The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-15

CH.kLssTax. April IL. A M-The battle
was resumed ihi. morning in earnest, and the
oannonading now eoing on hrrteiy from an
The ha. 10 and from the batteries along the
coast.
! Sumter is reported 10 b. on fire
5sxcoNn DISPATCH
Cu,RtKsrox April 10. II o'eiock.--At In ter
walls OF twenty minutes the firing was kept
up all night on Fort Sumter.
Major Anderson ceased firing At O'Clock in
the evening, and all night he is supposed TO
have been engaged in repairing damages and
protecting his barbette guns on the top OF
Sumter.
Fort Sum ter commenced to return the fire at
SEVEN O'Clock this morning, and seems to be
greatly disabled.
ter great damage. Al O'Clock this morning
a dense smoke poured out from Fort Sumter,
and the Federal flag is at half mast, signal
Ing distress TO the fleet
The shells from Fort Moulirie and Morris
Island fall into Major Anderson's stronghold
thick and fast. They can be seen in their
course from the Charleston Battery.
The breach made in Fort Sumter is in the
s,ir opposite To Cummings Point. Two of
lis port holes are knocked into one, and the
wall from the top Is crumbiing.
Three vessels, one of them a large sized
steamer. are over the bar. and seem to be pre-
rarirg 10 participate in the conflict
The fire from Morris Island and Fort Moul-
iy.e is divided between Fort Sumter and the
/. ships OF war,
The ships have not as yet opened Ere
An ekpiGslon has occurred at Sumter. a
dense Volume OF smoke was seen suddenly to
Use from the fort
Malor Anderson has ceased to fire for above
an hour. His flag is still up.
/: i thought the officers quarters in the fort
are on fire.
THIRD pTsPATcH.1
q NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. The ships are in the
ANfl q hey ha
4 gan. The entire roofs OF Anderson's bar.
ks are in vast sheet OF fiame.
4 The shells from Cummings Point are burst
4 ing in and over the doomed fortress in ouick
succession, but the Federal alag still wayesi
i; the masthead. Major Andersen appears
20 be SOLELY occupied in putting out the fire.
The FIRE upon Sumter is regular as ever
and every shot seems to tell.
We anXiously look for Anderson to haul
down his flag.
(rorRTH DIsrATcH.1
CHARLEsroS, April 13.-Two of Major An
dsrson's magazines have exploded. Occa.
j sinnaI shots arr now fired at him from Fort
MOulirie, but Morris Island battery is doing
q heavy work II is thought that only the
smaller magazines have exploded.
The greatest excitement prevails every
where. The wharves, house tops and church
sIr-pieS, and every available place are black
with people.
The ships in the offing have not yet aided
Fort Sumter, and il is thought now 10 be too
3 late for them to come over the bar, rs the tide
Is "hblns.
tFIPTH DIsPATCH.1
4 tHaRLEsToS, April l3-3 O'Clock =. NJ
Fort Sumter has surrendered, and the flag of
the southern Confederacy now waves over
the walls
4 MAJOR Anderson hauled down the Federal
aeolors and displayed a white flag. He made
81 unconditional surrender.
Il CHAKLEsroS. SatUrduy Night, April ia
: boat from one of tho vessels outside has com
zmnnCated with Gen. Simmons, in command
at Morrls' Island, and made req uest that one
0! the steamers be- allowed TO enter the port,
for The purpose of taking away Anderson and
q a!> men. An armistice has been agreed upon
4 M Q in the morning