The national Republican., 1861-04-15
BY TELEGRAPH.
COMMANDMENT OF SATURDAY.
Surrender of Fort Sumter.

10 pciIS COutlnutu AZ lHttENhls Oh
tho Confederate States side. A shell is thrown
into the fort every twenty minutes. 1t is sup.
posed that Anderson is resting his men, as he
is not responding. Three vessels Of war are
reported outside, but the weather IL bosterous,
and they cannot get in. |
The floating battery works we'll.
Troops are hourly arriving. Every outlet
on the coast is fully guarded.
1880 A. M-At intervals of twenty minutes
the fire was kept up all night on Fort Sumter.
Anderson ceased to fire at P. NJ. All night
he was engaged in repairing damages, aud pro.
tecting his barbette guns. He commenced to
return his FIRE this morning at seven, but
seemed to be greatly disabled.
The battery on Cummings's Point does Sum.
ter great damage.
At nine this morning dense smoke poured
out from Fort Sumter, and the Federal flag is
at half NEST, signalling distress. The shells
| from Fort Moutrie and Morris Island fall into
Anderson's stronghold thick and fast. They
They can be seen in their course through the
cir from the Charleston battery.
The breach made in Sumter is on the side
fronting Cummingss Point, two of its port holes
are preached into one, and the wall from the
top is crumbling.
Three vessels, one Of them a largs.sised
steamer, are on the bar and seem to be pre-.
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on Morris Island and Moultrs is divided be
tween Sumter and the ships of war. The
ships have not, as yet, opened fire.
An explosion occurred at Sumter; o dense
volume Of smoke was seen suddenly to rise, and
Anderson ceased his fire for an hour. His flag
is still up. 1t is thought the officers quarters
in the fort are on fire.
Forenoon.-Fort Sumter is on FIRE. Maj. An.
derson has thrown out a raft, and men are pass
ing up buckets of water from it to extinguish the
flames. The fort is scarcely discernibe in the
smoke. The men on the raft are now subject.
ed to the fire from the Cummings's Point bat
teries. With good glasses, balls can be seen
skipping along the surface of the water, and
occasionally striking near the raft, creating
great CONSERVATION among the men thereon. o.
| ll.35 A. M.-The flames can now be seen
issuing from all the PORTFOLIOS, and the de-
struction of all combustible matter in the fort
appears to be inevitable.
A reliable source states that up to 10 A. NJ.
no one in Fort Moultrie had been killed.
Eleven shots had penetrated the famous float.
ing battery below her water line. The few
shots fired by Anderson early in the morning
Knocked the bricks and chimueys Of the oti-
GERS quarters in Moultrie like whirlwind.
1t seems TO be Anderson's only hope to hold
out for aid from the feet.
| AWo shiPS oiC huhlpB III to"uiuo AhoiAio
Island, apparently with q view to land troops
to silence the destructive batteries.
Not o man ut the Confederate batteries has
been severely wounded.
Noon-The ships are in the ofing, quietly
at anchor. They have not fred u gun; the
entire roofs of Anderson's barracks are in o
vast sheet of flame.
The shells from Cummings Point are burst
ing in and ever the doomed fortress in quick
succession, but the Federal flag still waves /"
at the mast head. Major Anderson appears to
be solely occupied in putting out the fire.
The fire on Sumter is as regular as ever, and
every shot seems to tell ..---..-... B. Il.
We anxiously look for Anderson to haul
down his flag.
Two Of Anderson's magazines have exploded.
Occasional shots are fred on him from Moul.
: trie, while the Point Cummings battery is do.
ing the heavy work. The exploded magazines
are thought to be the lesser ones.
The greatest excitement prevails here. The
battery, wharves, steeples and every available
place, are packed with people.
The ships are in the ol6ng, and have not
!, aided Anderson, and it is now too late, as it is
! past high water, and it is believed they cannot
come over the bar.
!. lP. A-Anderson's flag and mast are down,
supposed to have been shot away.
. | Ht IeuSlui udP uuo uCcu hoiS'Su'
William Porcher Miles, under white flag, has
: gone to Sumter.
d Anderson has hauled down tho Federal flag,
d and hoisted a white one.
i. The batteries have all stopped firing, and two
boats with Confederate flags are on their way
to the fort
Fort Sumter has surrendered. The Confed
ate flag has been hoisted. No one of the gar
). rison or Confederate force, as far as is known
a has been killed.
1t is reported that Captain Doubleday is q
. maniac, and confined in irons General Beau
II regard, with two of his aids, have left for Fort
!. Sumter.
- Three fire companies Of our city are now on
their way to the fort to extnguish the conaagra
n ton before it reaches the great magazine.
ID $50 p M-The news Of the unconditional
surrender of Fort Sumter has just arrived.
Ex-senator Chestnut, Exc Governor Manning
and William Porcher Miles, have just arrived
= and are marching, followed by a crowd wil'
with joy. They report that ten men in For
Sumter are killed.
The Federal flag was shot away by the Pa!
metto Guards at Morris Island.
8, In two thousand shots which were fred BY
. Fort Sumter, none OF the Confederate troop
were hurt
u Major Anderson and his men, under guard
II ~ have been conveyed to Morris Island.
y Bells are ringing out merry peal, and thu
IA Charlestonians are engaged in every demon
AZ stration Of joy.
ID 1t is estimated that there are nine Thousand
men under arms on the Islands and in th'
neighborhood.
T., The correspondent Of the Associated Pres
has Just had an interview with Wm. Porche
Miles, who states in the most positive terms
that no one was killed at Fort Sumter. This i
reliable, and puts to rest all reports to the con
Mt trary
= Major Anderson has reached the city, and i
- the guest of Gen. Beauregard. The Charles