, 1861-05-31

the walls. That interview the unhapp,
miscreant is not likely to forget Attend
ed by few female friends, one of whom
furnished the account which we give of thu
scene, the lady met her husband, and il
terms of scorching eloquence, reproached
him with his shame.
go home with you," she exclaimed
Never !" Our paths in this world are
hereafter separate. disown you. A
caward and traitor, you are no husband oil
mine. HeBceforth you are to me as il
dead. As long as l live l shall wear
mourning, and be as widow; and rest as.
sured l shall educate our children to exc
crate and despise your memory as that of a
recreant and traitor"
Tnrniug with these words, the noble and
patriotic woman re-entered the fort and
gave way to her very natural feelings We
may add that Mrs. Smead is, like her dis
carded husband, native of Georgia, and
that while the latter went southwark to
obtain the reward of his treason, the
former, with her children, has gone north,
and is now at Morristown, N. j.
PARTICULARS OF THE GREAT LOSS OF LIFE TO
THE CHARLEsToNIANs AT THE ATTACK ON
FoRs SUMTER.
You have received by telegraph one or
two reports to the effect that O large num-
Der of the South Carolinians were killed
and wounded during the bombardment of
Fort Sumter The New York Tribune of
the 30th ult gives the authority upon
which these statements have been made.
| will add, that a private letter from
Charleston has been received in st. Louis
and that the writer makes substantially the
same statement Says the Tribune:
A soldier who was drafted into the ser.
vice Of the rebels in Charleston, and who
served at the guns In Fort Moultrie, at The
siege of Fort Sumter, has made to us the
following statement His reliability is
vouched for, and we have every reason to
believe that bis statement is every way
worthy Of belief Our informant states
that he served under Capt. Havens, and
went into For Moutrie the other day after
Major Anderson left Sumter. He remain
ed three or four days after the fight. He
belonged to the artillery, and served at
the guns most Of the time during the siege
The guns at Fort Monltre opened about
AZ in the morning, but Major Anderson
did not Gro n gun for nuar tWn hnnrs AFTER
When he did open, bis fire was rapid and
destructive. The balls from Sumter struck
the port holes Of Moultrie, and at nearly
every discharge somebody was killed.
Their places were supplied by others
There were 10 Moultrie more than 1000
men, and between 800 and 400 were kept
at the guns constantly. Not more than
that number could protect themselves in
the classmates Of sand bags, which, while
they afford excellent protection, we're much
torn up and knocked down. 1t was be-
tween and 10 o'clock on the first day
that Che greatest loss Of life occurred
The barbette guns Of Fort Sumter were
silenced early in the day, and the round
shot from these were most destructive to
Moultrie, and caused the greatest loss Of
life. They we're fred with great accuracy,
and at times the scene 10 the fort was terri
BILE. During Ae siege beticeen three and
fou, hundred toTs killed, and large mum
Der i1eye teoHnded. The killed were collect
ed together in mass, and at night placed
in boxes, brought down to Charleston and
taken away to Potter's Field and inferred
during the night. Some Of the men were
horribly mangled, and others we're scarcely
dead when thrown into the boxes. Blood
flowed 10 streams from these receptaeles,
and the sight was horrible. The surgeon
at the fort sent for help, and others came
down from Charleston. The wounded were
removed to the hospital, where such as
have not died now remain.
In order that the truth should not be
known in Charleston, the soldiers were
charged to say that nobody was hurt, and
were threatened with instant death if they
disclosed the facts. There were q good
many killed in the dwellings outside the
fort. The Moultrie House was very much
damaged, and large number OF buildings
10 the neighborhood Of the fort were de-
molished. The officers quarters in the
fort we're riddled, and 1t is the opinion oI
our informant that had there been 300
men in Sumter, Fort Moultrie would have
been destroyed, and the rebels driven oul
or killed almost to a man. He left Monl
irie three days after the engagement, and
went to Charleston. The people there
would not believe that nobody had beer
killed, and made constant inquiry for theil
friends, who, they were assured, were still
on Sullivan's Island. Hundreds Of familieI
are yet to learn the truth, which is KEEP
from them by the greatest vigilance.
Our informant was duly discharged from
the service, and, with Eve others, embark
ed on board the bark Smithsonian, Capt
Davis, which reached New York on Friday
last.
One of the Charleston volunteers whC
was on Morris Island during the late BON
bardment Of Fort Sumter, came here yes
terday by the schooner -Pitts. He say
that at least $50 men were killed anc
wounded at the batteries on Morris Island
by the canister Of Major Anderson. HI
had occasion to be at Fort johnson also
before be left Charleston, aud there h'
learned that on Snllivan's Island 80 mel