The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-04-24
EmbaI kation Of Major Anderson.

We closed our report in the extra of
! yesterday with the surrender Of Fort Sum.
ter, aud with brief account of its batter
ed appearance, and give this morning the
scene and circumstances Of It's evacuation.
At nalfpast ~ o'clock lis Exce,ency
Govern"r Pick,ns, with his Aids, and
hessrs JamisOn and Magraih. of his Ex
| ecutIve Council. aud General Beauregaid
with his Aids, Messrs. Niles, Pryor. Man
ming, Chesmu, and Jones, and many dis.
t'ngsished gentlemen. invited 10 lie pres
ent, took their departure in u steamer
from Southern wharf, aud were borne in
the direction of the Fort, AS we advanced
1t was parent, however, tha. the evac
natIon WAS not completed. Though the
steamer Isabel. at the request Of Major
Anderson, had been present from 0 o'clock
and the expectation had been ocsassioned
that very soon thereafter bs command
wonid be under way, still causes Of DELAY
Lad intervened. To avoid the embarrass
menis OF a premature arrival, the party
was landed upon Sullvan's Island. A
vai!ing themselves Of the opportunities
thus afforded, they visited the floating
battery, and were ascending the mortar
battery, when the booming Of the guns
upon the parape,s cf Fort Sumter, an.
nounced the lowering Of the "s,ars and
stripes" In the terms Of capitula,ion, i,
was allowed to Maj. Anderson to salute
his flag, and it WAS perhaps expected ,ha,
he would fire the usual complement Of
twenty one guns but reaching that nam
ber, lie still went on TO fire, and the ap
prehcnsion WAS that he might exhibit tie
dlsc"urtesy Of numbering thiriv,iour.-
But lie continued still to fire up fifty. and
then slowly lowering his flag, the shouts
from assembled thousands upon the shores
and tie steamers, and every species Of
water craft, announced that the authority
Of the late Urued States upon the las,
foot Of Cardinals soil was finally with
drawn.
ii had been noticed. that ut tue firing
OF the seventeenth gun, there Was the
sound rs Of two reports, and The inpres
sion was that two guns had been fired
together; but, as the party. re embark
ing, we've on their way To Fort Sumter.
they were met by u boat, which annouced
that ore Of the canons had exploded. and
made the request that tie boat would re
turn TO Sullivans Island FIR fire engine.
from the apprehension that the magazine
might be in danger. THIS Obtained, the
party again stated for the fort, and made
their entrance.
II were vain 10 attempt detailed de
scr'pt'on 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 casemates, which are still
strong. bore the impress Of ruin. Itwere
as II the Genius Of Destruction hxd tasked
its energies to make the thing complete.
brooded over 5y the desolation of aces.--
1t eoul d scarce have been developed to
more full maturity OF ruin. The walls of
the interna; structure, rooAess, bare, black
ened, and perforated by shot and shell,
hung in fragments, and seemed in instant
readiness TO ,otier down. Near the centre
OF the paradeground WAS the hurried
grave Of one who had fallen from the re-.
cent casualty. To the left Of the entrance
was man who seemed 10 he at the verge
Of death. In the ruins to the tight there
was another. The shattered Gag staff,
pierced by four balls, lay sprawiing on
the ground. The parade ground was
strewn with fragments Of shell and of the
dilnpIdated buildings, At lesst four guns
were dismounted on The ramparts, and al
every step the way was impeded by por.
tons Of the broken structurs. And so Il
was that the authorities, compelled 10