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THE RICH ASD THE POOR.
U;Y SERIES.
EBENSBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19, 1SG2.
VOL . 9-NO. 50.
Lfllfr fro"' Kx-ITeslilent Ilu- tured by a vastly tuporior force. Owing
4ii;U'a,,-""!4ls ,SI!3' ,w ?i'al to the interruption of regular communica--cctt.--
''- ISrginulns of tlie tions, Secretary Holt did not receive in-
r, ,n;i.i itp-3
! ..-.,! Hi. General S-ott states that ! """im euer auurcs.-eu to a third cr
. , . -.i ii, W'a.-h'm-'toii on the 12lh " 1 le nnniebately informed the Pres
me that the S-crataries had issued the 1 - On the -1th of January the Jay before ; out of the power of Government to send j Congress cither to adopt measures of
... nv.., oceii iary 11011 uni noi receive m- j otlieers' anU that they were
I iorination of these events until several sion. The lJrooklyn, wit!
, iiays after their oeeurreuee ami then I tary stores, and provisions,
that i thru"?" a letter aJJrcs.-eil to a third inr- forthwith fix-in Fortres? Moi
Sumter.
ith troops inili-
was to sail
Monroe for Fort
I am. therefore, utterly at a
,uui allied bv the Svretary of j '-'"nt " the fact and reinforcements, pro- loss to imagine why the Genial, in his
i ;i'o.LneiaI'ttii with the lVe-i- ; smd military stores were dispatch- j statement, should have asserted "that the
I.'.th of D vsiiUt. WhiNt I ' kv 1,10 1 Brooklyn to Fort l'ickcns, with- South Carolina Commisioners had ahvady
.ikviion whatever ot tins con- '"'"" m imiiii-i-;u-y ueiay. .-ne j iHfnuiiiiivuavs.il Washington, ana no
movement of defence (on the part of the
I'nited States) was permitted. These
Commissioners arrived in Washington,
en the 27th December: Gen. Scotts re-
thc
necessary orders to the army and navy uuie UepaiHirc ol the Star ot the est from i them without violation of iMibbe futh.
ollicers' and that they were in his posses- Xew York, as General Scott in hi j-tate- : This was w hat writers on imblic law de
ment admits, succor was sent to Fort ; nominate " a partial truce under yl.ieli
Taylor, Key West, and to Fort Jetfcrson, hostilities are suspended only in cntain
Tortugas I-land, which reached these . places, and between a town and the army
Ioints in time for their security. I Ie j besieging it." It is io-sib!e that the
nevertheless sjeculates on the cons.fjii. n- ! I'rcsidenr, under the laws of war, might j
I:
I'.i'iibil-!u-e
to s
.-s states ttrrectlv ; l,'n i rin ss .Monroe on the 'J Ith ot Jan-
-r I did r i'ii-e to send three luuidivil , "ar.v-
.''i ;,. nlMv-nv .Major Anderson at Fori Vv i ll-found. -.1 apji hensions, however,
"i ... wi--. h:ul "not then removed to 1 WtTt' eiiiertain.tl at th-; time of hei d.-par-.'-siiiu
r. Tin' reason for this ivfu- : 1,!1V ,5,:,t t,u" ifinfore.-nients. with tlie
'. '- !.4.t:.'.:'vr-t to all who recollect the his- i vs.-i.- of war ;.t no great distance from j oUth. It was complied with on the olst,
,, ! i'.;i,e. Hut twvhe davs oeti.iv ' ol t l'ickcns. could not anive in time to and a single day is all that represents the
.t .. i lv : iT.'t.ffl if .irr.iTtit tt.rk i...s-....1T.-w .......!. i .......... .1 . . . . . ..C.l... .... 1
aiiC ot liie oil IJeCClli- n.in-i in. imp inline .iti.ii tv. iu.Mi u;o? 04 llie VJViiciai
. 1 T 1 : : 1 1
:il in--A ujoii Congress the ad p- of susmiisc and whilst Lieut. Again. Genend Scott asserts, in the
-u ."..i.euis to tl'.e Coustitutioii of '. i' mmer was in c.trenie iH-ril, Senators face of thes facts, that the 1 'resident
i.;:r:. 'e r with iho.-e subsOjucnt- ' i'del!. Hunter an 1 liigler received a tele- ' refused to allow any attempt to reinforce
i.v .Mr. t rit ten. ten, called the : g-'l-uc uisp-ucn iix.m rvmator .laiiory,
ii-I.-a "Compromise." At that ; ,,f '"da. dated at 1'ensacola, on the
!, h !-. - we're entertained tiirou-h- ! -v,'h danuarv-. with the urgent request
,-,.i:i,a v that these would he adop- ! fbould lay it ln-fore the 1'resi-
I believe, and this correct- ! n 'ul- 1 m-p'i expressed an earnest
compromise, or, tailing in these, to pre
pare for the last alternative, in both
aspects-my recommendation was disre-
garded. I shaU close thi docmuent with
a quotation of the last e:itcr.cc-t of tk-t
message, as follows :
' In einclusion, it may be permitted
.i.... ..... i... .. .
a oil -.uuiiei i.jev:iiiitj in.- iioi.aiiiu, i
i: -Me-. I believe, and this correct- ! " 1 m -p:ut " exiressed an earnest
-tli.-e-i.t proved, that Major An- j desire to maintain the r.aee, as well as
. w: fa. ii in no dau-r of an attack. ,he ln"st I'sitive assurance that no attack
id
would be made on Fort l'ickcns if th
negotiation: with the South Carolina
: Commissioners. And still acrain, that
j ' altcnvanls Secretary Holt and myself
! muLoiiAr1. j1 ii 'ii ti fit olitnin i wl t i t a C
v ft i tv t oi . ty Ait i ttiii wi4iit m i ti' v k
war for the puriose, and were finally obli
ged to emilov the assener steamer, Star
of the West.'" Will it be believed that
! the substitution of the "Star of the West"
4. !iix man 1 were then
.1 with !..:uk. d kindlier bv the :.u- 1,1VS' 1,1 t:lU! MiouM Ik- preserved
;-ani neoj lo of Charle.-ton. Cn-ier ! This projK'al was carefully cons'nlere.1, j for the jowerful war steamer lJrooklyn,
. ;.vii!i ;u.v. to hae s.-i.t such a '"!u a vi.-w to the safety of the Fort , of w hich he now comilains, w:us by the
:Liv voi.l.'t have been onlv to im- ! al" l" '"ihappy r-flcct wh"ch an actual advice of General Scott himself.' I have
;!; of . t.iii'.iomi-e to i.i-ovoke ' eoHir-ioii. either at that or ar.v other point, j never heard this doubted untill I lvad the
miuiii j .roduce on the 1 caee Convention ! s-uitement.
then about to assemble at Washington, i At the interview already rcfered to be-
11 1. .1. . I. M 1
t i ne result was that a vint dispati h was ! tween the iicncral mm mvseit, on
lit I caivfully pi--pard by the Secretaries of . the evening of .Monday, the ol st of Dec-
I could not have "Jirand -Navy, aeeeptmg the proposal, 1 ccml)cr, 1 suggesteil to him that, although
..,1 il. - ,.i . -i tutor. ....i. mii. rent i .- w ii 1 1 i nuvoria: u mon neat ions, which was ' 1 nau noi received tae rxuuu arouna
ces w hich might have followetl had the have annulled this truce 111011 due notice me to remark that I have often warned
reinlorcements not reached their destina- i to the opposite party ; but luither C.en. my ccuntiynxn of ll.e dangers which now
lion in due time; and even expresses the Scott nor any other "person suggested this ; surroumd us. lliis mav be the List timo
extraordinary opinion that with the o- j expedient. This would have Ken to , I shall refer to the sulyect otlkiallv. I
session of these fort., i4 the rebels might j cast a ix tlection on Major An b i-son. v. ho feci that my duty has been faith'iully,
have pun liase.1 an early recognition." Ivyoud juestion. acted tivm the highest t though it may imperfectly, j- i forcv.d ;
I shall next advert to the st it. nient and purest motives. Did Gen. Scoit ever ' and w hatever the result mav be, I shall
that the cxjxHlit'um under Capt. Wanl, j.rop..s' to iol;ite this truce -hiring its ex- : carry to th? grave the consciousness that
"of three or four small steamers kloii'mg itence.' If lie did. I :;n i;..t now. and ; I at kast meant v.vli for mv countrv."
to the Coast Survey," wa kept back by never was, aw:re oi" the fact. In lee 1 I ; Your ohtli nt sen ant, "
something like a truce or armistice, made ; think he wo-il.l have Icon one of the last JAMLS IICCIIANAX.
here. cmbra-i::g Charleston and lVna- men in the world to propose such a rucas- ; Wh- utbnd. r.car Lancaster, Oct. 28, 1SG2
cola harbor, agreed upon between the ure. ' j
late I resident and certain principal se- j Col. Ihiyne did not deliver the letter
ceders of Nuth Can.lina. Florida, Iamu- ; which he bore fnni (oenir l'ickcns,
fcian.u vVc. And this truce lasted to th.
end of the Administration." Things al
together distinct in their nature are often
so blended in this statement that it isdi'.ii
cult to s perate them. Such is eminently
i
: ir! ii:i ! : 1 1 1 t!i. e. umtry.
-.!ii- detail-of this coiiver-a-
r.-! ! to winch the Gei.eral's
r in.i-t ie ueteclive. ,t iiv--
1. 1
t-
l'v emv one
.! 1 v -ni 1 1. i -graph " Major Ar.d -rsoii
it ! .c.itvi. -. to hold the Forts (Moul
traasii.itted by telegraph, on the 29th Commissioners in their oiiicial capacity,
K.nuarv, to I at ut. Meiumer and t the ! but nicrelv :is private gentlemen, vet it
r. In.iiuati a 'ainst attack :" b -caus.'. , ":ivul eouuaan-iers near the station. It ! might be considered an improper act to
t,-i-l, i,. T.-.M-iti..n thl luid lvti i u41 1-"J f,,r transcription: suilice it tt i send the llrooklvn v.ilh ivinfoix-ements
i i i . .
'.- i'.ri-. through a .-peoi.d j y it w as careiuily guamed at everj- ! to r ort Sumter until I h:ul received an
... Maii.r Aivierson for ! p1"11 i;r the set i:rin ol" t ho Fort and its ! answer from them to my letter oi" t e
1 ; i'er to M:.ior lhiel! ir'"" co..::m:iiie;.:.oii with Washiutiton.
(
JiJt .. .'jiT s. lit V
lis Ve! Ji,,;-,.v
; iii ..; iii .
liie (..;..-!:.!'.
.- -,ei: - '.:'. . p.
. .- il s .!:,, ;;; l.,.,, during tilt jiO
lii.ine.iii-as :.H e.ai:::.ie, le
the I're-ident. until the ."1st f Januarv.
Tlie dtK'umeut contjuning the reus jus for
tliis wonyitig d lay were omnuiiiicatetl
to Congress in a sjfcial message f the
the case m connecting the facts relative to S:h ol l ebruary. tlie Secretary ot ar,
Charleston with IVnsucola. : under the instruction- of the President,
Having already treatetl of the charge gave a peremptory refusal lo this demand
of having kepi back the rcmtoreeiiKiits in an able and comprehensive letttr, re
fixm I'cnsacola, I sha!l now say som - ! v iewing the whole sidject, exp!a:ni:ig aal
thing of the charge of haing kept them ' ju.-titying the conduct of the lr -sid nt
back fr.-m Charleston. Neither a tru. t!i.ughout. Its cone'udi.tg s r.ter.ce is
nor quasi truce. n r anything like it, was j loih clouei.l and emphatic,
ever conehid.-tl between the i'resideiit aa i "If. (savs Mr. Holt.) with all th
Hon. Akcihualu M Aixistli-. Wo
had the pler.s-ure of a short call vestcrdav
.leman-ling the siinvn.ler f the foit, to ! irc! non. .rchib;dd M AlIister,' member
. c - I t- .i
. i i oi.grcss cieci lion ti.e -vci.t'.rnth
r;i-tiict Mr. M A. was elected ever hi
; Abolition opponent, Mr. Hair, by 772
; majority, in a district which the Abolition
ists consideixd certain for the:n. Ilia
sound Democratic principles r.nl vrsor.al
' popularity t gather canieU him i-aiely
: through: and m the next Congre.'s tl"j
: Dt iiiocr.itic party will have the benefit cf
' his good SeJis..-, his integiity, Li? iiif uerc3
' r-ii his vote. H.i.Tssbnri I'rr.cn.
'I'h - result wa- hiiihiv fortunate. Tlie ! continue more than fortv ei-eht hours
- I .j len.. ntarv note of lh-ooklvn had a e n' passage. Although j He promptly concurcd in this suggestion
-.-'aim ' to me (ienei-.d I 11 l'''ess Monroe on the 24th .Ian- as gentlemanly and ptxper, and the orders
i. r t... i uarv. .-he tud not suTive at 1 Vnsacola until i were not transnntteu lo the lirooKlvn i.n
the 'th Februarv. In the meai. time Fort i that evening. Mv anticipations were
- ;." . iiMtlee. Even if i In- i I'i' kt us. with Lieut. Sk'inmer (whose j correct, for on the morning of the 3d of
.r.-i,-.t .-ntirelv .'.ill, rent. I had i '"duct desei v. s high cotiunendation. ) and : January I received their insolent note,
i .eiv ,!, :,-riii'u;v d ui-. il a poiiev ol j ' brave little band, were placet 1, by ! and sent it back to them. In the mean
,v " 11 npi-.-.r ln.in mv annual i virtue of this arrangfineiit. in perfect se- ! time, however, the General had become
-j.. 1 li';s v. .is. ;.t evesv hazard to "m ' '.v "i.t il an ad equate f rce hal anived j convincctl, by the representations of a
i:ie cu.-ioms of" Charleston and : ,' d. f. nd it again-t any attack. The t gcntlcinen w horn 1 forlx-ar to name, that
. i 'n.i t i. 1 be. ;n a v -.-.! of KiI ' - ,til m.ssi ssioii. v i ii miht : me oeticr pian, as me otivuu ies oi , ar
elr. ( o'e,,,.;.. ; .,. .t . ..r Collector ! "'. t'oii have t-Api e.--ei his salislaelum ,
ii... i an.ieii.ated. resigned hi.- oiiice : w"ith ibis a"rangemcnt
i i:.e rn I .f I )i-vi ii . arid, immedi-
:my human authority concerning Charles- iiiuhij.liel prK fs whit h c?.ist ot the 1'ivsi
ton. ():i the contrary, the Suit It Caroli- denfs anxiety tbr p ace , and of th,-tarn-mi
Comiu-s-ioners. tirst and !:i-t. and all . est:i---s which he has pursued it, the au
the time, were informed that the Fresi li nt thoritics of t!:at Stat- shall assault Fort
could never -urr n l. r F rt Sumter, nor ' Sumptcr and iinperil the lives of the
deprive himself tf the most entire liVrty ; ban iful f th:; brave and loyal men shut
to send reinforcements to it win-never it ' up within its walls, an 1 thus plunge our
was believed to Ik in daniror, or requested , country into the horrors of civil war,
by Major Andeixjii. It is Mran-je that j then uon them and th.'-e they ivpr. font
Cien. Scott was not apprised of this well . must rest the r:s.o.;-il i'.itv.
piitfttling day ; lhat the delay could not known fact. it was then, with seme The truce was tl cn cud -d. and Gt n-
astonishm. nt, that I learned from ti e f cral S.-ott is i::uumt m staling that :t
statement t.f tKo General that he had. on ' lasted to the end of that Administration.
the 12th March. 1 Sol, advised that M:jor j An expedition wa- quietly titled out at
Anlerson should lie instructed toeacuate Ne.v Yerk rn l r the superxi-kii of Gen.
the fort a.- soon as suitable transportation ' Scott, to le readv for anv conting nev.
coukl l" pr-cured to carrv him If and i lie arrant-! its th tail- and n-jarded the j
... . i i . i i . . . . .
sseti ins sal l.-laelion , ana li;c v nuoiiiieti uie, 10 i-ceiccv
The ( lencral was ! and success and reach the fort, would be
;va:t- r. I nominated ;.. I ho Sen-
i suitable person
. i - ;
I
correct in his supjos!thii that this ar- ; to send a fa.-t side-wheel merchandise
nuicement was to expire on the ternnna- ' steamer Irom ixevv lork w ith the rein-
t.i- -uceess. r.
i
. ::t ::l
T..:.t b
f
lion of the l'ea-e Convention
r-.iiai
i.
ri-i-. to do liis
iv. however. thoiiL-hoiit
a. .i'-e.i.n ! pi t on
liii:-. without a Co'Ieenv.
I". li iliUis-iu.C t'. CoileCi liie
. I itt We
po. t.i.!. -vl.. :i
-
co-sarv to
.. p.. S t:.
t!l
f
forcemeiit. Aceortlingly tlie Star of the
n e.v come to an imiH-rtaiit , West was selected for this duty. The
dates w ill Ik- i s-ei'.tiailv ne- substitution of this merchantib; steamer
entangle the statement of - for the Urooklvn. which would have been
The South Carolina Com- i able to defend herself in cast of attack.
I . a- r
of. s ,-t ileinent aiieo. -- ;
i'ro Viyn, w i:h Captain Vt Mines'
-i.'li-. ! !t tie.- C hes.-M.eake fori
.l.m;
-.!.-. ; !,..ii:
;. l'lX.-'iIeul
':" a 'j'.i:.-! :irn:i-iice
a iv
-d and, on
having i ii-
with lea-ling
i t ii-acola and t !s. vhi-n. caused
1 - lb-it and Toucev tt instruct,
't n te. the commander of the war
l'. !.sae..la an 1 Li. -tit. Slt-mmer.
A r.Tt I'iek. a
- -:i.i:v aad not to land Captain !
- t
!ii..ii:v uiik'-s the Firt sin
liii-.-i.-.iers w. re appointed on the 221. ! was n luctaiilly i.-lded to by me to the
and a.fivci in Wasiiiugton on the 27th ; high miUifary judgement of General Scott.
Dec.-m'v. r. Th-day after their ai-rival it I The change of the pngrame lVtpiiretl
was announced (hat Major Anderson had ! a brief space of time : but the Star of the
removed from Fort M nitric to Fort Sum- i West left for Charleston on the evening of
tt-r. This rendered them furious. Ou
iL-- same dav fhev addressed an angry
letter to tin; 1 'resident demanding the sur
render of Fort Sumter. The I 'resident
answered this letter on the otuii iK-cem-
thc forth of January. Ou the very day,
however, when this ill-fated steamer hit
New York, a telegram was dispatched by
(len. Scott to Col- Scott to countermand
her departure : but it did not reach its
her by a peremptory refusal. This brought ' destination untill after she had gone to
. . .. ,. .i . i
sea. 1 he reason ior mis countermand
shall le stated in the huiiuatre of St-re-
forth a reply iVtm tin Cmmissioners on
. t ..11 I 1 C i I .4 1 - 1. I
t.. i-oniiiol no i toe i .lauuai A, io n, ui sucu an msuu- ;
haracter, that the President instantly tarv Holt, to be loimd in a letter address-
..t.i i returned it t. iheiii with the following en-i cil bv him to Mr. Thompson, the late
i.
tloi scment: " This paiier. just prestntetl Stci-ctarv of the Interior, on the oth of
to the President, i of such a character, ; March, 18Gl,and published in the Ao
that he declines to receive it." From j t ItiUlljeii-ir. Mr. Holt says :
lie afterward states, with
;,t-. "lhat j.int note 1 novel
I vimn.-h tiie armistice was i-tnse-
- u tae m-etin ol the Peace t t n- ! ,'iat forward, all liiemlly, political '-The counterniand spoken of( by Mr.
;it V"av,i:!i:,,ii :in l was imd. r- ' :u1' P '',,.i:d interconist; finally cea-ctl Thompson) was not more cordhUly sanc-t-ri'iinate
'with it." I between the revolutionary S'iiat.rs and j tioned bv tin Pivsident than it was by
statements betrav a singular ! -'l0 President, and he was severely attack- ; (jt.n. Scott an 1 myself: mt because of
ftl by them in the Senate, and esjiecially JU1V dissent from the order on the part of
by Mr. delferst n Davis. Indeed, their . the President, but ln-cause of a letter re
intercourse had previously lieen of the j ivtl that day from Major Anderson,
coolest character, ever since the Presi- . stating, in afl'ect, that he regarded himself
dent's niiti-seee.-sion message at the com- ' secure in his jtosition; and yet more frm
mencement of the session of Congress. j intelligence w hich late oti Saturday evening
I'nder these changed circumstances, ; tj, Januarv, 1S(1 ,) reached the Depart -Gen.
Scott, by note on Sunday, the 30th ment, that a heavy battery had been erect
Decenibcr, addressed the following inquiry oi n!nonir the sand hills at the entrance to
to the President :
t4 W't'l !.... 1 ..... .Tf rt..., ..,.tt
.y. lll ill. I lesni'.iii I'llllllt i .I'll,
- in iiiorv on the part of General
-1 '; '"" -, ;..eelv ci-etlilne that this
' .' i t note, piv.-ented in such odious
r"- subiiitted to General Scott on
; ' i i y it was prepared, (daiuuiry
1 iu-t hi- entire approbation. I
,; " -t make this assertion if I did not
" '':iclu-ivc evidence to prove it.
' u 'lav S-eretary Holt addressetl me
ii""!u which tlie followiii ' is an ex-
lesve the satisfaction of
1 "!l Mihinittin the paper to Gen. I without reference to the War Department,
. m .-' d himself satisfied with ' im, u'dierwise as s.-cretely as posible,
Charleston harlxr, which would probably
l'Stnv any unarm-1 vessel (and such
was the Star of the West) which might
attempt to make its way to Fort Sumter.
This important information satisfied the
Government that there was no present
necessity for sending reinforcements, and
that when sent they should go. not in
. - c tar. there could Ik no objection i" hundred and fifty recruits
' -nt:.--. ment in a military point of i lronl Nwv York haiior to rein fore Fort
' A "r "ikerwi-,." This ivtmires no j Sumter, together with sonic extra muskets
1 !:t That the General had cverv ' or n''' s --munition, subsist ance f It is
" stistio.I with the !U-nu,,r.r j hpt'd that a slKp of w-ar and cutter inay a vessel of commerce but of war. Hence
' ''Vill ;u,;.. ;ir j,.,,,,, ,.je 0'i11w;j1t Sa'tf- oiileivd for the same puqHtse ti-mor- the countemiand was despatched by tele-
" j row:" graph to New York, but the vessel had
t ilnt i, i it . , 'I'll-- fl .iiiil soiiiii itiit fn Lnmvn :i -..1 A in-i.ii. 1 rr it mnihikil ti..
. ---- - ! ijn iircM k i::it i Miiirnrf i - --- .-.- vinii i n .-non nnv iv mu im-
! , ? th.-tnps oi'llu I'nited States ilun t!iat Mr. Fluid was out of office.
.. ''Vile ...I 1 ... 1 .... 1 .1 1
i 4, ifiii i c sen i iiiMi i if 1 pvpr tnii :i r -n I'M meei it iiiuic iuoiiiiu iiic--mi
N.iw V..1..1 1 T iT t Mnr.:.wul W 1...- 1 i.inbinont i if tlus fiif'tc rf ftKiwIt.l
iil.. illIU IICIIL. ."iV'IM- ) COlIll iliin e. Il 1 X'TJC-l- 'Jll tUIIU.H V .a." '
DeeemlM-r 30th. Oil Montlav i hv tlates, proves conclusively mat me
mornirv' 1 iravc instructions to the War President was not only willing but anxous
ind Navy Departments, and on Monclav m the oneresi p"-'' w rciniorce tori
; officer Col. Scott to whoom it w:is ad-
Kirr:; on a IIazl. Substitute bro
kcrs isj.jwar to be ia ha ! ordir with tho
; tlraftcxi ii.cn i:i camp "etir l'liIli-delpLia.
! One of them apt.arcd ia camp on
' Wctines-lay, Laving tv.o t-i:b.-titute9 to
dispose of, but :is .KtR as l.js business
; lxca.ne know n, a rail was obtained fivia
j a neighboring fence, and the broker com-
pc-IIed to take an invo!ert: ry riie through
j camp, f.'llon-cd by a shouting :md LigLly
' excited croud. After carrying him in
; this way for over a mile, he wa-periiatt'.-d
; to di-mour.t. and o;.-c on icrru jtm-i it ii
; said he m.i le tracks for the citv at a
j Flora Ten i pie" gnit.
C-nic cilycf Sj riiigfield, JIino.
his command to New York. -V millitary
neeccsity for a capitulatioh may have ex
isted in case there should be an attack
upon the tort, or a demrmd for its surren
der; but surely n- ne such could have ex
isted for it.- voluntary surrender and aban
donment. Probably that to which the General
means to refer w:ts not the quasi, but the
actual tnnt-of arms concluded at Charles
town on th 1 1 th of January, 1.1, le
t'.veen Governor Pi.-kuss and Maior An
derson, witli Mi; the knowliil. of th I k. i t lia -k bv
rcinforccmt nts thus provided for as suiii-
cient. I ais was r a !y to sail
Sumter o'i five hours" n tiec.
the home of Mr. I.i::coh:. give a Di.
ocratic maioritv cf r.:-J the
m-
lor Fort v . 4iit; cvuii.
It is of f mgamon, ia which ho lives, gives
j this- ex.v Htion that General Scott thus J . 'r.aic major.:y.
i At the 1 rc-sioeiit;.".! tkctioni: omv rnvo
SllIlvS i . . - ... "
'At that time, when this (the tract ) ; J
had passed awav, S-cretaries Holt and ! ,, , ,
: Tout v. Captain Ward, of the navv. and , . 1 vt i; Novcm..,r S Over tl,n
! mvsc-it; withth knowletet-ftiie l'ivsi-i,n,iT,j.: : :a;:haW " ?
dent, settled upon th, cn.i'.lovment, under ! ? Agency, as irl.ctvrors m
the Captain of three ,.r foursteam t- Ie- ! f ,lornl'io a:uIX? f"1 -ffin-loiv.-inir
to the Coa-t Sarvev. bat he was U' i;,V-" h U Cr ,h?:.hv5.cr ot
resis wiin iae auuairuies ai a-i::gtcD
I The jte-'vple of Minnesota to a man aej in
lavor cl the immethatc execution.
.V st.M. in eoa-t-t, ivv. The truce L
1
expiretl with Mr. Holt's letter t Colonel ;
llavne on the ."ih t Fibruary. and Gen
eral Scott, in his siateme;:!. savs: "It!
I
:1 1 have b-en ca-v to r. inforce the j
lU .ut the 12th of Febs uarv." ;
j Welti I have
' f .rt lovvn lo
President. It was on the 1th of danuarv
lhat the Star of liie V.s:, ui.-l r th -Americaa
t"..tr. was liicl uptMi in the
harbt-T of Charleston, by order of G iv
cnior Pick ns. Immediately after this
outrage, Maj-jr Anderson sent a t
the Governor, statin ' that lie nivsum-'d ! Vhv. then, di 1 nut thu reinforc
the act had been unauthorized, and for i proceed .' This was simolv K-cause
that reast-n he ha-1 not opened tire from : communications trom Major And- r.-'n.
Fort Sumter on the adjacent batteries; ; I; was most foitunite tint thry tli 1 :i t
but demaiilinii its disavowal, and. if this proceed; because the lluve cr tour small
he
nr nts
of
were not sent in a reasoiiaMc tins
steamers w hich were t' bear tlr-ni would
wouM consider it war, and lire on anv . never have iwched tlie fori, and in the
!
vessel that attempted to leave the bar- attempt must have been captured or L--
lor. Two davs after this occurrence, on stroMl. 'Ih asl iuadetpiacy of the
the 1 1th danuarv. Governor Pickens, had . fort v pit idel to accomplish the ol-ject
Li;r llt-M UK Sii:LNti The rxum
tlecied to the Legislature as a Dcrix-rat.
who panders to abolitionism cr vt-tes for
Slnn-ij (.'amereti or any other I.epubliciin
Abohtioi:i-t for United States Senalor,
deacr'e nothiag but the ifi,y and .iii
er. --C)'.d Centre" iil furni-h tlie rvpo
and ttro lirit;.tf:n! a'Ciu tittmlrrxl honest a::l
brave men to pall it, with the poor, crin
ging miscreant dargiing from the other
end. That other count: s will do like
wise, we have no d.-abt. Ikil'-'cnto
the audacity to demand of Major Ander
son the surrender of the fort. In his :ui
swerof the same date, the Major made
the following proposition: Should
your excellency deem fit, previous to a
resort to arms, to refer this matter to
Washington, it would afiord me the sin
ecrest pleasure to depute one of my oili
ccrs to accompany anv messenger vou
wa- demonstrated bv information received
from M tjr Anderson at the War D-part-ment
on th last tlav ot th" A hsani.-tra-li
-n.
I purpi-t.lv forl.-ar at presi-n! lo s.ay
more en this su'-jeet. hst 1 might, howev
er imii.tt ntioiiaily, lo inju-tice tt one or
more of the parties coiuvrnt-d. in euiise
ouentv of the l.rivitv iKpiired bv the
mav deem tn.iicr to be the lean r of vur nature of this communication. Th facts
command." This proposition wasproin- ivlating to it, with the appropriate .ic
ily acccptetl by the Ciovenior, ami. ia , conipaiiiments, have ln-en liiily presented
pursuance thereof, lie sc-ut oa his part, : in a historical review, prepared a year
Hon. J. W. 1 1 ay ne, the Attorney ien- ago. which w ill ere long !e published. Ti.i
eral of Suth Camlina, to Washingiou, review contains a skcich t.." the four last
whilst Major Anderson deputed Licutea- months of my Administration. It is im
ant Hall, of the l.'nitcd States army, to partial : at h ast such i.- my ho.i.-si con
accompany him. These gentlemen ar- viction. That it lias nt yt 1-t-n pil
rivetl together in Washington, and on the lisht.! has aris n sob-ly frota an appn he;:
evening of the loth of January, w hen the sion, no longer entertain.!, that -o:ae-l'residcnt
obUiined the first knowliile of thing therein might b - vnj.i-tlv pr t-rtel
the trans:ictitin. 1'ut it will be rccoh-ctcd ; into an interference with the Government
that no time intervened bet ween the return ! in a vigorous prose-cut ion of the war for
of the Star of the West to New Y"trk and the maintenance of ! con-titutien and
the arrival of the messenger bearing a : tiie restoraiitui of the I "nion, which was
copy of the truce at Washington, within far, very far. from my intention. I
C2 A datcbia.m locking for a Trsoa
by the name of Dunn, who owed Lira a
small account," asked a wag near
Swe-eiiv's eating house w here No. 00 w as,
a- he wished to fin 1 Mr. Dunn. Tha
wag told him to go to Sweenv'e and th-j
l'rst jerson at the first table was the gen
llemau he was eno'iiriiig f. r :
Tie? thitehaiaii wtiitin, rdeut as slow
;is a jackass to a j.vk of or.!, nnl tbi
l"rst g. nth-man," happened to be zsi
Irishman.
Are von Z ...'j f ' savs the Dtehmr.ni.
"Itj savs li
onli iast coa.m ncct'.
4. i
v mv s
s u' I"n
t" e A freilit train ran e:T the track
ii. ar K.ttanu'mg Point, cin the IVnn'a IL
11. t :i Wchieslay. tlie ."th. precipitating
the locomotive and fifteen cars ve-r a high
embankment, c'uipletc'y demclisl.-n;'
them, and burying ti e engineer, Arguc
tas Wolf, of Pitt.-burg, in tl- rui:', k:!
l'mir !;".:a ia-taetlv.
j-i..
w hich it would have lnen tos.sible to send
reinforcements to Fort Sumpter. Iloth
events occumtl about the same time.
Thus a trace, or suspension of arms.
was ciMH'hided between the jxirties. to
A ni:..i:0 preacher was holding fv-rtb
one ?tai lay. and in the curse f Li :
marks, said :
Der two rtKi-K D fust is a
bnxid s:raiht n:id h.nhni to alh and
biiinsh ne. 1 other :? a straicht tad
- 1 1 i-i
Hi" v ...;.!. i i i ,
'"uci v. w in iii iii!v iir;i : i.t oiomr
,., . .? - v.- . l J v V ( llllli
t I'i.
K w here he was in irntni-
r rv..rr
ni
mrtit of beia c;ip-
evenirg Grn. Scott came t cnsTratiilat Sumter.
After a -arcful rctro-peci, I can so'iinm
lv declare lefo: (1k1 and mv coontiy
that I cannot reproach myself with any
ae-t of commission or omission sun-e the
existing trouble commenced. I haver.ev-
eentiuiH until the question of the surren- er l"ubted that my countrvint n wtjul-1 narrow iMa l leading to L I', lire, and t-ter-der
of the fort should le dec'uled by the yet dome justice. In my sj--cU me?- , nal d.iiieriaiitHi.
President. I'ntil this dc iion Major sage of the 8th of .January. 1S01, I pre-; If dem U fict, icate-I Sambo,
r to a-k for rt-inforccmTt-. n1 iiallv ing condition of th; 0'i:ntryt and ur-fl for thr '".'.