The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-16
genial climate. Those who are not for us are
against us, and we shall and can take care Of

genial climate Those who are not for us are
| against us, and we shall and can take care of
| ourselves.
FURTHER ACCOUNTS.
The following are extracts from dispatcbes
! dated Charleston, Friday
| The soldiers perfectly eckIess of their
| lives, and at every shot jump upon the ram
| parts, and then jump down cheering.
party on the Stevens Battery are said TO
nave played game of cards during the hot
| test of the fire.
The excitement in the community is inde-
scrlpapie win the first5boom of the gun
thousands rushed from theft beds to the har-
Dor front, and all day every available nlaca
has been thronged bv ladies and gentlemen
viewing the solemn spectacle through their
glasses. Most OF these have relatives in the
several Ior tlHcdtIons, and many a fearful eve
attested the anxious affection of the mother
wife and sister, but not a murmur came from
a single indi ivdual
The spirit OF patriotism is as sincere as it is
uhlNeFsai. rive thousand ladies stand ready
to-day to respond to any sacrifice that nav
be req uired of them
Inc brilliant and patriotic conduct of Mai
hhuti son SPEAKS for itself, and silences the
attacks lately made at the North unon his
character and Patriotism
business Is entirely suspended. Only those
stores are open necessary TO supply articles
required by the army.
governor PIckens has all day been i'm the re-
sidehce OF a gentleman which commands a
view OF the whole scene. General Beaure-
gard commands in person the entire opera
uohs, ana thus far they have moved with the
utmost system and success.
1t is reported that the Harriet Lane has re-
celYed shot through her wheelhouse. She is
in the otiing. No other Government ships
are in sight up 10 the present moment but
should they appear the entire range of bat
terleS VIII open upon them.
troops are pouring i'll to the town by hun
dreds, but are held in reserve for the present
the force already on the Islands being am npIp
HpODiP also arriVjuO
horseback, and by every other conveyance.
The thunder of the artillery can be heard
Tor htty miles arc und, aud the scene is mag
niiicently terrible.
Anoth dispatch, dated Sunday saws:
When Sumter was in flames and Major
Anderson could only fire his guns Il long in
teryais, the men at our batteries cheered at
every fire which the gallant Major made in
ms last struggles, but they looked defiance at
the vessels of war whose men like towards
stood outside without firing gun or attempt
ing 10 divert the fire of a single battery from
Sumter. Five of Major Anderson's men are
slightly wounded.
Jasper, the correspondent of the New York
Times, who was arrested as a spy, was con-
hned for time, and then ordered outsof the
State. He was taken far as Wilmington
N. e., and is now on his way North.
A special dispatch from Charleston TO the
Baltimore Sun, dated Sunday evening, says:
The Palmetto and Confederate flags now
wave over Fort Sumter. Major Ripley with
200 men, by order of Gen. Beauregard, took
formal possession OF the fort at o'clock
p. NJ
Whilst Maj. Anderson was saluting his flag,
previous to retiring, an explosion occurred,
killing one man and dangerously wounoing
four others.
The Major marched out under:the Stars and
Stripes, the band playing Yankee Doodle. He
starts tonight in the steamer Isabel for New
York, receiving supplies from the fleet
In returning thanks to Gov Pickens. for
ms kindness to himself and wife, Major An
derson SAID that history would applaud him
for the torbearance he had practiced he was
much &ratlfied that no lives were sacrificed
He said his orders We're to destroy fireworks if
possible, but not 10 take life if it could be
avoided