| Show from the charleston courier Courie rj J the E evacuation of moultrie major anderson has achieved the unenviable distinction of opening civil war between american citizens by an act of gross breach of faith and he has virtually and grossly vio a solemn pledge given by his chief and accepted by houth bouth carolina that he had all tos gos possible possible sible sibie assurance from south carolina that his is honor position and duty would be respected until a proper and open declaration of war the ile evacuation of moultrie commenced a little after sundown on the themen men were ordered to hold themselves in readiness with knapsacks packed but up to the moment of leaving had no idea of abandoning the fort they were reviewed on parade and were then ordered to two schooners ners lying in the vicinity i where they embarked taking with them all the necessaries stores etc several trips were made during the night under cover of which a great part of the provision sand camp furniture were transported A greater portion of the labor expended on fort moultrie was upon the citadel or center of the west point of the position this citadel major anderson had strengthened in every way loopholes loop holes were cut and everything so arranged that in case a well concerted attack was made he would have retired from the outer bastions to the citadel and afterwards blown upahl up the ather portions of the fort for this purpose mines had already been sprung and trains laid ready for the application of th the 0 match the barrack rooms and every oart dart of the fort that thai was indefensible eart avd ave gone at a touch anthe on the tha ramparts of the fort oraf f frontin renting w fort sumpter were ivere nine 8 inc co columbi lumblad ads si mounted on wooden carr carriages figes As soon as the evac evacuation evacuate uati on was completed these carriages were burnt and the guns thereby dismounted these guns as well as those forming the en entire armament were spiked before the fort was abandoned thy thib this is the on only ly damage d done 0 ne to the fortifications further than cutting down the flagstaff and breaking up of ammu 1 to form ram raib ramparts parts parta on the walls of the fort I 1 th the confusion j could no have ben more codac complete t e had bad the late occupants retired in the face of a besal ln foe toe entire piare piave was littered up with the e odd odds sends vend lend and frag fragments merits of wars wara the spiked guns and those dismantled b by y the ile barning anin pt of the car caro o ria rig biages will 1 soon b be e I 1 in a condU iop lop ion lon to respond to anito any hostile stile deman I 1 against I 1 the tho place placey r 11 nw rr 4 i a 1 THE C OF THE union 01 to the recent census census theol the len jen principal cities of the Uhlon r rank ank in n population on aso follows new York ls aj bro baltimore jtb orleans ath st louis fth cincinnati 1 1 kho u chicago 0 jtb gab jtb f buffalo loth 1 |
