, 1861-04-23

1tfeCtlpN.: :A&Aa crash OF AH& 9E&1&4, the 1&&3E3
sK.,F! e As aam@ e1 the 1apM5 pssan q q th Us
forts; with tho bhakness Die smoke, mHdaI
th6s ecens Ind cribably s4eEti 9s&4d graAai]
This cont ntinua5 for several h6n1 sddHanwh3lHS
the main gates were burned ddRst the chK1fG
0f:fhs hAfbette Euns were burned away qhthH
goaa and dtheN upper portions of the t6Ka!
bad been demolished BY shells.
There was not portion Of the Fort wherea
through .a:Wat e16tH.-.f1H e16tH-f1H nrE-E{El
We9's quarters, on the right hand andou the left,
And dah1an9ered fha powder which had been
taken but Of The magazines The men went
through the lEs md eeXekea the 4eEEsZs M5th
Ing uP became 80 ,aHlneat a sset III they were
sursa::' WM1s TIE powder wis, tbetuE athzoWRr
overheard, IN thG guns Of Meniti4g, df the f1ona
foatfne battery,i;of THE tenalIad battery aAd7
The Dahlgren worked 'with inersazed ere; M
I'll :bntYoaf barrels were thus, 5,disposed> of; /
ana thoae ren1aining we're wlsR9ed II tasny
three' cartridges were left, and These were lh
the puns; st liz" -'se:''" ,"h ~ :''s'+
J. FLAG sHoT AWAY.
4; About this time Tie dags staff faf Foft Sumter. pmtet
Was shot down, sop1e fifty feet from the truck
this being the ninth time that 1t .has' been
shot! Tie man cried ont, '' :hH fag fs down;
It has beeh shot away" q Fl Al fnat .Lleut-'
Hall rushed forward and hronght theh hag away; !.
Bat, the h3yals Were e Ffsate91y t1 ta9sisa
tha5 sasa sSaa aaa a. e 5ff3E sasa 50 Is
EaFts wh;ls esttses ss r sysFy aFssten %ets
2fs% moments zfter and ati44hil viii shitte,:
flag tied to his' sword, desired addissfon,' :
He was admitted through aI etnbfasdre" II :
4 great Hurry, be 'tafd he was Gsn. 'Wigfau, and
,that he carns from Gen: Beadte suard, and add.
ed that he had eeen that '8u1nters s. dlg was
down, :I1eut Davis replied, 1tOh, Sir! hut it
Is mp again. The cannonaaing naeanWhlle
.contiuus dr. Gen. Wigfa.1 aaE ed That soms one
sa1a ssad hSIa 81; 81 2s 9a Setds se h1 ~s 3ass
# you want your bat ferries to stop; yQu must
stop them" Gen. 'Wlsfau then held the fag
out Of 8n; embrasnre: As SOON as be had dore
20, Lieut.: Davis directed q CORPORAL to relieve
him, :as 1t was Gen: Wigalra dag 49, :, ="
u, Several shots .atruck Tfmnne nedfats1y atodnd oadd
ed back, and putting the f1ag in Wigtall'Ef face,
gaid, "D-n it I WoRt hold thst fag, for they
don't respect it.. Thay struck their cdlors; but
we never did" LWigfal replied, "Thay5 fired
at me three Or four times, hnd should think
you ought to stand it :ouce." Wigfal then
pIaced The white flag on the :outslde of:the
embfasuret; aud presented, himself te'f Majm
Ande1son, and said that Gen. Beauresartf was
desirous that blood should not be unaecessa-
rily shed, and also stated that hel came from
Gen. BeanEegaFd, who desired to know il: Ma
tor Anderson would eyacuste the Fort. and
; that il he Would do so he might choose his
OWL terms. .,,.-s -,,.,:.u,
.,*, TIE EVACUATION :, -: : IL, ):
After moments hesitation Maior Auderz
son replied that he would 20 ont on, the same
terms that he {Mn}or knderson} had Uenton-
n1 H.. IL
well; then it Is understood that yeu VIII evAc.
uate. that Is all / haYe to do. You miltaEy
men will arrange everything elso.on your OWL
terms" He then departed, the white flag still
waving where he had placed it. and the stars
and stripes waving from the, flagstaff which
had become the target Of the rebels:::.i = a.,
Hon. Pofcher Miles, Senator Chestnut and the:
Hon. Roger A. Pryor, the staff of Gen. Beau.
regard, approached the fort with white fsg,
and said they came from Gen. Baauregard&
who had observed that the flag hadbeen down
and raised again q few: minutes afterward.
The General had sent over desiring to know II
he could render any assistance. .as. he had OBJ
served that the Fort was On fre.l ETbis. was
perhaps delicate mode Of asking for = suHren.
del, Msjor Anderson, in replying, requested
them to thank. Gen. B5aursgard for the offsr;
but 1t was too late, as he had just agreed with
Gen Beauregard for an eyac1ation.5 The three
LILO Hl<y 4pQAEU Isl e1NSN Ns1E1
hlankly, and asked with whom z. Major An
dersou, observing that there was something
wrong, remarked that Gen. Wjgfall, who had
gust left, had represented himself to be aid. Of
Gen. Beauregard, aud that he had come o1er
to make the proposition, >. .7..,,.....,..:;
After come conversation among Themselves,
they said to Major Anderson. thai Wigfall had
not seen Gen Hsa4regaEd for two days, Major
Anderson replied that Gen. Wigfalls ntTtrend
its acceptance. had placed him in peculiar
position. They then requested him to place
In writing What:q Gen. Wigfall had said to him,
and they would lay IT before Gen. Beanrega-d.
Before this reached Gen. Beauregard be sent
ibis AdjutautG General aud other members of
his staff, including the Hon. Roger A Pryor
and Gov. Manning, proposing the same CON.
-ditions which Major Anderson had offered to
1 go out upon, with the exception only Of not
salating bis. fag,. Major Anderson said that
be had already informed Gen. Reaursgard that
would not aceept Il the terms without the
salute. Major Anderson told them, No; but
that 1t should be- an open point !; :; ~
Gen. Beauregard sent down to tay that the
terms had been accepted. and that he would
send The Isabel Or a9y other, vessel at hia eon=
troops to any port Id the United States
which he might select. .~.4::<s.: .~t....;
/: The evacuation took place about o> o'clock
on Sunday morning, after the burtM with
military honors Of private Daniel ,Hough,
Who had been killed. by the bursting ;of
gun. The men bad been all the. .mornieg pre-
pairing cartridges for the purpose Of firing q
salute Of one hundred guns. This done, the
enab:rkation took plaee, the band meanwhile;
+ playing Yankee Doodie.
: Bra7er men never lived than tbs de- de-:
Tenders Of Fort Sumter, and when all showed
such lofty courage and patriotism it would be;
invidlgns to make such distinctions; but: the
ardor and endurance Of musician Han Of Co:
E was remarked By every=man in Sumter, and
/; the company intend to present him with "a
testimonial : He was at the firing Of the first
guns, and fought On all day and would not &C
eopt either Of the reliets. H. was up 1T the
! first shot the next day, and worked without
cessation till night. His example! !aad words
Of cheer had great effect. This is the more
worthy ofremark as he belonged to hemusi-!
eians, and he was not obliged 10 entezintothe
SHRA2Nm6Qt&f all, -'t-G "a:
-. :; = INo1DENTa.;' :';s.:a; -: - " =,
An Incident occurred during; the canuonad
ing, which, for lis pecnliaritF, deserves par
ticula 1nehtion. Roger a. Pryor Of KIrgipia,
exmember Of Congress, Was one OF the second
deputation who waited upon Major Anderson.
He Was the very embodiment Of Southern
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