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VOLUME II CAMDEN, SO. CA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1863. NUMEEE44
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Oeii. Gillniorc'* Demand for (lie Evacuation
of Morris Island and Fort
Sumter?licci. Beauregard's Ueply,
etc.
, , AVc lay before our readers this morning the
demand of General Quincy A. Gillmore for the
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evacuation of Fort Sumter and our Morris Is*
batteries, with the reply of General Bcaurgard:
Headquarters Department of the South, )
^ Morris Island S. C. Aug. 21, \
General : I have the honor to demand <>f
you the immediate evacuation of Morris Island
and Fort Sumter, by the Confederate forces^
The present condition of Fort Sumter, and the
rapid and progressive destruction which it is
undergoing from my Batteries, seem to render ;
its complete demolition, within a few hours, a I i
matter of certainty. All my heaviest guns J
have not yet opened. <
Should you refuse compliance with this dc- i
maud, or should I receive no reply thereto,
within four hours after it is delivered into the <
hands of your subordinate at Fort Wagner, for
transmission, I shall open fire on the city of
Charleston from batteries already established,
within easy effective [range] of the heart of the
city.
I am. General, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) [Q. A. Gillmore,[
Brig. (Jen. Commanding.
To (ion. G. T. lieauregard, Commanding Con- ,
federate forces, Charleston, 8. C.
The above coinniuuication was receive*], u ithout
signature, at quarter before eleven o'clock
011 Friday night. It was returned with the
following endorsement:
Headq'rs. Department S. C., Ga. and Fi.a. )
Charleston, August, 21, 1803. \
This paper is returned for the signaturo of
the writer. Thomas Jordan,
(Signed.) Chief of staff.
On Saturday morning the Communication
was sent back to our lines, this time signed by
Q. A. Gillmore. We give below the reply of
General Beauregard :
IJeauq'rs. Department of S. C., Ga. Fla. )
Charleston, S. C., August, 22. 1803. )
Sir: Cnst night, at lo minutes before 11
o'clock, during my absence on reconnoissance
r\f mv fnrtifiwvitirnis -a. communication Was re
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ceivcd at these Headquarters, dated llcadquar- j
tors Department of the South, Morris Island, j
S. C., August 21st, 180.1, demanding the "im- J
. mediate evacuation of Morris Island and Fort j
Sumter by the Confederate forces," on the al- J
leged grounds that the present condition of
Fort Sumter, and the rapid and progressive destruction
it is undergoing from my batteries, j
seem to render its complete demolition within ,
a few hours a matter of certainty," and that if
this demand "was not complied with, or no j
reply thereto was received within four hours
after it is delivered into the hands of vour (my)
subordinate commander at Fort Wagner for I
transmission "a fire would be opened on the j
City of Charleston from batteries already 'cs-j
tablishcd within easy and effective (range) of
the heart of the city." This communication,
to my address, was without signature, and was i
of course returned.
About half-past one this morning one of
your batteries, did actually open fire, and threw
a. number of heavy rifle shells into the city, the I
inhabitants of which, of course, were asleep
and unwarned. 'About nine o'clock this morning
the communication alluded to above was
returned to these Headquarters, bearing your
recognized official signature; and it can now be
noticed as your deliberate official act.
Among nations not barbarous the usages of
war prescribe that, when a city is about to be
attacked, timely notice shall be given l>y the
attaking commander, in order that non-combatants
may have an opportunity for withdrawing
beyond its limits. Generally the time allowed
is from one to three days?that is, time
for the withdrawal, in good frith, of at least
the women and children. You, sir, gi\e only
four hours, knowing that your notice, under existing
circumstances, could not reach me in
less than two hours, and that not less than the
same time would be required for an answer to
he conveyed from this city to Battery Xv'agner,
\)ritli this knowledge, you threaten to open fire
on the city, uoTto oblige its surrender, but to j
force me to evacuate these works, which you,
assisted by a great naval force, have been attacking
in vain for more than forty days.
'latteries Wagner ant! Gregg and Fort Sumterare
nearly duo north from your batteries on
Morris Island, and in distance therefrom varying
I'rotn half mile to two and a quarter miles;
this city, on the other hand, is to ' the northwest,
and quite five miles distant from the battery
opened against it this morning.
It would appear, sir. that, desparing of reducing
these works, \ou now resort to the
novel measure of turning your guns against the
old men, the women and children, and the hos
pitals of a sleeping city; an act of inexcusable
barbarity from your own confessed point of;
sight, inasmuch as you allege that, the "complete
demolition of Fort Sumter" within a few
hours by your guns seems to you lia matter of
certainty."
Your omission to attach your signature to
such a grave paper, must show the recklessness
of the course upon which you have adventured.
While the facts that you knowingly fixed a
limit for receiving an answer to your demand,
which made it almost beyond the possibility of
receiving any reply within that time, and that
you actually did open fire and throw a number
of the most destructive missiles ever used in
war, into the midst of a city taken unawares,
and filled with sleeping women and children,
will give you a bad eminence in history?even
in the history of this war.
1 ain only surprised, sir, at the limits you
have set to your demand. If, in order tout*
tain the abandonment of Morris Island and
Fort Sumter you feel authorized to fire on this
city, why did you not also include the works
on Sullivan's and James' Islands?nay, even
the city of Charleston?in the same demand?
Since you have felt warranted in inagurating
this method of reducing batteries in your immediate
front, which were found otherwise impregnable,
and a mode of warfare which I confidently
declare to be atrocious and unworthy
of any soldier, I now solemnly warn you, that
if you fire again on this city from your Morris
Island batteries, without granting a somewhat
more reasonable time to remove non-combatants,
I shall fee", impelled to employ such
stringent means of retaliation as may be mailable
during the continuance of this attack.
Finally, I reply, that neither the works 011
Morris Island or Fort Sumter will be evacuated
011 the demand yon have been pleased to make.
Already, however, I am taking measures to re
move, w it!) the utmost possible celerity, all non- j
combatants?who are now fully aware cf, and i
alive to, what tliey may expect at your hands.!
Xtespectfully, sir,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) G. T. Beauregard,
General Commanding.
To Brigadier General Q. A. Gillmore, commanding
U. S. Forces, Morris Island.
To this, a rejoinder was received yesterday
afternoon, in which General Gillmore extends a
notification that he would suspend his lire" until
11 p.m. to-morrow" (Sunday), in order to
give time tor the removal of non-coi\ibatants.
As this communication was not .delivered at !
Battery Wagner until noon on Sunday, it was!
not noticed that the date was t) p. m. Saturday !
and hence, "to-morrow" was erroneously * upposed
to refer to this (Monday) night. This
impression was very general in our community
last evening. But a few minutes before 12
o'clock last night the whiz of the first shell |
warned ue that the ball had opened.
A Good Joke oil Hie Chaplain.
The "Stolen Buffalo Robe."?We published
some time ago a humorous letter from j
the Rev. T. D. Gwin, Chaplain of the 1st South J
Carolina Volunteers, calling upon the "man
who stole his buffalo robe" and sundry other <
baggage, to return the same if he valued at all s
the blessings of a clear conscience, and an im- 1
proved prospect of future salvation. The fob 1
lowing pious and noble spirited response to the '
reverend gentlemen will show that the appeal \
through the Enquirer has not been altogether 1
unproductive: 1
Seventeenth Miss. Rkg't Posey's Brigade, )
Camp near Bunker Ilill, Va., July 10, 1803, ) <
My Pear Gwin : I was expressibly shocked
to learn from your letter in the Enquirer, of (
the 4tl: inst., that the temporary loan of your ' 1
"buffalo robe," blankets, shall*and pillow should (
have given vou such inconvenience, and even I v
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suspended your arduous duties in the field for j 1
a week. <
Ilad I known that these articles belonged to ( |
a chaplain, the sacred package should have remained
inviolate. <
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Hut supposing from the mark, "Captain," ]
that it belonged to some poor officer of the ]
line, and knowing that it was more baggage |
than he was entitled to carry, I relieved him of ]
it from motives that will be appreciated by any <
officer of the line or the field. <
On my arrival at camp, on the first of April, |
I divided the blankets among my mess, and in |
a sudden fit of generosity, I retained the buffalo
robe, shawl and pillow for inv own use. ,
.The other members now join me in return- j
ing thanks, and feel that to your warm and <
gushing heart these thanks will be the richest ,
recompense. (
We are, all of us, exceedingly anxious for i
you to change your field of labor to this army*
where the duties of chaplains are mych lighter
than they could possibly be any where else.
Here they devote themselves to trading 1
horses and collecting table delicacies, with a
zeal that eminently entitles them to the appellation
of Birth of Prey,
I ^im now patiently waiting for your coat 1
and boots, which I presume you will send me,
in accordance with the following injunction :
"If any man take away thy coat let him
have thy cloak also."?St. Matliew, chap, v,
vcr. 40.
For the regulation of the amount of baggage
which a chaplain in the army should
carry, we refer you to the following:
"Provide neither gold, nor silver nor brass
in your purses.
"Nor scrip for vour iourncv. neither two
coats; neither shoes, nor yet slaves, for the
workman is worthy of his meat."?Matt. chap,
x, verse 9, 10. i
Anything you may have in excess of the
above allowance will be respcetfolly received
by me.
I remain, dear Gwin, with sentiments of
eternal gratitude.
"The Man Who Stole Your Buffalo
Roue." <
To Rev. T. D. Gwin, Chaplain 1st S. C. V.
Richmond Enquirer, j
A Vigilant Sentinel.?A correspondent of
the Memphis Ajipeal tolls the following:
As a specimen of the vigilance exercised by 1
the soldiers on duty here, take the following : i
The other morning as General Joseph E. John- 1
ston approached the cars with the purpose of >
getting aboard, enroute for Mobile, his ears '
were saluted by the grutf word "Halt!" com- I '
ing from the stentorian throat of a grcv coated
private, who demanded, when the veteran Gen-! <
eral had come to a stand, what was his bnsi- 1
ness "on this here train The General told | I
him he was going to Mobile?"Let ine see your 1
certificate," at the same time promptly bring-; <
mg Ins piece to an "arms port. "Old man, <
said the watchful sentinel,"no one goeson this I
train unless he has a surgeon's certificate." <
At this crisis, one of the General's aids inter-' $
terrod, and explained to the soldier who the , ?
"old man" was, much to the amusement o: the 1 1
latter, hut to the horror and confusion of the 1 1
worthy guard, who took the General's com-j 1
pliment to his faithful performance of duty, as I J
a reprimand. '(
A Acw C.anida<e for Conyrt'M.
The Chattanooga Ribcl publishes the suboined
card from Hon. John Happy : To my
rellov: citizens of Tennesee:
At the earnest and most frantic solicitations
)f two friendsiwith whom I have just taken a
?mall drink, I have consented to allow my
name to go beiorc the public as a candidate to
represent the 12th Congressional District of
lennessce in the next Confederate Congress.
My claims for civil preferment are multitudinous,
in a military point of view. I have
been in every famous retreat in tbio ?rar, from
Fishing Creek to Lavergne. A9 retreating
constitutes one of the chief strategic features
of this war, I flatter myself (since nobody elso
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iocsj mat i am as expert on a Dacxwara move*
ment as a double bug. I have served heroically
in the quartermaster's department ever
unce ibe war began?and would do it still to
lie dose, if the authorities would abstain from #
:ourt martialing mo every two weeks for malfeasance
in office.
To my dear, indulgent, sweet, gooduatured
yallant, heroic, high-toned, badly clothed, poorly
fed, magnanimous, brave, self-sacrificing,
kind-hearted, patriotic friends of the rank and
lie, I have ever been a true friend. If Ishould
be disgraced with a seat in Congress, (I don't
:are if its even a seat on the stone steps of the
Speaker's stand.) the first step I shall take on
behalf of the suffering soldier will be step round
to the Exchange Hotel and drink his health.
[ shall vote to have the pay of'the private soldiers
raised to to ?3,000 a year, and probably
introduce a bill to tax every man who sports a
>t{ir or a bar on his collar Si00 a month for
2ach star and bar, the fund thus raised to be
divided out amongst the privates, with which
to indulge in the game called "poker." Consequently,
every man who sports a bar on his
shoulder, (unless it be a crow bar?and it ought
to he, in many instances,) must expect to pay
for the glory, if I am elected. I shall also introduce
a bill to place all soldier's wives who
flirt with others wives' husbands who ain't sob
fliers, injthe lunatic asylum.
<\lcr? u resnlnfimi. whiMi T slinll intm/limA
(awl shall thrash every Congress-man who refuses
to vote for it,) that any Lieutenant General,
Major-General, Brigadier, Colonel, Captain
or Lieutenant, who shall permit his men
to burn fence rails, steal cabbages, <Sre., after
dark, shall be immediately promoted and assigned
to duty in the Damphool Brigade,
The time has come, my fellow-citizens, when
good men and true, who are anxious to get into
some sort of hole to avoid the conscript,
should be selected for offices of public trust.
I am good, I'm a true man?Congress is my
hole. Hoping each man of you will cast as
many votes for me as can stuff into the ballot
box, I remain your best frieud.
J. H.
P. S.?I neglected to mention that, not
elected, 1 shall retire, like Cincinnatus, to the
fields and there spend the rest of my furlough
on earth beneath my own "gourd-vinc and
frog-tree," with the eublimcat indifference.
Veiierul Morgan's Appearance.
Wc have just got back from the Morgan
race, and had the satisfaction of being in the
chase yesterday when he was caught. Everybody
has something to say or enquire about the
great guerrilla chief. We have been asked a
thousand and one times what kind of a man
Morgan is, and how lie looks. We would say
for the relief of all concerned, he has neither
lioofs nor horns, but like Lincoln's maul, he is
a mere man. lie informed mo that his age is
thirty-three years, though his present appearance
would indicate forty. I presume he told
me the truth. His careworn countenance at
this time is not a proper index of his age.
His stature is six feet; weighs about one huuIred
and ninety pounds; shoulders square and
tuoad; body straight; head common size; small
'eel for a man ol his size; small graish eyes,
kvit.h rather deep and nume rous wrinkles at the
jorner of each in the skin, with an . expression
if mirthfulness. Whiskers and moustache
>iack, dark auburn hair, slightly curled atlhe
Mid; fair complected; red lace; good looking,
.oft, pleasant, musical voice; agreeable manners
Ve.; in short, a ladies' man. He was dressed,
>vhcn captured, with black soft, slouch, broad
arimmcd hat, gray round-about, gray pants,
ine kipskin boots, pants inside his boot legs.
He was not dressed different from private sol
iiers.? Wheeling Intelligencer.