The Shreveport weekly news., 1861-05-06
SURRENDER OF FORT SUMTER.

The Charleston Mercury extra, of the
18th. thus continues its report of the
bombardmeut of Fort Sumter:
All last night the mortar batteries
We're throwing shells in the fort. At
an early hour this morning. the gun
batteries re-opened their fire, which
had suspended during the night. Ma.
jor Anderson replied about seven
o'clock with a vigorous fire. 1t APP
peared that he had become convinced
that his fire against the Cummings
! Point Batteries was Intellectual for he
now devoted his attention almost en-
| tircly 10 Fort Mouitric, the Dahl
gren Battery and the Floating Bat
| terry.
i At tenminutes after s, a. NJ. Il thick
! smoke was seen issuing from the par
apet, and the roof of the Southern
portion of Barracks was soon i'll flames
/ The fire was produced by either hot
shot or she'll. During the progress of
( the fire, three explosions we're produ-
cel by the fall Of shells into the com
hust;.,!.S of the fort.
( At aquartcr 10 one O'Clock the flag
and flag staff Of the United States
WAS shot away. For some twenty
minutes no flag appeared above the
fort. Col. l.. I. Wigfall, in small
boat, approached i, from Morris Is
land with white flag upon his sword.
Having entered, hc called for Major
Anderson. st ted that he was an aid de
camp of Gen. Beaure@ard. that seeing
his distress and the impossibility OF
his hnIuing the post, he clajmrd, in
The name of his chief its surrender.
In reply to the inquiry "what
icrns 70 be granted" he stated that
Cen Beaurcgard was a soldier and a
gentleman, and knew how To treat n
gallant enemy. but Major Anderson
could not make his own terms. and
must Ieayc thc details to General
Bcaurcgad.
Major Anderson then agreed to
surrender to Gen. Bcatirv gard, in the
name of the Confederate States, and
hauled down his flag, which he had
again lifted, accompanied with a
white flag.
TIL. batteries then ceased firing,
and Col. WigfaIl reported to Gen
Bcaurcgard, in Charleston.
The following are subsequently, the
! terms Of the capitu!ation:
} All proper facilities will be atfor-
ded tor the removal of MAJOR Ander-
5 son and command, together with the
company's arms and property and all
private property
: The flag which he has upheld so
, long. aud with So much tortitude, UNI
: der the most trying circumstances,
5 may Toe saluted by him on taking II
. down.
, Major Anderson il allowed TO fix
. the time of surrender. which Is some
| time tomorrow (>undayl. He pre-,
fers going from For, oumpter TO the
! feet off orr bar.
/ MAJOR Anderson subsequently, went
on board the steamship Isabel, bound
= 10 Norfolk. His men were transfer
= red to thu. Baltic outside.
: soon after Com. SJringham ami
: we'd from Washington with further
: orders. aud the feet soon set sal
again and disappeared.
+ NEW IoEk April. la.-Ihe entirl
. division Of 7 900 men have been off
h cred to the Governor, to be ready at al
|. hours notice. There is intense TX
citement among the military on &C
count of the Baltimore news,
General Winfield Scort has resi- ~
y, ed and rendered lis services TO th'
d State OF Niraginia.
{ Governor Hicks. of Maryland, hat
= declared that Northern troops bount
\ LSouthward, shall not cross that State
The fight at Baltimore. As we'll n
{ can be ascertained with the telegraph
T. wires cut, is still progressing.
= One hundred guns We're fired j,
it New Orleans last night in honor o
, the. 5attIe-scarrcd veteran, Gen. Scot
NEW ORLEANS, April 2O.--Ih
e steamship Star Of the West has jus
!, arrived al the Bar from lndianoIs
= She VAS seized there az a prize t
:, the Confederate States.
RALrIMoRE, April 1o.-Troop
! fo!a the Last. marching Souihwar
We're attacked here to-day, by a mol
The troops returned the fire. Iw
:. Of the Seventh Pennsylvania reg
luent were killed and several wour
ded. The fight is sill progressing
n. The excitement Is intense. The so
e diers. in forcing their way through
&c fired on the mob killing ten persons
II As troops marched up Pratt :,
they wer. greeted with paving stones
The Mayor and police went aheac
endeavoring to restore order. \
=, immense crowd have blocked til
:. streets.
ar i, is reported that dreadful work
re going on u, the railway depot.
m AT the Washington depot an iu
IN nlense crowd has assembled. The
attacked the soldiers, who fired o
- them, several were wounded.
,e Three thousand more troops al