The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-24

relief was an impossibility. Il wa.
too late" and he was rcjoiced tha,
the feet did not endanger themselves
BY the attempt.
The reports that were tclegraphed
from Charleston to the North, that
when his barracks were on fire,
relief was proffered him--that when
his flag was shot down, another one
was tender, d. that, alter the evac
uation, he was the guest Of Duan
regard--are all equally untrue. -
When his fort was filled with the
smoke Of hls burning quarters. the
hostile batteries redoubled their fire
on him. He says that though the
Charleston Mercuryis now denounc
ing him for having spoken in con.
demnation of this at the North, he
has the satisfaction Of remembering
that he spoke of it with equal frank
ness to the Caroiinians. At the
evacuation, he said to ono OF the
officers: "lf our cases had been rever,
sed, and your quarters had been on
fire, | should have stopped firing and
offered aid to extinyuish the flames
War ia a sad business at best, and
we should strive to humanize il as
much as possible" The officer re-
piled, "We did just right" Then, )"
said Anderson, 1--WE need have no
further conversation, sir"
Ills statement Of Wigfall's con,
versation with him when he agreed
to evacuate, differs materially from
Wigfalrs version O telegraphed. -
Wigiall did not demand an "unco-.
ditionsl surrender" and the fort, in
fact, never was surrendered. He
insisted that this thing" should be
stopped that Anderson had bravely
defended h:s flsg-tlat further con.
test was useless and that General
Beauregari wiahed to know on what
terms he would evscuate. "On those
formerly profered," replied Andcr
son. When Beauregard's acting
aids came a short time after, and
told him Wigfall had not seen their
Chief for two days, Anderson said
"l have been imposed on then--the
white flag must come down and the
fight 60 on" But at their request.
he let it fly as he had hoisted it after
the Wigiall conference, till Beau.
regard ratified the terms.
Major Anderson regards the whole
matter from last December till now
as providential-and as intended in
the end to arouse the magni ticent
demonstration Of loyalty now wit.
messed in the country; and he regards
Wigiall's visit as specially 80. lie
had then but three cartridges left, a
shot had gone through his wall and
into magazine, in which Fortunate
ly. there was only fixed ammunition
and no powder, and his gate WAS
burned down, making q practicable
breach through which he could have
been storDed and placed at their
mercy. And he speaks with great
satisfaction of the tactthst the flag he
hoistej on bended knee, after prayer,
the next day aiter he entered Sumter,
was never lowered. They had two
flags ut the fort, q large garrison
flag, which he raised when he took
up his quarters at Sumter. and a
smaller one, called the storm flag,
the former had a slight rip in it, and
when he was notified that in one
hour the batteries would open upon
him, he ordu. cd the storm flag to be
raised in its stead. This dag was
mover at hall mast as telegIaphed.-
The enemy constantly fired at it.
and the halyards were shot away,
when it ran down a little. became
entanglcd with the discovered ropes,
and fixed so that il could neil be
pulled down or hoisied up,-v:r'
tually nailed to the mast.