, 1865-04-22
TUE F0ET SUMTER REJOICING
REFRIGERATION Of TaE CID
FlAas-A G9saa4AE NA-
IlONAB. OCCASION,
The G,ent Day at sum-. The 8xcr-
Ir,e.-Evcnins Festivities, &c. &c.

The Gsent Day at sum-. Tho 8xcr-
tres-Evsnir: F~.tivlltts, &c &c.
From Our Own Repor.er.1
CHARLESTON, S. c., Friday, April II, 1855.
The objurgaticns Of all loyal men against
this chief nest Of treason are fatrly grounded
and certainly well rnuseularized by long prac.
,;ce Il is as natural to execra!e Charleston
as to reTere Bunker Hill. But now the re-
mainder Of wrath may as we'll be restrained.
Enough has already fallen Of doom on this
guilty city TO have made 1t already desolA-
ton. It's places of business and pleasant
homes arc shattered walls or ruined heaps
along The g1ass-gro IN streets. =.
L.tno one with full and r. ll.based hatred
OF the authors Of treason regrst that Charles
ton has not been totally razed to the ca :th,
Tor 1t stands to the curious viaitors of to-dny
Tar more. striking instance of 1ettibatiye
justice, With the Waste and deyastations Of
ats own deEice ,of war. meeting the eye ut
every turn, than If ashes alone marked It's
site Of these aspects havs mbre to wri.e
an n, as they shall be developed later in my
visit. i am fist to write of an occasion
which Will stand among the most marked In
the now closing srcncs o: this Gaf for 1hs
Union. OF no tlss import Is the restoration
Of The sden'tcal Tag Of the United States to
It's place over Fort sumter In this harbor-
fonrycars ago made the first point Of rebel
nttsck, In the outbreak Of th1s struggle.
The origin and thu moral Of this occasion
a1e already familiar TO your readers. The
order Of the War' Department instilu,ipg this
same issued on March e.. -
The Aragu WAS detained in New York one
day. or until Saturday, April 8th, when At II
O'clock. noon, she lefs her dock ut the fo.t
O, Beach street, North River, with the ex.
cursi. nists on bo1rd, and pnt directly to SEA.
1hs PATTY composed ed about eishy Rstse9n
nGhle craf. Of the New York aud Hayrc Line,
With her consost the Fulton, now under chnr-
ter 10 the Government and plying as trans
port in the Quar-; eSmas;er's service Of the
Department OF the South, On this occasion
Ibis was her regular trip and sac TOOK out
Loco soDs Of muitaiy stores for Port Royal.
her tIrst point of destination.
The rarity comprised as the two leading
petsouaccs Mai. Gen. Robert Anderson, the
hero Of Fort Sumter, and Rev. Henry Ward
Ecechtr, tue orator Of the day. -Thefe we're
also on bead Maj. Gems. Dix and Doubleday,
Provost Marshal General Fry, Adjutant Cen
etal Tows send, Counsellor Rowan, Captain
G,llis. United States Navy, . number Of
| pso,s iuent members Of The Federal Judi
ciafy. From association Of ideas the
most marked representation in the excursion
| Was that Of The "Old line Aholit on ecntl-
nj )" in the persons Of Wiilinm Lilo, d Gar
riso1., Of Boston, and George Thompson, Of
Erctauc. There was thin spfinkl:ng OF Ia
els nrd children, and several representatives
Of Northern papers, and with this I dismiss
Reference to the list.
Thr temptation is great to dwell upon the
details of ihe voyage, but It must be severely
depressed, or, better, its characteristic Incl.
dents dc..Tred to the greater event this day
corsummattd. I must even tsanspose tbat
4 $rt+ : .+S-3& -
Savannah and Hilton Head. There weic
many features Of interest developed ut thoee
points during the three days required for liz
Arsso TO discharge her cargo and prepare 1ol
carr, irg the party 10 Charleston. Thsse pre-
liuinory, and yet separately Important, mat
| ters, ehall hete subordinate, and reserve fl
subsequent correspond ccncc.
Yesterday (lhursday} evening, gathering
| cur party from the numerous points Of in
t,rtst thru .ugEout Y hich they were scattered
in the yiriniiy Of Hilton Head, the Arago 20
under way for this city, distant sixty, mile!
The entrance OF Charleston harbor, with tn
little steamcr Delaware In attendance to TAX
us In over tue lar, q feat denis to the create
d1ausht Of tic AIngo.
The morning was bright and breezy, to-
much Of the lal1er TO be entirely comtortabl
Tor the transfer Of our pass myers, the tittl
Delaware tossing Like an esg shell on th
dancing waves and threatening TO crush be
! own lighter upper works ags AIMS. OUT stou:e
hulk The mosem. ut, however, took .p'ac
without disaster. The first Incident Of tn
morning ft1y uehered in for thu party on th
.A1nco The tStntlu1 and auspic!crs day. Th
| brisk dispatch boat. Diamond, attachc
20 General Gi1lu1orc's service, cam
cut about eight o'clock with that q
| fcer and. several members Of his stai
thrilled all the listening crowd on the Ar
, | COS deck with the announcem mt, LEE HI
sURnEsnERrD." The news had been broush
: by the Occanus to Charleston, leaving Nc7
! York one day after our departure. 10 de
. scribe the Rcene that followed on tue deck 9
cur s'carncr is Impossible. II vas fhe on on
required feature to give crowning perfection
to 'llc glad national ceremony assigned to
. 10 day. The emotion among our passenger
F fpurd yent In the widest demonstrations c
. Icy, and get to the hearts OF all acLicEtd read
les: ptteIance when, ut the Invitation Of MAJ
Gen. Anderson, Rev. Henry Ward beecne
came forward, and among the fearful tlson
! cGer,d upa tervent outpourlns OF gratitud
, 10 The D1yire Glyer cf Victory.
little later and the Delaware WAS steam
ine M the channel towards the city, who's
spi cs hung along the low horizon. Present.
:. We were among the vessels Of our squadron
= all dcckcd In a laIishncss Of bunting Of d
5 co.efs, In true Man-of-war style. AS We epe
s on the several points ef!nscrest were pointe
| ! out OF the coast line of vision, alt beaEln
| 4aheA 1amlAaF ~ Eedue1s VI hai .nePa-A'
: in those eyentful tour years past, AosI
0 Island, James Island, suliiyan's Island, Foil
l. Island Forts Wagner and Shaw and Monltr
and Gregg and Ripley and Pinckney, and
= the midst CT. all. stretching taTny nn
; sbapeless heap, Fort Sumter Itself, the cent
:: servers gathered IN this hars,or, but Of Il
ra1ion ard the world. Over all the
1cipte. classic in the annals of Ge
Gillmore's siege operations - above Il
steamers, men OF war, tenders and steat
- t1,.s that swarued in the 1nrbor "a. aoo'
- the city itself, now stretched out before u
= et1eamed the national co1ors; over all "a
y Sumter, where tall, naked staf stood reat
ins n 1or the re coronation Of the fort, the TedIes
II II Ing commemoraticn Of the fourth annive
:. :. eary Of its full. :,
e. The attendance was large from all Il
A. coast, ard the naval stations, from Florida
Fortress Monroe. A. fine propeller, t
Ocsanus, brought party Of two hundred G
be cu.sionists from New York and Brooily
OF The steamer Champion came from Ncwhef
y The Blackstone from Savannah, and the So
Eisfant Secretary Fog, OF the Navy, secreta
Sicolay, and several other gentlemen, ffe
Washington, The coast squadron was 1arf
IL represented both By Vessels and Office
The harbor Of Charleston, to-day. rcssmbi
tulip bed In full Eariegated bloom, u
! eA1EAAHE1 EAe48Ao3 AIN AoA O0A~AsE3 AAts
m Ing gatly in every objection.
ar Tie best Typographical comparison for
y, barbor of ChaIlcston Is with that OF n
&C., YcrF, with Sumter three miles down the m
Of die channel. The approach on the land~s
tn / side of Fort Sumter, to-day, vas assisted
IT, q stout @haH improyised as landing for !
he small steamers and navy barges. and lit
ed after twelve o'clock saw everything in rea
1ess for the imposing ceremonies to co
en- mence. -
~ The walls Of the Fort, once sixty feet BIZ
ey of suhstentIol brick work. have been cru
ey Lled and pounded on nearly every side BY
=, | eucce, eiye bombardments uni1 but I
a. traces of its original shareliacss
be min. Never;heIess, rinSed 'tu Us
t1r now Is by its towering and 80
for mounds cf broken debris, it Is stron:
re than ever before, and will only nerd soma
ln- perfcial smoothing to make 1t impregnat
lze In the wide area within, constituting an q
IN l,ii1h. ater filed With thrilling Rssociatlt
nd Tor 1oya1 hearts, a platform had been crec1
as ut the base Of the lowering flag staff, mud
ne frtnt seats fnd been PREPARED Tor IN au
I'd tnce, some th:ee Thousand In number,
LUX Of them representatives Of tue ar
ch | s1d rayy, hut also comprising multitude
nd i,iacks, ard it Il said some three hundred
l}y the loyal white residents of Charleston O
r. vicinity. in ncd!t!cn to The large assemble
IT. that filItd to i!s utmost every available SC
IT, tie adjoining pafaIets nnd ragged and sa
1te m bumb.pr0cfs were black with lockers
nd many Of them out Of tic range Of hearll
's- hut Interested observers nf The cxercls
nut Among these latter were o. dusky cloud
Ter HiturfIG from The fOy9U9 freed pcpplt