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f K2 PKR ANNUi^ VOLUME X. |TOK THF LANCAMTEK LF.DQER.] The Lancaster Volunteer's FarewellFarewell sweet home, The hour i* cnnio ! 1 must bi.i thee adieu; The miund of war Is heard from afar: To my Colour* I'll be true. And when I aland Mid the brightest band i)f old Carolina's aona, I'll think of the days And the merry lays Of music in our homes. When Cannons ronr On a distant shore, 1 will think of my lovely bride ; When with heart and hand We both did st'.nd And our solemn pledges tried. Iii drcamti <>r fii?ht. When the noiae of fight lliith ceu*ed 'till the morning down, 1 will ?ve my love j I.ike it turtle dove And hoar her voice in the lawn. | Hut whin I awake I To mv mistake ] Twm the Voice of the fife and driuu, i A i>d a voice to me any a In wild, Hurras*: ' I is the foe they coiiiu ! they come ! Then I'll runk <?i AuiMnl that throng, Of the noble and the brave: Our heart* and our hand* We will tree from band*, And our country'a right* wo will save I have left behind A parent Wind, A Father or a Mother; Or }iereliance 'twill be, <Sli:l dear to 11 e) A SSi*ter or a Brother. Or a beautiful Child, < )ii w In.iii I siiiiIi d Willi n partial* tender rare ; t Ir * loving wife, '1 be joy of my life ; All the*" I will think of there. r And though I full Amidol that xpiall, Where liiniidt rii g cannons roar. No bit t oil nn mime From 'lie field of fame Shail iiiy country e'er deplore. Then faiewell bwvel home, The hour i* c-.nie ; 1 inu?t bid (hie adieu, 'J'lie Hound of war la heard afar, To my Coluura I'll be true. EXILE. low.? ll?? Aurtin correspondent of the. New Orleans Picayune writing on the SlaL, ??)?: Geo. Houston made e farewell address ' to our people today. He ie going to re: j , turn to liie home ?i Cedar Point on Gel* ' ' veetou Pay. Hey peeea end heppin?M attend him. 1 ?mr ^ w* e TlIK M ASl'FACILItK OF ICK This 18 a subject which pu>se**e* less iDtervil hi tho present time than ii will have, lot titt hope, "i x mull lit* inter. Nevertheless, h very ingenious dwemery, by M. Cur re, of h method of obtaining il by k simple process in the hottest summer, dewrvw mention, lie takes two strong i on bottle*, connected together with ho iron I pipe, hik) nearly till* one with h connec i?d solution ot anuuoiiiacal gab in wa er. 1 After connecting tlie bottle* together, Hitd making the joint* secure, the one com taming the Mininonitt it |>ut over ? lire, w||i!ei(|ie ot'nel ?lijm into wliter. The MClion of heMi upon the Ammonia driven off ilie gas, which, not being abie to escH|>e, condenses under the enor noun pressure in tbe other bottle ms a liquid.? When lhi* is ?tWtad, tho bottle is re* moved from the tire and cooled, where upon the ammonia in the second vessel rapidly assumes a gaseous form and ah ! ( tacts so much lisat from the water by which it is surrounded a* to freeze a con siderable quantity. The operation may be repeated without diarotuecting tl.e retorts, until a sufficient amount of water j is frujten. Ice msda in this wsy is sanl | 091 to cost more tbsn ten ;ents a hun- : I /irt-d weight. K Commencement of Cemp Meetings in | AnonosOf th? oiigin of camp meetings, the New York Evangelist says : "The first tump meeting held in Auiarica was in KeniOckj. Two preachers?one a Preai bylenan, and lbs other a Methodist?met in village, on the Sabbath, where there was but one cliufcb. The Pre*hyterian officiated in the forenoon, and the Wetho diet in the aflernoop. The interest on (be subject was to great that they eon. tiouid the meetings for n day or two at the house. The attention soon became so large that they adjourned to the woods, V, and continnsd the meetiog for a week. And this is the origin of the modern camp meeting, SniriMMT or OoTnnnon 8am I!oce> I 1 /ainilg anil ^nliiical %mm [From the Charleston n?rcury.] The Bombardment of Fort Sumter. 'SURRENDER OF MAJOR ANDERSON. FULL PARTICULARS. APRIL 13. 1801. Throughout the whole of Fridav night I the various mortar batteries continued I their iron rain upon f\?rt Sumter. At 1 an earlv hour on Saturday morning the ; gun batteries, which had been silent during the darkness of the night, reopened their fire. A boo" seven o'clock Fort Sum ter vigorously returned their compliments, : The Cuniiiiing's l'oint Potteries were un' injured by any shots which bail been lar | ed against them, had uol effected any* I thing like a breach, although hollering considerably and to the depth of a foot, the paucoupee oil the southeast corner. Majoi Anderson devoted bis attention to the Sullivan's Island, Fort MouHrie ami ihe Floating Pottery. Forty rounds of hot shot were poured into hint from Fori Moultrie, Hriil this lire whs returned by h rapid and heavy cannonade from the sen' girt fortress, riddling the quarters. In the emphatic language of an olli er, 'the quarters were knocked to h 1, hut no body hurt." Uunlig the morning thirtc or forty successive shots, Ifotn Sumter, were lired at tire I) dilgren Battery, oc easloning so much danger to the ineu at lire gun Capt. Hamilton temporarily re moved llietn. The Floating Battery, Commanded by L euleuaiils Vales and llartestoi , in its turn, received devoted attention. 'I welve indentions are v.sible; <>ne ball going through the edge of the roo's, longed in ilie satol bigs, pro luring a slight contusion on the bead of a pro vate. The four gun battery commanded by Iveut, Va'eutine, and Capt. Ilall ni quist's very effect.ve mortar battery, were earnes'iy a.tended to. We learn that Capt. llallonqmsl was covered with dirt spatter* d U| on hho by Anderson's fire , no <1 viin igo. however, w is done to a s n gle man, officer or p. irate, anywhere, and a 1 per formed their duties with ihe same spirit and > lorry. Tiie Mortar Batteries at F>> t Johnson, under com mand of Cap'ain Ja nes and Lieutenant (iibbe*, worked steadily and efHcieiitlr, attraciing an occasional shot from their Irowntug antagonist. At ten minutes alter 8 a. m , a thick vinoke was seen issuing from tW southern portion of Fort Sumter's barra-ks ; the d ntics broke out Visible to the eye. At times the fire appeared to he almost ex liugui*hed. ai d then agtin would rise ? \\ liiht it w s in progress,three explosions occurred from die fall of shells among the service ni tg?z ties or coiuliustibleH of the ! f nt. The concentrated lire of all the hat teriea w.-re steadily kept up, the progress id' the flames continued, ami all the qunr iers were involved in conflagration a dense cloud of black sru ko lastn d The tire from Fort Kumh-r beeome ir regular and weak ; towards midday it almost entirely ceased. Si ill the flag flee*.and shot and shell fell regularly and j steadily upou the heleagured f'or"e?s At midday, on Friday, during the heat | of me engagement, .M?j Anderson niHtle i% signal ot dispose t<> the men of w>ir !v iog ofl our bar, and on Saturday again while under fire from a!| the batteries, and troubled with lite heat and smoke ol 11.a burning tiarracke. again hiwrered tin- ll <15 of the I'ni'od States, at a signal for assistance to his naval allies ; ?he ships w?-re from only three to five tniles oft the <l;ty was bright and clear, the water Miiouih. But discretion was the better part of valor The Northern ofll ccrs in command, having Le.-n so caref.il. j ly selected, for their fidelity to their sec ion and superior trustworthiness i.i a hos'tle crusade against the 8 ?ulh, wi-re unwilling to inctir the risk of running their ship- into the harbor, and engaging 1 onr batteries. They thought it prudent j not to attempt reinforcements in launches. The soldier* of Abolitionism were left to ! their fate, without an attempt to relieve the<r perilous condition. Their idle allies had ilie pleasure of seeing them strike | their co.ors to the Confederate States.? j 1 hev are commendable for their gallan try, and we trust that these brave ma j vine* will re<*t;ve a -uitable commendat" n from their no less gallant Jackson the i Second nnd hi* magnanimous Cabinet At a quarter to 1 o'clock the flag of the United Slate* ou For'. Sumter went down will* iu staff. For *om? tw.nty minutes oo dig appeared above the hot Col. u. T. Wigf*!!, accompanied liv pri vh'? II. Gourdm Young, of the Palmetto Guard, goi i .to n small Iwn pulled by negro*. They Rppr<>a< -lied it from M<>rri* I* and, Col Wigfull holding up hi* sword with a white handkerchief tied upon It Uef. re thev reached the fof', however, j the United Stales flag, accompanied hv a whoe d ig, wae lied up on tl.e rampart, which Col. W gfall did not see. The Sullivan's Island batteries not perceiving ib* bo*i, continued their fire upon the United State* dug, the boat approached the wharf. Col, Wigfall having entered the fort, called for M ajor Andereon. and stated that he was Aid-de Camp to Gene, tel beauregard?that, seeing his dim res*, and the impossibility of holding the post, and that, a* no flag waa flying, he had corne to claim a surrender, in the name of hit chief, fie replied to the enquiry I what terms would he granted, stating that Maj or Anderson moIH not make biwbdft'iarme, hot tbat General B*aero< Cam ??? T?ir Biff prr?Pcniittii to tht 3rts, iritarfs, LANCASTER C. II., SOUTH gard, h soldier and n gentleman, knew how to treat a gallant enemy. Major Anderson must leave the details of the surrender 10 General Beauregard. Major Anderson then agreed to surrender !o | General Beauregard, in the name of the Confederate Slates, and at one o'clock and live minutes struck the United States , flag which had been standing in compa ny with the white flag. The Sullivan's Island batteries ceased tiring, and Colonel j VVigfail started to repott to Gen. Beau I regard in Charleston, Soon aber the United Stales flag first j disappeared, three Aids de Camp had Been despatched from Headquarters; but j ; Col. Wigfall had anticipated Capt. Lee j and Cols. Miles and l'ryor. When the report was made of li e ca- I pitulation, M?j.?r Jones, accompanied by ! Colonel Charles Alston, was sent to art ' 1 range definitely the terms given. These ! were to the following effect.5 All proper lacililies will be afforded for lh*? removal of M?j. Anderson ami com' tnand, together with company arms and propeitv, and all private property. ! The tl tg which lie has upheld so long, j and w ilh so much fortitude, under the j I most It ting circumstances, may be salu1 led by bim on taking it down. Major Anderson is allowed to delerm j ine tlie precise lime of yielding up the I post, and is permitted to go by sea or | land, according to Ids elect'on. Tins motning word was sent tlial he 1 .t.wi^.t i ? - * - - I .. ....VU ?vf ?T H-IIIUVCII IU lilt* Ile^l outsltlt* ' of the liar, at the hour ttf 9 o'clock, ami I the Cotatrfm was detached for I lie pur' I pose. 1 \Vt! Understand ill Hi H <lt*lHcll ??? !!* of > regular* from Sullivan's Island, and a da j lachtnenl of Major 1 teSauss lire's command ! from Morris Island, have been detailed lo J occupy (be raptured fort. We le trn iIimi Fort Sumter is uninjuri t ed in its rapacity for defence, no breach , firing made in ilie walls, but that the quarter* are completely destroyed, not withstanding the I'.d.netto Fire Cornp ray I I was despatched to | ul toil ibe flic The | 1 tpiarteis t n Friday caught three times, ! t and were exlinguohed hy ilia soldiers ; i on Saturday it was impos ible. At one j 1 <>me the smoke within the fort was so dis ! ! tressng that iho u en in the CAsematcs , w? re const ra tied to p ace ilieir mouths to the floor for bieathing. Maj. A ruler* 1 son has e\pie*>ed .ydiniia!ion ar d stir prise at i^r p< rfeclion of practice hy our I h uteres ile was almost entirely pre | ' vented, by thi* cause, fr> mi using Ins bar ^ I belle gun* Mat for the paucity of hi* force, ami I It* ir consequent ability to re tire wiibin the casemates, destruction of life must have been frightful. Thus pro- ' tco'e.l, ther escaped with only five wotin iled? none kiilerl We understand four ' c seinate ami fir e ha r bet le guns have been 1 di*tnn inted " > v our gun*. We a'sn le.rn 1 that M *j Andersni at d Lieut I> iris have ' expressed their opinion that, had they been allowed to oso llioir sixty four pouri' ' ders :n barbette, bearing upon the iron 1 battery, tber might have destroyed it.? Tire Hccura'e fire of the rifle cannon was ' very annoying, and materially assisted in 1 : tlie defence of Morris Island I I o Halt e of Furl Sutnter is a marvel j ' li.u* atl lir in the hloodlessneks of an et: i J gag< ment ol tbiriy six hours nnd a balf. ! j It. is sure llm merciful finger of God Hut j to no human agamies engaged in the | business is irrea'er iimisir I 1 p I?-. v n?i?i vunu iu lliuM w III) c?ri<ei'ed ami planned our <1** ' ItiiCr^, himI who Iih' h erected tItem in so j faithful ami Mitaraniial a manner. To j these nuisfs ? tlie admirahlu efliciencv of i Our defensive preparations, ami (lie ham! some manner m wlrc'u tlie gii"* have been n?cd to annoy an<| ('ripple the ene ' my?? the wonderful, unprecedented re '| ?ult due. We Iimvi* not, and do not pretend to do justice to iln) < dicers ami men engaged in the combat. \\ e feel our in competence to do it ? a task of netessary discrimination, delicacy and ditlictillv.? Muttwe know, are worthy of notice, and will receive it i t tlie proper hand*, wlioin we, ll.rough our ignorance, liave n t named in our very imperfect notes.? liny, as well a* (lie public, most evuse suclt iinin emioi.al sin rt comings At 8 1 2 o'clock, p. in., Anderson was permitted to pay Ins parting salute to tlie Uni'ed Ststcs (lag before hauling it down, wu trust forever, from liio ram. pails of the laments Fort Sumter. Tlie Confederate Flag now floats in its place. Maj >r Anderson will gw to New Yoik in tlio steamer iJis command joins the fleet. The 8c<tne at Fort Sumter. An ollic?-r who v,sited the fori noon t utter the lentil of evacuation were made, * state* ihnt the reetic thine presented ta j ( bet ord conception. Without, the walls 1 t have lite appearance, nl h distance, of * having been Covered with an immense i numher ol brick poultice* spattered in , I every direction. This i* the shattering I etlcci of the shot. Within, (be entire fort i wore an aspect h* if the hand of the de* j t trojiog angel had swept tuihleaaly by and left not a solitary object to relieve I the general deoutioi, The blackened r walla of the officers* and soldier's quar ' i tera were yet smoking, aahea and ember* i met the eye at every turn, white ike shot c and shell which had been rained upon ? the strong hold lay in great quantities c upon ali portion* of the paiatle ground. ! i 'I'lie appearance of boUi Major Ander' j aon, liia officer* and the men, indicated t the terrible nature of the ordeal from whic h they had just emerged. Deprived < of s eep lor many hour*, fatigued with > their labor* at the gun*, and prostrated r by their battle with an element which t > waged beyond control, tliey looked morn, < :m^ W * ? ' ??? T ? '.r casta II l?? tli<; I* re**?il? ti'i'iiiiiis SluwU with iln> woiiiicrx of ?'n?>|i pimiii litftDtnrt, tflmrntimi, Igrirnltnrt. 3 I CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MC haggard and ready to drop, with Bluer j ; exhaustion. 1 Wiien die firo whs at its greatest I height Major Anderson Riated that the i only manner in which they could breathe ! was by laying liat upon the ground with- 1 I in th i casemates, with their faces to the 1 I earth, while, added to the danger, was j the occasional explosion of the piles of ! ' shells collected for seivice at different I points within the foit. It is to the fact that so few men were | in the fortification, (hat is due the pre j servalion of life. Major Anderson himself stated that had there been two hundred more, not less than one half of them hiust have been killed, owing to the ah sence of sufficient room, under the cir cumstances, for their protection As it was, their provisions would have given out in two day* more, with an tin. < conditional surrender would liave neces t saiily resulted. I lie also remarked that yesterday was ( one of the proudest days of liis life, for t while lie had endeavored to do his duty < as an officer, he had not taken the life of f a fellow being. i The interview between Major Ander son and our informant was not a long i one, and consequently many interesting I incidents connected with lort Sumter, c which belong to the memorable occasion, ? must for the present remain unknown. c Ihirng the evening, n boat arrived at I Morris Island from one of the Northern * vessels in tlie idling, bearing a Lieutem e ant and a ling of truce, his object being to arrange for tlie evacuation of the s<4 ' vers with their property, lie also as. s sured the camuiatidiug officer at that i point (Cien Simons.) ilia*, hostilities i would not take place during the night.? a The matter was referred to C?cu. Heau j c regard. I Meauwhih Major Anderson had him* I ? self addressed a let'er to the latter* officer, l requesting that the steamship Cahncba ( should lie at the wharf of Fort Sumter at ! <J nine o'clock '.Ins (auudav) morning. j v : !l Embaikatiom of Major Anderson. We closed our report in the extra of t )esieiday with the surrender of Fort Sum- | ler, and with a brief account of its batter t cd appearance, and give this morning l!ie , s ene and circumstance* <>l its evacuation. At nalfipast 12 o'clock his Excellency f lioveruor l'icki n.% with los Aids, and c Messrs J.unison and Mxgmtli. of his Kx ecutive Council, and General lfoauregaid 'J with his Aids, Messrs. Miles, Pry or, Man t uirig, Ciiesnut and Jones, and many dis- t tiiiguished gentlemen, invited to he pros n ent, took their departure in a steamer |, from Sotuliern wharf, and were borne in Al the direction of (lie Fori. As we advanced j, it was a 'parent, however, that the evac (j nation was not completed. Though the | el rteaim r Itubtl at the request of Major j w Anderson, had been present fiom 9 o'clock ' |, cud the expectation had been occassioned ; w hat vc.'v soon lliereafter hts command j t) vouxl b?* under ??y, still causes of delay ftci intervened. To avoid the embatrass t.( items of h premature airivnl, the party |,| ivns landed upon Sullivan's Island. A t| railing iIn tl.selves of the opportunities tj litis afforded, the\ vjsi'ed ti e lloating _< >nttcry, and were ascending the mortar t< >a?lcry, when the booming of the guns p ipon the parapets i f Fort Sumter, an* loomed the lowering of the "stars and j Jj itripe>.'' In the terms of capitulation, i*. j iv as allowed to M?j. Anderson to salute | lis Hug, and it was perhaps expected that fy ie would tire the usual complement of ft .wentv one guns ; but reaching that num m >er, he sti'l went on to fire, and the Hp 0j prehension win that he might exlnhit the ,jj liscourtuf) of numbering thirty dour.? [tut lie continued still to fire up fifty, and f,, hen slowdv lowering his flag, the shouts (j roin assembled thousands upon the shores jr. ?nd the steamers, and every species of rt vater craft, aunounced that the authority f the late United Stales upon the last p out of Catoina's soil was finally with Irawn. ' |, It had been noticed, that at the firing >f the seventeenth gun, there w as the Si lound as of two reports, and the impres h' lion was that 'wo guns, had been fired oge'ber; but, as the partT. re embark ng, were on their wav to Fort Sumter, |T hey were met by a boat, which annouced pi hat ore of the canons had exph ded and nude tlo* request that the boat would re el urn to Sullivan's Island f r a fire engine, (t. Vom the apprehension that the magazine i<j night be in danger. This obtained, the ' b< >arty again stated for the fort, and made ry heir entrance. ' c? It were vain to attempt a detailed de in icription of the scene. Kvery point and iverv ol j.-ct in the interior of the fort to 0 vhivh lite eye whs turned, except the f' inter walla and casemates, which are still j 1' tn ng, bote the impress of ruin. It were is if the Genius of Destruction lircd tasked I at t? energies to make the thing complete. >rooded over by the desolation of ages.? ; t cold scarce have been developed to a 7 nore full maturity of ruin. The walls of he internal structure, roofless, bare, black f! ined, end perforated by shot and shell, T iiirg in fragment*, and seemed in instant eadiness to totter down. Near the centre n? ?f the parade-ground was the hurried cc frave of one who had fallen from the re< tb enl casualty. To the left of the entrance 1 ixd a man who seemed lo be at the verge C >i d?Htd. in the ruUis to Die tight there [1 im another. The shattered flag stafl, T< >i*?ccd by four bells, Uy sprawling on l?e ground. The parade ground wm j trewn with frngments of hIk-II And of the 0 lilnpidated building*. At least four guns I' *ere dismounted on the rampart*, end At 1 T very step the way was impeded hv per, | ions of the broken structure. And so It ' ui m that the. Authorities, compelled to ! t*-. . i M i *urv??y, is dnv attnml SmpnmeiiiBnts, .fnnigu anil )RNING, APRIL 24, 1861. peld llie fortress, had at least the satis' ' faction ol leaving it in a condition chIcu lated to inspire tlio least possible pleas- , Lire to its captors. Of all this, however, the feeling was lost when, aceending to the parapet, the Uri'linnt panorama of the hay appeared ? when from this key to tlio harbor the riew expanded to the waving out line of j main arid island, and when upon this key j ihe Hag of the Confederacy, together with . Lite Palmetto flag, were belli expander! j 10 the breeze. And when the deafening i shouts arose from the masses clustered j upon hosts and upon tlie shores, -.and when the batteries around the entire cir- I :uit shook tlie fortress with the thunders :>f their salutation the feeling that the rictory was indeed complete, that the tri jtnpli was a fact accomplished, that lib i ?rt v hail indeed been vindicated, and that j he State had established tier claim to : tie skill and courage necessary to the ' tause she had the intellectual intrepidity 1 o avow, thrilled in the breast of every ; >ne of Carolina's sous, as seldom has such eeliog thrilled in the breasis of any men j rehire. Shortly after the arrival, the garrison I nardied out, anil were "eceived on board | l.? . ?I-> - 1 ..c , n nun, nowever, irotn the | ondition of I lie tide, w*s unable to move If, and it was a somewhat unpleasant ircumstauce that Major Anderson and lis coininand should have been made un vil it>g spectators of the exultations in* pired by their defeat. Of those suffering from the casualty we 1 inve mentioned, one was killed upon the pot ; two were wounded, it is supposed ; nortally, and were left for medical treat- j r.ent; and two others badly wounded, | dsn, at their earnest solicitation, were j arried off. The occasion was not without the chaim lid interest sIf"riled by the presence of I lie fair. The lady of His Excellency iovernor Pickens, and the wife and] laughter of Attorney General liayne, viinessed the ceremony fiom the boat, md Mrs. Henry Honnetheaii has the dis incliou ol keing the liist in '.lie fort under ' lie flag of the Confederacy. She was I lown to attend the sister of Lieut. Davis, ler guest during the period of her broth o's confinement to the fort, and with the \ yo and genius of an artist, it was doubt* e s Willi a feeling of pieasuie that she ?n> I aored with the oppoituiiiiics of this oc nsoii, Oo'onel Kipley w as put in command. I lie depaitm nts of the service necessary j o bring the fort to order were distriln- | ed. The men weie preparing such rude ! ppliances for comfort as the dreary lace admitted of; and as, at twilight, we teamed off for the city, of those stand ig upon the ledge around the base of ie fort, the last to be seen was the veil rable Edmund Knlfin, of Virginia, who, I ith canieen and blanket strapped upon j . is slioiilder, seemed to be submitting J ith exemplary complacency to the ex ' crieiice of a volunteer. Til it Two Mkx of Major Anderson's mimanil who wee injured by (lie ex j ' losion yesterday and were brought to ^ ie city, have I cen tia.inferred to Piof I hishohn's private hospital, in Trapmsnn vlreel. One of tlien: died at quartet past . n o'clock last night. The other is iin -oviug in condition. I, iteresting Correspondence Preceding t the Attack on Fort Snmter. v Montoomkky, Ah, April 12.?The c Mowing is a copy of the telegraphic t irrespondence between the War Depart lent and Oen. Iteauregard, in command ' Charleston liarbor, immediately prece ng hostilities m Fort Sumter. < l'lns corie^pondence grew out of th?- * rout I notification of the Washing I on I iaeminent, disclosed in (Jen lieanre- ' ard's first despatch (No. 1) to the Sec ' lary of War. s'o 1 ] Cll\blk8ton, Aprd 8, 1861. 1 o Hon L. 1*. Walkkh, Montgomery : An authorized messenger from Lincoln < as just informed Gov. Pickens Hint my- ' sif, thai provisions will he sent to Fort 1 i)n;'er peaceably, and if Otherwise then 1 y force. Signed, G. T. BGAUHEGAHD. Reply of Secretary of War. Mo. 2 J Montoomkky, April 10. 1801. ' o (?kn 1L;a< nnoAim, Charleston : 1 If )<>u have no douht of the authorized tarader of the agent who eommunicad u< you the intention of the Washing- I it. Government, to supply Fort Sumter < f force, you will at once dem>\j**l its t racua'.iou ; and if litis is refused, pro ( ed in stuh manner as you may deter I line to reduce it. Answer. I Sign-d, L. P. WALK Kit. < 'en. Hemtrritiiril -- ,lr - .? ??%v ty rrrir. j 1 s'o 3 J charleston April 10, 1801. I I u Ilou. L I*. NVAI.kru : 1 t Tlie demand will be made to morrow, i . t welve o'clock nr. < Signed, O. T. liEAUHEC A HI), I ltrgadier Oenertl. i 'he Secretary of War to (fen. lleaure j I yard I s'o. 4 ] Montoombry, Aj?ril 10, 1801. ! < j Oku. Hkaurkoaud, CliarleMnn : : < Unless litem are special reasons con- j tcled wnh your own condition, ii is ! < >n*id?red proper lltal you should make ; ie demand at an earlier It our. ; i Signed, L. 1'. WALKER. | , en Jieaureyard to the Secretary of War. , i s'o ft.] Cil ARLKBTOK, April 10, 1801. | t> Hon. L 1'. Waiakh : | t I lie r?K*oiiH iuo kpecial for 12 o'clock. I Signed, G. T. BEAUllfcOAUD. 'cn. Btaurryard to U*e Secretary of War. , Vo. 6J <Jii aki.k*ton, April IT, 1861. i l> Hon. L. 1*. W ALKKK : I D.-mand ?eni al 2 p. m, end allowed I nil 6 oVock to nimwer. j ' < Signed, G. T. BRAUUKG AUr>, ?< JPnnjfBtir jBrms, anil tbf Blarkits. The Secretary of W?r to Gen. Bcanrcyard. [No. 7.J Montgomery, April 11, 1801. j Telegraph reply to Anderson. To Gkn. Hkavkkg ako, Charleston : Signed, L. P. WALKER* Gen. Beuureyard to the Secretary of War. 1 [No. 8.J (JiiAKLKbioN, April 11, 1801. I'o Hon. L. P. Walkkii : Major Anderson replies: 'I have tlie honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Communication demanding the evacuation ot this fort, and 1 say, in reply thereto, that is a demand with which 1 regret that my sense of honor and of my obligation to my Government, prevents my compliance." Maj. Anderson adds ver? bally : "1 will await the first shot, and if you do not hatter us to piecep, we will be starved out in a few days." Answer. Signed, G. T. BEAU REGARD. Secretary of Wur to Gen. Beuureyard. [No. 0 J Montgomery, April 11, 1801. To. Urn. Pkauukoard, Charleston : ' Do not desire needlessly to bom hard Fort Sumter. If Major Anderson will state the time at which, as indicated by nun, :ie will evacuate and agree, in the meantime, that lie will cot use Ins guns against us, unless ours should lie employed against Fort Sumter, you are authorized thus to avoid the illusion of hlood. If this, or its equivalent, be re* fused, reduce the fort as your judgment decides to be the most practicable. Signed, L. l\ WALKER. (it u JJcaureyurd lo the Secretary of War. [No. 10.J Chaklkuton, April 12, ISO I. lo Hon. L. 1'. Walker : lie would not consent. I write to* 'lay. Signed, G.T.BEAUREGARD. * (rei,. JJtuureya) d (o die Secretary of War. [No. 11 J Charleston, April 12, 1S01. lo Hon. L P. Walkkii : We opened lite at 4 o'clock lliirty minutes. Sigto d, G. T.BEAUREGARD. Notk ? Intercepted despatches disclose the fact thai Mr. Fox, who bad been all lowed to visit Maj. Anderson on the pledge that his purpose was pacific, em ployed his opportunity to devise a plan lor supplying the fort by force, and that this plan had been ad p'ed by the Washington Government, and was in progiess of execution. President Lincoln taking off the Cloak Augcsta, April 14. ? President Lin coin answered the Virginia Commission ers in writing, lie first quotes a portion of his inaugural about forts, property, collections of revenue, an I re affirms the opinion, but regrets die uncertainty that has been attached to his inauguri l, which was intended when it was delivered to refer only to the property in Fede r.?l | os-e-sion, and declares thai if an ?ti einj t be made to capture Fort Sumter I te will repiess it, and will defend ait i duces held by the Government, ll Sum r be attacked he will withdraw all I nails ftoui the Stale of Sou li Carolina, I ictual war justifying such a step, lie re t turds alt military posts as much in the > Juion as lefore Secession, but will not c nvade any Stale to collect revenue, but vi11 Ir.nd lo relieve forts. ||? repeats that 1 ih adheres lo llie whole of his inaugural. ' \\ ashing ton, Apdl 14.?The Nation* d Volunteers, several hundred strong, , lave passed resolutions severely denoun- j] ting the military preparations of ihe Lin- ( toln Government and expressing sympa. { L\ Willi the scce.!er< More Resignations. i" Washington, April 14.? Five <?flic<rs ' >f llie Navy t?iu!?-re?l resignations Satur- * ley, ''?i have been refused. It is prolai 1 le itieir names will In: stricken from ihe . oil as dismissed This will be in con for laity lo lale precedents in llie Army, and s part of tlie policy by wbicli all llie :>ow?*r of a military despotism is invoked. Tin* Departments nre getting more rig* nous in their efforts to prevent access to tnv facts, the publication of which would . mt be favorable lo the Administration tite rests President Lincoln's Proclamation. , Washington, April 14.?The follow- * tig is Lincoln's Proclamation : IIY THK PltKSIOBNT OK TUB UNITKD STATES. ' A I'KOCI.AM ATIO V. Whereas, the laws of the United Stales | lave l>een for sometime past and now are )|.posed, and the execution thereof ob | itructed in the States of South Carolina, Greorgin, Alabama, Pfnrtda, Mississippi, ( Louisiana ami 'lexis, by coinbinations L< o powerful to be suppressed by the or Juiarv course of judiiisl proceedings, or by llie powers vested in the marshal by | law ; No a. therefore. I. Aniuinu T.i**. COl.N, President of ilia United Stales, in !.< virtue of the power in me Vested, l>\ the ' i Uonstiiution and the laws, have thought I I lit to call foith, and herehv do rail forth, , i he mill i ? of lite revernl Sta'ee of the . | Union t<> the aggregate number of aeven 1 1 ty.five thousand, in order tonoppre.-n said Soinhinaiiont and to cause the laws to he duly ex<?cuted. The details of thin ol>|ect will be immediatelv communicated t to the Stale authorities by tbe War l)e[lartmetit. 1 appeal to all loyal citizen* i 1 io favor, facilitate and aid thin effort to | i maintain the honor, the integrity, and > < [he e*i**en?<: of our National Union and 1 | ihe |ieri?-tuitv of tmnulai ?*?? mk1 to rt-dr*** vtroi^ii already lon^ on- I endured. ?: ! i I de??n it proper to nay thwt the firM '?rvio? a?*i$rH?d to theforce*, heroic rail, pd fortlc, will probably be In re |KVMeM ! ihe fort*, place and property, which hare Iwon ?oi?od from the Union, and in that mentthe ntmo?t c*r? w ill he oWrvod NHi?i?U>mly with the ohjecu afoieaaid, to 1 M & IN ADVANCE N U M B E It 11. avoid any devastation and destruction of, or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful ciltzetiB in any part of the country, and I hereby command < (lie persons composing the combinations aforesaid, to disperse ai d retire peaceably to their respective abodis within twenty da\s from this date. Deeming that the present condition of public affairs presents an extraordinary occasion, 1 do hereby, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution, convene both Houses of Congress. Senators and Representatives are tberelore summoned to assemble at their respective Chambers, at twelve o'clock, noon, on Thursday, the fourth day of July uext, then and there to consider and determine such measures as in their wisdom the pub* lie safely aud interest may seem to demand. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of tl>e United Stales to he aflixed. Done at the City of Washington, this fifteenth day of Apr 'I, in the ) ear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty fifth. A13 KALI AM LINCOLN. By the President : Wm H. Seward, Secretary of State. Troops for United States Service. Washington, April 15.?The following is the quota of troops required by the Secretary of War : Maine, 780 ; New llampsbire, 780 ; Vermont, 780; Mas, sachusells, 1,700 ; Rhode Island, 780; Connecticut, 780; New Yoik, It,280 ; Pennsylvania, 12,500; New Jersey, 3, 123 , LMaware, 780 ; Maryland, 2,123; Virginia, 2,340 , North Carolina, 1.500; Tennessee. 1,500 ; Arkansas, 780; Kentucky, 3,123 ; M'ssouri, 3.125 ; Illinois, 4 083 ; Indiana, 4.083 ; Ohio, 10,153 ; Michigan, 780 ; Wisconsin, 780 ; Iowa, 780; Minnesota. 780. The Secretary of War has accepted the services, by telegraph, of 1,000 men trorn Rhode Island, and directed them to proceed to Washington without delay.? It is slated that Government has no pres' ent design to institute martial law in Washiugiou. 20,000 troops will be in Washington in twenty days. Military Movements in the United btates. New York, April 15.?The seventh Mod sixty.ninth regiments have volunteered for the defence of Washington, but have not yet started f??r that city, The twelfth regiment holla a meeting to mor- row. Ciiicaoo, April 15.?G.?v. Gales, tomorrow, will issue his proclamation calling an extra session of the Illinois Legis; I a in re, to meet on the 23J mst. Virginia ConventionRichmond, April 15.?In the Convention, to day, the Commissioners presented L ncolr/s reply without comment. A resolution was adopted, to suspend l.e order of the day. Another was ofeied, to go into secret session to Consider he report of the Commissioners. An nteresiing debate followed. The Presilent's proclamation waa the principal heme. Messrs Scott, Prestou and other Jnionists de -lured that if the President neani 'o subjugate the South, Virginia tad but one course to pursue. A difference of nnininn ?viaia ?? ?? _r o.O lie members, whether to secede immelittel) or wmI the co-operation of tha >order States. It is believed thai the alernalive ol the propositions will be sub* ni'.led <o lire people. Some doubled the i iti.entie.ty of the proclamation, and in hifereiu i to iheir wishes, the Convention idjourned until to.morrow, when it will loublles* go into secret session. Norm think ol ultimate secession now. Che Convention presented an appearunco >f unwonted gravity?all fee'ing that he crisis had arrived. The people here are clamorous (or secession, and accounts from the interior represent the people as following their lead, and heii.g thoroughly aroused.? I'lie change of sentiment m Urn Conven[ion hat teen foresbadowW/and is believed to he harmonious. A conclusion t is thought will oe reached in secret region. Gov. Letcher declines expressing his rpininn openly previous to the receipt of lie official proclamation of Lncoln ; but bis personal friends say that he will refuse to entertain it. The general opinion is that Lincoln having repudiated Virginia's efforts at a peac-'lul solution. she must now aid iu kfending the South* North Carolina Waking Up. Goijmboko, N. C., April 15.?Tli* proclamation of President Lincoln has o>ld wiih thrilling effect here. The rifle ; onpantea iiiinifUiHinlv paraded, and wiili otheis, about fins hundred in iiumi l>er, are now en route for Fort Mai ion, ?ml will take possession at 7 o'clock toit.glit. The News Abroad?How Fort Sumter is Hailed IIai.timoak, April 13.?Grant excite* ment prevails he**, but no public demos'tration. The rejoicing openly exhibited by many over the surrender of Fort Sum* ler, and the defeat of Liiirnlnisor, is marred by the gloomy forebodings of civil war. There is also a general expression < f determination to resist any coercive a tramp1.a of Northern troops, so far as their .pussag* over this Stats is 1 t'liKtrrnT UrcftMOVD, April 14??The demonetra1 lion in honor of the glorious affair of Fort Sumter vh kept up until midnight. * A party aacer.ded (he roof of tb^OOpi' Lot an i LoinU'd the Confederal* ? *?