The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-04-17

t&s16 IL. =. HuEert Secfetdfy o. war, 4uontgoa
-gE Mai Anderson replies, 81 have the honor tt
q acknowledges the receipt of your commun icatior
demanding the evacuation of this Fort, and te
e gay in reply thereto, that 1t is O demand tc
81 which regret that my sense of honor, and my
es obligations to my Government, prevents my
4 cosnpliance." He adds. Probably Twill await
the first shot, and il you do not batter us To
pisces, we will be starved out in a few days .
Answer. ggssl @sar9 lu gsa ~ q
saa {signcd) a.G. T BEAUREGARD.
sses Hsf7F 1ssa esss [No. ag ianas3 tt
b aissesg @a MoETeoMARY, Aprilll.
10 Gsa. Beau,egara, Charleston:
q &Wede not desire, needlessly, to lombard
Fort Sumter. re Maj Anderson will sta'e the
3 time at which as indicated by him, he will esac.
uate, and agree that, in the meantime, he will
1 not use his guns againtt US, unless ours should
q be employed agaiust Fort Sumter you are thus
10 avoid the efFusion Of blood. If this or its
equivalent be refused, reduce the Fort as your
Judgment lseides to be the most praeticable
&. M fSignedl ~ sfI LIP. WALKER,
1saasagsas a@ &c 2s4 EssgSecretary Of War. ri
saa5 ssef3' sgssa& sfNo 40. laasas . ssaRD
y-ssW III ssfees 4e CHAELEsToS, April IL. e
p Isp IFeikes5 Sscretafyof War, Montgomery: q
ssa He wouId not consent. write to day.&
sssaa s(sgnedY &c. r BEAUREGARD. 4
asss sVAsHissToN, Apra 12.-Prvate dispatches
have Beer, received rom the south, which leave
~ no reasonable doubt hat hostiiities were com
80 raenced at Charleston al an early hour this
morning ts Y sst t9 $a5Fsa '@ sas'Fsss9s 81
We are in rnotnsntary expectation Of tall de,
tails ss9asi Fsssa's vass 1@sa9 atis % F5
sAs. CHaR1FsTos, April I fth -4Inte ecepsed dis
patches disclose the fact that Mr.. Fox, who
had been allowed to visit Major Andef ION, on
Y the pledge that his purpose was pacific, employ
|? ell his opportunity TO devise plan for supply
ing the Fort by. force, and that this plan had
been adopted BY the Washington Government
and was ID process Of execution. ~ gd
Y CHARIEsToY, April 12.-The ball has open
ed: war Is it,auguraied. The batteries Of Sui
~ iivan's island, Morris island, and other points,
were opened on Fort Sumter at 4 O'Clock this
morning. Fort Sumter has returned the FIRE,
and brisk eAn6onading has eenkeptup. No
] hinsortnasion has beer received from the sea
= board yet. qlhe military are under arms a nd
the whois our population are On the streets,
Z end every available space facing the harbor is
allied with anxious spectai ors. 81 nsss W VII
Ngws YoRK, April a. -- The Herald's special
sssys Fort MouItrie began the Sbornbardrnept
A withtwo eut,s, ID which Anderson replied with
three sflots iboin his Barbette guns, sitsr which
tbe batteries At Mo6nta Pleasant Cummings
< Point and tic floating battery opened d brisk
\ iirc of shot ai,d shell. ri as tssa reg sss ~
sss Andefsor replied cniy at long intervals nns
\ I'll bctwseh seven and eight O'Clock, when he
opened from two tiers Of guns looking towards
MoulfYie and Stevens, Cmshinings Point battery,
bnt d "a dlfss b 'cock kfsisd 10 produce Sserious
4 sIsS<f Da1iak fheaeseates rarf ofAthe day And
~ sF1sn aigSSte "a n N shoss faiaeiPslly@ againsti
IW MoaItsies he Sssssus and floating bzrteries and
" E5Ff sknssiE ihsy being she only ones opeTats
Z I'm aaSffst hifn. Fifteen ar eighteen shots