O 4v Tff II ft 1 T 4 bv" fr. V : se IB 1 1 .8 ?1 1 ;J IS t-f " r3 IJi iU in : ?i IP ii If ju 2 i i ft "5 I - Tin: '"""'"" 'i"I ,;': V!'AV'- t,KE '''-'v;v. ,.,;,..., nr. ,nv,ir:r::; v r:,,- m ;n .tsn the l it. nr.: r.iai .ixn Tin: ru in. i;V SMRTES. EUENSJ5URG, 'PA. WEDNESDAY, XOY. 32, 1S62. ' ,-, t . I 1 l"w.n: the s. i!iiv..tt!i;1t fort w'" I'"1'-"--1""- :l -"-r . Iy Hi- n.ili'iers, and 2. to enforce tl... ..v. (. ii. Wiuiield Scott a. dressi-d ' volition of the revenue 1 o.vs vf. '., Lincoln ..u tli ? . v of his 1:1,u arrived :lt (.'linrlcsttm tl-.o l:iv aftor I'Jis-.-t-v ot the unlii VOL . 9-XO. 49. 1:1 IV.- .-I I isi v. ia whldi -! vi. '-.. v. :w roforoi! ( ; ::i r:t! has s. rn lit . tlii- n!!-. i- ahfa.iv I m iiiii -lit hn-i iiit- iv .-t :ml .l.ill!t' l!l h::ll.l!I. iii!j':;Mt'-, a li-ivjt!i- liMii i ! to if l !ii -ia !! without V,vt-.i. a:: vi !iiif-tl i in's li ;t mancc i im!!ili-.i- tij'nan.l i.j.mv ,f tic a.Mitional cotnpa lii. s wi-jt- tin a ni route fur tho ?a:ae tlr !as:;!in. IVesi.I.-.it .Ta-kxi:i fanu!i;u!v s.u-1 at thf Jsi.i;. M!i:t hv tl!:-a-nihJa-.' of tho- i 'l-.- i;.r l.t.vhil jHirjNi-. , was n,t laakia- v;irp;,ii South Carolina; l,t th.it ii" S .r.:h Can.!iua attaeke.1 th -m it ill.- oiiia v az'oiiaa thai laa-l u;. :t th - l iiiti-.l S-at. .-.' " u- ra! S.. wh ohhjrv,! to cniil.iv th? pas- iiLrer st.-ainer "St:-.rof the West." That vcss-l, but for t!io hesitation of the matei war r iuiuht, :is is generally believet!, tlelivenil at the t;rt the men anl suhsisti-nee on board. This attempt at succor failing, I next verkillv Hibimttcd to the late Cabinet either that" succor be s'nt by .-hips-o-w:'.r. li.fhtinir their way by the batteries, (iuereai:i in strength daily) or that Major And.-rson s'louitl be left to ameliorate his eondititai ..- i i t ' .-- ...v.,. .,.. ,!,. ;nai is, en- rv, e lets at lVn;.c.:a an 1 i"ieill"f MIIilUH'S tV iHililli.-irihneiif.- l.v- . : nnnifm- to niereluuU vesels? helj.in- hiui- instnu-t ia K.iut n tae sI.M.j.-Mf-u-ar r.iVH.kt.-,, hocM take a Mnjrle coniiiiy ninet v men. f:x!ii l,n jionroc, Hampton Koa Is, and reinlortv Lieutenant .Sk inner, hi J.rt I'ickenS but v i Jioul a surplus i,i:in ll.r the ii-Jdd-.r- "ilie Jji-ooklyn, with Capt. Vo.I.-s' -inip:inv;i!o:ie"K.ft th- Cheas.p.-ak for I' on I'a-kens a!xut dauu:rv a s '. n the L'.Hh, M hut r.ueha'a ia." I.', J; .' j entered ::it a tjn anu:.-tiec u 'nh c r;.s:u l--V.ll.-IV, ies Ib.'.t an I Tcucv t-i teller rroni r:v-licItU':il tJu-! N, eWes-ka. Mi":ie-i!:i. Ie-i..r .ii j pane i .r I. tail. And a-.iin. ia hi- .uii..iiie Ei. sinning o. iiiC ; oi -Noven-.lx-r. 1S".. h tlvuelllini. j -This To in:; lae n:; mi: N r;iiNi. Iv- i h'e report unty t-. our man- ia di-taiit set- ; i:.i.ia.ti. m W ew.ieia y i j ii--i.:e:n. mej,, .in'ci.,jir!-:.a:s(1 tJJO pl.,i5 ivyi ..it:..nai " I at-. :.!'ei.e, r. , ".'M e.iv ly 1..- t tronav tavd: but !a:ni:v i. a. S:-..:i' a-Ire.-- to i!; 1 .. i'i .-j!.. i;,;it , f ",. . ,,!,., p:iH:. Tiei!hr-.uhi.ut :ui iiu i:r:;i.-.-. j ..t. l. d t . w-Uh.;rav tr. p f;x..:u".IU, e .l-u.e -i in;, eou.iaet I r XI.- i.i-t ia-i.li. 4 : : r.-ai! 'iee ai: -uher. si. . the A .ai-:.i-:ra:i.ia. ii re a;-. I to -, ,i :"i::: ! ..e Irt-n iu-t ,n;i,- ? P .!.:,.. I e I ree. two to'e:Iu-r l I- ..I lO . til: itii)ii-iti !.. .A' x-ii. livmi oiMers, lor iavnu-nti or fmnilv ! tl... ...,.i,...rn. i . i - ".. uera! S., who reeeixl his flrt in- ; In- allowed t, ev:.euate .lie ' .;..,. "Z. . ,. .. 1 'true:,.-.,,, C"o;.a! tn.ni tl... 1 V..;.l....t .1 ... , ' ..toim.i.hI ie-.-ns t, , t i nuiiw in- uieiiao.e. Uut, In lbre iiuv ivsolutioii was taken. rememlH :s tho-e ex- : the la'e S.vret n v ,,f t! .....1 t - - - - - ' - . . 1 . . IV. I uuaetuties aiH.iut the want ! suitable war Vessels, another emitiii-"i..i.-r Inm. vl.,,.1. Min, ait. r .i;ijor I arolma arnvcl causing further delay Cot l a S!:;t - i. e.. ia o a- pat 1 . 1 ci I v. ;; ra:i.i:i. ii re -a.-.l ; -.u ;":: i .. - ... r. i. -!:.t n. i- iv.a , ' r .( :.--. t lie ;e tear o::e as:. et. l:o.eer. it v;- !u v .-.'UU i:i-'. It J,a ju-tC.sl i.,,.. Il:,v, ii h'.i- r.-n- i 'ki- .-al jeet that I ; .'''" JJ.e le-i,e- j jo :- tlell i - ". . I eiiiphaticaliy o o:e I i e-i tela (o llu I ;in:i in a.t rtiii- re ai e. nunereial eitie -. i . ! ! i ir Ii i.-.j. by name, !a Lulhir. 0-toi);-r . S e,-. t::iy of War !! he N-nt at ni'V to l::cl :i .'. T. . ! . li-t lew-. .-mee T I - .. i.a'i jai.i-o:i- in im- -prises and .-add- u . - ... pnn- i !n lit to mv oeo, m ti.i- eity 1 Next day ! pri-en-i ;!: rr -!:irv oi War the . : n .i!tf pani- in "m tin- :ho-e or' ( harle.-ioii an I al on.-e : ihoe on M.- ;h Mi-si-.-ippi. below N-.- :m-. 1'.. t. -Xe. 1 aifain jHiinted -.-. .an '.. -I e;.:aanies and the re- v. ' i-ii.-i. ,,, tit : t- ! J ;:u "l' tois available for -'-:vtary did not con- Vl'e--. when I I:-Lrlfed ::i an eariv interview la i! I !ii:r!;t make one ..-.e.r i!..- ii.ris and the I 'nion. ! ;-ei::i!ii Secret a rv aecoai- I1, i';-, -i.Ient. D (V!!!kt 1 ". ai!e !opie. S.-eesr-ioiii-m. tC.? " : l' iiiliy di-eii-x ,1. Tliere iacui. mi hi the opinioa of ; I ni ii.. danger of an earlv Se- -end .South Carolina, the l'res i' j- v to i, iv arguments !br iai- f.-e,t, ,r,.i,l;r J",,,-, ,,M;;U. .j,,, :i in-i-en to i'..i- Suinp'er, .-aid: has ii .t arrived Ii r d in'i-k- -!:o:i!.l wait the action of the ': S..ii;ii ( a:-.,lii:,i. in the lx oiiit a oaiiiii --ioa wouM be ap- -en! to ii rotiaie with him i- . ja: a:-cnee oi mo .V oretarv t :; (t.viu iMl t a.-s). rememl pr -.--ioa- weil. "S .iturday ni-ht. iKc. 1".. ISr,i). I '"-.I 'i.M r hi: :;"f'" " 5 '-'-anthand wi-ely thrown When this had passed awav, Secretaries his hand.ulof nu-nlnmi Fort Moultri- ' Ib.lt and Toucev, Captain "Ward, of the u.e. S.uapt. r leannn- that, oa d - navv, and invs- if, with the knowl.-d-e of m.m ! o! S,,mh ( ar.nma. there was -.vat i th l're.-ident ( Huehanan) se ttled uik.iT th d ia-er he i,i,I,t b - ord. re.1 by the S- ere- cmplovn.eiit, under the Capta"n (who was tary hac to the less tenable work, or ,U j ea-er tor tie; vx dition), of tlirv or lour ot !.,e h ub .i-r wn.tethis note: M!1:d steamers lH-lon-in- to the Coa-t - C:. u:e,;ant Cenei-:!! S, ot (who ha Survey. At that time (late in .lanuarv, ) loi.l 1 I .... I T.- ,111 . o...4 ano canseare.-iv i,m lM. I Isave I . 1 1 httlo doubt that C:ii,t:ili. Wr.,-.I . . . vl . i . . S cretai-v- of War: 1. 1 all his es- i'i iv n"' oe eneii tor Hie s. i...t I.n.r I.L .. :..:.. r i ... . ........ ... i. ... . ... ,u Histice , t mailt' veenalioa ,,f Ft. Simiot. r. . That one ! hen-1 embraeh.-r rieM-l.t..,. .....1 , j ........ ....t .iiiK.r liiav instantly ! la harbors. :!'mi! mn l ttv.n fi..- !.... be -.-at :..:, (b.ven.or - Is!;1!l,l torch, fom- ; Fjv.-i.hnt and ti-rtain principal xivder of tii.,! -.uv.-o:,, with ample suppli. s f am- j South Carolina, Florida, IxMi.-iana, .V.c, i.i:::ii:i -n and subsistence, iae!,hnjr fresh 1 and this truce lasted to the end of that v. eetabi :is potatoes, onions, turnips : j administration. and That one t wo armed v s be That plan and all others, without a sent to sup.n the said Fort. i sMuadron of war ships and a considerable "J.l'Ut. ( ei,'T:il S. . avail- h?!ll-i-!f nl' inm- m ,t. .. ,t .. 1 l.ll .1 . ... T "HI . I- . ... 1.1. -t- .lll'l Ilflltl llll the lioj- I many formidable batt' ries Ik Iow Fort Siimpter, an.lb'fue the exhaustion of its subsistence having been proiiouiieid. his h.-ad t! i- t!,e h-.p,. to the ii.at ord liiiiid:- d and lift v reeruitr "ort Siimpti-r with ll'it he was kept back by -oiuuu; no act of hostility :.nd not t., Capt.i!!! '.'d -s -i.n,,:iuv un!es th :t fort sdiould b attackitl.t That joiat note I n-ver saw until March -J'.th. hut Mippised ,,. :ir!ll:,ji,.,. wa c. ;-; i. nt up .a the m ,f sh- I'ea- Coa-.ei.ti hi at Wa-h:a:oa. and wjis 11a I e!:ool to terminate with it." 1 learn ; hoveer. f the m i-r active lii'par.i:i.;iis for hostilities on the part of the Si-c.-d. is at lVns.ieola, bv the ,pr tion .f ny b ifteries an I jirnun I'oit Meb, !i:.t I,ad not a p:n nVorai!. I when if was -eied -luring the I'.a-e V. Olives. -1:1 a-r'l sm-e. I bi-OU.-ht t!,e -;;!,- I a ,1 pap r. ! r. d it : bs l :t !v n c. .-t .-:!rv -hoal l 11 loii'f r erria s'.'eat in ..1..... . ..1-1 . . 10 i,;e -uane w.iiiii irive ..sr o v: a;fu: 'y cirea'a:ii.. bat are 1,0-v : d r sel I e weakened atUteked or V:: 1 e'riMi.I.lh.e !.iv;.s;.,.. vs'-ws" oi (;,ii-r::l S,.n ,.v! : la ' ' 'I' ' era k- n...i..:is th. a i.re.!"!;;i . 1 . rr v oo..,, ai-m aal nam-.;.,- me:,...-. S.-0-SS1-.U. lathe !:r.i ("eiiemk whi'-t s-atiafr. that time the 1. 1.1 ,,f .v-s .. ; ." ' "i I-k y i:o:n.-ii::te!y N,y -this ; l- iiisi.,-l41v b-.ilaiu-l bv t!. -,irr-l I by the 1. -p -i.s.b'.e name (...a. S-.-tt. "i.-kt on the part of ihe'FcK-r.tl t.ovem- I Tl,.. IV .... . ... ... . . ' 1 . .... - . r .. . . . . ... ... ......... .-1 j.-. .1. u. im;: .njr j ... ... .si iiii -rior .iate or "t;iiOs ti t!i -e eh.u ' - ':- lay r. f.i-e.J naaied'.::.-Iv t ; r rtaoll-h by foro-. if n.-t'ssa'-v. i; j;,r. arriivi nine . nuiu. ra.: -.! f 'rt'.!i-a:i. , e i;:ia i'ty oT i.nitoi v. For sea.-.t, Kl o. r six vf the S.u!!::-.n S:at s. : '' el;, -s, "IM-v's Mond'and I'u-'ieal e-'--l-...uf 10 me n eoli,:.cn 1.;:: .a o! I . . 11 ' ' ii eopay. la-I ciiapl. r. It i,,nv , ott. in hi- -. u-w" ad Ir.-s.- 1 l!s,i to express '.hat t.ie recommend itions iu retokn' mad !U to t.'ie e -r. tare lit U :ir ni 1. v l oits daekssn. St. l'hilio Morrnii 110m me en .-mire oi circumstances imprac ticable, bv Maj. Anderson, Cant. Foster, Chief Engineer and all the other oilieers I'nited S jr . 1 1 , 01 me n i v vai-n. .lanuarv S -cession of the I'nited ,1 -: resp,.et,a: I he ni 1 tic- pj-oji -r?v oi' t the S, Ces- ' send a Ivi'lfore'.-llleJlt 1 the eotiimaadiiiLr otiieer .vu-I.rs-.il) of Fori .Moaini -. lo iiu:er) -!. ..il.I d-cide 1 !. would ( .M us opportiauty t tl v him to the S Fort . ..ill ' - 1 . ui ! 1 a.;--!.:. :a:-'t particularly m respect to Fort IVkcns and .MebVa, and tl.e IVn- last two named works, may be lY-eonsid- , Tottcn, Chief of the corps of Yai-ineers ; cre.I by the Secretary. ; and, eoneurriirj: in that opinion. I did not Liruten.uit (;ent re.lS., will further hesitate to advise, .Mar h 12th that ask the attention of th. Secretary to Forts Major Anderson Im; instructed to evacuate .h ir i snn and Taylor, w hich are w holly the' fort, n lontr held by him and his com ,,, ;j beinjr of far jftvater value even to ! panions, iinmed'uitely on I'l-oeuring saita- the distant ltoiuts of the Atl.-mfie i lile t i:oi' w .i f Mti. .11 to t.i'... ll. .... X'..... coast of the rivers, tli 1 ll: re I- omv a t -el.Ie COIII!i;il!V at IveV ' lirst eomiiiissioiiers from South '., ,-..!;..-. West for th. defence of Ft. Taylor, ami w ithdrew that the permission I had soli not a soldier in Fort .Tell.-rson to resist a I cited Oetoln-r olst, w:u obtained to ad handfnll of filibusters, or a row- boat of , monish commanders of the few Southern pirates: and the (lulf, soon after tin." be- J forts with .'arrisons, to be 011 the alert ifu:ii iijr of secession or revolutionary trou b'eiaih' adjacent States, will swarm w ii!i .-ueh nui:u'e's." t !i:c:: !!a:i: :', ). I addressed tlie Fivsi d. nt i.aiu as follows: -i I.i ua aaat ( ieneral Scott Ih-js the v. ar I )epan i! ea. on the -".'lh and ." ej, j Whil-i ii i ( .-:.c, r. Is-;. 1. And it has l Veii ahed-d if thi j lai-l.t have p:. . ,!.-, I t: civil war. ' 'I '.iis n teea! i. aMiibi.t. d, wi.hout the ! i'.-t c;his'. :. :'i iiiilueii .. of f '.. . . w:.sn;fr..'d..p .n. vi- ! F!ov!. All mv Cabin-t i-m-t b ar ia- -M.s'.ess 11 i wa- it;,. 1 nt n the ( there, ha! I haw Km nnabl.- to i:ud it. ,.1 ! Whil-i ii is ditV:e:!t to .-i-o'rT ih. ject to th nor'.-,, of t!i" new A hniui-!ra- i- n 'e. dat I I2-h. -.oi-i.e inoia -nt you v. dl e-i!ii:any, n-ialbrc I' -.-s : 1 the s am till t'urth -r !. r. i:; dnp!i--a: , 1- li New ! v .... ..t .1. . . : i 101 1- I the ii -oiile on the unner waters Missouri, Mississippi .'aid Ohio n to tl-." St;ite of Florida. York. I lis relative weakness had steadily increased in the last eighteen davs. It was not till .January .5d when the I'lVsi I. i:t of the I'nited States to pardon the irregularity of thi commuuii-ation. It is Sunday, th" we:jth r is bad, and (Jen. S. i- no! ve!l enoui h to fo to chnndi. I hit matters of the highest national airainst snrpriM-s iind sudden iis-aults. Major Ami rsO!i was not junoiiif the ad ir.cni.sheil, Ik inir already strait ly bclea jfiiri'd. d.vNL'AKV ."id. To Lieutenant Sleiinier, cominandhiir in l'ensacoia harlMr: " The ( iciicra! in Chief din cts that you take measures to do the utmost in your power to prevent the seizure of either of the forts in iVusacohi harbor, bv sur- '-etary. with animation, ; .-ss: !-oi-w;ir (the li;-iwjk-li'-a iiii ss ;,t Noili ilk, and he -'-!:d three hundred men in her i 'aroe lo v iiarieston." I r. .!"; d. t;i-t. that so i.iany !: ! 1 - withdrawn from that ' it coii'd ! taken from N-w that i: would thi-n Ik' too ! : . t ( a -. .'nr; i-'nMii io::er- ' - : n in tlieir Ii m is. bv :i I i':- ii -nttia' the wire : 1- ao: a soldi, r in Fort oi anno-1 S.r ' ioti- apy ii. ;ve. iaa ! p rai'tt. d. three hail I fell 1IU U beell sell! to rises or ;-sault, consUitm-jr r.rst with the iniporlance seem to f.rhid a iiin'iifiii"." commander of the n ivy-yard, who will d.-lay, and if misled by zeal, he hoK-s for j probaly have received instruct ions (o co- the 1 'resident's loriiiv en e.-s. j operate with you." This order was "Will the l'resident jurmit Ceneral S. i siipied by Aide-de-Camp I -iv. w ithout reference to the War Department, I It was just lieibre the sum 11 K r of the and otherwise as secretly as possible, to ! I Vnsaeola navy -yard January 1:2 that send two hundred and fifty rceniits from j Lieutenant Slemiicr, calling upon Coin New York harbor, to reinforce Fort J inodoro Arnistrone;, obtain d the aid of Siimpter, toefether with xiine extra mils- j some thirty common seam -n or labon-rs kets or rides, ammunition and sub.-i-i.-nee.' 1 but no marines which, added to bis "It is hM-il that a s'.oop-of-war and 1'orL.y-six s.ildiers, made up his numbers pur- 1:1 U! . I tune 1 il r. ; .'.'. ! Sm,ip;ei-, .', would Hie I mie.l s:.it s) wa p. ' ' " a III !h os-e,si. ii of the :m 1 not a b att -rv 1h !o v . 1 l-.v.. 1 . n e. eteil bv th il. t ; Se- . 1 . . . 1 ' 11... ia-- aeevs.-. 10 1 the -.-a would now (the ;'') u 1 .lefiiet.d a:id free. '.1; . D.-e.-mb r 1", I wrote '.; ' S-.tt , - th IVrsi.leni i 'l" si:ppl i!rf, i:i this note. -t to say tl.; v- -vi:!i v.-hi.-'i 1 cutti r may ie or.lered lor the same Jus.- :'.! :-.- a- to-Ui oitow. (bn-ral S.. will wait upon the 1 'resi de;.? a: a.ic moment he may ! cdi -d -... Th - South Carolina ('uiniiiis-i.iM-rs had ahead v l.vii maay days in Washington, ami 11 m-ivem-11! ofdeii-nee (on the part lifted. I wui h 'iv cos,- my notice ol I ort Siimpter by pi o;ia- fj-oiu some of my previous repor.s. It wteild have h:vn ease to rcinibree tion. v.-!: to Cap:: : 1 .. At t!i ti .' land v. ';:'i x .- ri:-ke :. 1 ders." Jb .. - "i r 11. i..i i..i;i, e-s-.s a'.'o.u ia die of .Ma.vli :s :h m-ul .-,1 w i r.-s c.-.u'd not 1h- trasled. an 1 detach d o!"ie. rs cul-I not Ik' .-ub.-ll'ut-.'d. for two had ahvadv Ik-cii arp si. d :.n I pa:-..!ed by the authori ties of I Vn-u-o!:i. desp oeh ".- t;iken f. om one of th.-m. an 1 a third, lo escape like treatn1.11. f;-e l to turn his ba.'k wh -n near that -i;y. Tliat tho-.- .-mtlioritics have 11 ! c. to in ike war noon :h inc the Citp'ia e bv t h !.. I -Jib. lik-pectful'y subastled, WiM iii.'.ii S;-.ir;-. I Ik v .: ai.-i;;':- ;- thi; Ai:-: i, resiwinsu, :-:rali..n : an 'e-t six m r !i th i.i 10 .-i-o'rraui ins ore- been ' ' - mean!-.;; ill thi lia-s:ej-e. Im- j ii.1.- Il l I li -. a d ute . wl-.al I: did ljot 111. -an iviiic -k;ir in I.T ipp'.Imeataj-y "vi -ws. In ihes- hc r-ays: . - !t w ill ! M-n that the 4'.-w' . o i,y app.y to a eae of .,,riL.n t.Ht I make- a pa hi the pre,.,.. I ;,.. TJ... I fidi ?i' .ir.ay oi iVxas. or of all the t. aclsofihe Ad. uhi- 1 l.-ui.e Stat.-, iro-ii th- I 'o'eiuae S,,nih eil. e. ri-.u: tt teat d '-ry !. :- v. hieh ha o.y !lrn- 1.1 was ; 'i'e v : ui:: 1 : I'Sih e! w-ill. iii tl.e ,..,.,. of ;r.,v,v S.its j... ; pvo ; i. n .! n-ui.sh :" that is to s;yf to lie ; -tal-h-h by force, if ne.-essarv. the con- oa the Admin- imuiiy ol m leb wn It pa t- " iK'e.iieu laauii'-ss ni;iv omtrive m -at to th: t of War: so that, from liii I th -re would be no hvpv of m-niiliii tun ui:!.! tae It sot M ,nh. is ,1. which J"- :;a -luenis exeep: l.y :bo 11s ! i tl. D-ceaibe,- is, i, th da;. n wli-.h le-iifned h. o.ii a!t -r mv r. piest. . x ri-!..-.! 1 .- ni l leu i-tnitioii ;h 1:1 auv ;h Cabinet. .Mr. lb.lt oi our territory. In hi Mhu;1 heal-.. ;aie- a follows: lhit bn-.k iimi-e liatlv t.a 'lorjous I nuia bv whatever line or triuishr d ti-om th" I' .si O.li.-' I) part- I "ii-s i.iat iKiIitieal inadn.-s: was be far lie most imp irtarjt ji -riol th A Jmiiii-iratioa. he p -rt ivm i :ii tie ,,f th S er. i.ii-y t l War to mv saiislaeti-in. and desp-itissa of the hi- 1 sack .. ;v'.il! int. tec ratiou swonl. To etK-et tine w:ir of vi:r J;tl!V lhit I did l:o! i!lim.-h:le l V e;:irio!i AV . t , March 0 , i: II. Tie p'aa invented I IT' pen;; siie.-es. .- are full of ar.-e::a!s linr their rivers mil J .'ii. S -ott d -sired t f th ' Cnile I Sta'es t- se lor. .- a - so.i-.hlv an 1 oatel v as ih-.-i- ble. Th-- South- ru Statr-s could not cat oil oomri lei -.-:;i. n b tw.en the iovtrn- bv ; n. Seo!t to stop S -i ssi -ii was, like all campaigns devised by him, verv able in i: detail and near!-.- eeitain The Sou-.h'-rn Stale and f r:- e.enm in strate-fie p-i.n-.-. transflr f!i a: :, v mae them lolls to t.llv Ai ie.i:i neih'oor wouM. in ouipaiison to our, sin', into ni-re child" 1-v." I, th- Ceuc-al's opinion, "a smaller evil (th ni t!i--se il.t -stine wjirs) wouid 1 t fi-a-m- iits !" the iva! IJei.el.'ie any on- ..1 j n. inrni tli in-.-.v, u;o jiew (. onlitl -ru- I .. .Y..:. I c: -s. !-:o.il.lv lonr ri-heu- j ": -r !"" 1 1- then points oat v. h it o-.ifht to ! ;h.' Unadanes In-; tiles. iiie-c nine lonineaiions. in .u.-!i a inaant r. to le th !:l!lj:i!M'J-e of I, n. S 'o'.:. ; to j ; a:-y atieiii' bv Mieprise 1 :e i ... . o 1. 11 cas aao , --... .... lr ..i,,. n- ih-iwi-'ii eoii -lu-iv e. ev.-a il .:h r ali I reaen d". i ! " " u I !!: 'ii : and at the 11 1 of a h .exist. Th -re wen- ni aai .hi.- :.-..p- - ' f a even to indicate the -tics within rrn li which could v s::c: i.i th. ,- i w 'ii. ii oii-ht to !,- eapitaJs of the thr.-v j fbrti'.ica'i ms. To h iv ait -m::!--.! a mi'i- I ,', '''i- -ide of the lhn-ky Mo-aniain-, i tary oprationoaasi-.de s ;: n-i . e b I ' V1'- " Cohimbi.a. Suij, Carolina, any m -an wdhia the i 'r sidei.i". p ..v.-.- " Alton or Oaiaey. Iliiuois," and A'ba- w oul 1 have Ik- a sijnply alisiird. I f this 1 "y New 1 excluding Ai'ahiii'-tou bev-n i i:.v a 1 -rfe:acr. im mlieatioa of caoi- (le'i.-ra! Scott him- If seem to have eonvil;e:-d. f'.r oil the d: .1 I h :v ail. r th il..: eel 1 , " i'!! nuir onrzm ii l-.-ey 111 mv ins ursi "v lew ii' a ii.-- ii m-nt and the ' without a fii':t lk-et, wh; -h they cannot build for years or take t,i en ov I-!-!. I witli-eit o-i.. h lions of Oil" u. many hundred evei-r.l ca:apal'j-.! - ua- l:l 1 and I III Seott lort in th to b'. the li!:!!': many a !: tlv s-iff. Ihi'ii able to have pit the condition he il.--: red th-m .Souihein Con !:-.-ey would not pow Cxist. '''".'" f 'r' 1 ". ',! Jirn.inti ): il 1,., SrCI'rf-tr'f '"''( (" '' ''.'i .. . Sr., 'f' .,',:.') .'.:)t!i of Oct oe-. 1 -;pi.,l ii.!::.d ike War i )ep 1:1 m nt in which h Th -iv i on - reirar i-i'mp.::: ton. one here 'at :he narrowsk l'it!-btr--. at A I". con l.'o'J. e." in all ! "vi'.lu'i reach t ;f:i ! ;-:i c r forts meritioa ! ia the vi i u ju-ta 1 a.. on On tSio j I'---:'ii. i m::e.i!s.y ,.:ia:t-J ha lew . to j ' pubiishe-l in the National li.telii- .-tales: ; -r,-'l, r- H " d -.-ijii.-.t- s 1.0 -;ij.it.-i! fi.r the y ia I--- J ,:'.,!":,1. l"1':'"' k-- l'aei'ie. "Hi - read.r . one at ! Wil1 j"1-e wliat enc.i'.iniem. nt th it i ,i;",Vrt pio - -, dmif limiii so distinifui-h.-d a ve coiapaei s r. i::!-i: i e :vs." lb tl. I e to centv-si m n. w idi w hom tki mer- land. Ii this Ay f!f A'.e.' .I.- '.-....' r. I 'i i l f jtml ,f t.'irf full. t It was net till January Mb that, bv the :iid of S i-n tary II .lt a strop-; an I loyal man 1 obtained permi---5on to .'nd succor to :he f.-. b'.e rf-srris-.n of I-'ort Tav Ior, Key Wo., and at tk a..i ii:.i a i-oinpar.y Major Arnold's from lio-ton pv -I -.':" ra, Torluja- Is- I'ive e.iaipa :!.. fmr ha In oeepv :ui l ri ia.orii nine in .-Ix hi!i'v cm Ited S-u 111' t rc williPi p-ae'i led III. II a S:a:e! w.-!s so i-uiir. Iv inadeijua! -I : 'Uip p. had be said 01 ih. saen a 111: 1 ..rv i.ioy.'ineai v -.r:i a force, would h -.ve b t-.i a i in-.i eolllsi-.a an 1 s : .-s-i o. whole Aiaer-eaii a-nn. Oll'ysivt.eu h.H!SI'I 1 111 -u. hid within fer-.e!!. they wouid have s.-are -'v !i':ie u: for thi "iiiv. must Iia.e allorje,! to the s- iv- 1 lopists : tin- l.ot-;a States. I t u.-t I have ai-l ouou;h and inor than en ai-h t: coin inc." every mind whv I did 11 :. with a force of live companies. alt -:.ij:t t niutorce Forts .lacksoii an I St. I'ii-lip. on ill - Mi.-isiopi : Fort .Mor ;.':m. U-Iow Mobile. Forts I'iekeiis an 1 MeCr.-e, in IVjisacola IJarlur, Fort Pu laski. I !.- Saviuiuah ; Forts Mcultru. and Sumpjcr. Ch.ule-i; a IlarK.r. an 1 In l-.d. it the 1 i-"."i M - -e, i;i Yi'vi'-ia. 11 1-111 r to. ii oi ! hi - ' i- w-. b l- that 11 thinjr more ni-ed ! phi i-t. To have a:t n.iite.l 11 to I oi-i-mal aii'I soil- .ov. were Pabli-hed bv(iiiieii1 Se,.;: ii the N.'.liHi:d Int. 11. .-en,vr Jan uary is. ls:;j. ti the io-it snrrtant and eiia. al i r;ol -f the .d:iuiiitr:ir..i 1 t-i 1 Hie 11 t!;r itoi-ious oilicer has since h.-Id l ort I'iekeu.-. '- 'y later, the ..i wou'd have b en j r -and pcrlbimed, working nl-ht and dav, I 'M""' T'- 'l '.' I "io i lian-. It i- kn-nvn that :iu immense amount of l;iLr in mouiitinir I fke n-b.-!.-!: el :h. ii ey. -up ?i !. pov, , r- Th ir j.ublic-itiea. at that titiie, .ni!d d funs, keepiivj up a stnn;r jruanl. cel., e t. Farly in January I renewed, as ha-l-.-en se -ii my solicitation to !. ji'lowed to ivin.oree lort Fickens, but a good d--al of time was lost in vacillations. 1 "list, the 1'ivsident "thou-ht that if no movement is made by the I. "nilcd States Fort Mclk'.e will probaly not be occupied ful forts, which ifovei-n the c mim : 01" the Mexican (iulf. ;i ( "ibralfar and Malta jrovi-ni thai of ih M -di'en-inea 1. Willi Forts .K-.ier.s...i an I 'I'avlo. th i Ik-Is ini'ht ha e purehiis d 'a: iv Farf ja!i n-coi;iilion. t It w:. known :( the Navv Depart ment that the liroklyn. villi Caotaiu odjy 011 lniard, would !' obh-'.-1 in ;. a : 1. ..... i . - ;.-n v.-a oir v. aat of Ir . p-. th-i". .-rdio ifh I a. Se. ; . b li via: in opp siii m : j oppuuoiio.il.-- otaui: t e ra:-- t ui tae 1 no ji e p o !. aad it i.ni:ht ! inueh II.Mieoi K- pr s -!.:a:i-.e-, : I i-tt !ii iaan-j- : I :i -ai. Yo hav e p:iblih.l iheni without "rati -a of Mr. I.i::e .In mi.hi 1. i:;-. rup'ed th- Fr- .-I l pi"- kn v! -Aj - :.ad c-i;s,-n?, by mi.it.-.'-y foi'-e. wa n'v able :;:,. -m- ' wn- a imi.-!i i i vi 'a i in of tho ;;ered bleat W a-h'.net. so late a ih I:h ol' j n:i ' -:n- vhii-a o'i-ht l iirvvail l. d. 1:1 si ha :d.vd an I nor Fort l'iekens ataek-d. In p:i of i - , .... this fort down to alM.ut the l jth of I VIi- . movement by the Fnited Slates, which ! "1H " -':l -.'"l :"' ' " i ickiiis, 1.. f'.:. I..,.., .1.-1,,- l-'.e-t .,r,!t.-;.. T!i .r..,i.t!..I K. m . 1.. L., -.. i.,- ,1.., ! and in roiili weather nu-ht some times lll.il. I'l l ill." t' U , i'll ',-l. , tl 111 uooo.i- e. -in. - av-. n i r till ia West I'o'.i!. i to !ib"i:h I he ai:e d ocu'n.'nt vithopt b-j t autli .ri:y. Wliat is of more ijujK.rtaniv, i v, 1 i.t. had b -en re.uia -tl and irreatly strength- wii-es. theiv will b- corresp ii Ynv lm-al cned ia every wav bv the rcliels. 3Iany inoveinents. and the attempt to reinforce powerful new land batteries (Kv-ide'a f.r- 1h usde-s."( (l-tot'i!"ii j'ivih it i,tr- 1, hi iiii.kible raft ) haii U-en constructed. Hulks, .lif-J-('ti,iji A.. aUtt Jiimny or' 1 1 i- .1- -- I 1 . i fi -l e. 1 laornin at too nave oeen suuk. in me prmcnai cnau- ( 1 i.'ni'in nju; ij u j com in j was honored n -1. so as to lender a-i-ess to Fort Sump- j Next, it was doubted w hejher it would ter from the sea impracticable, without j Ik safe to eiid reinforcenn nts in :m 1111- U; fifty miles olTTI IiiJ.-cd, if ten mile at sea. th : f.irt nii-rkt li: c 1 k,h at!.iektl and ;isi;y carried b lb:v the reinfoii-e-ineiit could have reaclnil the beach, in open sea, where alone it could land. "tv tlr-e m. 11. 1 t .". itl the e ipiPi in lin-r i eneml f.f llirt iimk an I file ol' th arm;. . Ai: 1 I 1.1 ak" i rnny an 1 the Conim;utder-in- hlef as it i up thi number, cwn th sappers and , wnd I have 1-e-n f.r the S.-crc:arv of War lain rs were b.-.mlft fr liut whv was there 11 1 er. within iva-h . Tt.' n.s:i..n muM b- j 'heir puhaeaii n was ealcuhit.-d injuriously b tier answered bv ( ;.!. r.d S-.tl l:;!n.-!f i ""'t c-mpromi- lne.-isun then than bv a. iv other pers-m. Our sasall l-ijr ueion v 01 t-n-v and the country, re,Tular armv. with the exemption of a lew and to eneou!-, -e the s. -.ioni.is in tlieir hundred m -n. were out of reach, on our i'3"The populalion of th IJussian e:n , ' "a i r the act of March o, 1807, allow suiy attemjt to be m:ule, Ikh-uuc be j had kep.t a ldy of thi-ee hundnd recruits '' ' the employment of the land was holdin" ne-iotiations with the Souih : in Xevv York harlKir ready for some time can set I reinforcements Carolina coinniissioneif. . and they woum nave txen suffcient to .1 u I., .Moultrie, and a sloop of. Afterwards, Secretary Holt and niysi-lf ; reinforce tcmporarialiy Fort l'iekens and '.' 'n'",) with twoivvtnue cut- endeavored, in ain, to obtain a shijw.f- occupy Fort McKae also the l'resi ' " :itto Charleston Latbor, in ' war for the puq5e, and were finally ; dent, about January IS, HTiniUcd tluit ! mad a:. I wick.d art !:!;: lo shatter th remote frontiers where it ha I been tm j I num iti! li-iei.ei.t. J or the rreat re tinou-ly stati-vnil f r years, to protect the J I'-"" which I tii -!.tertaiiHl for iht inhabit ants and th cini-rran:-, 01 th-ir '' r:l'- l'-1--1 lt v' r i" Mknce. wav ihilher, a-rainst attack of hsile J It i- wonhy of jTmark tluit sx.on after 1 Indi ins All w-civ ii:siiiVn'ient, an I both i the lV-sidental lee-tieu n.-jrcsoiita:ion- ' (iev S"it an I my -If cndeavon-1 in vain 1 of w hat thes vi-wvs "vi-ws coiit:unel, of -" '" u ike p.,-,:- UI (.March 2, lirst carrying all tke lower batteries of the jirmed sii atner, and the want, i vt ( 1'"' 17-'2 was l I,-)to.M ; in IS;):. (. M s.t nn , ,,,v,.if endeavon-l in vain 1 of w hat th.-s vi-wvs ivi -ws contiilncl, of ; to the i.-M, of his proclama- seccssioni-ts. The difficulty "of rcinfor- a suittible naval vessel the liroklvn In-hri j ;;'j.n'-MV ')' : a'rl at present it anion!,!, to ' , , ..reva'd upon Congress to nvse several ' m- -r I- ss -onTtmii, vV-ro iinlortini- ' ' ! l in t j,,-,..,- t 1 the pjissa-e of rinr has thus been '.ncn-ised i-i or twelve . long held in reserve at Norfolk for some bo,'o;i.(M. adlltiona! nVlments f r thi- purpose. j m- ly circulated. esjK-cialy llirou-hout tlie !'-'::''-'of nulhiieatioa. l'resider.t fold. Fir.t, the late l'rcsid -nt refused to purpo.e unknown to mo. Finally, after I , I, in.nim -ndin-: this au.im .,'ation of j S.uth. The editors of ihe ' National In- An I-airhsh lariner n'-ntly ii'iisarkiM : th-- (b-n-al states, in hi rej:rt t. the ! tellarene. r ;n assi-pai a reason for tlir that 4i he feil his land ln-fore it was liun- ! War Department, of N-'M-inlior, 1 S.)7, 1 publiirition, t:ate that both in public '.tv, rested it bcfinv it was weary and j that ' it woul I not more than furnish the j prints ami in public sjeeeliers allusions had weeded it h-fore it wjis foul." Wo have M-hUm, if over, seen so much agricultural widom condepse-vl in a sinfle sen"ne. reiufoiVi'lnent s Florida, Tex 1 ( ):-i-'f-n. Wa-hinrrtoi ts no-.v rr- atly n "le:l In I Ir-en :nad. t th-m, and sx'tne iuisjippro cas. New Mexico. California, t hctiion of their chnracb-r liad jrot Mbro-H! 'a-hinrrton. rT ,"" IC:in-a.. rie( p e,,v i vr i-n-r ( ir
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