The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01

contrary from his Government beHore
 that time. The proviso seemed unwise,
 and the messengers, on their own au-
 thority, refused to agree to, the. condl-- tions, without consulting Beauregard.
 They informed Anderson that Are would
 he opened on the fort at 4:20 next
 morning. At 4:30 next morning, the
 firing commenced and was not an- answered until 2 o'clock. All day It was continued and by evening" 1t was
 evident the fort was in bad condition. All during the dark and rainy night thaSbattery continued at regular inter vals. Early in the morning cannonad~ ing recommended in earnest, and by af- ternoon the interior sof the fort was in a pitiable condition. Much or the interior was a mass of ruins. most of inc guns out of working order, and l smoke in casemates so dense that the men were unable to work those that re- mained. The fire had spread so rapidly that the entire stock of powder except | five bapiels, had been necessarily
 thrown into the sea. The nag stan
 being cut away, Beauregard sent tolask | if Anderson was ready to surrender.
 Resistance being useless, Anderson ac- l cepted terms and taking company and | private property, he marched out With l drums beating and flags flying, ana | saluted his flag with fifty guns. All l this time the Federal fleet lay just out | side the harbor, but were unable to
 help their hard-pressed comrades 1he | palmetto flag was raised over the fort, 1 and Charleston went wild with enthu- l siasm. l The next day Lincoln issued call | for 5000 of State militia to serve for
 three months and the deadly grapple
 had begun. This Sumter affair served | to unite the North as 1t had not been l W K1t.z . | and many Republicans, among them < Horace Greedy, had never conceded the
 constitutional right of the Federal GOV l ernment to prevent the slave States l Iron, seceding. As late as April g, | Wendell Phillips asserted this consti-
 tutional right of the States. But oe- | fore the news of the fall of Sumter
 all of this division In the North oisap-
 peared as snow before the summer sun,
 'The 18th of April brought tne Tree
 States to their feet as one man. Con
 gress was called to meet July 4th and
 active preparations for war were made
 by both sides.
 During all the four years mat trleu
 mems souls Charleston resisted every
 affort of a powerful fleet to take the
 citv No city. save Richmond, was SC
 dear to the Confectionery. Feeling hei
 innortance, she heroically and success
 fully met every attempt made Tor hei | cautllre These four hard years Hde
 slowly beaten all life out of our iso'
 lated country. Sh erman had marched
 through Georgia, leaving barren des
 sert. where once had bloomed gar
 den. Having taken Savannah, h'
 turned northward to make his way
 through the Carolinas, to assist Gran
 in his desperate attempt to break zee
 long. thing. grey line. so, hoping D!
 mere mass to accomplish what all Grants strategy and generalship seem ed unable to do. sherman set out Iron savannah. Feb. 1, with 60,00O men. Hi march through Georgia had been hol iday excursion compared to this befor him. The country was swampy and Tn tercepted by numerous rivers runnlnl at right angles to the line of march
 Bridges had to be built and roads made Swamps had to be waded. often waist [ deep. But yet, in face of such obsta : | cles the army covered twelve or III teen miles a day for 400 miles or mor' If Georgia was left dessert. Carolin was a dessert strewn with salt. Shel
 rnan said lie could not check the pill
 Ia1e and destruction if he wished an
 did not try. fearing to break the spir |. of the army. One of Sherman's mel i whom once met. said he thought ever = man in the army had definitely prom - Ised himself to burn at least one hon n of a planter in South 'Carollna' !, added that he thought every one su' y ceeded in this ambition.
 sherman estimated the loss to Geol