Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-04-24

the bombsrlment of Fort Sumter BY our
troops. From some of the lcsding journals
of various shades of opinion We make the
following extracts:
THE RESULT.
Fort Sumter is lost, but Freedom is
saved. There is no more thought OF br.
bin5 or coaxing the traitors who have
dared to aim their cannou balls ut the tiSg
.ft.:v Union, and those who gave their
lives 10 defendi it. 1t seems but yesterday
tina. at least two.thrds of the journals of
this city were the virtual allies ofthe Sc
cessionists, their apologists, their ch$mpi-
ons. The roar Of the great circle of bat.
teries pouring their iron hail upon devo-
ted Sumter, has struck them all dumb.
It is ~ if one had made ) brilliant and
effective speech, setting forth the limo.
cencs of murler. sud, having just hidden
adeu to the cheers and the gas-light, were
to be confronted by the CORY form and
staring eyes of victim of assassination,
the first fruit of his oratorisal success
For months before the late Presidential
election, Il majority of our journals pre-
dcted torciLlc resistance to the Govern
meat as the natural and necessary conse-
>qu.nee of Republican triumph; for
months since they have been cherlshing
and encouraging the SHAREHOLDERS Rebel
loa as if it were very natural and pro.
per proceeding. Their object was purely
partisa,l-.hey wished to bully the Repub.
iican Administration iu;o shameful rccre.
ancy 20 Republican principle, and then
call upon the people to e1pell from power
party 80 prohigste and cowsrd!y. They
did not succeed i'll this they have succee.
dsd in rnticiug their Southern proteges
an son,c time allies into ilasr4nt treason.
There cannot be rational doubt that
every man who aided or a5etted the at.
tack on Fort Sumter is involved i'll thu
guilt of,rcasum. That all the besiegers OF
Forts Sumter and Piekens have Incurred
tn. penalty of Treuson-which is Death
is isindi,putsble.
M,,t of our journals lately paradng the
prauks of ,he Scecssinnists with scarcely
disguised c7ulta,ion, have been suddenly
so:,er.d by tho elimination of the slave
holding conspiracy. They would evident
ly like to justify and encourage the tra'
tors further, but they dare not; SO the
Amen sticks in their throat. The aspect
of the people appals them. Democrat "a
well ~ Repubiicsn, Conservative and
Radical, instinctively feel that the guns
fired at Sumter were aimed At the heart
of tbs American Republic. Not even in
the lnwest sroggery of our city would it
be safe to propose cheers for Beauregard
aud Gov. Pickens. The Tories of the
Revolution were relatively ten times as
numerous here IS are the open sympathl.
zers with the Palmetto Rebels. 1t is hard
to lose Sumter; it is q consolation t"
know that i'll losing it we have gained a
united people. Hencetorth, the loyal
States are a unit in uncompromising hos.
t,l:.y to Treason, wherever plotted, how,
ever justified. Fort Sumter is tempors'
riiy lost, but the Country is saved. Live
tn. Republic !--New York Tribune.
NAJoR ASDxssos's COURSE APPROVED.
No blame is imputed to Major Ander-
son by the Administration, and no whis
per affecting his fidelity and loyalty is toll
erated. He acted upon necessity con-
templated by his orders, which WAS to
vi.ld IN. fort in case he should be cncom.
passed by an overwhelming force, or re.
dtuccd to an extremity by the want of pro.
visions. According to information which
reached here recently, his supplies were
expected to be exhausted last Tuesday,
and hence the extraordinary efforts which
were ln.de here to recruit his enteebled
garrison. Major Anderson himself en-,
d.avored to get rid of the laborers who
had been employed in the fort, for the pur-
pose oercstricting the consumption to his
actual military command, but the State
authorities refused to permit their depar-
tur., and these additional mouths were
hus imposed upon his limited stock OF
provisions. In view of the threatened
contingency, an attempt was made to
communicate with him on the 4th mst.,,
conveying discretion to abandon the fort
if. in his Judgment, it could not be held
until supplies could be forwarded. But
that anu other dispatches were intercepted,
which pat the Secessi"nist:: in full posseS,
sion of tile ey:lct circumstances of his con-
di,ou. 2ni enabled G-n. Bcaurcgard to
tine his operations, rs they were subSe-
qucntly developed. Then the order cut
ting off his purchases in the Charleston
market was made. The despatch which
Lieut.. Talbot took down, repeated this
discretion, but slso announced To him that
O vessel with supplies, supported by sew
erul ships of wsr, would be Sent to his re,
lief That dispatch could not be dcliv-
cred. and its general character was anti,
cipsred by the instructions of the Govern,
,n.nt. which had been feloniously appro'
pristel before. 1t will thus be seen, that
tn. Revolutionists were fully informed,
not only of the state of the garrison, but
Of the pulley Of the Government in every
essential particular. With their immense
force, and numerous batteries, considering
that the storm hsd dispersed the feet
which had been sent to Major Anderson's
relief. or, at least prevented their co.ope-
ration the result is not surprlslng.-1rt.
Juas's Washington Dispatch.
FIRST DEFEAT OF TIE KxDELs.
To-day, who is not for the Union is
against it. To-day, he whose heart does
not ,hrob aud whose blood does not stir
with patriotic fire is vile traito-. The re.
bells have chosen war. They have done
their best to slay loyal garrison. With