Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-18

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the combat. We feel our incompetence t.
do it-a task of necessary discrimination
delicacy and difficulty. Many, we know
are worthy of notice, and will receive it a
the proper hands, whom we, through ou
Ignorance, have not named in our very i'm
perfect notes. They, as we'll as the pub
lie, must excuse such unintentional short
comings.
At % o'clock, p. M, Anderson was per
mitted to pay his parting salute to the Uni
ted States flag before hauling it down, WI
trust forever, from the ramparts Of the nov
famous Fort Sumter. The Confederate fae
now floats in its place.
Major Anderson will 90 to New York il
the steamer Isabel His command joins
the fleet.
Incidents in Charleston.
Speaking of the firing from Fort Moul
trie, the Mercury says:
"Many of the shells were dropped int
that fort, and Lieutenant John Mitchell
the worthy son of that patriot sire, who ha'
so nobly vindicated the cause of the South
has the honor of dismounting two of it
parapet guns by single shot from one o
the Columbiads, which at the time he hat
the Office of directing.
Two members of the Palmetto Guart
paid fifty dollars in cash for boat to carr!
them to Morris Island to join their compa
ny.
The Battery, the wharves and shipping
in the harbor, and every steeple and cupol'
in the city, were crowded with anxious
spectators of the great drama. Never be
fore had such crowds of ladies without a;
tendants visited our thoroughfares.
Business was entirely suspended. The
stores on King street, Meeting street ant
East Bay were all closed.
DR.. Salters, the 'sJasper" correspondent
of the New York Times, was arrested anc
locked up in the guard house, where he ye
remains.
One of our special reporters to For
Moultrie brought trophy of the wa, ii
the shape Of a thirty.two pound ball, which
Anderson had fired at Fort Moultrie, ano
which lodged insthe saud.bags. 1t may b.
seen at our Office.
Another Of our reporters has calculated
the number of pounds of balls fred by bott
sides up to 7 o'clock, the hour at which
Fort Sumter ceased firing. He gives as s
total $4,000 pounds, or over thirty.six ton'
of iron.
An explosion on salutiug the flag by The
garrison caused the death of three men apG
wounded four others. 1t is remarkable
providence, that the last salute of the flag
of our oppressors should have been so ter
ribly visited by loss of life, on their side
after bloodless battle
Major Anderson and his command march
ed out of Fort Sumter to the tune of cyan
kee Doodle" They were dressed in full
uniform and carried their arms. Major
Anderson looked care worn and deeply des
poudent, produced no doubt, among Other
circumstances, by the sad accident which
happened whilst saluting his flag.
We have been furnished with the names
of the men wounded by the premature dis
charge of the cannon in firing the salute
Daniel Howe, killed almost instantly, and
buried yesterday, the service being perform
ed by the Rev. Mr.. Yates; Edward Galway
mortally wounded, and carried to the hos
pital James Hays, George Fielding, Johr
Irwin, George Pritchard, severely wounded
The above are all of Company E, First
Regiment United States Artillery.
Fort Sumter fell after gallant resistance
of Sc hours, and the American flag was
yielded to the glorious Palmetto of For,
Moultrie and her aids, as did the British in
the days of '76.
One hundred and 6fty-fve shots frod
Fort Sumter were fred at the Floating Bat
terry on the 18th, of which II only struck
-ou the 18th, So we're fred, and only
struck ; one passed through the roof and fell
on the floor, the others that struck lodged
in the palmetto logs and are visible out
side. The success of the battery is very
satisfactory. The battery of Stevens is Q
qually so, and balls striking it shivered and
were thrown off.
A gun, fired by W. G. Preston, Of Colum
bia, son of Hon. J. S. Preston, prostratec
the flagstaff and laid low the stars anc
stripes.
The. Courier stated that after th9sigpa
she'll was fired by Capt. James, the frs
shot made upon Sumter was a shell fired by
Lieutenant Wade Hampton Gibbes, which
reached its destination and exploded in the
fort-so the first shot, and that which pros
trated the flag, were by two Columbia boys
1t is somewhat remarkable, that the frs
army officer from South Carolina who re-
signed should have fred the first shot into
the fortress
The flag of the Confederate States and
the Palmetto were raised on Fort Sumtei
simultaneously, the former by Col. Jones'
chief of Gen. Beauregard's Staff, and Col
Ferguson. The flag of the Confederate
States was manufactured in this city. II
was the intention to have made use of the
flag that was first hoisted on the capitol al
Montgomery, but unfortuuately:t It had been
mislaid. The Aagstaffs were about fifteen
feet high, and were lashed to two of the
big guns by Commodore Hartstene.
The funeral of the private named Howe
who was killed by the explosion. was at
tended by portion of the Palmetto Guard
Capt. Cuthbert, and portions of Company
B, Capt. Hallonquist, and Capt. Hamilton
company. Mr.. Howe was buried with the
honors of war
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