The New York Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1861, Page 2

—— THE F'4lL OF FORT SUMTER. Full ,nd Graphic Description of the Bom- Aartment, Defence and Surrender. Gallantry of Anderson and His Garrison. stic Admiration of His Bravery in Charleston. Fatbu- Tremendous Fire from the’ At- tacking Batteries. NO HIVES LOS? AMONG THE SECESSIONISTS. Imcidents in Charleston- Scenes Among the Bystanders. ‘BOv. PICKENS’ SPEECH AFTER THE BATTLE, Bee Rey ke, @ur Special Charleston Correspondence. Crancaston, April 19, 1862. Fort Sumter has fulien, The war has begun. Words Bave given piace to blows. The Gordian knot has Deen wandered, and the Palmetto State taken the flaal step whish separates ber from the old confederacy. Starting in her career of opposition to the old Calon a ‘gw time when she had hardly powder enough to fire a na- Yiena) sa’ ate—for, it will be remembered, that when the Mas of tho West was fred upon, only thirty-Ave pounds 6S powder remained, and not & cartridge that would fit fe guns—South Carolina hag continued her prep2rations: ‘antii in the short period of three months she has brought sto tho field an army of ten thousand of the best fxbtiag men the world ever woduced, well equipped, otficered ‘end disciplined, an ample supply of ammunition, and an eascont of military ardor unsurpassed. Me train of caures which have culminated in this wyeut cre too familiar to require resapitulation. It de, therefore, only necessary tu barely rofer to the inci- @eme of the last week, in which is embraced the ma) o:tion of the Southern confederacy in cutting off the supplies of Fort Sumter, refusing to permit despatches to yeah Major Anderson by the official bearer, and in mak- fg a forma! demand for the evacuation of the stronghold. ‘Fhe laxt vet took pl on the 1ith instant, a portion of % being in the following worda:— H you wil state the time at whic Wort 2umicr, aud agree in the meun‘i ve that yoa will not ase your gu08 against us, unless oars shalt be employed ‘against Port Sumter, wo will abstain from opening fire epen you. ‘This seve Major Anderson declined to accept on the ground that such a course would be inconsistent with the Begiance which, a8 an oflicer, waa due to bis govern. ment. Destrous of sparing the unnecessary offision of Dood, und actuated by sympathy for a brother officer ‘Wietimised by circumstances beyond h!s control, Genoral Beowegard telegraphed these facts to resident defi Davia at Montgomery. The latter at once vesponded, requesting Beauregard to tender to Major Anderson the proposition that if he would when his supplies were exhausted Reetilitice ehould be de’errec. This Major Anderson also @eclined—depenting, of course, upon reinforcoments, which were even then off the harbor, lying idly upou the tede. This occurred on the morning of Friday, at threo @elock and twenty miuvtes, when the last communica ten Before the battle ceased with the following nots from @elenels Cheenuit and Chisholm, and Captain Lee, aids of ‘Wee Genera: in Chief — virtne of Brigadior General Beaaregard’s command, we ‘the honor to wotify you that hi ‘open the Me of his batteries on Port Sumter in one hour from tnis you will evasiate ‘Me aids then departed, and in one hour afterwards the Battle ommenced. Bk proper to sta e hore that the personal relations be- ween Major Anderson and a!| of the oifictals of the State ad army have been of tho kindest and most sociable @haracter, and in one of his Jast letters be takes particn- Ths oe2asion to oxprees his thanke for the courteous and ener cus treatment ho bas received. SCENES IN CHARLESTON. Ba city like this, where the sociable qualities of the Beople are a prominent character atic, news {les upon the m it had wings of the wind, and as early ae Thursday m @eeome a ecitied fact iu the community that the battle would commence by eight ck inthe evening. (Why 90434 not ie already manifest.) The utmost activity was md once everywhere ible. Ald-decamps, couriers, @fticers and soldiers might be seen hurrying through the stsceta in all directions. Steamers plied iaduetriouely Between the city and fortitications, bearing troops and evderr; cannon rumble! through the city on the:t way to pointe of embarkation; companies of military bastily gathered by telegraph the dey before—voluntects rough, Dot ready—poured into the city by hundro's, and were @espatched at once to their respective quart people fom the interior and from neighboring States arrive. by every train, some to fight and others to look on; knots of eitwens gathered upon the corners to discuss tho flying vemore and rpeculate upon the approashing contest, and at every turn was to be seen bustle, excitement, energy nad earnestness of purpose. Muny wended their way to the Battery—a beautiful Promenuie ground on the river front, where they stood until the noon of night, straining their eyes over the @ark expanse of water waiting to see the flash and hear tee boom of the first gun. Hearts appeared to throb With the holiest resolves; men and women spoke of their wens, brothers or relatives as if they were willing that all should be sacrificed if necessary for the good of their be- Deved Stato and canse, Nothing but the parest pstriotiem eviiently actuated the ontire community—o patriotism ‘that has induced citizens in every station of life—rich and poor, old and young, merchant and clerk, the master fend slave—to yield everything of a private nature to the | @omande of the emergency urged upon tuem. An ex ‘@mpile of thie was given on Thursday night. Three bun @red voluntecrs were called upon for a special Purpose to lo service on horseback. Over one thon- fend responded, and assembled at eight o'clock in Citadel equere armed to the teeth. Many of them were men over fity years of ago, while one or two were mere Doys who forced themasives into the ranks in epite of the objections of the commanding oft! :4r, ‘Thie excited state of affairs conti:.vot vntil about tweve @’clock on Friday night when, weory and worn with con stant watching, the city, for @ time, was hushe! ia si dence, Four hours or more clapsed. The mounted guard had done their vigilant duty, and, with the first faint wtreake of the morning, were preparing to retire. Few wore thicking of the crisis that was impending and about (0 be developed Suddenly, at half past four o'clock, the sullen boom of ® gon echoed through the city with a doleful ominous Bess. In three seconds another succeeded. It was the opening serne in the drama of civil war, Tho fret of these discharges was a shell from the howitzer battery on James Island, and was fired by Capt. George 8. James, who followed the bannor of the Palmetto rogi ment on the fleids of Mexico, The second was fired by Liea!. W. H. Gibbes. Fort Sumter instantly responded with three gains from her parapet. Fort Moultrie then wok up the tile of @eath, and in less time than | am writing it the gua bat tery on Cummings Point, Stevens’ iron batiery, the ‘loa. fag attery and Mount Pleasant poured a raia of firo upon the stronghold, which continucd almost without intermig. #i00 until the flag of truce floated from the walls. From that moment until daylight the scene wae grand beyond description. The dark embankment of clouds which fringed the horizon formed a sombre background, against which the graceful curves of the bombs, the « Phoding flash and the thick white ball of smoke arising from burst shells formed a picture which can nover be forgotten. To describe the scenes in the city, oreven at ono's | hotel, at the commencement of the fight, would be im- poeaible. Notwithstanding the solemnity of th» ooo. sion, \t wae laughable to seo people rushing—bootless, heatiess, coatiess, and almost en dishabilie—from their Foome, frantic with exeitement. was only a few minutes before hundreds of houses ‘were emptied of their anxious occupants, the living stream pouring through all the streets to the wharves and Battery, As day approached this placo ree iined «with ranks of eager Bpectatora, while an far aa the eye could reach on cither side, every spot that alforded » favorable Loothold for ob. | na good during the morning x8 in the afternoon, NEW YORK HERALD. FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1861.—TRIPLE SHEBT. Fervation was Dok Wig Rumam beings, Who cin tell of the feclings that were raging im those bosoms, be- tween the love of ¢beir Kindrod and the love of their fair Jand, in whese cause they were imperiiling their lives. A tow smorg the females were shedding toars, but there was @ calmness and carnestncss aboat the majority thit Desyy ke the ‘naara determication of their hearts, ‘One of these interested spectators was an old gentic- man marly seventy years of age. Loog before daylight he Lad tottered to bis spo’ of obs jon, to watch the progr’ sa of the bat'le. As I passed him ho was remark- ing toafried; “Sir, I have five sons on Morris lland, ‘They may have been sacrificed while I am talking to you, They are dear to meas the applo of my eye, and yot 1 would pot utter ono murmur while stand- ig Over th: Ir gravea, if they died Oghting for the State of South Carling. I beard a young lady, whose ‘little clenched bands and dark sparkling eyes seemed to en- dorecevery word she spoke, say, ‘‘Ilow { wigh I was a man! I woude't stay o@ this placo one minute; my Dicod {8 b.i ig.’ Another incident:—As soon as tho alarm wes thus given, a little boy, twelve yoars of age, took the frst boat ho could find, by some moans pad- dled himsoif to Sullivan’s Island, three miles or mor distant, and entered Fort Moultrie, He wanted to aight The officers, of course, saw that he was tv0smalt to be nse- ful and kept him out of danger; but the little fellow is said to have chafed under his restraint like s youn; tiger. When he reeched homo after the fight he remarset to his moth, “Mother, you may whip me, but | don’t care. 1 have been in Fort Moultrie, and when [ get w be @ grandfather I cen tell my children tnat I was turre im the battle which took Fort Sumter.’ these are only specimens of the unusual feeling which, I bai .bo time, might be multiplied by hundreds, about daylight a dark clond ari?fed over the city dropping a heavy shower of rain, and driviog many of the peoplo to seek shelter; but an hour sfterwards fond them again in their old position. Had it aot been for the terrible spectacle odaervable three miles below one could not have believed bat the Bayly cresse and fashiouable throng was ot guthered for a festive purpose. Towarde fen o'clock, and from that time until twilight, when #gaim apother heavy eto-m Jjrove the maltitude from tho Battery, the crowd covtinued to incresse Carriages ar- rived from the neighboring towns and Villages: horses. covered with foam and drivers with dust ewpped, pant- ing, oply when they had reached a placs commanding view of the sceno: soldiera:held in reserve in the neigh Dorhood moved isty among the throng, and all the house: fronting the harbor were wn open with true Southera Dospitanty w ibuse who chose Ww eater tacretn In one of these Governor Pickens, a portion of his cowcil and staf’ maintaiped their position during the day availing themselves of a very powerful telescops, which carriea them as it were into the very midst of the tight. General Beauregard, the Commander-ia-Chief, remained at his headquarters in the city, from where, by aide de- Catpps anc st amboats, he transmitted all necessary orders to hie several communda below. Stores were closed aur- ing the day, trrovghout the sity, excepting thoze which, by the request of the Quartermaster General or Siryoon General, remsined open for tho purpose of furnishiag any desired supplies. THE BATTERIES. Before alluding to the details of the engagement it will de neccesary, to the proper understanding of the subjoxt by the reader, to briefly describe the relative location of the several fortications, and the forces brought into battle. This, it should be remembered, does not include the on tire pumber, for many of the batteries being intended solely for the protection of tho channel, were neld in re- rae in caso an approach should be attempted by the leet. Locking down the harbor from Cuarlestou, Fort Sumter Jooms up {1 the broad expanse of water, the moet prominent ubject within the range of vision. to tha richt May be seen stretching away in the distance uatil it is alwost lost in the horizon Morris Isiend, on which at Cummings Point, ia erected a battery of four mortars; another battery of two mortars, and the new famous stevers’ iron buttery covered with heavy timbers aga railroad iron. This is armed with three eight inch Co- Jumbiads. Al! these batterivs bear upon Fort Sumter. Tho rifle capnod just recerved from a citizen of South Carolina now in Kurope was situated near the Sieveng’ Battery apd did most efivctive service. At Fort Jobnson on James’ Island—which is alzo on tho right of our view, bu: pearer the city--are two mortar datteries, containwg two ten inch mortars each, and or twenty four pounder, oe Looking to the Jeft on the o ite gide of Fors Suu. Sullivan’s Island is visible. Here stands Fort Moultrie. provided with thi-ty-eight gups of various calibres, pro- tected by well constructed merlovs, and as perfect in ite conaition a8 wi-h the materials at hiod it can be mate Two hundred yar‘3 west froa this fort a battery of two ten inch mortara was erected, and an enilade battery of two twenty-tour and two thirty two pounders, These arc nearest to Fort Samtor. Ip addition to these stationary engines of war was the Floa:ing Battery, @ novel comi- bation of palmetto loge and iron facwwgs, which was post- cd a short distance from Fort Moultrie aud nearer the city. This was ‘riginally intente! to be carried within toor hundred yards of the fort, from which point it could breach tho wa'la, but the plan was altered and it was aesigned its present position, Ita batiery consisted of two thirty-two and two forty- wo pounders, and most valuable service did tt perform, notwithstandipg the ridicule which has been directed against both it and 1s projectore by a portion of the Northern press, wh» saw in it nothing more por Jes tbad a& “loatwg sarcophagus.’ Farther away op rhe west, in a bend of the harbor, wae @ battery of tree mortars, crested near Mount Pleaswt. Until within a few days pist the troovs, according to the riliciai report of the Secretary of War, were d.stri- buted as follewa:— On sulli 's Iskand, thirteen hundred and ninety-fonr men, cone sting of artiliery, infantry, and a detwhment of Cregoons, the whole under the command of Brigadier General Donovant. On Morrie island, thirteen hundrod ord fifty-six men, consisting of artillery and infantry, under the command cf © looel Maxcy Gregg. At Fort Jobuzon, one bondred enlisted men, under Cuptato Janes, ana one hundred and forty six men, compose! of artil jery and infantry, under Captain Pope, at Fort Palmeto— making in all tree thousand tweaty-seven men, which force was placed under the command of Brigadier General Beauregard, of the army of the Confederate States _— Recent {vforcements have greatly added to thie num- ber, so that the army now on daty is probably not juss thon between five ang @ix thousand men. “REPARATIONS FOR THE BATTLE. It was not less evident on Thureday afternoon among the army than in the city that the long anticipited mo ment was at hand when they were to put in practic? the instruction of which they have had the heneii* during their three months of drill and detention in the service of the State. It was geverslly known that the demand for the evacuation of Fort Sumter was fruitless. Troop, freeb and inexpertenced, with the dust of travel yet upon them, had peep joining them hourly for the previous threedaye. Sandbage were pulled down or piled up as the case might be; the works were lit up with lanterns, the guns louded, shotted ond sighted, and the men kupt at their poets long after the usual hour of duty. faus stocd matters antil after eigbt o’cloek in the evening, when orders were received to “return to quartors,”’ the drum beat the tation, the soldiers filed away to their can. ‘yas homes and frience brvoded over the scene. THE COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES. I bave already referred to the negotiatioos during the ight with regard to the evacuation of the fort and the failure to accomplish the desired result. Immodiately after leaving Major Anderson, Colonel Chesnut, Colonel Chisholm ono Majer Lee, the \ids of General Beauregard, by whom tiations hal been conducted, proceed ed to Fort Johns whe agreeably to the official noti- fication, at precise minutes pust four o'clock the bombardment ul Fe of ashell. A ree: sickly followed from the same batte- Ty ond in a moment all the camps were astir. The drama in the fortifications at once beat tbeir call and the woll trained 8 flew to their respective poste with an alacrity w indicated their hearts were in the work. The light mniety rain which hid bee failing m- tormittently ceased for the time, and the e.tire heavens wore an aspect of Mororeness that cousorted well with the flerce contest which itamediately commenced. Fire was Dow opened from the three batteries bearing upyo Fort Sumter on Morris Ieland, and Fort Moaitsie, Mont Viessent and the Fiouting Battery taking uo the warlike strain. joined to the chorus of exploding orduance. Ths spectacle was ove of terrible eublimity. Dayroak was pot yet at band, apd the somore looking mase against which all thie demonstration was directed seemed to he upon the surface of the water Iika some hag» monster tn repose. Jt had spoken twice at the begiaving of the coa- flict, aa if chiding tavee around for 80 rucely disturbing the quietyf \t2 rest, and then relapsed again into silenco. Meanwhile shot aud shell rattled thick a@ bail upon ite sides. The air waa fied with bombs, whose gracefu! circles traced by their own hixsing tire terminated in tho Picturesque clouds of tleesy smoke which followod ther explosion and then ea'led away, while the fragments de tcended on their errand of destruction avy guua vomited forth their fire and smoke with spiteful fore s, their muttied thunders echoing for miles a ount, while the gprili whisuing of the balls chilled many s heart with he thought that they might be mossengare of death to some of the loved ones then ia the neat of battle The effect of the solid thot was o’ten perceptible to the noked eye. At sach dikchargo of the gons eituer the ter adjacent to the fort would be dashed up in great f spray or the dense brown cloud of cram dling brick and mortar would mark the apot hit upon the ram: rig A large Dumber of shells fell inside the tort, but undreda exploded in the air immeoiacely above without doing any greatexecotion, The fring was by a0 moan when the men had become more familiar with their subjo st | } | Batter; With the exception of his first two guus from ths para- pet, as if to signify that he recognized the comm-nsemant or the bi Major Anterson did not open agaia natil | Beven o'clock, the causa of bia remaining qaiet being the wantof oll with whch to light up bis csse nates, During these two hours Fort Sutter received an jadis. crminate pounding upon every portion of its sur/ace Which appear:d to be in the stighvest degree p-eguable While it did no barm, fortunately, it enabdied Major Anderson to wituers the effect and efficiency of every battery and to guide himself accordingly. It was this Which induced him to bestow especial attention upoa both the Irom and Floating Battery, whioa he did #ith hs firet ebois, Vora time tue efforta to aestruy toe iroa were watened with grea’ interest, but after few minutes’ firing it became evident that he coald mal no impres#ion upen the iron cased roof Rail after ball rebounded from the close layers of railroad iron aod passed into the marsh beyond Many 0 his shote wore aimed too high and whizzed over the battery without striking it Hose weat rico- chetting over the surrace of the water, tearing up mares of the soa woed, and giving a terrible frigh, ty jreda of the #ea fowl, which rose iu every dire stto: the marsh To those within the battery the offen the shot was not perceptible, except as regards the tor wax commenced by the tring | naion of the concrmajon; Teathts was not so much a3 waa Major Anderson towork his barbotte guns about began balf-past seven v'clookt; but the constant explosion of shelie and rain of baiis@n every side drove him ag2'a to the casemate, where his men remained most of the ‘ime alterwarcs. Soprevent any future attempt to fire fom the parapet both Fort Moultrie and the lloating Bat'ery dirested « portion of their aim to the guns themsel ‘The result was that by Friday eveniog «very g7 02 walls was knocked over, the gun carriages spliatered, and (binge generally ‘‘lay around loose.” Aadersoa Q\n- fe)f stated tbat the firing was of a romarkably accur ste character, and that he was compelled to acknowledge they bad made his recollections far more pieasaater of Fort Moultrie than of Fort Sumter. This iron harvest of shot and shell coutinved to pour vigorousty into Fort Sumter untiinear vightfall, when th» storm which bad been logrering all day found vent in beavy fall of rain. Orders had been issued to the for- Uflcations to throw a shell at Sumter once «very twenty minutes, which was accoraingly dove, but without re sponge from Anderson, it being impoesivie for him to ob- tain the proper range of fire Up to this time comparat: no harm had resulted on either side, The Stevens Battery received 4 shot in th vicinity of the trap through which one of her guns pro- truded, and for the moment rendered it comparatively useless, but this was repaired dorivg the night. Che Floating Battery received eighteen shots, but ow:ng to ite peculiar copstruction they might, as far as injury ia con- cerned, have been tired ip the air. Fort Moultrie, one of the principal marks of Major Anderson, suffered immate- riuily, and such injury as was done was spon ily repaired with the ample meana at command < valuaole horse, delopging to Hient. Col, Ripley, the Commandant here, was thot during the day—the only iife icet in tho fight. It $8 said that in ai) these fortiGestio.s tue nen were 80 untameabiy enthusiastic, that with every gum fred they would leap upon the ramparts to watch its effect, notwithstanding the balis that were whizzing around m from the sides of fort Sumter. order that » lives of these oaredev’ doe in great bumbere, for they appareni!y cared no more for & pass- ig torty-two-pounder than thew would bave done tor @ lew her ball. ‘“Stil,’’ as one of tuem said, “ib was aD inconvenient thing to stop,’ and of course there was plenty of dodging on ail rides Tho monent smoke issued frem Fort Sumter, down would go the bulk of the mep, while the missile whisticd barmicssly by, foar foot above their heacs. After the surrender Major Anderson remarked that it was preposterous to ight such @ people. He said they were unconquerable, and thongh they might be repeatedly overpowered by force of numbera, it was idle to attempt to make them stay whipped. Tae bumber of ball and shelia thrown daring the day is monginly._ sabiaiated. at from eighteen hu d to two jousand, THE EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY did not abate up to a late hour of the night, being kept tpa blaze by the bulleting which arrived st intervals with inteligence from the fortiiicatione. 1 append a copy of these, that you may have an ides of the style of epistolary composition men employ when under fica.— Piosmine Rarreay, Apri! 12—9 A. 6 Captain R. 3 Parker roports trom Snilivan’s Island to Monpt Pleasant that every thing is in good order at Fort Moultrie. “Nobody hurt ”’ 6 embrasures Lave stood well. The Foating Zattery his been su Dut the bails fatled to penetrate. Major Aud 3 con ceptrating hia fire on the Floating Battery aud the Danl- aren Battery, under command of Lieutenant J. R Mami- ton. No houses on fire, as has been rumored. A number of shells frem Fort Mouttrie havo droppes iato Fort Sam- ter, apd ove of the barberte gous bas ben dismantled. A steamer, supposed to be the Nashville, bove in sight about eight o’ciusk, but upon hearing the firing put bask to gea. Fioamine Barrery, 107; o'clock, All right here; not 9 mun wounded, though Aaderson bas concentrates a heavy fre upon the battery stands well, S. LOdAN, M.D. FroatinG Barrens, th o'clock. Nobody hurtup to thigbour. Theos guns are working. One bal} struck on the edge or angie of roof, aud per- forated tho planking. When a bail strikes the battery the shock ta not perceptibie, Caspr Bomar, Scruvan's Istaxp—1 P.M No flect in sight yet. Sumter badly damaged iv para- pet guns and duilvings. Lientenauta Rhett and Mitchel aro at Moultrie in command of the battery beariag on Somter. Captain Hamilton has a Hehigren gun at the e doing great mischief, and gets, with the Floating Battery, commanced by Lieutenavt Ya‘es and Hurleeton, nearly al) Apuergon’s attention. No one killed yet on our Bice er injured. Ripley is in his shirt sleeves, working his guns himself, The work i@ progress ‘ng finely. LETTER FROM aN OVFICER IN COMMAND OF THE SUMPTER GUNS ON PORT MODETEIE Forr Mocrtrm—4 o'clock. We are all unhurt, and if the war stea murs now off the bar do not give us trouble to-night I have great expecta tion of success. Ripley is every inoh a so'dier. Indeed, I’cannot speak in too bigh terms of our officers and men. Our gun practice has been fino It has been satisfactory to Col Ripley. Every now and then whila: I write, seated detween two of my Colombiata, @ shot from Major Ander- son pastes close ubove my head. To lieutenant Mitchel, uncer my commani, belongs the henor of having tirst dizmountd® two guns for An derson at one ehot. Fore Mop TRIE—g P.M. We commenced firing this morning At haif-pas: foar A M., and have comtinved a steady tire uatil the presen, and are still Sring. The balls from Yort sum'er are do- ing Yt or ne damage, not a parser having been injured. The Morrie Island battertes appeago be doing a grest deal of injury to their sido of Sun sate Major Anderson has one gun deariog on Fort Johnson, one on each of the lower batt: ries on this Is'and, aad dve ov Fort Moultrie. At present th» ree United States war veesels off the harbor. ‘ab the gung bearing on them are loaded anc manned, ready for action. Monts [siasp-—8 A. M. The batteries aro doing great execution, and have re ceived no injury. “ Sravens’ artery, Morris Istann—10 A. M Prerything going ow well tho battery has been struck ten times witnout being injared. Everybody in gol spirits, and no one burt. Morris Tst.axp—12 Wo Two of the guna on the iron batiory have been parcially disabled, but no one injured, Monnis Ist awp—3 P.M. We have repaired the injury cone to the irou battery, and have ‘commenced firing with the same success. No one injured. Fort Jonssor—2 o'clock. Anderon has fired two shots, but without effect. The official reporta modo to headquarters last night from the several forts and batte ies state that ne pers» every was injured; avd that four out of six shella fired fell inside Fort Sumter. In the carlior part of the day, for prudential reasons, no partics were allowed to send any despatches from the city rolating to the battle. The cars were also provented from leaving at their usual time; but before uight these restrictions were removed aud the usual communication in all resposte was resume: eat credit is due to thi ‘branch of the teiegraphic |i: of the coantry for the eificieut mabver in which, under the circumstances, the dusiness bus been dove. With an oulco coatinuslly thronged, persons plying the clerks with curious que: tions, subject always to the important requirements of the authorities, both Superintenfont and his assistants have mefited and rese!ved the approvation of the eftizens and officials of this community, THE SECOND DAY, Towards morning the storm which had beem raging uring the night broke up its “imaoifcently stern ar. ray,” and a beautiful, balmy and refreshing day was ush ered into existence. The fire, which had been slacken- ed, was resumed with vigor at auoriae. The citvcts of the first day's bombardment could now be easily seen without the aid of a gles. The south and east facades of Fort Surnter wore completely pitted by balig, and, from what we had seen of the tire from Sulli vap's Island and the Cove, it was no: probable that the northern tacadeconk! be in an better condition, The edge of the parapet was im man: oes cut off, a num- ber of the guns were vismounted, and the eambrasures of the cagemates were eo battered that the larity of their outline cout hardly be distingnisued. Phe chim Deys and reef of the barracks were awo perforated in many places. fhe gups of Fort Sumtor did not reopen fire until seven o'clock, when the shots began to poor ‘w quick secession from the cx#emaves pointing towards Fort Moultrie. Ripley's men returned enot for shot, and at each discharge from Su!l van’s Isiand, we could see fragments of the parapet of Sumter topping over into the water, FORT SUMTER ON FINE, At eight o'clock the cry arose from tho Battory and rolled through the city, “Fort iter is on fire!” A red hot shot from Fort Moultric had penetrated the wood work within the stronghold, avd in a few moments volumes of smoke and flamo wo pet. Romor immediately commenc ‘Ancergen is eignalizing the jlvet,’ heating shot,” repeated aoother.’ Rut before came evident to every one that tho dense ot something more than inere signals, wero The fire of the fort, heretofore long, fierce and rapid, abated; occarl wally an explorion could be heara, whi sh afterw: the piles of shells ly ing aroun over the crowd of epectators wh were ip sympathy with the fighting, in aadition to bis ouhe, ekmeut (f pature At nine o'clock tie fre appeared to be somewhat sub- dued, but at ten a column of white smoke roge high in the air, and in asew minutes moe tye entire fort was one uubreken body of flame, which socmed ag if it were to be the winding sheet of the brave men whom it enyi roued. Still flouting above was thy banner of the stare and stripes. It bad bees lowered two or three tims, as 8 signal of cistrees tothe caips in the offing, but not a foul moved to the rescue from that quarter. Bua pense was painful Is it pwesible that i.e federal steam. ers could thus cave Andereon to nis fate, without even ap attempt at aesistance’ It was even go, 8 proved to ve nd @ soberness came ‘n told that thelr hearts ro man who was thus mies, ae destroying During ths trying period Anderson would 00 casionally discharge «ne of his guns, and overy time did f0—80 much do Solith Carolinians eciate true game—that the roldiers yy uh Brapets and cheered bim long and ‘ond ee Lag herd is at the steamers outside, dnd venting their indigna- ten Tp groans. 7 It wae left to General Beanrogard to tender the aid | which had been denied Anderson by his brother officers; and this be did # he could commaunteste with , Colonel Chesnut being & flag of troce to offer such sasigtance of engines or anything else as might be re- qaired by him. By thie time a portion of the wallaof the officers’ quarters bad fallen Mm, and the fire appearod to be slowly burning out. Suddenly a shot was firoa, which carried away his and fiagstaft, and the Stars and Btripes came trembling to the ground, at | Soon, however, a sinyie gun from him showed the Com- | federate rope that he aid not moan to surrender, and to prove eee still more ae. be made a Jory mast out of a gun spouge, from which he again Haya Bie fag. wee, again die- | Bt ror a to these gentiemen pearly reached tinue the tight, They therefore instsntiy tirmed back apd came half way to the city. To the surprise of every =~ @ white flag was directly seca to wave from ver. Just then Col. Lovis T. Wigfall, ex United States Sena- tor from fexas, an Aid of Gen » left Oum- minge Point in an open boat, with his baatkerchief on the end of bis sword i lieu of a flagof truce. Toe bat teries, however, from some sisappreheosioa, warmly continued firing. Wigfali’s position was, therefore, ta ther dangerous; but still he kept on, and mie his way sneseeelig, uagevetived, to the ledge of rocks extending about tive feet from the walls of the fortress. Landing, he walked quickly and alone up to a port hole, where he attempted to enter. Asoldier who saw him, asked— “What do you wants’ Wicrati—To see the commandant, = ANDARSON appeared at the moment, and eaid—‘ Flere am Wicrar1—I see, Major, that you have @ whit» flag up. Do you surrender? A> pexsos—Yes, I have np a flag of truce, but you still continue your fire. Wicrstt—Aud that they will continue to do 20 long a8 you kcep vp the United states flag, ‘Anpersox—I cecline a parley. Wicrar1—That ig no use. Wo will help put out your fire, but there must be no delay; we shal) be coateat with nothing but unconditional surren: Anpxksoy—fhen I must surrender. I have no other eres . My men will shortly suffocate. We are all in DER. The brave comman:er of Sumter then agreed that he would, unconditionally, surrender—subject to the terms of General Beauregard. ‘These terms are the sstce as those submitted on the 11th inst , and are to th» effect that all proper factities would be afforded him of transferring him and his com- mand, togetber with company, arms and property and all private property to any post in the United States. THE SCENE AT FORT SUMTER. An officer who visited the fort soon after the terme of evacuation were made, states that the scene there pre- sented is beyond conception. Without, the walls have the appearance, at a distance, of having been covered with an immense pumber of brick poultices spatiored in every di- rection. This is the shattering effect of the shot. Within, the entire fort wore an sevec* os if the hand of the de- Btroying angel had swep ruthlessly by und left nota solitary object 10 relieve the general desolation. The blackened walls of the oilicers’ and soldiers’ quarters were yet smoking, ashee and embers mot the eye at every turn, while the shot and shell which had beca rained upon the stronghold lay in great quantities upon all | mpc of the parade ground. The appesrance of both Major Anderson, his officers and the men Indicated the terribie pature of the ordeal frow which they had just emerged. Deprived of sleep for ' Beauregerd were fort, but after their destiaation it many hours, Jatigued with their labors at the guns, and | prostratea by their battie with an clemont which waged beyoue control, they looked worn, haggard and ready to drop with sheer exhaustion. When the fire was at its greatest height Major son stated the only manner in which thoy could breathe was by lying flat upon the within the casemates, with their faces to the earth, while, added to the danger, was the occasional explosion of the piles of ae collected for service at different points within the ‘ort. It is to the fact that 20 few men were iv the fortifica tion that is due the preservation of life. Major Anderson himself stated that had thero been two hundred more not Jees than one haif of them must have been killed, owing to the absence of suflicient room, under the circum- stances, for their protection. As it was, ther provisions would have given out in two cays more, when an unconditional surrender would have necessarily resulted. He also remarked that yesterday was one of the prond- est days of bis life, for while he bad en ieavored to do his kg asanoficer, he had not taken the life of a fellow ing. the interview between Major Anderson and my inform ant was not along onc, and consequently many interest ing Merents connected with Fort sumter, which belong tothe memorable occasion, must for the present rem«in unknown. During the evening a boat arrived at Morris Island from one of the Northern vessels in the ofllag, beariog a Heutenant and a flag of truce, his object being to arrange for the evacuatwn jo the soldiers with their (property. He also arsured the commanding offiver at that point (General Simong), that hostilities would not take place during the night. The matter was referred to General Beauregard. Meanwhile Major Anderson had himself addressed a letter to the Jatter officer, requesting that the steamehip Isabel should beat the whart of Fort Sumter on sunday morning. TOE EVACUATION. At half-past twelve o’clock his Excoilensy Governor Pickens, with hie Alda, and Messrs Jamigon and Magrath, of his Executive Council, and General Beauregard, with his Alas, Messrs, Miles, Pryor, Manning, Chesnut ani Jones, and mapy distingaished gentiemon, invited to be present at the event, took their departure in a steamer ‘rom Southern wharf, and were borne in the direction of the fort. As wo advanced, however. it was apparent that tho evacuation was not completed. Though tie steamer Jeabel,at tho request of Major *Anderson, bail been present from mine o'clock, and the expectation bad boen occasioned that very seon thereafter his command would bo under way, still causes of delay had intervened. To avoid the embarrassments cf a Premature arrival, and with a delicacy of feeling honorable to all, tho party was landed upon Sulltvan’s Island. Avatling themeeives of the opportuni- ties thus afforded they visited the Floating Battery, the Bablaren battery, the enfllading battery, and were as cending the mortar battery, when the booming of tne guns upon the parapets of Fort Sumter announced the Jeworing of the ‘‘stars and stripes.” n the terms of c1- Ppitulation it was allowed to Major Andereon to salute bis flag, and it waa perhaps expected that he would dre the uenal complement of twenty-one guns; but reaching whit number he still went on to fire, and the apprehension was that he might exhibit the discourtesy of numbering thirty-four, But he continued stitl to tire up to afty, and then, slowly lowering his flag, the shouts of assembled thousands upon the shores and tho steamors and every species of wator craft, announced thst the authority of 6 jate Unived States upon the last foot of Carolina's soil was finally withdrawn It had been 1 oticed, that at the flring of the ssventeenth gun, there was the soand as of two reports, anc the 1m- preesion was that two gans had been fired together: but, asthe party reemdarking were on their way to Fort Somter, they were met by a boat, which announced that one of the casous had exploded, ana maue tho earuest re quest that the boat would return to Sullivan's Isiand for a engine, from the apprehension that the magazine might be in danger. Two men had also been killed avd five wounded. The Mercury thus describes the scenes withia:—It wore vain to a tempt @ detailed description of the scons, Every point and every objact In the inter®r of the fort to whieh the eye was turned, excopt the outer wails and casémates, which are still strong, bore the impress of ruin. It were as if the Genius of Destruction bad tasked its energies to make) the thing complete, broodei over by the desoiation of ages. It could scarce have been de veloped to @ more full maturity of rulu. The walls of the internal structure, roofless, bare, Dlackenod aud perforated by shot and shell, hung in fragmenta, and ecemed in instact readiness to totier dewa. Near tho ceptre of the parade ground was the hurried grave of one who bad falen from the recent casualty. To the left of she entrance was a man who seemet © bo at the verge of death, Tu the ruins to the right Wuerd was another, the shattered flagstai’, pierced by tour balls, lay epraw!- ing on the group: ‘The parade crouud Was @rewa with fragments of shell and of the dua od baildings, At least foar guns were dismousted on (le ramparts, and at every stop the way was impeded by por.ion® of the broken structure. And #0 it was thit tae aathorit icant possible pleasure to its capt Of oli this, however, the feoling w xs loat, when, ascend- ing to the Loy we the brilliant panorama of the day ap- peared—when from thia key to the harbor the view ex- panded to the waving outlice of main and tstand, and when upon this key the flag of the confederacy, tgetner with the Palmetto flag, wero both expanded to the broezo And when the deafening shouts arose from the mas-oe clustcred vpon boats and pon the sboree, and when tho Datteries around the entire circuit shook the fortress with the thunders of their salutation, the feoling that the victory was indeed complete, that the triumph was a fact accomplished, that liberty had inceed been vindioated, and that the State hat cetablished her claim to che gekill und courage necessary to the cause she had the intellec tual jntrepidity to avow, thrilled in thu breast of every one of una’s £068, ae seldom has such feeling thrilled in the breasts of any men before. shortly after the arrival of tho party the garrison marched out and wore received on board the Isabel, which, however, from the condition of the tide was un able to move off, and It #as asomewhat unpleasant cir ance that Major Anderson ap biz command sould bave been made unwling spectators of the exultaions inepireo by their defeat. the occasion was not without the charm and intorest afforded by the presence of the fair. The wite of hig x celieney Gov. Pickens, and the wite aud daughter of At torney General Hayne, witnesse.! the ceremoay from the boat and Mrs. denry Bonvethes: haa the distinction of being the firet in the fort under the dag of the con federacy. the was down to attend the sister of Lieut. Davia, her guest during the period of her brother's con. finemcnt to the fo t,and with the eye aod geatue of an artist, it was doustless witha feo ing of owl plea. sure that ehe was favored with the opportunities of tis onc asion. Colccel Ripley was put ia command. The departments of the wervioe neccrsary to bring the fort to order were cistributed, Tho men were proparity such rad ences for comfort ae the Co ye Plaos admicted of; and » at twilight, we steamed olf tor the city, of th endirg upon the ledge around the bass of the for!, the last to be seen was the venerable Rdmund Raffin, of Vir vinia, who, with canteen and bianket strapped upon his shouklor, se med to be eubmitting with exemplary com. plavercy to the experience of a volunteer, lag of the Corfederate States and the Palmetto, aised ob Fort Sumter simultaneously —the former Joner, Chief of Gen, Beaur gard’s Stuf, and Gol, on. ‘The ilig of the Confederate itates was manu. fectured m this city, It was the intention to have mado use of the flag that was firet hoiated on the Capitol at Mc ptgemery, but onfortunately ft bad peen m: . 8 were about fifteen feet bigh, and were lashed to woof the big gure by Commodore Aartatene, Your bun dred and seven ehots wore dred from the flont. ing battery, and one hundred from is Dahlgren baitery, Both are uncer the command of Capt. J. R. tIton. Ab the n 1. Cloves Thave not time to add moro af thig le Hemcetidrich tho eecuaan which may well be reaseved for another communication. I must forget to express obliga'ions to the editors of botn ee reeset Courier of this ctiy for facilities afforded ia the collection of the above information. THE SERENADE—GOY. PICKENS’ SPEECH. In tho evening about ten o'clock, a large crowd of citi- zens, with a fine band of music, formed in procession and marched to the Charleston Hotel, to screaade his Excel- lenoy Governor Pickens, After the band had played several patriotic tunes the crowd made long and repeated call for Governor l’ickens. The Governor at length appeared on the balcony, accom- panied by bis aids, Cols, F. J. Moses, Jr. and R, §. Dar- yea, and was greeted with deafening applause. Whon the applause bad eomewhat subsided the Governor spoke in substance ag follows :— GryTLawey :—I am in very poor condition for speaking in this open air, in such a noisy place, with the passing of vehicles before us. But I thank you, gentlemen, for the very kind manner in which you have been picased to welcome me. It is indeed a glorious and Peay feelings that cam belong to free 5 or the last day or two aro well taloulgeed to witb gratitude to @ superintending Provigence for his Kindness io protecting 90 many brave and men from misfortunes incident to all. Although, foliow citizens, I do not pretend to say that the tri and victorious results are in apy degree scarcely attributable to an; skilt of mine, yet I will gay that there has been no citi- zen in this wide spread land, who for the last three months has felt such a deep and intense anxiety as I have. There has not been a single day, nor a single night, which has passed over me that has not filled my hoart With the doepest anxiety for my beloved country, When T reflected that so many brave and patriotic young men, who, cailed to the rescue of the State, were p! some uncer my caro, and that ihoz compeene, the flower, and the hope and the prideof th Carolina, I con- fess to you that often, often at night, my heart has sunk under me with the deep responsibilities under which I labored. I know I have often boen blamed by the impetuous and the zealous because I have not been quick exough to attempt au attack upon Sumter, and to brin; these ours men under her raking (iro. But, fellow citi- zens, believe mo when [ tell you abstained because I clearly saw that the day was coming when we would tri- umph beyond the power of man to put us down. (Ap- plaure.) When I was called upon to preside over the dos- tiniea gf this State, after an absence of three or four years home, I felt that the heaviest and most pain- ful sit nof my life bad come. But so far as I was concerned, as long as I was Chief Magistrate of South Carolina, | was determined to maintain our separate inde- pendence and freedom at any and at every hazard. (Great applause.) I felt that the State was in a peculiar Position; that we were immediately and at the first thrown upon the most scientific and e3 ive branches of modern warfare. We were then but ill-prepared to meet the sud- den issues that might be forced upon us, 80 that our cause bad to present firmness and decis!on on the oveside, with great caution and forbearance. Wo were, in fact, walking al ne over a dangerous gulf. The least misstep or want of coolness might have procipitated our great cause into endless ruin, With the heavy wo had to procure, and the heavy batteries that we were compelled to erect, I felt under these circumstances it required time, exact calculation and high science, and it would have been madness, it would have been foly, ta have rushed the brave and patriotic men in my charge upen a work that was pronounced the Gibraltar of tne South But when the proper time had come, when I knew we were prepared, there was not a moment that I was peers, and ready to strike the blow for my S:ste and the dependence of my country, let it lead to what it might, even if it led to blood and rum. (Great applause ) Thank God, the day is come; thank God, the war is 0] and we will conquer or perish. (Renewed applause.) They have vauntingly arrayed their twenty millions of men against us: they have oxultingly also ar. rayed their navy, and they have called us but a handful of men, @ weak and isolated 'y full of ide and what the call chivalry, and with the hated institution of slavery, as they sup- posed a source of weakness, too, but which, in fact, isa source of strength in war, and they have defled us. But wo have ralliea; we lave met them, and met them in the teeues they have tendered in their ses soe A which they expected to subjugate our country. e bave met them and we have conquered. ( reat ap- plause.) We bave defeated their twenty }, and we have made the proud ftiag of the stare and stripes, that never was lowered bojore to any nation on ths earth, we have lowered it in humility before tho Pal- metto and the Confederate flage, and wo have com, them to raise by their side the white flag, aad ask for aa honorable surrender. (Long continued appiaise.) They bave surrendered, and this fortress that was attempted to be a fortress for m, bas now become, as ite name indicates, a fortress for our independence. (Continued Be- sides, one of their most scientific officers on 26uh of last December, escaped from what he called a weak fort and untenable, and went over to this strong and powerful position because be could maintain hunseif, avd because it was pronounced the key of our harbor. He lett Vort Moultrie because it was untenable and at the merey of Sumter. He chose Sumter a his fortress We tovk the one he bad deserted, and with it whipped him to bus heart's content. (Fathusiastic cheeriog.) And this Proud fort of ours, 80 consecrated in the history of our country, bas again, on this 13th day of April, achieved our iudependence as it did in the momorable days of the Revelotion. (Renewed applause ) Yea, it was exnitingly proclaimed that wo had not the power todo it. We were ridiculed, and we were held up as the chivalry of this country, and an attempted to throw upen us even scorn and contempt. Fellow citizens, the danger may not yot be over, sud I would be the last man to counsel any premature or extreme measures. I never would coun- se) my fellow citizens in the day of proud victory to apything else but a nob'e forbearance and a noble generosity. The man who defend! tvat fort has many of the altributcs of a brave soldver. Let us not only show that we are & brave people, but a generous and a magoani- mous people, apd that we would not use any extreme or exulting language caloulated as vuworthy of a high-toned aod chivalrous race. (Applause) Remember that the danger is not yet over. Wo, perhaps, er ccmmenced tho opening of events that may not in our, day and generation. Remember that ‘0 is now a hoatile fleet of reven sail off your harbor, directed by bit; ter and malignant focs. They have come here proudly Scorning anicontemning your position. Thoy may at- for wo enter, but f say to them this nigut tn defiance let then como, let them come. If they do, although wo = not wrep them in flames, as we have Samter, wo will wrop them in the yayes and sink them too deep ever to be hed by pity or mercy. (Great applanse But tl nths ago T was Pidien fr ate ing to y the channel on Morris Island, ii Ws ridicules jor attempting to hold Fort Moultric under the fire of Sumter. I was ridiculed for attempting to keep out what they call the United states Navy. men, although our best men, thought it was a fruitless undertaking. But in the short period of threo months we have the channel fortifiea so that at this moment it aefies ihe proud navy of the United States. We have had @ great may and peculiar relations since tho 20th of December lat. Wo wok the load in comi out of the old Union, and in forming this now sont eracy. We, therefore, bad certain relations to those who wero to come out and stand by our side. We owed a great deal to thoae who were expected to come with us. ‘We were bound to consult their feel and their in- tereste, ond it wes due that we should forbearing as weil ag free. Wo are now one of the Confederate States, and they have sent us a brave and scientific officer, to whom the credit of this day’s triumph js due. Ho has to victory, and pe Rg nat ol Ma Si (Great econ? hope on to-morrow, Sabbath though it be, that under the protection of Providence, and under the orders of General Beauregard, commander of our forces from the Confederate States, you ehail have tre proud gratification of seeing the Palmetto flag raised upon that fortress, end the Confederate fing of these free and inde- pencent States side by side with it; and there they 1 Noat forever, in det of any power that man can Dring against them. (applauce.) We have humbied the (ing of tho United States, and as ioug as I have the honor to preside as your Chief trate, 80 help me God, there ig no power on this earth shall ever lower from that for- ‘trees tuose flags, unless they be lowered and trailed ina sea of bloed. (Vociferous applause.) I can here say to you it ia the first time in the history of this country that the stare and ee have beon humbied. It has tri- umphod for seventy years, but, to- on the 13th day ‘nampiad befor of April, it has been hambled, an the glorious little State of South Carolina. (Ap- a The stars and stripes have been lowered el your eyes this day, but there are no flames that spall ever lower the flag of South Carolina while I have the honor to preside as your chief magia- trate. And I pronounce here, before the civilized world, your indepencence is beptized in blood, your - cence is won upon a glorious battle field, and you are free, vow and er, in deflance of a world in arma, We have gone through, under the gaidance of Provideace, ro far enccersfully and triumphantly. Wo have met the danger and tho peril amid the sturm and the booming of cannon, and yet, wonderful to say, triumphant and glo iiove as the result bas born, there has nov been a single human being sacrificed in this cause so much identified with the liberty and the independence of our country, ‘This must be the Girger of Providence. We at tirst stood alone, but we are now in @ new confedorasy of States, calculated tp protect the peace and indepeadence of our country ,and at the same time to exercise a wiso forbear- ance and generous and manly conduct towards all other nations. All we ark is plain justice, liberality, hooor and truth from others, and al) we ever shall submit to is, and, trust, we ever shall extend to all others, the liberality, the Justice, the forbearance and moderation which bec me an enlightened and a great people. In the events which have developed themselves in tho last few days Wo aro at east without blame. This fort wae held up as the fortress by which we were to be surjagated and kept permanently under the contro! of @ government we had repudiated and that was odious tous. We made every advance that reagonab.e men coald make to ask for it porseesion. and there was nothing but the desire to subjugate that could at all make it an object of such im- pertance to be possessed by a governmeat frum which we bad withdrawn, It eupplies should be sustained, Under these circumstances, native but to meke the rad arme and the God of Rattles, and this day has triom- jhantly chown that we were right wrorg Now. fellow citizens, go to your homes. n«deate, and abetain from every ast and evory sonti- ment of extreme language or unwortby violence. Show ily freo, but Ube deserve to > united. A brave the weight of our metal upon any field the same time we can nobie magnanimity that al a breve T said on oceacion similar to ne ‘Tmemorable occasion ndenee ttrelf, jecersmeiirie, where ; : i & z : : i : 33 ; i 3 -y Lad not mean to say ultation, but as because South Carolina i i aad that [ the detaiis nnd allt points that might be neo only to save the lives of our brave men but to d the independence of my count and when the d come at the proper time to }, and to strike fo independent oAi J apy and at © let th sequences be what they may. applause. have now taught a great leazon to this confederac; is now clear for all purposes of justice, of equ and of common liberty, ow pate A Be Rp dllcongth os d purposes of injastice and fonaticiem, of inault and that thoge same institutions are powerless; and that they lose that power which comes from far as the American pedple are concerned u tent a imbecile, because the hear t of tho American people in reality, beatae for is right. (Immense cheering) We then stand the mght. We stand inalienable right upon the to choose their own institutions, and th rests upon the consent of the gove| and that ST tet that attempts ta 18 Consent not only is unjust toa b patriotic people, but that people power, and can conquer, and they [gegen ) lot mo say again, fellow am in rather a poor condition to speak at this night, under the confusion that comes from a and I return you my thanks. and hope that no events to sadden the future, but that rious day will ever be remembered, and the hearts of a grateful as to shew that by and firmness they not only can bo world that they deserve to be free, —— ) Governor then retired. Loud calla were mado for General others, but those were not t> duties requiring s o & be found, o Presence elsewhere, THE MASSACHUSETTS TROOPS, eae Sceme at the New Haven De: ‘The volunteers from Massachusetts arrived in Yesterday, en route to Washington, The advance o arrived by 11:10 train on the cvening previous, mediately set about making preparations for the b fasting of the main body when they should Providing for the transportation of the same o New Jersey Railroad. The Fifty-fifth regiment, arrived at the depot—having voluntarily offered services a8 egcort—hearizg that the troops wo be likely to be in the city before, at the earliest,| o'clock, marched back to the armory, leaving sentit keep watch in the event of an earlier arrival. zens that had assembled quietly withdrew to their to take a quiet nap for three or four hoars. Some representatives of the military companies of city kept on the ground, as did also of the fire companies. These omused themselves with singing tho “Star Banner,’ “Red, White and Blue,” and other scngs, varying tho cutertainment with dancing to astrumental music of one of the party. This was Jess done to keep off the effects of the ehilly air, from two o’clock until sunrise, was anything but ble to the lounger on the street. They next D hoisted a flag of the Union upon the depot building’ acroes Twenty -seventh street. They next visited hotels in the neighborhood, and requested the display their bunting. Thus in a harmless way passed the time. FIFTY-PIFTH REGIMENT. At four o’eloci:, with military panctuality, the h roll of the drnme of the Fifty-fifth regiment was b the distance, and the young mon formed a double advanced to meet them, giving them a cheer an came wear. fn aehort time tho regiment arrived at Letnebaa tite cenng me “enter cheers each f /nion, constitution and the fifth regiment. its staff officers the idablantertonse vivandiere, her parti-colored, yet national! dress, could be obser: usual, she was the pet and the priie of the reg! company of their /ouaves in their characteristic un! was also present. At this time there were at the depot sent the Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Twelfth, Sixty-ninth and ty first regiments, of New York, the Inspector of Becond brigade, also membcra of the Twenty-eighth gine, Twenty-ninth and sixty-first Hose companies. SHOW YOUR COLORs, After a short time the Fifty: fifth regiment were rarily dispersed, and ono of ite members, named Volk, visited a Dutch lager bier saloon im the hood with his gun in hie hand and bayonet fixed, timated that it would be better for the owner to his colors. “Yaw,” said Mynhoer of the saloon, gi excited. I shall get it oop, yaw,” and he by not only showing ono flag but three, fp by this time greatly increased. Nothing very particular occurred after ‘this until arrival of tho express train at 6:20 4. M. News no rived by the baggage master and express agent that cars in which the troops wore had been passed at 3 field, and cou'd not positively arrive before oight o'c The crowd therefore ‘soon dispersed again, and the © nel of the Pifty-fifth, being doubtful whether the eachusetts regiment would even reach the city hy time, thought it better to march his command p the armory aud there dismiss them, much to the pointment of many of the men, who wished to do ho to the expected volunteers. f About seven o’cleok the people began to reassem witb, perbaps, more comfort, for it was decidedly w: er than it bad been « few hours previonsty, Among th who were about the dopot was one who bad a large of risgo biat ket thrown over nis shoulde-s, the devioo which was the stars and etripes—as the portrait patat would say—life size, At about half-past seven o’elect| detachment of the Twenty that Wara Potics, noder F. ©, Speight, marched up to the depot, . THE ARRIVAL, Ehortly before eight o'clock the long wished for arrived. The first, or baggage car, got safely int> depot—the baggage beiny taken charge of by ‘nd exprets, The next car unfortunately got off the What was to be done now? Nothiog more nor teas for the troops to got ont of their cars whe on the aves ond in a few instances the road would have bosn all | better for the super vision of our Street Commigsionar| Hercules Rackley, When tho fest company made th appearance from the cars, they wore greeted wigh thosinetic cheers for the “Old Bay State, "gj anit each of the others left their resting pi of the previous nights, and marched up to form on T ty-seventh street, they were in a like manner greeted. THE MARCH, Having all formed in doubie line, an order was givon| mare, the drum corps giving the necessary military