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LATEST REPORTS FROM CHARLESTON. WASHINGTON, Saturday, March 23. I have just received a dispatch from a gentleman in Charleston who visited Fort Sumpter this morning. He states that he found Major ANDERSON taking an inventory of everything preparatory to evacuating the post. He is, it seems, allowed to exercise his own judgment as to the method of leaving. The Baltimore Exchange publishes the following, saying that it is from an officer stationed at Fort Sumpter, and may be implicitly relied on: FORT SUMPTER March 18, 1861. We are now making active preparations to leave, and there is consequently much bustle...
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WASHINGTON, Friday, March 22. A MESSENGER AT SUMPTER. A dispatch has reached this city from Charleston, which states that Dr. Fox, of the United States Navy, a special messenger from the Government to Major ANDERSON, had reached that city, and had visited Port Sumpter by permission, in company with Captain HARTSTEIN. Of course the exact nature of his mission was not publicly known, but there was little doubt that it related to the evacuation of the Fort. The Charlestonians were much excited relative to the visit, and developments were awaited with much anxiety. THE PROPOSED EIGHT MILLION LOAN. The Secretary...
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WASHINGTON, Thursday, March 21. THE QUESTION OF FORT SUMPTER. A report was received here, to-day, that the vessel sent to Charleston was not sent to bring away the troops from Fort Sumpter, but contained supplies and reinforcements for Major ANDERSON. The news created quite an excitement, but soon subsided when the report was contradicted. There is evidently no truth in the matter. Up to last evening no orders had been issued. The policy of the Administration is, however, to keep its movements a profound secret until its decisions are executed. THE SOUTHERN COMMISSIONERS. The report that the Administration and the...
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WASHINGTON, Wednesday, March 20. CONCERNING FORT SUMPTER. While the most prominent Republican Senators are unable to say definitely whether the order for the abandonment of Fort Sumpter has been actually issued, they all now concede that this policy has been definitely settled upon. APPOINTMENTS MADE AND TO BE MADE. The following nominations were sent to the Senate to-day: ANSON BURLINGAME, of Massachusetts, Minister to Austria. HENRY S. SANFORD, of Connecticut, Minister to Belgium. RUFUS KING, of Wisconsin, Minister to Rome. BRADFORD R. WOOD, of New-York, Minister to Denmark. JAMES O. PUTNAM, of New-York, Consul at Havre. FREEMAN H. MORSE, of...
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The time of the President and Cabinet has been mostly employed yesterday and to day upon the question of the evacuation of Fort Sumpter. No order has yet been issued. The matter is in the hands of the President. A Cabinet majority favors an evacuation. The President was compelled to close his morning levee to-day in consequence of pressing business. CHAS. HOWE was nominated and confirmed as Collector at Key West, Fla. The Commissioners under the recent claims treaties with New-Granada and Costa Rica were nominated to-day. E.W. LEAVENWORTH, of New-York, is Commissioner under the former, and CALVIN HUSON, Jr.,...
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WASHINGTON, Monday, March 18. The President sent to the Senate to-day the following nominations: CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, of Massachusetts, Minister to London. WM. L. DAYTON, of New-Jersey, Minister to France. GEORGE P. MARSH, of Vermont, Minister to Sardinia, JAMES WATSON WEBB, Minister to Constantinople. WM. S. THAYER, of the Evening Post, Consul-General at Alexandria, Egypt. G.W. DITZLEE, Agent of the Pottawatomie Indians. Mr. ADAMS accepted. His appointment is considered here a most admirable one, and there is no doubt his popularity at London will equal that of his distinguished father at the same Court, long ago. The appointment of Mr....
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WASHINGTON, Sunday, March 17, 1861. The Administration is exceedingly discreet relative to its movements, and the Cabinet counsels are carefully guarded from outsiders. I am well satisfied, to-day, nevertheless, that there has been some hitch relative to the Fort Sumpter matter. No final order for the withdrawal of the troops has been given thus far, and it is by no means settled that they will be withdrawn. Hon. JOHN J. CRITTENDEN and wife leave here to-morrow for Kentucky. The lady guests of the National Hotel gave a very handsome farewell entertainment last night to Mrs. CRITTENDEN, at which Gen. SCOTT,...
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WASHINGTON, Friday, March 15. THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH. There is a good deal of anxiety in Republican circles concerning the President's health, and the effect upon it of his manner of doing business. He has no system or method whatever, but allows his time and strength to be exhausted in listening to office-seekers, and doing other drudgery, which belongs to the Departments. Until Wednesday morning he had not even taken a ride for recreation. From 6 o'clock in the morning until long after midnight, he permits himself to be made the passive victim of the thousands who would readily sacrifice his...
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WASHINGTON, Thursday, March 14. FORT SUMPTER. The Cabinet held a Special Session this morning. It was understood to be relative to Fort Sumpter. Army officers expect the Sumpter garrison here next week. THE COMMISSIONERS FROM THE SOUTH. Mr. FORSYTH, of the Southern Commission, is recovering from his illness. Messrs. CRAWFORD and FORSYTH have communicated with the President through Mr. SEWARD, seeking to obtain an audience. They have been informed that Mr. LINCOLN and his Cabinet were not now prepared to receive them. When he will do so is not known. Mr. CRAWFORD says he is willing to wait until the...
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WASHINGTON, Wednesday, March 13. CASSIUS M. CLAY will not accept the Spanish Mission. He does not state the reasons for declining the offer, but probably does not desire to leave the country for the present. Neither would he accept the Mexican Mission. Mr. CLAY is a live man and does not desire to ostracise himself during the present crisis of political events in this country. The Spanish Mission is therefore open to some ambitious aspirant. LATER. -- CASSIUS M. CLAY has just consented to accept the Madrid Mission, under the pressure of his friends. Mr. CORWIN, it is understood, will...
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March 12, 1861 FORT SUMPTER TO BE EVACUATED. The impression prevails here that the Cabinet to-day decided on the issue of an order for the evacuation of Fort Sumpter, although, of course, nothing official is known on the subject. The best evidences to which access can be obtained lead me to believe it true. It is generally conceded among military men here of longest experience that Fort Sumpter cannot be reinforced without great loss of life and the expenditure of millions of money. In this opinion, Gen. SCOTT and Secretary CAMERON fully concur. It is understood that the...
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WASHINGTON, Monday, March 11. Quite a sensation was created here this morning, at the Capitol and Departments, by a report that Mr. CHASE had resigned the treasuryship, on account of the determination to withdraw the troops from Fort Sumpter. There is, however, no foundation for the report, except that Mr. CHASE is known to be strongly opposed to that policy. His friends are assured that the Cabinet has not yet decided the point respecting the forts, and that Mr. CHASE, consequently, will attend to his duties as usual. The report of the intended withdrawal of the troops has scattered consternation...
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WASHINGTON, Sunday, March 10. The question of reinforcing Fort Sumpter has been under consideration in the Cabinet, and it is understood that the question whether or no it is not desirable to withdraw all the troops, except two or three men, rather than incur the bloodshed which will probably occur before troops and supplies are put into it, is now to be decided. The immediate necessity of settling this question grows out of the fact that there is only a limited supply of bread at Fort Sumpter, but plenty of salt meat, and that it must either be re-supplied or...
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WASHINGTON, Friday, March 8. HOW MR. LINCOLN DISPATCHES BUSINESS. No less than thirty-four Congressmen unexpectedly met in the spacious ante-room of the White House this morning, each anxious to present his little ax at the Presidential grindstone. Mr. LINCOLN took each in his turn, giving audiences of very short duration. The rapidity with which he dispatches business is remarkable, and the ease with which he dives at the pith of matter before him, eviscerating all complimentary or extraneous subjects, is the occasion of general remark. Secretary WELLES was with him all this morning, and acted as a sort of fender...
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WASHINGTON, Thursday, March 7. The Senate spent nearly all day in the discussion of the President's Message. The sparring was principally between DOUGLAS and WIGFALL. The latter wished to commit DOUGLAS to the present Administration by asking leading questions, which DOUGLAS declined to answer, on the ground that even if he knew the policy of the Administration, and exposed it, WIGFALL, having violated his oath, and on the floor of the Senate announcing himself a subject of a foreign nation, might take advantage of such information, and use it to the injury of the country. WIGFALL was nonplussed by the...
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The TIMES has, on several occasions during the progress of the secession movement, pointed out the fact that complications must arise between the European Powers and the seceding States, so soon as the fillibustering tendencies of the latter become apparent. Already we begin to receive WASHINGTON, Wednesday, March 6. indications of the alarm-excited abroad in anticipation of the possibility of a Southern Confederacy. The last mail brings advices that the Spanish Government have decided not to press their claims against Mexico to the arbitrament of the sword. It is evidently as clear to the Spanish Ministry as it is to...
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March 5. THE CABINET NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. The Cabinet appointments, as sent to the Senate, and immediately confirmed to-day, are as follows: Secretary of State -- WM. H. SEWARD. Secretary of the Treasury -- S.P. CHASE. Secretary of the Interior -- CALEB B. SMITH. Postmaster General -- MONTGOMERY BLAIR. Secretary of War -- SIMON CAMERON. Secretary of the Navy -- GIDEON WELLES. Attorney-General -- EDWARD BATES. The Cabinet nominations were all confirmed without objection except in the case of Messrs. BATES and BLAIR, against whom some Southern Senators voted. No other nominations came in, nor have any others been...
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