Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-06-05
Charleston Items.

One Of the crew Of tlg steamship Nash
vile left Charleston, s. O., on Saturday, haT-
ing travelled the distaFcG by TailrozdA He
brings some important information regarding
the condition of affairs in thst nest of tFai
tors and, other rebelious districts he ar
| rived at Charleston during the bombardment
I Of Fort Sumter. HAD ID
The opinion of the people of Charleston il
that there were several killed and wounded
in the bombsrdmsnt of Fort Sumter, A
rebel officer riding down the beach from
Charleston hada horse killed hinder him by a
ball from the fort. Since tie bombardment
about two thousand men have gone from
Charleston to Virginia, and the rest remain
| there garris oning the forts. There are,abOut
one hundred aud fifty men at work on Fort
Sumter repairing damages, and the fort is
iRow in a state of fr1epair:I IIle men IN The
forts at 0haFlestony and especially Castle
Pinckney, are poorly fed, and swarm with
vermin. The Charlsstohians are fitting up
four privateers-a beTk,aa brig, and two
schooners.g The brig is an old SLAYER that
has been sunk at the mouth of the harbor
for several months, They, express the opin-
ion that one Of them can click one hun
drsa aHd'ffy Y Ya6kees, and tie military, have
especial animOsity against he Sixty y-nintn
Regiment and ,fhs ZouaYesg Business IN
Charleston is at a stand-still, and South Car
olina money at discount Of from ten to
ht'fsHs;PssF sPPs iYfFs0 htg n1ln1 ID
Gov. Andrew in Favor of Vigorous Action.
|voTs 9EiHoo3 ''litE4 4sHIsqfos, No S june 2.
z lGoy. Andrew. Of lasssehusetts. in a 1ester
to General Wal lbridg concurring with the
latter IN, the Wisdom and humanity of en-
ploFing q, large force in the present war,
says -AFhs day of compronise with treason
has irreTocahly passed and the day Of abso-
lutte victory shall be made Co come, If we
.fGht for a cenItnry. = There IS perfect unan-
imityof sentiment IN 'Massach nsetts party
names and party creeds are utterly ignored
and forgo item the on Of The Union,
the support Of the government and the, en-
phatic punishment and solemn extinction of
traitors are the Catholic, religion of us ail-sa
religion mercy. y 2 We have a lTSys been
impressed with the wisdom OF Washington,
who, when adFis a that Eve thousand men
would suffice to- queH Shay . rebellion, M
piled, .s7sheH will sends fifteen thousand
there. There looan be- no mistakessbout
sshatF 0 T2 . Y y 0 O 0
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The Rebel Fae as laavana--sHoSE, Il was
.pisai Hauled Down from, Two Yessels. =
.5 The following interesting account Of the
hauling. dewTin Of two rebel Gags in the bar
Dor Of Havana lar is from an Oaieercof the
frigateN Niagara,Iunder.tHe dats'Oflthe 2Othl
"one'ufIthe first things that attracted our
attention was. The rebel flag hging from the
mast head OF two trading vessels Ebored
among the mere 6ant ships on one. side ofthe
harbor. They Haunted very braFely in the
breeze but the,feeling On board the Niagafa
was very decided that they must come down.
By way Of evasion and subterfuge, a little
ensigp of the stars and stripes sesEoe larger
than your hand, orthsn those surmounting
cake at 4ch'of Snlg dinner, was fastened 'at
half-mast I beliey eon the spsnker ballard
This, Looked like a6ding insult % injury. It
did not take CAPTAIN MeKeon, long to make
up bis mind as to his action in tie case. A.
boat was Instantly called eWby, and Lieuten-
ant otter dispatched to the vessels, to order
those hags lowered. se' yils'i,agiiee '.slh
''''TRs Captain of the FIRST vessef'boarded,
ons being. tod the obi ect of the visit, very
fatty declared that he WeHld not l0Wer the
sfiaf sTFIAD W ~
siysr,v we'll ]ss;;r.9sgssa said Po,ts. a. ssms
time drawing revolver from his coat bosom,
then We &ilf dol tforiyod. aBoysliI calling
over The side TO- tbe boat II crew come here
and haul down this Aagl' ssue ,eisaa sa'ne .en-
4 s'The ftst word v hafil uttered before the
beats crew were ali there, ready for the. work
,sheif hands had been iitchiing 70 do. Bnt the
skipper at once thought better ofhis purpose,
and said,he goqld doit himselERON IN
avery well, sir saidrathe ,EieutenanL,
hRul It down, aafd take good Care that you
don't hoist il again. ,as sisai rr 80 rfiia -.
"The other soon followed suit, much to the
satisfaction end no small amusement not
only of all on beard the Niagara but Of null
titndes Of iothers, : both afoat and on shore.
The. vessels are both New Qrleans, and
before they can reach there the Mississippi
/ Wfll be.efectually blockaded, andifcsught
With the rebel flag on board, ghiehrthey d.
elined to give up they WI of course, be-
come lawful prizes es.p--4lfs'Y. aEUe Pest f,, n (
OD ,lYDaVhltA takd tliS2Fidid.flH
m fti...y.7eo,, Nor-;,. ~ Afoi, . DAkte a,,y,.