Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-04-03

Ei.efeld Riflemen:
NORRIS ISLAND, March q 1851.
Dear Colonel: \ few words, ponr p"ssrr le
temps, merely to dssipa:c an lille moment. Here
we are STILL and Fort Sumter has not &c; Lcen
surrendered. Nevertheless, we are in receipt Of
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will speedily he evacuated. Unfortunately for
those bruit., the telegram Of each succeeding Cay
furni.hes m emphatic negative to the affirmative
Of the hestrrnal one. The telegraph has legcn-
Grated to nothing moro nor less than vehicle ?or
the transmission of cnnards. What is Enltairc's
ALTERATION ?-canals, canar'ls, canaillc! Nha,
boots it? There car he no twu opinions about the
fact that Anderson will deliver up the Fort before
any great length of time. The only question ap
pears to be, and it i. IL much -muotcl question.
whether his Mnjorshp shall be permitted tn evacu-
ate the Fort, aud proceed to Me-, York scot free.
or whether he shall he retained aS :. bona nae
prisoner of war. 1t is the prevailing iupre sion,
however, that the latter course will be decided nI
on, and it is even reported that Gencral GcauTc-
gard has openly avoSed his discrimination that
Anderson shuil not be suffered 10 surrender the
Fort unless NJ prisoner of war His "ccGlaticn
of Fort Sumter in defiance of the whole South
seems to render this condition Of his caritulntion
n matter Of simple justice anl necessity. Though
there has been no formal declaration Of war, the
c1nction Of these terms presents itself as the "ny
means uf retaliation against Il c"rrrpt anl hureau-
cratic administration. Anderson, notwithstanding
the cheerful anI sclfrciant tone which character
iscs I'LL his dispatches and Published cerrrsrrn-
dcnce, nj last acknowledges himself rhirp.'. TIE
furtiicativns which Gen. Geauresar,l has ordered
to he constructed ON this Island in such
An advanced state of completion, thanks to the
alacrity of the Volunteers in lending m admin
culativc hand, thut it would require an net of
more than ordinary fUol-hartncs f"r any hostile
vessels to essay TO reinforce Anderson Iy Tie
Majors own confession il would take force ul
twenty thousand troops to reinforce him, and even
this must be regarded as very low estimate when
consider the difficulties to be sur;noun;rd. Re-
enforcement then will not hc attempted. The
Northern Armada, which has been the cause Of 20
much speculation recently, is destined for the rt.
lief Of Fort Pckcns and not Of Fort Sumter Us
WAS ut first SUPPOSED. Anderson is known tn bu
short Of fuel, and has IarG!y lc privilege ct
tcooa-Lotr. Ii he cannot warm himself hv II
fire Of cinnamon wool he threatens 10 hurn tic
gun-carriagcs. Captal!-let him burn them and
welcome. lie will be cutting of his nose 10 spite
his fncc. Mark this no wood will be supplied. !
The New York Cummerciui .lircrii.rr is l,rrg-
nant with suggestions To Major .indcrs III in pres
pect Of bis abandonment Of Fort Sumter. The
Suhjonced extract is the last vail of fanatirism.
"If, therefore, Major Anderson must abandon it,
let him cmplny the few remaining days his pro-
visions vii. hold uut, iu undermining inside the |
entire foundations, then let Kim ,lakc .iS pr.lara-
tions to leave, apply tho fuse, aud ut Il safe dis
tancc, watch its being lcvclicd to the ground.
This would be Il gloomy hut nevertheless IL more
worthy ending of the sa'! history than to leave it
If Sumter must he nbanlnned to The eucmy, let
i: lac II shaprlcss mass Of ruins
In the name of Judas Isrnript what does the
follow mean? To Il New Amsterdam knight Of tie
quill nnd scissurs all this hundrum about :" safe
distance" aud "lrvclling to the ground" may s"uni
SH"USH, w rliJbI -iUNcIsoH HllIsclI,
and to the intelligent Southern troops stationed
in Charleston harbor it cannot hut sound rcmarka.
bly, like nonsense. BcS.ilcs the notorious imprac-
icahIlity Of such 'liabulcal proceeding. An
icrSon must bs given credit iur faint rccol-
crtiuu Of the lato of Hamnm. One rIu<t ncces$a-
lily come to the conclusion that the Gotham Edi-
ar is profoundly ignorant of the shttns of things
II Charleston hnrLor. lie has just emerged FROM
he cave of TrOphUnius, or been inhnling the
inspiring cAhalnlirEs Of u Bamtinn at
nosphcre. Blow un Sumter, tursouih--wAnt All
hsar'iity! Why, lur Anderson t" blow up Fort !
sumter would be I" innocent al possibility" liu I
anrut rs much MS leave the Fort without perms- |
ion anl to blow it up without leaving it would
avulvc his own dc,t uctVn. lie would ind him (,
rlf in the words Of lloscomnon, Ike another i
ii'u--
Welsel in the ,imbcr which i" s'rovs tc rcni
There is rumor adrit that The First Regiment ]
( South Curolina Volunteers is shortly to be dis /