The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-05-16

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10Th # April
81 LOTS, rl FaEr Er.asr, April 1ath. Al
The following Is the correspondence in full be-
tween Gen. = BeaureZard aad l.. p. Walker, Score
tary VI War of the Southern Couieieracy. which
took place before hostiitie- commenced
No I-Beauregard 20 Walker:
An authorized message from President Lincoln
informed Governor Pickens and myself that pro-
visions viii be sent 10 Fort Sumter p~eaceably, OF,
otherwise, by force
No. Walker % BeauregaTd.
II You have no doubt Of the authorized character
Of the agent who communicated 10 you the intention
Of the Washington Government 10 supply Fort sum
ter by force, you Will az once demand its evacuation.
and. If this i refused, proceed in such manner as
you may determine, to reduce it. Answer.
No @Beauregard to Walker
The demand Will be made tomorrow Qlth) Ut
tw-Ive o'clock.
No 4-Walker to Beauregarl
Unless there are especial reasons, connected with
your own condition, II l. considered proper that you
should make the demand 1t an early hour.
No @Beauregard TO Walker
The reasons are special for Il o'clock.
No 6@BeluregIrd 20 Walker.
The demand was sent at = O'Clock, and until 6
O'Clock allowed 10 answer.
No walker 10 Beaurpgar1
Telegraph the reply OF M1j1r Anderson.
No -Beluregard To Walker
MAJOR Anderson replied II have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt Of your communication de-
naudIng the evacuation OF this fort, and to say ia
reply thereto it Is i demand with which l regret
that my sense Of honor and my obligation to my
government prevent nv compliance He adds
Probably | viii await TO the first shot, and If
you do not batter u 70 piece, Will be starved cut in
4 few days" Answer.
No g-Walker 70 Beauregar,i
We DO not desire nCedle-sIy To lombard Fort Sum
ter, II MAJOR Anderson will state the time AT which,
- indicated by him, he viii eylcuate, and agree that
IN the meantime ne will not use his guns against Us
unless ours should be employed against Fort Sum
ter. You are thus 10 avoid the effusion of blood
II this or its equivalent be refused. reduce the fort
as your Judgment decides TO be most practicable
No lO-BeIuregard TO Walker
He would not consent. write to-day. \ dis
patch from Charleston says intercepted dispatches
disclose the act that Mr.. Fox, who bad been allowed
TO visit Major Anderson on the pledge that his pur-
pose was pacific, employed his opportunity TO devise
a plan for supplying the fort by force, and that The
PLAZA had been adopted by the Washington Govern
ment, and was IN progress Of execution
4 later dispatch from Charleston. dated April
18th, says the batteries Of Sullivan's Island, Morris
Island and other points were opened on Fort Sum
ter At 4 O'Clock this morning Fort Sumter returned
the ire and ! brisk cannOuading has been kept up.
No Information has been received from the sesboard
yet The military are under arms and the whole Of
chr population are on the streets, and every available
space facing the harbor Is filled with anxious specta-
tor
Another dispatch says the firing has continued all
day without intermission- Two Of Fort Sumter's
guns have been sIlenced, and IL - reported that u
breach has been made in the southeast wall.
The answer TO Gen. Beauregard's demand by Ma
J0r Anderson was, that be would surrender when his
supplies were exhausted-that Is if he was not rein
forced
N casualty has yet happened to any of the forces.
Of the nineteen batteries in position, only seven
have opened fire on Fort Sumter. The remainder
are held IN reserve for the expected feet
Two thousand men reached this city this morning
and embarked for Morris Island and the ~neighbor-
hood
The Commandment continues from the floating
Stsrezs and other batteries Sumter continues re-
turning the fire
the bar.
4 fourth dispatch says the firing has ceased for
the night, and will be renewed early in the morning.
Ample arrangements have been made 10 prevent
reinforcement tonight
The latest dispatch says, the bombardment has
RECOMMENDED with mortars, and Will be kept up all
night It l. supposed Anderson is resting his men
for the night Vessels cannot get IT,; the storm Is
raging and the sea rough, making 1t impossible TO
reinforce tonight
The aozring battery works well.
Two men are reported to have been wounded on
SuIIiyan's Island. and u number struck with spent
prCjectiles-
It is also reported that the HarTiet Lane received
= shot through her wneeLhOuse.
Fifteen 20 eighteen shots struck the floating battery
without eject
\ regiment Of Kentucky volunteers at Louisville
have been ordered, by the War Department at Mont
gOmery, % hold themselves IN readiness
IT. Lows. riI FoEr RgAAST. April l3th-P. VI.
The regular dispatches Of this morning, dated TO-
go O'Clock, state that at intervals Of twenty minutes.
firing va kept Up all night on Fort Sumter. Major
Anderson ceased hring from sumter At six O'Clock in
the evening. All night be was engaged IN repairing
damages. and protecting the birbette guns He
commenced 20 return the fire at seven o'clock this
morning Fort Sumter seems to be greatly disabled
The battery on Cummings Point does fort Sumter
great damage
~ nine O'Clock this morning a dense smoke poured
ant FINN, Fort Sumrer. The Federal flag ! At hale
80 .7-raIfur distress The shells from Fort
NouIcrie, aud the batteries on Morris Island, fall
INTO Vei5r Anierson-- strongest hold thick and fast,
and they can be seen IL heir course rom te
Charleston battery. The c-ianonaIing - gong on
f.--eIv from All points, from the vessels outside and
al along the coast
The President and Secretary q the Confederate
State were seruuaIei on the night Of the 18th at
Montgomery. The Secretary Of War was called out
a-f all the Confederate dag would soon be waving
over Fort Sumter, and from the FEDERAL Capitol II
Washington. Il the independence Of the southern
So w. not recognized aai h~0-tiites continued
Wr-hf-rtcn dispatch 20 the y J. ITILGHs s4ys
Couuruter Fox commands the vessel with provisions
which f~ o. Iead -he expedition into Charleston
The President received the news calmly, anu WIKI
Z eonsIeut feeling that he had done his duty IN the
So =1.-ns4 arrived from Ohio. AMI reports
he Republicans there ready q stand BY the President
% the last
The rs-u,tr troops here have been ordered 70 pro
ceeI o. The outskirts Ct the city 20 watch every
avenue there. while the volunteers recently mustered
r1arI the arugries and pu5Hc ouill'nGs- N1iet'ss
are constantly riding through the streets
Tie Va news = received with feelings q regret
there - 10 excitement, bat the prospect ir the
future, creates o general feeling Of depression
t.l~. -----4E U % AaAH-E A-#--+s III
C.vs--uerr the services % the Marine Artillery anu
1na th1u-ani infantry. AID Oilers 20 ~accomPL1y them
himself -
The var news from Charleston creates Proiol1i
- IN Boston and throughout The state The
-sr-r.I sentiment = that the Federal Government =
9rbr. arf shall Dc su-tsiuei-
Drfsrs have been received az View 10TS 10 II cut
tba ECr-fu1- Immediately
T. = denied that any portion Of the CorfelerAisd
- --.u h4s been offered il New York The entire
--,aB- a.. heeu arranged At par within the limits
= me Co1;sisrI-y-
-. Lr-.. rtu. FgE- EzaEST- Aprl i-A "
III Ling .nca xas -Jmmel-=i OF Sumter Friday