The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-02-23

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THE pRoR.BLE REINFORCEMENT OF
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THE PRoR.BLE REINFORCEMENT OF
MAJ. ANDERSON.
4 eor.niob. since We expressed apprehen-
sion Of al act of tresesery On the part o.
The s,n;n;.tration-anl let of trsaehery and
iusra.iiuia 20 South Ca!oi.na ana 'ne news
papers in reinforcing Ms. Anderson Wifhoa.
reforming Gov. Piekens or the Washington
writers Of the ts.eg-aPiic eorrespo naeAee
of eu.erprisiry journals. hee1pecs me &C.
has been accomplished Ana II II Is, We
think il must Be conceded that the Stdr g
tbs ryest affair has ben aEsnged. We
vgstersav EXPRESSED the opinion that MAJOR
Anderson hal been rein FORCED. Let us pai
together q few circumstances indicating 'ae
probabilities T..
!. MAJ. Anderson bs sent two OF bis
r.;spta,srts 70 WASHINGTON, and there was
shus en- n-r5rtaaisv forthe establishment Of
! a neyF,.r. understanding between the War
/ Department. aad Fort s1mte..
!. I, was gtYea out hat Major Anderson
T 1il rot gaat anv rein orcemeuts, and Iaat
/ no further effort wouI3oe made to reinforce
! hln-gll @! which was good evidence tha'
b he lid wan. rginfe-cauents, and that they
I warId ba ssp. him. The Administration
r,sl9 a Tarl 70 Withstand the Indignation OF
! the pawanapsrg. aui TO thank them fer eov-
s-ing ia real proceedings, By raising
/ pov9Iar eIamor againss it for not appearing
I 10 10 the very thingit was doing.
I 2. Mr., Baehanaa has declined to pledge
b;m.eIf To the preservation of the statu quo,
though urged 10 do 30 oy tue ne" ooo'h
( Carolina Commissioner. tlaTne.
+ 1. The steamship Brook YIN sailed from
/ Norfolk, with tgo artillery companies on
/ board. with sealed orders. Even tue otAeefs
/ ,hsrafora ir ignorance of their duty, until
after putting 10 sea, and thus no opPorsGn'-
T ~ was afforded any traitor on board 10
comnaniea;e the programme to South
Carolina.
5. The report BY the South Carolina
guard boats Of the appearance OF war
steamer OF the harbor ''laTing low" The
ship was a mystery 10 the Charestoniaus.
6. The guard boats Of the South Carroll
mans were merely stationed to look out Tor
he approach Of ships, and TO warn the bat
teries on Morris and SQliiyan's Islands OF
their approach and the fact Of the sinking
of fge sch0oners in tho main ship channel,
and that the only practicable channel was
within pisto!-shot Of Fort Moultgie, had
thrown Caroliuians of their guard. The
idea Of boats stealing IN from the ocean wI:h
achievements never entered their heads.
:. The fact shat boats with muiisd oars
have been seen and fred upon by the Caro-
li1ian sentnc,s. The Catolniaus, with Il
ship in their minds al. the time, thought that
the business Of the boat might be to sur
prise the batteries and spike the guns, so
jha: vessel could run by without receiving
the Carolinian salute.
s. The fact that the conquerer Of Mexico
has net been accustomed, in his military
career, to be baked in 50 simple matter
rs reinforcing fort, when the means Of
doing it were IN bis power.
Q. The practicabjIity of reinforcing Fort
Sumter in the manner suggested. Thursday,
Friday and Saturday nights Of last week
were exceedingly dark and rainy in Charles,
ton. The Charleston papers and letters all
speak Of those nights as desperately diSa-
rreeable, cold, dark and rainy. The sym
pathies Of the people were deeply moved in
Consideration Of the condition Of the soldiers
Of the State, on sentry duty, hu-ging their
cold muslots: and pacing the drearT sand
hills Of Morris Island, in the fog and rain.
In the night and the storm, the Br0ObiYn
could have approached within two hours
pull Of Fort Sumter, and sent one or both
h-r artillery UoEIpanIrs, o,.d IsIany ma
rnas as she could spare, to the gallant
Major. The boat could have accomplished
the trip between midnight and daylight, and
the ship might have stood cut to sea until
return of night. when, encouraged by the
success Of the first experiment, have return
cd, and dispatched her boats, loaded with
provisions, powder AMI tobacco, or any
other articles the Major might need. In
three nights, while the Carolinan guard
boats were looking for ships to enter and
gaping at the mysterious steamer lowering
in the distance, and the Sentrics were hug
ging their cold muskets shivering in the
rain and peering into the fog at mysterious
boats with mufiled oars, the Major may have
been made decidedly comfortable. The
boats could make the trip from the steamer
off the bar to the fort, without approaching
within three quarters Of mile of the Caro-
linan seutr!es.
10. The rum0r that the BROOKLYN was
bound for Pensacola, served to divert at
tention from Charleston. That it did draw
the Caro!iniaas away from the consideration
Of their own affairs, is seen in the fact that
after the Rroobip2 was OF Charleston, they
were rendering rcnforcements to the State
troops at Pensacola.
II. Since the mysterious steamer appear
ed at Charleston, looming up like phan-
tom in the night. eul disappearing in the
morning ghost-like, she had about time to
run around to Pensacola, when we hear Of
her arrival there; and it is evident. from
the time since she left Norfolk. that she was
detained en- route. The Obvious truth is,
that on those nights, which were like that
immortal one when Tam O'Shanter braved
the storm, she had business ''rrivate bust
ness'-wiih Major Anderson at Fort Sum
ter, and the channel 10 Charleston harb0r
being n very had one. and having peculiar
obstacles to present to heavy war steamer.
she remained outside and sent in her boats.
II. In the meantime. Gen. Scott, with his
big leonjne face. and Secretary Holt, with
his eagle pr file and the President. with his
wise slulnt ani mysterious twist of the neck
have read the paragraphs IN the Charleston
papers about the diaholical steamer hover
ins in the black midnight on the verge of
the horizon, and the boats. with mufIia ID
oars. pulling up to Fort Sumter. with a
with a sense Of enjoyment that they should
no longer be permitted to keep to them
selves.
Is. In short. We will bet South Carolina
hat that she ehaked herself, in sinking
those Eve schoouers for nothing, and that
II she attacks Fort Sumter, she will hear
from her in style for which she is not
prepared.
THE FOSSIL CONVENTION At WASH
IS.TON