The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-29 00:00:00

fer would have been stormed to-night. The men '
are crazy for a fight.
" The bells have been chiming all day, guns firing,
ladies waving handkerchiefs, people cheering, and
citizens making themselves generally demonstrative.
It is regarded as the greatest day in the history of
South Carolina."
" Charleston, April 14.
" The last act in the drama of Fort Sumter has
been concluded. Major Anderson has evacuated,
and, with his command, departed by the steamer
Isabel from the harbour. He saluted his flag, and
the company then forming on the parade ground
marched out upon the wharf, with drum and fife
playing' Yankee Doodle.'
" During the salute a pile of cartridges burst in
one of the casemates, killing two men and wound-
ing four others. One was buried in the fort with
military honours; the other will he buried by the
soldiers of South Carolina,
" The wounded men were brought to the city,
where they are receiving the best surgical atten-
tion. The others went in the steamer.
" It is not definitely known whether Major Ander-
son will go to New York in the Isabel or in a man-
of-war ; but it is supposed the former, as he is said
to 'be highly incensed against the United States
officers for not coming to his assistance during the
fire, in response to frequent signals of distress.
The Isabel was furnished him at his own request.
" The people are equally indignant here, and say
it is the most cowardly act ever perpetrated. They
might have even made the attempt to aid him.
"In contrast with this, an old slave passed through
the hottest fire, with a sloop load of wood, on Friday
evening, and came safely to the city. Somebody
told him he would be killed in the attempt. ' Cant
help dat,' said he, ' must go to de town to-night. If
anybody hurt dis chile or dis boat, massa see him
about it, shuah.' His sloop received four shots.
" It is reported here that Major Anderson sent in
his resignation, to take effect on the inauguration
of the Lincoln Government, but no notice was taken
of it.
"The news received from Washington to-night
states that Major Anderson strongly expected trea-
chery. The idea is preposterous.
" The fort is burfit into a mere shell, not a particle
of woodwork can be found. The guns on one side of
the parapet are entirely dismounted, others split,
while the gun carriages are knocked into splinters.
"Major Anderson says the accuracy of the firing
surprised him, and if he had had 200 more men one
half would have been killed for want of suitable
protection.
" When Col. Chesnut, aid of Gen. Beauregard,
went to offer assistance, after the fire, he says the.
fort was like an oven, and he could hardly breathe.
It was so hot that Major Anderson received him in
one of the casemates. Inquiry being made how many
were killed, he said, None. How many on your
side ?" None,' was the response. Thank God,' re-
plied Major Anderson, ' there has been a higher
Power over us.'

" Major Anderson says it is preposterous to fight
such a people. One of the officers in the fort re-
marked that they endeavoured not to fire on exposed
individuals. Yes,' said Major Anderson, ' I gave
orders not to sight men, but to silence batteries.'
" Both men and officers were begrimed with
smoke and powder.
" The batteries which have done the most mis-
chief are the Dahlgren battery, Stevens's battery,
and the rifle cannon.

" The fort was set on fire three times with hot
shot on Friday, but was extinguished. On Satur-
day it was again in flames and then beyond con-
trol. After the flee ceased the Surgeon-General of
the State troops went down and offered his per-
sonal services to aid the wounded.

As regards harbour defence the fort is just as
good as ever. The casemates are perfect, the guns
there in prime condition, and bear on both sides.
" Major Anderson was obliged to throw overboard
a large quantity of powder to prevent explosion,
and it was floating around the fort to-day.
" One of the aids carried brandy to Major An-
derson in a boat after the fire, and the latter said
it was very acceptable, as the men were completely
exhausted by their labours. I mention this to show
the kind and chivalrous relations between the
officers.

" Before going into action Major Anderson sent
word by an aid of General Beauregard to the Go-
vernor, thanking him for kind attentions during
the past two months, and very Polemnly said
' Farewell, gentlemen. If we do not meet again
here, I hope we shall meet in a better world.'

" Just before the demand for the evacuation he
received a letter from his wife, informing him of
the Herald reports that the demand would be made.
He was much surprised ; but more so when the fact
was verified three minutes afterwards,

" The fort has been garrisoned by the Palmetto
Guards, and put under command of Lieut.-Colonel
Ripley, who commanded Fort Moultrie after the
departure of Major Anderson.
" The Major's feelings were spared in every re-
spect, and no person, except authorised aids, allowed
inside. The harbour is full of boats around the
fort. But no parties without business are permitted
to land.

" Special despatches to-night state that Mr.
Lincoln has called for 75,000 volunteers. The people
think there is a great deal of bluff about it.
"The city is resuming its usual quiet. Every-
body is exchanging congratulations over the suc-
cessful termination of the fight ; but the soldiers are
itching for a hand-to-hand brush.

" The Confederate flag and the Palmetto flag were
hoisted on separate spars simultaneously.
" It is believed that a blockade has been finally
established.

" LATER.

" The fire has broken out afresh in the ruins of
the fort. Two engines have gone down to operate,
and, if necessary, flood the magazine.

" ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

" Charleston, April 13.
" Hostilities have for the present ceased, and the
victory belongs to South Carolina. With the dis-
play of the flag of truce on the ramparts of Sumter
at half-past one o'clock the firing ceased, and an
unconditional surrender was made.
" The Carolinians had no idea that the fight was
at an end so soon.
" After the flagstaff of Anderson was shot away
Colonel Wigfall, aid to General Beauregard, at his
commander's request, went to Sumter with a white
flag to offer assistance in extinguishing the Rames.
He approached the burning fortress from Morris
Island, and while the firing was raging on all sides
effected a landing at Sumter. Tie approached a
porthole and was met by Major Anderson.
" The commandant of Fort Sumter said he had
just displayed a white flag, but the firing from the
Carolina batteries was kept up nevertheless.
" Colonel Wigfall replied that Major Anderson
must haul down the American flag ; that no parley
would be granted. Surrender or fight was the word.
" Major Anderson then hauled down his flag and
displayed only that of truce.
" All firing instantly ceased, and two other of
General Beauregard's staff —ex 'Senator Chesnut
and ex-Governor Manning—came over in a boat
and stipulated with the Major that his surrender
should be unconditional for the present, subject to
the terms of General Beauregard.
"Major Anderson was allowed to remain with
his men in actual possession of the fort, while
Messrs. Chesnut and Manning came over to the
city, accompanied with a member of the Palmetto
Guard, bearing the colours of his company. These
were met at the pier by hundreds of citizens, and
as they marched up the street to the General's
quarters the crowd was swelled to thousands.
Shouts rent the air, and the wildest joy was mani-
fested on account of the welcome tidings.
After the surrender a boat with an officer and
10 ment was sent from one of the four ships in the
offing to Gen. Simons, commandinr, on Morris
Island, with a request that a merchant' ship or one
of the vessels of the United States be allowed to
enter and take off the commander and garrison at
Fort Sumter.
" General Simons replied that if no hostilities
were attempted during the night, and no effort was
made to reinforce or retake Fort Sumter, he would
give an answer at 9 o'clock on Sunday morning.
" The officer signified that he was satisfied with
this, and returned. This correspondent accompanied
the officers of Gen. Beauregard's staff on a visit to
Port Sumter. None but the officers were allowed
to land, however. They went down in a steamer
and carried three fire engines for the purpose of
putting out the flames. The fire, however, had been
previously extinguished by the exertions of Major
Anderson and his men.

" The visitors reported that Major Anderson sur-
rendered because his quartersilaud: barracks were
destroyed, and he had no hope of reinforcements.
The fleet lay idly by during the 30 hours of the
bombardment, and either could not or would not
help him ; besides, his men were prostrate from
over exertion.
" There were but five of them hurt, 'four badly.
and one, it is thought, anortally, but the rest were
worn out.

"The explosions that were heard and seen from
the city in the morning were caused by the burst-
ing of loaded shells. These were ignited by the
fire, and could not be removed quickly enough.
The fire in the barracks was caused by the quan-
tities of hot shot poured in from Fort Moultrie.
Within Fort Sumter everything but the casemates
is an utter ruin. The whole thing looks like a
blackened mass of ruins. Many of the guns are
dismounted. The side opposite the iron battery of
Cummings 'Point is the hardest dealt with. The
rifled cannon from this place played great havoc
with Fort iSutater. The wall looks like a honey-
c9oAb• Notbr the top is a, breach as big as a cart.

The side opposite Fort Moultrie is honeycombed
extensively, as is that opposite the floating battery.
" Fort Moultrie is badly damaged. The officers'
quarters and barracks are torn to pieces. The
frame houses on the island are riddled with shot in
many instances, and whole sides of houses are torn
out.

" The fire in Fort Sumter was put out and re-
caught three times during the day.
"Dr. Crawford, Major Anderson's surgeon, is
slightly wounded in the face. None of the Caro-
linians are injured.
" Major Anderson and all his men are yet in
Fort Sumter. I approached near enough to the
wall to see him bid adieu. In addition to this,
conversations were had which have been repeated
to me,

"A boat was sent from the fort to-night to
officially notify fleet at the bar that Major Ander-
son had surrendered.
" It is not known when the Carolinians will oc-
cupy Fort Sumter, or what is to be done with the
vanquished.
" Every one is satisfied with the victory, and
happy that no blood was shed.
" In the city, after the surrender, bells were rung
and cannon fired.

" April 14.
" The steamer Isabel is now steaming up, and
will take General Beauregard to Sumter, which will
be turned over by Major Anderson to the Confe-
derate States. Major Anderson and his command,
it is reported, will proceed to Now York in the
Isabel.

" P.M.

" Major Anderson and his men leave to-night in
the steamer Isabel, at 11 o'clock, for New York.
" It was a thrilling scene when Major Anderson
and his men took their formal leave of Fort Sumter."

Under tha heading, " Nobody killed at Charles-
ton," the New York Herald has the following re-
marks on a circumstance that has excited the atten-
tion of most persons in this country since the re-
ceipt of the intelligence, as it seems to have done
also on the other side of the Atlantic :
A great deal of surprise is manifested in all quarters at
the fact that no one was killed on either side during 30
hours' bombardment of Fort Sumter, and the surprise is all
the greater because it is alleged that the firing from all the
batteries was excellent from the beginning to the end of
the conflict. The guns on Fort Sumter were splendidly
fought by Anderson's men, and yet it does not appear
that any of the Confederate troops were killed, and only
a few were wounded. But this can only be accounted
for by the superior skill and science with which
the batteries were constructed by the accomplished
officers of engineers who erected them. The defences
at FortMoultrie, Cummings Point, Morris Island, and the
iron battery were constructed with the intention that the
artillerists should not be killed at their gnus, and it appears
that they accomplished this purpose. The experience
acquired in modern warfare, especially in the Crimea, has
rendered the effective working of batteries comparatively
safe, by the substitution of earthworks, sandbags, and iron
for the stone stockade and other defences formerly adopted.
It is therefore to science that we must attribute the
bloodless character of this terrific bombardment, and not
to want of skill in the use of the guns. The impregnabi-
lity of the defences round Charleston herb ur only shows
what protection such class of batteries could afford in case
of an invasion by a foreign power, so that, if no other good
has come of the assault on Fort Sumter, it has at least given
us a practical lesson in the efficiency of coast defences. The
fact that no life was lost in the 30 hours' heavy firing at
Charleston, however, need hardly excite much astonish-
ment, when wo remember the results of the battle of New
Orleans, when, notwithstanding the terrible slaughter of
the British troops, who were exposed to the fire of Jack-
son's men, ensconced behind their cotton bale defences—a
slaughter in which the English General Pakenham was
included—only seven men were killed on the American
aide, although they were opposed by skilled troops who had
learnt experience in the wars against Napoleon.

A return has just been published of the revenue
and expense of collection in Southern ports for the
year ending June 30, 1860, as follows:

Duties Expenses of
Collected. Collecting.
Dols. Dols.
Charleston, South Carolina 367,397 70,542
Savannah, Georgia
Mobile, Alabama . 145,778 43,254
Vicksburgh, Mississippi
Fernandina, Florida 50,066 2,409
Pensacola, Florida .. 26,255 2,858
New Orleans, Louisiana ...
Galveston, Texaa, 100,204 28,675
Brazos Santiago
Paso del North

Total 3,491,7.57 530,566
_ _ _

At Washington the Administration were making

active preparations for the defence of the capital.
The six steam sloops of war authorised by the last
Congress were to be put under contract without
delay. A despatch of the 14th says :
The answer of the President to the Virginia Commis-
sioners indicates the course of the Lincoln Government.
There is no longer any doubt that the most active war mea-
sures will at once be taken to repossess all the Government
property at the South. Congress will be at once convened,
men and supplies asked for, and the whole power of the Go-
vernment will be exerted to its utmost capacity to maintain
its nationality and integrity. No means will be left untried
to inaugurate a war policy of the most gigantic proportions.
In spite of the Sabbath, thick crowds gathered to-day at
the street corners, and in front of the several hotels, and
kept up a continued and excited discussion of the events in
Charleston harbour.
About noon it became generally known that the Presi-
dent had a proclamation ready for promulgation, calling a
special Session of Congress, and making a requisition upon
the several States for 75,000 men. The feeling of oppres-
sedness under which the Unionists laboured ever since
Friday disappeared at once. Faces lighted up, and loud
expressions of gratification were heard in every direction.
The Attorney-General has decided that the President has
authority, under existing circumstances, to call upon the
States for troops without the special authority of Congress.
A special Session of Congress may be called for other pur-
poses, nevertheless.
The announcement was received as an earnest of the in-
tention of the Administration to prosecute the war opened
by the South Sarolina Secessionists with the utmost vigour,
and never stop until the revolution was fairly crushed out,
and greeted as such with the liveliest satisfaction by men of
all parties. That the North will be an unit in the support
re-establishment itsseceded
unanimitymaintenance authority in the
of senti-
ment prevailing on this question among the Democratic,
Republican, and American leaders now here.
A proclamation declaring Washington under martial law
is expected to be issued to-morrow.
The requisitions upon the Governors of the several States
will be issued and sent forward ts .morrow.

The quota of troops asked for from Pennyslvania is about
13,000, New York the same number, and Massachusetts
about 2,000, Maryland 3,000, and the other States in pro-
portion. The Government will accept more than the num-
ber asked for from each State if offered. There is no doubt,
from the present indications, that most of the States will
tender more troops than the Government want.

The War Department has been busy to-day in the pre-
paration of the details to be communicated to the State
authorities.

Efforts are still making to concentrate a formidable mill-
t iry force in and around Washington, to be prepared for all
emorgonnioo.

An additional number of Federal troops arrived to-day
by special train.

The roads and avenues leading to Washington are closely
watched. Arrangements have been made to promptly con-
centrate the military forces at any threatened point.
10,000 volunteers from Pennsylvania and New York will
be concentrated here in the course of the present week.
1,500 men are now under arms, guarding the public
buildings and every approach to the capital.
Governor Dennison, from Ohio, telegraphed last night,
offering 10,000 men to the President for immediate servic2.

Senator Sharman, and a number of other prominent
Northern men, returned home this afternoon to assist in the
organisation of the militia in their several States.

Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, was engaged all day
with Secretary Cameron making arrangements for the im-
mediate transfer of several Pennsylvania regiments to the
capital.

Two officers of the New York city militia to-day an-
nounced to the President the readiness of their regiments to
respond to his call.

Captain Newton, of Boston, Acting-Commander of the
2d Battalion Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, a very effi-
cient corps, tendered his services and his battalion to the
President yesterday.

General Lane, the newly-elected Kansas senator, speaks
of resigning and returning to Kansas to raise a regiment.
General Robinson, one of the oldest citizens of Pittsburg,
came here yesterday, ready to volunteer.
Tho President had repeated and protracted consultations
with the members of the Cabinet to-day. He is calm and
composed, but determined to put down Southern revolution
at any cost.

The military guard at the general public departments was
largely itiereaed la6t night.
The war feeling is up among the Union men of the coun-
try now here, and the city is full of Northern, 'Western,
and Middle States people.
A larga number of military men have left for different
parts of North for the purpose of raising regiment 3.
Colonel Ellsworth goes immediately to Illinois for that pur-
pose.

Arrangements will be made immediately for the construc-
tion of the seven steam sloops of war provided for at the
lase Session of Congress.

The Government is active in every department in pre-
paring for the most vigorous execution of the laws.
Threa cavalry companies from Texas, and Sherman's
light battery of artillery, are expected hear to-morrow.
Additi on Volunteer companies will be mustered to-
morrow,

Five 1 officers of tie atm yesterday tendered to tie NAN'S'