The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-04-24
Embarkation Of Major Anderson.

We closed our report in the extra o
yesterday with the surrender of Fort Sum.
ter, aud with brief account ofi,s batter
ed appearance, and give this morning The
scene and circumstances Of its evacuation
AT haIi'past II o'clock his Excel,ency
Governor Pick, k,ns, with his Aids, aud
Messrs Jamison and Magrnh. Of his Ex
cculive Council. aud General Beauregard
with bis Aids, Messrs. Niles, Pryor. Man
nIng, Chesnut and Jones, and many dis.
tingsished gentlemen, invited TO lie pres
ent, took their departure in steamer
from Southern wharf, and were borne in
the direction of the Fort AS we advanced
It WAS apparent, however, tha. the evac
nation WAS not completed. Though the
steamer Isabel. at the request Of Major
Anderson, had been present from o o'clock
and the expectation had been ocsassioned
that very soon thereafter his command
won'd be under way, still causes Of delay
Lad interveneG. To avoid the embarrass
mems OF premature arrival, the party
yeas landed upon Smllvan's Island. A
vaI!ing themselves Of the opportunities
battery. and were ascending the mortar
battery, VIXEN the booming Of the guns
upon the paIape,s cf Fort Sumter, an.
nounced the lowering OF the "stars and
stripes. In the terms Of capiluiation, i,
was allowed to Maj Anderson to salute
his flag, and it WAS perhaps expected tina,
he would fire the usual complement, of
twenty one guns but reaching that mum
ber, he still went on to fire, and the ap
prehrnsion WAS that he might exhlbi, tile
disc"uricsy of numbering thiriv'iour.-
But lie continued still to fire up fifty. and
then slowly lowering his flag, the shouts
from assembled thousands upon the shores
and tie steamers, and every species Of
water craft, announced that the authority
Of the late Unted States upon the las,
foot Of Cardinals soil was finally with
drawn.
IL had been noticed. that ut tue firing
OF the seventeenth gun, there Was the
sound as Of two reports, and The irnpres
sion WAS that two guns had been fired
together; but, as the party. re embark
ing, were on their way to For, Sumter,
they were met by II boat, which annouced
that ore Of the canons had exploded and
made tn" request that the boat ould re
turn TO Sullivan's Island FIR fire engine,
from The apprehension that the magazine
might be in danger. THIS Obtained, the
party again stated for the fort, and made
their entrance.
IL were vain 10 attempt detailed de
scription Of the scene. Every point and
every Object in the interior OF the fort TO
which the rye was turned, except tie
Outer walls and case,nates, which are still
strong, bo,s the impress Of ruin. ntwere
rs if The Genius Of Destruction had tssked
its energies to make the thing complete,
brooded over Sy the desolation of aoes.-
1t could scarce have been developed to
more full maturity Of ruin. The walls of
the interna; structure, roofless, bare, black
ened, and perforated by shot and shell.
hung IN fragments, and seemed in instant
readiness to to,ler down. Near the centre
Of the parade.ground was the hurried
grave OF one who had fallen from the re-.
cent casualty. To the left Of the entrance
was man who seemed 20 be at the verge
OF death. In the ruins TO the tight there
wac another. The shattered Gag staff.
p'efsed by four balls, lay SPRAYING on
the ground. The parade ground was
strewn with fragments Of shell and of the
dilnpidated buildings. Al Iesst four guns
were dlsmounied on the rsmparts, and al
every step the way was impeded by por.
lions Of the broken structure. And so Il
was that the sathorilie., compelled 10