Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-04-19
War Commenced !!
The Traitors Fire
the First Shot!
Fort Sumter Returns the
Fire.!
CHARLESTON, April IL.

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-' CHARLESTON, April IL.
The ball has opened-war is inaugurate
The batteries of Sullivan's Island, Morr
Island and other points were opened O
Fort Sumter at o'clock this morning. Fol
Sumter has returned the fire, and : bris
cannonading has been kept up. 1Gaa ss7
No information has been received fror
the seaboard yet. -4.- e. -gi1- aj lssa9g
The military are under arms, and tn
whole of our population are in the street.
and every available space facing the hsrbo
is filled with anxious spectators lw
| CHARLESTON, April -.
The firing has ceased for the night, to b
renewed early in the morning. Ample al
rangements are made toprevent reinforcement
tonight. ...-I .,lr,. -,.i ait f..
Special 10 the Hs,aM: - Two men wer
wounded on Sulhvan's Island the numbe
struck by spent missiles. ot5 .r..... -..... +
Three vessels are visible in the ofing.
is believed an attempt will be made, tonight
to reinforce Sumter. + 5.-z .... -"... +
From the regularity of the firing through
out, Anderson has a larger force than wa
supposed. ...,.~r- 4.,. -. s-,s.... ...,.
1t has rained all day.
4 tIV ~sy . CHARLESTON, April IL.
Bombardment is continuing with mortars
and will be kept up all night. 1t is SUP
posed that Anderson il resting his men for
night. = J.. s.a. / i. sr.s -
Vesse cannot get in, as storm is raging
and the sea is rough, making it impossible
to effect reinforoements tonight.
The floating battery works well. a-
-'7 w. [Evening Dispatch.] T
The bombardmenti continues from the
floating battery, Stevens and other batteries
Fort Sumter continues returning fire.
1t is reported that three war vess els are
now off the bar
MONTGOMERY, April 12.
An extra session of Congress is called for
April goth. ...:..
HARRlsBURGH, Pa, April l2.
The war bill passed both houses, tonight,
without amendment. 1t has been signed by
the Governor.
NORFOLK, April IL.
Orders have been received to fit out the
iI1SutC uoAAHAAoSj AnMO0Aoeoiys
WASHINGTON, April IL.
The Virginia commissioners arrived in this
city this morning, and during the afternoon
they visited the President, but not in their
official capacity, and were received by him
directly after the Cabinet meeting adjourned.
The President has made the following
in Massachusetts, Charles A.
Phelps, Surveyor of the port of Boston, in
place of Fletcher Webster. who was removed
at the earnest request of the Massachusetts
Congressional delegation Richard H. Dana,;
District Attorney; John S. Keges, Marshal
j. A. Goodwin, Postmaster at Lowell O..
G. P. Baldwin, Marshal; and Geo. Howe,
Attorney for Vermont James G. Aiken,
Marshal; and E. q. Bradford, Attorney for
Delaware. Lansing q. Vance, Postmaster
at Norristown, Pa; Harman Bennett, Post
master at Monmouth, N j.
1t is denied that any portion of the Con-
federate States loan has been offered in New
York. More than the entire amount has
been arranged, at par, within the limits of the
Confederac,.
L. is said that the expedition to reinforce
Fort Sumter was against the advice of Gen.
Scott, who urged the evacuation of Forts
Sumter and Pickens.
BALTIMORE, April II.
The war news is received with regret, and
general sympathy with the Government is
CHARLESTON, April II.
The fighting has continued all day with.
out intermission. Two Of Fort Sumter's
guns have been si!enced, and it is reported
that breach has been made in the south
wall.
The answer to Gen. Beauregard's demand
by Major Anderson, tina. he would surrender
When his supplies were exhausted, that is,
if he was not reinforced.
Not casualty has yet happened to any Of
The forces
OF the nineteen batteries in position only
seven have cpen'd on Fort Sumter. The
remainder are held in reserve for the expec-
ted feet. ,~-
Two thousand men reached this city this
AMI embarked for Morris Island
and the neighborhood.
lt. New YORK, April H.
The Heralds special says Fort Moultria
began ihe bombai dment with two guns, to
which Maj. Anderson replied with three shots
from his barbette guns, aft which the bat
teries at Mount Pleasant, Cummings Point
and the floating battery opened brisk fire
of shot and shell. ' 10 .&,.E 7.e..
M.j. Anderson replied only at long inter-
walls until between z aud 8 O'Clock, when he
opened from two tiers of guns looking to-
wards Moultre and Stevens batteries, but
had at o'clock failed to produce serious
effect. 4 ~. .rt ts.+-., - s78T .
During the greater part of the day Ander-
son directed his shots principally against
Moultrie, the Stevens and floating battery
and Fort johnson, they being the only ones
operating against him. i FL. rs.s..rcgt
Fifteen or eighteen shcts struck the float
ing battery without effect. 4sse.a2
As to the damage to Fort Sumter by the
fire, portions of one parapet were destroyed
and several guns shot away. r. 5sr- ra
The fight will continue all night.
. The Fort will probably be carried by storm.
1t is reported that the Harriet Lane re.
ceived shot through her wheel house,
She is III the offing. s..5li sq,ae
No other e ,vernmer.t ships are in sight
Troops are pouring into the city by thous
ands. h':'-..5f o.
~ eiHtsi't @ WAsH1NGroN, April 70.
The President received the war news calmly
and with confident feeling that he had done
his duty in the matter. a6
Senator Sherman arrived from Ohio, and
reports the Republicans there ready to stand
by the Administration to the last. =
CHARLESTON, April 13-l0:30A.M
At intervals of twenty minutes, firing wa,
kept up all night on Fort sumter. 7a
Major Anderson ceased firing from For
Sumter at 6 o'clock 10 the evening. AL
night be was engaged in repairing damages
and protecting the barbette guns. He com
menced to return the fire at clock thi
morning. A'75lf 1lAze i'i0 f2ii,'a . 81
Fort sumter seemed to be greatly disa