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130MJ * A RE> M E N T OF FORT SUMTER. Atfihout 3 o'clock, on the ofti>riio«1Ti of Thursday. Cioncrnl lieuuiVtnril mad« n demiitid nil Major Andernou fur the immediate rurrender of Fort Sumter, through hjs Aids, Col. J nines Cl^mutt, Jr. Cot. Chiwjpi .mid Cupt. I.ec. Mn jnr At)jJ»r5on rcnlied thlVaiich a course \vou!<1 bo inconfifieht. vriUi ih« duty he w« required l>y hi«^J|»K«wn\ent.to perform. Xlio «i>mv*ar m« oomhiffBicnted by the General-in-Chief to Preei- ueni unwm. t At about 0 o'clock,' General Deourccard receivci) n reply from President -D«vp, by which be was inbtructeil toJufornt Major Anilei>on that if lie would evacuate the fori bo held wliou Itis present supply of provisions wna exhausted fher* would be no appeal t<» arms. This proposition was borne to Major Anderson by the Au!»,yhn bad delivered the first menage, and ba'rftlMaed' lo-aceept ths* condition. The G<iii«ral.in-0{>irf forthyWregavo tWPordor that tli« h*Ucrtfe)rffevopeued^Vbalf past four o'clock on Friday morning; Major Anderson's reply tva* decisive of tlie momentous question, and General Beauregard determined to apply the last argument. The stout soldier had resolved to make a desperate defence, and tho bloody trial <;f Btronj»th must lite cssayeJ., Tlie swotd must cut asunder the luvt tie that bound us to a people, whom, ill spile ol wrongs and injustice wantonly inflicted through a long series of years, vrc had not yet utterly Stated and demised. The lnnt expiring spark of affection must he quenched in blood. Some of thewoat splendid' puges in cmr gVory history mrst be blurted. A blow must bt struck that would make the ears of every liepublican fanatic tingle, and whose dreadful cffeata will be felc by generations jet to come. We must transmit a heritage of rankline and undenying hale to our children. The crisis had arrived, and we were fully prepared to meet it. The W£rk that awaited the morrow was of a momentous churactcr, but we find counted (he cost. and luul resolved lo do it or die in llie attempt. At the gray f>f tlio morning of Friday the roar of cauiion broke upon the edf. The expected sound was fcnnwercd thousand*. The houses weje>in a few minutes emptied of their excited occupant*, and tlio living stream poured through all the streets leading lo theivlarves und battery. ^ At thirty minutes pnst four o'clock the conflict waa opened bj- llie dinchft^gti of a shell from th« 'howitzer balterry on Jamea' Inland, under the command of Capt. Geo. S. Joints, who followed the riddled Palmetto banner oh the bloody batc.lli. r *» IIU lil'lUS OI iVIPMCO. The sending of tlio harmful messenger to Major Anderson was followeti by a deafening explosion. which was cau^l by the blowing up of a building tli'it stood in front of the battery. \Vbile the white siuoltn was mpliinc away into tlio air another shell, which Lieut. W. Hampton Gibbes lias the honor of hnving fired, pursued its noiseless way toward the hostile fortification. Tliff/^ionoied mis'atve described its beautiful curve tkjotigli "the bulmy oir, and falling within the hostile fortress, bcnttered its deadly contents in all ^'tactions. Fort Moultrie then took up the tale of death, and in a moment the guns from the redondiablc <Jun Battery on Cumniings' Point, from Captain McCready'ts battery, from Capt. Jas. Hamilton's fioniinjr buttery, the infi lade "gallery, #nd other fortification spit forth their wrath at the grim fortress rising to defiantly out of the sea. Major Anderson received the shot and shell in rilence. But the deepening twilig'if. revealed the Stars and Stripes floating proudly in the breeze. The batteries continued hi regular intervals to belch iron vengeance, and still no answer was returned by the foe. About an hour after the boomiug began, two bulls rushed hissing through the nir, and glanced harmless from the stuccoed brieks of Fort Moultrie. The embra- ........ .»)> iivomc iyitrrn giive ion n no Bound again (ill between six nnd seven o'clock, w'len, as if wrathful from enforced delAy, from ensemerit and pnrapettlie United Stales officer poured a storm of iron hull upon Fort Moultrie, Stern's Iron Battery nnd the Floating IJnltery.. The broadside was returned with spirit by the gallant .gunners at the important posts. The iring now began in good'earnest A boat bearing dispatches to Gen. Benurcgard frotu Morrii' Island, rsuched the citj-'ubout nine o'clock, reported that nil the balletic* were working admirably ; that no one wns injured^ &u4 that the men were wild with enthusiasm. A short time after that happy u6w« wns re- ceurea, tus selioouer Petril, from Hog Island Channel, .reported that (lie eliot from Stevens' Iron Balfilry 'hadv told upnn the walla of Fort Sjimler. * Ajul al^o that Fort Moultrie had sustained no (Winage. About half.itn»i uine o'clock, Cnpt B. S. Parker reported fronf -Sullivan's Island to Mount Pleasant that everything was in fine condition al^PortrMoaltrift that the soldiers liad escaped nuljwV : , . The same dcfpactbfB alatud Uie embrasure* of the Floating TyUteey 1rer£undam«f«d by the ihgck«r tbe'ehoC *>nd thoi^jb tbnt formidabUj structure bad been struck eleven tiincA the balls bad not etarted ap'aiugle bolt. Apdafwonbad . concentrator bis fire upon the Floating Battery, \nd tbeDoliTgrwi'i Dattary, under command of Irjeatenant UaniiTton. A numlur of abells had di'onpad into Fort 8atnttfr, and one gun eu barbette bad beeu)diamountpd. / % The fpltewjnjfHBliecring tidings wow browglit tajthe «ity by (101. Edmund Yatea, ActrngX.ioutemnt (o9oxier, of tlia Confederate States jffavy, from Fx)rt Jol\ri«or\,. Stevens' Battery- and tbe FlBatUrnSetleryjlijb doing important service-. Sf«veM*Bttlt<ry baa "made considerable progress* iubreacMrtg the SonUi on3 vreet walla of Fort ] -./Sumter. ~T4»e Nmttmeat wall.iQ sufftiring from' thej&eltjjiined- fii*of ,tbe Floating Battery,J %'fihe fold . mada^it ImpowJble ;4a iweTemainiQ^was^ fEIie Howitzer Buit«ry conI^fjjWwSfW.u^f*m$l<r Battery at iwiffMnrf^^i ' ? ra«jifc*d' With /Consummate Uie tcodps 'ec^tvrtfW 10H .WYtpitfid ipittdHj, It i»-'tUoo(tht that FortSumfot-+10fM htmiQkM$ fmyt*olioure.. 'Xhr<o itoam Ve'swTa .«f w*f Wttfl *«£<?' off tjv» tyir, -"one tlicm soppqiedtQ "be « >« Sbm& ^ j^V-A'A * '! Capt. R. 6. pKjkir je»Ah^4-th#cily from Fort THoultofe^jt raabf# tho'following rrppl^-.ifctJ^tJicef visited Fort lioaltri« ftrtd j ^iter'y. «e*r by. and found *11 well and m.WgU ipfa-Ho. CH«-Ufb t»rtr I 4^»rt»r battery, fniu- ^^5iP!n^8HBi^^^Pro®8B®e^B^8BM ^^khh89HHBM3hi»S^^09QBH^U& ttift channel, kept up ft- steady <Tr« for' soni# i tiu:e nt the dtuvn o( «iay." It^iT roport,frd; they throw llieir »hutin}o th« IIitrrict Lone, nud thai thut steamer, having advanced us Inr us tile re- nowned Star'of the West Dattery, was crippled by a well aimed shot, after,which she deemed it prudent to give up ihe dangerous attempt, and turned her sharp how lo the sea. Stevens' Iron B.Uterv plaved ft eonspicioUs aui iiii|K)rtant pail in the lirillinau^md, so far ft-i our men nvj? concerned, Ijluuinosi conflict, which has placed lhe l2th of April, 1 MO I, amoiijj the inemorahle days. The oalihre of iln guiip, its nearness to Fort Sumter, its pori'«»ct inipeneti ability, the co ln<-ss mid fkil! of Its gallant gunners, made this* fort ill eat ion one of the most lormidublo of Major Anderson'*, terrible opponents. Tlie offVct of its Dnlil^rccna ami C4 pounders was distinctly visible ut an early slago of .the conflict. Clouds of tnnrt»f nn.l dust nroFu from the soullnvciit wull of the fort as the el.ofc hi&aed ou their rrratid of death.. *$hot aftec sliot told with terrible effect. on the strong wall, and at about three o'clock, Major Andercon ceased to return Ah& murderous fir«. In the conise of the ufiortioou tlio joyful lidiuiia that, a brenoh bad been tffcc'lpd in that portion yPlln fortress were borno to the city. We daro not close this brief and hurried narrative of the first engagement between the United flutes Mid the. Confederate States, without returning thanks to Almighty God Jor the great success that has thus fur crowned our arm*, and preservation of our soldiers from casualty and death. In the fifteen hours of iuctssnnt filing, our enemy one ol thy pioet experienced and ski!. ful of artillerists, no injury lias been sustained by a single one of our trullnnl s«.dJie.r^ '1'ho result of the conflict s.trengtliciurand conj firms our fuith iu ihe justness of the cause for whose achievements we have suffered obloquy, | and dared perils of vast magnitude. At the out sot of the struggle we invoked the sanction and aid of that God whom we sorve, and ilis liMid has guided and defended ttS all through the momentous conflict. Ilia favor was most smuttily, we bad almost said miraculously, umii! iTested ou this eventful day. We call the roll of tllOHA P.llirHirod ill tlio Imlllfl- mwlJ litre to auswer'to liis name. No t"iiil>stune will llirow its ahadow upon that Wight triumphant (In}*. If 80 it seemeth guoil in the eyes of Mini in whose hands nro the imius of life, we fervently pray that onr brave onus inny pass unharmed through the perilsoi i!io day now duwnin«. The Chnrlcston ilff/'cuVy cxira of Sunday hi full reports fiom some of the batteries in the harbor of Charleston. Anxious 113 we arc to furnish the fullest details, We must coudeiuc theae interesting reports. Mounts' Island..Kveiylhintr being in readincsi, the thre« batteries of Moms' It-luinl bearimr upon Fort Slimier oju-iietPiiiiinediately. It was not yet daybreak, unit the.scene, which ut that momeul was novel, was picturesque as well. ri>« ,.f ik> .i.uti. r. . w. .... ..... ».._} could be eU»ily trnced until they exploded in u white cloud of smoke, followed by u dull detonation, over thu parapet of J'ort Sutnler. '1T»« eft'ect of the bolid shot wuhiiIeo perccpliliio with the linked eye. At each discharge of the cunn, either the water adjacent to the Fort won!.!- he dashed up in great sheets of Kpray, or the densu brown cloud of cruinhliut; brick anrl tnortar \voul<! murk the spot upon the ramparts hit by (he balls- Menuw hilt) we could sue that the batteries at other points in the harbor were as actively employed as our own. Ever au<l nnon (he«liclls ilew out from the mortal* butterinn nt fort Johnson, "Sullivan's Inland, and Mount Wensnnt. Tlie Floating Ilnttery, 6tntion<»d in the Cove, was quite hiddvu from our view by .the smoke from its own guns, bnt.it was not difficult to soe the effective txfcntioii of ,its 42 poundera upon the north pnrupet of tort Suutter. Quite a large portion of the Sullivan's Island shore whh also wrapped in the white smoke, but tills incessant flushing from the merlons of Fort Moultrie assured us that lliplry wus hnminering away wiih chai*Mclerii>t:o vijfor. At firrt (lie Morris' Ivlaud batteries alternated regularly with the others, but later thHWirra'ngeinent was found embarrassing, aud our butteries fired at the discretion of the officers commanding litem. Tlie batteries which l>ore upon Fort Suintor from Morris Ulund arc three iu uumbei? mounting in all six guns and six mortars. The outermost of Lheso is the now fatuous Trapier Hattory, iu itself a monument of engineering science nud energy. It is composed of nius*ive beams and sandbags, And contains at this time three eight-inch mortars. When the work whs first built it also mounted some heavy euni; bill these hare beeu removed, thoir carriages and closed embrasures remaining in 6how the ; position Which they occupied. The Trapler Battery was manned by the Marion Artillery, Captahl Xiug, «si»t$d,.i0\vnrd,jj the close of the I bombardment, by the Sumter Guards, Captain Ruaarll. The former com:>imy labored iuces- aautly ut their pi#ca« from the opening of^ the bombardment until {Saturday Hioriiii.'f- Thoir fire wan skilful, .am] but Very ;few vt their shells failed to explode citlier ia or over the fort. * The next work, and nearer to the city than .the Trapier Battery, is the Stevens or Irou Rittery.a novelty in mifitary engineering. planned by and oonstructed.uuder the eupervisiou of an efctimuble aon of thia Stale. The efficiency, of this unique fortification wo.* a matter of no tittle coneern to many previous to the action ; but att'doahta were immediately dispelled by Major Anderson's test- ta I shall presently relate. The Iron Jlattery contains three he'aw Columbiad*. Ii is flunked by immense elopae of sa'nij. b4gs,..'aiid ihrse are burrowed* very curiously, but eecurgty, With places'to retreat, whicli the coldierd call "Mbboles," but which ore.in realty very dry, capacious nod comfortable chamber*, cxcept, perhaps, (hat the ceiling Alight be a trifle higher._ And: here 1 may as Well s«v that *11 the fortifications huVe one or TMJM' thfrsa-TfttrWolea, "to be used *« 4 .uitogn(pjjfcfA hospital, or at quarters for Uits T^lttf-acCurdTK^^o circumstance#. '.Pea/utg frrfiff tI>^i^h>Battery, we- ijjio0V*t(>: the PointBattery, a large work, containing'three ten inch mortars, two 42 pounders, aod the newly prrivdD rifle cuinipn, presented' to the State by Char]ee-:1f^ Prtoleau, Esq., now in Jtirsrpooj, andMantor partner-in the firm of olut Frfcsofc-^ will, doubtless, bo a great iatwfaction to tli^tgentiempn to-know that-faia t|cn<ly gift Vii **e sej'vleeable to -our troopa. The gull'- has patent aide fights attached,- bjr VJH<n vrnwrpnuMMMmy o[ ranee »« obtiftusd,' and' «aob 'of iu eauical balls «ysheif through -fU iT^rk wita Ulliag ef. I?o«h ]J>«w Jatt^iiainedimpprUnt li^.an^jfciut BottgW, werp. hel<f by, the PatmMfo Guards, Crfpc.Cufhbbrt.f galfflnt airpa, which for rimhlierc, nlet tries*. «fflaieucy agd uncxiimpled eoohioBS m action,.jjcu the reepretf9t*«i admiration of -all who ^ijKSftn duiv, lug tiro fight.' I thiyk that 'rimeer* must be prcwd vfmoiHfotr, and!know thet Uima officer*!fcre not ^Unworthy;of:- their.. common d/lie tw6 b»tt«-rifc« m-nneci by t!io Gunnlo w£re th'd -^u^iijle,. Uttdjt q® A*- Towards uoon flames burst out from very quarter, nnd poured from tunny of llt« port lliel«>s. The destruction <»f tho fortress was in. e.vitublej men could not brentlm smoke and flame. Still hot shot and shell were poured into it, and lite Soldiers were driven for refuge into the casemates. These are spacious hoiitb proof arches,-with walla fifteen fcot thick, and all'ord adequate protection. The wind wtw blowing from the west, driving tho smoke ueroHri the fort into the embrasures, whero the gunner* were at work ; but at the tittle, as if seized with a new impulse, the guns «>f the f.>rt were again active, anil the shots came from it iu rapid succession. This lusted for puthaps half an hour. Tho firing from without continued, and, if anything, was redoubled. muoil andkiusoj*. « Col. Louis T. Wig fall, an Aid of Gon. Beaurci;nrd, left Ctimraiiigk* Point in nn open -b»nt. witli l.iu handkerchief oil the end of hisswoid in lieu of h (log of truce. Tlie batteries, it is true, partly censed firing.the iron one wholly I so; but Moultrie and the other butteries on the left of the belengurcd farirm, not being h1>Io to ascertain, what was going on, continued to fire. WigfaH's position was, therefore, rather dangerous, but he still kept on, notwithstanding the shot were falling thick around hint. He made dm way successfully, safely nnd un perceived to the 1«-Jge of rocks extend| ing about live feet froin the walls of the for; tress. Ho landed, and walked quickly* an<l alone up to it port hole, through which he ...,l-./l i.t. l....,,l A ...l i:- I I |u.i»vg mo liVTilMt X*. .V'iUIVI lli» OiiW Uilll UtJh* td."What <1<> you want?" W'jgfall.. "Tosoe itie Commandant." And>rson appeared ai tlic fSoineut, ami naid, "llero,I am." Witrfnll."I see, Major^ tlint you have up a white ll.ig, l)o you 6fffreiuler!" i Anderson."Yrf, 1 have nj» n Hag of truce, butydu mill continue your-tir«." Wiyfall.And that they will continue to «l«i so long as you keep up the United States flag. " Anderaon.1 decline a parley. Wiyfall.That is no use. Wo will-bolp put out j'our fire, but there must be lio delay ; wo will be content with nolhiug but unconditional surrender. Anderson.then I nm.-t surrender. I have no other resource. My men will shortly aul'- locate. wo tire nil iu (tames. ! The bWkve commander of Sumter then agreed that lie-would unconditionally surrender.subI ject to the terms of (Jen. Beauregard, who. as was said hy Col. Wigfall, "is a soldier and a gentleman, nud knows how lo troat a brave | enemy." -When the parley, resulting so advantageousj ly to us, had been terminated, the other limit containing the other Aids name up to tlie Kurt. All fil ing had in the meantime ceased. The ugre| moot to unconditional surrender was rcitamted in the preeence of the new arrivals, aud Messrs. Chesnut and Manning immediately came back to ihe city to bring j^io news, when it was also positively stuted afterwards thut no one was killed on either side. It may eeeft) Btrnuge, but it is nevertheless true. In conversing with those about him, Anderson was free in expressions of regret at the necessity which compelled the ^destruction of publio property. On being introduced to Major Stevens, of the Iron Battery, Audereon complimented that gentleman on the efficiency of his battery. lie tusureU the Carolina officer thut his work could be 110 belter done. Anderson also expr«8ne<l some surprise nt the remarkable issue of so lengthy n bombardment in the total absence of bloodshed. Truly, in the remarkable words of President Lincoln, "nobody is.hurt" as yet. Major Anderson reiterated the assurance that the two explosions in his fort on Saturday wero caused by the ignition of loaded bombs, which could not b>! removed from the burning buildings. He also at.!../) Il.-f »!>« I-- Ml fcMfc*W w»«0 4V»U IIUU UCCll Oil Ulf lllTCe times on the first day, but thai he extinguished it. lie expected someone then to coiria Otid help liiiD.put out the flamed, and said that it was nothing more than usual in civilized warfare. He repeatedly; even when uumiestioned, lamented the destruction of the puolic propr erty. After remuiiiing in the Fort some minutes, Maj. Anderson pot into the barge of Capt. CJilli?, of the U. 8. Navy, and rowed to the steamer Isabel. The boat was manned by eight federal sailors, and curried in- her sternsheets a small federal flag. During the disembarkation the same flay was still waving over Fort Sumter, where it had remained all night On board the Isabel, during the temporary absenco of Major Anderson,' Capt.^ Gillis said he did not know whether Anderson would go round to New York in the Isabel or in the fleet This he wonld determine when ho got outside. Anrlnrsnn wrni niucli mnv».i1 nn U«!n» il>« Fork. He expressed himself neither sorry nor glad. He eaid lie had plenty of provision?, and his men attesicd tit# fuet, for they wera the best looking starvelings we have ever seeny Soon after Anderson went oo board the /*<* bel a salute of fifty gun3 was fired jiV.Tjipid succession frogi the ramparts of Sumter, rin'd'Jn (ho midst.of the firing the federnl flag was hauled down, in view of the thousand* of spectat org. Aeaoon as MfP garrison Were ready Iom leMtt, the Confederate tronpa landed fp>ni.» steaffior and tovk posee'ssion; We went; 6W and got into a boat'to witness the spectacle of towering the flag. ' The lowering cf .the ring took place at a quarter past two ii'clook. The hc*4ting £f the Confederate flag did not take place iTtl an hour afterward* Every one vu.thrown intpyconsternation at the unloved accident occOrriug » o the evecualing forcoa. JF ' At nine o'clock Cbe troopa bad uotgonfout to se%||i Commander IJarUtoin. thin nnintl jiflii.np ni this port, sent a messenger to MttjcJr Aqilerson, informing him thgt the Itabel was at his coin- ; incnrl. and waiting to tnko biro off.;to $tsw York if agreeable.jind that if ho wisli^l to jtfr id bad better inko advr.nta>re of tho tide.. I Major A ndi-tcon. aar.pt <-d tllP ofTer^nd JirefcU"! thst his meo add tho baggage sWtild bo oonVftVflA fA lllA -I- ' . - v. Mi|r vrIIlull win uuv_siae in company with tue PowTiatan, Atlantic and Harriet X4*t- . ,3Vben ,w« ^enLinto Suqater through th^ port liolp. we fftund "tha Mnjcir^bTJjy ibstrjbirtinjj leV tors to theofBaerj.ioid "men of"bis force, lln ppi^artd lo bq in p.erfeq|^|i«iUth. JJq w**VU smiles, and chatted Injan ?a$V VeVli.' "Tbe men wero''hearty luolcln g^uT ShaajfCut.: It they wera not in tran$poretneyv *ooit will'be. otid what matters Wcwjrcors. All (ho^oof MJows waited whi«k«y, nm! many W«>a thp* IP Ient Ke^UculMUuu# thaJ» ' made to ascertain if any Port And^dn.fioukl fi»re j,<ifI> ' hi4 gsws ttV U>ag if.Urv<il» tfa« mon *^fe*!ow is'- Wind. be^ikflt <iam Outeido ytafflfyfcffiff^ blow, or attempting H48otiilj?c<l '-^thousands upon lb<fc«horeii "n.d thesteamer*, and every speciesof ,water craft.'tthnouueed that the authority nf the Into Unltod Si Hies ,up'>u tho Inbl foot ef Carolina's soil was fiiiAlly withdrawn. * '" '' f*' It had been noticed, llmt al (lie firing of the seventeenth gun, there was tho sound ns of two reports, find tho impression was that two guns had been fired together; but, as the party reembarking wore on their way to Fort .Sumter, : they were met by a boat, wliieh announced tha'tone of the eauons had exploded, and made the cut nest request that the boat would return to Sullivan's Inland for a fire engine, from the nppreheupiou that tho magazine might be in danger. This obtained, the party again started for the lbrt, and made their entrance. It were vain to attempt a detailed descrip- lion ol the scene. Every point and every object it the interior .of the fort to which the eye turned, except the outer walia and casemates, which are at ill st rong, bore the impress ol tutu, it woru us if the (Jeuiug of Destrue- ! " tion luid tnbkod its oticrgb h to muko (lid thing complete, brooded over by tlio desolation of j ayes. It could scarce have been developed to | n more full maturity of ruin. The walla of ! the internal structure, roofless, hare, blackened and perforated by shut and shell, hung in f£ag*| inents. and aeemcd in instant readiness to totter down. Near the ceutre of the parndegruund was the hurried grove of one who had fnlleii ftoio the recent ca3U«^i-y. To the left of the en I ranee was a man "vtib scented to be at the verge of deuth. In the ruins to I he right there whs another. The* shattered flog st'ifT, pierced by four halls, lay sprawling on the ground. The parade-ground was strewn with fragments of shell ami of tlie dilapidated buildings. At least fi.ur guns were dismounted on the ramparts, and at every step the way was impeded by portions of the broken structure. And so it was that the authorities, compelled to yield t'.io fortress, had at least the satisfaction of leaving it in a condition calculated to inspire.the leust possible pleasure to its captors. Otiif.u Inciukxts.Major. Anderson and his command marched out to tfie tune of ' Yankee Doodle." They were dressed in full uniform and carried their arms. .Msjor Anderson look-' nil care worn and deeply despondent, produced uo doubt., among other circumstances, by the sad uccidciit which happcued whilst sulutiii" his flag. On the return from the fleet-, it was observed that Cupt. Gillis closely examined the butteries on both t-hores with his i»lass. nn<l iliii<lu attempts to glean information Iroui persons on board the steamer. In blun t, lie exhibited a disposition to take ev«r3' advantage ot° hid accidental entrance into the harbor. The Atlantic, standing furthered 'seaward, was yesterday m -ruing brought up willv.th'5 other vessel#. Asshe contains the largest numher of the hostile troops, together with the flying artillery, it whs thought possible an attempt would bo made to effect a landing last night, ou the supposition that our forces would be less vigilant, in conscfjuenco of tlio surrender of Fort Sumter. One hundred and fifty horses arc divided betweeu the Baltic and Atlantic. Tho funeral of the private named Howe, who was killed by the explosiou, wtts attended liv n r^.^r.1 ,.r »l... tj.. 1_. .< " ' " 1 J .. */. Hie I uniiiuii Vjuaru, T *.:»pt. Cnthbert, and portions of Company B, Capt. Ilallotujuikt, and Capt.. Hamilton's company. Mr. llowe wua Lurried with the honors ofv' war. .Fojt Sumter is now garrisoned by tho delachmcnt of Company B,under Copt. Hallonqnidty and a portion of the Pnlinetto Guard, (Jupt. Cutlrbert. '^'he command has been given to Col. Ripldy, who won'bright laurels at Fort Moulirio in the recqnt engagement. The rockets thrown upon n't Stono on S'aturi day evening canned impccessary njarin m lhi» city. By order of Geu^fieauretfurd, two of the Aids of-Gdv. Pickens, willi a detachment of volunteers, composed principally of Virginians and Georgians her® on a visit, went ou board tho Lndy bavis, to prpcc.ed lo Wappoo Cut; but before they gotrjundar way. the °Y' der was countermanded, asitwAs diweovered Mrat there wan no causo for apprehension.' Th» ftnw'nf ll. I- o.» 1 J, .. ...V VVUIMUI-Iinc OIUU'9 HUM iII6 Palmetto wore raised on Fort Sumter simultaneously, the former bj- Col. Jones, thief of Gen. Beauregard's St ft IF, aud Col. Ferguson. The flag of the Confederate States w.-ts manufactured in this city. It was the intention to have made use «>f the flag that wus first hoisted op the capitol at Montgomery, but unfortunately it hud been mislaid. The tiagstaffa were about fifteen feeLJ)igh, un,l were lushto,two of the big guns (^Commodore "Hurl^tene. Four hundred and seven phots were fifed from tue Flouting Buttery, and one iinndreit from the Dal.'grtn Baiti-ry. Roth al-e under tue command of Citpi. .T. Jl. Hurnilion. Proclamation by. Abe Lincoln. Washington, April 14..By the. TrtsiritfU of the Unilifl .a I'rocl^maddn..Whereas (ho laws of tho United Statea Twvve boeu for some time past, and now Are, opposed, and the execution thereof QhsUiicted, in the Stale* of, South Carolina, Georgia,. EloriJa, ^llmfssippi, .Louisiana, ahd%Texfts, by combinations ".'too'- jjjowcriui io do suppressed* by the ordinary i course of judicial -proceeding^ or by The powers vested in -jiie marshals by law: Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of . the United States, iH rirtae of the power in roe [ Vested by the Const ifjition aqd the Inwjj, have" thought fit.tp oalV forth, and.liercliy do call forth,.the. militia of the scvtfral States of tJio Union, to the aggregate number of seventy-' flve rtousand'jjjfcii. in byder to suppress «4iJ combinationSrftQtHo^avse tho la^stafce dolyv cxeculed. -. ; «'' thi> rfnfnfto fn*'<1.u .lit t ...... t/» M-iuw-wyu communicatee! to the Stut* 'authorities by Ihe #ir j>ep(rrtment. I >ppeal'to .all loyal citizens Futor, fa^JHlftte and did this effort to nlainWitL the. honor/lhe integrity and existence of our; national Union, and the perpetuity of popalar" government, and to redreSa wrontfs-air oady long enough' endured. I deem it proper to eay that-, tho first service aasigned'to (lie forces hereby , culled forth will probably* Vd to repossess the forts, places and propSwy which liuve b?en' i Seized from the -Union; and in 0>at event, J he y ntoaos^:oare wilt bo obscrvaQ» consistently tfrittr *lieVobjects aforesaid, io avoid any devastation u 11 d destruction of, oi^iritorfcrenqo with, prop-e«yt or atiy dUturba«»e of pwaoffuleil izens fn any pan of the country. And- I hereby c6p»« inand the personff oenipcrtrtttg tho oOfcbragftidtuf atorwuid dwpqrad and relire pioceably^ to thejr reapcotiye abodes within twenty days fro 15 n&ira pM*ent8 in exuaordi^fffy o'ccwUu?I ddr * hereby, iryrirtueTof the pqWvrln in a-vested by. , -tho CoDBtilQlion, couveno iioth Uoitees of Congress., Spna»>8 an<* Rcpres^pt(iti?e.s:orQ therefore sumriioned'to aseeinbfe altlfelf respective 4 ChamUtt^'ufctweKact'tJl^k, uoou,*a3>Uur*dayV tne fourth diiy of Joly next, then and to ^ cun.«ider and determine ouch meoau&a jja- iifr their wfofk»tn tbsf.uMio ts&t? and .iri^rvllt'ttay, $eera to detbft'nd. - ^ ' i^thsi 'jLitf 8 Id witness whereof I have. hfer6ttm<^*at'vtiy «H J yuuacy tup «pmi v» twv vhucu- ' Jmg.'O b4 Hf^xfo/^of < | Itye EKbe'biilc * '<>' ABBEVILLE, gggg. W. A. LEE, EDITOR. ' # Friday Morning, April 1 p, 1861,-L . * >*--' Tlio friends of CAPT. JKSSli? JAY tnnouitc* li:m n» a CundUlal^ for MA-JOK o (lie Lower Battalion of the Eighth Regimen ?. (J. M. ' AiidkvilU:, April 19. Cotton..Ycrj' little offering. Market quit »n<l steady. ..Price* rnncjujr ff«"n 8A to 12o. .. THE FLEET. It id bnlieved in Charleston that tlio Unite< States Flout which has been lying off the Im at Charleston llarborhave left fur Neq; York riic-y wore imt to lip sneu on Tuesday evening THE EDITOR. While in Charleston a few «h»3"s ago we ha the pleasure of seeing onr editor, Mr. I.m lie has nvurly recovered trom liis sickness. II went baek to the Island on Monday last. W were on Morris Islutid on Monday* night in th Camp of tlio Abbeville Cainjiany and tak pleasure in reporting the members of the eon pntiy in excellent heulib, except a few eases t cold. THK VOLUNTEERS. Two companies of Volunteers under con iniiml t»f Captains W. W. 1'EitttYMAX and G. ^ M.vttiaon left our l>rstriet for Charleston o Wednesday laft. Two other companies linde command of Cnr>tuiiis 1'. H. Bradley an Hestku left, on the morning following These companies were composed ol fine lool ing men, and thoy will no doubt, give a gun ncoiint of themselves. Our best wished jx\ with thorn. ^ FORT BUMTER. We presume ore this, that the tidings of tli surrender of Fort Sumter, in Chnvleston Hni bor, has reaehed thfl ears of all of our render In other column will be found somo of the pai ticulars. Strange indeed il is that noun of on men nor those of Major Anderson's coinman were killed during llie bombardment. Two < Major Andkuson's gunners wero accidental! killed by the explosion of a bomb while fir in tlic salute to his Fla^ previous to hauling down. This.sad affair is much regretted by al The remains of the gunner who was im-tnntl killed was buried iu Fort Sumter, by order « Gen. ueauni:a.\nn, with military honors. Ml jor AjfDF.UfiON was eo much affected by tli manifestation of kind regard that teaw f" fiom his eyes. It is slated that Major Anderson considei that his Government litis treated him tdiann full}-." The fleet were' just over pio bar i full view of 'all the proceedings *'rfnd quietl floated on tho ofeenn w.ive wtiile Anderson w< ffred upon from every quarter. Asvkrsu gave them signals of distress both Friday ^nn Saturday, but they did not attempt tu rendt him any Assistance. xue run ia much anmngetl nn(J it will qos nil immense deal of money and labor to \»lftc it In as good condition ns it was previous f the bombardment. None of our batl«ri«s n SVAIVod 0«V »r»nfol'»nl il (Sfcitil 'dixpatch to the 8011th Carolinian) Gov. Ellis and the U. 8. Government. Ralkiuji, April 1(5..Gov. Ellis* ivply i President Lincoln was tliut he has no men I meet his requisition. 1 , .. Maryland will Famish her Quota. Washington, April 10..Gov. ,IIii:ka has ii formed the Secretary of War that Muryian will reftpoud to the call for,her quota. , ^ Tijfi Confederates ST!TTES"V». NEW ENOWKI .Tile census set urns" duinonstroto iha< whil the New England States hnsa inarixi>i>'1 1>i about 13 per eent.. iu the leu years, »eo de$ States hav« laci-eased 32 per ecnL, an those boasted States, Now Yqxk au<l I'onpsy ran in, 20 percent. *v> :r " . «» »»»'? Mork Arms fob TUE-Soimii.The Crtcinna: GatHte of Friday irtates that fho equipm^fi' for iin artillery company^' invading th*« pieces of-^raa# ordnance, were slipped o Thursday from' thrf^port for the Confederal States. '~jpt h ~ ,s y-\ -i JThe Great Eastern is shortty to arrive-« Norfolk "witf* twalve Tftindted Gwcnahp, a buunJ for Mormon don. THB BAttX? OF FOET SUMTER. UHABLWTOJf, April p. m..Lnflt, ni^l Mnj. Anderson'waffaaked whether, in e«M tTi Conl«dern(« Sutfe batu?ru»oj)ened opov -ve« *»)» designed for hi* reli*^ be- would rctonvDi fire. )Lis answer wa»i not satisfactory, an the batterins oprtucc) ^o¥ blm t'&SO". tl»i ^"Oi-rtihg, (UldjiAVe iimiDtnine<l ft steady Hi everjinee. Vtply tit! fi^loetyyrho h* cpened"i\re, whtolr lias beeo an . \A' i-tyx ?- ',r': ,1p' x' <&*&<***fWjWfW H$«d or woopdo': Thi^ron /slnd and^Joatiwg Butteries stan Pf b^ye-ui Irin <1rdvol«ti'^lirnt hid beon FOET ^TJl{TER QVTBV VP !! NOBODY HU&T O&OTJILSIDEl !.!:& ClIAUI.KSToN, Aj>r|l l^luliiight. AIJ lum night ttiti.nioiHar JUali<ei-r«it continued thuoviifg^ jT ' shells into Fort Sumter, nnd this morning Ul<i; vS gnn batteries re-opened lirci to which Auder- d son replied vigorously at 7 o'clock. At 8 a. in. S ; urnoko was seen issuing from tin: parapet roof r of ^uuiter. Barracks set ou lire Ijv liot sliof a g or shell. j ii Uuring the fire three explossions of corffiJus ,-j j. tiblcs occurred in the fort. J |j ^ About 1 o'clock, lliu United States flng-fltr.fr J \t,in shot nwnv. Wigfnll approached from t, - Morris' Island with a white llag, entered and t, iiliit.x.1 I... A. 1 ..r i> .i»t-_ii ..w " iixi *»» liv^urugiiru, l*linv BetJWg \ t | hi* distress ho claimed, in the name of his ( I ( hief, a surrender. In reply to tile* iftqti lrj\ : wlint terms would bo granted ? lie stated tTmt | t j Lieauregurd was a Soldier and u ge'itUaian, and j know how to treat a gallant enemy, «,.it An- derson could not make liis own terms, and j must leave details to Beauregard. Anderson c '* agreed to surrender lo Beauregard in the nnme , of the Confederate States, and Imuled down < the Hag which he had agaii^ifted aeeompani- j x ed by a while ling. The liationes then ceased ^ c | firing, and Wigfall reported to licaur* gnrd. J r e Tlic following are the tertns of capitulation: ^ e All proppr facilities will ho afforded for the ' , e removal of Anderson and his cTimiiland, with ^ i- j their cojnpnny arms, company property nud >f piivute property. The llag which ho has up- a held so long, under thu most trying circumstances, may bo saluted by him on hauling it 1 down. j Major Anderson will be allowed to ftxth«..,| hour of hi* sumnidor on^uudny. lie prefers goilvg from l'ort-Suiutcr'lo the licet now lying j oil" the bar. A de-tnchuieent of tlio regular army from 1' Sullivan's IMnnd will bo transferred to Fort j Sumter. No one ha? been "killed or wo\iudcd o;> our i , . ! A few of the garrison of Fort Sumter were slightly wounded. -.- . *> . 0 LATEST FROM CHABLESTOZT. Capture,of Fort Sumter * f!iiAiti.Eirox, .April 11..Our dinpalolies of r- Saturday nveiiini;, relative to this ereat" event, j ir ! were based upon positive statements niudu to , | the proprietor in Charleston. But t!i<y were 1 | incorrect. as Will bo suen eU>>wh«r» in :>' to tho killed uu.l wounded.. Our dispatcl tfs ! t y this morning are pnrticulurJj* full and interest- . iijg. We give, besides, from the Mercury extra ] of }*cslcrd««y afternoon tho following account received by telegraph of the acene ut fort t ' ter. y Without, tlic walls have the appearance, at ,f a dutfturc, of having leort covered with an ini- ! \£:mtnse number of brick poultice.-', spattered in 1 *"*,every direction. This is the shattering, cil'ect is of the shot. Within, the entire fort wore an 11 nspect as ii the liand of the destroying nngel had swept ruthle.«*ly b£, and left not a Koiftnry object to relieve the general desolation. The ra blackened walls of the officers' and s^dlera' ] 3 quarters w«re j'et Ktnoking. Aahcs and ejuberd fi ruet the eye at every turn, while the shot and ' anew winon linn uoen raineil Upon the strong- J hoi.) Iiiy in -.Teat quantities upon- all portion* ,c of the parade (jit'if d. The npp.-acayie of j N both Major Anderson, li is officer*, and titer q menv-indicated the terrildo nature of the or ileal from which tliey had j«>t. ciner^eff. De !r privfed of sleep for ninny hour#, fat igued \v;t!i their labors ul the gun a, ntid prooti ute-d by ) <t their battle wiUi uu »1-jnieuL \\ h c!i raged be- L ,e yond ihei? control, they "looked worn, haggard. and' readi' to drop with »lM.-er rxl.auction.. ! ° When the tire was. at its greatest height Major B" Anderson staled thaf the onl v manner in which they could'breathe was by ing flat Upon the ground within the cuseUiutee, with their fuae* to the earth, while "lidded to tii>: danger was ' the occasional explosion of the piles of shells coilucted lor servicicc at different points wiihiu '° the fort. Ii i3 to lho fact that so few men o were-ih lh«* fi>rtificutior> that is to rife^ftict that «o few men were in .the fortification that. it. due tlie preservation uf l(fo. 31 »jt>i\ Anderson him- j Self slated that-, Uiid there lieen two hiiiid: g 1 more, uot leas than one hulf of them must have 1* licty*- killed, owing to the nliseliee of suflieient ,d rowj under the-eireomsUuircs. fur their pro As 'it wn»t-tlmir provisions would " have giveo'out in two days more, wJicn an un- [x.. eonditionaV surrender would have nocMsurily resulted, lie- also remarked that. yesterday J e wns on« pf tbY prupdcaL da a of Jiia life.'lor, while ltd bod endcnvered to do hia duty :i.» an_ ev officer, tie had. not t^kcn th&Hfj of a follow d; V«W. / , , | U, i&M : ^ /I>urtng tli» evening ft "boat iivf jvcn'ftl Morris' lalond, frQjn one o£ the Northern rebels in t^u ^ 2 offing; bearing a; lieutenant and a ling nf tru<>e .bii"object beinj^ to acfnri^e ^(rthe cvSquh- W tinu of the soldiers with their p»%|>erty£ 'He Is. al»o ossnrr.ed the commanding offiqj'ir at thai J point.General STmorjp.that libatilitfcs- would I . not take place during the liipht. The matter n' wa* referred .to General Benuregaid. Mean.6 ^lule/Major Anderson had himself addressed a ' ,y^ fetter to ihti latier oflieeV, requesting1 that the steamship Qptauiba ehouTd l>« at the wharf of "i kj, Fori Sumter at nfno o'cl >ek this (S'undayVinorn.. ing. She accordingly proceed to this destination,at the hoUivtlfcuignuLcd. .T-;-' . *IIB liATIiiT. 1 Abbui twenty niii'iuies past twelve o'clock . General Beaurggar.l left hea«frpiarteri, riritlpro- ' eeedud in the General Clinch to attfntl the .] '® evVJebatioo of lrort,Hyrater. He w-nn uccom- >- p«Uiiei.by Governor biastnfi'.uiii) lii.V .AWj," rffnong wKom'^e'fwoogftfieJ CTl. \VLj- j, Wl. jCoJ, OI>«inut, Col»Pryoe, Dhfl J aftd a few wlio were. jurifeodto ba pr^nM. \ i* knfdhg vtttom WeroJoJ^h Gl^V^r, 3uL~ .« Oh»'no«Hor Oitrt»!,S«#df oU»ep ptaml' W ^ v., / v v XH? EVA6VA«WOW oFroki' sfaimsE. < £ ''-State and Confederate.?lags Flri.iUng. " ~ Aiv;i> -H,.A<, F--'ittfunw"6T;vj$iJori concR'eljMiod te-Jnv ntcv^ry; i d h^ilnbVe jwirfnft-oi' 'tt£' wltarvfcaiifia lutbrir to j, T49 ab$>< * ;V ping It&iiiinord.and ir'g'(. . 1 XydoMon--sitSot-<.Vliii> fln^ -ttitfi trfty jtfuiiif?--' ,. * H« g^m;oa\wa /4aiel ifie»Mt:^ £i0W pork.** Jyhetraryitov ia transferred to the fleet outside. Tt,opmm*&Mt im&uffist m*Wim i I I B^BuPrjfk^n >|*i. -$-> CI'MMlXICATEl). 3 ,§' Dr- Samuel Marshall born on the lUlli April 17H7, in county yrcnc, Ireland. In 17'Jl his father, Suinucl all, with a wife, four sons and threo rtiigbU'rs emigrated to this State and settled in Cowberry Distiict, on Indian Creek.. Here ho nifcetl rf large family of eons and daughters ml ^ave them that morul and religious tminig which has sustained and elevated them in ft or life. If <3 died in hist) 1th year, and was ity-xed ut Gilder* Creek church, liis widow, 'ary Stenei dityl in her 02d year, and wan iinicd at Old Smyrna, in this District. This nauch of the Marshall family has bccom® cry numerous, and nro uow^Iving in the seven c».._ 1 1 -* uomuwiitiu anu au mincucu arc mey 10 ho rights and institutions of thtise Stftten, thnt hey liavc never cro6^cil tljp Ohio River, or ' Mason and Pi son's lino" to seek a horns. Tito subject of tliis obituary after leceiYlnjj lis elementary cluya'.inn at old Gilders Creek liurch, was ecut tq_ Mount Bethel Acndomy, vhieh was tli<:n under the direction of tbe Rev. i)r. llAnimond, the fa'lier of 3enntor Ilamn»n« Hero lie met with the Orons;lifiw<«.f!l»nn« J'Neals, Oald wells, Williams',mid Gists. ' After eceiritig his Academical education ut this ccloira School, lie went to Clint-lesion, in 1810 o study medicine under that distinguished ihysiciau, J)r. Wane i Waldo, who treated him i» a son, and lor whom as a uiark of esteem tud gratitude lie mimed one of his sons. Ho remained two ye;U's in Charleston, and rom thencc he reriioved to' Columbia, and ilicd his medical instruction under He. James )ims, who Was then the leading physician in ..'olun^ia. In lbl'2 his was liccnccd to praoice l>y a Hoard of 1'hysiciuny, appointed by lie Legislature, fov ^hai purpose, and. removed o UitJ l'ar-1'amed and rich District of Abbeville* ind settled in the White Halt neighborhood, [li-rc with a hoV»e afid ; ?.-">!) woilli' of iwediouie, lie ccihmc-.isid the world, :.nd in a few months lie established a reputation-ns an energetic aud jkillitl physician. I$y siriot attention to his profession his practice extended from Lou; C.'aac in Abbeville, to CuM'y Town. Creek in KdgoPicld. * The neighbors and friends of his parly*mnn;ood all gono. Tlic? (Sriffin'r, William Harris, Watson's,- John Lipscomb, lutnes l,attcr.*on...Mc<-iii;rn».s, Umji), tUc Childcs* .lie t'errin's, the Hcatsls, and (he tij^uUs, are 10 more ; the grave mark.-* their resting place, riiuir dcceudui.ts aretlio true representatives of Vnoble ancestry. In 1815 he Married V.lisa'^Ciohton Foster, second daughter of Cap'. John Foster, who tvtvs originally from Uichniond, Virginia, nud settled five miles below tho Court Mou^e, onLong Cane Creek. Soon after marrying lie permanently located on Ilard Labor Creek, aear Jtl1. Moriah church. The Hard Labor lands "WTsrc then in their virgin sisHe, and were regarded an lite finest cott -n lands in the Distric yielding from 601} Ju 1200 lbs.', pir ucre ; add to this the high price of cottou, from '20 to 10 centa. lis was in.iuced to abandon his pro1 fcssi'iu to his friend':*n<l successor Dr. J. 1*. Ilarrat, and turn his stiention to agriculture.- In farming »s in"iito»!icitie. hit* sound practical Ide-jdUgiiieni and indomitable energy soon ,<H'lin itiin a* one of thje mc£l successful planters in tlij.it section of tlie District. I liavo jftcn heard hiin*say in after life, although, living the laat thirty years.«f his life ou viliaCfa liuowri as the ""Chesn'ut Itidge," between Curl!a:l NilrJI Labor (Veeks, that he never bought a '.iuslwVof Coi n or a pauntfttf pork to sustain his plantations. Audit is within- tlio last few years of bis life that he gave up manufactu liia own negro cloth and shoes.the woolen cloth he has never given up. Those articl were all ruiuitifactur'od/ without the least inconvenience to hi:* planting interest. It. was then lie sfttS'l he ni?eu:i ultiic:!- money. Alihougli lie sold many crops of cotton nt from o to 8 ccnts-^.hut..said since he commenced relying upon the Yankees fcr his allocs and negro clotlif^ lie ha£ tulide hut slow progress. Ills motto in farming ' was to raise and manufacture t-very. thing for the support of the plantation-,' and let your <;clton money reprtseut the nett profit*," g ... :-l .. ' As render and tli:i.ker there wore ttm man1 ip 'the District who had treasured lip tfiofe knovletlcc, and hnDlIetlil more tirActiemll«/' in lib pursuits of life limn lis Hid.' A* *n urderit idmiror and supporter of-r(ho: principles of Jno. C. Calhoun, h« h«a g&waya sustained, the States Rights. doctvicp^.jja pet forth .by iltjifc 'Tidy "great man. lit ] 532 he was an ardent supp6ricr of Hip lipeti-iites of Miilliflchliun, tfeing then, wftli ot.o'of his rrlio was only sixteen yeHta of rtg«;H volunteer during that political v SOngglfci; In iS/Vy-bo-^Tvas a strong jupportor^of.. iho. doct rinos oil .secession, bo. Lte'vlyg tfct^u'1jitji.ould decide for he' Hlotlior. sbf* ClInriM lftnrrnr rn».i«i»» In that Union which wr<u it ©urartio Tr,-r, instead or Ixing a bk'fising.otlHojigTi tlic Slate then dc-«L Icrcd' to horVislLcr Stnreq n>> mftHbr of PtjfewjW "Sw(lA kt16"1jtffev~$f the (lay woftld Jome ffhifti ili»> grftii- doctrine Tfliieh tliis'State :oategdc$ for In '32 .#nd '&ii would, be yindlWet ^ r^fid^^ho nevs that South m ^Qihi^eccnibcr, sptfedcKl 'rdrn tho. United States', hoUjijuked JU« Qfld {fit !»c Ifad' lfrod to feu tfta grcftt act of scpniriiorr cimsiimumtc'd, .vid Iw ho^cd that it would bo VYr^Tipi'-VS'^V: -» ' .' iJrJo rvffeAdodifr develop the resouroes jiljStjiuil I^r^Y^oilU. ^aUjI^iOji ®* ttejigjon, Sflero waS npcnfarjm#* started in OioJJtshict StcutJrt^^P^w -<l«r goYul, fcut^ 1 iijJtkl nftlbrt V*hVf-tHV$5o* gk&'+oeAf* »W«c iT^oa^ir^ioiuiv. MMttoiJ* iBiubariifi^tt ^itnf ,^®» w^%: ; ftfeP:?w.ov§aio?c?.to Uio^rai^or*zy^ ?4 lochia fugnas. . $fc ;< * fttfhoSftrF W% 11 i -i jtlirf yitTTiii u roj^-1

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Page 1: Itye EKbe'biilc FORT SUMTER. gggg. - Library of Congress · 2017-12-17 · 130MJ*ARE>MENT OF FORT SUMTER. Atfihout3o'clock, onthe ofti>riio«1Ti of Thursday. Cioncrnl lieuuiVtnril

130MJ *ARE>MENTOF

FORT SUMTER.Atfihout 3 o'clock, on the ofti>riio«1Ti of Thursday.Cioncrnl lieuuiVtnril mad« n demiitid nil

Major Andernou fur the immediate rurrender ofFort Sumter, through hjs Aids, Col. J ninesCl^mutt, Jr. Cot. Chiwjpi .mid Cupt. I.ec. Mnjnr At)jJ»r5on rcnlied thlVaiich a course \vou!<1 boinconfifieht. vriUi ih« duty he w« required l>yhi«^J|»K«wn\ent.to perform. Xlio «i>mv*ar m«oomhiffBicnted by the General-in-Chief to Preei-ueni unwm. t

At about 0 o'clock,' General Deourccard receivci)n reply from President -D«vp, by whichbe was inbtructeil toJufornt Major Anilei>on thatif lie would evacuate the fori bo held wliou Itispresent supply of provisions wna exhausted fher*would be no appeal t<» arms. This propositionwas borne to Major Anderson by the Au!»,yhnbad delivered the first menage, and ba'rftlMaed'lo-aceept ths* condition. The G<iii«ral.in-0{>irfforthyWregavo tWPordor that tli« h*Ucrtfe)rffevopeued^Vbalfpast four o'clock on Friday morning;Major Anderson's reply tva* decisive oftlie momentous question, and General Beauregarddetermined to apply the last argument.The stout soldier had resolved to make a

desperate defence, and tho bloody trial <;fBtronj»th must lite cssayeJ., Tlie swotd must cutasunder the luvt tie that bound us to a people,whom, ill spile ol wrongs and injustice wantonlyinflicted through a long series of years, vrc hadnot yet utterly Stated and demised. The lnnt expiringspark of affection must he quenched inblood. Some of thewoat splendid' puges in cmrgVory history mrst be blurted. A blow must btstruck that would make the ears of every liepublicanfanatic tingle, and whose dreadful cffeatawill be felc by generations jet tocome. We must transmit a heritage of ranklineand undenying hale to our children.The crisis had arrived, and we were fullyprepared to meet it. The W£rk that awaited the

morrow was of a momentous churactcr, but wefind counted (he cost. and luul resolved lo doit or die in llie attempt.At the gray f>f tlio morning of Friday the

roar of cauiion broke upon the edf. The expectedsound was fcnnwercd thousand*. Thehouses weje>in a few minutes emptied of theirexcited occupant*, and tlio living stream pouredthrough all the streets leading lo theivlarves undbattery. ^At thirty minutes pnst four o'clock the conflictwaa opened bj- llie dinchft^gti of a shell from th«'howitzer balterry on Jamea' Inland, under thecommand of Capt. Geo. S. Joints, who followedthe riddled Palmetto banner oh the bloody batc.lli.r *»IIU lil'lUS OI iVIPMCO.The sending of tlio harmful messenger to MajorAnderson was followeti by a deafening explosion.which was cau^l by the blowing up of

a building tli'it stood in front of the battery.\Vbile the white siuoltn was mpliinc away intotlio air another shell, which Lieut. W. HamptonGibbes lias the honor of hnving fired, pursued itsnoiseless way toward the hostile fortification.Tliff/^ionoied mis'atve described its beautifulcurve tkjotigli "the bulmy oir, and falling withinthe hostile fortress, bcnttered its deadly contentsin all ^'tactions. Fort Moultrie then took upthe tale of death, and in a moment the gunsfrom the redondiablc <Jun Battery on Cumniings'Point, from Captain McCready'ts battery, fromCapt. Jas. Hamilton's fioniinjr buttery, the infilade "gallery, #nd other fortification spit forththeir wrath at the grim fortress rising to defiantlyout of the sea.Major Anderson received the shot and shell inrilence. But the deepening twilig'if. revealedthe Stars and Stripes floating proudly in thebreeze. The batteries continued hi regular intervalsto belch iron vengeance, and still no answerwas returned by the foe. About an hour

after the boomiug began, two bulls rushed hissingthrough the nir, and glanced harmless from thestuccoed brieks of Fort Moultrie. The embra-........ .»)> iivomc iyitrrn giive ion n no Boundagain (ill between six nnd seven o'clock, w'len,as if wrathful from enforced delAy, from ensemeritand pnrapettlie United Stales officer poureda storm of iron hull upon Fort Moultrie, Stern'sIron Battery nnd the Floating IJnltery..The broadside was returned with spirit by thegallant .gunners at the important posts. Theiring now began in good'earnestA boat bearing dispatches to Gen. Benurcgardfrotu Morrii' Island, rsuched the citj-'uboutnine o'clock, reported that nil the balletic* were

working admirably ; that no one wns injured^&u4 that the men were wild with enthusiasm.A short time after that happy u6w« wns re-ceurea, tus selioouer Petril, from Hog IslandChannel, .reported that (lie eliot from Stevens'Iron Balfilry 'hadv told upnn the walla of FortSjimler. * Ajul al^o that Fort Moultrie had sustainedno (Winage.About half.itn»i uine o'clock, Cnpt B. S.Parker reported fronf -Sullivan's Island to MountPleasant that everything was in fine conditional^PortrMoaltrift that the soldiers liad escapednuljwV :

,.The same dcfpactbfB alatud Uie embrasure* ofthe Floating TyUteey 1rer£undam«f«d by theihgck«r tbe'ehoC *>nd thoi^jb tbnt formidabUjstructure bad been struck eleven tiincA the ballsbad not etarted ap'aiugle bolt. Apdafwonbad

. concentrator bis fire upon the Floating Battery,\nd tbeDoliTgrwi'i Dattary, under command ofIrjeatenant UaniiTton. A numlur of abells haddi'onpad into Fort 8atnttfr, and one gun eubarbette bad beeu)diamountpd. / %The fpltewjnjfHBliecring tidings wow browglittajthe «ity by (101. Edmund Yatea, ActrngX.ioutemnt(o9oxier, of tlia Confederate States jffavy,from Fx)rt Jol\ri«or\,. Stevens' Battery- and tbeFlBatUrnSetleryjlijb doing important service-.Sf«veM*Bttlt<ry baa "made considerable progress*iubreacMrtg the SonUi on3 vreet walla of Fort ]-./Sumter. ~T4»e Nmttmeat wall.iQ sufftiring from'thej&eltjjiined- fii*of ,tbe Floating Battery,J%'fihe fold .

mada^it ImpowJble;4aiweTemainiQ^was^ fEIie Howitzer Buit«ryconI^fjjWwSfW.u^f*m$l<rBattery atiwiffMnrf^^i ' ? ra«jifc*d' With /Consummate

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10H .WYtpitfid ipittdHj, It i»-'tUoo(tht thatFortSumfot-+10fM htmiQkM$ fmyt*olioure..'Xhr<o itoam Ve'swTa .«f w*f Wttfl *«£<?' off tjv»tyir, -"one tlicm soppqiedtQ "be « >«Sbm& ^ j^V-A'A * '!Capt. R. 6. pKjkir je»Ah^4-th#cily from FortTHoultofe^jt raabf#tho'following rrppl^-.ifctJ^tJicef visited Fortlioaltri« ftrtd j ^iter'y. «e*r by. andfound *11 well and m.WgU ipfa-Ho. CH«-Ufb t»rtrI 4^»rt»r battery, fniu-

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ttift channel, kept up ft- steady <Tr« for' soni# itiu:e nt the dtuvn o( «iay." It^iT roport,frd; theythrow llieir »hutin}o th« IIitrrict Lone, nud thaithut steamer, having advanced us Inr us tile re-nowned Star'of the West Dattery, was crippledby a well aimed shot, after,which she deemed itprudent to give up ihe dangerous attempt, andturned her sharp how lo the sea.

Stevens' Iron B.Uterv plaved ft eonspicioUsaui iiii|K)rtant pail in the lirillinau^md, so farft-i our men nvj? concerned, Ijluuinosi conflict,which has placed lhe l2th of April, 1 MO I, amoiijjthe inemorahle days. The oalihre of iln guiip,its nearness to Fort Sumter, its pori'«»ct inipenetiability, the co ln<-ss mid fkil! of Its gallantgunners, made this* fort ill eat ion one of the mostlormidublo of Major Anderson'*, terrible opponents.Tlie offVct of its Dnlil^rccna ami C4pounders was distinctly visible ut an early slagoof .the conflict. Clouds of tnnrt»f nn.ldust nroFu from the soullnvciit wull of the fortas the el.ofc hi&aed ou their rrratid of death..*$hot aftec sliot told with terrible effect. on thestrong wall, and at about three o'clock, MajorAndercon ceased to returnAh& murderous fir«.In the conise of the ufiortioou tlio joyful lidiuiiathat, a brenoh bad been tffcc'lpd in that portionyPlln fortress were borno to the city.We daro not close this brief and hurried narrativeof the first engagement between the Unitedflutes Mid the. Confederate States, withoutreturning thanks to Almighty God Jor the greatsuccess that has thus fur crowned our arm*, andpreservation of our soldiers from casualty anddeath. In the fifteen hours of iuctssnnt filing,our enemy one ol thy pioet experienced and ski!.ful of artillerists, no injury lias been sustainedby a single one of our trullnnl s«.dJie.r^'1'ho result of the conflict s.trengtliciurand conjfirms our fuith iu ihe justness of the cause forwhose achievements we have suffered obloquy,

| and dared perils of vast magnitude. At theout sot of the struggle we invoked the sanctionand aid of that God whom we sorve, and ilisliMid has guided and defended ttS all throughthe momentous conflict. Ilia favor was mostsmuttily, we bad almost said miraculously, umii!iTested ou this eventful day. We call the roll oftllOHA P.llirHirod ill tlio Imlllfl- mwlJlitre to auswer'to liis name. No t"iiil>stune willllirow its ahadow upon that Wight triumphant(In}*. If 80 it seemeth guoil in the eyes of Miniin whose hands nro the imius of life, we ferventlypray that onr brave onus inny pass unharmedthrough the perilsoi i!io day now duwnin«.The Chnrlcston ilff/'cuVy cxira of Sunday hi

full reports fiom some of the batteries in theharbor of Charleston. Anxious 113 we arc tofurnish the fullest details, We must coudeiuc theaeinteresting reports.

Mounts' Island..Kveiylhintr being in readincsi,the thre« batteries of Moms' It-luinl bearimrupon Fort Slimier oju-iietPiiiiinediately. Itwas not yet daybreak, unit the.scene, which utthat momeul was novel, was picturesque as well.ri>« ,.f ik> .i.uti. r.

. w. .... ..... ».._}could be eU»ily trnced until they exploded in u

white cloud of smoke, followed by u dull detonation,over thu parapet of J'ort Sutnler. '1T»«eft'ect of the bolid shot wuhiiIeo perccpliliio withthe linked eye. At each discharge of the cunn,either the water adjacent to the Fort won!.!- hedashed up in great sheets of Kpray, or the densubrown cloud of cruinhliut; brick anrl tnortar\voul<! murk the spot upon the ramparts hit by(he balls- Menuw hilt) we could sue that thebatteries at other points in the harbor were as

actively employed as our own. Ever au<l nnon(he«liclls ilew out from the mortal* butterinn ntfort Johnson, "Sullivan's Inland, and MountWensnnt. Tlie Floating Ilnttery, 6tntion<»d inthe Cove, was quite hiddvu from our view by.the smoke from its own guns, bnt.it was notdifficult to soe the effective txfcntioii of ,its 42poundera upon the north pnrupet of tort Suutter.Quite a large portion of the Sullivan'sIsland shore whh also wrapped in the whitesmoke, but tills incessant flushing from the merlonsof Fort Moultrie assured us that lliplrywus hnminering away wiih chai*Mclerii>t:o vijfor.At firrt (lie Morris' Ivlaud batteries alternatedregularly with the others, but later thHWirra'ngeinentwas found embarrassing, aud ourbutteries fired at the discretion of the officerscommanding litem.

Tlie batteries which l>ore upon Fort Suintorfrom Morris Ulund arc three iu uumbei? mountingin all six guns and six mortars. The outermostof Lheso is the now fatuous Trapier Hattory,iu itself a monument of engineering sciencenud energy. It is composed of nius*ivebeams and sandbags, And contains at this timethree eight-inch mortars. When the work whsfirst built it also mounted some heavy euni;bill these hare beeu removed, thoir carriagesand closed embrasures remaining in 6how the

; position Which they occupied. The TraplerBattery was manned by the Marion Artillery,Captahl Xiug, «si»t$d,.i0\vnrd,jj the close of the

I bombardment, by the Sumter Guards, CaptainRuaarll. The former com:>imy labored iuces-aautly ut their pi#ca« from the opening of^ thebombardment until {Saturday Hioriiii.'f- Thoirfire wan skilful, .am] but Very ;few vt theirshells failed to explode citlier ia or over thefort. *

The next work, and nearer to the city than.the Trapier Battery, is the Stevens or IrouRittery.a novelty in mifitary engineering.planned by and oonstructed.uuder the eupervisiouof an efctimuble aon of thia Stale. The efficiency,of this unique fortification wo.* a matterof no tittle coneern to many previous to the action; but att'doahta were immediately dispelledby Major Anderson's test- ta I shall presentlyrelate. The Iron Jlattery contains three he'awColumbiad*. Ii is flunked by immense elopae ofsa'nij. b4gs,..'aiid ihrse are burrowed* very curiously,but eecurgty, With places'to retreat, whiclithe coldierd call "Mbboles," but which ore.inrealty very dry, capacious nod comfortablechamber*, cxcept, perhaps, (hat the ceilingAlight be a trifle higher._ And: here 1 may asWell s«v that *11 the fortifications huVe one orTMJM' thfrsa-TfttrWolea, "to be used *« 4 .uitogn(pjjfcfAhospital, or at quarters for Uits T^lttf-acCurdTK^^ocircumstance#.'.Pea/utg frrfiff tI>^i^h>Battery, we- ijjio0V*t(>:the PointBattery, a large work, containing'threeten inch mortars, two 42 pounders, aod the

newly prrivdD rifle cuinipn, presented' to theState by Char]ee-:1f^ Prtoleau, Esq., now in

Jtirsrpooj, andMantor partner-in the firm ofolut Frfcsofc-^ will, doubtless, bo a greatiatwfaction to tli^tgentiempn to-know that-faia

t|cn<ly gift Vii **e sej'vleeable to -our troopa.The gull'- has patent aide fights attached,- bjrVJH<n vrnwrpnuMMMmy o[ ranee»« obtiftusd,' and' «aob 'of iu eauical balls«ysheif through -fU iT^rk wita Ulliag ef.

I?o«h ]J>«w Jatt^iiainedimpprUntli^.an^jfciut BottgW, werp. hel<f by, thePatmMfo Guards, Crfpc.Cufhbbrt.f galfflntairpa, which for rimhlierc, nlet tries*. «fflaieucyagd uncxiimpled eoohioBS m action,.jjcu the reepretf9t*«iadmiration of -all who ^ijKSftn duiv,lug tiro fight.' I thiyk that 'rimeer* mustbe prcwd vfmoiHfotr, and!know thet Uimaofficer*!fcre not ^Unworthy;of:- their.. commond/lietw6 b»tt«-rifc« m-nneci by t!io Gunnlo w£re

th'd -^u^iijle,. Uttdjt q® A*-

Towards uoon flames burst out from veryquarter, nnd poured from tunny of llt« portlliel«>s. The destruction <»f tho fortress was in.e.vitublej men could not brentlm smoke andflame. Still hot shot and shell were poured intoit, and lite Soldiers were driven for refuge intothe casemates. These are spacious hoiitb proofarches,-with walla fifteen fcot thick, and all'ordadequate protection.The wind wtw blowing from the west, drivingtho smoke ueroHri the fort into the embrasures,

whero the gunner* were at work ; but at thetittle, as if seized with a new impulse, the guns«>f the f.>rt were again active, anil the shots camefrom it iu rapid succession. This lusted for puthapshalf an hour. Tho firing from withoutcontinued, and, if anything, was redoubled.

muoil andkiusoj*. «

Col. Louis T. Wig fall, an Aid of Gon. Beaurci;nrd,left Ctimraiiigk* Point in nn open -b»nt.witli l.iu handkerchief oil the end of hisswoidin lieu of h (log of truce. Tlie batteries, it istrue, partly censed firing.the iron one whollyI so; but Moultrie and the other butteries onthe left of the belengurcd farirm, not beingh1>Io to ascertain, what was going on, continuedto fire. WigfaH's position was, therefore,rather dangerous, but he still kept on, notwithstandingthe shot were falling thick aroundhint. He made dm way successfully, safelynnd un perceived to the 1«-Jge of rocks extend|ing about live feet froin the walls of the for;tress. Ho landed, and walked quickly* an<lalone up to it port hole, through which he...,l-./l i.t. l....,,l A ...l i:- II|u.i»vg mo liVTilMt X*. .V'iUIVI lli» OiiW Uilll UtJh*td."What <1<> you want?"

W'jgfall.. "Tosoe itie Commandant."And>rson appeared ai tlic fSoineut, ami naid,

"llero,Iam."Witrfnll."I see, Major^ tlint you have up a

white ll.ig, l)o you 6fffreiuler!" i

Anderson."Yrf, 1 have nj» n Hag of truce,butydu mill continue your-tir«."Wiyfall.And that they will continue to «l«i

so long as you keep up the United States flag." Anderaon.1 decline a parley.Wiyfall.That is no use. Wo will-bolp put

out j'our fire, but there must be lio delay ; wowill be content with nolhiug but unconditionalsurrender.Anderson.then I nm.-t surrender. I have

no other resource. My men will shortly aul'-locate. wo tire nil iu (tames.

! The bWkve commander of Sumter then agreedthat lie-would unconditionally surrender.subIject to the terms of (Jen. Beauregard, who. aswas said hy Col. Wigfall, "is a soldier and agentleman, nud knows how lo troat a brave| enemy."-When the parley, resulting so advantageousjly to us, had been terminated, the other limitcontaining the other Aids name up to tlie Kurt.All fil ing had in the meantime ceased. The ugre|moot to unconditional surrender was rcitamtedin the preeence of the new arrivals, audMessrs. Chesnut and Manning immediatelycame back to ihe city to bring j^io news, whenit was also positively stuted afterwards thutno one was killed on either side. It may eeeft)Btrnuge, but it is nevertheless true.

In conversing with those about him, Andersonwas free in expressions of regret at thenecessity which compelled the ^destruction ofpublio property.

Onbeing introduced to Major Stevens, of theIron Battery, Audereon complimented thatgentleman on the efficiency of his battery. lietusureU the Carolina officer thut his workcould be 110 belter done.

Anderson also expr«8ne<l some surprise nt theremarkable issue of so lengthy n bombardmentin the total absence of bloodshed. Truly, inthe remarkable words of President Lincoln,"nobody is.hurt" as yet. Major Anderson reiteratedthe assurance that the two explosionsin his fort on Saturday wero caused by the ignitionof loaded bombs, which could not b>! removedfrom the burning buildings. He alsoat.!../) Il.-f »!>« I-- Ml

fcMfc*W w»«0 4V»U IIUU UCCll Oil Ulf lllTCetimes on the first day, but thai he extinguishedit. lie expected someone then to coiria Otidhelp liiiD.put out the flamed, and said that itwas nothing more than usual in civilized warfare.He repeatedly; even when uumiestioned,lamented the destruction of the puolic proprerty.

After remuiiiing in the Fort some minutes,Maj. Anderson pot into the barge of Capt.CJilli?, of the U. 8. Navy, and rowed to thesteamer Isabel. The boat was manned byeight federal sailors, and curried in- her sternsheetsa small federal flag. During the disembarkationthe same flay was still waving overFort Sumter, where it had remained all nightOn board the Isabel, during the temporaryabsenco of Major Anderson,' Capt.^ Gillis said

he did not know whether Anderson would goround to New York in the Isabel or in the fleetThis he wonld determine when ho got outside.

Anrlnrsnn wrni niucli mnv».i1 nn U«!n» il>«

Fork. He expressed himself neither sorry norglad. He eaid lie had plenty of provision?,and his men attesicd tit# fuet, for they werathe best looking starvelings we have ever seenySoon after Anderson went oo board the /*<*bel a salute of fifty gun3 was fired jiV.Tjipidsuccession frogi the ramparts of Sumter, rin'd'Jn(ho midst.of the firing the federnl flag washauled down, in view of the thousand* of spectatorg. Aeaoon as MfP garrison Were ready IomleMtt, the Confederate tronpa landed fp>ni.»steaffior and tovk posee'ssion; We went;6Wand got into a boat'to witness the spectacle oftowering the flag. '

The lowering cf .the ring took place at aquarter past two ii'clook. The hc*4ting £f theConfederate flag did not take place iTtl an hourafterward* Every one vu.thrown intpyconsternationat the unloved accident occOrriug» o the evecualing forcoa. JF '

At nine o'clock Cbe troopa bad uotgonfout tose%||iCommander IJarUtoin. thin nnintl jiflii.np ni

this port, sent a messenger to MttjcJr Aqilerson,informing him thgt the Itabel was at his coin- ;incnrl. and waiting to tnko biro off.;to $tswYork if agreeable.jind that if ho wisli^l tojtfr id bad better inko advr.nta>re of tho tide.. IMajor A ndi-tcon. aar.pt <-d tllP ofTer^nd JirefcU"!thst his meo add tho baggage sWtild bo oonVftVflAfA lllA -I- '. -

v. Mi|r vrIIlull win uuv_siaein company with tue PowTiatan, Atlantic andHarrietX4*t- .

,3Vben ,w« ^enLinto Suqater through th^ portliolp. we fftund "tha Mnjcir^bTJjy ibstrjbirtinjj leVtors to theofBaerj.ioid "men of"bis force, llnppi^artd lo bq in p.erfeq|^|i«iUth. JJq w**VUsmiles, and chatted Injan ?a$V VeVli.' "Tbe menwero''hearty luolclng^uT ShaajfCut.: It theywera not in tran$poretneyv *ooit will'be. otidwhat matters Wcwjrcors. All (ho^oof MJowswaited whi«k«y, nm! many W«>a thp* IPIent Ke^UculMUuu# thaJ»' made to ascertain if any

PortAnd^dn.fioukl fi»re j,<ifI> '

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be^ikflt <iam

Outeido ytafflfyfcffiff^ blow, or attempting

H48otiilj?c<l '-^thousands upon lb<fc«horeii "n.d thesteamer*,and every speciesof ,water craft.'tthnouueedthat the authority nf the Into UnltodSi Hies ,up'>u tho Inbl foot ef Carolina's soil was

fiiiAlly withdrawn. * '" '' f*'It had been noticed, llmt al (lie firing of the

seventeenthgun, there was tho sound ns of tworeports, find tho impression was that two gunshad been fired together; but, as the party reembarkingwore on their way to Fort .Sumter, :

they were met by a boat, wliieh announcedtha'tone of the eauons had exploded, and madethe cut nest request that the boat would returnto Sullivan's Inland for a fire engine, from thenppreheupiou that tho magazine might be indanger. This obtained, the party again startedfor the lbrt, and made their entrance.

It were vain to attempt a detailed descrip-lion ol the scene. Every point and every objectit the interior .of the fort to which the eyeturned, except the outer walia and casemates,which are at ill st rong, bore the impressol tutu, it woru us if the (Jeuiug of Destrue- ! "

tion luid tnbkod its oticrgb h to muko (lid thingcomplete, brooded over by tlio desolation of jayes. It could scarce have been developed to |n more full maturity of ruin. The walla of !the internal structure, roofless, hare, blackenedand perforated by shut and shell, hung in f£ag*|inents. and aeemcd in instant readiness to totterdown. Near the ceutre of the parndegruundwas the hurried grove of one who hadfnlleii ftoio the recent ca3U«^i-y. To the left ofthe en I ranee was a man "vtib scented to be atthe verge of deuth. In the ruins to I he rightthere whs another. The* shattered flog st'ifT,pierced by four halls, lay sprawling on theground. The parade-ground was strewn withfragments of shell ami of tlie dilapidated buildings.At least fi.ur guns were dismounted onthe ramparts, and at every step the way wasimpeded by portions of the broken structure.And so it was that the authorities, compelledto yield t'.io fortress, had at least the satisfactionof leaving it in a condition calculated toinspire.the leust possible pleasure to its captors.

Otiif.u Inciukxts.Major. Anderson and hiscommand marched out to tfie tune of ' YankeeDoodle." They were dressed in full uniformand carried their arms. .Msjor Anderson look-'nil care worn and deeply despondent, produceduo doubt., among other circumstances, by thesad uccidciit which happcued whilst sulutiii"his flag.On the return from the fleet-, it was observedthat Cupt. Gillis closely examined thebutteries on both t-hores with his i»lass. nn<l

iliii<lu attempts to glean information Iroui personson board the steamer. In blun t, lie exhibiteda disposition to take ev«r3' advantageot° hid accidental entrance into the harbor.The Atlantic, standing furthered 'seaward,was yesterday m -ruing brought up willv.th'5other vessel#. Asshe contains the largest numherof the hostile troops, together with theflying artillery, it whs thought possible an attemptwould bo made to effect a landing lastnight, ou the supposition that our forces wouldbe less vigilant, in conscfjuenco of tlio surrenderof Fort Sumter. One hundred and fiftyhorses arc divided betweeu the Baltic and Atlantic.Tho funeral of the private named Howe,who was killed by the explosiou, wtts attendedliv n r^.^r.1 ,.r »l... tj.. 1_. .< " '"1

J .. */. Hie I uniiiuii Vjuaru, T *.:»pt.Cnthbert, and portions of Company B, Capt.Ilallotujuikt, and Capt.. Hamilton's company.Mr. llowe wua Lurried with the honors ofv'war.

.Fojt Sumter is now garrisoned by tho delachmcntof Company B,under Copt. Hallonqnidtyand a portion of the Pnlinetto Guard,(Jupt. Cutlrbert. '^'he command has been givento Col. Ripldy, who won'bright laurels at FortMoulirio in the recqnt engagement.The rockets thrown upon n't Stono on S'aturiday evening canned impccessary njarin m lhi»city. By order of Geu^fieauretfurd, two ofthe Aids of-Gdv. Pickens, willi a detachmentof volunteers, composed principally of Virginiansand Georgians her® on a visit, went ouboard tho Lndy bavis, to prpcc.ed lo WappooCut; but before they gotrjundar way. the °Y'der was countermanded, asitwAs diweoveredMrat there wan no causo for apprehension.'Th» ftnw'nf ll. I- o.» 1

J, .. ...V VVUIMUI-Iinc OIUU'9 HUM iII6Palmetto wore raised on Fort Sumter simultaneously,the former bj- Col. Jones, thief of Gen.Beauregard's St ft IF, aud Col. Ferguson. Theflag of the Confederate States w.-ts manufacturedin this city. It was the intention to have made

use«>f the flag that wus first hoisted op thecapitol at Montgomery, but unfortunately ithud been mislaid. The tiagstaffa were aboutfifteen feeLJ)igh, un,l were lushto,two of thebig guns (^Commodore "Hurl^tene.Four hundred and seven phots were fifed

from tue Flouting Buttery, and one iinndreitfrom the Dal.'grtn Baiti-ry. Roth al-e undertue command of Citpi. .T. Jl. Hurnilion.

Proclamation by. Abe Lincoln.Washington, April 14..By the. TrtsiritfU ofthe Unilifl .a I'rocl^maddn..Whereas

(ho laws of tho United Statea Twvve boeu forsome time past, and now Are, opposed, and theexecution thereof QhsUiicted, in the Stale* of,South Carolina, Georgia,. EloriJa, ^llmfssippi,.Louisiana, ahd%Texfts, by combinations ".'too'-jjjowcriui io do suppressed* by the ordinary icourse of judicial -proceeding^ or by The powersvested in -jiie marshals by law: Now,therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of

.the United States, iH rirtae of the power in roe [Vested by the Const ifjition aqd the Inwjj, have"thought fit.tp oalV forth, and.liercliy do callforth,.the. militia of the scvtfral States of tJioUnion, to the aggregate number of seventy-'flve rtousand'jjjfcii. in byder to suppress «4iJcombinationSrftQtHo^avse tho la^stafce dolyvcxeculed. -. ; «''

thi> rfnfnfto fn*'<1.u .lit t...... t/» M-iuw-wyu

communicatee! to the Stut* 'authorities by Ihe

#ir j>ep(rrtment. I >ppeal'to .all loyal citizensFutor, fa^JHlftte and did this effort to nlainWitLthe. honor/lhe integrity and existence of our;national Union, and the perpetuity of popalar"government, and to redreSa wrontfs-airoadylongenough' endured. I deem it proper to eay that-,tho first service aasigned'to (lie forces hereby ,

culled forth will probably* Vd to repossess theforts, places and propSwy which liuve b?en' iSeized from the -Union; and in 0>at event, J he yntoaos^:oare wilt bo obscrvaQ» consistently tfrittr*lieVobjects aforesaid, io avoid any devastationu 11 d destruction of, oi^iritorfcrenqo with, prop-e«ytor atiy dUturba«»e of pwaoffuleil izens fnany pan of the country. And- I hereby c6p»«inand the personff oenipcrtrtttg tho oOfcbragftidtufatorwuid dwpqrad and relire pioceably^ tothejr reapcotiye abodes within twenty days fro15

n&ira pM*ent8 in exuaordi^fffy o'ccwUu?I ddr *hereby, iryrirtueTof the pqWvrln in a-vested by. ,-tho CoDBtilQlion, couveno iioth Uoitees of Congress.,Spna»>8 an<* Rcpres^pt(iti?e.s:orQ thereforesumriioned'to aseeinbfe altlfelf respective 4ChamUtt^'ufctweKact'tJl^k, uoou,*a3>Uur*dayVtne fourth diiy of Joly next, then and to ^cun.«ider and determine ouch meoau&a jja- iifrtheir wfofk»tn tbsf.uMio ts&t? and .iri^rvllt'ttay,$eera to detbft'nd. - ^ 'i^thsi 'jLitf 8Id witness whereof I have. hfer6ttm<^*at'vtiy

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ABBEVILLE, gggg.W. A. LEE, EDITOR.' #

Friday Morning, April 1p, 1861,-L. * >*--'Tlio friends of CAPT. JKSSli? JAY

tnnouitc* li:m n» a CundUlal^ for MA-JOK o(lie Lower Battalion of the Eighth Regimen?. (J. M.

' AiidkvilU:, April 19.Cotton..Ycrj' little offering. Market quit

»n<l steady. ..Price* rnncjujr ff«"n 8A to 12o...

THE FLEET.It id bnlieved in Charleston that tlio Unite<

States Flout which has been lying off the Imat Charleston llarborhave left fur Neq; Yorkriic-y wore imt to lip sneu on Tuesday evening

THE EDITOR.While in Charleston a few «h»3"s ago we ha

the pleasure of seeing onr editor, Mr. I.mlie has nvurly recovered trom liis sickness. IIwent baek to the Island on Monday last. Wwere on Morris Islutid on Monday* night in thCamp of tlio Abbeville Cainjiany and takpleasure in reporting the members of the eon

pntiy in excellent heulib, except a few eases t

cold.

THK VOLUNTEERS.Two companies of Volunteers under con

iniiml t»f Captains W. W. 1'EitttYMAX and G. ^M.vttiaon left our l>rstriet for Charleston o

Wednesday laft. Two other companies lindecommand of Cnr>tuiiis 1'. H. Bradley an

Hestku left, on the morning followingThese companies were composed ol fine looling men, and thoy will no doubt, give a gunncoiint of themselves. Our best wished jx\with thorn.

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FORT BUMTER.We presume ore this, that the tidings of tli

surrender of Fort Sumter, in Chnvleston Hnibor, has reaehed thfl ears of all of our renderIn other column will be found somo of the paiticulars. Strange indeed il is that noun of on

men nor those of Major Anderson's coinmanwere killed during llie bombardment. Two <

Major Andkuson's gunners wero accidental!killed by the explosion of a bomb while fir intlic salute to his Fla^ previous to haulingdown. This.sad affair is much regretted by alThe remains of the gunner who was im-tnntlkilled was buried iu Fort Sumter, by order «

Gen. ueauni:a.\nn, with military honors. Mljor AjfDF.UfiON was eo much affected by tlimanifestation of kind regard that teaw f"fiom his eyes.

It is slated that Major Anderson consideithat his Government litis treated him tdiannfull}-." The fleet were' just over pio bar ifull view of 'all the proceedings *'rfnd quietlfloated on tho ofeenn w.ive wtiile Anderson w<ffred upon from every quarter. Asvkrsugave them signals of distress both Friday ^nnSaturday, but they did not attempt tu rendthim any Assistance.

xue run ia much anmngetl nn(J it will qosnil immense deal of money and labor to \»lftcit In as good condition ns it was previous fthe bombardment. None of our batl«ri«s nSVAIVod 0«V »r»nfol'»nl il

(Sfcitil 'dixpatch to the 8011th Carolinian)Gov. Ellis and the U. 8. Government.

Ralkiuji, April 1(5..Gov. Ellis* ivply iPresident Lincoln was tliut he has no men Imeet his requisition. 1

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Marylandwill Famish her Quota.Washington, April 10..Gov. ,IIii:ka has ii

formed the Secretary of War that Muryianwill reftpoud to the call for,her quota. , ^

Tijfi Confederates ST!TTES"V». NEW ENOWKI.Tile census set urns" duinonstroto iha< whilthe New England States hnsa inarixi>i>'1 1>iabout 13 per eent.. iu the leu years, »eo

de$ States hav« laci-eased 32 per ecnL, anthose boasted States, Now Yqxk au<l I'onpsyran in, 20 percent. *v> :r "

. «» »»»'?Mork Arms fob TUE-Soimii.The Crtcinna:

GatHte of Friday irtates that fho equipm^fi'for iin artillery company^' invading th*«pieces of-^raa# ordnance, were slipped o

Thursday from' thrf^port for the ConfederalStates. '~jpth ~

,s y-\ -iJThe Great Eastern is shortty to arrive-«Norfolk "witf* twalve Tftindted Gwcnahp, abuunJ for Mormon don.

THB BAttX? OF FOET SUMTER.UHABLWTOJf, April p. m..Lnflt, ni^lMnj. Anderson'waffaaked whether, in e«M tTi

Conl«dern(« Sutfe batu?ru»oj)ened opov -ve«*»)» designed for hi* reli*^ be- would rctonvDifire. )Lis answer wa»i not satisfactory, an

the batterins oprtucc) ^o¥ blm t'&SO". tl»i^"Oi-rtihg, (UldjiAVe iimiDtnine<l ft steady Hieverjinee.

Vtply tit! fi^loetyyrhoh* cpened"i\re, whtolr lias beeo an

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<&*&<***fWjWfW H$«d or woopdo':Thi^ron /slnd and^Joatiwg Butteries stanPf b^ye-ui

Irin <1rdvol«ti'^lirnthidbeon

FOET ^TJl{TER QVTBV VP !!NOBODY HU&T O&OTJILSIDEl !.!:&ClIAUI.KSToN, Aj>r|l l^luliiight.AIJ lum

night ttiti.nioiHar JUali<ei-r«it continued thuoviifg^ jT' shells into Fort Sumter, nnd this morning Ul<i; vSgnn batteries re-opened lirci to which Auder- dson replied vigorously at 7 o'clock. At 8 a. in. S

; urnoko was seen issuing from tin: parapet roof rof ^uuiter. Barracks set ou lire Ijv liot sliof a

g or shell. j iiUuring the fire three explossions of corffiJus ,-j

j. tiblcs occurred in the fort. J |j^ About 1 o'clock, lliu United States flng-fltr.fr J

\t,in shot nwnv. Wigfnll approached from t,- Morris' Island with a white llag, entered and t,

iiliit.x.1 I... A. 1 ..r i>.i»t-_ii..w " iixi *»» liv^urugiiru, l*linv BetJWg \t | hi* distress ho claimed, in the name of his (I ( hief, a surrender. In reply to tile* iftqti lrj\ :

wlint terms would bo granted ? lie stated tTmt | t

j Lieauregurd was a Soldier and u ge'itUaian, and jknow how to treat a gallant enemy, «,.it An-derson could not make liis own terms, and jmust leave details to Beauregard. Anderson c'* agreed to surrender lo Beauregard in the nnme ,of the Confederate States, and Imuled down <

the Hag which he had agaii^ifted aeeompani- j xed by a while ling. The liationes then ceased ^c | firing, and Wigfall reported to licaur* gnrd. J re Tlic following are the tertns of capitulation: ^e All proppr facilities will ho afforded for the ',

e removal of Anderson and his cTimiiland, with ^i- j their cojnpnny arms, company property nud>f piivute property. The llag which ho has up- aheld so long, under thu most trying circumstances,may bo saluted by him on hauling it

1down.

j Major Anderson will be allowed to ftxth«..,|hour of hi* sumnidor on^uudny. lie prefersgoilvg from l'ort-Suiutcr'lo the licet now lying

j oil" the bar.A de-tnchuieent of tlio regular army from

1' Sullivan's IMnnd will bo transferred to Fortj Sumter.

No one ha? been "killed or wo\iudcd o;> our i ,

. !A few of the garrison of Fort Sumter wereslightly wounded.

-.- . *>.0LATEST FROM CHABLESTOZT.

Capture,of Fort Sumter* f!iiAiti.Eirox, .April 11..Our dinpalolies ofr- Saturday nveiiini;, relative to this ereat" event, jir ! were based upon positive statements niudu to

, | the proprietor in Charleston. But t!i<y were 1| incorrect. as Will bo suen eU>>wh«r» in

:>' to tho killed uu.l wounded.. Our dispatcl tfs ! ty this morning are pnrticulurJj* full and interest-. iijg. We give, besides, from the Mercury extra ]of }*cslcrd««y afternoon tho following accountreceived by telegraph of the acene ut fort t' ter.y Without, tlic walls have the appearance, at,f a dutfturc, of having leort covered with an ini- !

\£:mtnse number of brick poultice.-', spattered in 1

*"*,every direction. This is the shattering, cil'ectis of the shot. Within, the entire fort wore an11 nspect as ii the liand of the destroying nngelhad swept ruthle.«*ly b£, and left not a Koiftnryobject to relieve the general desolation. Thera blackened walls of the officers' and s^dlera' ]3 quarters w«re j'et Ktnoking. Aahcs and ejuberdfi ruet the eye at every turn, while the shot and '

anew winon linn uoen raineil Upon the strong-J hoi.) Iiiy in -.Teat quantities upon- all portion*,c of the parade (jit'if d. The npp.-acayie of jN both Major Anderson, li is officer*, and titerq menv-indicated the terrildo nature of the or

ileal from which tliey had j«>t. ciner^eff. De!r privfed of sleep for ninny hour#, fat igued \v;t!itheir labors ul the gun a, ntid prooti ute-d by )<t their battle wiUi uu »1-jnieuL \\ h c!i raged be- L

,e yond ihei? control, they "looked worn, haggard.and' readi' to drop with »lM.-er rxl.auction.. !° When the tire was. at its greatest height MajorB" Anderson staled thaf the onl v manner in whichthey could'breathe was by ing flat Upon theground within the cuseUiutee, with their fuae*to the earth, while "lidded to tii>: danger was

' the occasional explosion of the piles of shellscoilucted lor servicicc at different points wiihiu'° the fort. Ii i3 to lho fact that so few men

o were-ih lh«* fi>rtificutior> that is to rife^ftict that«o few men were in .the fortification that. it. duetlie preservation uf l(fo. 31 »jt>i\ Anderson him- jSelf slated that-, Uiid there lieen two hiiiid: g 1more, uot leas than one hulf of them must have1* licty*- killed, owing to the nliseliee of suflieient,d rowj under the-eireomsUuircs. fur their proAs 'it wn»t-tlmir provisions would" have giveo'out in two days more, wJicn an un-

[x.. eonditionaV surrender would have nocMsurilyresulted, lie- also remarked that. yesterday Jewns on« pf tbY prupdcaL da a ofJiia life.'lor,while ltd bod endcnvered to do hia duty :i.» an_

ev officer, tie had. not t^kcn th&Hfj of a followd; V«W. / , , | U, i&M :

^ /I>urtng tli» evening ft "boat iivfjvcn'ftl Morris'lalond, frQjn one o£ the Northern rebels in t^u ^2 offing; bearing a; lieutenant and a ling nf tru<>e.bii"object beinj^ to acfnri^e ^(rthe cvSquh-W tinu of the soldiers with their p»%|>erty£ 'He

Is. al»o ossnrr.ed the commanding offiqj'ir at thai Jpoint.General STmorjp.that libatilitfcs- would I. not take place during the liipht. The mattern' wa* referred .to General Benuregaid. Mean.6^lule/Major Anderson had himself addressed a '

,y^ fetter to ihti latier oflieeV, requesting1 that thesteamship Qptauiba ehouTd l>« at the wharf of "i

kj, Fori Sumter at nfno o'cl >ek this (S'undayVinorn..ing. She accordingly proceed to this destination,atthe hoUivtlfcuignuLcd..T-;-' . *IIB liATIiiT. 1Abbui twenty niii'iuies past twelve o'clock

. General Beaurggar.l left hea«frpiarteri, riritlpro-' eeedud in the General Clinch to attfntl the .]'® evVJebatioo of lrort,Hyrater. He w-nn uccom->- p«Uiiei.by Governor biastnfi'.uiii) lii.V.AWj," rffnong wKom'^e'fwoogftfieJ CTl. \VLj-j, Wl. jCoJ, OI>«inut, Col»Pryoe, Dhfl Jaftd a few wlio were. jurifeodto ba pr^nM. \i* knfdhg vtttom WeroJoJ^h Gl^V^r,3uL~ .«

Oh»'no«Hor Oitrt»!,S«#df oU»ep ptaml'W v., / v

v XH? EVA6VA«WOW oFroki' sfaimsE. <£ ''-State and Confederate.?lags Flri.iUng. " ~

Aiv;i> -H,.A<,F--'ittfunw"6T;vj$iJori concR'eljMiod te-Jnv ntcv^ry; id h^ilnbVe jwirfnft-oi' 'tt£' wltarvfcaiifia lutbrir to

j, T49 ab$>< *;V ping It&iiiinord.and ir'g'(. . 1XydoMon--sitSot-<.Vliii> fln^ -ttitfi trfty jtfuiiif?--' ,.* H« g^m;oa\wa /4aiel ifie»Mt:^ £i0W pork.**Jyhetraryitov ia transferred to the fleet outside.Tt,opmm*&Mt im&uffist m*Wim i

I IB^BuPrjfk^n >|*i.

-$-> CI'MMlXICATEl).3,§' Dr- Samuel Marshall

born on the lUlli April 17H7, in countyyrcnc, Ireland. In 17'Jl his father, Suinucl

all, with a wife, four sons and threortiigbU'rs emigrated to this State and settled inCowberry Distiict, on Indian Creek.. Here honifcetl rf large family of eons and daughtersml ^ave them that morul and religious tminigwhich has sustained and elevated them inft or life. If <3 died in hist) 1th year, and wasity-xed ut Gilder* Creek church, liis widow,'ary Stenei dityl in her 02d year, and waniinicd at Old Smyrna, in this District. Thisnauch of the Marshall family has bccom®cry numerous, and nro uow^Iving in the seven

c».._ 1 1 -*uomuwiitiu anu au mincucu arc mey 10ho rights and institutions of thtise Stftten, thnthey liavc never cro6^cil tljp Ohio River, or' Mason and Pi son's lino" to seek a horns.Tito subject of tliis obituary after leceiYlnjj

lis elementary cluya'.inn at old Gilders Creekliurch, was ecut tq_ Mount Bethel Acndomy,vhieh was tli<:n under the direction of tbe Rev.i)r. llAnimond, the fa'lier of 3enntor Ilamn»n«.Hero lie met with the Orons;lifiw<«.f!l»nn«J'Neals, Oald wells, Williams',mid Gists. ' Aftereceiritig his Academical education ut this ccloiratedSchool, lie went to Clint-lesion, in 1810o study medicine under that distinguishedihysiciau, J)r. Wane i Waldo, who treated himi» a son, and lor whom as a uiark of esteemtud gratitude lie mimed one of his sons.

Ho remained two ye;U's in Charleston, androm thencc he reriioved to' Columbia, andilicd his medical instruction under He. James)ims, who Was then the leading physician in..'olun^ia. In lbl'2 his was liccnccd to praoicel>y a Hoard of 1'hysiciuny, appointed bylie Legislature, fov ^hai purpose, and. removedo UitJ l'ar-1'amed and rich District of Abbeville*ind settled in the White Halt neighborhood,[li-rc with a hoV»e afid ; ?.-">!) woilli' of iwediouie,lie ccihmc-.isid the world, :.nd in a few monthslie established a reputation-ns an energetic audjkillitl physician. I$y siriot attention to hisprofession his practice extended from Lou;C.'aac in Abbeville, to CuM'y Town. Creek inKdgoPicld. *

The neighbors and friends of his parly*mnn;ood'areall gono. Tlic? (Sriffin'r, William Harris,Watson's,- John Lipscomb,lutnes l,attcr.*on...Mc<-iii;rn».s, Umji), tUc Childcs*.lie t'errin's, the Hcatsls, and (he tij^uUs, are10 more ; the grave mark.-* their resting place,riiuir dcceudui.ts aretlio true representatives ofVnoble ancestry.

In 1815 he Married V.lisa'^Ciohton Foster,second daughter of Cap'. John Foster, whotvtvs originally from Uichniond, Virginia, nudsettled five miles below tho Court Mou^e, onLongCane Creek. Soon after marrying liepermanently located on Ilard Labor Creek,aear Jtl1. Moriah church. The Hard Laborlands "WTsrc then in their virgin sisHe, and were

regarded an lite finest cott -n lands in the District,yielding from 601} Ju 1200 lbs.', pir ucre ;add to this the high price of cottou, from '20 to10 centa. lis was in.iuced to abandon his pro1fcssi'iu to his friend':*n<l successor Dr. J. 1*.Ilarrat, and turn his stiention to agriculture.-In farming »s in"iito»!icitie. hit* sound practicalIde-jdUgiiieni and indomitable energy soon ,<H'linguislieditiin a* one of thje mc£l successfulplanters in tlij.it section of tlie District. I liavojftcn heard hiin*say in after life, although, livingthe laat thirty years.«f his life ou viliaCfaliuowri as the ""Chesn'ut Itidge," between Curl!a:l;andNilrJI Labor (Veeks, that he never

bought a '.iuslwVof Coi n or a pauntfttf pork tosustain his plantations. Audit is within- tliolast few years of bis life that he gave up manufacturingliia own negro cloth and shoes.thewoolen cloth he has never given up. Those articleswere all ruiuitifactur'od/ without the leastinconvenience to hi:* planting interest. It. wasthen lie sfttS'l he ni?eu:i ultiic:!- money.Alihouglilie sold many crops of cotton nt from o to 8ccnts-^.hut..said since he commenced relyingupon the Yankees fcr his allocs and negro clotlif^lie ha£ tulide hut slow progress. Ills motto infarming ' was to raise and manufacture t-very.thing for the support of the plantation-,' and letyour <;clton money reprtseut the nett profit*,",'g... :-l ..

'

As render and tli:i.ker there wore ttm man1ip 'the District who had treasured lip tfiofeknovletlcc, and hnDlIetlil more tirActiemll«/' inlib pursuits of life limn lis Hid.' A* *n urderitidmiror and supporter of-r(ho: principles ofJno. C. Calhoun, h« h«a g&waya sustained, theStates Rights. doctvicp^.jja pet forth .by iltjifc'Tidy "great man. lit ] 532 he was an ardentsupp6ricr of Hip lipeti-iites of Miilliflchliun, tfeingthen, wftli ot.o'of his rrlio was onlysixteen yeHta of rtg«;H volunteer during thatpolitical v SOngglfci; In iS/Vy-bo-^Tvas a strongjupportor^of.. iho. doct rinos oil .secession, bo.Lte'vlyg tfct^u'1jitji.ould decideforhe' Hlotlior. sbf* ClInriM lftnrrnr rn».i«i»» In

that Union which wr<u it ©urartio Tr,-r, instead orIxing a bk'fising.otlHojigTi tlic Slate then dc-«LIcrcd' to horVislLcr Stnreq n>> mftHbr of PtjfewjWy;"Sw(lA kt16"1jtffev~$f the (lay woftldJome ffhifti ili»> grftii- doctrine Tfliieh tliis'State:oategdc$ for In '32 .#nd '&ii would, be yindlWett.^ r^fid^^ho nevs that South

m ^Qihi^eccnibcr, sptfedcKl'rdrn tho. United States', hoUjijuked JU« Qfld{fit !»c Ifad' lfrod to feu tfta grcftt act of scpniriiorrcimsiimumtc'd, .vid Iw ho^cd that it would boVYr^Tipi'-VS'^V: -» ' .' iJrJo

rvffeAdodifr develop the resouroes

jiljStjiuil I^r^Y^oilU. ^aUjI^iOji ®* ttejigjon,Sflero waS npcnfarjm#* started in OioJJtshictStcutJrt^^P^w -<l«r goYul, fcut^ 1iijJtklnftlbrtV*hVf-tHV$5o* gk&'+oeAf*»W«c iT^oa^ir^ioiuiv. MMttoiJ*iBiubariifi^tt ^itnf ,^®» w^%: ;ftfeP:?w.ov§aio?c?.to Uio^rai^or*zy^?4 lochia fugnas. . $fc ;< *

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BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR Mrs. Williamson. Fort Sumter- Fort Sumter- South Carolina fort on Charlestown Harbor, originally Union fort until April 1861

BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR Mrs. Williamson. Fort Sumter- Fort Sumter- South Carolina fort on Charlestown Harbor, originally Union fort until April 1861

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