, 1881-04-14
FORT SUMTER.
Twentieth Anniversary Of Its Sur
render to the Rebels.
A Graphic Description Of the Event by
Ono Who Was There.
Endorsement of the Proposed Plnn for
o Memorial Hnll.

Endorsement OF the Proposed Flnn lot
o Memorial 1Iall.
Tho Veteran Untnn 1.r,Rl,o OF ChicnHo cotn-
nj tho Grand Pacific Tuesday eecIl.
tng the twentieth anniversary Of tho firing on
Fort Sumter, l1i1 tho exercises werc thoroughly
enjoyed by tho 100 oil soldiers AMI their friends
who were not kept mway By tho bad weather.
The ilrst thing on tho proKram WINS drum
SOLO by Mn]. Ncr1ns,-an imitation or tho battln
nj Lookout Mountatn,-whieh he played. Of
cut,rsc. III splendid style.
"Anlerica wns than s,inF Ivy tho Frank tur-
lInrl quartet. ",rhc Ul EaMp Urputll" wis
given rs MI encore.
Letters Ut rc0rct wero rca1l fron, Senator
noRan, Lconard Swctt, Gen. a. Z. Dueat. stutus.
Attorney Mils, aud Diahop 1'al,uws.
Col. scribncr next Introduced Capt r. W.
shcibncr, who WIS IN Fnrt Sumter when It was
Siege, he being First Sergeant OF Battery II,
First United stntcs Artillery. Tho Captain road
tho following paperi
LAhtEa ANU GEHT1.EMES: being Informed
that the Veteran UnI0n I.GnEue uf Ch!cng0 wns
t" Hs =" S e .pS S pp rs s
ter n1ht that It would le tnAttur uf ltttpreAt tn
sone TO he4s from tho tlrs of IN eeye.wl.n.ssl Z
whic On ,!'s ss q Asr iii. so i" ."ten.cly
atrset the yntrlotic feelings Of tlia wht.la
ana ea s i 5s rr;t Sfs
ry, nnu nf the cpl'ilat,IcA enxlUcd On tl,at MON.
ornle day. hyv Rladly conscntcd TO do what
inin,ncnti b. giving yuu, frln notcs linn .taksn,
n short nrrount of this occurrence: bl,t must
hey ypst 10 remember, TINT ,ntsdussinE IN n,l-
drtCp like this II nnt IN my tinG, .it iii that re
apcGt am not odd IRON other soldiers, most Of
whoni were Et'o.l nctors but poor tnlknrs.
TWENTY YEARS AGO Tt-DAy,-
and um surprised TINT should uu nblo to
stln1 horo fortnight and sny it,".t1io whule North,
% esctriie, by Tic s,aws M from t Fart sut.r Inw INV
lid It infect you TINT hero to-nght, yull
rccoltctt2 4 small btnly. nr your soldiers, Of
tr,r, scetnlnRly ,forsitken by .Govcrilncnt
s;rssia Wii xIsiys s;sE,n!ns| sas
gnr and coustnnt duty, alek ut henrt, shut nut
for months trom tho outside world, no encour-
ssss e tho 5 y bsof e Tai qs s
prise ut'y. Que TO he,lr ttnt sleh rough wnrk N
wo met thors wnB actnnly wuIcnlic BECAUSE tr
You tnuy tlsk tonight wt,ns has become nr those
m, S' Gn tsH IrS' , to n1iswtr ~ ',ne esvs
@ cers iesp b"eve DIV i to st aswsr ~ sS
"1Iarel" atl he will not ito 30 lung 49,
Not until We arrived tn tn New York hurbor ll
were strrch np Is tho oecurrsnco IN ia charles. tc
ton hnrl,ur and tho Intense feeling nwnkuled ly
It In young atid Old. Tlle yGau9 now cln hnruly
aroused them. Two millions Of tnot, sprung ,p
and went to the front. shouting tho 6att!e-cry
G %rs an "e HfS eonns Ta'Sr
scnred tie deeds, or, Tho llt'a band lit Fart
Sumter, but 1t will nevertheless ren1nin n fuut
tic ship Tint oiuw. With The llag na,ie,i 1.i % liz
ratnparts fpl'Kht unt!l 1t eould light longer.
and Gun ASSURE yon It wis not for ply, netther
havo WI nskGu iior received my tswnrd but
that which VT flnve fr kn1wtnH thAt Wo did
our DUTY US twell aa Our circumstances per-
It's matter ot history that tho lenders Of lilo
Rebellion attacked tho fort knowing It must full,
and by Its fall Arc the St,bthcrn hGart Ii It tut
North with 4 Hro TINT wis no, Gi,OHche.l until
Apl0nnttox, and 60, Il wo did not 'lo more. lid
We mt 10 wclz will now rrnceetl TO rund fronl
Blyo II history Of tho siege OF Fort Sumter.
Tho fnrso which WIS stationed at Fort Moul-
1e @ sstca or t xrasy s1as nd sns ct th9
bani. tho tota! being sovoity-slx.. Tho ollicurs
were Col. unriencr. Cnpts. Do.,tletlay. Seymour
Mco. and u s d. crawfoTa an ,'si stsr ssias} s}
Anderson This commund ha,l been In Florida
slco ls5b. and. Rttcr tho surrender Of the 5cml-
noles In la10, had been nrllrret to atti,tro rs
| tho Knrr!spn Of Charleston hnrbor. Tho yoow.
fever epdoMiu 0t thut yenr Carriel Ulr il larHC
og ot o. to III III e 1 ai saGS * y thss asr%
iM,lm strength. Tho men wcre, however. iii
old soldiers. Ind soeu II good doAt Of frontier
under strict discipline md well.drlltu,i. and
thuk It cn,t be aAf4ty sn tint they wore trust
wort ill.,: W. ~ r. s,d rn by te SF q their co.l.
tho hearts 1t lilo people or the UnItcd st@tes 81; G.
numbers Of its ol!feers md uthors. Early iu 1HH
! Il number af the tncn worG Approached by
PERSONS IN REBEL INTEREST :.
70 sc1uco them from their ulleylnnre by prom.
tsss of Monsy ana promotion y tne arty Of tho
| IUU1u III this Ttt1