had marked out away for our
feet, and we would pursue this road let
what may oppose our progress. This path
way was traced by the finger of honor, and
Heaven’s own light rests upon it. During
those daik hours, heavy with the anguish
of mothers, sisters and wives, and wet with
their tears, we paused to reflect and pray
We refreshed our spirits with glorious me
mories. We felt the inspiration of a just
and holy cause, and a sublime purpose, and
disgusted with childish trifling and studied
perfidv, we looked to Heaven for direction
and blessing, and turned our backs toreAer
upon our former brothers.
The crisis had arrived, and we were fully
prepared to meet it. ’1 lie work that awai
ted the morrow was of a momentous char
acter, but we had counted the cost, and had
resolved to do it or die in the attempt.
At the gray of the morning of Friday
the roar of cannon broke upon the ear. —
The expected sound was answered hy thou
salids. The houses were in a few minutes
emptied of their excited occupants, and the
living stream pound through all the streets
leading to the wharves and Battery. On
reaching our beautiful promenade we found
it lined with ranks of eager spectators and
all the wharves commanding a view of the
battle were crowded thickly with human
forms. On no gala occasion have we ever
seen nearly so large a number of ladies on
our Battery as graced the breezy walk on
this eventful morning. There they stood
with palpitating hearts and pallid faces,
watching* the white smoke as it. rose in
wreaths 0 upon the soft twilight air, and
‘THE UNION OF THE STATES:—DISTINCT, LIKE THE BILLOWS; ONE, LIKE THE SEA.”
THOU ASTON. GEORGIA. SATII.HAV MOtENING. APRIL 20. IS6I.
breathing out fervent prayers for their gal
lant kinsfdk at tlm guns. 0 ! what a con
flict rages in those heaving bosoms lie tween
love for husbands and sons, and love for
ou common mothei, whose insulted honor
and imp rilled safety had called her faith
ful children to the ensanguined field.
At thirty minutes past four o’clock the
conflict was opened by the discharge of a
shell from the Howitzer Battery on Janies’
Island, under the command of Captain
Ge t. S. James, who followed the riddled
Paine frit banner ou tile bloody battlefields
of Mexico.
The sending of this harmful messenger
to Major Anderson was followed by a deaf
ening explosion, which was caused by the
blowing up of a building that stood in
front of the battery.
While the white smoke was melting a wav
into tin* air another shell, which Lieut W
Hampton Gibbes has the honor of having
fir*d. puisued its noiseless way to tliehos
tiie fortification.
The honored missive described its beau
tiful curve through the balmy air, and fal
ling within the hostile fortress, scattered
its deadly contents in all directions. Fort
Moultrie then took up the tale of death,
and in a moment the guns from tin* re
doubtable Gun Battery on Cummings’
Point, front Capt. MeCreadv’s Battery,
from Capt. Jas. Hamilton's Floating Bat
tery, the Enfilade Battery, and other for
i tifieations spit forth their wrath at the
grim fortress rising so defiantly out of the
sea.
Major Anderson received the shot and
shell in silence. And some excited lookers
j on, ignorant of the character of the foe,
weie fluent wiili conjectures and predic
tions, that revived the hope fast dying out
|of their hopeful and tender hearts. But
| the short lived hope was utterly extinguish
ed when the deepening twilight revealed
the sSiars and Strips floating proudly in
the breeze. The batteries continued at reg
ular intervals to belch iron vengeance, and
still no answer was returned by the foe.—
About an hour after tin* boomin'** bemin.
two balls rushed hissing through the air,
| and glanced harmless from the stuccoed
bricks of Fort Moultrie. The embrasures
of the hostile fortress gave forth no sound
again till between six and seven o’clock,
when, as if wrathful from enforced delay
front casemate and parapet the United
States officer poured ?i storm of iron hail
upon Fort Moultrie, Stevens’ Iron Battery
and the Floating Battery. The hr >adstde
was ret m ned with spirit by the gallant
gunners at these important posts.
The tiling now began in good earnest.
The curling white smoke hang above ihe
o o
angry pieces of friend and foe, and the jar
ring boom rolled at regular intervals or:
the anxious ear. The atmosphere was
cn.uged with the smell of villainous salt
petre, and as if in sympathy with tin* mel
ancholy scene the sky was covered with
heavy clouds and everything wore a sombre
aspect.
Abo it bearing dispatches to General
Beauregard from Moiris’ Island, reached
the city about nine o’clock, reported that
all the batteries were working admirably ;
that no one was injured, and that the men
were wild with enthusiasm.
A short time afttr that happy news was
receixad, the schooner Petril, from Hcg
island Channel, reported that the shot
from Stevens’ Iron Battery had told upon
the walls of Fort Sumter. And also that
Fort Moultrie had sustained no damage.
About halt-past nine o’clock, Capt. R.
S. Paiker lej orud from Sullivan’s Island
to Mount Pleasant that everything was in
fine condition at Fort Moultrie, and that
t lie soldiers had escaped unhurt.
The same dispatch stated that the em
brasures of the Floating Battery were un
damaged by the shock of the shot, and
though that formidable structure had been
struck eleven times, the balls had not
started a single bolt. Anderson bad con
centrated bis tire upon the Floating Bat
tery. and the Dahlgreen Battery, under
command of Lieut. Hamilton. A num
ber of shell had dropped into Fort (Sum
ter, and one gun cuibaibette had been dis
mounted.
The following cheering tidings were
brought to the city by Col. Edmund Yates,
Acting Lieutenant to D'-zier, of the Con
federate Htates Navy, from Fort Johnson.
SStevefis’ Battery and the Floating Bat
tery are doing important service. (Stevens’
Battery has made considerable progress in
breaching the South and Southwest walls
of Fort Sumter. The Northwest wall is
suttering from the well aimed five of the
r* •
Floating, Battery, whose shot have dis
mounted several of the guns on the para
pet, and made it impossible to use the re
maining one. The Howitzer Battery con
nected with the impregnable Gun Battery
at Cumming’s Point, is managed with
consummate skill and terrible effect.
Eleven o’clock. —A messenger from Mol
lis’ Island brings the glorious news that
i the shot glance from the iron covered bat
! tery at Cumining’s Point, like marble
thrown bv a child on the back ot a turtle.
The upper portion of the Southwest wall
I of Furl Sumter shows plainly the effect of
the terrible cannonade from the formida
ble piodnet of Mr. C. 11. Stevens’ patriot
ism and ingenuity.
A half an hour later the gladsome ti
-1 dings came that Stevens’ Battery was
fast damaging the Southwest walls of Sum
! ter *
1 Henry Bnist is doing gallant service
with the Palmetto Guards, and. lighting all
hearts by assuring us in the city that eve
rything was going on well at the Iron Bat
tery, which was still proof against sixty-
eight rounders, and the men in good spir
its.
A boat reached the city from the Float
ing Battery about half-past twelve o’clock,
and reported that a shot from Fort Sum
ter penetrated the top or shed of the struc
ture, and three shots struck the sand bags
in the rear of the Battery.
Another messenger who arrived a short
time after the above was bulletined, con
firms the cheerful news.
Twelve o'clock. — We have just learned
by an arrival from Cumming’s Point, that
the batteries there are doing good service
—(Stevens’ Battery very successful. Not a
single casualty has happened. Tlip troops
are in the best spirits. Two of tlie guns
at Fort Sumter appear to be disabled.—
, Considerable damage lias been done to the
roofs of the officer’s quarters.
At one o’clock the following was received
from Morris’ Island. Two guns in Ste
vens’ Battery temporarily disabled, Ander
son’s fire having injured the doors of the
embrasures. The damage will be repaired
speedily. It is thought that Fort Sumter
ill be breached in two hours. Three
steam vessels of war were seen off the
bar, one of them supposed to be the Harri
ett Lane.
Capt. R S Parker reached the city from
Fort Moultrie at half-past two o’clock,
and makes the following report : Capt.
Paiker visited Fort Moultrie and the En
filading Battery near by, and found all
well and in high spirits. He left the Mor
tar Battery, Lieut. Hollinquist, at ten min
utes past two. The soldiers stationed
there are giving a good account of them
selves. The Floating Battery had been
struck eighteen times, and received no ma
-1 serial injury.
’ The venerable Edmund Ruffin, who, as
j Bonn as it was known a battle was inevit
able, hastened over to Morris’s Island and
was elected a member of the Palmetto
Guard, fnvd the first gun from Stevens’
Iron Baiter) 7 . All honor to the chivalric
Virginian ! May he live many years to
j wear the fadeless wreath that honor placed
upon his brow on our glorious Friday.
Another noble son of tin* Old Dominion,
who tebukingly reminds her of her past
glory, was appointed on General Beaure
gard’s Staff on Thursday, bore dispatches
to the General in command, from Briga
dier General James Simmons in command
of Morris’ Island, during thickest of the
fight, and in the face of a murderous fire
from Fort Sumter. CM. Roger A. Pryor,
the eloquent young Virginian, in the exe
i cut ion of that dangerous commission, pass
ed within speaking distance of the angry
; and hostile fortress.
Despite the fierce and concentrated fire
fi ni F* rt Sumter, the rival fortification
on Sullivan’s Bland received but slight
damage Its merlons stood unmoved, and
are this morning in as good a condition as
they were before their strength was tested
by tin* rude shocks of the shot.
The Floating Battery came out of the
iron storm without loosing a plate of its
iron cover or a splinter of its pine.
A brisk fire was kept up by all the bat
teries until about 7 o’clock in the evening,
after which hour the guns boomed at reg
ular intervals of 20 minutes.
All the batteries on Morris’ Island, bear
ing upon the channel kept up a steady fire
for some time at the dawn of day. It is
reported that they threw their shot into
the Harriett Lane, and that that steamer
having advanced as far as the renowned
Star of the West battery, was crippled by
a well aimed shot, after which she deemed
it prudent to give up the dangerous at
tempt, and turned her sharp bow to the
; sea.
Stevens’ Iron Battery played a conspic
uous and important part in the brilliant,
and as far as our men are concerned, blood
less conflict, which has placed the 12'h of
April, 18nl, among the memorable days.
The calibre of its guns, its nearness to Fort
Sumter, its perfect impenetrability, the
coolness and skill of its gallant gunners,
made this fortification one of the most for
midable .f Maj. Anderson’s terrible oppo
nents The elfect of its Dahlgren’s and
64 pounders was distinctly visible at an
early stage of tin* conflict. Clouds of mor
tar and la ick dust arose from the South
west wall of the fort as the shot hissed on
their errand of death. Shot after shot
I told with terrible effect on the strong wall,
arid at about three o’clock Major Anderson
j ceased to ret urn this murderous fire. In
the course of the afternoon the joyful ti
dings that a breach hail been effected in
that portion of the fortress was borne to
i the city.
\Ye dare not close this brief and hurried
narrative of the first engagement between
the United States arid the Confederate
States, without returning thanks to Al
mighty God for the great success that has
thus far crowned our arms, and for the
extraordinary preservation of our soldiers
from casualty and death. In the fifteen
hours of almost incessant firing, our ene
my one of the most experienced and skil
ful of at tilerists, no injury has been sus
tained by a single one of our gallant sol
diers. , ■* JLr
The result of the conflict strengthens
land confirms our faith in the justness of
tin* course for whose achievements we have
suffered obloquy, and dared perils of vast
magnitude. At the outset of the struggle
we sanction and aid of that God whom we
j serve, and His hand has guarded and defen
ded us all through the momentous conflict.
His favor was most signally, we had al- j
most said miraculously, manifested on this
eventful day. \Ve call the roll of those j
engaged in the battle, and each soldier is
here to answer to bis name. No tombstone
j will throw its shadow upon thatbright tri
umphant day. If so it seemetli ffood in
the eyes of Him, in whose hands are the
issues ot life, we fervently pray that our
brave sons may pass unharmed through the
perils of the day now dawning.
But to return to our report. The act
which we have undertaken to record was so
unique as might be supposed there were
few incidents to mark it. Below we have
presented the reports as they successively
arrived from the different batteries, and
which when placed on our bulletin board,
were received with the most eager interest
to the mass of anxious friends who at every
instant of the day came crowding to our
office.
There were several circumstances, how
ever developed by the day’s experience
which it is important to notice.
It affords us infinite pleasure to record
that Fort Moultrie has fully sustained the
prestige of its glorious name. It fired very
nearly gun fov gun with Fort Sumter. \Ve
counted the guns from eleven to twelve
o’clock, and found them to be 42 to 46,
while the advantage was unquestionably
upon the side of Fort Moultrie. In that
fort not a gun was dismounted, not a wound
received, not the slightest permanent inju
ry sustained by any of its defences, while
every ball from Fort Moultrie left its mark
upon Fort Sumter. Many of its shells
wera dropped into that fort, and Lieut.
John Mitchell, the worthy son of that pa
triot sire, who has so nobly vindicated the
cause of the South, has the honor of dis
mounting two of its parapet guns by a sin
gle shot from oneof the Columhiads, which
at the time he had the office of directing
From the Mercury.
As may have been anticipated from our
notice of the military movements in our ci
ty yesterday, the bombardment ot Fort.
Sumter, as long and anxiously expected,
| lias at length became a fact accomplished.
The restless activity of the night before
was gradually worn down, the citizen's who
had thronged the battery through fhenight,
anxious and Weary, had sought their homes,
the Mount!d Guard which had kept watch
| and ward over the city, with the tirst grey
i streak of morning were preparing, to re
tire, when two guns inquick succession from
; Fort J * hnsoii announced theopening of the
drama.
Upon that signal, the circle of batteries
with which the grim fortress of Fort Sum
j ter is beleagered opened fire. The outline
I of this great volcanic crater was illumina
ted with fi line of twinkling lights, the clus
tering shells illuminated the sky above it ;
the balls clattering thick as hail upon its
sides ; our citizens, aroused to a forgetful
ness of their fatigue through the many
weary hours, rushed again to the points of
observation ; and so, at the break of day,
amidst the bursting of bombs, and the
roaring of ordnance, find before thousands
j of spectators, whose homes, and liberties,
and lives were at stake, was enacted this
first great scene in the opening drama of
what, it is presumed, will be a most mo
mentous military act. It may be a drama
!of but a single act. The madness which
inspires it may depart with this paroxsym.
It is certain that the people of the North
have rankling at their hearts no sense of
wrong to be avenged and exhibiting to
those wli > expect power to reconstruct the
shattered Union, its utter inadequacy to
accomplish a single step in that direction,
the Administration of the old Government
may abandon at once and forever its vain,
and visionary hope of forcible control over
the Confederate States. But it may not
be so ; the) may persist still longer in as
sertions of their power, and if so, they will
arouse an independent spirit in the South,
which will exact a merciless and fearful re
tribution. * .
The famous iron batteries—the one at
; Cummings’ point—named for Mr. C. 11.
Stephens, the inventor, and the celebrated
Floating Battery, constructed under the
J direction of Capt. Hamilton, have fully
j vindicated the correctness of their concep
tion. Bhot after shot fell upon them and
glanced harmless away, while from their
favoiable position their shots fell with ef
fect upon Fort Sumter, and the south-east
j pancopee, under the lire of the Stevens
battery, at nightfall, if not actually breach
ed, was badly damaged. At this battery
the honor of firing the first gun was accor
ded to the venerable Edmund Ruffin of
Virginia, who marched to the rendezvous
at the sound of the alarm on Monday night,
and who, when asked by someone who
did not know him, to what company lie
bolorigrd, replied, 4 *to that in which there
j is a vacancy.”
It were vain to .attempt an exhibition of j
the enthusiasm and fearless intrepi iity of
our citizens in every department of this ;
eventful ilay. Boats passed from post to!
post without the slightest hesitation under
the guns of Fort tSumter, and with high
and low, old and young, rich and poor, in ;
uniform or without, the common wish and
constant effort was to reach the post of ac
tion ; and amidst a bombardment resisted |
with the most consumate skill and perse
verance, and with the most efficient appli- !
ances of military tact and science, it is a
most remarkable circumstance, and oue j
which exhibits the infinite goodness of an
overruling Providence, that, so far as we (
have bnen able to learn from the most care- j
fiul enquiry, not the slightest injury has •
been sustained by the defenders of their
country.
It may be added, as an incident that
contributed no little interest to the action
j of the day, that from early in the forenoon
three vessels-of-war, two of them supposed
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i to be the Harriet Lane and Pawnee, lay
just beyond the bar, inactive spectators of
the*contest. Whether they will attempt
to enter during the night and encounter
the batteries on either side that line tfie
shores, is yet to he determined ; it so we
will present the records of a bloody issue
in pur next.
Fort Sumter did not return the ftre of
| our batteries for over two 1 o irs, and cens-
I1 filing at 7 o’clock, p. m., though our
men continued to tlie hour of our going to
; press.
Incidents.— Two members of the Pa 1-
| motto Guard paid fifty dollars in cash for
a boat to carry them to Morris Islaud, to
join their company.
i Hr. Salters, the “Jasper” correspondent
| of the X. V . Times, was arrested and lock
i ed up in the guard house, where he yet re
! mains. , (
It was currently rumored that, the Har
riet Lane was crippled by tlie Star of the
West battery while trying to run In yes
i terday morning, but that she pursued the
! course of her predecessor, and put back to
j sea minus one wheel.
The Battery, wharves and shipping in
the harbor and every steeple and cupola iu
the city were crowded with anxious spec
: tators of the great drama. Never before
I had such crowds of ladies without atten
dants visited our thoroughfares.
Business was entirely suspended,
stores on King street, Meeting street and
i Last Bay were all closed.
awful affaiTat’ Chicago’,
A distressing affair occurred day before
yesterday on the west side of the liver,
which has plump and three of our most re
spectable families into the. greatest distress
and consternation, and which may yet be
productive of the most embarrassing diffi
culties. W e suppress the real names of
the sufferers at their earnest request. On
the afternoon of the day named, Mrs. A.
received a visit from two of her neihgbors,
Mrs. B. and Mrs. 0. Each of, these ladies
! was a happy mother of a little daughter,
’ about six months old. They brought their
infants with them, and at tea time, all
three of the children having fallen asleep,
placed them on the bed in Mrs. A.’s cham
ber, and went to supper. Now, in the
family of Mrs. A. are two young gentle
men hoarders, who have more desire for
sport and mischief lhan good sense. Com
ing home to supper these, scapegraces
chanced to pass the door of Mrs. A.’s room,
which was opened, and saw the three ba
bies lying asleep.
Actuated by the very spirit of mischief,
they set to work and actually changed the
’ clothing of the three innocents, placing ilie
! clothes of Mrs. A.’s baby upon Mrs. B.’s
hahv, those of Mrs. B’s baby upon Mrs,
I C.’s baby, and those of Mrs. C.’sbaby Upon
Mrs. A’s baby. This done, they Went to
i supper, and entertained the ladies with
their witty conversation until the lioUr for
; departure arrived. It was then quite dark,
and the ladies each picked up the baby
1 she supposed to he her owh and left for
! home. ..
The mistake was actually not discovered
I until next morning, and then there was a
I scene of terrible consternation. The moth
| ers were almost frantic. The babies nil
had light hair and. blue eyes, and Ipoked so
i much alike that so distinguish them was
i almost impossible. At length each mother
took the child site thought was her’s, and
went home, but took with her, also, the
terrible doubt that perhaps she had got
’ the wrong baby. The young men, on be
ing referred to, could not tell in what man
ner they had changed the clothes. They
were immediately requested to find another
I bearding house. —Cucago Daily Demo
ocrat.
We see that the South is encouraged at
! the thought that the North is starving to
death, while the North is sus'ained by the
belief that the Soiitli is starving to death.
We hope that the South will have enough
hog and hominy, and the North an abun
dance of pork and beans, pr codfish and
potatoes. If they must fight, let both go
|to the work upon full stomachs. But at
, any rate after they have beeti at it for a
time we guess each will feel that it has got
! a “belly lull.”— Louisville Journal.
Marriage Extraordinary.— The
, Green point, L. 1., paper announces the
marriage, at Amagansette, of Sylvester
Pharaoh, Grand Sachem of the Montauk
tribe of Indians, to Mrs., Jerusha, daugh
ter of.the late Ephriatn Pharaoh, and will
ow of the late General Putnam, of the
same tribe. It is, perhaps, worthy of re
mark that this is believed to have been the
first marriage between members of the
trib- (now reduced, we thing, to some 15
or 18 individuals, all told) that wa® ever
solemnized by a clergyman.
Russian Ingenuity. —During the reign
of Catharine 11., of Russia, an ingenious
Russian peasant, named Kalubin, construe-*
ted a musical watch, to perform a single
chant. The machine was about the size of
an egg, within which was a representation
of the tomb of our Savior, with thelloman
sentinels on watch. On lightly pressing a
spring, the stone would be rolled from the
tomb, the sentinels fall down, the angels
appear, the holy women enter the sepul
chre, and the same chant which is sung on
Easter Eve be accurately performed.
About half the town of MadisonvilleKy.,
was recently destroyed by fire. The post
office was consumed with nearly all its
contents. Mr James Aikens, wife and
two children were burned to death.