Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-04-29

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more full maturity Of ruin. The walls Of
/ lhe internal structure, rooAess, bare,
blarkeued and perforated by shot and
she'll, hang 10 fragments aud seemed in 10.
slant readiness to totter down. Near the
cen,ermof' the parade ground was the
hurried grave Of one who had fallen from
the recent casualty To the left of the
eheranoe was a man who seemed to be at
the verge Of death. ~'2 i3 aa'iihao2 '.8a.
10 the rniBs, to the right, there was
another. The shattered flag staff, pierced
by four balls, lay sprawling on the ground.
The parade ground was strewn with frag
meuts of she'll and Of the diapidaied build.
ings. AT least four guns were dismount
ed on the ramparts, and at every step the
way was impeded by portion OF the broken
structure x Ofall this, however,
The feeling was lost when ascending to the
parapet. the brilliant panorama of the hey
appeared. And when, from this key 10
the harbor, the view expanded to the
waving outline of main aud island, and
when, upon this key, the flag Of the Con-
federacy, together with the Palmetto flag
were both expanded to the breeze; and
when The deafenng shouts arose from
The masses clustered upon boats and upoo
The shores, and when the batteries around
he entire circuit shook the fortress with
the thunders oftheir salutation, the feeling
that The victory. was indeed complete, that
he triumph was fact accomplished, that
liberty had indeed been vindcated, and
that the State had established her claim 10
the skill and courage necessary TO tbr
cause she had the intellectual intrepidity
to avow, thrilled 10 the breast of every
one o. Carolins's sons as seldom he's such
feeling, thrilled in the, breasts Of any men
beforel
Oh ths platform, now. there we're shells
-conical shells, supporting strings Of
evergreen; round shells, transFo;me with
boquet holders.
The order Of exercises bad been iDd
cuted in General Orders by Gen. Gilmore
and Admiral Dahlgre1. l.'9 fe taai
Half past eleven now came, but no
Beecber The fact is, Nature he's very
little sympathy with the moral, sublime or
The step beyond it. The distinguished
guests were in the Arago. which lay eff
the hnrbor, and a rough sea preYen,ed the
small steamer which was sent to carry them
from returning indue time. - ,-... ,..
Admiral Dahlgren and lady, Maj Gen
saxton and lady, Gen; Halcb, CompapdeF
Rowan and Fleet. Capt. Bradford were
seated on the platform at The arpoiqted
time, A song, Victory at Last, originally
published in The N. Y. Tribune, was
sung. ..u ,.l ,5 -a,c. y.. ,-,.....,.
Sssuts on the parnpets about O'Clock
indicated the arrival of the distinguished
guests. As the steamer nea.t d the wharf
we saw on deck William Lloyd Garrison,
Beechar, Anderson, Gilmore, Doubleday,
DIX, Townsend, Fry and other promiHent
men, r. -. .,,-...If. .- ,.b .t.4a .l ..t
The G s., boat brough. Gems. Anderson,
Gilmore, Fry, Townsend, and ladies; aud
then came in rapid succession the other
Northern notabili;ies -' ~
had the pleasure ofhclpiug ashore and
Welcoming TO South Carolina the origua'
tor Of The Anti.Slavery movement. ]
knew This place wanted to be GarrisOned
be said, and so I've come here.
As Doubleday reached The parapet, th,
scene below looked beautiful. The larg
audience was seated, and every one locke,
hspIy.5 The flag, the camp, the flow
ers, the large concourse of officers, ladie
and civilians, the long line of soldiers ant
sailors, und the marines who covered th,
gabions-all made charming aud memor
able picture. Anderson was on the plat
form bowing and smiling-nothing wore
the air of war. hIa f raHi etaa
Once more let me quote from the Rebe
pamphlet, in order to contrast this scen'
with The condition of the garrison whel
Anderson and Doubleday were last here
1.-THE appearance of both Major Ander
son, bis officers and the men, indicated th
terrible nature Of the ordeal from whic
they had just emerged Deprived Of slee
for many hours, fatigued with their labor
at the guns, and prostraied by their battl
with an element that ragged beyond the
control, they looked worn, haggard, an
ready to drop with sheer. exhaustion :
When the Gre was at its hight, Major A
derSou stated that the only manner
which they could breathe was by layir
fat upon the ground within the case mate
with their faces to the earth while adde
to the danger was the occasional explosio
of he piles of shells collected for ssrTiceA'
different points within the fort" a5l3,3, 7
- o'-s THE EXERCISES ~
we're opened by Chaplain Harris 'sa''pe
and General Anderson respoHSus :, -" wy
Te Deum Laudamus, ate "''1
prayer was made by the 'e'0's'a 81
tlemaIl. Chaplain Harrf ''ia" 1' "'aD'
and offered up the prsye ""o" % N.Y. - ~
derson evacuated Moalrie. and took pos
,iiss session di11 Of Sumter 10 0ecemOer 1860.
The Rev. Dr., aofrs Eead-aIIeInathg
with The a..embIr-a portion of the Psalms.
ID Gen Towosnd then stepped forward
aud read Mgor Anderson's original dis
pa,ch apuo,qeipg the fall Of Sumter f;b@s ,
aApai sSa1Hsnt is@ioso S T. T. ,sis va StS'i %