The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-04-18
WAR BEGUN!

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Ch1rleston TO be 6l0ckaded- Rebel STATE
NtH to be wittIraCn = The iGatriSon
going 10 Ne,c York--75. 900 Mttttia
! called tor-An extra session Of Congress
Charleston. Friday, April IL, 1861.
CIyil war has at last begun. A terri
ble fight is at this moment going on be
tween Fort Sumter aud the fortiicstions
by which it Is surrounded.
The issue was submitted to Major Au
derson of surreuderinT, or Of having q
6re opened on him within a certain time.
This he refused to Go, and. according
| ", at u minutes past a o'clock tbI-
moruing Fort Moutrie began the bon.
hardacut by fling two guns. To these
Major Anderson replied with three Of biz
haI bette guns. sfter which the battery on
Mount Pleasant, CuwmiDg's PoiOt. and
the Floating Battery, opened brisk fire
Of shot aud 81 II.
Major Anderson did not reply. except
at long intervals. until between aud =
clock. when be brought into action tb'
tao tier of guns looking toward Fort
Moultrie and Stevens Iron Battery.
Up to thi. bour-3 o'clock they haze
failed to produce any serious effect.
Dispatches received at beadqu arter-
from the various forts report that all is
going on admirably. aud 10 meo hurt
:. jor Anderson has the greater part
of tho dag been directing hi IRE priuei
paIly asainst Fort Moultre. the StereD>
aud Floating Battery. these and Fort
johnson teins the only five operating a
gainst him. The remainder of the bette
ries are held in reserve.
Some fifteen or eis htecn shots have
struck the floating battery, but made not
the slightest impression upon their iron
cased sides The Stesen'- battery is al
so emiueUtly successful. and does terrible
execution % Fort SHUTTER.
Breaches, 10 all appearance, are being
made in the several sides exposed to fire
Portions of the paraPet have been de
,troyed. aud several Of the guns there
mounted have been shot away.
Maj AnGersOn is at present using hi
easements ordnance.
The fight is going on with iD,en.e
earne-tness. and will continue all night.
1t is not Improbable that the fort will
be carried by storm.
The soldier are perfectly reckless o.
their lises. and at every shot jump upon
the ramPar;s, and then JUMP down cheer
ing.
A party on the Stevens battery are
said to have played game OF the bot
test fire.
The excitement in the community j.
With the very first booa
of the gun thousands rushed from their
beds to the harbor front. aud all day ev
cry availablr place has been throBsed y
ladies and geutleueG. viewing the solem Il
pc,tacle through their glasses. Mot OF
these bare relatives 10 the several toFtif
cation. aad many tesrfuI eye sttested
the anxIouS affeetiou of the mother, wife
and sister, but not murmur cane from
a eingle individual.
Five thousand ladies' stand ready to
iay to respond to any sacrifice that may
be required of them.
The brilliant aud patriotic conduct Of
Msjor Anderson speaks for itself, aud
,ileuces the attack lately made at the
North upon bis character aud patriot
Ism.
Business is entirely suspended. Only
tho stores open necessary to supply ar
tIcles required By the sruy
Governor Pickens has all day been in
the residence of gentleman Who coU
~ anis view OF the whole seene-a IL o.;
obserser. Gen. Besurrgsr
eo4maods in person the entire opera
uon-. aud thus far they have moved With
the utmost -ystem and success.
1t is reported that the Harriet Lane
has receivei shot through her wheel
house. She is in the ofiing. No other
government ships ia sight up to the pre-
seut moment. but should they appear the
entire range of batteries will open upop
them
Troops are pouring into the town by
hundreds, but are held 10 reserve for the
present, tie force already CT the island
being ample. People are also arriving
every uoWeDt on horseback aud by every
other Conveyance. Within ad area
fifty miles, where the thuuder of the ar
tilery eau be heard, the scene is magni-
deeDtiy terrible.
CharIestou. Friday. April 1915 p. N.
Capt 4 S. Parker brings di-patcbe-
irou the Floating Battery. stating that,
up to this time, only two have beer
sounded ou Sullivan. Island he had
o row through Major Andersons warm
est fire in a .mali boat.
Senator Wigfail in same waDner bore
li-pstches to Morris Islaud, through the
ire from Fort SuDter.
Senator Che>uut. another member OF
he stsf of 9 en- Beauregard, fred a quo
oJ way Of smu,ement, from Mount
Pleasant, which made large hole 10 the
)arspet.
Quite q nu0ber have teen struck By
pent pieces Of she'll and knocked down.
but none burt seriously. Many frag I
Ients OF these missiles are already cireu
ating in the city. |