, 1861-03-22

FURTHER PROM FORT SUMTER
THE KANGAROO MISSION.
HOSTILE FLEET IN THE POTOMAC.
ATTEMPT TO POISON mrs. l,aeala's HORSES.

~ HOSTILE FLEET IN THE POTOMAC
4 ATTEMPT TO POISON MRS. llAcala's HORSES
TIE AB0XE RUA0Rs CORRECTED.
% GREAT SPEECH OF MIR. DOUGLAS
5 OLE ANY OTHER MAN.
= SPECIAL BI THE BEE LINE TELEaRAPH.
u From onr own Correspondent
WASHINGTON, yesterday r. n.
It has now positively transpired that the
order for the evacuation Of Fort Sumter Il
4 written at all, was written on a blue foolscap
. sheet.
A dead-head pass home was sent to even
one In the Fort, If anything, but this is all q
! !, t5p4ieted BY messenger from the War=0A6ee
2 f34afk. w., whet positively says he knows
81 1&AaE about - rn1,,what he knows vas
449fi::sl ~ st'nter sea1 q TIC strict
! This may be relied upon as official and is
made known to no one but your correspon-
dent, sereral representatives Of lesser sheets
having expended large sums to purchase the
samc Information without success.
1t may be SET down that the present status
will be maintained, and Fort Sumter be dis
posed Of IS the Administration may decide
II any Of your readers are anxious to learn
positively about Fort Sumter this may be
taken as reliable, but will not do to bet upon.
The Mission to Kangaroo Is given to Bent
Icy Biggins, positively. This is said to be final
aud 1umor says he is confirmed It may not
be SO, however, probably is not, though IN
cline to tue belief that it is. He will get that
or the Mongolia Consulate, or falling in both,
will wait for something to turn up.
I In Executive session this morning, the pro-
ceedings We're entirely secret One Of the
pages, bribcd by your correspondent with a
pint Of pea nuts, says he knows more than he
dares to tell, or would tell, for my sum short
of dollar. It is understood to refer to the
Bengal Mail Route. The page says tho debate
was on simple distractions, but as this must bo
true Of debate upon The entire range Of the
affairs Of the late Administration, TINT leaves
it in doubt again.
| Floyd is here, wore q yellow vest on PENN
sylvania Avenue, this m orning, and was over
heard to say, "Certain1y, by all MEANS" un-
derstood, Of course, to refer to his estimate Of
| his chances Of aequittal.
l. fleet Of fonr war steamers came up the
Potomac this morning It was rumored that
they were to be stationed In the Canal for the
protection Of the Government greenhouses on
Third street. This is official.
It his trauspired that the reported fleet is
only tho Mt Vernon boat, and three oyster
vessels. They are not to be stationed In the
Canal. This may be regarded as certain.
Attempts were made to poison one Of Mrs.
1.sncoln's long.tail':d black horses this morn
Ing. Arsenic was discovered in The stalls.
The assayer at the Smithsonian Institute atlcr |
rigid analysis Of the powder, las ascertainetl by
asking druggist, that the powder is Flour
Of Sulphur. His .opinion was unanimously |
confirmed hy the Senate.
Jetties Bceswax, Belazl Burkitt, Richard
Turpfn, John Smith, Walter Pip, Ernest Pott-
geiser, Hans SchuenhotI1crhefsel, Deilrich
Leuderburg, John Jones, Peter Biuks and four
hundred and seventy five others are appll-
eaats for consulships and clerkslips. Their
applications, petitions and letters Of recon-
ft4N CtVtEA al2ft
Washington monument, al. -.
1t has definitely transpired that the .sat.s df
pretty much everything will ba maintained al
the public expense; the desire of many Office
seekers to have the rule extended to include.
themselves, for manifest reasons caunot he
complied with.
Your correspondent is iu possession Of in
formation from several points South which he
Is not at liberty to make use of. It is entirely
definite On the point Of Fort Pickens, which it
Is now understood Vas not named after the
present Cor. Pickcns, but after Old Picl.cns. |
full confession Of which has btcn found
among family papers. This is highly interest :
ing.
The Senate have confirmed habits Of doing |
IS little as possible. Among their frequent ,
combinations nowadays for other people 1t il .
entirely fair that they should not neglect tlem-
selves. This Is official and WAS weakly allowed r
to transrirc through the medium Of the Assis-
Eant Sergeant at Arms. :
LII the event Of an carly Spring there will be +
plenty OF greens in the market here, very many h
indeed are here already, but scarcely tit for the
able, though all Of them express confidence / n
IN their fitness for desk, with garuish Of =
'alary. (Thc telegraph operator and compost Il
OF will please not make this, eele7U.) This nav
&c looked upon US reliable OF any other man,
Ar. Douglas has made the speech Of the sea- c
ION. lie commenced by desiring the galleries Fl
'lcared, aud especially tbs reporters gallery, ~
| our correspondent crept under his seat And n
ook notes on his shirt front. ~
Mr. Douglas commenced By saying that he II,
lad no doubt Mr. Lincoln meant peace in lis
inaugural. he had known Mr. Lincoln Of =.
Id, and he was trump. They had slept to- :. -
ether In former times, and Old Abe had bad
abit Of drawing up his knees, from doing a
Fhich on equal terms his (Douglas) stature o
orhadc. He {Lincoln) had thus always had a
cnible trick Of scrouging fellow out Of bis b.
hare Of the bed. He Ind done it since in the | "
atc canvass. CT
The Inaugural meant Peace. lie vas proud | d,
D say it. He didn't care who heard it, or any in
thcr man. He would take occasion to saw p<
ere that the South had too generally con- ha
Frued serionsly the little pleasantries he had o.
times indulged in with regard to his Rcpub- In
can friends. It was to be understood as Pick fu
ickian, and only intended to influence the til
byes" up North.
BE was soHy that any one at the South had til
ot the idea from him that the North was so VT
I'd after all. It wasn't He never intended Ia
hen he charged tho lamented John Brown
18th being one Of the lights of tho Republl- a.,
N party, flat any one should believe 1t, He -
I'd only wanted his little joke. 1'
He confessed that he viewed with alarm the "
retcl,ed ,,;s+,ta +,,o sou.,, -, the
obstruction Of Democratic arguments and III
litorlals against Republicans For himself ~
wished bye-gones to 10 byc-gones. lie *l'
ok It all back ~
Wigtall moved point Of order, and rose to -.
K Mr.. Douglas to define Ills position, which ~, ,e
e Latter proceeded to do.for the,next three au
'urs. The speech will do good. Mr.. Doug ~,
) Is evidently the man Of the Iimes, or was SUI
fore Mccormick bought it. I
The Secretary Of the Navy has advertised the
r assistants. There hare been no app1ica. knt
ms. This is ironical. TO-
Four ieutenants aud drummer in the Mn. d.
le Corps have sent in their designations. me
is rumored the drummer was about to be sor
evetted. He was Immediately capiased for Of
small balance due his laundress. He has ecu
zcd her to resign, but she will maintain her pla'
tus ons
|airdte-n this comes through straight, gar
II and good. ] hatter myself there are 8.