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Show TELEGRAPHIC NEWS BY PONY. The pony which arrived on the 20th inst, brought the following very Interesting Interest-ing Intelligence from Charleston and Washington, and the principal cities of the Rcrth and South: In the coursoof written correspondence between Gen. Ueauregard and Major Anderson, the latter states? "I bare the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication demanding the evacuation of this Fort, nnd to say in reply" thereto, that it is a demand with which I regret that my sense of honor, and my obligations to my government, prevent my compliance. Probably-1 will await tho first shot, and if you do not batter ns to pieces, we will be starved out in a few days." A dispatch from Charleston states that intercepted dispatchas disclosed the fact that Mr. Fox, who had been allowed to visit Major Anderson on the pledge that hia purpose was pclfie, employed his op-Krtunity op-Krtunity to devise a plan for supplying the fort by force, and tbat the plan had been adopted by the Washington government, govern-ment, and Was in progress of execution. the Finar crs fibed, A later dispatch from Charleston, dated April 12th, says that the batteries of Sullivan's Ulund, Morris Islaud, and other points were opened on Fort Sumter Sum-ter at 4 o'clock that morning. Fort Sumter returned the fire, and a brisk cannonading was kept up. The military were under nrms, and the whole of the population were on the streets, and every available space facing the harbor was filled with anxious spectators. specta-tors. Of the nineteen batteries in position, only seven had opened Croon Fort Sum- tcr, The. remainder were hsid'trt reserve for, the expected! fleet. , Thd floating battery tfdrk'ctwcW.! Fir-teen Fir-teen io cigV?n "shots itrnck If jrilhont ;eflect, V , ; . '.. A St. Louis dlspat'h ori tho everting of the 13th states that tho regular Washington Washing-ton dispatch of that moaning, dated JO M D'clockj states' that nt Intervals of twenty; mlnntes, firing had been kept tap all night oil Fort Sumter, r. , , Major Anderson had ceased'Urlng from Sumter at, 0 ofclock' lit, the evening. JVlI flight he had been engaged In., repairing damages nnd protecting tho barbette guns- Ho commenced to return tho fire nt seven o'clock that mdniln'g, ., Fort.Siimter seemed tq bo greatly disabled; dis-abled; The battery on CummtngVPoint tliad done Fort Snmtcr grcat;damage. , At" 9, o'clock .thnt morning a dense moko poured out from, ;Fort Sumter. Tlio.fcdcruf flag was .at, half mast signalling sig-nalling distress '' -' Tlie shells from Fort Moultrie nnd ' the hattcrics.on' Morris ,Island were Jailing Into Major Anderson's strongest hold, thick and fast. .. - ' ; ' Tho'canhoiinuing ws gdmg on fiercely from oil points, from' tho vessels outside and-atl along tho'coast. . . .'' "Charleston "dhipalchcs. of April '.14th; reports that two oft Mn'or Andcrsdn'tf magazines had exploded., ;Thd Morris Island battery, was doing heavy work;. ' ,'"'' . ., . ' ' Jt wBs. thought th'ai .nly the emallef magazines had cSpIqdciL. ." .. , : '.The greatcst.cxcltcinent'pfeyniled, Tlie wimrves, steeples nnd cvcry "hvaiable plaiff was packed with people; "V ' Tho United States', ships were'' in ; the dlUngj but had not aided Major-Anderson. " -' rv',; . , r ShcllsfromtCnmming's Point mid 'Fort Moqltrio.wcre'btitttirig In nnd ovcr Fort Sumter its' quick, succession! -The -.federal n.ag.stiir wavctt," ' Major Anderson' was ohly occupied in pu'ttlng'duVfircsI'4 Every ihdt oh Fort' S'unitcr 'seemed ' t'p" tell se- rittWtx?-ji - ,, ' ' riUhe people wero.nnxiQnsIr looking for Major Anderijdtt" to strike hi flag; ' ' Ifw"as stated, from-'reliable source?, that np to lO d'clotk ridone at" Mdullrie was killed; "The'lfcw shbts.fired hy Major Ander son'ehrly In the-' morning knocked the chimneys;' from 'tW officers quarters a Moultrie like "the whirlwind; Two-.strips were making In towards; Morris Island, wltlt'a view to, land' troops and silence the .batteries., '' ""' ' Fort Sumter-was undoubtedly on fire. The Bamea we're rngtrig all around' it. Major Anderson -had thrown out n raft, loaded wltli men, who were passings up buckets of water to; extluguisb tho fire. Tlie fort was Scarcely disccnmble. The men on the raft, were objects of fire from Morris Island: with glasses, balls could be seen skipping over the water, striking the onprotected raft. It was surmised that Major Jlnderson was gradually Wowing up the fort. He scarcely fired n giin, At half past eleren o'clock flames were bursting from oil the port holes. The destruction of Fort Sumter was Inevitable, Inevit-able, Tbc largest appeared to be engaging engag-ing Morris Islaud. Tho flames had nenr-enWdfd nenr-enWdfd Jn Somlor. lint, M-jur Andor-son, Andor-son, was not firing his guns. The rilled cannon of tho battery did great cxccntlou on Snmtcr, and were all aimed .Into Anderson's port holes. Three of Sumter's barbette guns were, dismounted, dismount-ed, one of "which was a ten Inch colum-biad. colum-biad. Another correspondent says that the bombardment had closed. Major Anderson Ander-son had hauled down the stars and stripes, nnd displayed a white flag, which had been answered from tho city, nnd n boat was on the why to Sumter, The hreaches made In Sumter were Ir the shlo opposite to Curamhigt Point, . Two of tho port holes were knocked Into one, and the wall from the top Vas crumbling. A Chnrlcston dispatch of the 13th, via Augusta, reported that Sumter had surrendered. sur-rendered. The Confederate nag was floating from its walls; Sumter unconditionally surrendered. The people were wild with joy. A dispatch from Montgomery on the 13th States that Gen. Beauregard telegraphed tele-graphed to the Secretary of War, tho night before, that there bad been heavy firing all day, Friday the 12th; that fonr gnns of Fort Sumter had becu dismounted; dismount-ed; that the Confcdrato batteries were all safe; that nobody was hurt; that four steamers were off the bar. and that tho Sea was quite rough, Mujor Anderson's command was to evacuate on Sunday morning the 14th, and to embark on the war vessels In the harbor. Five of Anderson's men were wounded; one of them thought to be mortally. mor-tally. It was reported that Anderson surrendered surren-dered because bis quarters and barracks were destroyed, and he bad no hojie of re-lnforccmcnt. The fleet lay by thirty hours, and could not, or would not, help him. -Jlis men vrcre prostrated by overexertion. over-exertion. The explosions heard at Sumter were caused by a lot of shells igniting. The barracks caught fire three times from hot shot from Fort Moultrie. Further accounts state tbat Major Anderson An-derson nnd his mcntvere to leave on Sunday Sun-day night, tho 14 th, on tho Isabel, for New York. The fleet was still outside. tlOW THE NEWS WAS RECttVIP. The feeling throughout the country on the reception of the war news was intense. in-tense. Gov, Spragne, of Rhode Island, had tctideredstbo services of tho marine artillery, artil-lery, and one. thousand infantry, and offered to accompany them himself. The war news from Charleston created a profound sensation at Boston and throughout Massachusetts. Tlie adjutant-general's adjutant-general's office was. crowded with officers oi me siaie uituiia, ouering their commands com-mands to the government. A" extensive war feeling hud been aroused. There was great extfteroeut in Cincinnati, Cincin-nati, and basinets was comparatively neglected. ne-glected. At New Orleans, a grand muster of the city volunteer companies was made that mbrnjug. Preparations were making to defeud the Mississippi lit the best possible manner. At Kashrlllo there was much enthusiasm. enthusi-asm. At a public meeting on tho night of the 13th, resolutions were Unanimously .Mcpted,coBelW, the idmti...? foHhe ptoof .ffS. ' puthislug.with the South. '"'MJ At LiniMster.lV, the n, . 1 son. VoJkmteers were befnkjL At ,Pk4lkdeIphi.the w2 Z& fempant. Titt regiments of SStS fee ready ,t;BMreh m a fewdavs. Governor Morton,, of iadli. 1 . possessloivonnforwatioa fremS thd State Indicating V panics Wbcmg formed trtlhL ,' -that0,000 meii Tconld U eIW pond to any call for their ' fehding the iiatlonal flag' T" " Tjie news from -the Boat cJQpL . tnoSt ihtse feelihgat Erfc S-L"! . P"1'" e-M'rmcd; their 'deterai2lSf stand by the government and sffi ; v" suprcmacy.dt tlld Viiited Statw'!ff'4i tho Volunteer compahtoi would 3&I? X rvIces to the.geverBment oaZS A !!0 m news of tliesSi-. ' fif' Sgraier;creatc4.n;rroroaHd t2t Itqant'firstdiscreditedrbBt1 : dispatehes Brrived confirm'iKt perts,.the wltcrnVnt walTafflft " hold the government in tnforels ttj ;.?At! Ay,it;,avriore4'iat: .vcrnor Morgan had received fron, thqi-restdeiit AtfiJftSp J the. State. . ?!m 1 - vtnuwM CdmitssTosiam-t,, t!,e Tjrginia. Convention ComaUtT , , repots, his. purpose to hold, weeW'JS possess the property Wl places belffi V,'S.7rP.men, 'd to.-collttK ' duties Onjimportsj but not to Bse fw, except whcij necessary for-thU oh? - rmMent-'XIncole reptyto tlie T' ginia .-Commissioners ' as?deeiledlv' tL" satisfactory 4d the republicans' auai-5." crata. The former think it bm AW! enough,-and the .latter lid Utah Uie initiation of civil-war, ' iVlrgfolaCdi'ivcntioh, 'Cirte nnd Early'dcprcca'ted 'tiie at'tioB of 8eSf-Carolina; 8eSf-Carolina; in firidg'on ShmteVa4l. pressed devotion-to'thstars'aad ttrlM.-Tlie ttrlM.-Tlie seccssidhlsfs' renlled,,npplaM!iig Su-gallantry Su-gallantry of South' Cardllml, 8n'd eblaU that, .whatevcr-the convention did Statu.vvduld;"gdr out of. tne'uaioB,. ' m governor. communicated aldispatch km' Gov. rickctis, giving nit account of, ft ' bomhardment, Saying there" was a iaim fire on us from Sumter; but we wiil tiks v the tort and can sink the fleet ifsnsW ! tempt is made to land elsewhere; Yf can whip tbcm, We. have nearly 1 W ef the best troops in the world, and a rt-servo rt-servo of 10,000. TVc will triumph perish. Let mo know what Ylrgiali will do. In tho debate, it was said the Softb-crn Softb-crn onuy would march through Vireiais, and thousands would join It. wasui.votox The regular troops nt Woshingtos?tre ordered to proceed to the outskirts cf Ihe city, to watcii every avenue, while tbe volunteers, recently ronstcred, gnsnkd the armories uud public buildings,, , Arraligemcuta had bcu tuadoat lfJ-i ! ington'to concentrate the military'ai any tlireatclicd point. Tho national volunteers had passed resolutions re-solutions denouncing tho military. openV lions of the government, expressing tWr sympathy with the secessionists. v 5 j 'Die guards nt the departmenl hsd been largely increased. " raocuuATiox. 4, Dispatches" from Washington 'do ;tii 14th, give information that, the Prestlest had determined In carrying out the' peficy' or his iuangural, and. would proceed -at otice to resist tho ! action1 of ihe'Confedtr-ate ihe'Confedtr-ate States. Ia a proclamation that he had Issued, he says; " ' ' llltercat, The laws of the Hblted States have been,, and are now, opposcd.ln;sV-; opposcd.ln;sV-; ral States, by combinations tdo powerfal to bo suppressed In the ordinary way,;'! therefore cull for the militia of the (evetsl States of the Union, to the agsregits number of 75,000, to suppress said coav binations, and to execute the laws,' ' I appeal to nil loyal citizens to facilitate facili-tate and aid this effort to maiataln'the laws and the integrity of. the national Union, and the perpetuity of popnler'gb vcrnmcntB, and to redress wrong that have long been endured, The first service assigned to the fores will bo to repossess tho forts, places atf property that have .been seized from tie i Union. The utmost care wiirbe taken, consistent with the object, to avoid fltt tutlon and destruction, or lntcrfereect with tlie property of peaceful cltnseBS, a any part of the country, and I' hereby command persons composing theaforeisla. combinations, to' disperse within twstj tdays from date. ! I hereby convene both Houses' of Co gress, for the 4th "df." July next.ito-'deter-mino upon measures which ti ,Jr safety and Inlcres.t'demand,' T V; AiudnAU LKCOur, By the President, WttitAM H. Sewabd, Secretary eJStstt. 1TISCEILAKI0C9. An extra session of tho Coafsdw' Congress had been called for April 89 It was rumorod that an attack'jeaw bo attempted on Fort Delaware, MT hind. Tho War Deportet ki t steps to prevent it Five officers of tho navy.had.1es' their resignations, and they we reTs Their names would prebably.be strif from the list, J, The 7th and 60th regiments msW tecrcd their servicb tor the def Washington. |