Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-20

on ono side OF the parapet arc entirely dis.
mounted, others split while the gun carriages
arc knocked into Splinters.
HIajor Anderson sass the accuracy OF tho
| firing surprised him, and that If be bad had
200 moro mon, ono hall would have been ki!iec
for want Of suitable protection.
Major Anderson GAYS it is preposterous 10
azht such a people. One Of thn officers in the
fort remarked tina, they had cndeavored not to
fire on exposed individuals. ''Yes," said Maj.
Anderson, II gaze orders not to sight mon, but
to silence batteries"
Both men and officers vera begrinGned with
smoke and ponder. The batteries which have
dore the most mischief arc the Dahlgren bat
terry, Stevens battery and the r1tied cannon.
As regards harbnr defence, the Tort is Just
a. good RS ever. The casera'cs are perfect,
| the guns there in prime condition, AMI hear on
both siics- Msjor Anderson vas Obliged to
throw overheard q large quantity Of powder o
prevent explosion, aud il! vas tioauirS hround
the fort 70 day.
One Of the ads carried brandy to Major An
derson in Il boat, after The fire, and the iatter
said it was very acceptable. ns thr men were
completely e.hauste! by their lahcrs. J Def-
J ton tnlS lC SuoW inc hluu diu io'f
tons between the officers.
Before going into action Maio: Anderson
! sent word by III aid Of General Beauregard to
1.-THE Governor, thanking him for kind attentions
during the past two months, and very sn!etnr'-
~ said, Farewell, gentlemen. II we ao not
meet again here, ! hope We shall meet il . bet.
ter world
The fort has been gaiTisoned by he Palmetto
Guards, and put under command of Lieutenant
Colonel Ripley, who commanded Fort Mou!-
trie after the departure Of Mair Anderson.
Incidents Of the Battle ut Fort Sumter.
Although during the %thiTty-four consecutive
hours through which The bcmbardment lasted,
not q man was in any way Injured upon our
side, it cannot he said that our men altogether
escaped Major .AnderSn:.'s balls. AS Captain
jones was standing in the Point battery &
spent ball. which hal struck the sand bags
above, rolled over, striking him upon tie back
IF the neck. bur not with sufficient force to
hurt him. The bal u % pouTdcr-was pre-.
served ~ 3 menento of the occasion.
Four hundred aud seven S':o's ~crc fred
from the fl ,atins battery, snd ane hundred
from tine Dahlgren battery. Tie former re
ceivsd l63 SHOTS from Sumter on each sid,; the
ner, seeing n dist barge in tbsiT direction.
lesrred To dodge the balls End throa them.
seic.s Under cG7er. An incident d! this kind
occurred On SGlliran'1 Island. \ number Of
,uen were stretched ont on The beach ard Ander.
son threr o she'll at them, BIZ seeing II coming
they scattered and ran behind the hcu$ek- Tn"
shc!! exploded. hs,miug NJ one. = ho!se or
:h;s same island WIS the OILY l!7:ag creature
3eprIysd of life during the bcuabariraeht
MAJOR ANDERSON AND zen. ;
The appearance Of bolt A.aj3- Anderson, !
his officers and the men. Indicated the terrible
nature of the oidee! from which they had JUS;
emerged. Deprived Of sleep for manY hours,
ia,igr-d with their lahcrs a. the guns. and
Frustrated by their i,s;!!c with IN element
which waged beyond control, the: locked
worn. haggard. nnd ready 10 drop w:th sheer
exhaustion. Their provisions "cald have
given out in two day. mere, when en- uEcon
ditional surrender would necessarily have re
suited
When 10 vent into Snmscr through the
port hole, we found The Major bus" tlstribu
ting letters 10 he Ulcers aud men Of his force.
h appeared 10 be in perfect health. He was
nj SMILES, and chs'ted in IN easy veia. The
men we're hearty looking and cheerful. All Of
the poor fellows wanted ~~hiskey, aud many
we're the silent gesticni.tinns they inaie 10 as
certain. If any could j." had. The labOrcrs in
the fort took ~ part in the fight, but were busy
the balls. Our informant did not see
any 0f the ~u(lieers but SURGEONS Crawford and
TIE SCENE At PoE! auhTEE-
II we're vain tn attempt Il detailed deFcrip-
Of The scene. Every point erd every CD
in the interior oil the fort 10 which the eye
turned, except Ih: oulcr walls ard case.
mates, which are still strong. bore the Impress
IF ruin. 1t We're as if the genius OF ds,trnc
ton had tasked rs energies to mako the thing
complete, hrooded over by the dcsolation ol
ages. II could aSarce haze been developed 10
/ more full maturity Of ruin. The walls OF
he internal structure. ~IcoieSs, bare, blacken-
I'd, and perforated BY shot and shell, hung III
grncnta, and sceulcd in Instant readiness 10
.uttrr down.
Near the centre e lie parade ground was
the hurried grave Of one who hail fallen from
tn. recent casualty. 10 the left Of the en-.
rance was q man who seemed TO be at the
verge of death. In the ruins to the right there
xs. another. The shattered flagstaff, pierced
BY four balls, lay s%prawlinS On the ground.
The paradc-ground was S,rtwn with fragments
i shell and Of the dilapida!esi buildings. At {
east four guns were dI5naounted on tae ram
parts, and at every step The way was :mped.d /
py portions OF tie broken structure.
TIE EVACUATION OF FORT srMTER-ENgAREAT ALTON
Cr MAJOR ASpERSoS.
At noon on $undsY, in order 10 curry out
ne arrangements, Gen. Beauregs'd, accom. :
,anied bv his aids, Coz. flckcns and his aids.
nd several prominent iegul gentlemen, Ter, ,
lawn ~ the steamer Charleston 10 witness
he surrender and evacuation. The uirn OF
were busy in bringing OFT their
,pols, and tbs CoUfcno-af" troops were placed
N duty simply - keep III the eager crowd Of
curiosity huntrrs. S5oA the steamer Isabel
.a,ne down and anchored within scrcHty.f7c
ards of the fortress.
In the terms Of cipiluiation, it was allowed
o Mnior Anderson to salute his flag. and il |
ras perhaps expected that he you'd fire the 4
isusl complement 0f twenty one guns; but !
.cGching that n:rnbtr. he still went on H. fire, :
nd The APPS. =jslon ~Gs that he II: .ht TX (
libi. the drscourtcSy oi numbering th:rty.fou-. q
Bot he continued still TO fire up to fifty, and /
hen slowly lowering his tag, the shouts from c
assembled Thousand, upon ttc shores and the q
steamers. aud every species of water craft, an. .
that the authority Q: the !are Cn.ed d
states upon the last foot Of Cayul.ua's S9ii was
inaliy withdrawn. ,
1t had been Noticed that ut the firing Of the
gun there WAS the sound as Of two
and the impression was that two guns
1ud been fired together; but as the party, re-
barking, were On their Tny 10 Fort Sumter, ,
hey were met by y boat, which annol d cd
one Of the ca!.nns had exploded, killing
,ne Of Andsrson's u,cn. and severely woundirg
I've others
Major Anderson md his command marched
out to the tuae Of "yankre Doodle" and en-
on the Is.!ei. They were dressed il
r,u pn,f,-m md car-;u3 ;b.ir rr,rc No;o,