The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-04-26

return ths murdtfoNH hrN. lu the course
OF the afternoon the joyful udugs that
breach had been cf,lt1d In that portion
of the Fortress wa carried to the city.
Cnpt. DOubiCdny's Account or
thc Siege OF sumter.
Nav NoEG, April IS.-Thc following
is digest OF Capt. Doublcday's state
mont;
The dcmaud TO surrender sumter was
made ON Tho llth, and refused, not only
by Anderson, hut by the unanimous
voice OF uis command.
on Friday morning, 40 o O'clock. the
rebels scntword thut frc would be open-
ed on us fcm every direction, includmr
q hidden battery.
Fire opened with a vollcv from n
n'oriar' firing t'n.inch shells aud shot
from s5 guns. musty columbiads. Wo
toONhreaklost however, very lcisurclv.
The ccmmuud was divided into tbrrc
watches, each under direction of two or-
hcora. Atns breakfast they Immediately
wentso their GUNS, and 6p,ncl frc on
M'uii,'c, Cummings Point and Suui-
vans Island. The Iron battery cr Cum
mings Point was Of Immense strength.
and most of cur shots glanced cn, Mi.
/ Anderson refused 60 allow the mon TO
work the guns on the porapct, ON account
7 oI such terrific iro.
: There wus scarcely room len I'm
Mouliric inhghtablr. Several sbots
went through the floating battery, but IL
/ was little damaged. Two runs on the
/ iron battery wcrc dismuuntrd. A man
was stationed who criod Shot or phplI
when tac rebels Arcd, ard the u1rris,p
| was thus enabled 90 dodge. AZ frst tho
/ Iworhlg men were rpluctunt 10 helm worl,
the guns, but atcrward they served
most willingly and effectively against tho
iron battery. a.ThC barracks caurht fire
several times or Friday, butwert cxtin.
f. gulsled by the efforts OF Mr.. Hart of
Now York und Lyman OF Budmcrc, both
volunteers. .F.
ON Saturday tho oficcrs' quarters
, caught fire from the shcll, and the main
gates were burnt The nnpazine was
/ surrounded by fire, aud uinctv-fve bar
/ rels OF powdrrwCrc taken out and thrown
lnte the sea, When the tnacrzfr ,yus
oncireled by fire, all our matcrlnls were
cut OF, AMI we hud eaton our last biscuit
Two days before The mcnhad TO Law ON
thcir faces, to prevent smothcrinr. uud a
favorable eddy Of wind Was all that saved
our lives.
1he cpririhrc bags give out, and five
Imen were employed 10 manufacture thptD
out of our shirts, blankets, sheets. &C.
ltwlll take half a million of dollars "a
repair Fort Sumtrr's interior. Must OF
their shots were aimed az the nsp
Ihe lollowingis the conversation be.
tween Major Anderson und WirGll.
Tho luttcr saiG--"Gcn. Brpurron~t
wishes To stop this, SIR f
Anderson only replied "WcI, Wen,
! w Wigla.l-"Iou'vc done an that can b,
done, md Gen. Boaurrgard is alrcad,
acquainted with the tcrms.p
oyAMsdiaitldi . on t69eelRg Sq5B3ssd ~" -."
Anderson.-"Hos, and only on those
! Wig6ll then retired. A few minutes
ulier Col. Chesnut and others crnf
from Gen. BeaurCgard, askinGs If Antlcr.
son wanted any help, and stating tbnt
! Nlglall had not seen Gen. Beaurornrd
Tor two days, and he'd no authority for his
demand on Anderson, 10 which the Ma.
|Jor only replied "wp'vc been sold
wen raise the flag nguin;" hut they re-.
questcd him TO keep Il down till comm.
ncution wus had with Gen. B,uurcp,rg
Ihc bring then ceased and three bour,
after, another deputation cnme orrccino
TO tue terms previously decided uuun
=. On Sunday morning, the ftoumcr Isnbc
cllne down and anchored of the mort
. when all the baggage was nut on th,
, steamer Clinch. The troops were undci
arms.
A portion were told to salute the fau
and when the last Of the iify guns wcr,
fired, the flag was lowered amid lou,
] hearty cheers of tho men, who thei
! formed and embarked to the tune off, Yam
, kcc Doodle" Two men were killed OF
tho second round Of salute by the prcma
D ture explosion Of u gun, and four wer,
70 wounded, one badly, aud left at Charles
ton. Fort Sumter has not been re-cn
r forced on any ocgHsion. The Baltic ar
rived of ChaEloston the morning of Fri
! day, alter retiring commenced ON Sum
. ter. The PaWnec ard pocahontas ar
. rived next day.
The Powhattan and Atlantic hove no
r been seen. Tue steam tugs have beer
, blown to sea, aud have not been SEEM
3 The day that Anderson evacuated prep
cruti Jns to rc-cniorce him had been iua'l,
p for that night A schooner was seized
and an agreement made TO pay the pilu
, and captain $500 10 put men into the for
. but the fort was evacuated before the at
p tempt could DO made. Capt. Fox h0
I instructions TO attempt TO provision th
Tort without troops.
, If fired on, ho was 10 rush in the bes
, ho could, but the gale paoyented the ar
, rival Of tugs and Transports. Tho liar
rlet Lane is soon expected 20 arrive
The Pawnee has gono 10 Washington
, Among the many incidents OF the bat
tie is that Of Mr. Hart, volunteer, VIII,
when the flag was shot down, aud III,
rebel fire was concentrated on the Aal
staff gallantly uailed the stars and stripe
10 the staff amid deadly fire aud cheers o
U. s. troops. AS the Baltic came up In
harbor salutes were fred from all the fort
and an immense throng on the Batter,
were nearly wild with excitement an
enthusiasm
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