The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-04-27

4 Pocahontas arrived next day. The Pow.
4 haitian and Atlantic had not been seen,
Il The steam-tugs had been blown to sea
Il and had not been seen. ii ~. .. ID
Il Tie day that Anderson evacuated,
4 preparations to reinforce him had been
made for that night Al schooner was
] seized aud an agreement made to pay the
lptlot mud captain $500 to put men into
the fort; but the fort was evacuated be-.
fore the attempt could BE made. m .5,,.
\ Capt Fox had Instructions to attempt
10 provision the fort without troops. III
4 fred on, he was to rush III the best he
could; but the gale prevented the arrival
Of tugs and transports. NJ. +.:.=. 4.
i Among the nahy incidents Of the bat
Il tie was that Of Mr.. Hart, volunteer,
who, when the flag was shot down aud
the FIRE was concentrated on the flagstaff,
CALAMITY nailed the stars aud stripes amid
a deadly FIRE aud the cheers OF the United
i States troops III
Major Anderson had sent 10 the Sec.
rotary of War his reasons for the sur.
render, which are that, after siege Of
81 hours, he was 10 danger OF being
blown up IN the fort, aud had no fool
/ The troops had nothing but pork to eat
for two days d e. ..< NY 81 n
H Fort Sumter was occupied by two com.
| panies 81 the Palmetto Guards. Work.
men were busy clearing away the wreck Of
4 the burned quarters ..# Ibid. ..3
The walls Of Fort Sumter were NOT
much damaged, and, except H. appear.
ance, were ss strong as ever. The major
4 was surprised that no blood had been
i split. II was, says the Dispatch, the best
evidence Of skillfnl engineering.
When Major Aniiersons quarters were
burning, Gen Bcauregarti sent offers Of
assistance before the white flag was run
/, up. Senator WigfalI received the sword
of Major Anderson and returned il 10
|. him, .. +. n. .3. .|.@ :. ....:.. "a Fl.
a THE. CALL ron TrooPs. a.
The Secretary Of War, on the 18th,
4 issued call on The respective state gov.
ernHetits for troops to serve as infantry
u or riflemen, for period Of three months,
Il not sooner discharged, Tie call requires
4 each soldier TO take an oath Of fidelity to
n the United STATES, aud to be not oserforty:
/ eve, nor under eighteen years or age y5's
The quota to each State is- Maine,
\ New Hampshire; Vermont, Rhode Island,
!, Connecticut, Delaware, Arkansas, Mich.
gan. Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, one
regiment each; Massachusetts, North
7 Carolina and Tennessee, two regiments
4 each New York, seventeen regiments
(: Pennsylvania, sixteen regiments; Ohio,
ii thirteen Ieginents;3 New Jersey, Ken.
/ lucky, Maryland and Missouri, four rcgi
inetts each; Illinois and Indiana, six regt
n .fiellts each; Virginia, three regiments.
Ii 3. 1t WAS ordered that each regiment
should consist Of ali aggregate Of oflieers
} flAnd men Of 100 The total thus Id be
called out Is ia 1871. The remainder
which constitutes the Is coo men un,irr
1.-THE Presidents proclamation, will be com,
posed Of troops in the District Of CuEaar.
n Tia ii: ::.. .:l<.- - :.
4 -. KENfEcET. - 5:' 7: =,
I The Louisville: Kentucky Courier pub
4 EisIted The following ieply 10. the call oil
Il the Secretary Of War; . ..s =. :.
q Your Dispatch rceeisedf in answer,
!; SAY cmphatjcaliy. sKentnisky. will furnish
!, mo troops for Tile wicked purpose OF sub
DUNG her sister southern States.
ID fSignedl +fB. MAGoEffS, :.
>r... II 3. Governor Of. Kentucky I
q Gov. Magoffn issued a proclamation
cpvenihg the Kentucky legislature on tiie
9th Of April \: :sss..,.5 ...,<
.&:3., MISSOURI. -: .EEsz. q
Il The following is Governor Jackson's
i reply 10 tho demand from the War De.
J. partment for Missouri troops: ....
I Executive Department Of Missouri,
! Jefferson City, April Ii, 1851.
To tie Hen, Simon Cameron, y. -
4 "A SeerrtarV:ef Var, HfasAiagfoa:
',SH: Your dispatch Of the 10Th inst,
making q call on Missouri for four regi.
nents Of men, for Immediate service, has
been received. There. can be, j appre,
! bend. no doubt bnt these men are intend
ed to form a part Of the Presidents army
70 make war upon the people Of the Sc
coded States Your requisition. 10 my
4 Judgment, is illegal, unconstitutional. and
revolutionary in its object, inhuman and
diahOlical, and cannot be complied with.
} Not one man will the state of Mis-
) souri, furnish to carry on any such unholy
crusade. [Stgned) &c. +. Jackson,
q l.. Governor Of Missouri"
+. PENNSYLVANIA.
:. At Pittsburgh the war spirit was ram
pant. Volunteer companies were being
organized, and undying fidelity to the
: Union was the stereotyped sentiments Of
the speakers at the meeting. A commit
tee or public safety had been appointed
, and pledgiog life, fortune and sacred
! honor" was looming up '.-.-.:,,- !:
-,- The legislature had passed o law max
ing eoaniyance with the enemies punish
able by a fine Of $500 and ten years I'M
! prisonment. -51,-@ - ~ r.
Elk. President "Buckn was said to ex
hibit intense interest in the news from thu
South, aud participates in the expression
. LOT determination to sustain the govern
melt = : ;-E:. IL d: 90. -
At Harrisburg, more than 10, 900 70
i lunteers had been accepted aud at Phila
: delphia over S., 600. t.. ~. r III. =
. The Philadelphia BHilettn had specia
dispatch stating that the Southern troops
). were marching on Washington. a..
:. At Erie, Pa, on the lTtbi an awfn
!. catastrophy happened on the Buchanan
I VI. r.