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the Dispatch.] Charleston, April 12, 1861. And such another day never dawned on America, nor, perhaps, upon the world. The birth-day though it is of the immortal Clay, yet it shrouds the nation and the world in mourning, not on account of the slain, but that the same family should be so alienated and enraged with each other, that an engagement in deadly strife should be the result.--I write at 10 o'clock P. M., and will try to describe the scenes of the day. Last evening Gen. Beau-regard demanded Fort Sumter, and it was denied. At 3 o'clock A. M. he visited Maj Anderson in person, to see if some arrangement could not be made to save the effusion of blood. Major A. would enter into no negotiations. At 4:27 A. M. the first gun was fired, and in quick succession another. An interval of 15 minutes and off go two others. Three war steamers reported outside last night must be about to enter, and the batteries are playing upon them. Off goes the fifth. Its d