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From the Charleston Courier. 13 tk xnst.
BOMBARDMFNT 6f FORT SUMTER.
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’CONFEDERATE AR.IIY VICTORIOUS.
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At about 2 o’docS, on the afternoon of;
•I.ThuPsJay, General I’eauiVg trtl made a<Jeu*:ind
t Qn Major Anderson for tlfe immediate surren
der of Fort •Sumter, * through his‘Aids, Col.
James Chestnut, jr.. Col. C hisolm* and Capt.
Le£. Major Andersoft replied that such a
trflurse would he inconsistent with the duty he
was required by his Government to perlorm. —
, The ati.-wiA. wj& by the General**
in*Ghif to Present Davis. •
‘i'liis visil, and refusal of the command
ant of Fort Sumter to accede to the <Tommai2'.l,
1 made’Ey gen Weaur?gard. passed froip tongue,
tongue,*jind soon the whole city was in pos
session of tfie startling intelligence. Humor,
as she is wont to d(f, shaped the facts to suit o
her purposes, enlarged* thair .dimensions, and
gave them a completion which they had not
worn whets fresh Trom she pure *und artless
hands tf Jrftth. • * **. ,
• A half as hom'aiter.the return cj 1 tlje order
livs'il was confidently believed Chat the batter*
ies would open fire at eight oAlock, and jn ex*
pdttation 0f seeing the beginning of the corf-
J3igt, hundred congregated upon the Ijattery
‘and the wharves,* Jooking <?ut yn. the bay. —-
f rhere they *tood strain mg tjieir eyes’ over thg
dftfrk expanse oh water, waiting to See the fia§h
and heaP the boon? (jf the first guy. The clock
told the hour of eleven* and still tlley gazed
and listened, but their eyelids grew tveary, and
trtJbp noon of the night Jhe larger jiortipn *of
i the disappointed spectators were pfodding tlgeir
I way homewasd. . ° • • • • 1
. At about uine o’clock Lcnca-al Rraurcgard
•received a i,c?ply froi President Davis, to the
fclegram in relation to the surteuder*. of.Sum*
ter, by which In! wa3 instructed to hiform Ma
jor Anderson tliat if he evacuate the ihrt
he held* whcn o his present supply of .provisions
there would be no *appcal to
arms. proposition was borije to major
Anderson *f)y the Aid* who had delivered the
fir.st message, and*he refused to occept the con*
ditisn. ‘i In; # Gen6ial-in*Chier*forthwith o gava
The orjcr that tiny bfitterics be opftned # at half
past four o’clock, on Friday morning. Major
• Antlerson'ii reply was decisive of the ’momeh*
. tous question, an*d Uleneral .Beauregard, deter*
mined to apply the last argument
Tho stout soldier.hud rcsujvcihto make a des*
pewte (defence, and the bloody trial of strength
must be essayed. “The sVortl must cut asua*.
den- the last tie th;*t bound us to a people, whom,
inspite of yviAngs afnl injustice wontonly inflic
ted through a lon series of. years, we had not
yet utterly hinted and dc p * ‘The last ex, i
wng spark of affection must be quenchc’d.in
blood. Some of the most splefidid pagcs*in our
•ih'Vious history must be blurred- A blow* must
he jg truek that would make the cars of every
Republican fanatig tingle, and whose dreadful
•effects’will be felt by generations ’yet to come.
• We transmit a. heritage of rankling
1 undying lute to Tun; children.
\\Y pavsetl to conteiuplute the terrible pros
pect. Hurried on by the fapij *co*irs*e pi et’ents,
p vexed tiTid disWacted by increasing, irritations,
astounded by* the giaryig trcachery*ofour ene
mies, lVt iy wonder at egregious.stupidi
ty, had nflt*fully comprehended khc nature
of thg work wc were about IP) begin. Now,
‘white the ear ■waS* wsit*fig Ibi* tlie roar of can*
•non* we s:ra 7 clearly the magnitude °of the cri
sis. . While those solemn hums were pacing
sileiftlv array, wc cont’cnqTlatcd die tremendous
undertaking in itas aspects, bearings iTnd con
•seqtfenccs. • “
• We paused, bht’it was no*t the. pause of hesi
tation or cloubt. N\'e had long since made our
’selves famitiar with the dmigp'rs thyt darkened*
ovsr gur pathwayt and had. they been * ten fold
greater.we* would luTvc dared to do wliat we have
done, with the same sjeady courage and imftio
•vablc'reiolution. We had marked out a way
for our feet, and rsc would pursue this road let
.what may oppose our progress, i'liis’pathway
was trac'd finger of honoiq ai*d •llcav
gns own iight rcsTs uj>o it.. # . I luring those*
dark hours, heavy with fche anguish of mothene,
• listers and .wives, and wet with their.tears* wc
paused to reflect ynd prav ? . We* refreshed our
spirits*with glorious memories. We felt tc #
inspiration sf a just and holy cause and .a *ub
lime. pflrpiosc, autl disgusted wPtli*childish, kni*
fling ;wul studied perfidy, we lffibked to heaven 1
fo* direction and blessing,’and turned our backs
jbrever upon our former brothers. .
The rt'isis had arrived and wy were fully pre-*
. pared to y:eet it. JThe.work. that awaited the
morrotj was of a momentous character, Jout we
had couiitPid the epst, and had revived to do it
or*die in the attempt.* * .
At the grey of the morning of Friday the
roar of cannflij broke upon the ear. The ex*
pected sound was answered by thousands. The
houses in a few minutes wore emptied of their
excited occupants, and the living’ stream pour
ed through all the streets lead fng to the wharves
and Battery. On reaching our beautiful pj;om
’euade we founfl it lined* witjT ranks cf eager
spectators,* and afl the wharves commanding a
view of thc’battle were crowded thickly with
human forms. On no gala occasion have wc
seen near so large a nunibejr of ladies on our
Battery as grafted the breczywalk on this event
ful morning* There tlmy*stood witji palpita
rtng*hearty and faces* wafehing the white
smoke as it rose iu wreaths upon the soft twi*
light air, and breathing out ferwent pnfyers for
their gallant kinsfolk ai the guns. Oh! wjiat
g. conflict nfged in those heavlrgg Bosoms be ?
love for husbatftls and sons, and*love for
I our common.mother, whose insulted honor and
imperiled safety had called her faithful children
to unsanguiued field. . °
°At thirty minutes past four o’clock the con
flict was opened by the discharge of a shell
from the Howitzer Battery on James’ Island,
under the command of Ctipt. Geo. S. James’
• who followed she yiidled Palmetto banner on
i the bloody battle fields of Mexico. 0 .
The scalding of harmful messenger
Ito Major Anderson was followed # by a deafen
ing explosion, whicl* was Yaused by: the blow*
ing up of a building that stood in the’ftont of
j the battery. # * .
• While .the white §nwke was melting awajr
i’nlo the air, another shell, Vliic-h Lieut, \\ .
Mampton fcffi the h.joor oFhaying fired,
.THOMASYILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 34, 1861.’
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pursued its noiseless* way toward the hostile
tbr.ification.
The hf>nore3 missive described its beaufiful
curve through the balyiy air, and, falling \wth
in the hostile fortress, scattered deadly con
tents iu all (fireetions. Fort Moultrie then took
up the tale of dftath, and momentothe uns
from tlye Gun Battuw? on ( jun
ming’s Point, from Capt. McCready’s ilattery,
from Capt. James Hamilton’s Floating Battf£ry,
the Fnfilade and other fortificatiofts
sj'k forth their wrath at*the grim fortress ris*
ing i*j defiantly out°of thejsea. °
Major Anderson rcceiveiFthe shot and shell
in silence, and some eweeited lookers-on, igno
rant of the ch;jsact#r of tjie foe, were fluent
with conjcctures*andpredictions, .that revived
, Jhe hope fast dying? out of their hopeTul and
tender hearts. But the* short lived hope was
Jtliyj deepening twi
light revealed tire stars and stripes floating
proudly.in the breezg.- The batteries continu
ed at regulaj intervals to belch # iron vengeance,
and still no answer was returned by the foe.—
A.bout ,an hour after the booming Began, two
balls/ftshed.hissiiuj through the air, and glanc
ed harmless from tbe stuccoed bricks of Fort
Moulfcric. of the hostile .lor
“tress gave forth.no sound again untif between
six ami seven o’clock, when, as if wrathful
from an enforced dplay,, from casemate and
pgrapet the J ’nited States officer poqiT'd a storm,
of inJti ball up # on Fort Mgultrte, Stephen?’ Iron
Battery gnd the Floating Battery. The brond
■ side was retuened with by the gallant
gunners at these important posts. 0 ’
r J'l?e*firing now began in good earnest. The
curling white smoke ‘hung aAove the angry
’ pieces yf faiend and foe, and the jhrrjng boom
regular Intervals C>n the anxious ear.—
The atmosphere was charged with the smeH oi‘
villainous saltpetre, *nd as if in sympathy
with the niftlanclioly sttene, the Ay cover
ed with hcgvy clouds, and everything wore a
sombre aspect. . * .
A boat bearirfg dispatches Gen. Beaure
gard frofn Morris’ Island*, reacjicd the
abouffnine o’clock fc repoi'led that all’tWi batter
ies were wording aijinimbly; tliaf no one was
injured, and that the men wore wild \fith en*
thusiasm. . . • •
A short .time after that.hflppy. was re
ceived, the schooner T’etril, from Hog J*fand
•Channel, reported that the shot from Stephens’
laoii Battery had tt>W upon ’the walls of port
iSumtcr, an’u alto that Fdl't Moultrie liad sus*
iained no damage.
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About half-past nine o’clock; CMjjt. B>. S..
Varner rtf ported to
FleasMnt that everything in fine cofclition
af Fort Moultrie, and tlu’t tbe soldiers hud “es
caped ‘unhurt. • ••
* Th’e samd. disfiatch* ‘stated thab the embra
sures of thfi Floating*battery were un
by the shok of ?I*’ sliot, anti though that for
midable structure had Beevi struck eleven times,
the Itfdls had nok started bolt. Ander
son had c’oei centra Ml his (ire, upon the Bloating
Battery and the Dahlgren ’Battery, iflider
command of Jjieutenant Hamilton. A mini*
br te shells had dipped ilito Fort Sftmter^
and one gtiV enbarbette had l*ecn .dismounted.
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.The following cheering tidings Were,brought*
to the cit.y Edmund Yates, Acting Eicuken*
jmt to Dozier, the Confederate States Navy,
•from. Fort Johnson. Stephens’ Battery aim
the Floating Bflttcry are dßing .important ser
vice./ Stephens’ Batter h.a? made considerable
progress in breaching the south and souUi\v cst<
jvalls of Fort Sumter. The northwest wall is
sflffcringYrom the vifbll aimed fire of the Float*
in; Batjery, whose shot have dismounted seve
*ral of tlie*guj4S o on the parapef, and made it im
possible to use the remaining ones* The
itzer Battery, connected with the impregnable
Gini Bgttery at Cumtuing’s Point, managed
•with consummate skill apd tcft-iblc effect.
Klvven o’clock. —A messenger from Morris’
•Islaißl brings the gloriou# news tlffit thft sfiot
.glandc from the ii%n covered battery fit Cum
mitfgj’s J’oint like marbles thrown on the back
of a turtle. Abe upper portion cj’ the south-’
west w;JI o!‘ For? Sumter slfows plaitily the ef
ftet of the terrible cannonade fmi the formi
dabte*produet.of O Mr. C. 11. Stephens’ patriot
ism and ingenuity.
A half hour later*the gladsome came
Uiat Stcpjiens’ Battery was la.-*, damaging the
soutlfwest wall of Sumter. •
Henry Byiisflls doing gallant wjtli
” the J’almetto Guards, delighting all* hearts by
assuring us iu the dty that everything was go
ing on at the Iron Battery, which was stilj
piTiot agtfhis? sixty- eigtt ."pounflers, and the
men in spirits. • • • •
A boat reached the city rrcffn thoJ7loating
Battery about half past twelve o’clock, and rc
.portdd tlnti; a shot from Bort Suinker penetrated
the top or shed of the structure, shots
struck the saud bags in the rear of the. Bat
tery. °
Another messenger, who arrivedoa short time
after tlie ulxprc was bußetiued, confirms the
cheerful
Twelve o'clock- —1Y have jicst learned by
rpn arrival from Cumming’s lAiint that the Uat
’teries theTe am doing good service—Stephens’
Battery very successful. N.jt a single casualty
has hajA>eneeL The troops are in the best
spirits. Two of the guns at Fotf Sumter ap
pear to be disabled. Considerable damage lias
beeip done 4o the roofs of the officer’s quarters.
At one o’clock the following was received
.from Morris’ Island. Two gums in Stephens’
Battery temporarily disabled. Anderson's fire
having injured the doors of tire embrasures. —
The damage will “be repaired, speedily. It is
thouglft thatl Fort Sumter will be breached in
two hours. Three steam vessels of was were
seen. off the one of them supposed to be
° the Harriet Lane.
Capt. 11. S. Farktfr reached tlje city from
Fort Mcmltrie at lpalf-past ’two o’clock, and
makes the following report: Capt. Parker visit
oed Fort Moultrie’ and the Enfilading JJattery’
hear by, and fouqd all weU and in high spirits,
lie left (jhe Mortar Battery, Lieut. Hollinquisb)
at ten minutes past two. lhe soldiers station
oed there are giving a goodo account of them
selves. .The Floating battery had been truck
eighteen times, and received no material inju
ry-
A The yenerable Edmund Iluffiiu/who, as soon
. aslt was known a battle was inevitable, liaatom
, I ed over tog Merris’ Island and was elected a
member of* the Palmetto Guard, fired the first
guy from ijtephcns’ Iron Battery. * • All honor
to the ehivalric Virginian! he live many
years to wear othe fadeless wreath that honor
pjace upon his b-ow on our glorioug Friday. J
Another noble son of the Old Dominion,
wlig rebukingly reminds h°er of her past glory,
was appointed on General Beauregard’s Ftaff
on Thursday, bore despatches to the General in
command, |Vom Brigadier-General Janes Pi
nions in command of Morris” during the
thickest, of the fight, and in the face of a mur
derous fire from Fort Sumter*
Prior, tRc eloquent young Virginian, in tjie ex
, ecution of* thatdangerous commissions passed
within speaAing distance of the angry and fios*
.tile fortress. . 0 • t
Despite the.fierce and concentrated fire of
Fort Sumter, the rival fortification on Sullivan’s
Isla; and
lot’s stood unmoved, atal are* tA.is moriYmg in as
good condition as they were befora their
strength*was tested by the rude*shocks §f the
shot. • # .
• The Flaating.Battery can*e*cmt oB the iron,
stftrm without ißsing a plate of its iron tover
cor y splinter of its pine. • .*
o A brisk fire was kept up l*y 11 the ’batteries
until about 7 o’clock in the evenin’", after which
hour the guns boymed regular .intervals of
twenty minuteS. * •
“All the batteries oq Morris’ Island, Irearing
upon the channel, iept up a “steady firtf* “for
“some time at th* dawn of day. Jt is reported
tjrey.thaew their shot into the Harriet Bane,
3n*l that steamer, havjngadvanced as°far.as the
renowned Star of “the West Jhrttcry, was’crip*
pled by a wcjl a?ined shot, aftef which she deem
” ed it prudent to gi/e up tTie dangerous attempt,
aud tufnejl her sharff bo.vv to the sea. * •
Stephens’ Irttf) Battery played a Conspicuous
anj important part in thg brilliant, and so far
Sis our men are tflnccrned, bloodless conflict,
which has pjaccd flic 12th of .April,” 1801,
among the liremorable days. TJi.calibre of
* its gui:?, its nearuess"to Fiti't Summer, it3 per
fect impenetrability, the cftolness and gkill of
gallant gunnels, made the fortification one
of tin- most formidable of jflajpr Anderson’s
,terribi6 opponents. Tlio effect of its Daelgren’s
and sixty-four pounders distirretly visible
at air early stage of the* conflict. Clouds of
mortar and b#ick dust arosft from the south west
wall of 11*3 fort as the.shut hissed on their cr
tuud of death, after shot told wifii ter
ribfe effect on the “Strong wall, and at about
tfir£e o’clock 3laj. Anderson®ceased to return
this murderous fire. .In the course 8f the af
ternoon the joyful tidings that a breach had
been eftbated in that pfrtffni of.the fortress*
yas borne to the eitj. • •
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. From the Charleston Courier, \')thinxt. ,
• ® • o • •
To report in fuU and adequately tlur great
and glorious eve*nts of Friday .and
wo*ild require aviflume and bettej* opportuni
ties than we can now coremnnd. 3\te an only
•group together for the presen fe*the fact* Os most
protymtfnt interest. ..
In continuation of our report of “Saturday
morniiig, wc state that the fire wfls kepi up
“slowly th rough *t Be night, and after our report
was* (•losetfl. The tiffhet and success of the
shootTtig on Friday \vereevcy better than •we
then suppose*'!, for we now know that the w r ood
work on Fort Sumter was on fir# “thrge times,
But®was extinguished..
. Saturday will be ever yicmorable in the an*
mils of ou* Stafi* and our country a* tlie date
of an ungaralled victory. * .
Jlailied by 1.0 bloodshed, it is,
a most astoni liing feat of arms. In adiscrip
tyng of jts details, we sßali eydeavor to la/ the*
facts before our readers as conspicuously aa pos
sible. . . * * . . *
. The c4R°tt oil Friday night, as myst persons
in the city o knovv , ’, was*truly grand.and terrific.
The firing real-lied"its most awful climax at
about fen o’clock. The lfcavens were obscured
by rain clouds, and the horizoi? was as # dark as
Erebus. • Tlie guns were worked with \"igor,
Aand their booming was heard” with iwtouishing
distinctness, the wind was blowing in
shijre. “At each discharge, *a lurid sheet ok
flame was belclAd forth, and then another anTj
another was sg3n before the gcpiort reachetfl the
ears.” The spectacle wasogrand. Sometimes S
shelWonld butst in mid-air, directfy ovcg the*
doomgd fyrtress, and at allrtimes thc"missilesjjf
this clmractiy could be distinguished in their’
course, by the lire* left momentguily behir*d
them. o ° .
All ni"htnea*jy the streets o*f the oity were,
thronged with peojile. The house-tops, the
Battcwy, the wharves, shipping and every avail
able space for witnessing the splendid
was thronged with people, notwithstanding tin*
‘pelting storm, which during most of the night
was raging. The fire from all the forts,
fejfincluded ami fronr’tlie bsflteriesfo? the Con
federate States, was kefjt up with unabated vig
or till early dawn. Then the rapidity of the
gradually diminished. When the
sun rose, all the clouds which had obscured the
night were dissipated. .Tlfc day was a beauti*
e ful one!* The air balmy°and refreshing. The
streetsowere soon filled with citizens, male and
female, white and black, young and old- From ,
the BaUery to the wharves and the steeples —
hither and tliither
the best positions to use their glasses a#d
copes. 0
Fyitil about gi.giit o’clock obut a few random
sflots were tired l'royi our batteries, Sumter on
ly occasionally replyThen it® became ap-’
parent that the fortress on which alj eyes were
rivited was on tire. A dense o smoke was seen
gradually to rise above tho ramparts. Tlie fort
certainly was on lire. Tins appeared evident,
though soaie supposed it was merely a signal of
Andersoji to draw in the fleet to °his aid. In
tho offing, quietly riding at aftchor, were clear
ly distinguished four vessels Banged inline di
rectly over the bar and apparently blockading
0 the port o cotnpletely. The long black hulls and
smoke stacks of two of the vessels proved them
; to be federal steamers. Every one anxiously <
. awaited the issue. The suspense was very ex
citing. Will they come in and engage the bat
teries ? was the query on cvoi’y one’s # lips. —
- Faltroons, if they do not, was the response.
person expected the engage
i menl; to become general. By the aid of gluss
- es it w"as*thought that a movement was made
i to this end by two of war ships, and we
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thought soifli to see* the sand flying in all di
rections from the Morris Island batteries.
Towards ten o’clock, attention was rivited
upon Sumter—m?w betyond doubt there was. a
fire* in the Fort. It was raging. ‘£he flames*’
soon burst through the® njof’s oof.the houses
within its walls. The densest black smoko and
the bj-ight flames poured fofth in volumes. —
All this time Maj. Andersoig*scarcely fired $
shot. 11 is that is, t]ie guns on tße
ramparts, were untenable. Thefourstingshells ;
and grape shot scattered liloc hail over them,
amkdrove tfle solders finder cover. No one
dared sliyw his head, but at the risk of “having
it taken off. * „ • 0
Frdm the*lron Batteryfiit Cumming’y Point,
a continuous fire was kcj>t up, and as way after
wards known it played sad havoc with that por®
tiou off nniter lacing it. - i’he firing4’rom tho
Floating Matjery tfflid from Moultrie was also®
very * 0
Awe ?Uiid on the Charleston Battery look
ing seaward you have a M ortar Battery and
Fort Johnson* nearest the tfity, two
Andes and a half off. Amile iflid a half Troni
• .0
Johnsoli is the Ifon BattPry o oi’
mounting ten guw.s, viz o : threaten iffcli
biads, three sixty-four poundßrs, three mortars
n aii<3 oe sifled tannon. .The lycn working its
guns were"perfectly pratmotcjl. Their sand rft
jdoubt, was scarcely injured by the weak fire
Major Anderson kejit repon a it. The Battery
yas commainlpd by Major the Cit
adel Cshlets. Unde*r his directum dach sficll
fofiind its dostinatiprk Avithin tho walls ok Sum
tef, amj during the tntirc** bombardment,
scarcely one*missile of this went wide I
of jts # • *
On tke other “side of tße luPrbor dteefidy op~°
posite Sumter, is oik* of tl*e strongest sifieS of
Mo*ultrie. Jluring the pffst three months it ha§
been strengthed by evcjpv appliance military
art coulj suggest. Its. munluns, gla<y9, 1
embrasures, Ae.,* perfectly protected the wck
walls of ehe old Fort, afid made flic
perfectly “secure while at work. • From tliis ;
point throughout the engagement vast nung
her? of 4iot ehot and wer® discharg
ed with a precision, fully attested by the walls
ofl Sumter.
Behind a on Sullivgm’s island nearest
Clnvrleston, the Floating Buttery was stationed
witk its twq sixty-four and to forty-two pou’n-
impeftetrabio sides of iron “and pal
metto log3 o Every shot told frmi• tfsis point,
ami the men were so secure in tjicir fmpenetra- *
ble position that tfiey whiled away thei? hours,
.of c4ief it? the favorite pastime of o the soldien.
at euchre or bluff. The mortar Battery, rfii 311*
isfive hundred yftrds
ing Battery. It mounts but two jnoriars, but
they are withi i excellent range of Sumter?and
most of the shells v?cre thrown with great pro*-,
cision. “,
Throughout Sutufday morning they were all
activity. Three times they set Ande*son’§
barracks on fire and twice be extinguished the
flames,“but to do this it was necessity for him
Jo cmploy.all force in drawing water firfo
throwing it (xn tlis fige. Tke mor<? effectually
to do thi® it was necessary for some of the tnen
to “go outside the walls and hand buckets.
Cj ° o . •
thro*gh the fort holes, exposed to the Jerri flic
fifes ofthe batteries nd forts. This expedi
ent fer obtaining water, was not, howevor, re
sorted t<mtil the third tifiic the quarters werj
on fire and the fflinics had increase?! in fury to
fin alarming piteh. In the meantime hiS guns
.were silent, and our man active. jThese sold-
not fillowed to be exposed more than
;i few minutes, but were ordered* in when *tiie
shot from Carolina’s batteries became to thick.
’ Towards*noon flames burst out from every
quarter, anM poured froifi Many “of flhe port
liples.. The destruction sis the fortress was in
evitable ; men.could not breathe “smoke and
o
flame. °Siill hot stl<>taiid ghfill were poured in
to it, and. till saldicrs wi;re Tlrivea for* “refuge
info the casemates. These; arespa(*fous # boqib
proof arefoes with walls fifteen o itf et thick, and
afford adequate jAotccJion. * ..
The wind was blowing from the West, dr'nj*
ing.tlie smolae across the Fort into the emlfra
sures # where Qie gunnels were at work; but
at tlie time,®as if seized with anew impulse,
the guns of the Fort were again active,grtfd the
shots came from it in active succession. This
h;s?ted, perhaps for half an hour. The firing
frorn. w About qpntinijcd, a ink, if°anyih;ng, was
•redoubled. • . * , °
0 • 0
id.onversing with those ahoul; htm, Ander
sofi was free in expressions of regret at the nee
cessity wliteß Compelled the destruction of pub
lie property. * ,* .
On being Introduced to 31 aj or ®Stcvens and of’ 1
*tjio Iron Battery, Andefsbn complimented fliak
gentleman on of bis battery. He
Assured tjie Carolina officer that his work could
be nobcttertlone. °
Anderson expressed some surprise at
the remarkable issue of §o lengthy a bombard
ment in the total absence of bloodshed. Tru
ly, in the remarkable words of President Lin
coln, “’nobody hurt” as yet. 3lajo’r Anderson
reiterated tlie assurarge’e that the two explosions
in his fort bn Saturtiay were caused by tin? ig
nition of loaded bombs whick could net he re
’ moved from the burning buildings, lie also
O <“o o
stated that the fort had been on fire three times
on the first day, but that li® extinguished it.—
He expected someone Alien to come and help
him jiut. ouf <he flames and said that it was
nothing more than usual in civilized warfarfl.
He repeatedly, even when unquestioned,lamen
ted the destruction of tfie pqblic property.
TIIK EVACUATION.
9 After remaining in the fog! some minutes,
31ajor “Anderson got into the bar£e of Captain
Gillis, of the Navy,* and # rowed to the
steamer Isabel. The boat was manned by.Coght
Federal sailors, and carried in lier stern sheets
a small Federal flag. During the disembarka
tion the same flag was still waving over Sumter,
wliere it had remained all night.
On board the Isabel, during the temporary
absence of Major Anderson, Capt. Gillis said
he did not know whether Anderson would go
round tcgNew York in the Isabel or in the fleet.
This he would determine when he got outside.
o b 0
Anderson was mufth moved on Heaving the
fort. He expressed himself neither sorry nor
glad, lje said he had plenty of provisions,
and his men attested the fact, for they were
the best lookiflg starylings wc have ever seen.
o o
S TKIUIS, TW O DOIJ.AKN,
l ° In Advance. \
•Soon after Anderson went on board tfie Isa
bel a salute of fifty guns was iired in rapid sue- *
cession from the ramparts of Sumter, artd in
tlio midst of the tiling the Federal t!g avas
hauled down, in view f the thousands of spec-
Soon as the garrison * were ready to
leave, the Confederate troops landed freiii i
steamer and teje pe- session* We went out and
got int<?a boat to witness tlw speetaefk oi.low
ering the flag. o * •• •
,® The lowering# of the flag took pla<?c arf a
quarter past two o’clock. Tfce hoisting of the
Confederate flag take place till an Four (
afterwards. iTvei*,- on $ was, thrown injo # con- 0
sternation at the ipteiward ®aoyident occurring
the evacuating forces.
0
At nine p’cloek the troops had not grtno out
to sea. „ . •
ACCOUNT. ° •* .
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In the decisive lire of Satuni?;.®. which lira
■time threatenod to all jippirtiraneos to subject
the garrisfin to a grey toy calamity even >han.
war, Che licroi# build on the Floating Batterer
matched with thrilling interest n*ijl
•admiration the devoted ifaßng Major An
derson’s flames.
Wiicn amid these tyyyig circumstances Tort*
Sumter re opened in a Well directed volley,The ,
cry arose ? ‘three cV'ciy soy Mtyiw Andersnn.”
They rviye given with a right goo.(f rtvill and lus
ithin a few miniftes of .one -o’clock, when*
Andcrrton’s fire had neatly ceased, hi* flag an*f
flagstaff were*canled. away by a shot.- For
souiq, minutes it w;fs not knojvn wligtlno® the
commander of Sunder had thus indicated ?ur
fcjnVir, or whetfier his staff had been blirned
away.or was shot down. Soon, lrtwevcr, a sin
gle„gun JVi*m him shewed -the Confederate,
troops that.he did not mean to gtey.it up,yct —- .
and te proTe the matter still more conclusively
he riggedup®a jury mast out of a gun sponge,
f'royi which lie qyickly displayed the stars and
stripes once more. •
In the incantime/supposin * tlyit Sumter* whs
about: to surrender, and wUh ‘wview of offering
assistance in. putting *ouf? the fla’mes, several
Aids of (Fen. Beauregard w<*re “sent in-a little
boat from the city to - the fort. After xlicsc
gcntlemeif had nearly Reached their destination *
it was made*evident twthem tjiat*Anderson was.
defermined to continue “the fight, They in
stantly turned hank atnTcame Iwlf way to the®
city. • But to the surprise of’ cveiry one, a white .
flag was* ylirecfiy seen tt) wave from*Sumter. —
There some difficulty in comprehending
the yneuning of*t,his..* it surrender—a©,
lie had up the Federal flag as well .a* tl\p flag
of trues. .
* Just then (Vl. Louis TANARUS, W.i'gfall, art Aid rtf
Gun. Beauregard, left Cainmiog’s Point in an
open bout, with his handkerchief on the end.of
liifi sword in lieu of a flag of truce.- The. bat
times, it is true, partly.ceased filing—the iron
one wh(slly*sp ; but Moultrie and the other bat’
’teries.on the left of the befeaguruil fortress not
being able to ahesrt tain what was going on, con
tinued T<f fire.* Wigfall’s position “was, there
fore®, rather dangerous, but lie still kept on, not
withstanding the Shot wcrolalling thick around 1
him. iJe made his way successfully, safely ana
unpcrceivfid to®the ledge of rocks* extending
about five fcmt fr<yu the walls of the fortress.—
He*landeJ, and walked quickly and alone up
toaporthoje, o wli*clr he s©ked his
head. A soldier who saw lmnmsked —“Wlut
do yu want ?*’ * *
Wigfall—To see the Commandant.
Anderson appeared at thg moment, and said
“Here Dam*’* • •
Wigfall —I sec,Major tfiaUyoti.liavc up/u
white flag. Do you surrender ?*•
•Anderson#-Yes, I lfave up a flag of tfuee,
but you.still con tame* your £re. .
* Wigfall—And that they will to do
as long ay you keep up the Tinted .States flag.
Andfrson —I decline a parley. *.
Wigfall —Till at is my usty. We will Relp’put
out youy fire, Futthera in ust fie no delay ; we
will be content with notbiyg but unconditional .
jterrender. * * * *
Anderson —Th#n I must surrender. *1 have
no other resoutee. My men will shortly sufl’o
c<Pte in the panics. •** • * *
The brave commander of Sumter tlien afreet!
that he would,* .unconditionally, stfrrcndeiv-® •
Subject to tho terms of Girti. Beauregard, who
as was said by Col. Wigfall, “is soldier amj a .
gentleman, ami kyows how .o treat.a brave cn
>9 * . * • .
em y> . •
\\ hen this parley, resulting so advantageous
ly to us, had .boon terminated, the Vther boat
.containing the other Aids caiae uji tw’thc fort.,
, All firing had meantime ceased. .The ag re tu
rnout to unQpnditio’.’al surrender jjas jeitciated
in the presence of thcnew*ki riva!d, and 3R'ssrs
CUesnut and Magnyng immediately came back.
Xo.lhc city to bring tlie news, when it was. also
positively stated that no, one was*
killed ors e ther side. Ifmay seefn stsange r
but it ft rtievcrtlieles# true. • * *
The only wfiy to account for the fact is in the
excellent protection offered by the unparalleled
go and works lu'Jiind wliicb thc.cngagcien|
fought. Tli* long range of shooting must also
be taken into*accounf. In addition to on
each sjjde, the men, seeing a discharge in Wicir
direction, learned to dodge tlic lialls and to °
throw themselves under Fotcr. A% incident
of this Kind occurred on Sullivan’s A
number of men were *trertched out on theFoaeli
and Aifderson threw a Shell at but see
ing it Coming they scattered and ran Im.hind
the®houses? The sl*dl exploded, harmiftg no
one. A horse .on the same Island was life on
ly living creature deprived id’ liiif during the
bombardment. °
G*encral decided ujten the fol- “
lowing terms of Anderson’s.capitulation :
That is*—First afl'oaling all proper facilities
for removing him and bis cotniyand, together
with company arms andproperty and all pri
vate property. • , • #
o .FeeM)ndly—That the. Federal flag he had mi
bravaly should he® saluted by the
vanquished on talviug o it down. *
Thirdly—That Anderson shoFld be allowed
to fix .time of suiVmdyr.
These.terms, it will be repiembered, are all
that Anderson askeu before t.he contest. And
it is jegardeif as magnanimous oil the part*
the victorious General to grant all tlut was re
quested by bis eliquify, namely : 1o retire with.
*lhc honors of war. .
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