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J. 13. .13 / RRMILAitT, EDITOR.
If f161411 4 t4 NTE , I'ENN',I
TIIUh'SIAI . , Pi: 1.1. 18 INA I
The War Ccimmeneot.
tstir news this *Lk, is of the most start
hog character. Fort Sumter. after a most
'terrific bombardment of 7011(1'1 11011th,
'has surrendered. The Capitol at Washing
'tun is said t., be in danger, and the l'resi
ident haslissuct hie proclamation for
. i . htletft men.iof Why] Pennsylvania is toSur
wabirio regiments' Cougrems is required to
lancet on the th , of July. We Ore Ihr tele
graphic:Kira as we find it, init'oirr readers
should tales YC ea& aratity %grains of allow
ance. 1 here are purttifts.df theAc asupatelb
slo which are incomprrhensible4 trutr-Atir
+instance that such a tenific cannonading
',:boold have taken place with but one or two
ipersonalkilleal or wounded on either Side
A poweeful updandieplet,ly egoipped fleet is
~aid to hovel:toot! dfl tin harbor doting the
avhole cif 'the protracted - ittOggle, u 'theta
firing a gull, or offrring to land a so dier
toto.t the gallant little band in the Fort. or
make a diversion in its favor. To send a
boat alitag leant to take of tin parnitton
alter they had bvsni forced Is caintulate,
seem. to have constituted then' knit and on
ly achievement. /t has been ruggedted that
the tide wattopinal theta, but noittle ever
ran M /mem coidioscomeir ra vine ol vert...
stnee the world began. Ott tailors are errs
proverbial for their bravery as are'our ttol
liters, and we are force , ' to the conclusion,
wither that there must have been some in
normomatalie oh' tack about which the Irk -
crsph is salent, or that the officers in corn
'enand of the fleet wore prolabool by positive
-orders from Washington from tuterr.erwg
The fact that the rt:barlos.wii authorities
have control of the telegraph stay account
for the one sided •ter of the lIIWWS. We
sr peat that whilst no reliance nil° tw placed
-on the demist, the principal f.ct is beyond
dispute Fuer Frarraa Aga jralku For the
'rst ' , Owe Aar warrondor, the Amer.
mean Flag his been lowered m defeat. CI r
war La, corrnmentled. and when it will end
Litx3 only knows. We have labored with
wwhit liltJibility God has given us to avert
a ratiMptie, and now that the ens's has
ucnese, tut one course remains. Uuch as
we loathe the miscalled Republican party as
autAk. climbed, as we shall strive ter drive it
truss power at the earliest cow‘tittetawnal ep
portuvuty--yea we analt oordielly sustain the
tioverasarat an this holm of peril. We must
maiweimber that there is a wide &Terrace be
twee. the tgotterrowent of (Ac (astral &kora,
anal the &damns:rah , / of a party. Thalami,
as peroantnt. lice ~, her transient. The lat
ter easy be approvi t. hen right and reject
ed 'erten wrong but tle, former must be sup
itorted i yid or icron,4 11 e CIII Lave no
igowerntnent on any otter terms, and it has
uften been' found arm the work's history, that
.a bed governstlent is better, than none at all
Re shall have occasion ui recur to this
subject hereafter for the present we thug
4,0 the breeze the time honored motto of the
Ithdliorracy in her palm est days
approelate than now '.(h it) S Tit Y
mums Saw last XXIX IfX Lit MX .61X.Mr, Lit 7
AUGHT an 11M11NW, 0... a Cot NTILI ."
They may claim to bie Union men, but let
us examine that. In order to reunite the
country, we must try to overlook the petty
prejudices oldie stctional fict t fo gger and
take an enlarged view of the nation. We
must try to allay sectional passoons, and W
re-establish harmony , and above all we
must try to get a settkinent compromise, or
otherwise that will restore the confidence
and friendly relations of the two sections
Thew gentlemen are opposed to all this
they are, theiefore, opposed to saving or re•
, instating the Luton, used, id course, are his
Interesting Interview let - wawa .Brwator Douglas '
and Lb. President. unionists..
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'Menem' Douglas railed on the President
last night, and had an inturt,ling cony.. rsa
saes on the pn.seut condition of the coun
try,
The 94chgtance of it wea, on the rirt of
Mr. Dinagisa., that while he w as 1111. Ilvrably
opposed se the Aaluimastration in all ice po
litical nosed, be was prepaied to annum the
Pirsident'in the isercaseuf all ins Constitu
tioaal functions to preserve the I'IOSh, and
maintain the 4ioyertinsetit, went dtlfiend the
Federal Capital. A firm policy and proir.pt
action was necessary. The capitaiot our
country area in danger, and must be defend
td at all hazards arid at any ezpen,.c of wen
and motley- He biailte of lee present end
future, without any reference to lite past --
President Lincoln was ;cry much gr atiffbd
siith tale intette-w.
Latest from Charleston
11A/11.1C. , 70N, April 15
„ftfi!jor Anderson, with his command do
iiertetl in tie Isabel for Kew Yoil, to tlsy --
.In s•luting +lbis flag before leaving, a pat! of
cartridges exploued, killing OA u 114/ULI and
acouiwint& four inherit blue was 11111 ILA /11
the fart with military tuners, and the other
41144 be bunted by the Carolina lx0( 11 08 --
The wounded were brought to ,this caty• —
The confederate and l'aluietila ilisgs were
raised on the fort, winch Is garrisoned by
Paluntto guards. It is bilievtd that the
A/sr vessels have establistbed a blockade.
eIIAILIAZTI I I//i, April 15.
ttlVluin Nahor Anderson's quarters •wero
burning, Con. litauregard, beta °del s of Ali
bistanor lieture the white flag WM{ run up
Col. WiedaLl received the sword surrendered
by Anckaron, complimented his bravery by
soturniogit to Altus.
..STON, April 15.
The Federal it‘et alai ju sight off Ulla/ -
itstnn.
Tumid' Coawirr, xho, from his place di
the United States Senate during the Nexient
war. expressed the hope that the Itlexicans
werakl welcome our soldiers "with hlsiudy
auto& to 41titviirable gnawed," ban been re
warded•hy this Administriaten with a for
.oign mission fur his ,patriotism ; wlsio the
pensioutslagants of the same Administration
ate engaged lu thetwork of denouncing +army
' free chine, who retirees to approve of the
policy and. take part is the business of
slaughtering his owu zeitairitnen, as a trai
tor and tory. lh other weeda t it is all right
to take part we& a tieeiga enemy with
whamilhe Wielerinnert .g at war, but all
wit not loaireitplit • with and applaud
the tee bloterntearit hiji it is a b ou t, to
un
ghee in a bloody tied mar with Our Own
exisientesanen.
4 Who and Miallnlonisisl
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Ihe coolest iiit.e.t t :Of ' impudently Of *bleb
we have any knowledge is file mistimed
Union positron of (he Abolition Republican
editdre, and their down tight cowardice iii
tiying•-t ' trulgo 'the testate; of their own
teachings and to anlidle their upon those whet
above all others gave labored, to preveht
them. What mintlth•itinion,st l' It is a man,
that reoly -and deliberately takes a course
that would tend to, or would accomplish it
dissolution of the l lion—no matter what'he
calls Ininself--if he labors to dissolve the
t•mon, lie IN a Disunionist. i I.et us now ar-
Taign Once clnivalreus knights of the quill
before this pethqt.in, and see whore they
'will stand. 'ln the first place, they cooly
'and of cualme aforethought began to teach
the people .( the North to bate the people of
the South, Following on as a second step,
they maliciously disregarded Itiii wart:time
of Washington anti Jealeson, and .foinned a
'' sectional party,"aad drew etorosa' the U
.iwon a geographical ttolitical line. i'l'hey
then clamorously, in Congress and out of it,
by every speciosa( excitement, lead to get
the two great sections of our country Into
an antagonism : to accomplish which they
'established the.APiession that the one was
'a-drag and a curse to the•other—that deereh
was a real ddlesencrof nntereot. which came
In ociallicit,e.rtel trim* Wee escompotilifle and
could not live together. ifttitl pest, alter
dividing the otion.try maces' lead politieally,
in order to make the division grieve complete,
began to operate upon the Church for the
purpose of a religious division of ' I.e Union
All of three things they labored for and so
oempauthed. What then was left of the
Union I Do you answer, the Constitution f
They violated that f Do you answer the
Courts I They openly repudiated them I--
Nothing that they could disitriy,WUStelli :yet
bound the Union lagedher, was left untlis,
troyed. Let us not then forget to credit
thous wet` ski• Aiwa summary of ruinous seal
ilaneentebierosu/ts. They started an inter
owism ; they formed geographical panties ;
they divided the Union, morally, politically
and religiultsly ; they bitterly assailed the
Democracy, the Constitution, and the Courts
—the triune power that held the nation to
gether
and the last that remained of the
Unica. They were, therefore, the Disuntou•
isle, Dewy et who cam
Thus ends the first epoch in our rietwe's
di a; said now what the recond I
Th7r:Ocnatio party still stood in the way
of a kw:ution of the Union. Libels, 'len
ders, &ire: e*einentatimui. and sectional 'lap
peals were used to its defeat 'These Alio
litiou Republican editors did it ; sad the bit
ter sectional prejudices of titer creation
having now rue MUD every wpeCles of itnpru
dence sad excess, cau,ne longer be control
ed. The ficion is being torn Ist.) fragments,
and where are these gentlemen now 4 Arc
they trying to save the Union or to destroy
it I Let us sir. The antagonism witch I
they have raised between the North sod the
South is the peeve' which is destroying the
Union Now, whatever will increase that
venteitesemn will eaerease the rapidity of .ta
ileatractiosa Time featkemon are stall la
boring to increase kiwi antagonism. They
are. therefbre, twellititig to harry on a final
dissolution.
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Let us hear so more from these disunion
edilaws and papers. They are the one ex
treme of a loch the Southern secessionists
are the other, awl there is but bate tidier
esiee between then -the seceasionists of the
South being the ietaliators of the disunion
juts of the North. They are both labunng
for the came object—to break down what
little Union nelitillient there as ysit remain
ing in the country ; cud to render a compro
frame and reunion impoinible. They can
talk of war lu destroy and divide . the Union;
they can talk sf peaceable separahon, sod a
recognition of the Southern Confederacy—
iii-each case dituoion —but they luic . ;:i ar
guments for a restoration a ; no
liberal spirit to SI c el. the I lawn scut innsfrt of
the Murder Slates, or the national, patiliotic
acid Union stinbrnent of the Northemi be
uluvracy. ;Hwy are thaumunista. Their
labors and sympathies have been upon that
side until they have divided the tunon, and
now they are opposed to every policy that
will tc•establitili it. —Wen/airy Democrat.
The parttrans of the Administration. who
are so violent in their tienunuiations of all
who approve of the policy of cival war, do
not pietend that war a ill result either in the
enforcement of the laws or the restoration
of the LlllOll. On the contrary, Lhe admis
son is explicitly made that war with the
'weeded States will not bring them back into
the Usioa." finked, after the daily exhibi.
Stales, made toy that class of Repo onk of lateium hatted to the Southem
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Stales, linan
journals roost ongoing for was. it is possi
ble to believe that they desire to again
assmoatad with the seceded Litotes. If, then,
war is not to `nag these Stews back into
the Union, what .s da object .1 When wo
are called upon to mead by ibe Administra
tion, we would like to know what tie Adaria
Halation is driving at. •
SALAMIS OP 01,1. .fbaau+N
The salines of the ministers to London and
Paris are $17,500 each ; to Madrid, 'Berlin,
Vienna, st. Petersburg, Pekia, Turin, Aleii•
co and kin Janeiro. $12,000 7 to Saaitiago
and Lima, $10,000; to all other coarts,
.600. The•eonsula at London and Liverpool
bars a. salary of 67200 ; atkßio Janeiro,
Havanna and Harr.. 116,000 ?,•t Calcutt
Pada sad Javan, 116,4•00 ; at Hong ;Km:.
Alexandra, Foochow, Vera Cruz Panama
anal Callao, $3,500 °larger% krankfort,
Cainstantinople, „Tripoli, Tangier, Amoy,
Magi°, Lab:Lula, and Valparaiso s $3,000. A
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The imilmination of 'the politibal sehenies
and idols, which liii." .. `years disturbed the
country, unoltt the *inns "don of giving
freedont ttiKatisas, 'has been real hod, in the
election of tiCticral Lane and General Pow&
my to thelernity of the United States, from
the. n(w game of Kansas., It is 'perhaps
wlten i pe Goveinmeat is Grumbling
to pieces, and the work of pattiuots and
statesmen is keing undone, under the pro
tone° of giving freedom to the African VICO.
to Utptirn ovi any pulitical act.'or give ,ut
teranec to the inortiflcation which every
goad citizen may. feel, at ecetng the Senate
Chamber of the United States disgraced by
selections sal] as those just-, shade from
',rho Journal of Comnierce remarks that
things the logical and natural reaultuf the
prooeedingntwhich were had in connection
firth time setlionient of 'Kansas. The *hate
Will be represented•in the Senate in a man
ner to being discredit, if not upon itself, wit
least upon the country at large, anal upon
the 'body which has heretofore been under
stood -to possess It Large share of dignity and
statesmanship., Lane's introduction lit
Kansas was at the head bf a.ltiang of roadie
mwl eillamne, Inch as nemer fiefore entered
any Territory t and his eubsequent career.
Including his trial and soquittal for homi
tide, Lolly isistrin she character under which
he entered open a &old which has proved
successful so ilia politicej astanttions.
(kf bieneral Pomeroy dr have no dessne to
say ea sanitised word. but 41ia IL flown that, be
Is totally unfitted for leolisional duties, sod
no,,more than equal to the positiontofte mem
leer of tha lower branch of tt Barite Ligisla-,
iie Ina, made his Kseass repentance'
pay, both peCutriarily and politically, and it
would be a curious peace of informaties,
could the public lOC 'testae arrierecer exact
•ankoint er samatanoe Which the contribu
tiona to tho swaying in &imps., have rent.
dered in etas Senatorisi election, ft is mit-,
oral flint those who ha % received aid di
rectly from the hands ef r Pomeroy, should
be disinclined to oppose his political aspire
-twits, and as he has ha d( the disbursement
of hundreds of thousans of dollars contri
buted,by the charitable, we may readily be
hese that lug success baslteen in no small
degree promoted through I.he misfortunes of
sine of the eharitieti of another claim of the
people of the asuntry.
Brit it makes very little difference who
fills, the offices at Washington It seems
quite certain that the days rrl the Union are
near at an end and if our sun must, set in
disgrace, Lome and Pomeroy may is sal
officiate at int exit..
The Constrintnan of the Confedensted
States is the ohl Owastibution of the Untied
Stales with certain amendments, which ex
perience has taught as aught not be out of
place NI the remaining Union. The prove
sion'o( the new Isertrument, which relates to
siaveey and tse Aare trade are as follows,
in order of importance :
1. That African slavery in the Territories
shall be recognised and protected by Con
gress and the Territorial Legislatures.
2. That the right of slaveholders to transit
and sojourn in any Slate of the Conlederaey,
with their alavea and other property, shall
be recognized and pram:ie.:l
3 That provision m regard to fugitive
slaves shall extend to any slave lawfully
carried from one State into another, said
there escaping or taken away from his mu
ter.
2. A poaluve priatubitiest df Federal ap
propriations for uitcrnal improvements. and
the holmtitubou of local tonnage duties (or
surh improvements.
3. The restrictton of Congress by a nia
jority vote to such appropriations as inay he
reconvoendetd by the President or souse exe
cutive department, all other approptiationa
regniring a two third]; vote.
4. The holding of contractors to the strict
letter of their contracts
On the eve of the late Presidential election,
the Rev. Ilenry Ward Beecher, in a sermon
delivered at the Plymouth Church in Brook
lyn on the Sunday before, and of which we
tied a'publisheil report in the N. Y. Times
ul Norimbhr 4th. wood the Billowing Walrus+
Wriatic language:
•' Thank (:od! thank God! We are ow
the eve of a decisive electiozi—of a litrUggle
vylilrh cannot be stayed frees a victorious
teniiination. Novae dear timid awn will ear,
• Oh, Joy ! what will happen!' Well. 1U
tell yuh l advancing to the edge of the plat
form, with projectinic head, each hand sup.
ported by a stalwart knee, and with mirth.,
ful expression in his eye.) Well, I'll tell
you, nothing! • • • •
Take coy word for it, all the barking willte
done bufixe the oloctiou, and there will he
no biting after
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Tuis Otßosnsu War as Swot's/D.— ,A
gentlenia who has spent a few days in the
region o the nil wells iii Pennsylvania, soya
/ T.
that in his opinion, tbo Government •f the
fOlted fitatea—the CAndederated Statea—or
Atm other lAkwer ought Lu isiterlers At once
and pat a atop to further boring and pump
ping for oil en this continent lie is quite
oertain thaNhe sit is being drawn through
these wells from the bearings of the earth's
, atria, and that the earth will eel* to turn
w4es the lubricatien teases. &Mb • 810i
!ertn would beat anything that ever agi
' Wall street, and the consequences WM
be tas great tor ordinary minds to contem•
plate or geinprehemt It had bettor bs at—
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,INF:fro .t., Co's., dceirotnn-fs s ,h•
tile Clothing awl 4 ollliolllbll 8 EU' , y ri,
re, in the Diat ~,,, 01, Bellefonte Pit ,-..i
Hi,
The liairdo of a Bad Bataan
The Bouthare Oenstatettien.
4 +hat • bill or ex post facia law (by
Collgte3B or any S'ate,) sad no lhw impair
ing or deAying the right of property in negro
slaves.shall be passed•
5 Thst the African slave trade shall be
prohibited by such laws of Congfess as shall
effectually prevent the
The remaining ami=ta or points of
difference between the Constitution of the
Confederate States And that of the United
States.. ate 118 wnoa :
I The absolute prohibition of all bouotiea
from the Federal treasury, and all duties or
tagedyn Minot-led gooda intended to promote
or loiter my braaob of uuteatry.
5 That the Post Office Dermot aha
pay As ow» expense»
Beecher'• Prophecy !
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SYMP,ATITY FOII.YERSON
Lbhorronoe for thrse•ilito Tailed to Re
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;MKT; ON IDNY.
Orkstavrow. A pin i 1 e t l3l. —Civil war
his at !sat begun. A t ible eche le et this
moment ping op' lietweao sortflutoter And
the tortiliestidne by lAA ft ie torroltded
In my last ditspattfh I mated that negotia- 1
timla hid been relipauea between Gruen'
Beeuregsed aral4ooodersen. iftni was:
done with a new ee pietent in wwweeeastiry i
effusion of Mood. i
Thpissue ersswifinnittod to 11!Sim. Ander
son clisterrenliering sei 400111 w his' supplies
wett+thansted. or siltavinsg a !re opened
on him within s (*runs time.
This he reflised to doi sod accordingly
at tweiy sevelytienetee pest four o'clock
this morning. Feet Monitrie began the Dom.
hardmant by 6rMy, two guns. To these
Milne AniLreon si reed with three of his
heybetee gone, firhitSb the batteries on
Mount Pleasaat, Cataiminia' Point ands
floating Battery, vend a brisk Ire of atiot
and shell.
' "kfijor Ande note**, eseept at
brg ivervala, a betereee seven and
eighen'elock, teheis he *.sight into action
the two tiers of ginsledltthg towards Fort
Moultrie and titeptietedi Woe battery.
'Due %eve Obese redleuk, Prlday a!•
ternost)Vileey hareifatled to produce any se
rious Mint.
Dispatetes misfired at head quarterstfkita
the various tort! sport that an it ping on
admirably. and tali - man hurt.
Major A ndersne has the greater part of
the day been directing its fire principally
against Fort Moultrie the Stephens and
Floating Battery, these and "art Johnson
being die emir ec.as operating against him.
The rescinder 44 the batteries are mid to
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Berne 'fifteen ar eighteen shots have struck
the floating battery, but made not the slight
est impression upon its iron cased sides.
The Stephens battery hi also eminently suc
cessful, and does Serritile monition on
Fort Sumter.
Breeohesa V di appearance. are Icing
wade iw the seven"l sides •:posed to Ire.
Portions of the parapet hare been destroyed
and several of the guns there mounted have
been shot away.
Major Anderson is at present using his
lower tier of casemate ordnance.
The fight is gain( on with intense ear. ,
neatness, sod williciffutimee eta night-
It is not haperatide flat Ike fort weft he
earned by storm
The soldiers mil perfectly reckless of then
lives, and st every shot jump upon the ram
parts, observe :the effect, and than julep
down, cheering.
A part on the Stevens battery are said to
have played a game of the hottest tire.
The excitement in the community is inde.
seribable. With the very first boom of the
gun thousands nested from their beckto the
Sitritori i toat, and ill day every available
place hat been throtaged i by ladies and gem
tlemen,viewing the solinsto spectacle through
their glasses. Many of these have relatives
in the several fortifications, and many a
tearful Eve attested the anxious affection 01
the mother, wife and sister, but not a mai.
mur Mims from a Biagio iudividuai.
The spirit of patriotism is as macre as it
Is universal. lice thousand ladies stand
ready to day to respond to any sacrifice that
may be required of them
The brilliant and Itriotu el:induct! of
Po"
Major Anderson speaks for itself, find site°
ces the attacks lately made at the Natilj
upon his character and patriotism
Business is entirely suspended. Only
those stores are open which are necessary
to supply articles required by the army.
Governor Pickens has all day been in'the
restdence qf a gentleman which commands
a view of the whole scene, a mist interested
observer. General Slauregsrd commands'
in person the entire operations. and thus fat
they have moved with the Wisps/ systeui
soil success.
It is reported that the Ihrriet Lane has
received a shot through her wheelhouse
She is in the offing. No other government
ships are in eight up to the present moment,
but should tier appear the mare range of
batteries will epee upon them.
Troops ere pouring into the town by hun
dreds, but are held in reserve for the pres
ent, the force already on the tothutd being
arnpl4 People are l anfirisyl i every trio
inenrotbotsclatok, a l by every other con
veyance. yvith an e r a of Oft y smiles, where
the thunder' of , fietillery can be heard, the
scene is rsialtffillbegtly terrible.
CutaLspropi, Ideil 12, 6 P. w.--Capt.
S. Parker briOpt dispatches from the Float
ing Battery, stating that up to this time
only two hate been wounded on Sulliaran's
Island. He had to now through Major An
derson's warmest fire in a small boat,
Senator Wigfull hi thellaine manner bore
dispatches to Idonis Island, throng* the !km
of Fort Nuanter.
Senator Cliestnot, Another anomrid of the
stall of Clan. Besurfoard, and a gun by way
of amusement from Mount Pleasant, which
made a large hole La the parapet.
Quite a numberiate been struck by spent
pieces of *bell suidknooked down, but none
bort seriously. *any fragment* of those
aufahiles are alreidy tdrcarachsg in the eity,
The range is iiere', perfect thap in the
morale& atul-every litot from the land Wl.'l
Tbrfe ships snit etribt,, in the cding, and
if t inWieved an attampll will tie made to
aightl to throw reidocsenwels into Sort
nhooter in swan Batt
It is alsolhosstit, from tbe regular anti
,• -T `'
I I fargnout firing of Nita,. An i l ll vt,ahat die!
has a .Mll,lblarer fora° of as :than was
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aupposed. ny tv.1.1.1( iallgitting brave.'
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Whorallfgro ten tril l , rain storms during
'!Cho day, li* rrithiiiit any afoot. upon ,the
'baffle. a
Ererybotiy is in a (eminent. Soma of
thctso fighting are strippe4,to the Waist.
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etiAaurroar, p. 111.--Major An
densuedelmuty .reiyalarng damages. Ile re
ceived twentrasialeitell shots .flom Stevens'
battery alone, making the .tarieks fly from
the walls imetvy directioaa.
It is enliSliioa that from twelve to ,eigh-
Atm Madrid balls and shells wore tired
tinning the day. Over one hundred shells
took.efleet inside the fort.
.Orders have been tuned to send Maier
Anderson a . bemb Lawn all the be it eriwi every
yr'enty minutes during Abe taught to keep
.liim , iideawake, making about. ; two a Mill
i
.ute.
i litJpp
Anderson fired only two barbel&
guns. Twa , more ware dismounted. Ilia
Sib it frovi Moultrie wore generally Nei,
moat of thrNalle going over. The same
was the case gar ilk the floating battery, to
which he was eery particular ie his aSten•
liens. A WI penetrated the Moultrie House,
where a party of fentletned were sitting ,in
the parlor watching 4 ' the fight. It angered
the second story and s traveled into the hitt:l
en. The lentletneu scattemati wtac4erw
mid*.
The first shot wss fired ftom Fort John
son, on DJorris Island, by Captain Jame,
and the second by Lieutenant U. R. I.libbs
eras not KIN W until three o'clock
this afternoon. The ;first shot iCrom Steven&
battery, was dad by the smoothie Edmund
ei-IltreSsis. 'plat ball will do more
for the came of secession in tee Old Comiti•
ion than vellums of stamp speeches.
It is a moat rommitalde fact that, eller
'keen hours' liiitäy noutionadmg, not one
Peron has beCi plasett'ltes do combat.
The schooner Peirel, eaptaiti r S. F. Coate,
received four shots. : bittvio damage.
Three United States vessels are certainly
matentle. They were signalled by Major An.
derson lowering asmi raising his flag.
The attempt will probably be glade to it.
inforee hmo tiering the tight The mortar
batteries are now biasing the mesa
is magnificent.
EYRNTii BATTMOAT
Cusistauseori, April 13th, 10{ o'clock.—At
intervals off twenty minutes, the firiqg was
kept up all night on Fort Sumter.
Major Anderson ceased to lire at 6 o'clock
in the toreuingi
All night heiwas engaged in repairing tio
damage done tithe fort, and protecting the
guns in barbel on the parapet.
He ceongtehoed to ;Sum tie Are tilts
morning et seven o'clock. but Lee= to be
gawky vloirWed.
Toe Watery OD Colllffilliap ' l'otut doss
Port Sim tar great diumass.
f it
At 61 o'clock tit' testroing a dews balmlike
poured oat from wells et Feet iiseeter.
CIIMMAITCIII.ApriI 13—(Received at Phil
adelphie at 2 prtis ) —Tbe Federal flag at
Fort buialar as at 101 l inset, stgisalutg tits.
urea!
The shells from Fort kluelltele and Morns
Island fall into Anderson's stronghold thick
and fast. They can be seen in their coarse
from the Charleston battery.
The breach made in Fort Sumter is on the
side opposite Cummings' Point. Two of its
port holes are knocked into one. and the
wall from the top is crumbling.
Three vessels, one of them • very largo
mixed atisainer, , are wear the bar, sod seem to
be preparing to participate in the conflict.
The fire of Morrie !eland and Fort Medi
tkr is Melded between Pull Sumter and the
shitisi of Lir,
I=
An explosion Lusa occurrml at Foil. Sum
ter
A dense wolume of smoke was sum atud•
denly to rise
Major Anderson has ceased to Are for
about an hour l It is thought that the offi
cers' quarters In Fort Ourriter are on fire.
CILANZIYTON. April 13 —Fleceived at 11.
30 r. tt --Fort Sumter has unconditionally
surrendered.
The news bas just heeoreesived in a mil
Able ahem.
Ei Senator Chardatet, ei-Govergor Man
ning. and W. l'orcher hare lust land
cd.and marched to the Governor's hoes..
10410w.d by a donee crowd of peopte, who
are mild with Joy. They bring the particu•
late •
It er as reported that ten of the gammon at
Fort Sumter had been killed, but your re
porter hu had an intirview with W. Poroker
Miles, who has just returned from a nil t to
Fort Sumter, •ud is assured by him that no
one was killed.
The Federal flag wan shot away by the
Palmetto Guards, at Morrie Wand.
In all, two thousand shots were tired.
No &oath Owehomes were kart.
Major Anderson's men, ender guard, were
conveyed by boats to Morris Island,
The news is reliable and puts at rest all
toy previous reports about Fort &Naar.
Major Andersoo lies reached the eity and
is the guest of Close& ikauregard.
The bells are ringing out a merry pool,
and our people are engaging in twerp dem
onstration of joy.
Our people generally sympathise with
Major Anderson, but esprbis abhorrence for
those who Were to the warners off our bar,
sod in eight dui, and did not even attempt
to reinforce hem.
Judge Magrath4 who has just returateqj
from fort 6ututer; reports that the wood
work of the tort and the °Wars' loaners
were all burnt out.
The fort wilt be , }siren Rostreesien of to
eight by the eoefederste tripbp s e.
generst fleaureord, ri tyo 4145, bare
left for Pont &teeter.
Tbrea tiro cotoponie. of Oharleaton or
now on their way to Fort Buster to quoit
Ito Orr bekore jt reanjno the xnaSinne.
1 1
Will
COMNUT4IO4OIION IVITIIITIB41(1U.19)C ?LENT.
7 1 / 4 ey telitteet to ortallototo to enter wor4ler to
eta• nytwo Arnfilo Anderson and lass wen—
eding .Thelta -eort morit,ttA,
GILA 111.111 TON, Afrcr !s —Received April 14,
2, a, a —A boat, fun one of the war vessels
on rho Natilde has communicated with (len.
Simons, ;n command of the forces an Morris
Island, an 4 made the request that osto of the
steamers be allowed to enter the port for the
purpose of taking away Andersott,and
command.
An arrangetnatkt hag been agreed upon by
the paraies to stay" Curther proceedings nada
.9 O'clock to ancahrow.
rigeloave dispatoll9B 4'l'oUl many of the
Southrrn cities, announcing the receipt of
the news of the ,surrenderiof Fort Sumter,
and the rejoicings of khepeinge. - KLIGR A-
ItiiPOHTKR. I
Later Prim Gliarjeeton
TA lt is h‘OT I AT lONS COMP i.K'FF:I)
Cusamurron, April 14-9 a'clook A.' M.
The negotiations mare oompleted last night,
and Major Anterson, oath has eckmmand,
wilt evacuate Pert SurnMr this morning.—
It is supposed that 410 tin embark on hoard
one of the 'war vessels or our bar.
When Fort Sumter was in tiaalAs, and
Major *asßamon could only lire his guns at
long intervals, the men at our batteries
cheered at every fire whichhe gallant Ma
Or mails is his hat struggl ds, but looked
defiance at the Ilesselg of war, whose men,
like cowards, reanaaned outside without fir
ing a gun, or attempting to divert the fire of
a angle battery from Fort Sumter.
10 o'cloes. - The steamer Isabel is now
steaming up, and Will take Gen. Beauregard
to Fort Sumter, which will be turned over
by Major Anderson to the Confederated
States.
It is now reported that Major .Anderson
and his command will proceed to New York
in the steamer leehel.
DEPAALTOII2,O7 ANIMA/lON AVD 1719 VAN POP
1/VW TOVIC-1101 CLINT trftv,,opTs o wn.
liiIhAVLEATOW, A prill 4 7 -IdaitT- Anderson
arid bin men wilt leive to night at If o'clock,
in the steamer Isabel, (or New rale- 4 -
The war Meet is still outside.
The scene when j Agerson and bin awn
tank formal leave of Fort wan a
thiallusg and impressive one.
{The telegraph office closed at 14 o'clock
the lines being down South I
Later from Fort Koultrio
CILAZ LUTON, April 11—Your correspon.
dent bas just read a latter reeetyed from S.
C. Boylston, dated Port Moultrie, e o'cloct
Una morning.
Be says not oee moan wss ile4 or woun
ded during yesterday's engagement.
The iron battery had been damaged-
The Niel cannon of Liu battery did great
kzecution on Port Simper. They were all
aimed into Major Anderson's port holes.
Three of Fort Sumter's barbells gun"
wens demounted. One of thews was it ten
inch Columbiad.
A corner bf Fort Sumter. opposite For
lloultrie. sp; knocked sway.
The Waterwttch, Mohlwk, end Pawnee,
it wee thought, were Use three first vessels
seen in the offing.
Incidents in the Fort Sumpter Bom
tlardment,
TOR SURRENDER OF ANDERSON
CHARLESTON, April lb —When Major An
derson'lquarteni MN* burning. (len. Beau
regard sent over. nt asaistanoe before the
white flag was ru■ up.
Col. W igfatl rpeewed the sword surrender
ed by Anderson, and then soampinneuted his
bravery by returning it WI him.
BOSTON, 4pril political questions
sod division/ have been dropped hero, and
the universal sentimentuf the city and state,
la for defence of the flag to the last.
Twenty thousand volunteers have already
tendered their, services at thie Adjutant Gene-
IWO office.
General B. F Butler, ran ardent Breekan
ridge supporter, has tendered has services
with his entire brigade.
The War Fleet. •
Cersimasrom, Apnl 15.—The Federal flee
s‘ill to sight !it Carleston.
"'The Administration apprehends that an at
tack may be matte upon Washington, and
troops are being assembled at that point to
repel any assault that may be Made. Whettv
er any good reason aisle for tins apprehen
sion we are unable to determine ; but are
t'ertain that the best way of protecting the
Capital from danger is to pursue a rigorous
peace policy. Washington can be in no great
danger of capture as long as Maryland anil
Virginia remain loyal to the Union. But the
immediate consequeno of war in the seceded
Stale would be to inereee the disallectionin
the Border Steles, and to render a large
military force necessary for the defence of the
Federa capital. The A 4.111) w it; tr twn seems
to leer that the policy it is purnueing will
widen the area of secession, and touvert the
very Nal of (lovernment into a beLeagured
fortress.
frr Mr. Lincoln arrived in Harrisburg on
the t4acnoon of the 22d of February, was
escorted from the care to the Jones House,
where be made a speech; dined, was escorted
to the espitqi, made another speech, supped
and then escaped to Washington, disguised
with a 'Scotch plain cap and military cloak.'
The select committee which had charge of
these arrangements have 'reported to the
Led:ilia/Aare a bill of 02,155 as the expense
oecaaioned by the reception and entertain
ment, The State is called upon to foot this
little bill. SI
UT The N. Y. Tribune says it prefers the
preserration of the Chicago Platform to
FIFTY UNIONS." Thiir hi the difference
between partios—one willing to eurreneler
IX for the Union, the other not 0/00 a rot
tsofltolg in Its platform.
The Democrats #nd Union men in od
pee ion to Rvpublicant em, have carried the
eity of St. Louis by up waits 01 two thou•
suAl majority.
frj" A steam otyrviaga for common roads
invented by General ino, has been ex
h,ibited in the atliels ef Turin, carry in:
twelve people, easily-faanaged, but cnioly
ins oloule of smoke
Ma
NE
War Feeling inßastaa.
8,3; the
... - -
0 A P ROLTAMATIQIi. 14 1C'••• - •••\--
Wltorivio, the •laws of the iirti:cd S st
have been (r some titue past and Inv 1
ilpposcii, and the execution theteof 0,,, , ,,,
NI in the States of South Caroline I, .. r .
itt.leima,'lrloi id i, Mississippi', Lout-u, ~•, ~,u.
I'. xas, by combinations too poweitst to be
suppressed by the ordinary Coors: of jorii.
6,tiiiroceedings, or by tlip powers vested in
,the Marshal's by law.
Vow. ilintel'ore,l, Abraham Lincoln, Fir r•
'idprit of the United l'itates. , ii i . vice'. ,d 0,,,,
th
poisaer rash(' by the 1., Stitull ,, ,, ~ '
laws, have thought lit, to call 1...
hereby do call forth thirrsiiitia of th' • ,-,
Statss.of the Union to the aggregate .. .t.
of sdventy,,fire thousand, in orditr to
press the said comlinatiotiti, and to •
the laws to ho duly ezt.outed. The u .. , . ,Ir
for this Object wilt be lln In,,,liMr.ly evu......a/ ,
wilted to the mite an '. ' , I , • • ii
i•lt ar lb pRT lint 111, 'flli''
I appeal to all J,9, , _ ,J,.—„ I, ,
eilqtate and aid I iii , , , i 1,., • , f' - ,
i laudor, the Integrity awl 1.1 , .X. • .
stational Union and thepirpetuity .:1 4 p y Ai
goveroment, and to reqltress the; wrongstal
ready long enough endured. '
4 t
doely
roper to say that the first ser
vice assi td the forces het eby called
forth wil , bably be to repossess the forts,
places, an praparty which have been seized
from the Union ; a,ud in every event the ul
most care will be observed, consistently end.
the abjeets ircregla, to avoid any devasta
tion, aid destrioction of or Mit et ference wits
property. or any disturhanoe of peaceful ed
zena in any part of the country.
And I hereby command the persOns som,
prising the combinations aforesaid to dis
perse and retire peaceably to their respect- .
ire abodes, within twenty' days from this
date.
Deeming that the present isendition of
public affairs presents an extraordinary oc.-
casion, I do hereby, in sietuo o 4 the power
in me vested by the Comminution, convene
401 h !lenses oCCongress. The Senators anti
,Ltepreaentaures are therefore summoned to
assemtde at their respective chtimtrrs, at 12
o'clock, noon, on Thursday the 4th of July
nest, then and there to consider and deter
mine such measures as in their wisdom the
public safety and interest may seem to de
mond.
In witness 'thereof, I have litert E dnto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
Stowage:l be affixed.
Pone at the city of Washington, this 154
day of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and
atltw ladepenth lice of the United blates, the
eighty -fifth.
"Sigoed the President,
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WILLIAM li. SIWAILD, Sec'y. td State.
Now Does it Look Now
lIF rum the, Beaton Courier.
Last lall, when the il.eidibluans were heir.
eying along our Ntreets..night after night,
jostling and running over each other io their
eagerness to join the torchlight procession,
hailing each other boisterously as brave and
intrei id ' Wide Awakes," displaying their
broad capes, fanciful lanterns And Bags dec
orated with witty devices and funpy mot
toes, we warned them, again and ague', of
the sad and disastrous consequences which
must fellow their possible success in elect.
mg • sectional President. We told them
over and over again to beware. We begged
of them, by every consideration of patriot.
ism and of humanity, to desist from• course
which must inevitably prose ruinous to the
best interests of the country. We referred
them to the prophetic warnings of the wise
men in all ages of the Republic. from Wash
itigton down. We said then, and we report ,
it again, it is utterly impossible and foreN ,
put of the pIeSCIOI2I to live in peace, in a R,
public, where all have • common nlirrear
the government. without affording thole',
and the fullest opportunity for all to
their governors and their rulers.
publicans did not belie's rut. The 100$
Awakes would not even baton to our wa ,
ings. The lanterns and napes and
multiplied in our streets and in our pubic
squares. Uannens were fired, banners floe'
ed in the breezes of the night, Compete weru
blown and drums were beaten. Until the
young men and maidens. old men And tg%
Irons. fairly ran mad with the ide of hem i ;
able to elect president wit h ,, ut the Rid of
the South Well, the deed don., The
'WIII,-.Awakes hare ttiumptied 10 their
own care is committed the goeuriitil ti. of
those United States, what there is left of
them.
Gentlemen of the Republican party, gen-
tlemen of. Oie wide 4wake clubs, bow do
you like it I How does look now i To
t,bose of you who have been suoceasful in
plocuring office at Washington, no doubt
ha prospect is pleasant ; but we beg to in
4uire respectfully of those who have been
tinfortunate in their application, how the
Matter stands with them And then, there
ate I houeeniis 'tic, never expect place or of
fice, thousand* Who live by the sweat of the
brow—shoeseakers,carpenters, hatters, wee
were, spinners, painters, engravers, in short,
all sorts of mechanics and laborers, those
who have to earn by their toil, bread fot
themselves and for their children. How
does it limit to you, gentlemen I No longer
ego than the very last autumn, you had
plenty of employment. at very gouiLwages.
You could readily Meet your rent,,yoUrgro
cer's bili, your doctor's bill , those of
your tailor and butcher. Now, you And these
necessary expenses very herd for you. You
csn scarcely sleep at night in peace for anx•
iety about them.
How does it ell look to you I The Re
publicans told you told all of us, pecol•
ly, everywhere, that re
if Mr. Lincoln were
only once elected all would be calm and qui
it, and peaceful ; that labor would be in
demand, and the people would be happy
again. But so far from realising any ad
vantages fmro the eleotioti of -Mr. Lincoln,
things are certainly growing worse, The
Wide Awakes, if you ask them to day, can
not but admit that we are not improving in
the least, but are in fad, upon the retrogade,
Who, then, has gained anything by the elec
tion of a sertioaal President ? Rather let
us ask, who has not lost Seven of thp
Mates of this Union have left, us, Nearly*,
all the advantage which I 1 met carrying
trade of.ihe South bps been to us is now
gone. The ,Son.thern market is all but lost
to us. Our people are compelled to be idle,
all but those who are hunting after office.
with but a'poor prospect indeed for the fu
turf , . And all of this for no other cause,
none in the world, except the Oration of a
sectional ?resident. But fur the election ot
Mr. Lincoln, the country would have been
at this moment in as prosperous a condition
as it has been since the war q( the Revolu
tion. There is no cause known or oonjecit
ured by anybody, but &be °tutelar, which
has brought upon us cur present misfor
tunes.
Iks-Preihi i ent. Baohanln in Pavor of Su
taming the President.
LANCASTER April 15..
Secession has tio followers here. All put
tied are united in sustaining the Governmont
it All hazards,
Bs-President Buchanan remarked to us
of his most intimate and political (rim* '
day " Mal the Government had gage to 1
utmost vee of forbearance, and it tau lF
the duty mall good cstizens tp stand by. 14,
flovernment.,,
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