The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-05-31
BY j. CROWLEY.

though al totally unused to handling arms.
Of tie whole number of these men (about
thirty We regret we could only learn the
names Of fthe following:z 7Al z@.-iz,1s-.
Edward Quin, agE .8 Patrick Donohoe, -
Vim Powers, Richar3 Keane,
Patrick Murphy, = TheseAye (FI ksep'r
Patrick b Hsany, y s6ylvie n urphy.
David Geary, Jeremiah Rvan,
James RYAN, Michael Gaff,
Patrick Gavan, I James synnott, -
Peer Dounelly, - John Buckley, ~
John Byrnes, James Shea,
Michael Cummings, Wm. Murphy, II = T
John Swere, Patrick Walsh.
There was another man who went by
the unique title of Jenny Cabbage" !"
from his extreme fondness for that vege-
table, a taste, it may be supposed, he did
not find much, opportunity Of indulging,
as the only vegetable IN the Fort during
the latter part Of the .eige was little rice
which :he Secessionists quickly spoiled by
battering the glass; Of the windows into, il !;
so that the day the Fort was evacuated
the only edible thing in it was q little salt
pork. Nsvertheless the men were unani-
nous in the expression Of their regret that
Major Anderson did not deem it necessary
to hold out for twenty four hours longer.
a. even hungry and overworked as taey
were, they felt quite match for all the
batteries of the Secessionists, ard gave
them shot for shot until the smoke and
flames prevented their seeing any longer
the objects at which they aimed Anoth>
er disadvantage under which they labored
was that the only shell guns in the For,
were on the parapet., which the weakness
Of their force did not permit them TO work,
SO that while shells were actually raining
on Sumter from the Secession batteries,
the garrison could only reply with round
shot, which though it might damage, could
not dislodge the enemy. The men, how
ever, do not believe that no one was kill
ed on the side Of the Secessionists They
say that Fort Moultrie, the Cummings
Point and floating batteries were so terri
bly, battered that. crowded as they were
with men, not protected by classmates, as
the garrison were, it was impossible they
could escape without loss. -r
The statements Of our informant. strip
Mr.. Irish. wake" Wigfall. completely of
the halo of romance thrown round his es-
capade by the newspaper correspondents
who most likely had the account from
the veracious lips. of Wigfall himself.
That a man whose brain is inflamed with
habiiual intoxication should be mad
enough to start off in boat for Fort Sum
ter when lie saw the white flag hung out,
and the ensign at haf>mast, is not surpris.
ing; doubtless the valiant Secessionist
thought he would have the honor of re-
ceiving the immediate surrender of the
Fort in person. But however that was,
he quickly found the situation too hot TO
be agreeable and suddenly emerging from
the smoke, under one of the embrasures,
he begged for Gods sake to be taken in
before he was killed by the balls which his
Southern friends continued to shower upon
the flag, of truce The Irish gunner inside
told bin be could not be admitted until
he first surrendered his sword. The crest
fallen Wigfall instantly compiled with this
requisition, and was forthwith hauled out
Of danger by some of the men, against
whom he bad so glibly uttered his wretch
ed sneers few weeks previously, in his
place in the U. S. Senate. - When brought
to Major Anderson, instead of the preennp~
tory summons to surrender which he
utters, IN tile newspapers, be could only
beg that the firing might cease, has blood
enough had been shed already. None of
the garrison had suffered up TO this; so
that it is probable MIR. WicfaH was GLADLY
scared" or else be had seen "somebod
hurt" on his own side. -4r e....s 3. aloe
The men of Fort Sumter are all fine
soldierIy fellows full Of spirit and pluck,
and devotedly attached to their officers
and to the flag under which they have
fought. Though many of them are yet
suffering from the confinement and hard
ships to which they were subjected, they
are ready to take the field again, with as
little regard to the odds against them rs
they showed in the hsrbor of Charleston