Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-04-20
From CHARLESTON.
Correspondence between General
al beaUreguard and Walker.
FORT SUMPTER IN RUINS |
THE PRESIDENT ISSUES A PRO.
CLAMATION.
$4,000 Troops called for.
An Extra Session or Congress Con-
veMed fer the Fourth OF July,

full, between Gen. G. Il. Beauregeard and
l.. p. Walker, Sec rotary of War, which
took place before b',s'ilities commenced
No. |. Beauregcard to " alker An au
thorized messenger from President Lin
coin, just informed Gov. Pickens and my.
self that provisions will be sent to Fort
Sumpter peaceabl f. or otherwise BY force
No. = Walker 80 Bcauregeard.-lt you
have no doubt of the authorized character
of the agent who communicated to you the
intention OF the Washington Government
to supply Fort Sumter by force, you will
at once demand its evacuation, and if this
is refused proce ed in such manner as you
may determine 10 reduce it.
No. 3. Beau reguard to Walker. The
demand will be made to morrow the lth,
at II clock.
No. 4. Walker to Beaureguard Unless
there are esp ecial reasons connected with
your owR condition, it is considered prop
er that YOU. should make the demand at
an early ho,lr. ..
No 5. B eaureguard to Waiker.-The
reasons are special for - o'clock.
No. 8. l3eaureguard to Waiker-The
demand as sent at O'Clock, and until
SIX above q to answer.
No. I. Walker to Beaureguard.- Tele,
graph th'. reply OF Maj. Anderson.
No. 8, Beaureg uard to WaIker-Major
Anderso n reples--l have the honel to
acknow edge the receipt OF your commu-
nicatio demanding the evacuation Of this
Fort, md to say in reply thereto, that it is
den aud with which | regret that my
sense Of honor, and my obligations to my
Government, prevent my compliance. He
adds probably will await the first shot,
and If You do not batter Us to pieces, we
will be starved out in few days.
n O. 9. Walker to Bcaureguard.- We do
| not desire needlessly To bombart Fort
So mter. If Maj Anderson will state the
tiple at which, as indicated by him, he
viii evacuate and agree that in the llcan.
Il me he will not use his guns against us
| II niess ours should be employed against
,ft. Sumter. los are thus to avod The
etfusiou Of blood. Ii this or its equiva
lent be refused, reduce the Fort as your
judgment decides to be mos, practicable
No. 10. B.auregard to Walkcr.--He
would not consent. write to-day.
| Intercepted dispatches disclose the fact
that Mr.. Fox, who had been allowed t.
visit Maj. Anderson on the pledge tina,
his purpose: was pacific employed hi&.op
| portunity to devise plan for supplying
the Fort BY force, and that the plan had
| been al pied ~ he F.3ag4, GYyrtnmeAt,
and was in progress Of execution:
The batteries If Sullivan islumd Morris
Island aud other POINTS were opened on
Fort Sua,er at 1 o'clock this morning
the 18th.
Fort Sumter has returned he FIRE, and
a brisk canona1ing has been kept up.
No information has been received from
the sea6eard yet.
The military are under arms anA the
whole Of our population are on the Str, els,
1 and every available space facing the har-
| Dor Is filed with anxious spectators -
Another dispatch says Ihe firing has con-
tlnued all day without lntermisslon. Two
OF Fort Sumiers guns have been silcnced
and it is reported that breach has been
made in the southeast wall
! The Answer toifien. Btauregard's de-
.nand, by Maj Anderson, was that he
would surrender when his supplies were
exhassted-that is, if be was 10, Elm.
forced
The remainder are held in reserve for
the expected fleet. Two thousand men
reached this city this moaning, and eru-
parked for Morris Island and the neigh,
borhood.
The bombsrdrnent continues from the
floating battery, Stevens and Other bate
rles. Sumter continues - return the fire
1t is reported THAI three war vessels are
now of the bar.
Not Il casualty has vel happened to any
OF the forces OF the nineteen botterles in
pos'uon-only sevea have opened fire On
Sumter.
LArER.-The firing has ceased for the
night, and will he renewed early III the
moralng. Ample arran 9euiehts have been
made 10 prevent.a reinforcement to'ni ght
The L,rEsr or rue 18th The hom-
bardmeHt has recommended with morlars,
and will be kept up ali night. 1t is snp
posed Anderson is resting his meu for the
night Vessels uaunp get in. The storm
Is raging ana the sea. rough. making IL
npossibe 20 rentnrc- TO night.
The floating battery works we'll
Two men are reported to have been
Der struck with spent projectiles. 1t is
also reported that the Harriet Lane re.
ceved a shot through her wheelbous.
Fifteen to eighteen shots struck the
floating battery without effect. s.. .....
a regiment Of Kentucky volunteers at
Louisville have been ordered to the war
department to hold themselves in readi
ness.
An extra session Of the Confederate
Congress has been called for April %.
1t is said the expedition to reinforce
Sumter was against ths advice Of Gen.
Scott, who urged the evacuation OF Sumter
and Pickens. IL
.a Washington. pri l3.
The regular Charleston dispatches of
this morning, dated 18th, 3 o'clock p. m,
state: At intervals Of twenty minutes,
firing was kept up all night on Fort Sum
ter. Ma or Anderson ceased firing from
Sumter al 6 clpGk in the evening oil
night he was engaged in repairing DANA
ages and protecting the Bardette guns
He commenced to return the fire at
O'Clock this morning. Fort Sumter seems
to be greatly disabled The battery on
Cummings Point does Fort Sumter great
damage. At . o'clock this morning
dense smoke poured out from F. Sumter;
the Federal flag is at hall mas,---si gnaliz
ing distress. The shells from Fort Moul.
trie, and the batteries on Morris Island,
fall into Major Anderson's strongest hold.
thick and fast--and they can be seen in
their course from the Charleston battery
The cannonading is going on fercely from
all points, from the vessels outside, and
along the coast.
The President and Secretary of the
Coatednrate States were serenaded on the
night Of the l2,h. at Montgomery. The
Secretary was called out, and said the