Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-04-19

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assembled 2thousands upon Tho shores andsthe
steamers md every species of water craft. nm
Douuced that tn authorlty of the late United
States upon the, last foot Of Cnrolinas soil was
finally Withdrawn. =
/ !, had been noticed, that Mt the firing of the
seventeenth gun, there was the sound rs Of two
reports, and the impression was that two guns
had been fired together; but, as the party re-
enbarkng were on their way to Fort Sumter.
they were met by boat, which announced
thafione- Of the caisons had exploded. and made
the earnest request that the boat would return
to Sullivan's Island for a fire engine, from the
apprehension that the magazine might be in
danger This obtained, the party y agaiu star
ted for the fort, aud made their entrance. ..
1t were vain to attempt u detailed descrip-
ton OF the scene. Every point and every OBJ
jectit the interior of the fort TO which the eve
was turned, except the outer walls and case
mates, which are still strong. bore the impress
| OF ruin. 1t were us If the Genius Of Destruc-
ton had tasked its ehcryit 8 to make ne thing
complete, brooded over by the desolation of
ages. 1t could scarce have been developed to
n more full maturity OF ruin. The walls Of
I the internal structure, roofless bare blackened
and perforated 10y shot and shell, hung in fraer
,ncnts. and seemed in instunt readiness TO tot
| ter down. Near the centre of the parade
ground wns the hurried grave of one who had
| fallen Rom the recent casua9ty. To the left of
The entrance was man wlio seemed To be Mt
| the verge Of death In the fuins to the right
| there was another The shattered flag staff.
pierced by four. balls. lay sprawling or the
ground The parade ground was strewn with
! fragments of shell and of the diln ,idnted bull
dngs. AT least fur guns were dis,uornte,l on
| the rninpnrts, and ut every step the way was
| impeded by portions of The broken structure.
| Ana so II was that the authorities, compelled
to Yield the fortress, had at least The sntisfac.
ti"n OF leaving it in n condition calculated to
inspire the least possible pleasure to its cap
| tors.
OTHER INCIDENTS -AIaj"r Anderson and his
command marched out to the tune of Yankee
Doodle" They We're dressed in full uniform
and carried their arms. Major Anderson louk
ell care worn and deeply lesp"ndcnt, produced
no doubt. among other circumstances, by tho
sad accldent which happcucd whilst salutins
his flag.
On the return from the feet IT. was Oh.
served that Capt ellis closely examined the
1 batteries on both shores with his glass. and
made attempts to CLEAN information from per-
sons on board the steamer. Ia short he cx-
hiblted disposition to take every advantage
OF his accidental entrance into the harbor.
| The .lIantic standing furtherest seaward
was yesterday morning brought up with the
other vessels. As she contains the lnrgest mum
n ner OF the hostile troops. together with the
flying artillery, it was thought possible an at
tempt would be nfade to effect a landing last
night. Oh the suppositiou that our forces would
| oc less vlgiinnt in consequence of tile surren-
| der of Fort Sumter. One hundred" and fifty
| horses are divided between the Baltic. and At
| iamHc.
The funeral Of the private named Howe,
who was killed by the explosion, was attended
| ny portion Of the Palmetto Guard. i Cant.
Cuthbert, and portions Of Company L, Cant.
suallonqust, and Capt. uam.lton's company.
| Alr. lowe WAS buried with the honors of
| war. - =.
Fort Sumteris now, garrisoned hy the de-
'achment of Company Is, under Capt. Hallon--
| qnst, and portion of the Palmetto Guard,
| Capt. Cutlrbert The command has been given
to Col. Ripley, who o'wonr bright laurcls at Fort
Alouitffe IN the recent engagement.
| The rockets throws upon Mt Stono on Satur-
| day evening caused nnp necessary alarm IN this
city by order of Geu,S BeaureGard, two Of
the aidaof-Gov. Piekens, with a detachment
Of volunteers, composed principally Of Viz
ginIans and Geofginns here onsa visit, went on
BOARD the LGdySDacis. to proceed TO Wapuoo
Gut; but before they got under way. the or
der was coun unterlnanded, as 1t was discovered
tiIat there was no cause for approximations!
The flag Of the Confederate States aud the
Palmetto were rnised on Fort Sumter simultan-
| eously, the former by Col. Jones. chief Of Gen.
Beausegard's Staff, and Cox Ferguson. The
flag ofthe Confederate States was mauufactn red
In this city. II was the intention TO have made
use nf the flag that was first hoisted on the
capitol at Montgomery, but unfortunately it
had been mislaid. The hagstaffs were about
fifteen feetshigh. and were las!,ed to two of the
big guns byf Commodore Hurtstene. y
Four hundred and seven shots were fred
from tne Floating Eattery, and one hundred
from the Dai!gren battery. Both are under
the command of Capt. T. r.; Hamilton -.