The daily Wabash express. (Terre-Haute, Ind.) 1857-1867, 1861-05-16

various discharges Of the batteries of the
Fort With apparent cxactncss. Others give
their account from uitnc-sing the actual IN
terneni q tie dead If the mss Of test
mony which J. arrayed against the bare state
ment Of DAVIS can be At all credited, then he
i either grossly deceived By rs subordinate
officers OF guilty OF gross fal~ehood. The
statement made b. him - ss1iealous on lie
face Ills men were lis protected and II
times necessarily exposed 70 the fire Of
ASDfnsoN's guns. Fort Moalfne MAS with
out ease mated guns a. was the case with AL
the bcseging batteries. Hence there must
have been los of life a. the result Of any
veil directed Gre from sumter.
Foreign nations indulge in good deal Of
amusement ovef the tloodiess bombariment.
They are disposed to regard the whole thing.
On The suggestion that there were no lives
lot. ~ a maiter Of fun ON both sides. In
deed il the story asserted by the confederate
heroes be true il looks amazingly so. The
London Times Of the 9th ultmo indulges in
quite a merry strain Of remarks. over this
modern exploit IN heavy gsnnery. itsays:
Nature. OF something that stands in lie
stead. j. still strong I'm the Americans. They
hgh; willing. but with unwilling minds -
They lift the hand 20 strike, they wing the
instruments ~ death. but mysterious power
AVERT the stroke. or blunts the edge. or
dcadcns the blow Are they IN earnest. or
arc they PLAYING al war. or dreaming that
they strike. and still strike not IL sounds
more like dangerous game than sad reali.
~ Seven batteries preached and bombar
ded Fort sumter for forty hours burnt down
iis barracks. blew up several mag Azines threw
shells into IL innumersble. and did vast
show OF destruction. The Fort replied Nith
like spirit Az length Il surrendered. the
garrison marched out prisoners OF war. and
Il was then found that not man was killed
or an officer wounded on either side Many
difficulty" at n bar has cost more blood
shed. Was this preconcerted feat OF con.
iuring We're the rival Presidents saluting
one another ia harmless fireworks to annse
the groundlings The whole affair II utter
I Is inexpsicable. IL sounds like the battles
when the coat ofmail had come 10 It's pcrfcc.
/ ton. and when the only causalty after day I
/ hard fighting. was case OF sufiocsti0n and
few bruises Odin's heroes "a they renew
thrir daily warfare are really wounded,
though their wounds arc quickly healed
This is sparring with boxing gloves-not the
loaded crtus ofmodern warfare Its mere
~pectacles. The population and even the Ia
dies of Charleston poured forth 70 see the
sight Ten thousand soldiers lined the works
watching the sport and contributing their
share Our own Cockneys have seen az
much. aud done as much, at Cremore. or the
Surry Garians, not more unscathcd, and
let Us hope. IN not more pacific mood. But
perhaps. this Is only the interchange OF cour
teses which in olden times preceded real war
The result is utterly different from all We
are accustomed to hear of the Americans
There "A word and blow" has been th'
rule. In this case. the blow. when it does a
last come, falls like snow and lights as gentl,
as thistle down. Surely il cannot be a :
cross - Ifit be. half the Old Union il il
the conspiracy for all are arming and rushing
10 war ~ if they expected serious work