Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-04-18

nected with Fort Sumter, which belong to
the memorable occasion, must for the present
remain unknown.
During the evening, a boat arrived at
Morris Island from one of the Northern YES
sells IN the Offing, bearing a Lieutenant and a
flag of truce, his object being to arrange for
the evacuation of the soldiers with their pro-
perty He also assured the commanding of
| fcer at that point Gen. Simous, that hos
| tilities would not take place during the
night The matter was referred to General
Beauregard. 49,
| Meanwhile Major Anderson had himself adj
| dressed a letter to the latter officer request
fng that the steamship Catawba should be at
! the wharf OF Fort Sumter at niue o'clock
this 1Suuday) morning. - wEFe - - -
she accordingly proceeded to this destina-
ton at the hour designated, since which time
| further occurrences have not transpired to
| us. = -
| THE EVACUATION OF FORT sUMTER--EMBARKA-
TIoN OF MAJOR ANDERSON.
| At half past II O'Clock, his Excellency,
| Governor Pickens. with his Aids, and Messrs.
Jamison and Magrath, of the Executive
| Council, and Gen. Beauregard, with his Aids,
Messrs. Miller, Pryor. Manning, Chesnut and
Jones, and many distinguished gentlemen,
invited to be present, took their departure in
| steamer from the Southern wharf, and
were borne in the direction of the Fort. As
we advanced. it was apparent, however that
the evacuation was not completed. Though
| the steamer Isabel, at the request of Major
Anderson, had been present from 9 O'Clock,
and the expectation had been occasioned that
| very soon thereafter his command would be
under way, still causes of delay had inter-
| vened. To avoid the embarrassments of a
premature arrival, the party was landed up
on Sullivan's Island. Awaiting themselves of
the opportunities thus afforded they visited
the Floating Battery, the Enfilading Battery,
| the Dahlgreen Battery, and We're ascending
| the Mortar Battery, when the booming of
| the guns upon the parapet of Fort Sumter
| announced the lowering of the "stars and
stripes" In the terms of capitulation, it
| was allowed to Major Anderson to salute bis
| flag, and it was perhaps expected that he
| would fire the usual complement of twenty
one guns; but reaching that number, he still
| went on to fire, and the apprehension was
that he might exhibit the discourtesy of num-
bering thIrty-fOur; but he continued still TO
| fire up to fifty, and then slowly lowering his
flag, the shouts from assembled thousands up
on the shores and the steamers, and every
species of water craft announced that the
authority of the late United States upon the
last foot of Cardinals soil was finally with
drawn.
1t had been noticed, that at the firing of
the seventeenth gun, there was the sound as
of two reports, and the impression was that
two guns had been fired together; but, as
the party, re-embarking, were on their way
to Fort inter, they were met by boat,
which announced that one of the canons had
exploded, aud made the earnest request that
the boat would return to Sullivan's Island
for fire engine, from the apprehension that
the magazine might be in danger. This OBJ
tanned, the party again started for the fort,
and made their entrance.
1t were vain to attempt detailed descrip-
ton of the scene. Every point and every
object in the interior of the fort to which the
eye was turned, except the outer walls and
easements. which are still strong, bore the
impress of ruin. 1t were as if the Genius of
Destruction had tasked its energies to make
the thing complete, brooded over by the des
olation of ages. 1t could scarce have been
developed to more full maturity of ruin.
The walls of the internal structure, roohess,
bare, blackened, and perforated by shot and
she'll, hung in fragments, and seemed in in
slant readiness to tOtter down. Near the
centre of the parade-ground was the hurried
grave of one who had fallen from the recent
casualty. To the left of the entrance was a
man who seemed to be at the verge of death.
In the ruins to the right there was another.
The shattered flagstaff, pierced by four
balls, lay sprawling on the ground. The
parade-ground was strewed with fragments
least four guns were dismounted on the ram
parts, and at every step the way was imped-
ed by portions of the broken structure. And
SO it was that the authorities, compelled to
yield the fortress, had at least the satisfac-
ton of leaving it in a condition calculated
to inspire the least possible pleasure to its
captors.
OF all this, however, the feeling was lost
when, ascending 10 the parapet, the brilliant
panorama of the bay appeared-when from
this key to the harbor the view expanded TO
the waving outline of main and island, and
when upon this key the flag of the Confeder
acy, together with the Palmetto flag, were
both expanded to the breeze. And when the
deafening shouts arose from the masses clus-
tered upon boats and upon the shores, and
when the batteries around the entire circuit
shook the fortress with the thunders of their
salutation, the feeling that the victory was
indeed complete, that the triumph was fact
accomplished, that liberty had indeed been
indicated, aud that the State had establish
ed her CLAIM to the skill and courage neces-
sary to the cause she had the intellectual in
trepidity to avow, thrilled in the breast of
every one of Cardinals SONS, as seldom has
such feeling thrilled in the breasts of any
men before.
Shortly after the arrival, the garrison
marched out, and were received on board the
1SiDCl, "ulOHy AOhSfSI, llOlil INC OOuuitiOu
of the tide, was unable to move off, and it
was somewhat unpleasant circumstance
that Major Anderson and his command
should have been made unwilling spectators
of the Civilizations inspired by their defeat.
Of those suffering from the casualty we
have mentioned, one was killed upon the
spot; two were wounded, it is supposed NOR
tally, and were left for medical treatment;
and two others badly wounded. also, at their
earnest solicitation, were carried Off.
The occasion was not without the charm
and interest afforded by the presence of the
fair. The lady of His Excellency Gov. Pick
ems, and the wife and daughter of Attorney
General Hayne, witnessed the ceremony
from the boat, and Mrs. Henry Bonnetheau
has the distinction of being the first in the
fort under the flag of the Confederacy. She
was down to attend the sister of Lieut. Davis,
her guest during the period of her brothers.
confinement to the fort, and with the eye of
genius of an artist, it was doubtless with a
feeling OF especial pleasure that she was
favored with the opportunities of this occa-
sion. 1.-
Col. Ripley was put in command. The
departments of the service necessary to
bring the fort to order were distributed.
The men were preparing such rude appli-
anees for comfort as the dreary place admit
ted of; and as, at twilight, we steamed off for
the city, of those standing upon the ledge
around the base of the fort, the last to be
seen was the venerable Edmund Rufhn, of
Virginia, who, with canteen and blanket
strapped upon bis shoulders, seemed to be
submitting with exemplary oomplacepcy to
the experience of a volunteer.
OTHER FACTS.
-. The arrangements for the departure of
Major Anderson were completed yesterday
morning. At the early hour of 5 O'Clock,
Commodore Hartsteine, and Messrs. Jones,
Chief of the staff, and Pryor and Miles, Aids
10 Gen. Beauregard. accompanied by Lieut.
Snyder. of Major Anderson's command,
proceeded. in the Clinch TO the feet off the
bar. They found the commanding officer,
Cant ellis on hoard the PoWhattan Lient