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B3 Th..,e d.iring to a-lv-rtse Vy the year can d so on liber.d terxis-it .tda uuderetoodl that con- ts tracts for yeasly udvertising are c-uflued to the legitimate l.uuiae of the firm or individual con. C, traetii4. Coutract : lver tiseme ts patyable semi. I anlunll-y. bt All c.uxnnaii.as of a pe.r.ontal character, i (ibitiry N-:ices. lTj' rt-'' iesolutions or .Prt e af ny Soc:i-ty. oA.atium er Corpora Viltila. II; a CandidAte iu >t inserted until paid for, Five ri.rs. ....................- ... a I'r';tt tile Charhsti41 Courier. 1:1,!h in*t. A HOSTrIIT1ES c0 ENCED ! joli'gardit;elt ol' Fort SIver! 8 2t alat :'.ek. on the aft'rnoon of b Thur,hay. (. s-eral BelIaurtrd made ade 111' -1 ;t m -j k ..s:,n har the iunme.1n.a: sr----h- r.- iiort S meer, throet.-h i; Aid , co%. J I s*.t Jr'.. co". C.., !:[:..d Cap:. !.ve. M .j ; Andleison retvl ed: tht tam-b a ciaot:.e' Wold t:e ne. ealsgent with1 Ihe dtyU1 he w - il te! by hi:; g vranient too ier f irm. Tie :u:,wt,r wa 5s.I ouian.mated by,%- th.. a Gene : ii L:I i. t ' P toPe :Lt l). t T?is viAt . and the rei:.sJ ofl to.o comiean dd.. ,tf S. - :er tit < C. -!e to the dt.miai e. ma e '.v G ii r I lIasid from u tongu ' 'zo..ne andson thet Whoile ehy% wiBu i p a s. o t ,aL I ttn vh. il! iet. Ru nc .r. as. -he is wvs"an t t npe-l the fanct.. !0 -ti t owr purpow-e, dL the i l it Sio-is, a ,d :.ave themi a Comt1plexitin which thee had.l mnt worn when Ires Irtom the pure anti :-r; --s i.ails Vf ;I nth. A ha!t an hLujr aftnr the return iof the or de iic, it as confidently hbeieed talt. the bat eriea w I ti'en a o'clock, andl in x.ta:ho ot seJ:1- tUi.' n i.g of the cont.1.it Li-an , e.*- * ege upI n the bat ter; ;Il I th. wh :tive. 1 .4kt1 itn t 1n !.e 11.1y. T.: a. .st ri :,i;m their eyes over' the dlark e'pan-- . wa:r. waiting t) .-ee tw I, flash an:l he'ar 1im boomn Of the fic.t gun. The cbock :othl t1he hour of eleve', ,nd sti: t they ...a:. t ivtene I, Iut the ey-lid, grew w< tr. aid :at tie nt oCi nit' the ni:. bt the l-ger pca:it of .he disappi .;:eetators were p1 -dodiag their av:tv homlenw:ard. A t about nine I,.'e:.lck, 'eneral Bleauregard re.:ei-rd a reply from P. t'iet i).r, ti the telegramct in r'elatott to the snare der' ci Snum- ' ltr. by which he was intldru~cted t. informa' Mj>r'Atnderson t hat if' he would evacuante the fort he held w.henI hi< pre tent supply of pro'- i vi-ionls was~ exhausted there would be no ap-S peal to arm<o. Tt~is propotsntion was borne to Me jior Anadersona by: the Aids who htad deliv- c ere'd the first nuessiage, and he refut-ed to ac- g cept- the condlitiona. The Gen-reral-in.Chief forthwith gave te ot der that the batteries be opened at hialf-past fousr oclock on Friday r marning. Miajir Anderson's reply was de- L ctiveO ofi tue momen~.itouts question, and Gener al Beauregard determined to apply the last argn:nlent. The stout soldier hadl resolved to make a desperate dtefence, and the bloody trial of strength must be essayed. The sword umteI cut asunder the very last tie that bound ~ us to a people, whom, in spite of wrongs and iniustice wantonly inf~cted throtugh a long se'res of years, we had not yet utterly hated andl desrtI.'ed. The last expiring tpatrk of ;tf fer'tion Em. lbe quenohe-i in blood)C. Somte o th-.e moust splendi1 pap. in our gloriou=s1 hi't.: tor' mnust be buried. A lltw mtust be struc~k that would mauke the earst of every Rteputbli can famatic tingle. and whoee dlreadful eIf..cts will be telt by generationas yet to coime. We must tratnsmit a heritetge of tank lin-.; and un dyind hate to our chtdren. I We ,au~sed to~e toetmplate the terrible pros pcet. dnrr'ied on by the rapid cour.-e fJ ev. uits, vexed and dien~ced by mercrarine ir ritatitons, :ntounide.d by the gharing treichery 1 of our enemiies, lat in wonder at their e-.reg ious stuptid.ity, we hiad not fully com.upreheitded I the natuire of the work we were about to bae gin. Now, while the ear was waiting for the ro-ste of cannotn we saw clearly the xanagnitudfe of the crisis. While thoi.sc eslmn hours' wer pawing silently away, we -ontemrplatted thie tremnend~onS under'takitt im all ts aspect.. bearings and consequenuc.s. C We panted, but it was not tihe pause of baes itetiou or doubt. We finsd long since made t ourselves faa:illiar with tihe dangers that dlark- i ened over our pathway, and had they been ten-fld greater we would have dare] do what we.' have done, with the samte steady coutra~e anid itumovable resolution. We hadl inuarkedf out a way for oura feet and we wohtl p-ie this road let what may oppo-e5 our pr'ogress. * TIds pathway wa:s traced by the fitngesr of hton or. and Hleaven's orwn light rests upon It. lcntr thoase dark hourttas, heaivy wu the anc- ' geai~h of mlotherts, sisterst andl wives. au-i we with thteir tears, wet piaused to reileet :and pray. Wec relfre5hed our spirits with I i m te nmeinorie'. We felt the inspirationtl of taja and hioly can.-c and a sublime putrpo) e. -.-. disgusted wvith childisht trifling anld studii p~eriidy, we ksoked to Ileaveni for directio'n aud bles~ing, and turne tour backs foreve rt utpont our formaer brother..S The crisis had arrtivedt. :md1' we were full: prephaired to meet it. The work thuat awirie'i the muorrow was of atomenttous eb:.ract'r. lti lbut we had Count edu tl:e e.,st. and htad resolv ed to dlo it or die in th~e atnempt. At the gray of u~ie moi~rniin:: ol Friday the . roar of cannion broske upon Ithr ear. The eax psected sounsd was atus -eredl by thou-ands. t The huses were in a few mninutes etmptied cof 1 heir excited ocup'tts, and the liingt s~nream poured through all the st reels lea:liig tco tile, wharves and jBattery. U~n reaebhingi tara bee m t'ftul promlenalde we fosutd ii. linted witht rank- I - so <.f eager .<pectators. ands all thle w.rve c'nC th 3atundmg a view of the battle w- rce c'reowdedI t hickly wvith humitan form<a. Ott no gabla oceai siont have we ever sesen ntearly so lairge a numtt b.er of ladic's on our I trery as gacedlIL th breez'. walk on this ev..ntfiul mIornime. 'There thev stool with pt-dpittming hear:s ul lsadidlt fuce's, w'.atcitir thte white' smoke a- a' r.se itn wreaths ssien the sott twihgli '-.r. aniil bsreath f Ak at thce gus di: whrt a ctnftlct ratted a ini th'teu hte-avi * bs-tan, h et weui'u l.,ve *i. r hutsbands awx I sns aw'l love hatr i'n- c itt""""tits safety h-vI tcalld her fatithful cildren ts t:.e I;S At th' ry mii.mtt. etpa. f eur e'cl.ce thi e t cir,Ilet ws .-ned~*i. by t he dhi..sarge i f a g selhI f''.tm t he Iisowit zor t i tc'ry toe .bunet'. tat shurac'. uitler the. e,:winandu tit Capi'n~w I, t. t . . L-ints. i eu fiII.,waed' te ri.hli I Pa t'n tto we bannetsr tn th bao 'uly hatte fi2'ls oef .'duiico. thut '[Th eaning of th < tartthful tme-: -nmer to wvil Mjur Andeersona was ftollowedu by~ a~ deafran i ab exlsion, w.hich was Caused bty the. b'-,wing ret up of a butildinag that stoaod itn fronit eaf the the. batterv.ha Whaile the white smoke wvas meltin-: away tre into the air anothler sheLll, which Lientr. Wa. Iamtptn ';ibUbesh the honotr of haaving nat iredI, p-ir-,ed its tnoi-eless way toward the~ Une ost: It ftoraiiication. wit '1 h:. l.v:.. t al ntIHo.-su . il it - V ---'-0~ -t -r.: theas -:b t!:a- br~a *:r. -..- . ctI2 is the hto-il ii: Iiu..~ . a * - y conten-a ill all direeionsa. For tojomijno a JI 1. tgk nn the tale ofi death., and in a mo- Iur ?nt the guns from tbe redoubtable Gn Ltterv on Ctmmingm' Poit, from Capt. Mc eady's Battery, from Capt. Jas. Ilatnilton's oating Battery, the Enfilade Battery, and her fertifications spit fiorth their wrath at e grn fortres rising so defiantly out of e .,ea. M.ajor An.ersoin receivee the -hot and s'.el .silvi:ce. And some excited lookers-on, ig rant of the character of the rue, were imnt th o jectuie' and predictioins, tiat revi% e1 e lipe tat 41% inig aiout (f 'heir hoi petl ani ntdler Learts. B.t tihe slort-lived hope was :e. b (ttinui edA when the d'aveniia. twr tt s evealti i he StaI.,' S: r pies 1luating -outly in the breeze. The baiv:ies coaiittua :d1 at reguthir iiter'a s to belch ir'onl vCn *anice, a sill I no answer wa.i returned by e foe. A boit an hour after the booming gan, two, balls ru-hed hissiig throughii tile r, and anced harme.s froin the stuccoed -ieks of Fort Moul:rie. The emabrasuireA of te hosile fortres, gave forth no sound again t betw-en ix and seveu o'eock, when, as wrathul eo:n enforCed debny, frioam ca :.tc an:d par.apet the Unitcd States oifier bral d a ,tormt of iron hail upon Fort Mozid ie. S;evens' I,'ju Battery aud the Floaat.ing; atterv. The broadside was returned with irit b: the gallant gunners at tese imopor ,at. pots. The firing now began in go:d earnest. The rling white-stoke hung alie the angry eee, of filend and fou, ald the jarring oma rolled at regular intervals on the ainx us ear The atmnosplhere wais charged with ie smell of villai- ou ,altperre, an-I as if iml mpathy wi'h the melancloly scene the sky as covered with heavy clouds, a1nd every Oing woie a simriwe aspect. A boat. bearing dispatelies to General Daou rard fAm Narris' 1,land, retachae I t.e ciry jout nine o'clock, reported that all illh- bat ries were working admirably ; that no one as injured, and that the maeni were wild with tbusiasm. A short time after that happy news was eived, the schooner Prtri, from iag Is tud Channel, reported that the shot from eveln' Iron Battery had told upon the walls Fort Sumter. And also that Fort Mouiltrie Ld Sustained no damage. About half-past nine o'clock, Capt. R. S. trker reported frotn Sullivan's Island to unt 1%Iasa,'. that everything was in fine l:ition at Fort .Aoultrie, and that the so rs bad esatind unhurt. The sane dispatch stated that the enbra. rs f thae Flatirag I ttery were undamn aed by the slock of the -at, atid thoug.zh :t fmi lhable structure had been st-i:k e!ven times, the bails had not started :: sin e bolt. Aider.on bh:td concentrited his fire in the Fl-aating Battery, ana the Dalligren ttery, un:ler cttiiiand of Lieut. llanniatot. nuti!dvr of sliells ha1d droppel into F, r; Viater, an .1 o.<e gu.a en b:tbette had been Inutant led. The following eleering tidings were brought the city by Col Ediunad Yates, Acting ieutenialt to Dozier, of The Confederate ates Navy, from Fort Johnson. Stevens' atWtry has made conhiderable progress in -e'achmg the Soulth att. Soathwet walls of ort Suauter. The Northwest wall is suffer a f;-om the well aimed fire of the Floating ,tterv. wtLise shot have dismounted several the guans ton the parapet. and nade it im so.ha- to use the reinaining ones. The awitzer Batery connected with the imn 10?inable Gun B:Ltttry at Cuminiag's Point, 'aag1ataaed with consumiate and terrible aeet. Eicren o'lock.-A messenger from 'Morris' had brings the glorious news that the shot ance Irom the irin cavere:! battery at Cmn g's Potit, like marbles thi own by a child atim back of a turtle. The uipper portion the S uthwest wall of Fort Sumter .shows ial the effect of the terrible cannoanadle otm ihe formidable product o1f Mr. C. HI. teven' paatriaotismn and ingennity. A half an hour later the gladaunme tidings eue that Stevens' Battery was last dama g the Sothtwe.t wall of Sunmter. A boat reached the City from the Floatiug tterv abiout half pia-t twelve o'clock, anad ported that a shot from Fort Sumter pene ated the top of tbe strtucture, and( three lots struck the sand bags ini the rear of. the ittery. 'r/re o'/c.W hava just learned by a attmval fram Cumaiigs Pornt, that t te ries there are d.inag g'aod aervice-Ste -na' Battery v'ery successful. Net a sinigle 'cidet. The troops ;rre in the best hirits. Two of the guns at Suinter appear he disabled. A tine o'clock the ftllowing was received Morris' Isad. Two guns in Stevenas' merv teaupiorarily di-:able~d. Atndersoan's lire ila' injutred thet dotors of the embiirasures. c dam~ag~te wiall beC repaired spaedily. It is ua-ht that Ft. Snoter will be bre-ached1 in a, h~.. T-Ihe steam vessels oif war were en o her haar. onec of them aupaposed to be e I6:rriet Lane. Capta. 11. S. Parker reachadu the city from, >t M~aoultrie at hialf-patst two o'cloack, andt aks the following report: Capt. P. visited r-t .\oultrie and the Enaiidaaing Battety near -and foundia all well anad in high spiri s. e left the Moartar [Battery. Lieuit. II hIn iist, at te-n minutes past two. The~ soladiers tiiid ihame iare ::,iing a good ac~ounat tof iemeves. 'The laating Battery had been raick eighteen times, anda received no maate :i i:jury-. lb venerable Edmund Ruaflin, whr, as on a it was kniawn a baattle wa'is ine~vitable, tened over to .Morri' Iland and wa< elect .a membher of the Pahnetto" Guard, fitred e first gun from Stevens' Iron Bat tery. All t.r to the chivalric Virgianian! May h:a -e mtany years to wear the fadeless wreath att aor placed upont his brow otn our glo .us Friday. Anaithe1r nle~l soin of the Ohal Domtiiin, reuiktmgly remindls her of ier past g'lory, L appinJtetd Ott Gen. Beauregardl's Staff on imrsday, bore dispatchles to) the General in mand~ti, fr m Bri;;. Gen. Jamnes Sinmons in maa:atd of Morris' Iblanud, duariaag the thick aaof thle fi::ht. tad in the face of a turde ut- fire fr..a Fort Satuter. Col. Roger A. yar, the ci quenlt youngi Virginlian, ian the eeulioan of t hat dan;;erous coaai ssion, seal wiit speakinag distance of the anigry d hosile fortress. impite~ the fierce and concentrated fire rn Fort Sumter, thle rival fortification on livan's lsland receivead but slight damlage. Merons stood unmoved, anid are this rni g in as good a condition as they were fire their strength was tested by the rude acks of the shait. The Flhoatita.r Battery came ont of thae iron >ra without laasinag a plate oh its iron cover a s~linter aof its pine. A brisk lire was kept up by all th~e hat irs tuntil aboutt 7 o'clock ina the eveningt ar which hoaur the gains boomed at regular .er al of twenaty muiaautes. All the ',atteries on Morris' Island, hearinag otn tle channiel, kept tip a steatdy fire ftor Iin time itt thme dawn of day. It is repaorted y threw their shot itato the Jl/rrridl /l,ai, d l that thait steaimer, hatvinag advanaced as far ie renowined Slar of tihe West lBattery. s crippled byv a well aimed shait, after whaicl Sdeemed it prud~ent to give up the danger. a atteapt, arid turre~d her sharp bow to Stevns' Iron Battery pltaed a e'u.spicoaus ii iportaant part ian the brililitat. and a.s tar alr ment are coracerneda, bloiodhl,ss co-alict. deh hats placed thae I12th of .A pril, I %; , a'mia the memorable datys. Thle calibre tat gus its inearnaess ta) Fairt .Sutetr, its puer :t impnettrbility, the coiis< anda skill of zalaant goannters, mtade this fori ifientioni aone~ he mao.t foramiale of Maj. Andaaerson'is rila oppnnts. TIhe effect of its 1)ibl -en's and Mi pounaders was distinactly- isibale aa early stage rof the conflict. Clouds aif ,rm~r ar.d briek dlust arose fromn the Somb I. st. wal of thet fort as theO shot hlis-ted ona -ir err.:nd( of death. Shaot after sh->t toldl h ter ibe etfeet on theC strong wail, ari at ,uta tiar e o'clock Major Anders:an eeaseda to uarn this murderous fire. In the couarse of afternoon the joyful tidings that a breachi I een effected ia that portion of the for , wis bornie o the city. Ve dure not close this brit f anB hurried raitive of the first engagement b:tween tihe iteal States and the Confetderatte Sritaes, souti returning thanik4 to Almuigat,' Gal h great success tha t has thuti far cr awna-a rms, and for the extraor Jinary pret a rv of our soldiiers from as a ty anad dleath. he fifteen hjurs of a m a ti i . es sant irng, .m cuaae a mi@ wer *arienea and I skillful of artillerists, no injury nas I,en sus tained by a single one of our gallant soldiers. Tihe reiult of' the eonfliet strengthens and confirmos our faith in tiejistness of the cause for whose achieviaent we have suffered oblo quy, aid dareA perils of vast magnitude. At t he outset of 0 the strugrgle we invoked the sanetiona .and said of that Gol whom we Serve, and His hand has guided ani defenaerd us all throulth tle nomentous Coniflict. His t4vor WIs moIist signally. we had abnost qaid mirae ni oulS.iv. ilfilli isted on this evenatftul d:V. W~e call tlie rull of thio.e enga~ed ill th.- haltle. al each s.,!,Ier is here to aswer V his ine. No totiais:onae will i irow u sha.l..w upon tha bright trimpAnt day. If so it seimneth good inl the 1-y1-s of Ilii, in wloms'e hianls are the issules of 'ii., we ti-rvently pray that our brave Swns may pass uinhIrmied through the perils of the day unow dawing. Fr..m the Charlstcou Mereury, 15th inst. The Bombardment of' Fort Sumter. Surrender of Mamjor Anderson--Evacu ation of Fort Suuter. -- FULL PARTICULARS! - -U We closed the report of the grand military diorama in progress on tour Bay amid the cloud- of glooit and thireatening perils of Friday i-ight. The firing. abated in the early evening. as though for the concentra tion of its special energies, comnpnuced again at ten o'clock, and amid gusts of rail, and clouds that swept the heavens, the red hotL shot and lighte-d si-ells, again streamed from the girt of hat ta r es around. aid concentrated inl fearful imprt. over Fort Snunter. Of the ell'ces little was visible, a-f course, and ax ious citizens, who fromt b itter, spire andl houset!)p, had bii(led the pehings of the storm, mu1te spectators of tle splendid scene, coul oily wait the opening t;f the coming day for contirimaation of the hopes and fears with whi1'h the changa'es in the scene successively inspired them. As dawn appr. aehd, the firing again aba ted, aid when the ri.,ng sun threw its flood of light over the sparkling waters from at cli.atuie.ss sky, it was but by random shots from it it,,g hatieries, with scarce an an s' er fraa:na Fjrt Sunter, that spectanes were ft- miured tlie ca anitet. still contioed. and that hmnan f..--ing was not in harmony with the race .atnd giory of the scene. It was but a tile whi4e, honwever, b telre tha ener;y oh action vas re-to'red. and a: 0'e work of des tie iion .till went on. it was 1eared t hat stiii another day of expectation and micertainty w as bufore us. Bot at S o'clock the cry arose from ti.e wharvas, and rolled inl one coninuous wave :ver the 611y, " Fort Smnter is on Fit:e !" The watchers of the ni.rht be. tare, who had retired [or n few moments. were aroused, occupations were instantly susperd ci, anld lai and ouig, either mounted to their points of ob'ervatijon, or rolled in crowds upon the Bat tery. to look ulom the last and nmst impoing t ill this great drama. Th barracks to he south ha.d been three tines set oil fire airinga- the houibanihnent of the day befre, but eaeh time the flatnes were iimm:edi-ately extingiihed. Subsequent lv, however. a rel-hot shot. from Fort Moul trie, or a shell front elsewhere, fuiid a lodg ment. when the hict was nut apparent, and the fi-r, smoualdering for a tinw, at length broke foarth, and flaas and smoke ruse in volutmesta from the crater of Fort Sumter. The wind was blowim from tle west, driving the smoke acro.sis the fort and into the embra Sures, where the gunners were at work, and poauring its vialumes through the part htoles. the irinag aof Fort Sumter apapear-ed to be re newed with vigor. The fire of the Fort, lung lerce and rapid, hoawever, was graduaily abated, and ahboaugh at djistant inte~ vals a guin was fired, the necessity of preserving their maagazin;fes and of avoiding the fl.imnes, left the teants little leisure for resisttfac. But the firing farom withotut was continued with redoubled vigor. Every battery poured in its ceaseless rouind of shot and shell. The entthusiasmn of success inspired their ce rage and ya:e precisionl to their act Xmn ; anrfthus, as in the openCinig, so in the closing scene, un delar the beaaming suanlight, in view of thotus :aaos crowded up~on the wharves and house taops, and~ atmid the booming of ordnance, andi ini view of flie immnense shtipts senut by the eneniy with reinforcements, lying iadly just out ef' gun shot on the Bar, this first fortress of despotic power feltlprostrate to the cause of Southern Indepenidence. A t. abouat 9t o'clock the ihunem appeared to be abating, and it was appreha-nded thaat no irrepatrale injuiry had been sustained ; but near 10 ,'clock a colun a af white samoke rose high abaave the bat tlementts, followed by an. exploasion wichel was felt tupon the wharves, anda gave the aissurancee that if the maca zineCs were noit (xpiloded, at least their temn par..:ry atmitinat were exlimsed to thed ee tment still raginag. Sa.onaa af ter lie barracks ta the east tad west was in tLaim., the samoke roase ina retlouble-d volhnaae fromr the wvholae cir ele of the fort, anud rolhing front the emiba sur-es, it seemead searce.ly paossibale that life. coauld i e sustainaed. Soon after anaoilher cil ajani of smoke aruase as fetarfuil as the first. Thue guns had long b~aen coaupletely silencead, andl the only aaption left to the tenants of the fortress seatmad to be whether they wvouldl peri~h or strreander. A t a quarter tao onte o'clock, the staff, from which the flag still waved, wats shot away, anid it was long in da.uibt whaethetr, if thecre were- the purpose, there was the abaility to re erect it. Uut at the expairaLtion. of about twenty miinuteti, it saai fapeared uplon theO easterau t-ampta~rt, anal atiun aced that resist aee was not enidead. Ina thle nmeant ime, how' evIer, at smatll boat star ead from the city wharf. heurinig Colonels-l Lee, Pryur amid .\iles, Aids ta Geii. Beauregarid, with offers of tasistance, if perchiance the garrison shotild bie tiunale to e-eape the flamnes. As they appr~moached the uuirt the flag appleared, amid, as the tiring fruom oar batter-ies was unabaated, thuey staarted~ to return, and had progressed, perhiaps, the iinger portion tat the way when a shout arose f.-oma the whjole circle of .pectators on thei ishaends andui the main land, announcmed that the white lag of tralte was waving fromiu the ramparamts. A small boast had alretady beent seemn to shoot out fromi Cumaminag's Point, in the directiotn oh' thle for'ta imt which stood alltn ulier wit hi a white fhig utpo.n thIe puoint of his sword. Thi< olic'r proved toa be Cii. Wig fall, Aid. to the Comaninag General, whoa, eteriag throuigh at portt hole, demanded the srreander, ini thte name oaf his chuief. ie re plieid to t he emiquiry wh'lat termaas wtoumld lie grantedl, sttinag that. Majori Anidersian couldl notL ake his own termin, baut that Gjeneral Beaura-gartd, a sotdier and a genitleanu knmew hows to treat at gallanit enemiy. .\lajoar Aan deson maust leave thle dil'- s oaf the siurr'n.a der to Gjen. Beaauregttad. Majori Anderson then agreed to siiarrender to Genaieral Beantre gard, in the tmmne of' thle Conaifedaerate Sttatesa ad att one aa'cl-ck aid liv'et minutes st ruck~ the Unitaed States flhag wvhieb hanl beeni standling in caoimpany' withi thue whji te lh:. The Sulh van's I.daiad batteri.s ceasead firing, anad Cul. Wigfall startedl to report to Generadl Deaur'e gard ian Charlestoni. Wheni thea r'eporat was mliade oaf whait haid ocerred. Major .Jonets, the Cietf oh iGeeral Beauregardh' stat1. taccoanaluiedl 1by Caolonel Chaarles Alstoni wats .,int withI sathority to arrange th- terma given. These w~ere to thec follaawinug etlfeci All prpe f:acilitLie-i will bei affordledl fori thle remomval af .\baj. Anderasaan ad a:.anmiiand. togthaer withlC aimpany uams anmd property, ada all pr ite pa'i~rirt. ThIe hIag wvhuieb hue ha~s ipa-.elad so lang, aua wiith si imuch t'-raitudeIa, auder tihe mio-t try ig circumiasttan'esi, maiy bae salited bys hina ont taiing it dIown'. .tajar Andersent is tilloawead toa ale:ertminte the parecisae timie of yieladitug ui, ahe postiand is p'ermaitteud to ga by sea or' hlawl, acecordlinmga to his ele--tion. Int the afhtertnooni Major Jhones, Coal.. Cites niut and M uminag, waiith ther olliers anal tihe Chie-f of theu Fiure Departmnt awlh the Pa'tl -etto Fire Coimpanyti, wenat doiwn to FortSmum ter, and the details~ were ctoncidiaedl. We hlave not now tile tim tocfa mtake a adetatiled descri p. ion o' th i fori. It is enangh t-a state mit I rsentt iat ike ntall are inn mjii ta-a. Upon a e of mlic faces fito the wi-I .t a' :: toseda to-h water battery, it hadnc recea.ivied ICil'~ ,lh -- a. e othe'- e pitiy e: poawd to uiis hartery- and to Fort No Jtrie, hiau receivedl aoe. Many Or h d1.. A 6 th ie caa...r. ea ha en l driven in, but the permanent injury was slight the balls penetrated but about 8 or 10 inches removinjg about. a half bushel of material The cornice of the parapet in many place. was knocked oil, but. all the parapet guns dis mounitd had been restored to their positions and their earriages seened then but little in jured hy the flaine., The wa I was most dis figured by the balling front Cimunigs' Point but then there wits little progress to a breach Some iof the casement guns were dismounted and the levastation within the fort was great the guiznners wore covered with fragments o shiels. The barraeks were swept entirely away anld thit-re wai nothing left but a louse mas of* brick and mortar. The Battle of Fort Sumter is a marvelou affair in the h!oodlessness of an engagemen I of thir v4wo hours and a half. It is surely th inereinil finger of (iod. But to no humnai arercies engaged iin the business is greate praise due than to those who conceived an planned our delences, and who have crecto them in so faithful and substantial a manne: To these causes-the admirable efliciency C our defensive preparations, and the handsom manner in which the guns have been used t annoy and cripple the enemy-is the wonder ful, unprecedented result, due. At noon) on Friday, during the beat of th engagement, Maj. Anderson made a signal o distress to the men of-war lying off of our bat and on Saturday again, while under tire from all the batteries, and troubled with the he& and smoke of t he burning barracks, again lun ered the flag of the United States, as a signm for assistance to his naval allies ; the ship were only froi three to five miles off, th day was bright and clear, the water smootti But diseretion was the better part of valot The Northern oflicers in commann, havin, been so carefully selected, for their fidelity t their section and superior trustworthiness ii ia hostile crusade against the South, were ut willing to incur the risk of running thei ships ntoi the harbor, and engaging our bat terie;. They thought it prudent not to at tempt reinforcements in launches. The sol diers of Abolitionism were left to their fat( without an attempt to relieve their perilou condition. Their idle allies had the pleasur of seeing them strike their colors to the Cor federate States. They are commenable fo their gallantry, and we trust that these brav nariners wilt receive a suitable contnend tion from their no less gallant Jackson th I Second and his inagnanimous Cabinet. We understand that a detachment of regt lars from Sullhvan's 1Wland, and a detachmen of Mjoar De)Saussure's command from Morri LAind, have been detailed by CUl. Dipley t occupy the captured fort. The Scene at Fort Sumter. An oflicer'who visited the fort soon afte the terms of evacuation were made, states tha the scene there presented is beyond concel t1i::. Without. the walls have the appearanc at a distance, (if having been covered with a immense number of brick poultices spattere in every direction. This is the shattering el feet of lie shot. Within, the entire fort wor an aspect as if the hand of the destroying ar gel had swept ruthlessly by and not a solitar; object to relieve the general desolation. Th blackened walls of the officers' and soldier quarters were yet smoking, ashes and ember met the eye at every turn, while the shot an, s;hiell which had been rained upon the strong hold liay in great litantities upon all portion of the parade ground. The appearance o' both Major Anderso: his officers and the nen, indicated the terribl nature of the ordeal froin which they had jus emerged. Deprived of sleep for many hour! fatigued with their labors at the guns, ar p-ostrated by their battle with an elemen which raged beyond control,- they looke< worn, haggard aid ready to drop with shiee exhIaustion. When the fire was at it~s greatest height Ma jor Anderson stated that the only miani'r 1 which they could breathe was by lying fla upon the groundi within the easemates, wit their faces to the earth, while, aidded to tb danger, was the occasional explosion of th piles of sh,-il~s collected for service at differen points within the fort. It is to the faect that so few men we the fortification, that is due the ptreservatio1 of life. Majo'r Anderson himself stated tha bad there bieen two hundred more, not les than oine half of them must have been: killed oiwing to the absence of sufhficient room wide the ci rcum~siances, foir their protect ion. As it was, their provisions would have gim en otit in two days mnore, whetn an uncondi tional surrender would necessarily have re sulted. Ie also rcmarked thtat yesterday was one of the proutdest days of his lhfe, for while hi had entdeavored to do dis duty as an officer he had not taken the life of a fellow bein~g. T IIE L AT E ST. Thne Evacumationi of' Fort Sumater--Em. barkation of' Major Anderson. We closed our town report in the extra o yesterday with, the surrender of Fort Stetr anid with, a bieif accountt of its battered ap plearancee, and give this morning the scente ant circumstanuces otf its evaction. A t hialf-past 1:2 n'cloick his Excellency Governor Pickcens with his Aids, and Messrs. Jamison and Ma tgrath, tif his E-xecutive Council, and General Heatiregnad, with his Aids, Messrs. Miles, Pryor, Manning, ChItesnu t, and Jones, an mnany distinguised gentlemen, invited to b< pr:e-emt, took their departure in a steamner front Sottthern whaerf, and were borne it thi direction of the Fort. As we advanced it wa: appilarent,~ however, that the evatuation was niot com~pleted. Thtiugh the steatmer Isabel at the requnest of Major Anderson, had beet present frI 9u o' (clock, anid the expectation h:til been occasioned thtat very soon: thereaftei his commranid woulal be uinder way, still cau ses of dehlaylitd intervened. To avoid thet embiharrassttents of a preimatture iarrival, the p-triy wits lantdedl utpin Sullivan:'s Island. Avatiling themselves of. the opportuitjes thus auared. they v'isi ted the flhaating battery the Da~hlgr'eeni battery, the e,,illadintg battery. and were asctnding the mortatr battery, whet l i he itoming of the guns tipon thte parapets o1 Foirt Sumiter, n:antuncedl the loweritng oif the Sstars and sttripes." In thte terms of capitu lation, it was allowed to Major Andersonu ti salute his fllag, and it was perhaps expected that he woudld fire the usuial comoplenmenit of t wenty-onte gtuns ; but reaehintg thatt number lie still went on to tire, and the apprehension wats thtat he mightt exhibit the discourtesy' o: :iumiierinig tbirty-ihur. But lte continued still to tire tip to fifty, and then slowly low erinig his flag, the shaiuts ftroti assemtblen thotusands upon thme shores antd the steamers atnd every spencies ofi water crtaft. atnnoutncen that the authority of the late Unitedl Stattes uponi the last fuot of Carolinta's soil was final ly withdrtawnt. It hail been noticed, that at the fitring ol thle seventeetii gun, there was the sound at of two repiort4, and the imptression was thta two guns imad bieen firedl tuogether ; butt, as th< pa~rty, r'e-embfartkinig, were otn their way ta Firt Stuniter. they were tnet by at boat, whicl atnouncedl thatt one~ of the ca-tins hadl explo ded, andl maide the eatrnest reqluest t hat tI hitat wvould retturn to Sutlivan's Islanid for fire engine, fromn thle npprehernsion that th:i muagazin;e mighit Ihe in dlanger. This obt ainted fte pazrty agaiii statrted for the fort, and madi theitr ent rance. The Flag of the Confehder'ate Stat's andl thet P'ahniet to, were raiseid ont FouriSumtter simul :,tunaou--ly-.the formier by Ciii. .ites, Chiec simn. FTe FhI~tr of the Cnfaede.ritte S'ates wae ianmtaelttued in this city. It w~ts te iten iota to have titade use of thle tlhmng that wvar fir*-t hi iste on iu the capiitail, at Mon,:tmery hit tin farttunat ely it htai becen miklh.id. Tfhe II ig statrs were aboutt fifteen feet high, and we.:e Ihhed ta, t wo of the big guns by Con: tInodoiie lI artstente. And' when thle deafetiing shoants atrose froun the tmasses clusteread up~on boats and upot the shiares, anud when: thte batteries atrond flue etire acircuit shuoak the fortress with tht hutndeurs of theitr salutation, the feeling that the victory wias indeed complete, thtit tt tritumph wais a fact accaimtplished, that liberty hadl indieedl been v'indicated, andc that thn State hatd established her claitm to tine skill and couraige necessary to the cause shte huad the i : rlectuai itre pidity to avow, thrilled itn uIhe br.:ast aof every otne of Umiiolina's satns :s .lduom has suchl feeling ti. tilled ini thi bre asts of any men before. ekm~th. akar thkarrwiv=1a tgarresun mac ed out, and were received on board the Isabel; which, however, from the condition of the tide, was unable to move oil', and it was a i somewhat unpleasant circunatance that Major - Anderson and his command should have been made unwilling spectators of the exultations inspired by their defeat. Of those -cuering from the casualty we have mentioned, one was killed upon the spot ; two were wounded, it is supposed !i.or. tally, and were left for medical treatment ; and two others badly wounded, also, at their r f earnest solicitation, were carried off. The occasionm was not without the cli.rmi i and interest afflrded by the presence of the ftir. The lady of His Excellency Govcrtbur i Pickens, and the wife and daughter of Attor- i t ney-General Hayne, witnessed tihe ceremony a from the boat, and Mrs. Henry B-mnetheai i has the distinction of being the first in the r fort under the flag of the Confederacy. She I was down to attend the sister of Lieut. Davis. I her guest during the period of her brother's confinement to the fort, and with the eye and f genius of an artist, it was doubtless with a e feeling of especial pleasure that .he was Ia ) vored with the opportunities of this occasion. Although during the thirty-four consecutive hours thiough which the bombardment lasted: e not a man was in any way injured upon our f side, it cannot be said that our men altogether ', escaped Major Anderson's balls. As Captain . Jones was standing in the P-int Battery a t spent ball, which h:,d struck the sand bags above, rulled over striking him upon the back . of the neck, but not with suflicient force to a hurt him. The ball-a -2 pounder-was e preserved as a memento of the occasion. The first gun fired from the Iron Battery -t Cuuning's Point was discharged by the venerable Edmund Ruffin. lie subsequenty . shot all the guns and mortars used during the J action. r South Carolina State Conventiol. - The State Convention adjourned on the - 10th, sulject to the call of the Pres-dent. - A resolution was passed approving the re , cent conduct of General Twiggs, in Texas. 3 The following resolutions, adopted iu se e cret session, have been made public: On motion of Mr. Brown, r Resolved, That the people of South Coro e lina, in Convention assembled, cordially ap. - prove of the election of Jefferson Davis to e the Presidency, and Alexander H1. Stephens to the Vice Presidency, of the Confederate Sfates of America, and have entire confidence t in their experience, patriotism an I ability to guide the destinies of the new Rtepublic. o On nionULefl of Mr. Read Resoled, That a copy of the foregoing res olutions, expressing our confidence in the President and Vice President of tie Conf'ed erate States, lie fowarded to each by the r President of this body. t On motion of Mr. head Resol'ed, That the Convention approves of e the action of the Governor in placing the for ces for the military defence of Charleston un d der the command of General Beauregard, and that he be authorized to call into the field e immediately such number of the volunteer regiments raised under the Act of the As F sembly as General Beauregard may require e fur the operations under his control, tIe whole S forco to be placed under the conmnand of A General Beauregard. or such other general oflicer as may be ordered to the same com imand by the authorities of the Confederate a States of America. On motion of Mr. D. L. Wardlaw, '3 Resolred, That the Convention highly ap. e preciate the generosity and public spirit of t those citizens and friends of the State who i, have contributed money and labor for the ben efit of the State, and take pleasure in noti ting particularl) the liberality and patriotism I of Benjamin Murdecai, Esq., in making the r first, and a very generons, donotion. .Lixcot.x's P~nucantMXi.-The Washuington correspondent of the New York ELepress, who t speaks with confidence, thus lays down the views and intentions of' the Administration: " The progranmme, as Inow proceed to give Sit here, you may strictly rely upon--all other rumors, repurts, statemenits, etc., to the eon trary notwithistanding. "As heretofore stated, the Administration htviiter much deliberation and consultation, tresolved to evacuate all the Southern forts but only after- Iloodl has licenf sedcf-en~outgh, that is to say, to cause the Border States to 'secede and make common cause with the . intgom:ery Conflederacy. ." When these results shall be accomplishedl. .te further programime is, to re'cu/Ldse, by . rcuig, the inidependece of the South,. T hat recognmition cannot take place now, without sacrificing the power of the Republican party, it is argued by Chase, Blair and time P.resi dent himself ; and hence the Un'ion is to be given up in order to save the party. "'The ultimate result of this desperate line of policy th:2 initiated, the calculation is, will be the permanient establishmenit of two Con .federacies--free and slave-thmus real izinig the idea Mr. Lincoln long ago enunciated, thaf " the Government cannot endure part free and Ipart slave. It must become at last all one ithing or the other." 1 Smtrrnenst lirrisr Comxv xrios.-We are ,informed liat thme excerpt pubilished in our .last, from an exchange, in regard to the ili enniaul Meeting of this body, needs correction. The notice shiould be as~ tIfiws: " The Gen eral Convention of thme Dlaptists of the South erm States will hold its next session at Savan nah, Ga., on the 10th of May next. It hasr charge of' thme Boards of Mission, the F-orein andt the Domnestic ; and, also, of the Bible h.oard.- ]t will brinig together miany of the lending men of' the denonmination from all the saveholdinog States. Its session ustually' em braces about four days. ineltitling thme Sabbath. The Presidency, wh'ich is filled avinually, was ast occupied by Rev. Dr. Filer, of Balhimore. The Boards of this body arc located atMarion, AlIn.,; Itichmnond, Va. ; and Nashiville', 'Tetni. Its mi'ssionaries are laborinig in destitute re ionts of~ ou\ Southern c-ounitry, atnd amnonge the Indian tribes of thme frontier; also, in Bra zil, China, Liberia, and Central Africa. Thel e mnectitng will lie one of unusual interest." Charleston Courier. A pi iI 1(1. Uxron-rt; AT A ertintx-r.-It is with regrett that we learn the fimet that Mr. HI. M. Dart-t lington, publisher ofthe (',asette, was actde-. tally wounded in the right leg, on Satturdayi last, by the discharge (of a pistol ini an unex peted manner. lIe was visiting huis faitmily at. Due West wheni the accident occured, and is' still cotnfined there because of the wound. We hope for him a speedy recovery and re- ' turn to the discharge of' his duties.-Ander son Intelligenecer. t Lts-r-ri~ns or M~an .'t Jb:'RaisAI.--We have prettv good authority to antnotunce that. so soon as'Mr. Lineoln shall give unmnistakau ble evidence of coerceionm againmst the Southiert, States, the Sjuthern Confederaey will. a t onice. " ranitt letters of' miarqe anid reprisal. Wishiing well to our mnerchatnts, We advise them, theren fore, to carefully watch the signs of the times. The- garme of war is one t.hnut two can play at. and those capitalists who have f'uriishmed thle I overnmient with money to. inaugurate a wvar ui against the Si Ih may Iinid mut, cre they ar'ei aware, that they have placed a knife ini the hands of an enemy to cut their own throats. -N. Y. Day Book. OrrFen or' TIaoors.-We learn from the War Department that ofler's of' volhmteers,. in view of the exigencies of' the tinmes, au-e pourinig in with a.,tuiuishuing rapidi ty. Thet unber fromt the Confederate States is over-i -wheling, and would amount in the aggre ate to lmotre than doleh the nutmbier of roops that wotld lbe needed in the field. A sigular fact in cotnect ion with this subject, e* ithttwo thousand Inidians livmtg on te wetern fronitier, have tendered their servicest ini case of need, and avowed their intentonm of figzhting upon our side against thme United States armm. Sinuce the result of the Connecticut elec * tion, and the strotng probability that time co ercioists may prevail in time councils at Wash- e igt on. more than seven thousand volunteers I fronm thie border States have asked to be en-i rolled in the Provisional Army. This is a voice direct from thme people, and shows that they nire with us in feelng, although held back by thmeir party leaders. Those who diun.bed thme possibility of' an army lecing ri's.,d in the Conifederate States. m an n .w he : e:di convitncedl that a for' e dou -y thm a l.' pate to all our wanuts, can be br'ought i ito service within one month.-Mont~tmiry1 (Ala.) Confederationi, April 10. - TI ARTHUR SIMXINS, EDITOR. tlt WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17,1861. di A - The highly appropriate ' Voluntary Tri-p ute to the Ilemory of Grome W. LANDUnM," thl ro the able ient of Rev. 1B. F. Coit.:y, has been Ia celved rad will appear ia our next issue. ti "Dew D rops," lby " VI:ntT.S" will receive at Lntionu soon. wi Ij-W,: are requestel to a;nounee that the tev. A. J. MA-riits will preach inl llataurg on text Sabbatli vening, (21st) at -1 o'clock., r vei The News., o The realer is referred to the details of that runderful achievemelnt, the taking of Fort Sum- t er without loss of bloud. There is abunod:ant ause for gratitude to GIld, in contemplating thie ot irst act of the wlar that now seemaS inevitable. The render is like ise referred to various inte eting items of latest date, which we have pro ured ly special arrangement. Col. Bacon's Reginent. di This title Regiient is in Charleston doubtless fu o-day. In re-poniae to the enll that reached thema of unday, they were nearly all off by different routes ei ,n 1anday. They * ill make a mpeedy and hon- le irable rep:art of themselves. fit Thanks. di Our .thanks are due, now and alwnys, to 'Mr. J. . Mis, of Augusta, for his kinducs in forward ng news from time to time. ,a Orderly 11. W. Anamsos, of the 96 Rifleimen, th Vas also gooad enough to bring us papers from 50 vhich we gather iu.4t of the exciting intelligence n this page. Many thanks. Al Convocation of Congress. s Pia.stnitrT D.%vis has isued his kruclaimation, gl alling together the Congress of the Confederate " states. Thu day fixed far their assembling is the oag 9th of April. oi' to the Wars. ail At the outset of the present troubles, one of i rur liest printers Mr. Cin.iLts L. Dl:itisekl, left r the scene of ietion with the first company sent in y Edgefield District. Na.w, nnother. and a ain elp at that, Mr. Easr1-Nr 11. COvAn, is gone to iLrtte hir lfe t., the gatul caatuse. Th blessiag.of [leavel he with thein ! They are both gamle atid mte BIlack tepiLliean tflesh-nnalooad tns they hate tl iothing else. We slh lie n:h iaistaaen if that n1, :ommoiandity does not suffer somse at their hands, if apo~rtunity offer. There is a growing restlessness I noag those tof us who renain behind, in view of ha ,ur comparative inativity ; but somebody must v, lischarge the impotat dtiy of properly anl it ,peedily spreadling the news as it coies before an l miger iia expectat publiv. That duty be ours 'or the present. 31 Business Notice. We are requesteal ly the law.firmn of MonAGNr. t Aniisoi to say to all having bu-iness with hem, that one or the either of thema will endeavor rc . get lack from Chaarleton ill a few weeks to 0l attend to snch iortiond of that business as is es enti~ah. ei We trust it is unnecessary to aid a word. These Gi entleien have gone into netive service to defend * >ur coun.n rights. The war is upon us. We loubt whether the June Tern of Equity occurs ar his year: but if it should, it is no time to grum. Ice au at delays wnheni our very all in all is at stake." .Just in Trine. See the otfer of negroes to hire. This is about. be last chauce of the seas.n,-wnateh it. ih . -..--+of " Wanted." ba Please refer to the advertisement thus heaided. "I f there lie atny schoaol within our circulation that h eds ia teacher, here is one whom we know to he . a xeeedingly clever. The name anal other partie ars will ho given, to persons .applying with a w iew to -securia the advermu~a's ,erViceS--.p Baum & Kauffer' ta This Augusta house haas a very full and adiver iidl supply of dry goaads, ard are selling rapidlly. Nil son and get gooduis before the tatriil goes on a the full. Ilora, Wise & Co. uf The good oldi place where they clsathe humaity WI ecently on reasonable ternis--a platce exatly of ied to the uimies, the principale at their helm lie. ry ag gooad good~ and m;oderate praojin. T he same aln id well kniowin standi. The Charleston Press. hni The Miercairy and the C'oier are writing bh-tia- eh y day after day ; anal right well lire they dlis- sul bargiing the task. Wue quote largely fraam thema. riv iowuing thiat naothing can le o ineceptiale to aur :% eulers in the country as the interesting details ;-u Lay afford. At - -+ -+-+------ mi Demonstration in IHamburg. a.I On haraing the news fram Fort Sumter the 1ai tores were claosedl in aur gooud taiwn of llanasbutrg- tel d the people went into a general rousiaentian,- og rivg cannon, drinkig success5 to the Confedle- el tte Anms, &c., &le. A correspuandent says : " All dut ithedl in, Jew anal Gentile, negraoes iad all."~ aii That! Up-Coutry.aa Thue eaditoar of the luhe Ridge /er'aldl land it riter in the Aianeran Gu:ete unite in recOin indinrg their regi.,n. with the rnauntaiins furtherli n, as a resoart fair sutaumer travellers. They turge latt it is dealightifiul in tenijiexatu:re, grndi enery, and., not ta nmake ian iaiti-elimnax, ceel at in roads. Withouat goaod roaads no~ traveler j.,ys a jaoiuny, hiowever lare the air air tine thec iews. Tihey are Iindlispaenis~iah to the popla~rity f ny region as a summuer resairt. h lut there is ianothier implortanlt itema ini the b~usi ers,-gauoda :aeaaomaadat imans fair the watyfarer. Upion r ais painat iaur friendasa alive aditTer. Thae writer inifl se ia;tte comp latiwa that they lire iindiifereut : hile the Ileraald inisists that there haas beent great uproveentft in this respect thraaugh all that0 untrlty. We haape thme 11erold~a is in the righat oi . Wero there enaugh goodl raaind .iade inns ill tt tuotlnltainii regian, weC dn nat sea why is shiouldl t becrame a fatvorite locality for latuging atwniy e Summer solstic~e. The 1/erald annaunces thai c Blue Ridge Rt. R. is tam be ciampleted to Walhalb:a i afew weeks, which will enuale traavellers lio reaich tat pioint qu1icl y, then~ice tam visit itny plnees of ta iterest in the surraaunding coauntry ; aiid there re man~iy such, Fo har as :tiure's graiaeur goe ia tna con~siaderablle ai.-tanlce fromn the little tGeroln a wn. Is it nolt so, neighsbar II/rrold! Sensitive.. Several exchaanges in the Nuarth Eaistern lpart C this Stat U seem taoiae talkenl the .4'drertuhr er y~ quite curtly in regardl to a respietful hint, ini- i" adead ita k indnerss. its tat cii- ising our State nu iorities wtithaut it full knowledgea of the facts of at beir paisitioni. The ceditors seu: tat have assuumed "T iat we interfered in the matter with a tonie of itatian. We aire not iiwara thaat we have either tpressedl ir felt any atuch arroaganat pretenisiuln ; ui our friendaS of thme press are doinig us inajusti.e > 5iuppo~se the case. There is such a thinig as be- pr &-oer sensitive." ho A Posatum Story. lia Athiatgh we say "stoary,"~ it is nevertheters a act. A genatlemani ina this district sunat his sons cat n.h lantae negroes hititmig, riather recently, nald in' icy retiuned with foarty isiddl~~ p ns,-one daddlay uit irthnat at Moarmiin ?) three ma.aimuies, anda thirty-six sai seven juioir pausumas,-atll hearty, active anal he rivig. Bitt aif this" forty oddla" theare was onae, kn id in another Senise. It is lpure white, with pink Ity yes. It is ulike othler peisumns in its habits.- Ia -ill not become sullen,-hights on without ering ig,--will cat birdls before yiaw without thle least / h ane-faceiness, just as a respectable dog would aa,-and is eveary wray more genteel than his sur uninalmgs watrr.aut. What is it ? Wea' hope our11 riend, 11. It., will submit the Spareimleni tot that nt .ral is.-aunless indieedl h-. meianas to 'gao rounid *a :ith it taa make nia for the total 1has of thant pienach w ~d apricoat eraip. At all events we haope he will gi how it, tup at our next distret Fair, tanda at the R iusto 1re aina. o te Ninety-Six Riflemen gone to the War. )v Moinday this noble Company tcok leave of ir fr:tnds, and at an carly hour, started for arletp'n. They received their orders on Sun f, and such was their promptitude in preparing t their departure, that had it not been for a hap concurrence of circumstancea, the citizens of village atd the zurrounding country would ve been deprived of the sad privilege of bidding :mn ireweli. Soon after breakaet, Captain EAnUin-r BLAND, Ih Lieutenants SLWAwrT lAtatISON, J. A. Ai atnd JAs. A. Dosmmn. assembled their mnpalny on the public square, when the Captain mented the " I itlemaen," accompanied by some ry appropriate remarks, with a beautiful stand coltors, wrought by the fair hauds of a most triotic ludy of the village. '1ho banner was of r'chest material, and bore the blended ensigus South Carolina ani the Confederate States. I one side was the Palmetto ties on tho blue Id, and on the other the real Confederate States' ug, with an addition only of the crescent amid L stars. At the request of the fair donor, the standard s placed in the hands of C. M. GRAY, a sol r whose erect form gave no tokens that just rty-two years ago he first enlisted in the armies his country. The veteran received the pre aus trust, with streaming eyes, and vowed to ar it aloft to victoty or to fall with it on the Id. Josn-i Ansi:v, Esq., then advanced, and ad. essed this farewell to the brave fellow: 011;rrs and Soldiers of the Ninety-Sir R fenaen: In bidding you an affectionate adieu for myself a this vast concourse of thu men and wonwn of e village aInd District, I am not oppressed. as mne might suppose, by any such desponding oughts :as that we may not meet again, or that me ill-luck or disgrace may overtake you. I i really gratified und elated to see you entering on the discharge of your perilous duty with eh undaunted, erect spirit. It is beautiful and rious to fight for one's country, and it is hardly elancholy to (lie for it. If I deemed it possible, in the ordinary course events, for you to be defeated by your enemy, to ignobly retire before his conquering arms, en indeed should I be overwhelmed with grief, d filled with the most fearful forebodings. But en and oflicers, I tee in your ranks, the very st material rof the District, young men of the ot honored and respectable faailies,-younig n, " Whose blood is fit from fathers of war-proof! Fathers, that, like so many Alexanders, 1ave, in these Iarts, from morn till even fought. And sheathed their swords for lack of argu litenit," d I know that you will not "dishonor your others," but " attest, int those, whom you call'd fathers,did beget you." Your standard bearer, whose heard is white with arable service, is a soldier of more than forty ars stanling, and wias trained in the school of e gallant Gen. Twiggs, a warrior of 1812, and a hero of the pass of Cerro Gordo; and in your iValrous Captain and other members of your .ipany, I recognize my own companions of the i exican war, whose courage, I know, has been ied by fire, and whose only watch-word on the rrille battle of Churubusco, to enkindle the ul, was " Remember South Carolina." All that have further to remind you of, is, to remember I uth Carolina. In the dreadful wreck of battle, meumber South Carolina-remember the proud I District of Edgefield-remember whose sons d fathers and husbands and brothers you are, A your back will never le turned upon your emy, or your face turned fron your friend. )d seldiers, companiuns and friends, I need not I, that our hearts are with you-our affections e entwined about you, and our prayers and as. I rations shall follow you wherever you go. You e our kinsmen, cousins and brothers, the de aders of our homes and birthright-you are our country's stay in day and hour of danger," as much as we love you, as is shown by thep flused cheeks of this dense throng of sturdy; n and devoted women, I must warn you, thai could bear to hear of your glorious death, r, icld of honor, but we could not hear to read ml your defeitt and shame-we could welcome ek your hallowed remains sent by the missiles the enemy, hut we could never greet your re 'n with the brand of ignominy written on your' as. Good bye, and ay our God accompany d shield you from harm. The Coinlpany left amid deep feeling. .Tbey ere conveyed to llaamburg in various' vehiclesr wied by citiennr; and we leiiun by the Cou tutoolit of Tuesdaiy that they left for Char-' ton on the S o'clock train Monday evening. A a ute was fired for them as the train moved off. g Peace and War. [t is for the South to illustratte the combinatiin a Peace and War: Peace in the agricultural . rli,-Wnr in the polit ical ; Peace along the vale: rural industry,-War on the outposts of milita defence; Peace in the farm, the school-room I workshop,-War ini the camp. j bith our domestic system utninterrupted, thi.- p li e dline iat the South, more successfully per. a p than in any other country. We have one Sof popiulation eminently adaptedl to the pur-.i of w.tr,-that class which combines comnpara- m, youth with enmhusi..im and honorable ani - n. We have another class fitted s'.-lely andl pie-. Ilarly for tillitig the earth,-our negro slaves. F we have still a third class, heads of families, b, m abiave middle iage, nnd even watt) aiged men, 1 o, altogether, afford ample material for the pur. s of a home guardl as well as f'or the superin- e aneo and' direction oJ our farmting. planting, iit iainal mind matnufneturiug interests. These r ments of strength, properly put forth into active t, will enable us to dlefenda ourselves against iepectedl hostilities and at the satme tune lire. c our impoirtance as producers faor the markets the wortl. ust at this time we present the spectacle of a ilple preparitng for war otn an extenasive scale, I alsoi for the largest c',ttuin and grain crops we c ever produced. All seems to work well too the outset. Our troips Iloick to the southern iidhard volunatarily and in battahlious; While tillers of the earth, anal other warkers for the bie good,. are baarinmg their arms with stalwart ht tio tile dutties they Iind before them. Thoughr rattlIing drm muaf infatary atnd the bugle note avalry indiente war on the one han.al, we are -etedl onr thte other by the ditanlt lung of the ,wmani and the call oft the college bell,-evidett Saiinirable attenitiona tio the paursuils of pience. ad as our itrms have baetn thtus fur vieto: iacut ini :so tas :are the prospaets bright for uneax pled stuccess to our itndutstrial ex'-rtiaons. There a never perhapaS so full a crop lanttedl act the Lath, nor better auspiaCs for the retiping of 10 ma)y it cotntinaue. And, to this end, let every at e active inl hii voca'ion. If it come to the ' worst, nid more men ho drawnt fraim home mi enin well bec spanred, let our nable women (as know they will) conmc to the help, especially of at good pursuit uponl which the parosperity of cause so largely decpendas. In nmatters of the m1 tey' can be of essential service at a pinch. e aWe wuld also again suggest. thtit somte more e atual police orgatnizationi he instituted, tar :.t g st that the paresent one be entforced by the com-. eat autharities in such tmcannaer as that our bar. iius dlomestic systemt shall noit run the risk of iomt's interrupltion in its quiet untd bentefcial aratins. A Noble Spirit (Gone. fhe Darlington papiers tunniunace the death of 1. 'Tos. B. ]lAva-swotla. We n.-k the sad viege of lacyinag o Ire cyparess sprig upe'n his moredl hier. Cultivatedl ina his tastes aand seitti uts, he wits besides otie of tuiture's noletmena. tnrable, pore, generous--he wias ever the sanie. knew himt in College life, i~here men kno'w h iter lest : and well da we remembiler the -riablel deference iaponltanecou,1y aitreread to hais autnitag manlitness. That h~e has bieen the tI te ourteous gentlemiaan,-the sante true heairt was in earlier adays,-ihl henr recasrd who have I uwa hima. Thee hoss of such a tman is ai calatani- g to ny comitnunity. Let the willow grow green ve his grave,-a a edrrd by the teiars of arije, cildren and end1." Of The Governor iaf Pennsylvania as~ks far a a If milliuan dollars with which to b~uy armts-' pY-Thae Maobile Tribuno, says aa We learn that purse if $10ti.000t laos beean raised by somne alihya:enth:m-..nt of Miaaiaaaippli, which will be een to the first members of the aa Mississippi fle" who puts his feet on Fort Pickens In time The Confederate Flag. On Saturday last we had the honor of p.rerent ig to the Town and District of Edgefield, through ar patriotic .ntendant, a handsome Confederate lag. It is now finlpping its brilliant folds at the p of the staff in the centre of our plaza, and uimmands the inv4oluntary homage of all *ho chold it. This Flag is a contribution from the bivertier Office : and, as we rewiarked on the casnion of running it up, is intended pro roin ,bUco ;-that all iay become accustomed to tho anner under which we have confederated with ur ,i-ter States to assert our independence anid iztiutain our ground as original- sovereignties. Ir. 1. C. EYAN, the Intendant, accepted its harge in tertus of devotion to the good cause ver which 'it waves. Eloquent addresses were elivered by JosEI'n ABNEY and I.'W. ADnzsoy, sqrs. Mr. ABNEY has kindly furnished us with a copy f his eloquent remarks, which we append. Sirn:-I am thaakful to the Intendant of the .own for conferring upon me the honor of ac wowlelging, for the citizens, the reception of your intriotic offering. This Flag has no history-no associations of he past, and inspires no recollections to fll the eart with gratitude for the services of the men of ther days. It is the child of to-day, and hae, orIps, hardly receive-1 its first baptiem of fire ad blood. Oh, that the Lord of Hosts, the God if armies and of battles, may protect it in fight, nd save it from dishonor. Though encircled by to halo, enkindled fronm a thousand ensanguined lelds, it is yet, to us, a sign of hope-of deliver Lace from the yoke of bondage, and from the run rule of worse than Egyptian task-mastors ; Lad it shall be our " cloud by day, and our pillar >f fire by night," to lead us to the promised rest -to the beloved Canaan covenanted to our fath rs, when pilgrims and exiles from their native somes, they sought those wild inhospitable shorcs or the love of liberty and law, and for " freedom o worship God." If we are sojourners still in a and of doubt and trouble, the hand of the Most ligh is with us, " again to recover the reinant if his people," and it shall guide us in the erd, o success and triumph, and to a happy issue out if all misfortunes. We "shall set up this ensign or the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of srael, and gather together the dispersed of Ja lah from the four corners of the earth. The envy iso of Ephruitm shall depart, and the adversarier .f Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy itdab, and Judith -;hall not vex Ephraim." When I contemplite the future of this Lanner, ty heart swells with such emotion's, as only a iusband, a father, and a brother can feel. Its ap iropriateness, and heraldic significance, beautiful tul striking as they are, is nought when I con lider it as the standard around which your chil Iren and mine, when we shall have finished our course and "fought our last battle," are to 'ally and bleed in the defence of'their national -ights and national honor, and of those sacred ,rinciples of government, which side by side, my riend, through good fortune and bad, we have teadily labored to maintain, for long ycars of tope deferred, until, at length, we have seen them -mbodied in a noble Constitution, and become .ules for the government of the seven most chiv irous States in the South, typified on these col rs boy the seven bright stars glittering on their ,uld of blue. This standard is to become the ntcun to light our sitns, and our children's chil ren, on many a hard fought field, to victory or i honorable graves. It is to become the symbol f union, purity, and power; and wherever it nats, it shall be the signal of the independpio, rosp~erity, antI glory, of a great, i free, and an 2vincible nation.' Need I pledge you then, for the people of Edge eld-for the gallant spirits so eagerly crowding round it, that we will cherish and preserve it un tllied in life or in death, as a religious duty we we our posterity ? Nay,' more-we will guard it, representing the cause of our wives and mo hers, our sisters andi daughters, and the helpless if:mnts of our love. We will defend It, as rep esenting the cause for which the big heart of the hole South now biints with the deeitiii'd nzickest pulsations-the cause in which all we old dear on earth is inexplicably involved, and ,r which we otfer up the richest treasures of our lood. We will uphold it, as the last L.ope of reedom: on this ennatinent, and rather than see its urnuing stars pale before another light, we would ue the land we love best sunk in the grave of 'ton anti Gotmorrah, and obli'erated from the ice of the earth. Ihut I indlulge no dlesponding thoughts ons this ,yous occasion. I believe that " our seed shall 'ssess the gate of their enemies." I can already uticipatte the Southerni Confederacy, full of galh, vig'ar, and mtagnnit'tity, triumphing alike the arts oif peace andi wnr, and spreading the lessinigs of her boundless p'rospeity' among all te nationus atnd tribes of moan. And I am bold prediet, that, at no distant future, this humble lug, now witbout a suhitary remainiacen:e, will the most glorious ensign that shall wave over tanl and sea. Mr. H., W. Atntsos also spoke fereidhly, and used amid the cheers of the iissembhly. Among other thtings, we usked pe rtn.issiomn to and the followinag'verses atd mpted to a plain and ilp ilar air: 0Ult FLAG IS THERlE. Our tlng is there, Ourt flag is tL re, The ensign of our .iouthern host; Our tlig is there, Our fing is there, Unfurl its fatnie from coatat to coast. That flag is raised tos guide the brave, To Freedom's heights or Freedom's grave; Oh ! long as Ocean's wators laye Our happy shores,-still may it wave ! Chorit: Our flag is thtere, &c., &c., &c. 'Tis ours to guard that banner bright; 'Tis ours to bear it to the blast; May Truth uplift its folds of light ! May God protect it to the lost ! And thus, when Wisdom's watrnings fail, And War's loud discords freight the gale, Though all the powers of Eartht assail, Thut tfitg shall never, never trail. Our flag is there, Our flag is there, We hail it with thtree loud htuzzas, Our flag is there, Our filug is there, Dehuld the glorious Southern stars. The " Ninety.Six Rtitlemen" and quite an as :mblnge of citizens manifested, by their pres tce anti ap~idatuse, at once a gentlemanly appre tttiont of the gift, and a Isatr itotic interest in the tent cause of which that nag i:- the representa Ce ensign. B ontnets. " The subject is one of great variety," as the 'hlow said in the debating society ; but of all we are ever heard or read, the following hits the cii on the heatd : Of' .ll thme charms dear wotnan wears, 0. till her miany traps andl snares, For real effect there's natught compares With a truly pretty bonnet; Fo.r when or wherever you chance to meet Onem that is pterfectly' modest and neat, Yuu mtay depend 'tis a proof comnplete Thtat the headl has muore in than ont it. Shooting int China. Among the guns of the Chinese, one kind is us deseriheud: Snonvtt G U;ss wivu Loyaz lAtnE.s.-The short un is loaded in the band, let int'o the long barrel, hieba, beintg ott a piivs't directs its course, and is redl with a match. We have nothing like this. No. The man who wanted a gun that would shoot 'round a corner" can now be supplied. Cotton Firm. T wo days after the btattle of Fort Sumter, with hostile fleet in the offing, the market report of 'hatrlesto'n stood thus: 'n.tn;.Esvos, A pril 15.-Sale, of Cot ton to-day lily N6 hales, at prices ranging from 115 to 131 c:mts. 'Te matrke't was quiet ait unchanged prices. J'Eoov rice, of New Jersey, takes the ositiojn, int a recent letter, that that State should baite with the Confederate Stales.