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A French paper relates a touching Inci•
dent of the campaign. While a Sister of
Charity was tninistering to a dying soldier
on the field of battle, a cannon ball struck
her and killed her on the spot.
Dead on the corpse-strewn battle plain
Where war's dread work Is Jun.:,
She lies, amid the, heaps of slain,
The pure and holy lime.
• Slie saw tile stricken soldier full,
And, ere the strife was o'er,
Hilo rushed, unifeedlng blade or hall,
To staunch Ills flowing gore;
To gently raise ills drooping head,
To cool hie lips of flame—
To whisper, ere his spirit lied,
The Saviour's holy Illtlue:
And on from tele to 1,110 to let.,
Midst those Who living yet,
Lav groaning on the erlins'ined grass
Their 1,10011 had wet:
With salnuy iovo and tenderfies.,
Their suffering hearth to aid,
Whate'er the color of the dress
Through which theft Wolllicle Were uuoL ,
And—ln whatever form of speveil
They prayed to God Immo
Unto their dying lips to reach
The elehlele or Ills love.
But oil, the battle's thuuJ r. rlug swell
Had rolled not far away,
And still the eiltrclercele Ic•C I
Where cloud mei ilyll,g bev',
Bullets, come wile4llov, hy,
Huge shot tole tip the grcelll—
And shells, 111, meteors iron] on 1114/1,
Spread lush , l ot ruction romel.
Him Illnehed not while thee //tlled pa , l,
Nor turned 111,11,1.1 /1.,i111•;
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WlnHe hlpr..4 \Vol,
In an unfatllng rrenrd kept
Tnese tiling, shall in•vi.t.
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Alisrclancom
Fort Sumter
Fact. hu Itrint ..... to the Expetllllota Or
114,14 i by the Allotitsittlrot ..... of Prett.
Itlettt. Lincoln for lilt! Relief of hit
Gorriotott 11t Fora S . er.
Extracts trout helaatxy, art ale No
ember, 1,75.
No question that presented itself dur
ing the four eventful years of his ail
iiiiiiiistration gave Pr•sidont Lincoln
greater annoyance and embarrassment
than the ilitllctilt one relating to Fort
Sumter and its garri , on, \w Mich Wet
hilt) ILL the verve thre:41.(1(1((f 11k
dent ial career. Ile had said iu his i
augural address, :LIM honestly uud sin
cerely intended, that " the power con
fided to we will lie used to hold, erlu-
Ity and possess the sad places
belonging to the tiovertinient, and to
collect the duties and imposts ; but he
yolid what nmy Lc uecess:u•y
objects there Will be no invasion, tiii
timing or rorooogoiost er :inning the Ise,-
pie anywhere."
11Ir. Lincoln adopted a forbearing and
conciliatory course, and indulged a hope
longer than mi.( of his friends, that
reconciliation could he effected. 11,•
persisted in Ilk resolution to e.);11allsl
all peaceable means, and miller no cir
cunistanees ill be age:lies:iv, lint the
question in relation to Sunder anti the
condition of the garrison W:l5 elnietr
rassitig. If lie sent troops and attempt
ed to reinforce .111dersom it
would he claimed on one hand to he a
fultlllnient of the assertion that Inc in
tended to subjugate the South. till the
utiler hand, many of his impulsive liut
inconsiderate supporters demanded that
lie should adopt instant measures to re
inforce the garrison—the very step
which his opponents wi , heil him to
take.
On the morning of the itth of March,
HUI, two days after the inauguration,
the lion. Joseph Holt, who continued
to discharge the duties of Secretary of
IVar, called on me at the Navy Depart
ment, with the enmitliwo u t.e of Lieut.
General Scott, :old regue,ted nit at
tendance at the War Department 01l
matters of special importance. I
went with hint immediately to the of
fice of the Secretary of N't'ar, where
were several persons elniven NI, as I soon
learned, by order of the Pre,ident.---
Among them were Generals Scott and
Totten and two or three rittonbers or the
Cabinet.
Generals Scott commeneed by stating
that important, I
esp . atelies had been re
ceived trom Major Anderson in relation
to the condition of the garrison at Fort
Sumter, which the President had di
rected hint to submit to the Secretaries
of War and Navy. Ile proceeded to
comment on the perilous situation of the
country, and the difficulties:old embar
rassments he had experienced for
months; related the measures and pre
cautions he had taken for the public
safety, the advice and warnings he had
given to President Buchanan,
unfortunately, had made less impression
than the etnergeney demanded. Inner
counsels than this had prevailed. In
stead of meeting the crisis at the (lan
mencement, or preparing for the storm
which threatened us, a passive course
had been adopted, and the public mind
was now greatly inflamed. lie hail, he
said, with the knowledge of Secretary
Holt, taken the responsibility of tirgiin
izing and ordering a small military
force to be present at the inauguration,
for the protection of the (buvernment.
and for the security of the ;Lrehives and
public property. This force wa,, how
ever, insufficient for tile public safety
should a con Met take place,and lie would
not conceal from us his apprehensions
that one was imminent, :did perhaps
inevitable.
The despatches froni Minor t010r,.11,
which were received en the 4th of
March, contained in tel dis
tressing charaeter. 'l'lley infornmil the
Government that his supplies were al
most exhausted, and that Lillie, provis
ions could he received tv itliin six weeks
the garrison would tie de:AMU, and
must evacuate the fort.
s * „
Memoranda were submitted front
Major Anderson, in which all the offi
cers under his command united, ex
pressing his professional opinion that
Fort Sumter could not be relieved and
reinforced with less titan twenty thou
sand good and well-disciplined men.—
These views were fully endorsed by th••
military gentlemen who were consulted,
and had great influence On tile Presi
dent und Cabinet.
Mr. Seward from the commencement
doubted not only the practicability of
reinfacing Sumter, but the expediency
of any attempt to provision the garri
son, therein diMring from every one of
his colleagues, though iu perteci accord
with Gen. Scott. The subject in all its
aspects was less novel to him than the
rest of us, and from some cause his con
clusions were wholly unlike the others.
If not indifferent, he had none of the
zeal which inspired his colleagues, but
scented to consider it an unimportant or
settled question. The insurgents had
possession of Fort Moultrie, Castle
Pinckney, and in fact all the defences of
Charleston; what benefit, he asked,
could we derive from retaining this
isolated fortress if it were possible to do
so?
Mr. Blair, on the other hand, who was
scarcely less familiar with the whole
supject than Mr. Seward, was emphatic
and decisive from first to last that Sum
ter should be reinforced at any cost Or
any sacrifice.
The members of the Cabinet, with the
exception of Messrs. Seward and Blair,
coincided in the views of the President,
and like him were embarrassed by the
question presented. They were united
in the opinion that the Federal author
ity must be asserted and maintained,
but under the circumstances deprecated
hatty coercive measures, and, unless it
became absolutely necessary, were un
willing in view of the military counsels
to resort to force to provision the fort.
Commodore Stringham and Comman
der Ward, after investigating the sub-
.0. - ..... - /[) . t 3e(itt/tOtet
VOLUME 71
ject, ascertaining the number of batter
ies to be encountered and obstacles to be
overcome, and listening to the argument
of General Scott, united with him In the
expression of their opinion that it would
be unadvisable to attempt to relieve
Sumter. Commander Ward therefore
returned on the .12th of March to his
duties in Brooklyn.
Th e supplies in the fort were getting
low when Mr. Banton, the former busi
ness partner of the President, who had
been sent as aspecial and trusty messen
ger to Major Anderson, after the visit
and report to Mr. Fox, returned on the
28th of March and stated it would be
impossible to reinforce the garrison,
and that the provisions on hand would
be exhausted by the 151.11 of April, but
a little over two weeks from that date.
On receiving this information from
Lamm), the President declared he would
send supplies to the garrison, and if the
secessionists forcibly resisted, on them
would he the responsihility of initialing
hostilities. This conclusion, though it
conflicted in some degree with the views
of the military' gentlemen, he felt to he
a political necessity. lie could, con
sktently with his convictions of his
duly, and with the policy which I, Lad
enunciated in his inaugural, order the
evacuation of ;-lutriter; and it would he
inhuman on his to permit the herd,
garrison to he starved into a surrender
without. an attempt. to relieve it.
The :: - 101:1'1,1111'y 1:1 Male NV:LS till:
unniiher of the Caldin L win) did not
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He dui WO, hilWovt•r, nive oarne,t
apprnval, but in ae , ihic , clw.r reititratcd
ttli,d he i cd d —that thc
ailempt it wade tenuld une., a failure ;
that, OW 1 . :11111: , W:i11111 ,trchtrthen the
,ece:,:ad and weal:en the (;dvern
ni,•ht thdt in the intilnik
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Prc-ident tvaq dcehl,l iu
the !hal ,rhateeer ',HI)t he the
military ;ell, c(1/1 . 1111,110,1iffil,
111.1:::.--:1:1:•• :11111 111- , duly roiaircd
limit there ,houhl he an attempt hi rcht•
r,rue the ishirri-nn.
On the nest day, thercf”re, I received
the 1n11,,,t ing oniminicatinn:
hixt•cr Max-ins, Nflrch 1,61,
tint: I I Onirlf that. Itn
by t re.ly IM I.:triy liit.
;111 Irl .‘lorli IltlXt, thu 1%11 , 10 :Iceol,llllz to
ilioliloi111,111111(111 . 1.sOri; uuJ that. Cnit,-
,perate tcitlt ill NV0.t . 1 . ,. twat
Your obedient. s,rvatit.,
(Mffilomul.ht.)
Navy I,..partnwilt ;It
N4tr6hlk, Lha Pawnpti at and
revennot•llLlVl• I larrit•t I.alw at N , ,," Virrk,
ht he , reailV
SC:1111011
leaving the ri.,,iving Ship nl Nt•tv
War 1/I.llartllll.llt—TNV.llllllliirvil 111011 al
NPw burl: ready to IPave
Uno year'," slim, Ln br I II iti n pi,rtalth•
form.
This communication and inomoramitt
from the President were my tnitliorily
t,,r proeop•pling to lit out all
ill Vi/11 . 11111VIiilll with the \Vat' Depart
ment to l'einloree l'ort Sunder. A, the
object ,vas to relieve a military garrison
the expedition a Military Inte,
and (ya, under the control and direction
of the NV:Li• I)epartinotit. The 'Peeretary
4 \v4. speviallyconintip , sioned)lr. I , ox
•-1 hen a 'private citizen of :‘hts,.44-
,4i,, but ~/11112 weeks alter the termina
tion of Sumter expedition made A.
-is . taipt Seeretary the :avy—atitl LP;ave
him his written imtruction,.
steanieir Powhattaii, t
which arrived in New Yuri: while
these in:titers pending, :tad hall been
onicrcl Milt cotnitti,,ion, Nvai
ti) the vt.,,,21 , enumerated in Lill' 111ent
iranila, her ;11111 craw were
iletinieil indispensable for landing the
just returned
filial a criti-ie and greatly needed rr
it NViIS hclicvc,l, Lc
nir this brief i.iereiee iit
tlitTef,re Scilt
tlie 1-L cif April to [lie
tionimantlant of the l.ruu layu navy yard,
revolting the order l,y whicli her ollicers
were liettli_ilititt pat out but
coniarksion :
NVASIIINI/lON. .I.lol'il I.
II. , ..01V1•11 P. Al. ;
Dcparti!lent revi,kos its ,no.lerf.ir the
detadmielit of tine ,•liirers the P..wliataii
awl the transit., taint di..llal - 4ellr her error.
11,,141 her inn readines, sea SOrVit•o.
DErIN :•,evretar . N - ..Ithe Navy.
After m'ith the Pri.siticlit.
uvhn \ vas earnest. and deeply interest,l
in the expedition, I sent the folhoving
additional anti peremptory telegram:
W.,IIINIiTON, U. C. A krii,
t;;:o P. AI .
Fit kali. Po \Vltataii L., qu It; .r.l at tilt
Nest pin,il)l(.lnloittvill.
1;11,E.o; NVELLE , , tierrclary urtl/P Navy
I;ut :\ Ir. Seward was very per
sistent, declariug at the ,:itue tinu , it
would be nitwit wore advi,ttlde to rei -
1 . 01%, :111 , 1 Sumpter. It was,
lie elnitned praelieal.,le le save l'iekeu-,
but abuuhl there be it conflict it \vas /lI
rOSSCIiIY ble to retail' Sumter.
Otte wotthl IL Nra,le ellort aril eller
be con , iilered it 11, the
itionstration, iuiliatiiiq war—‘eliile tile
other would he it peaceable awl etri...-
tive 1-nov12111(.1th
It teas admitted that, in the event of
tsar, it won'd be necessary to strength
en both positions; hut there was no im
mediate call for additional forces at
Piekens, fora large part ..0 the home
6411.1adr01l was already oil Pensacola.
Aid to Pickens Neati ant therefore furth
er discussed, though the subject was not
wholly relinquished.
On the 3.lth. of \Larch, the day sw
eet...ling my instructions front the Pres
ident, orders were issued to the onus
mandants of the Itrooltlyn, IVashing
ton and Norfollt yards to
. prepare the
vessels named for service. Seamen on
the la.eeiving ship whom the iitt%;y .1(.-
1,111'011121t had destined for Norl.lk were
diverted to the Sumter expedition, anti
energy and ncti city stimulated all who
in ;toy way ,cure conver-ant synths ta..
subject.
\\*lt:never arraizentent- had been
made by the retiring Administration to
abstain front tile exercise of b'ederal au
thority in the:seceding Iviiat
evor 11.ky
\\,..(11 :not the
ili,ltrgeld leader:, \Vial tilt, i:litOeletige
and assent u,'auy olie or Illort• ),er, , 011,
becalne of the Lincoln
Administration. are matters whi..qt it is.
111111cee,Saly to tii,ell-, , at this tittle. It
Las been stated by Senator \Vilson
\lassachusetts that I\l r. s.tanton, w h ile
a member of Mr. limit:titan's 'abinet. it.
the %vitae'. of " put hinist.lC iu
eollitnilllicatioll whit tile ReptibliCann
ill rollgre,,, :ltd kept Well ill rorlll
- of What Was
. goilig On in the councils
of the Administration directly relating
It, the dangers or the country." And
Mr. l'hurlow \\'eett has avowed and
eommended " the coalition then formed
by .Messrs. Seward and i....tanton." 1
have no doubt, although I teas 110 t
aware of the faet at that time, that, I\lr.
Standen communicated " what Wad go
ing ou in the councils or the Adminis
tration " in the %%litter ()r 15111, notwith
standing his colleague, :\ Ir. Plead: gtit.s
tions the truth of Senator Wilson's
statement. -
On the :Ali of March, ;tressrs. john
Forsyth, Martin J. Crawford, awl A. IS.
Roman, purporting to he commissioners
duly accredited by the Government of
the Confederate States of America :is
commissioners to the Uovernmen I of
the United States," appeared in Wash
ington, and on the 11th asked, through
a distinguished Senator, an unofficial
interview with the Secretary of State.
This request was " respectfully declin
ed ;" and on the same day they address
ed him a written communication, which
was received at the State Department
on the 13th, stating that " Seven States
of the late Federal Union having, in the
exercise of the inherent right of every
free people to change or reform their
political institutions, and through con
ventions of their people, withdraw from
the United States and reassumed the
attributes of sovereign power delegated
to it, have formed a government of their
own." They proceeded to say they de
sired a speedy adjustment of all ques
tions, etc., and asked au early day to
present their credentials to the President
of the United States. An answer dated
the 15th of March was, it is stated in a
postscript, by consent of parties, not de
livered until the Bth of April. Personal
understanding commenced underßuch
anan appears to have been continued
into the administration of Lincoln. The
memoranda when delivered declined
to comply with the request of " the
commissioners," and informed them the
Secretary of State " has no authority
nor is he at liberty to recognize them
as diplomatic agents or hold correspon
dence or other communication with
them." In the interim, however, be
tween the 13th of March and the Bth of
April, communication, it has been ad
mitted, was had by the Secretary of
State with the commissions through the
Hon. John A. Campbell, then an As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States, in the presence of
Judge Nelson of New York, also one of
the Judges of the Supreme Court. The
memoranda of Mr. Seward, delivered on
the Bth of April, called out an answer
on the following day—the 9th of April—
from the commissioners, who State :
"In the postscript to your (the Secretary
of State's) memorandum you say it was
delayed, as was understood, with their
( Messrs. Forsyth and Crawford's) assent.
This is true ; but it Is also true that on
the 1.5111 of March, Me•srs. Forsyth and
Crawford were assured by a person oc
cupying a high official position in the
Uovernment, and Who, as they believed,
was speaking by authority, that Fort
Stunted! would be evacuated within a
very few days. . On the first of
. .
April we were again informed that there
ought "be an attempt to supply Fort
Sumter with provisions, but that Gov
ernor Piekens should have previous no
tice of the attempt. There wits 110 sug
gestion of reinforcements."
The following is putt of a published
letter of J telge Campbell to the S..ere
tary of State, dated April 13, 1'7;61, rela
tive to those irregular negotiations or
isininninications between tile Secretary
of :-Aate and the insurgents:
CiTV, April 13, 1 , 61.
SI : I 111 Li,u 13th of JLurh ultihn,, I lilt
ith.ludgo Uno,vronl, time nl Oho 141015tis
,i,krwrs oh Lilo l'onft,lt•rato State:, a 14010 in
~ vriting to tlw
100 l Nair° 1,111010114 . ,dart Fort Soot
for wii I ho ovikoono..l liiiXt
Ana this nioastiro ittipt,ing groat
tho
that 11 , , iiwasure
cicui_iuC lilt 0 X ktilllr projtidicially
In Lill! 5,,11111,,rn Cdulialurac atatls iv at
I pr,,,,,,litootiWnlidated.
" I tool all untiru cooldlonoo that an int
onaliato doom.' Ilty all lilt, 1,111-
1111111iCallinll 110
prod ucti ca (wit anti 11 , 11.1 r fond. Ido not
holitoa3 that it might at Lill. lisle to
'rho cul,st:uuro Cur this statuuuuleaut I emu
. unuiluicuattuut to you the same evening by let
ter. Five days elapsed, and I called with
tele4rain from (ion. Ituanregard to the
uulhaut that :SIM] Its 11" t evacuated, but
that lajor Anderson was :ut work making.
repair,
• Tim next day. alter conversing . with von,
I emumuni,wed 111 Jihigu
writing that the failure to evacuate Sumter
was not the result of hati 110111, but was at
tributable to 0311,4,1 COUSISIOIIt With till , in
tention to 1111111 11111 enga4ennint, awl that
as rei.utrileil l'irkens I should have notice
•nt any design to alter the existing . status
1 Wore. Mr. .1 usti, Nelson was present at
•
these iinversatiiins, three in number, and
1 submitied to him each of my written
~1111111111il'ati011ti to .luthre aril
informed Judge I. that they lied his I.Judge
Nelson's) sanction. I gas, yon nn the
of March a SIII,St;111Lial 4 . .,py of the state
' mem I. had made on the
I The 3tair of March arrived, an.l at that
time a telegram came 11.t111 ii , ,verner
enquiring . concerning Colonel Lumen,
whose. v],it to Charleston he supposed had
a 4 . 4111111,eLi1nl with the proposed evararalien
!of Fort Sumter. 1 lets that with you, trod
wa; ft,lloWillg
day (ht .if Aprir (in the April
reetrivial from you the statement in writ
! " I ;MI :,:lti.Slll,l the ~, ,V (21. 1 1111ellt sit
not 1111t1Ortal:e to supply Fort :iinriter with
! out.S.; . ivinq notice to !; , )Narralor
alll XVOI . O for tie
to 11.1 as expressive of e.ediden..,. in the
rotmindur 4)f the th•claratintt.
The proposition its orioinally prelmrefl
teas, "'cite l'rt•sident fnoo
I Sumter, but trill nut tiff so," etc and your
verbal explanation Sea,: that ally 0111111 at•
toitipt svoultl be 'natio, and that there teas
Ito 11t,It.:11 to reilllbrue timoter.
Thor,: was a departure from Coo plodoes
of the proviomt month, but with the verbal
explanation I did not then consider it a mat-
Ito to complain or. I sinipl . t - stated to you
that I had hail that assuranuo previously.
10 the nth of April, I foldrosseil tau
letter on the subleot or the alarm that the
by the t ;oVerllnlellt had rItl•It-
I [Oil, 111111 ItSked you it tilt` 1t ,, 111,11,,,1 I had
girell lucre trill or In respect
I to :Sumter, your reply teas: "Faith as to
Sumter fully kept-trait 11111 see. 11l tilt'
-
ntornintt's pap, I road, ".An ,tuthorizod
mossefozer er , lll Pro,flont inform
' ed tiovernor Picloms and I:enoral Beau
regard that provisions trill he sent ut Fort
peaCelthly or op(/// 1,2/
'FMs was the fith of April. at Charkston,
the flay followintt your last assurance, and
is the et . idenco of the full l'aith
:Ca to wait and see.
Very respertnilly,
Jolly .k. CAMPItEI.I..
A , sooiato 04tice Supreme Court, S.
iron. /Ist. 11. SENVAItII, :seo'y of Susie.
If any such pledge i indicated in
this correliondence was given, or any
111141(`Ntalldillg was had, I WaSlloiltware
of it, nor do think it was known at
the time to other Wernher- , of the Ad
ministration. 11t order.; were given,
:mil my acts also were;in perfect sincer
ity and good faith, with the hope
that Major Anderson and the garrison
in Sumter would he re ieved. A knowl
edge of the facts set forth in the forego
ing correspondence, is essential ton cor
rect 1111 , 112EStallaillg.44 the proceedings
circumstances attending the expe
dition to Sumter.
BE=
MIME
Late in the afternoon of the Ist of
while at my dinner at Willard's
i - where I then boarded, I\lr. Nicolay, the
private i 4 eertitary of the President,
hrought me a lame package trom the
President. I inonediately broke the
envelope, tind found it contained sever
, al papers of importance, sonle of which
were of a singular character, being in
the nature of instructions or or ders
from the Executive relative to naval
matters of which I knew the President
was not informed, and about which .1
had not been consulted. One of these
papers relating, to the government of the
Navy _Department was mote singular
and extraordinary than either of the
others, and was as follows:
EXECUTIVE :\I ANSUON, April I,
T. f,/ the
lli:.tlt Sin: You will 11,41 . 111 . ( . 111,
l 0
11111110 ill oliservatinu
(. • 1117.—important
our foreign relations re,lering the pr,,-
en,.o of an ulliccr "Crnk. tiler° ;.:,re. , . im
portance.
Captain Strizh,hinu iFo direo:ed to
prooceLl to l'e,nsitcola
patch, ,11111 (•"111111illIll 0l Ihat por
tion the howl. ~I nadron ,LaLit.lll,l ell
l'ensarola. Ile trill hIPU confhlential in
',Li...Lions to co-c,p1 . 1,110 ill l'Very Nvay '.rich
I Ile commander, of the land i,rces of the
United IIIIIOS in that 11iligill101 . 11 , 1011.
The to the army oflieer , ,
which are str;rtly confidential, h.'
communicated to after
he iirrives at l'ensaeida.
1i,11 . 1,11 Will I,lieVe Cap
iif
Detail. Altita lI.UI 1,1N,u1.N.
P. S.—.ls it is very no,ssary at this time
to halo a perfect knowledgeof the personnel
of the navy, reel to he able to detail such
olicers tOr special purposes as the exigen
cies of the service way require, I request
that you will instruct Captain Itarron to
prucred and organize the Do roan of Detail
in the manner best adapted to meet the
wants of the navy, taking cognizaneeidthe
of the navy generally, detailing
all ouicers for duty, taking charge of the re
cruiting of seamen, supervisffig charge,:
made against officers, and all matters rela
ting to duties which must be best under
stood by a sea °nicer. You will please af
ford Captain Barron any facility for accom
plishing this duty, transferring to his de•
partment the clerical force heretofore used
for the purposes specified. It is to he un
derstood that this °nicer will act by author
ity of the Secretary of the Navy, who Will
exercise such supervision as he In:1y deem
necessary. ABRAHAM .I.II,COLN.
On reading this extraordinary letter
and more extraordinary postscript, I
went without a moment's delay to the
President with the package inn any hand.
He was alone inn his office writing, and
raising his head as I entered he in
quired: '•\What have I dune wrong'!"
I replied that I had received with sur
prise the package containing, among
other things, his instructions respecting
the navy and the Navy Department,
and I had called for an explanation. I
then read the foregoing document, the
body of which was in the handwriting
of Capt. Montgomery C. Meigs, of the
army, the postscript in that of Lieut. D.
D. Porter, of the navy. Thc President e.c
pn•essed as much surprisc as I jolt, That
he had signed and sent hie such a do,:n
mcnt.
He said Mr. Seward with two or three
young men had been there through the
day, on a matter which Mr. Seward had
much at heart; that he had yielded to
the project of . .. Yr. Seward, but as it in
volved considerable detail and he had
his hands full, and more too, he had left
Mr. Seward to prepare the necessary
papers. These papers he had signed,
some of them without reading, trusting
entirely to Mr. Seward, for he could not
undertake to read all papers presented
to him ; and if he could not trust the
Secretary of Sin te, whom could he rely
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 9 1870
upon in a public wailer that concerned
us all? He seemed disinclined to dis
close or dwell on the project, but assured
me he never would have signed that
paper had he been aware of its contents,
much of which had no connection with
Mr. Seward's scheme. I asked who
were associated with the Secretary of
State. "No one," said the President,
" but he had these young men here as
clerks to write down his plans and or
ders." Most of the work, he said, was
done in the other room. When I in
quired if he knew the young men, he
replied, " One was Capt. Meigs, another
was a captain with whom he seemed
intimate, a naval officer named Porter."
Without further inquiry I informed
the President that I had no confidence
in the fidelity of Capt. Barron, who was
by this singular order, issued iu his
name, to be forced into official and per
sonal intimacy with me, and virtually
• to take charge of the Navy Department.
lie said he knew nothing of Barron,
though he had a general recollection
that there was such an officer in the
navy, and believed he had seen him in
Washington. I called his attention to
the order, if I was so to consider it, to
organize a Bureau of Detail in the Navy
Department, and to transfer to a naval
otlicer a portion of the clerical force
and civil administrative duties which
by law belonged to the Secretary of the l
Navy—duties which the Secretary had
no right to evade and no legal authority
to depute to another. The bureaus of
the Department,he was doubtless aware,
were established by law and not by an
executive order. That this proposition
to make a naval officer Secretary dr
'f,cto, to transfer him from his profes
',Mid to civil duties without responsi
bility, was illegal, and in my view Mon
,ilrntis. It conflicted with the whole
theory of our Grovernment, and the
principles on which the Navy Depart
ment was organized and established.—
The Senate was entitled to a voice in the
appointment of chiefs of bureaus. The
selection of a trusted ()Inver by the
Secretary for advisory and confidential
purposes was a difftrent matter. I
might, as I had, call an experienced
officer to my assistance, with whom
I. could consult and advise in re
ganl to the personnel of the navy,
which was greatly demoralized, and
to assist tile in detailing officers of
fidelity itnd patriotism ; but Barron was
one of the but men I could trust in this
emergency with these matters of detail
and departmental business. Neither
the President nor Secretary had power
to cream a new bureau or to bring a
professional naval officer into the De
partment, and devolve on him the func
tions which the law imposed on the
Seeretary. Such detailing and consult
ing officer as Commodore Stringham,
whom I had called to my side in this
great emergency, ought to have the im
plici eontidenceof the Secretary, should
be subordinate to him and be selected
by him. 'l'o all of which the President
:tssented most fully. I then went on to
say that Capt. Barron was an accom
plished otlicer and gentleman with
whom I had personally pleasant rela
tions, but that his feelings, sympathies,
and associations were notoriously with
the secessionists; that he seas promi
nent in a clique of naval exclusives,
most of whom were tainted with se
cession t hat I was not prepared to say
he wonbi desert in the crisis which
seemed app:onehing, but 1 had niy ap
prehensions that such would be the case;
that while 1 should treat him courte
ously and with friendly consideration,
and hoped most sincerely he would not
prove l'alse, 1 could not consent he
should have the position nor give him
the trust which his instructions imposed.
The President reiterated they were
nut Iris instructions, and \visited me dis
tinctly to understand they were not,
though his name was appended to them
tin' p,ler r le/1.4 etc improp , r one
—that he wished me to give it no more
enli,hieration than I thought proper—
/tut/it /./4 UMW , 11,1, as if it had never
been written. lie reinelnhered, he said,
that both .M.r. Seward and Porter had
something to say about Barron as all
perior to alince.t any officer in the naval
service, but whatever his qualifications,
Inc would never knowingly have assign
ed him or any other man to the position
named in the Navy Department without
first consulting me. "' '
few weeks after this attempt to thrust
lihn into the ,lepartment, the greater
portion of this clique of exclus
ives sent in their-'l . esignations, de
serted the flag, and were dismissed the
service. Ilarron, foremost among them,
was placed by the rebels in Richmond
in command or Fort Hatteras, and on
the :luth of August following was cap
tured I,y Commodore Stringham, the
officer whom, by the strange proceed
ings ainl surreptitious orders of the Ist
of April, he was to have superseded. If
1 mistake not, this onkel., who, by the
order which President Lincoln unwit
tingly signed, was to have 11101 almost
absolute control of the Navy Depart
ment., and to have been made acquaint
ed with all its operations, was the first
of the naval ollicer:3 that deserted who
was made prisoner. It is sufficient here
to state that the extraordinary docu
ment of the Ist of April was treated as a
nullity. Barron, who took rank as cap
tain in the Confederate naval service
from the Zuth of March, live days before
this executive order to create a new bu
reau and establish Idin as regent of the
Navy Department was "extracted" from
tile President, was not assigned to duty
in the department, as the instructions
directed. Pendergrast did not go to
Vera Cruz nor Stringharu to Pensacola.
li=
When I enquired the object of de
fach ing Connuodore Stringham from
duty in the Department where I had
placed him, the President said he had
no reason to give, and in regard to issu
ing instructions to Commodore fender
grist he was equally ignorant. He
knew no cause or either. There was,
however, a manifest purpose in some
quarter to get rid of the presence of
these ex perieneed and trusted officers,
and also to get Barron into a responsible
position. I stated to hint that the ex
pedition to Sumter, which we were ac
tively fitting out, would leave us not a
vessel in commission east of Cape Hat
teras, except the Cumberland, the flag
ship of Commodore Pendergrast, whirls
vessel 1 had ordered to Norfolk On the
fftli of March, the day 1 had received
his instructions to send the Poualiontas,
then at that navy-yard, on this expedi
lion. I protested against settling the
Cumberland away at this juncture. She
could, I assured hint, render better ser
vice to the country in the waters of Vir
ginia in this period of uncertainty and
danger than at Vera Cruz., and it seem
ed to me proper site should be detained
at Norfolk, where Commodore Ponder
grast could advise with Commodore Mc-
Cauley, who o a ts in command of the
station, and be prepared with a full and
efficient crew to render him assistance if
necessary. Tile President concurred with
me unqualifiedly,deprecated the interfe
rence which had been made in naval af
fairs ; and said the idea of sending the
Cunt berland away was not his. In direct
ing me, without previous consultation or
notiee, to detach and send oil commo
dore St ri ngham, I confessed to the Pres
ident I rot annoyed. The Commodore
knew to be true and reliable, and had
called him to confidential duties on that,
account, but he had expressed to me his
preference for service afloat, especially
if there should be active duty. I was
giving the subject consideration, and
could not object to it, unless he had been
instrumental in procuring this executive
order by indirect management, whirls
was wholly unlike into. The President
was confident, and I became satisfied
on inquiry that Commodore Striugham
had no part in the matter; but there
had been an improper movement, I will
not say intrigue, in some quarter to set
hint, who had my confidence, aside for
Barron, who had not. It is not neces
sary to probe these strange proceedings
further. I state the facts. The Presi
dent wholly disavowed and disapproved
them ; they were not consummated, and
never front that day to the close of his
life was there any similar interference
with the administration of the Navy
Department, nor was any step concern
ing it taken without first consulting me.
For a (lay or two after these proceed
ings of the Ist of April there was a de
lay in issuing final orders for the Sum
ter expedition. The President contin
ued to hesitate—or met opposition. It
was still persistently urged that the
authorities at Charleston should be no
tified of the President's intention to
send supplies to the garrison, a measure
which was opposed as likely to defeat
the purpose of the expedition. Mr. Fox,
who was to be in command, had, under
orders of the President, gone to New
York on the 30th of March, to make
necessary preparations, but not receiv
ing expected instructions, which the
discussions in the Cabinet delayed, he
returned to Washington on the 3d of ' Mr. Seward remarked to me that, old,
April. Only twelve days then remain- a: he was, he had learned a lesson flout
ed until the supplies in Sumter would this experience, which was that lie hail
be exhausted. Further postponement better:attend to his own business, not
would defeat the object of the expedi- interfere with others, and confine his
tion. The result was a compromise. ' labors to his proper department. T.
The President decided he would send a all of which I assented.
' messenger to Charleston, when the ex• MIDNIGHT VISIT TI) PRE,iIIO.N
peditiou sailed, but not before, to notify The President, who had not retired,
Governor Pickens of the fact, and that • although it was nearly midnight, was
the object was peaceful, and that no astonished and perplexed in regard tu
force would be used unless the attempt the statements which we made.—
to provision the garrison was resisted. He looked first at one and then the
Immediately on this final decision the other; read and re-read the telegram,
following orders were prepared anti is- and asked if I was not in error in regard
sued by the Secretaries of War and I to the flag-ship. I assured him I wa-
Navy. My instructions to Captain ! not, and reminded him that I had read
Mercer, in command of the Powliatir, I to him my orders to Capt. Mercer on it,
were submitted by myself personally to I day they were written, and they h of
the President, and by him were careful- his approval. lid recollected that i•il'-
ly scrutinized and approved : I eumstance, but not the name of t h.-
WAR DEPARTMENT, °nicer ur the vessel—Sai,l itc !00l
Washington, April 5, hvii. i . become confused with the ituit,
Captain 0. r. Fox, WalAington, !of Pocahontas and Powhatan. Coot-
Sin: It having been decided to succor niodore Stringliam, to whom I. had
Fort Sumter, you have been selected fur communicated the instructions, ...o
dds important day. Accordingly, you
lamed Inv statement ; but In sati-fc
will take charge uf the transports in New the President beyond peradventuri•.
York, having the troops mid supplies on
, went to the department, although it .t •
board, to the entranceofCharleston harbor;
atst midnight, mud procured Inc pr. ss
and endeavor, in the first imitance, to de- I
copy. On reading it, lie distinctly ree,ii
liver the subsistence, It you are op; coed
in this, you are directed hi report the fact betted all the fact-, am/here/1w iii•oidp ,
to the senior naval °Ulcer of the harior, (ll to Me. S , l,•,trtl, Pordor( t,4
who will he instructed be the Secretary of ' .11; ; hr h ~j
the Navy to use his (mare f”ree to upon a )1, .:uppom:rl he' I,tB inro rli Vitt'/ 1 ,
passage, when you Will if pmisible eil.s•L an s um fr,
that oil
entrance and place both the troops awl sideratiou should it be defeated or
supplies in Fort Sumter.
tiered abortive. Mr. Seward thought
I am, very respootrall • y, • Oik•
was now too late to correct the misia :
servant, • said he considered the 00i , r project the
i,iipoitunt, and asked whether th
would not be injured if the Powlial a n
tvas now WithdrilWO, The Pre , idelit
would not discuss the subject, but Wa- ,
not peremptory—said there was not the
pressing Deet,sity in the other ca-e,
which 1 lc:trued was au enterprise for
PiCketi..;. As regarded Sumter, however,
not a day was to be lost—that the order:
of the Secretary of the Navy must he
carried nut, and he directed Mr. Seward
to telegraph to that effect to New
without a moment's delay. Mr. St.'W,IF.I
thought it might be ditlicult to ge;
telegram through, it was so hue; Icit
the President was imperative.
DETERMINED D, 'rl, ll
SimoN CAmmios,
Secretary 01 War
)Conlideritial.)
Na.vy liEeditrm
April ;
,ief
=BEM
t=I=MMI
The United States steamers Powlial.in,
Pawnee, Pocahontas and Ilar•iet Lane will
compose a naval force under your coin
mand, to be sent to the vicinity a Charles
ton, S. C., fur the purpose of aiding in car
rying OUL the objects of an expedition Or
which the War Department has charge.
The primary object or the expedition is
to provision I•'ort Sumter, for which pur
pose the War Department Will furnish the
necessary transports. Should the authori
ties or Charleston permit the filet to be
supplied, no further particular service
will be required or the force under your
command; and after being satisfied that
supplies have been received at the fort, the
Powhatan, Pocahontas, and Harriet Lane
will return to New York, and the Pawnee
to Wit.shington.
Should the authorities at Charleston,
however, refuse to permit, or attempt to
prevent the vessel or vessels having sup
plies on board from entering the harbor, or
trout peaceably proceeding to Fort Sum
ter, you will protect the transports or boats
of the expedition in the object of the mis
sion, disposing of your force in sueh man
ner as to open the way for their ingress,
and atford us far as practicable security to
the men and boats, and repelling by force
if necessary all obstructions toward pro
visioning the tort and reinforcing it; for in
case of a resistance to the peaceable pri
mary object of the expedition, a reinforce
ment of the garrison Win also he attempted.
These purposes will be under the supervis
ion of the War Department, which has
charge of the expedition. The expedition
has been intrusted to Captain G. V. Fox,
with whom you will put yourself in com
munication, and co,,poratt: to io•-
complish and carry into clicct its 1.11,j0t.t.
You will leave York With ti:, Pow
hatan in time to he wr t• liar bar, tosi
miles distant from :told dole cat or lir
lighthouse. toll the the
there to await the arrival of the transport
or transports with troops aud stores.
Pawnee and Pocahontas will he ordered to
join you there at the time mentioned, anil
also the Harriet Lane, which latter vessel
has been placed under the control of this
Department fur this service.
(ill the termination of the expedition,
whether it he peaceable or otherwise, the
several vessels under your command Will
return to the respective ports, as above di
rected, unless some timOreseen circum
stance should prevent. f inn, ruSpet . :lo
your obedient ,ervant,
WELLEs,
Secretary 'it' the Navy.
NAVY DEranTmENT, April 5,
Norfolk, ra.
Sin: After the l'awnee shall hare Leon
provisioned at. NOrfoik Veil kill procee,l
with tier to sea, and on the morning of the
11th instant appear oil Charleston bar, till
miles tli,tant 11,1111 anti (hie east of the inrht
San Jut.' Mi•n•jr, of the Powhatan, for
spevial service. Shoithl he not be there
you will await his arrival.
I am respectfully, your oloe,lient servant,
IMoN E
:Secretary of the Navy.
Sealed in tractions similar to tho.:e
is
sued to Commander ROWall weresent to
Commander Hillis, of the Focalionta , ,
and to Captain Faunce, of the revenue
cutter Harriet Lane, Nvhich vessel had
been transferred for the oeca-iiiin by the
Secretary of the Trea,airy to the Navy
Department.
I!NE3=
I also learned that the President had
hint-elf sent the following telegram to
the commander of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard on theist of April in relation to the
Powhatan, corresponding with tunic of
that date, and received at the same mo
ment with it. This, it will be observ
ed, was on the Ist of April, When he
was signing papers, many, as he said,
without reading., and some hours henna,
my interview With him concerning the
papers brought me by Mr. Nicolay. The
telegram was probably prepared l'or his
signature and signed by idot under tile
arrangement of Mr. Seward and his as
sociates, who had entirely different o't
jects in view from the legitimate one of
the War and Navy Departments.
WASIIINUTON, D. C., April I, I , dl.
Received at lir,ifiklyn, 13:5.1 p. tn.
Tr, the Crawrimitirtrit Su,✓ Ford.'
. .
Fit nut the Powihttan to go to sea at the
earliest pre:silk , moment. Orders by a
confidential messenger go forward to-mor
row. A ;IRA fp, SI LINCOLN.
The time specified for the squadron to
rendezvous off Charleston light was
brief, but the emphatic, preparatory or
der 3 enabled us to get them Mr with
unprecedented despatch. I congratula
ted myself on the energy and activity
with which this work has been accom
plished, and l i ras prepared to await re
sults, When Mr. Seward and his son
Frederick called at my rooms at Wil
lar,rs about 11 o'clock at night on the
tith of April with a telegram from Meigs
and Porter at NeW•York, the purport of
which was, that there was difficulty in
completing arrangements, in conse
quence of conflicting orders from the
Secretary of the Navy. I asked an ex
planation, tbr I knew of no movement
with which my orders conflicted. Mr.
Seward said he supposed the telegram
related to some difficulty about Diemen
antPorter'stakingcommand of the Pow
liatan. I insisted [hi, must he a mistake,
that Captain M.•rver hi c 01111110.1 1 ,1
of the Powliatan : that she was as he
knew the flagship of the Sumter eXI,,-
ditkin, and had, I presumed, left that
evening, for her destination ; that. Lieu
tenant Porter had no orders to join that
expedition ; that he had. ought and was
under orders for the Puri tic on coast sur
vey- service, and I supposed had left for
that duty; that he was not from his
rank entitled to any such command as
the Powhatan, and I knew not what
business lie had in New York interfer
ing with the measures of the Depart
ment, and embarrassing his superior
officer, Captain Mercer, in the perform
ance of his duty. Mr. Seward said there
was souse mistake, some misunder
standing; that Lieutenant Porter had
been sent to New York under special
orders front the President, of which I
had probably not been informed. I
questioned whether the President would
detach and send away an officer with
out at least informing the Department,
certainly not to take cormnand of a ship
that was in commission ; that such ir
regular proceedings would throw the
departments and government into con
fusion, and where wholly inconsistent
with correct and systematic adminis
tration. There were, it seemed, naval
orders issued without the knowledge of
the head of the Navy Department, or of
any one connected with it. He suggest
ed that perhaps Commodore Striugham
had some facts. Barron was, by the in
structions of the first of April, which
Mr. Seward and his friends had pre
pared, to have been then in String
ham's place. I at once sent for Com
modore Stringham, who had retired for
the night. On his appearance he dis
claimed all knowledge of this extraor
dinary proceeding.
Mr. Seward, without any disclosure of
the object in which Meigs and Porter
were engaged, declared it • EL9 a meas
ure of the President's. Late. 9 it was,
I insisted it was indispeusible that we
should have an interview with him in
order to prevent the failure of the Sum
ter expedition, as well as to have a right
understanding of what the government
was about, and to clear up any clashing
of orders. We according repaired to
the Executive Mansion, Commodore
Stringham and Mr. Frederick Seward
accompanying us. On our waythither,
I learned from the President then, anti
more fully thereafter, that Mr. Seward,
after the final detdsion to relieve Sum
ter had been more solicitous awl im
portunate than ever to send reinforce
ments to Piel:.ens; !hut this lirt,
glut! obje 11 i,e ei,a , 0)1 I/ic Ist of .1),;
wla the,..sc ,ebroejji ord, rs lout •
e ii t 1 ,elti‘lt lii hurl i maw ( •
that it was coll,itit.retl inlportalit tile
IlloVellient should br tteeret
none of the Cabinet even 111111 111,11
oi it. Mt'. Seward had under
taken to get up that enterprise anti
give the necessary military and naval
orders without consulting the War and
Navy I)epartments. \\ kit this view,
and to ptts6ess himself techniealities,
he had selected Captain Meigs, of the
army, and Lieut. Porter, of the navy,
as Ilk lOtsktants and agents, and by the
aid of these subordinate otlicers hn
P 1 hug Qt . sVatc I,w! fillnib 111(111(1110/,1,11
i! rig awl ,t , tr . (ll L.riv rl captai
leigs says, ill a letter which he ha:
punished, "Ir. helrani t•arried use to
tile President merely saying that lie
thote_!lit the l'resitlent ott4lit to seesolne
of tae younLtor and not consult
ttilly with 1111111 who, if the war broke
couldout s nut 11111 t Lune, '' alluding
to lien. Scott, whose age and intirmities
precluded him fromactivethities. \Viten
I questioned whether the ollieers of
either service would they the ttrtier.i ttf
the Secretary ttrState, the President said
:\ Ir. Seward had itroVitleti Itti• that by
persuading him ht sign Or countersign
the orders. Such a practice, I stated,
would lead to confusion ill the ( iovern
ment. The head of each department
was responsible for its olvll
must ::now the sPtt(tt, and act ,
of its 1)11.11 sultortlinate4. If the Secre
tary of the Navy should need the Ml
medial!! serviee of Lieutenant Porter,
anti tvere to send him order, thrmantlitte
instant execution, and itt• could not he
found, but Nva, absent by the secret in
terference of the Secretary of State, ttr
arty other St.•eretary, , k;•
kui,u':cite ofthe lieptLrtment, great
embarrassment and 04)11 G.'-
t, v. -V, in rt,..tant to cartain
:out others of the army. We hail,
moreover, a recant in 1110 NaVV
rartment of every naval vessel, : k ; 1
of the service on which each ship in
eommission wicii detailed. P}' our ,•01,1
the POWII:11.all, under COW 111:11111
Mere,r, 1111,1
,Lfllllll to t•harloaon, ;Wit
wad 1.111•114.0 to return. lint this 011ii.b1
record was not a true one. The vus-cl
was lost to U. NVe knew nothing of
her whereabouts, except what I inci
dentally learned through the i-lecretary
of ~tate. Ile was not nispiitHilile
for the funds of either the Nov
ur \Val . I tepart mends, yut he ice!
taken upon himself a large expen
diture from each, :mil hail issued na
val and military . til.ilerS without t 11,•
knowliiiige of the heads of those depai I
nicht,. In loins this he had eominii
ted something more than :t discourte-y
towards his assoeiatus in the Caliint•t. -
It (VOL ail a-sun:litho' and exered , ,
authority that did not legitimately 1,-
1011 . u; to him. The Secretary of Sidi:,
had cuddled with subordinates of other
departments, and had, I thought un
fortunately, i!1,1114,,1 the President
sanction the,. str u t_, l r, ceedings
his signature.
•
The President never attempted to
justify or excuse these transactions;
always spoke of the Ist of April as un
fortunate; said that we were all new
ill the administration • that he permit
ted himself, with the best intentions, to
be drawn into an impropriety without
sufficient examination:lnd reflection but
he was confident no similar error would
:wain neon r.
s.:\C.\l:l ~• eni•.i .!t'T—TltE hl:lhl'.l'i n, ;'H
It ha+ been said that the detachno
of the Powhatan front the Sumter
a ea dcliLcraterontrivani,
defeatit,bvsecretlywithdrawingllee n
shi p,w ninon tviiirh sitece ,, was i pm--
ticable if there \vas resistance to seinlimr
i Slipplies. The published correspond
ence .1 . The rebel commissioner: a n d o f
Judge Campbell is, corrobm atin
this assumption—that the Po‘vhatan
wa: purposely detached in order to effill
pd evacuation, and el nil de the Secretary
of :State to preserve faith as regard:
Sumter'' with the rebel leaders. A
comparison of dates in that correspond
ence, when pledges and assurances are
alleged to have been given, with the
proceedings and consultations of the
_Administration in cabinet from time to
time in the months of Marchand April,
toe.; far to verify the charge that there
was au understanding between certain
parties which made it necessary ft, de
feat the SlinitereXpedition by detaching
the ilag-ship :Liter all other IlleaStireS (,)
prevent relief had failed. It is not nec
essary here to inquire whether the I 'on
federate Commissioners appeared in
Washington on the hay after the inau
guration by any preconcert, or whether
they delayed visiting Washington until
the expiration of Mr. Buchanan'; term
pursuant to arrangement or previous
understanding of which the IleW Ad
ministration was ignorant.
The assurance claimed to have been
given on the 15th of March, that Sum
ter would lie evacuated, it will tie tinted,
was immediately after Commander
Ward hail abandoned the idea of reliev
ing the garrison, and after Geu. Scott
pronounced Mr. Fox's plan—which was
feasible in February—now impractica
ble. It was repeated with a qualifica
tion uu the Ist of April, the day on
which orders were "extracted" front
the President conferring on Meigs and
Porter unlimited authority, and placing
all the naval vessels at their disposal.—
It was re-affirmed on the 7th of April,
the day after the Powhatan had sailed
for Pickens instead of Sumter. The no
tification to Governor Pickens that sup
plies would be sent, which was official
ly communicated to hint on the Bth,
as soon as the squadron sailed; the
secret and mysterious detachment of
the tiag-ship without the knowledge
of the Secretary of the Navy, or
any one connected with the Navy De
partment or with the Sumter expedi
tion, which the author of the proposi
tion must have known would render the
expedition abortive and the evacuation
of the fort inevitable, have all of them
the appearance of one persistent and
connected purpose—whether in fulfill
ment of any pledge or understanding, is
a point I shall not here discuss. They
were matters of which I was at the time
of their occurrence wholly uninformed,
and when I learned them I could not,
with a proper regard for the public ser
vise in that period of difficulty, have
exposed them. I therefore submitted
to be blamed, while those who secretly
brought them about escaped responsi
bility and censure.
There was certainly no necessity for
taking from Captain Mercer his vessel
• and sending her to Pensacola where
most of the naval force of the home
squadron was collected. She was, how
ever, absolutely ludispensible to the
success of the Sumter expedition. Yet
General Meigs says, in his published
letter' " An order was extracted l from
the President ) on the recommendation
of Secretary Seward, detaching the
Powhatan trout the Sumter expedition
and sending her to Fort Pickens."
By this "extracted" order she was
withdrawn from duties where her pres
ence was all essential, and sent to the
l~ulf, where she was not required. The
ostensible object of this military and
naval enterprise to Pickens, undertaken
by the Secretary of State without the
knowledge or the Seeretary of War or
Secretary of the Navy, Wa, the impor
tanee strengthening that fortress; but
She Secretory of State well knew that
nwasures hail already been taken to re
inforce that post.
The oitowinu or. , the orders from the
President which led to the withdrawal
clr Powhatan Irian her destination,
t.s the bre.tiiingMercer's orders,
stud to Isis det.scionciit frun, his vessel
Inc a lielltv11:111L witltr , ut the
OW Secretary of the Navy, and with
sad any record the II:111 , actit111 ill Ole
N.,vy Department :
EXi.ct I iv!, April
Slit: Yl,ll kill lICI/Cet,i to Now York
anti, with mau.o
rrne,• , l to 1'1111 , 11 ,1 111 Ilarll/11•, 111,1 at
1111/11151 prcverit ..N[10.1iLl.)11 iron
1111 1 1111111 1,111,l 1'11•1•1•11 , ur
1",111(11 1 , 11111.1.
Y.lll IN I III psllllllt tlll , 1u . .10r naval
k itiOel • at rel/Sat , da, you doom it licovs
,:lry, :titer lull have yourself
Nvitimti
1111 , 11 by thr ontraq..t. 11,1:1 11111 1 wilt•r
stemier.
,10,1;11,l-
C.,11 still In 1., 110 1,1,011
‘V11.L1.1% cr until r.'L.,l
NV:lliant 11.
A BRA 11.\N1
EN 1. , I rear: )1
E=EIMI
MEE=
•
I.l,liotialit It. I). Port), takt)
Ito steatuvr P»NvIlal.).11, Jr ally
Ilthei . I. S. ',Loam), .t.. 1 tvli It he
way dean unrst lit II.) III.) s,rvi..i) ti) tchirh
I. has been :is , i2l»»E
, :11.1.1011, 4ir thia aate.
111:1y ,It.olll
Cy I)r IZOtting to sea is spurt as possible.
I Lltt
,:!1:11,1,1,1-11'illiam 11. SP, ar.l.
Ain< kIrA)I 1,151 , 1.7 ,
~ori .\
.111 I.liits•rs of tho :irmy :tint !mu to
ttls,u this ortler 111:ty h r .xhihittst kill
.•t•t•ry Iffittn4 till! eX
1111ilt, hi` ~ 1 11111.511, 1 4.r
Brmvll, supp!yint, liiri xvi(ll mrn
twit,rial, ,s,-0i55•:151,4 me ich him
51. 15, tuav ttcsLrl..
11111
.\ true copy:
>I. Cuptzini or Engineer-,
Engineer petlitr.,
The-e orders 5.E-hied by the President,
Were part of the patters prepared by Mr.
Seward, with the :isSi,iallee of Captain
Meigs and Lieutenant Porter, on the Ist
of April, when the Executive order to
create a new bureau, and directing me
to take Barron, the agent and mediator
in the Piekens intrigue and captain in
the rebel service, into my confident tt,
anti make hint the tletaiiing officer of
the Navy Department, was - extracted"
from the President and sent to me. The
papers relating to the Pickens expedi
tion were not di,losasl to me, however,
until alter the midnight interview of the
tttli of April, :Intl after the;- , innter expe
dition had sailed 011 tthortive mission.
Apprehensive, it would scent, that the
general order of the 1,4 of April to Lieu
tenant Porter might not he t•onelusive
with Captain Mercer, who was a strict
di-viplinarian, and would hesitate to
obey any order that, did lot emanate
regularly trout or pass through the Navy
Department, the following specific let
ter was rrf•pal'ed ua the :1,1 nt AprO,:111,1
the signature thereto p1,,-
ellred:
NV.k,ill Cll'l, Ai,ril
plat,: in tioinitnand of your .itittl for
a ,o,,o•o•iitl tuorlio,tol an n-r.i.•er ivies
inim,il,l :in.] ini.itriiiiteol in relation to the
of tile government: and you will
ti t er t .fur e eousioler youir,otir detached. But
in tultin_ this t.trip the o,tovernitient doe,
not in OW relltioit upon youreilkieney
one puteioti•it., lout on the contrite:: pace tins
lolteat n,nlidesict- in pule itloiiity to per
form :illy duty re.tuireol of pot. I Lopilig
to hti abl e to, :rice put Letter I,IIL
-111,411,1 Lilian the nuie put t e nts eltioltt, and
trte , ting that you kill hacu full coliiidence
in the diyn.siLouo.r tt::.
I rettmin,
IMBIZEZIEMI
•\ tni , j'Y
M. C. (:hiuf
Eugitwer I:xilv.iitioti I;roxvn.
Capt. :\fercer ‘vi,t/ , 1111; ,111 the 9th the
',,llowing letter, explaining tinder what
eietim,tance,he had t_';ivell tip Itkve,-,•l'
II :
Vur n.ai
Wen' ro•t•iN,l tho 11 , •Xt
~,y, 8111 1 sv:sBl , llth° th , •nl
%NM. Lieu:ri,au “1 the
1 :i1 , 1.111 the army
un•• 1., 11
. .
...", instruc
tiens from the Pre , ident. and erbally
•.fflimunieaLiet other filets their
authority from this hig h puree, lintt Lieut.
Porter. placed in command of the
I'4 oxliatan WIN virtually necessary, and
that the l'residenrs positive rommands to
herb of those officers were th.‘t no deviation
from his instruction , : should he made un
less by his own direction.
1..11t11, eircitinstamm , , I rezarded
the order from the President of the Lnited
States as imperative, and ,‘IPOriiinIZIS.
pia,l . ll Lieutenant Porter 111 1 , 111W:111 , i ”1 .
1110 P.M 1111311.
I ant, ,r, ro'prrtinilc , ynur ..Leclinnt
, orvant, S mu Er, NI Lin Fit, ('aptain.
>I r. Scward, iu 01). ,, henct• In the nii,lnight
mandat,. l Pr., , tlent I.ln the 6:11
.Iprii seat ro:;r,witltf tt2le4ratli to
l'ortcr. 1,1,r 11.1
Lett the :\"avy Ynni th, iii..l mph xsas
i• tip Ciii•
Cienniatider. linar-.1,1-
nlir,il,Foote \vit.; at tint i into Exectit ve
0111 , .er eel the Brooklyn Navy lard tool
on receiving - this titlettrion of ..)Ir. Sew:-
anl, he ele-liatnliell
thi< de -Ai:itch W:1 , :1 !Her, telegram
gneel"SeNvar,l," while Lietnetiant
Porter hail full written power front the
Pre-He:lt, which. even it th-rti were no
etiter understandite_t, he felt, Nvotil,l he
hi; jo;tilication in re fainini r t the Pow
hatan Born her mate e.onintailder.
Ihe therefore eontininel on with the
an,l the Stitittnr was
of it;
Pim:um:NT
these extraordinary proci•eilings,
111 the :.-ecretitry of State assumed the
duties nifiction , of the War awl
Navy Departments, without the knowl
edge of the head of either of those de
partments, caused ,Urpri,e, awl fur a
time some lift! c dissatisfaction. The
President did not conceul his mortifica
tion and regret at the occurrence, hut
with characteristic usefulness assumed
all the Mame, declared it was his neg
lect, :mil in :1 letter to Mr. Fox, who
felt annoyed that his plan ha u l failed,
President Lincoln said:—" 13y accident,
for which you where in no wise respon
sible, and possibly I to some extent
Was, yoU were deprived of a War Vessel
with lter men, which you deemed of
great importance to the enterprise." It
was, however, no fault originating with
him, but a piece of maladministration,
of improper ;mil inexcusable interfer
ence by one department with others, of
apparent distrust where there should
have been unrestricted confidence, toil
—aside from any pledge to or complici
ty with the rebel leaders—had other se
mis objections, which the President as
sured me more than once would never
be repeated. It was not. Nor fut.] I
ever su e r a like experience. Neither
then nor ever duritig our subsequent in
timate personal official relations, in
many and great trials, was there any
misunderstanding between us, nor
did I ever have occasion to doubt
the upright sincerity and honest in
tentions of that l'X traordi nary man,
who to thou last moment of his life
honored me with his confidence and
friendship. He had, however, been
once led into error, and there had been
manifested by the head of one depart
ment a disposition to interfere with and
manage other departments, so subver
sive of correct administration that, to
guard against future similar proceed
ings so far as the navy was concerned,
and to prevent the confusion that must
inevitably follow from such irregulari
ties, I took occasion, as opilortunity pre
sented, to caution naval officers in re
gard to the orders which they might
receive. Commodore Paulding was
going at that time to New York, and I
sent by him to Commander Foote, au
old and valued friend from the days
NUMBER 4.
" when we were boys together," a word
on the impoctance of receiving orders
from the proper source. When these
suggestions were communicated had
not seen the sect et orders signed by the
President, nor was I aware how far he
had been committed to these irregular
proceedings. Commander Foote wrote
me, after his interview with Commo
dore Paulding, the following letter:
I Pru ate, 1
NAVY YARD. NOW York, April 9,
tzr. , l
Ircuvlunglon, 1). :
Sat: Commodore Paulding
ly informed me this morning, that you had
suggested to him to sa y to me in a kind
way, that I hail hetter execute no orders
unless cowing 1 1 1.111 Viii.
fully :ti [ i[ru,iato the delicate In:inner in
which you have isonnitinieated your int
pressions wtae , but I beg to say, must re
spectfully, in my own vtudietition, that in
reference to the sailing of the Pewhatan
specially referred to, I did retain that ves•
sel a-s lac tt, I hail authority it/ tit/ N. I. 1111t1
111101 C 3133111 .1\ 11.1 . er, Illy ,U T.. HIT 1.111t•er,
inhtrnietl ine that, he should trinisrlo . his
Slop to Identenalit-Cmillnanding Porter,
would sntl wltil her , as he did, on t h e
601 instat. .\ gain, in roll rriti4 to the
1•V1311., 1/1 1 the past wevii, I holu•VO tlntl 111 11
I t.lll 111111y111th 111111.
1 1..1,1• [31,1101 O. • .111 y t. 11 1., .. NVI. It• 11
I.llltl T,INNI haVenocomp , d•dit..l Ilia title
tviti.•ll 113 , 111'011 eXt,•111151 ; 1111.1 in ea.. 111
1111. 1 fort 11.1.1.311. 111 1 1.1 . 1 . 1.1.1,113111.: 111, I,' ,11 •1
11130, ito
311' 1/1 1 .11`,, 11 , 1 W.IN 11111, 1 a1.111111.1111[1,
11,111 111/I ii I I'/111[1[1[11dant. toy nu 1.11 , 3•1ty
t/5 t•I 1 her 1,11..t1, ;111.1 she SN .1, t. 1111.11,1 I.y
toy supers, tall, I 15 .1 , 11 , 3
t. 1 1 ,1111 1 ,1, Si.)-. I 1,3 . 11 1.1 . 1 , ,,111, II 11,11
Captains Alcreer, Melts, 1111.1 Porter, in
c.i11,1111:111011 111t•Illtl...1 ili t tl rile .itil..ht.ndl
rather
Lit.lito•liant-t'.nimmoltilg Porto,.
I hart tlw hener t wiiti 11.
sprit and esteem,
Y~~nr nL,•liri~t -~•r~uul,
r:
1., crier mimh
nationfinally decided that ar attempt
-tmid be 11111111 to simply Port Sumter,
it I lie for
flier decision that the atitleiritic. at
Charltistiiii should lie informed of hi , In.
tention—that supplimi would lie mint
peaceably or otherwise by force. 'I
his
notification or yunlilirution \van ae
toile-wed In, though none of the Caliiiit•t.
except Mr. SOWltril were tulvi.od of any
pledge, or pledges, 111 . understanding
[with the rebel Commissioners, and that
he \van a party I haVl• ex
cept what i. ciannittniiiateil in thestate
ments of the rebel Commissioners, the
rematil: , of 7\ Ir. Itlair, :old the
..ial adininistrati4m Ir. Thurl.lW
the vonildential (Hew! of mr. s.,
:Intl I Wily 111111 111:+0 11112iitt,•1111ilig eir-
Itin-tatiem. Indeed, it \VW- under-food
those Commissioners %vete !lilt to he 11'-
c.g11140.1 (u treated ‘vith. If, as is claim
ed, ally promine \va n giver, [twin. direct
ly or by implication, that, Fort Solute!'
should ,rat'ial,/, it NVil,
At one time, tiller head rt..: the views of
( lens. Scott 11111P1'otttin, and laj. Ander
son :tint his otlltier , , the opinion /teach
of the sinners of the Ailminintratitin
\vas obtained, tint' all, lilt It the excep
tion it mr. 1111ir, carte to lb ,. ell 111•11.1-
,iiill 01111 it would to pro
vision the garrison. Tlit• pledge or as
surance that the fort should he evacuated
is claimed to have been given through
Judge Campbell at that Bute. IL 1 , ;10.1,
it' made, a communication of Cabinet
consultations and understanding , tied
\were yet in embryo, and \chief' the tim
sults slwwed were not contilusi \ie. In
Let, the final til•CiSiiill NVili; ill direct
111111 ill C 0111 1 .141 NV ill' StWil
pledge, for it vyas derided the fort should
not he tivatitiated without an attempt to
relieve it. 'Pile first assurance, given in
I\larch, is claimed to have been unqual •
illed that Sumter should be evacuated.
But Judge Campbell says he received tin
the Int of April, front the Secretary of
State, the following quitlilital statement
ill writing,: "1 aril SatiStied that the I ;ilV
eriiiiietit \vas not undertake to supply
Fort Sumter without giving notice to
lii)vernor P." Out the very ilayi of it,
date the order to Porter ‘vai- given, and
on the succeeding: day the further order
which displaced Mercer and withdrew
the Powliatitit from the Sumter expedi
tion 1111,3 it, 11,31' the Ivoril of leneral,
" extraetcd" front the President
\vithout his being awat . , , if th,,, , m,t. of
those order-, Judge Campbell and the
Commissioners appear to have rested
quietly under the modified assimince of
the I , t of April; but itlarnied by the
preparations which the I tovertiment
\vie:making in New York, Judge C., on
the 7th o; April, a note to
Mr. Seward and relived in reply:
"faith as to Sumter fully kept--wait
and see." \\ - hen this pledge w:1,
l'owliatan had left, not forSunittiti as the
ordered by the l toverlinitint under 1,111-
mand of Captain Mercer, but for Piitt.a
cola, under Lieutenant Porter.
The expedition, without the Ilag-ship,
railed 101 the iith and Tth or April. (nit
the hth iiivernor Pickens was oflicially
advised of the fart, arid, a, the vessels
were to rendezvous tell toile, off Charles
ton light on the 11th, tin-re was :1.1111,10
time allowed the insurto•nts to mak,.
preparations Mr resist:owe.
An interesting history of the i 4 ti inter
expedition has Item given by Mr. Mix,
who commanded it, and is published
in iloyntoti's "History of the Navy
during the which 1 should
beglailtoineorporationtothisstatement,
but t u n prevented by its length. The
squadron enciittnicrisi a gale soon lifter
leaving M o ntt and norwi of the
vessel: , reached the place of rendezvous
until the morning of the of April.
The rebels haul ligen in :brined on the
Bth of the intention of the Administra
tion to sued suppiics garrisomand
a correspondence cite 111111lediaiely .
upend on receiving this notice bet wiii2tl
I;eatiregitril, in command of the insurg
ents force, !II the rebel government at
)liint,goniery, ending- with a demand for
itnineitiate surrender. tin the refusal of
Anderson, lire was opened lit
a. he I:ith on the fortress, and
Mr. 1• - ox, arrived in Ilse army trans
port Baltic, found tinily the 1 larriet Lane
at the reuili•zvous. toe Pawnee arrived
at 6a. in. :sir. Fox at once hoarded her
and re.pit.d,d the Isullinander to stand
to the liar with him, but Commander
Rowan replied, that his orders requir
ed him to remain ten miles east of
the light :111 , 1 PlJWllatall,"
The Pahl,. and the Harriet Lane then.-
fore proceeded, and a- they neared the
land the tiring way heard :toil the
sutra and shell from the batteries
were visible. No oilier vessel of the
cd that day, but, says Mr.
Fox, "feeling sure that tho Powhatan
would arrive during the night, as she
had sailed froni New York two days be
fore us, 1 stood 0111 to the appointed ren
dezvous and made signals all night. The
morning of the 1:;t1i was thick and fog
gy." No Powhatan appeared. Lf the
ehtira• Of the day he "learned for the
first time that Continnider I towan had
received a note from Capt. .Mercer, of
the Powliatan, dated at New York on
the hth, the day he sailed, stating the
Powhatan was &tactic , ' by superior au
thority front the duty to which she was
assigned MI Charleston, and had sailed
foranother destination. I left New York
two days afterwards wr ithout any inti
mation of this change."
Mr. Fox adds: "My plan for supply
ing, Fort Sumter required three hundred
sailors, a full supply of armed launches,
and three tugs. line Powhatan carried
the sailors :And 111.11110 IVS, and When this
vessel was about to leave iu obedience
to the orders of the ; 4 evretary of the
Navy, two officers, Lieutenant D. Li.
Porter, U. S. Navy, and Captain M. C.
Meigs, F. S. Engineers, presented them
selves on board with an order front the
President of the United States, author
izing the former to take any vessel what
ever in conituission and proceed imme
diately to the Gull' of Nlexico. This or
der did not pass through the Navy De
partment, and was unknown to the Sec—
retary of the Navy, aril when signed by
the President he was not conscious that
his signature would deprive me of the
means to accompiish an object which lie
held to be of vital importance." The
squadron with supplies, but without the
tlag-ship and men and launches which
had been provided on her,was powerless.
GIDEON WELLES.
The Phlladelphin Moruni
Tb is edifice has at last been cum pietist
and handed over to the proper authorities.
The structure is very plain, with a front
of pressed brick on Noble street. The
superintendent twill resi.le in the building,
to be ready at all times to receive bodies
and place them within the morgue proper.
There is an entrance hall and reception
room for visitors. The morgue proper is
provided with four stimeslabs, upon which
the bodies are to be placed. When a corpse
is recognized It will be kimoved to another
apartment, provided with but one slab.
Upon each body water will constantly
trickle. in the second story the coroner is
provided with two rooms, one in which to
hold inquests, and tho other as all office.
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The Find Notional nook of Grafton
Entered by PrOfeMloll/11111 1 .r
~ (iranon, Ma.
quiet eof u try viltuge, in the he.o t
of the Commonwealth, nine miles from
Worcester and three from the Boston and
Albany Railroad, has boon to-day the scene
or the wildest excitement It over witness
ed.
About 10 o'clock lust evening, as Mr.
Lewis Daniels, who bas fur soul° three or
four years trustily and acceptably tilled the
F osition of watchman In the First National
Dank, was going from his house across Die
little village common to begin his nightly
(-out el' duty at the hank, he was acts/sled
near the lower end of the green by a mini,
who inquired if the drug store was to lot.
open again, ur if the druggist was going I t
rem ru, as he h a d the toothache and wanted
to get some 1•111oroform for It. Its lore
Daniels hail time to reply lie was yen -
scions of a crushing blotv across the
throat, and simultaneously some heat•)
tvoolen garment or wrap was thrown
over his head its a 11111111 - and a
gag ty.ts thrust into his mouth. ills arms
tt erect thesaine time seizetifrout behind awl
firmly held, while a lose, determined vow,
" tiring the Number
Three. - In an instant a pair of
cry tightly clasped upon his tt rists, Hose
lv pinioning his trios behind his bark.
Ile It us Ihru Ihrerleil, on peril of his life,
to hold Ills prat, the 1 tad the way to the
kink. Il is pockets were searched and the
keys of the building:and the various rooms
%V tilt m Melt the villains quietly ei
loeted an entrance, Mr. lianiels was (alien
into the ,•0:11 room, in rear of rho itatihn,
room, and thrown upon a bunk. Ills log,
were tied, anti the intilller removed Trent
his head, \slide lio tens rittilit.llll dint OW
slichtrst 1111140 ..r movement on his part
%you'd insure his death. The inside !Mints
of the banking room were carefully closed
but ethic movement made by the rob
bers till about eleven o'clock, I. tt., triton
a 1431.40 of ii nnd'l'mupinrs, which 111111 133111
In srsslilll during the evening in au tipper
story, had adjourned and departed, when
ever . vtlting being quiet and in readiness to
provectl, they bligatt with the tools In their
ptissession to force the vault and approach
its contents, This wits it work iii time and
labor: but they hail plenty or leisure and
sulliciently powerful tools, and worked
without hurry and with perfect toilet and
system until they were completely sucress
hil. Ity half.past lour this morning the con -
Milts of the vault were lit their possession
and they lett the building and deported
with their phonier, leaving the watchman
sill bound and gaggot.,l In the coal room.
During the long hours the night,
Daniels WilS Obliged 1.0 holt pnsaivu auditor
of the proceedings, anti (Vas
visited I.N' .010 and 31101.110 r of the viiiaina
and eitutloned to keep silence, being
hit Mal there were twelve of (twin, and
that they \you'd elea) Into out if Ito gave
utterance to a sound. About six eft
this morning tl r. 11. Newton, who occupies
a store in Din building, lin opening hisstore
let.trtl gr. 111104, which 1111 itt first thought
proceeded trout his collar, but, ;looking
then', Mund nothing. Thee, his attention
being aroused, ho looked around the build -
nig, and snug a rope leading out front the
bank entrance and shut under the door.
Pushing open the door the open anti plun
dered vault flint his oye, and the groans
great lug louder he folltoved them into the
coal room, where the Nvatelmiitn wits
dis
covered on the bunk in it terrible atm. of
mental and physical distress. 'flie 1131111-
cull's had been so tightly applied ling they
had cut into his wrists, and the ecitiseepu•nl
swelling of his arms, from the pressure and
the constrained position in tvltich he lay,
had eatised the flesh to lea 0111 around the
irons so that they tvere nearly hidden from
view. It was nevessary to ca.rry Lim to a
nutchine shop and have the irons cut and
tiled away from his lyrists before he was
roleased. The gag had bruised and swollen
his mouth anti cheeks; his legs were cramp
ed told swollen front the tying :toil con
straint they cit undergone, while Ilio
mental prostration he had experieneed triits
[lll. tvrniry and hardships Of the night hail
lett him in a pitiable condition.
is variously estimated at from $l. - .00100 b.
$2110,1/1111, ILSI I have already explained, con
sisting, 1111 it clues, in 'molt large proportilull
111 . private special deposits, it will be along
Lila° accurate statement 1,11 11,
gic On. Jonathan Warren, l'residentuf the
hank, offer:, on behalf of the institution a
reward of slo,one, half fur the revover
of the plunder and the arrest of the robber , ,
Li , which Silliall1111:13111 other[ll , lm,it,,r,
add a private reward of ,$.,,00111111ir11.
Till. Vann, they 141,111011 all 1•11-
11,111.11 1-114 plate iron, set in brick 1111441/11-
ry, and provided with (Inutile iron doors
swinging in heavy iron casings. The brick
work 1.11111,1 silt 11111111 With the:ill eaSill4l.llli
The burglars lirvt removed tle ,
brick wall from lila, Nllll l of the dour, rx
posiug the easing, and then by moans
their powerful wedges, jimmies and lovers,
Direct .or the entire casing, and, nl' course.
the outer door with it. They were not 11111 g
in gutting through the inner dour, and then
Lite steel iiiiX inside was attacked, proba
bly, with Mel:locks, as it is not marred ai
;ill or the Melt injured. list, at any r,tle,
they opened it ail possessed themselves ol
its emitents. The loirglars seen, supplied
will: a fall supply nC the wont 111110 . 1,1,1
illir/11.11111111.8 iillllll . ll to their emit., all of
which they hilt hahind thuut. Tileso
Varying in size from all
arid a kall to six inches iu length, mid
sledges, jiminies and 1111:111,1, made seith
socliets or joints, su :1.11 it/ be packed in MIII . III
raw pas and lilted together for use. :1
large quantity el' powder unit hire w... 4 nhc
left, the burglat, not finding use for it, lint
relying solely on their inechanieal
iiaru
intwts.
In a eonversation with :\ Ir. Daniels, the
ho stated that ho did not Sl.O
eithcrol the 111011 who Seized idle 111)0111110
COllllllOll suniviently to give any deverip
tion of them, neither could ho in 010 Clark
ness of the coal room distinguish laeem llr
iillilllS. HO is Vert:tie that live ditl'e•rent
oleo, judging from their voices, visited line
during the night.
Iteporter-- Doi they 1..1111 each other he
name, or say anything by which they could
idontiry thou,?
)1 r. baniels—D, nn, They eu•n
tion IMMO. called each other by
their nom hers, and I heard numbers called
IMO to IV:OR,. Tiler!, Was IWO leader
who directed the whole thing and told cavil
one what it, do, :Old his voitte I heard most
frequently. There WILY a Illall on guard out
side, and ho world Sal; TWO, gio
out , i , lo, and see if :Number Five is all
right." They talked freely, as if in no fear
of arousing any one, and hammered away
enough ht raise the whole town, It seemed
Ln ino. NVlnto he nettle too much not te the
leader would say, D—n you, Number .
Six, don't make such a noise; you'll bring
the whole tl—tl village on ins,"
I I , lll', shut that door and keep yonr gall
still," and the like. Their voices all had a
ittroign accent, like Irishmen.
Potporter—llow litany men did you see?
Mr. letniels—l only saw live be sure
,d", hut they told me there were twelve, tuld
I heard twelve numbers called. They ap
pear/ 4I to he under regular military Iheei
pline. Every man knew his number and
every other man's number, and every or
chr given by the chief was in , LantlY
,jt Withlna any balk talk.
An Old and Wealthy Citizen tilted lOr
220,000 for Falling; to Fu Ilia It Magri
ial Contract.
ll=
I:ahlhativ, a youngt, girl about the
age td....1NV01, Mixtoon," the (laughter of an
estinmble WIllOW(2,1 lady of this city tVaS
wooed and 1,011 by theory 110Stetter, :01
01l p,..lltlifiliall V7llO bas 'Ong since passel
the meridian of life, but who possesses a
reasonable amount Of 010 filthy lucre, 1.1,-
gpther with other property, consist mg in
stocks, bonds and other securities. This,
of itself , was no uncommon occurrence,
hut, with its sequel, has formed a social
sensation in the neighborhood which will
furnish food for the gossips inany day,
better.
It canto about thus : The old gentleman,
whose wife died about three months ago,
realized, from sad experience, the force of
the scriptural adage, "IL is not good for a
man to he alone," and, looking about him
with :in eye to business, it fell with an ad
miring gaze upon Theresa, who was em
ployed as a domestic in the fatnily of a
getitleinan On Eighteenth street, and who
is said to he a very pretty girl, The old gen
tleman became, acquainted with the girl
through his relations with her brothers,who
rent from him one of two farms, which he
owns in the country. His suit progressed
very favoralily,and lie soon brought matters
to a crisis by iiffering his hand and his real
estate to finis inamorata, who accepted
them with the distinct understanding that
they were to be like the States of the
l . nion, "one and inseparable." •I'n this ar
rangement "Bark is was willing," the pre
liminaries were settled, and the marriage
ceremony was to take place at St. John's
Church on the 11th inst. Every arrange
ment for the wedding had been completed
except, to the expectant bride, the most
important one, that of making to her a deed
of MO farms in Jefferson isiunty, valued at
$15,000. At nn early hour on the morning
of the 11th, St. John's Church was tilled
with an anxious and expectant audience
that had assembled to witness the union of
December and May; and not till a very late
hour was it known that Lhe old man's darl
ing had gone back on hip:.
The smug lady saws that sho only wait
ing Mr him to perform his part of the con
tract when she will be ready to fsibill hers,
and as she has waited in vain several weeks
Mr him to do so, she yesterday brought suit
in the Jefferson Court of Common Pleas for
damages in the sum of 320,000.
Bev. A. G. Morrison, senior pastor of
the Coatesville Presbyterian Church,
died at his residence '„in that place, on
Thursday afternoon, in the 73rd year
of his age.