The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1865-04-22

About eleven o'clock Rear A lmiral
&Dahlgren arrived and was enthusiastically
5cheered. He was followed by Fleet Cap
I tain Bradford and from two to three hun.
! 3dred naval officers of the Squadron and
: visitors.
Previous to the arrival of Major General
3Anderso1, song entitled "Victory at
Last" composed by VIM. 3. Bradbury,
was sung by the composer, the audience
jjoining in the chorus.
ARRIVAL OF Maj. GEN. ROBERT ANDERSON.
at half-past eleven the sound of music,
followed ~ the continued cheering of
! the crowd on the parapets, was the signal
3of the arrival of Major General Robert
anderson and the distinguished person.
;ages accompanying him.
Major General Gilmore entered the
Sparade ground with Major General An
5derson on the right, and Miss Anderson
ion the left. Their entrance was hailed
with enthusiast tic shouts of delight. Af-
Ter them came the following distinguished
Visitors:
/ Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and family !
ICol. Charles Anderson, brother of MajorI
General Anderson, arm m-in-arm with Mr..
Theodore Tlton, editor of the New York
Independent; VIM. Lloyd Garrison and
George Thompson; Prof. Davies of West
Point; Maj. Gen. Doubleday; Gen. e.
|D. Townsend, Adj. Gen. U. S. A; Gen.
|John A. Dix; Pro. Mar. Gen. Fry; Col.
Stewart l.. Woodford and lady; Judge
Holt; Gen. Saxton and staff; Medical
Director Clymer; Pro. Mar. Gen. Thomp-|
)son; Col Bogart; Maj. W. L. NJ Burger
ECapt. Bragg; Capt Merrill; Rev. Matthi-I
Us Harris; Rev. Il. 8. Storrss d D.. JOS
F5ph Hoxie, Sergeant Hart, with the old
flag and Fort Sumter mail bag.
Among others on the stage were G. VI
Fox. Assistant Secretary of the Navy,|
Commodore Rowan, and others names
I'VE were unable to obtain.
THE CEREMONIES.
The ceremonies were opened with the|
recitation of the Ie De'rm La'Mlanrus.
Prayer waslthen offered by the Rev.
Mr.. Matthias Harris, Chaplain U. S. A.,
lwho made the prayer at the raising of the|
alag. when Major Anderson removed his!
command from Fort Moultrie to Fort
Sumter, Decembey n, 1860.
This was followed by the reading byI
Itae Rev. r. S. Stoyrs Jr., d. d. ). and the
audience alternately, of Psalms 12G, AZ,
(9S and 20. - .-1
Major Andersons dispatch to the Gov
|ernment, dated "Steamship Baltic, Off
Sandy Hook, April 18th, 1861" pnnounc-
ling the fall of Fort Sumter was read byI
|Brevet Brigadier General E. ID. Towns
end, Adjutant General United States Ar
|my.
RAISING THE FLAG.
Major General Anderson and Sergeant
Hart then stepped forward on the plat
form and unfurled the glorious old banner
amid the deafening cheers of the assem-
|blage. General Anderson and Sergeant
Hart then raised the flag, with an ever
green wreath attached, the occupants on
the stage all joining in taking hold of the
|halyards. The scene of rejoicing that
/ followed as the flag reached the top of
the staff was indescribable. The enthu-
|siasm was nnbounded. There was SIM
(ultaneous rising, cheering and waving of
/ hats and handkerchiefs for fully iifteen|
minutes.
AS the starry banner foated gracefully
to the strong breeze, the joyful demon
Istrations were repeated, which were re-
1sponded to by music from the bands and
the laundering salutes from the forts and;
4 the fleet. 4 salute of two hundred guns
was fired by Battery M, Captain Caldwell,
|ofthe Sd Rhode Island Artillery, stationed
lin the Fort.
SPEECH OF GENERAL ANDERSON.
When the cheering had subsided, Gen.