The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-04-17
The First Day Of she Flight Additions al
Ilems OF Information.
Charleston, April IL, lsel-

ted, or having fire opened on him within GER
tain time.
This he refused to do, and accordingly, at
tw enty seven minutes past four O'Clock this NOR
ming Fort Moultrie began the bombsrdment by
firing two guns. To these Major Anderson re
piled with three of his barbette guns, after which
the batteries on Mount Pleasant, Cummings
Point, and the Floating Battery opened brisk
fire of shot and shell.
The excitement il the community is indescri |
babe With the very first boom of the guns
thousands rushed from their beds TO the hai Dor
front. and all day every available place has been
ihronged by ladies and gentlemen, viewing the
spectacle through their glasses.
Business is entirely suspended. Only those
stores open necessary to supply articles required
bv the army.
Gov. Pckens has all day been in the residence
of a gentleman which commands view OF the
whole scene-s most interested observer. Gen.
Beauregard commands in person the entire OPP
eIations.
Senator Wigfall bore dispatches to Morris
Island, through the fire from Fort Sumter.
Senator Chestnut, another member of Gen.
Beau.e CARDS staff, fired gun by way of amuse-
ment, from Mount Pleasant, which made large
hole in the parapet.
Spe.ial Dispatch the n. Y Herald
Charleston, April l2-ll P. NJ.
A heavy rain caused suspension OF HOSTILE
tiles between seven and eleven o'clock, except
an occasional gun.
Msor Anderson is busy repairing damages.
He received twenry-nine full shots from Stevens
battery alone, making the bricks hy from the
walls in all directions.
Ii is estimated that from twelve to eighteen
hundred balls ard shells took effect inside the
fort.
Orders have been issued to send Major Ander-
son bomb from all the batteries every twenty
minutes during the night, TO keep him wide a.
wake, making about two minute.
Major Anderson fired only two barbette guns.
Two more were dismounted. His shots at Fort
Moutrie were generally bad, most of the balls
going over. The same was the case with the
Floating Battery, to which he was very particu-
lar in his attentions. A ball penetrated the
MOultrie House, where a party of gentlemen
were sitting in the psrlor, watching the fight.
1t entered the second story, and travelled into
the kitchen. The gentlemen scattered miscella-
neuuslv
| The first shot was fred from Fort Johnson on
Morris Island, by Captain James, and The second
by Lieutenant U. II. Gibbs This WAS not an.
swered until three o'clock this afternoon. The
first shot from Stevens Battery was fired by the
venerable Edmund Rufiin, Of Virginia. That
| ball will do more for the cause OF secession in
| the Old Dominion than volumes of stump
speeches.
Ii is a most remarkable fact, that, after fifteen
hours heavy cannonadng, not one person has
been placed hors de combat
| The schooner Petrol, Capt. $. +, Coste re-
ceived four shot, but no damage.
| The United States vessels certainly outside.
They were signalled by Majo: Anderson lowering
and raising his az.
| The mortar batteries are now blazing away.
| The scene is magnificent.
| THE PROGRESS OF THE ATTACK.
! Again promising that all dispatches Ieces
sarily through reasonable sources we give villa,
South Carolina saw fit to send of the progress
of the attack
Charleston, April Is.
| The cannonading is going on ier cely from all
points, from the vessels outside and all along on
| coast.
1t is reported that Fort Sumptsr is on fire.
Charleston, April l3-l0:30 A. NJ.
| At intervals of twenty minutes, firing was
kept up en- Fort Sumter. Major Anderson ccas-
ed firing from Fort Sumter at six O'Clock in the
evening. All night he was engag ed in repairing
damages and protecting the barbette guns he
commenced to return the fire at seven O'Clock
this morning. Fort Sumter seems TO be greatly
disabled. The battery on Cummins' Point does
it great damage. At nine O'Clock this morning
| a dense smoke poured ont from Fort Sumter
The Federal flag is at halt mast. signalling dis
tress. The shells from Fort Moulrrie and the
batteries on Morris Island fall into Maj. Ander
sons strong hold thick and fast. and they can be
seen in their course from the Charleston battery
| Charleston April l3.
| Via. Auqusta-FOrt Sumter has surrendered
The Confederate flag floats over It's walls.
None of the garrison or Confederate troop:
were hurt.
Montgomery, April 10.
Gen. Beauregard telegraphed to the Secretary
of War, last night that there had been h,av,
firing all Friday; that four guns on Fort Sumter
had been dsmounted; that the Confederate udt
teries were all SAFE that nobody was hurt; tina
four steamers were off the bar, and that the sea
was quite rough.
/ Charleston, April l3.
Two of Major Anderson's magazines have ex
plOded Only occasional shots are fired at hin
from Fort Moutrie. The Morris Island battery
is doing heavy work. 1t is reported that onl,
the smaller magazines have exploded The
greatest excitement prevails, the wharves. stee
piles, and every available place is packed witt
people. United States ships are in the ofiing
but have not aided Major Anderson, as it is toe
late now to come over the bar, as the tide j.
ebbng
Charleston, April l3.
The ships in the ofing appear to be quietly
at anchor. They have not fred gun yet. The
entire roof of the barracks at Fort Sumter are
in vast sheet of flames. Shells from Cummings
Point and Fort Moultrie, are bursting in ard
over Fort Sumter in quick succession. The fed
eral flag still waves.
| Major Anderson is only occupied in putting
out fire. Every shot on Fort Sumter now seems
to tell heavily. The people are anxiously look
ing for Major Anderson to strike his flag. II is
stated from reliable source that up to 10 o
clock to-day no one at Moultric was killed.
Elever shots from Fort Sumter penetrated the
floating battery below the water line. The few
shots fired by Major Anderson early this morn
ing knocked the chimneys from the officers
quarters at Moultrie ike a whirlwind. Major
Andersons only hope now is to hold out for aid
from the ships. Two ships are making in to-
wards Morris Island. with view to land troops
and silence the batteries there.
Charleston, April Is.
| Fort Sumter is undoubtedly on fire. The
flames are raging all around it. Major Anderson
| has thrown out a raft loaded with men, who are
passing up buckets of water to extinguish the
fire The fort is scarcely discernable. The men
on the raft are now objects of FIRE from Morris
Island. With glasses balls can be seen skipping
over the water, striking the unprotected raft.
Great havoc is created among the poor fellows
Ii is surmised that Major Anderson is gradually
blowing up the fort. He scarcely fires a gun.
At halt past ii O'Clock flames were bursting
from al the port holes. The destruction of Fort
Sumter is inevitable. Four vessels, two of them