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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-25
Ma, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1861

ed ability, dischargiug the laborious duties
thereof, with entire satisfaction to the
country.
James F. Lipscomb, of Newberry, is the
Division Paymaster General. Mr.. Lips.
comb is planter, of accomplished educa.
tion, and has lately entered public life as q
member of the Legislature. He is gen.
tleman of fine address, and is highly es.
teemed for his calm judgment and direct
purpose.
S. Warren Nelson, of Kershaw, is an
Aid Camp. Mr.. Nelson is one of the
most accomplished gentlemen in South Car.
olina He is also member of the Legis.
lature, and is highly esteemed for his high,
manly bearing, calm courage, and the &C
tive discharge of any duty which may be
assigned him.
Mr.. Ker Boyce, of Charleston, is an
other Aid. This gentleman is son of the
late Ker Boyce, who formerly represented
the city of Charleston in the State Senate.
After the death of his father he removed to
New York, and went into an extensive bu.
siness; but upon the commencement Of our
troubles, he Immediately returned to his
native State. sacrificing his business pros
poets at the call of duty.
Mr.. Thomas J. Davies. of Beech Is
land, is the other Aid. Mr.. Davies is O
planter, of fine education and handsome
feature He has never been in public life
With three such dashing Aids, and men Of
such ripe experience in the other depart
ments, we venture to predict, that if Major
Gen. Bouham takes the field, he aud they
will make their marks in the military, as
they have already done in the civil line o.
llife.-BarnaceU Sentinel
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Nobody Killed at Charleston.

A great deal of surprise is manifested in
all quarters at the fact that no one was kill
ed on either side during thirty hours bonn
bardment of Fort Sumter, aud the surprise
is all the greater because it is alleged tha
the firing from all the batteries was excel.
lent from the beginning to the end of The
conflict. The guns on Fort Sumter were
spleudidly fought by Andersons men, ana
yet it does not appear that any Of the Con
federate troops were killed, and only 6
few were wounded. But this can only be
accounted for by the superior skill and sci
ence with which the batteries were construct
ed by the accomplished officers of engineers
who erected them. The defences at Fort
Moultrie, Cummings Point, Morris Island
and the iron battery, were constructed with
the intention that the artillerists should no,
be killed at their guns, and it appears that
they accomplished this purpose. The ex.
perience acquired in modern warfare, es
pecially in the Crimea, has rendered the
effective working of the batteries, compare
lively safe, by the substitute of earthworks,
and sandbags and iron for the stone stock.
ade and other defences formerly adopted.
1t is therefore to science that We must attrib.
ute the bloodless character of this terrific
bombardmenr, and not to want Of skill in
the use of the guns. The impreguability
of the defences round Charleston harbor
only shows what protection such class Of
batteries could afford in case of an invasion
by foreign Power, so that, if no other good
has come of the assault on Fort Sumter, it
has at least given US practical lesson in
the efficiency of coast defences.
The fact that no life was lost in thirty
hours heavy firing at Charleston, however,
need hardly excite much astonishment
when we remember the results of the battle
of New Orleans, when Notwithstanding the
terrible slaughter of the British troops,
who were exposed to the fire Of Jackson's
men, ensconsed behind their cotton bale
defences- slaughter in which the English
General Packenham was included-only
seven men were killed on Il American
side, although they were opposed by skilled
troops who had learned experience 10 the
wars against Napoleon.-N York Herald.
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From the Charleston Mercury.
The Battle Of Fort Sumter.

HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL ARMY, G. s. A.
CHARLESTON, s. w., April l4tb, 1861. I
General Orders No. 20.
The Brigadier-General commanding is
happy to congratulate the troops under his
command on the brilliant success which
has crowned their gallantry, privations and
hardships, by the reduction Of the strong.
hold in the harbor of Charleston. This
feat of arms has been accomplished after a
severe canuonadiug Of thirty three hours,
in which all the troops have indicated, by
their daring and bravery, that our cause
must and shall triumph.
Fort Sumter, which surrendered yester-
day, about Las p. m, will be evacuated
at 9 o'clock a. m to-day; and to show our
maguanimity to the gallant defenders, who
we're only executing the orders Of their
Government, they will be allowed to evacu
ate upon the same terms which we're offer
ed to them before the bombardment com.
menced. Our success should not lull us
into false security, but should encourage
US in the necessary preparations to meet a
powerful enemy, who may, at any time, at
tempt to avenge this their first check, in
the present contest.
The cummandants of batteries will
promptly send in their reports through the
proper channels, giving Journal of the Fl
ring of their batteries against Fort Sumter,
and of the fire of Fort Sumter against their
batteries-furnishiug the names Of those
who particularly distinguished themselves,
and other incidents relative thereto, in or
der that the General commanding may be
able to make known to the Confederate
States Government, in a proper manner,
their bravery and gallantry. The General
is highly grati6ed to state that the troops,
by their labor, privations and endurance at
the batteries and at their posts, have exbib-
tied the highest characteristics Of tried SOL
diers; and he takes this occasion to thank
all-his Staff, the Regulars, the VoluD'
teers, the Militia, the Naval forces, and
the numerous individuals who have con.
tributed to the surrender of Fort Sumter.
By order of Brigadier-Genera BEAURE-
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WAR DECLARED.

At all events, the reduction of Fort Sum
ter and this manifesto of President Lincoln
are equivalent to declaration of war on
both sides between the Confederate and the
United States. In conflict of this sort
there can be but two parties-a Northern
and Southern party-for all other parties
will cease to exist. The political princi-
Piles, organizations aud issues which have
divided our country and our people, in va
rious shapes and forms, since the treaty Of
our independence with England, will all
be very soon overwhelmed in the sweeping
changes of civil war 1t would be folly
now to argue what might, could, would, or
should, have been done by Southern fire.
eaters and Northern disorganizers in 1854,
1860, or by Mr.. Buchanan, or by Mr.. Lin
coin, or by the late session of Congress-
Civil war is upon US, and the questions
which now supersede ali others are :: What
are the consequences now before us?-
Where is this war to enc and how and
when? What is our duty under this war
like condition of things? and what are the
movements and the co editions necessary to
change this state of war to state of peace
These questions will irresistibly impress
themselves upon the mind of every think
ing man, North and South. Earnestly la.
boring in behalf of peace, from the begin
ming of these sectional troubles down to
this day, and for the maintenance of the
Union through mutual concessions, we dc
not even yet utterly despair of arresting
this civil war before it shall have passed
beyond the reach of reason.-Nc'o York
Herald.
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MAJOR ANDERSON A TRAITOR.

Sumter has fallen-surrerdercd, we fear
by traitor and that traitor Major Rober
Anderson. This is harsh language; but il
is the language of truth demanded by what
appears to be the grossest act Of treason
ever perpetrated in this or any other coun
try. The treason of Twiggs is admitted by
all to have exceeded that of Benedict Ar.
mold ; but the names of both Arnold and
Twiggs will siuk into insi gnifcance-indeed
are almost rendered respectable, when com
pared with the more damning iufamy which
from present appearances must forever at
tach to that of Robert Anderson.
The circumstances of this abominable
treason are so alpable and transparent, that
no man who reads them can hesitate in ar,
riving at the conclusion that Anderson ar
ranged with Beauregard for the surrender
of Sumter, before it was assaulted that the
defence was but sham ; and that it was
deemed important the surrender should take
place before relief could be afforded by the
government fleet, hourly expected to arrive
with troops, provisions and munitions Of
war.-Ncc York. Courier und Enquirer.
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Must we have War |

The Past makes the PreseDt-the Pres
ent, our Future. What is to be the future
of the present events which press upon u:
with their stern and stirring realities?
Our readers know that we have repeated
ly declared that we did not believe that g
war between the North and the South would
be the result Of a dissolution of the Union
by the secession of the Southern States
With the sound of our cannon still ringing
in our ears, we are of the same opinion still
That the brutal fanatics who sit in the
high places at Washington are ready to
plunge the whole country into contest and
blood, we have never doubted. 1t was q
thorough conviction of their treacherous
and desperate hatred of the South that
compelled US to urge, as TIE only course Of
safety for the South, prompt and eternal
separation from their power.
Events have shown that our estimation
Of this brutal and bloody faction was cor
rect. Large portions of the people of the
|seceding States did not believe it. The
Frontier Sla1 e States have not believed it.
They have still believed that there were
feelings of fraternity towards the people Of
the South, from the great body of the peo-
pie of the North. Hence they have lin.
gered in the foul embraces of a Union, mas
tered by Abolitionism, whose one great pol
icy was the subsection of the South to the
dominion of the North-whose one great
passion was to destroy the South. Slowly
but surely time has lifted the veil from the
hideous and loathsome features of Aboli-
tioDism enthroned in Washington. Its
inauguration by cannon and bayonets, man
ifested at once its principle and its reliance
for success--despotisna and force. Oliver
Cromwell praying whilst Charles the rs
head was being but cut off, was the example
of its bloody hypocrisy.
With Lincoln's Proclamation, and his
requisition for troops to march upon the
South, the standard for the conquest of the
South is at last unfurled. Thirty years
agitation and hate at last breaks forth in
its eager cries for blood. 1t is most natu-
raj. Thank God, the consummation is in
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Coercing Bennett.

The New York Times, of Tuesday, has
the following statement, which probably &C.
counts, in part, for Beunet's sudden con-
version to Lncolnism:
"Throughout the day, although h it was
quite rainy, an excited crowd filled the
sidewalk in front of the Herald Office, on
Fulton and Nassau streets, and gazing up
at the windows, hooted and INDUCED in va
rious expressions of dislike to that establish
ment.
"The American flag being displayed from
all the principal newspaper Offices, the ab-
sence of it at the Herald Office seemed to
excite the public indignation, and the pop
ulace INDUCED in loud threats that, if such
course was persisted in, they would mob
the establishment. 1t Was understood that
precautionary measures we're adopted by
the Police authorities in view of these
threats. During the afternoon the Sun es'
tablishmeut displayed neat flag over its
bulletin, which was received With shouts of
applause. A committee of gentlemen call.
Ell on the proprietor of the Herald during
the forenoon, and, it is said, suggested that,
if he wished to save his constitution" from
attack he must display the Stars and Stripes.
"About Al o'clock an American ensign
was slowly dropped out of an upper window,
where for several minutes it hung against
the building. Commingled groans and
cheers greeted their tardy compliance with
the wishes of the people, Soon afterwards
a lad was seen running with great haste to-
wards the Office with another flag attached
to a staff, and this was soon displayed from
window of the second story. 1t having
been rumored in the crowd that sudden
conversion had taken place in the Office,
and taken these as signs Of the change,
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They could scarcely have forced their way
through the heavy batteries which lined the
coast, nor could their participation in the
fight have changed the result. The pre-
rarations of the enemy were too complete,
and their forces too numerous, to warrant
any hope of success with the number OF
guns at our command The fort was brave.
ly defended 1t has fallen without loss of
life-the ships are ou the spot to enforce
the blockade of Charleston harbor-Fort
Pickens, according to despatch from
Montgomery, has already been reinforced
and everything is ready for unrolling the
next and the far more terrible scene of this
great drama.-New York Times
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TIE BEGINNING OF THE END.

The curtain has fallen upon the first act
of the great tragedy of the age. Fort Sum
ter has been surrendered, and the stars and
stripes of the American Republic give place
to the felon flag of the Southern Confeder
ates. The defence of the fortress did hon
or to the gallant commander by whom il
was held, and vindicated the Government
under which he served. Judging from the
result, it does not seem to have been the
purpose of the Government to do anything
more. The armed ships which accompanied
the supplies took no part in the contest
Whatever may have been the reason fol
lit, their silence was probably Fortunate
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-25
D. R. JONES, A. A, General.
Incidents of the Bombardment and
C11,.ran6ar

Incidents of the Bombardment ano
Surrender.
Fort Sumter was delivered up on Satur
day to Capt. Ferguson, one of Gen. Beau.
regards Aids, despatched to receive it, and
raise upon its walls. the Confederate Flag
Previous to leaving, Major Anderson care.
fully pointed out the location of the mines
which be had laid to defend his post /; also
the powder magazines, with the danger to
which be might be exposed by the progress
of the fire, etc. After performing these
Offices, he delivered up the keys.
1t is understood that Major Anderson
had intended to fire salute of one hun
dred guns before striking the United States
flag, both the national salute of thirty-four
or tbirty.six guns, and the Presidents sa'
lutte of twenty-one guns. This not being
particularly agreeable to the captors of the
fort, be determined to fire a full salute, but
one without special point The accident
which happened to his gunner put stop
to his intention. Immediately upon seeing
the fatal effect, Major Whiting wrote an
order for the Confederate troops to bury
the body in the parade ground of Fort Sum-
ter with all the honors of war, and sent a
copy to Major Anderson, who was visibly
affected by this token of respect towards his
brave garrison by their victorious enemies
It is stated that Anderson's flagstaff at
Fort Sumter was touched by balls seven
times before the final shot which cutit down.
The halyard was cut below the flag on the
morning of the 18th. At Fort Moultrie,
where foated both the Confederate and
State colors, the folds of the former were
pierced by four balls, the latter by three.
Our readers may not have remarked the
auspicious circumstances that on the nights
of the 18th aud 18th, the moon showed the
silver crescent, which stands on the flag Of
the. State: A gentleman also inforus US,
on the morning of the 18th, as an omen Of
victory, that he saw game cock mount the
tomb of Calhoun, on Church street, flap
his wings and crow. The superstitlous
will make note ont.
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The SCENE AT FORT SUMTER.-An Of
6cer who visited the fort soon after the
terms of evacuation were made, states that
the scene there presented is beyond concep-
ton. Without, the walls have the appear
ance, at distance, Of having been covered
with an immense number of brick poultices
spattered in every direction. This is the
shstterins effect of the shot. Within, the
entire fort wore an aspect as if the hand Of
the destroying angel had swept ruthlessly
by and left not solitary object to relieve
the general desolation. The blackeued
walls of the officers and soldiers quarters
we're yet smoking, ashes and embers met
the eye at every turn, while the shot and
she'll which had been rained upon the strong
hold lay in great quantities upon all por-
tions of the parade grouud.-Mercury.
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Crops IN ALABAMA.-The Abbeville
(Ala.) Banner says: The farmers of this
section seem to be in fine spirits. The
bright prospect of good crops this year is,
indeed, cheering, especially to those who
almost entirely lost their last years labor in
consequence of dry weather. Our farmers
have planted extensive corn crops, some of
which are growing off beautifully.
The Marion (Ala.) Commonwealth says:
From information and observation, we are
enabled to state that the quantity of corn
planted in this section of country this spring
is largely in excess of any other season with.
in the memory of the "oldest iuhabitant."
Good stands, We believe, have generally
been obtained by the planter.
The Eutaw (Ala.) Whig says: The corn
and wheat crops of that section are the most
promising for years past.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-25

ARMS FoR THE SoUTH.-It is reported
that immense activity prevails at the private
manufactures Of arms in Hartford and 9th.
er portions of Connecticut, and that orders
from the South are constantly received and
filled.
At single factory in Hartford one hun.
dred and fifty man are working night and
day, making patent rifles for the rebels Of
the Confederate States. Great numbers of
the ordinary style of Sharpe's rifles are also
manufactured in the same city.
Itis further reported that the orders from
the military authorities of the seeding
States are of the heaviest kind. It is no
unusual circumstance to receive orders for
work to the amount of one hundred thous-
and dollars in day. 4:
These contracts, we are informed, are ex-
cusively Southern, and We learn, moreover,
that they are invariably accepted and ARE
now filing as rapidly as possible.-N z.
Post.
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MAJOR ANDERSON COURSE AppRovED9

MAJOR ANDERsoN's COURSE AppRovED!S q
No blame.is imputed to Major Anderson
by the Administration, and no whisper af.
fecting his fidelity and loyalty is tolerated
He acted upon necessity contemplated by
his orders, which was to yield the fort in
case he should be encompassed by an over
whelming force, or reduced to an extremity
by the want of provisions According to
information which reached here recently,
his supplies were expected to DE exhausted
last Tuesday, and hence the extraordinary
efforts which were made here to recruit his
enfeebled garrison. Major Anderson him
self endeavored to get rid Of the laborers
who had been employed in the fort, for the
purpose of restricting the consumption to
his actual military command, but the State
authorities refused to permit their depar
ture, and these additional mouths were thus
imposed upon his limited stock of provis
ions. In view of the threatened contiu-
gency, an attempt was made to conmuni,
cate with him on the 4th inst, conveying
discretion to abandon the fort, if 10 his
judgment, if it could not be held until
supplies could be forwarded. But that and
other dispatches we're intercepted, which
put the Secessionists in full possession of
the exact circumstances of his condition,
and enabled General Beauregard to time
his operations, as they were subsequently
developed. Then the order cutting off his
purchases in the Charleston market was
made The dispatch which Lieutenant
Talbot took down, repeated this discretion,
but also announced to him that a vessel
with supplies, supported by several ships
of war would be sent to his relief. That
dispatch could not be delivered, and its
general character was anticipated by the
instructions of the Government, which had
been feloniously appropriated before. 1t
will thus be seen, that the Revolutionists
were fully informed, not only of the state
of the garrison, but of the policy of the Gov
ernment in every essential Particular
With their immense force, and numerous
batteries, and considering chat the storm
had dispersed the fleet which had been
sent to Major Andersrn's relief, or at least
prevented their cooperation, the result is
not surprising-N Y. TriJune's WASH
ington Dispatch.
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An English Opinion of Anderson.

Major Anderson who seized and held the
fort in defiance of superior orders, appears
to be the only functionary in the military
or civil service of the United States who
has done his duty in the present crisis
Several of the Northern cities have fired sa-
lutes to express their admiring astonishment
at the spectacle of an officer who neither be-
trayed his post nor deserted. 1t is not i'm
probable that in four years Major Anderson
NAV be elected President of whatever por-
tion NAV be left of the American Union.
The capitulaton of Fort Sumter must be
shortly followed by the discontlnuance OF all
attempts to collect the customs in the South
erp ports. The Confederate Government
will take care that the threatened interfer.
epce shall not be confined to mere fiscal
operation, and as soon as actual war breaks
out, the investing force will be subjected to
all the restrictions which effect bellgerent
rights. The navy of the United States,
even fit should prove more loyal than the
army, is not strong enough to maintain
an effective blockade of Charleston, or Pen
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NORTHERN VESSELS ORDERED HOME.
"A report prevailed along the whar7es
yesterday, that most Of the vessels here
owned in Baltimore and north Of that had
been ordered home.-Mereuy. o,
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Texas Intelligence. ,

From the Galveston Neaos OF Tuesday
last we extract the following paragraphs:
Our army correspondent, writing us on
the 9th of March, from Fort Brown, says
the Texan troops stationed there were pre-
pairing for active duty. The news had got
abroad that body of Mexican soldiers was
concentrating in the State Of lamsulipas,
with hostile designs towards the Texan
frontier. Cannon bearing on Brownsville
have been placed in battery at Matamoras.
The Texans we're determined on the slight
est hostile move on the part of the Mexi-
cans to seize on Matamoras and holdsit.
COL Ben Mccullough has arrived at N.
Orleans from Richmond. he has, we,un.
derstaud succeeded in bis mission to pur-
chase 1000 Colts revolvers, aud 1000 re-
peating rifles for the use of the State.
The steamship Rusk brought over to day
the two pieces Of field artillery, six pound
ers known as the "Twin Sisters" which
we're used at the battle of San Jacinto, aud
did such good service there. They some
how or other found their way back to
Louisiana, where they have been consider
ed as old iron. ,....
The State of Louisiana through the Leg
islature's action has presented the guns a.
gain to the State of Texas, reuouuted them
anew throughout.
We understand that Capt. Murray, of the
steamship Fashion, which vessel was char
tered to take the United States troops from
Indianola to the steamship waiting forthem
outside the bay, has been informed by the
United States officer having charge, that his
services would not be needed again until
July next. What does this mean