Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-12
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ssR99rtsqi this SeRJRg ithat The Government
II " ONT 70 order The evacuation of F6rt
sumter: 4lle lrepoEtnneels confirmation.
III tHAsHLNGR0N5 March lls--k .Fl{J,roo,,,,,
dent Of the New York 5T,isTss S.,,,.st a.,
| question: Of reinfoFGing Fort Siinittr I,,,..
been under consideration, in ilIs C,,I,;t,ss, /,
and, Z US andsF4to6d thae the onestior,
whether OF 10 n Is not aesirable 10 win
uraw all the troops except two or three
men rather than incur the lbIoodsbsdil
which VI hFo bably occur before p,er1I'!san
sRpPlIes are pnuinfO Il, Iis NOV. 10 i,e ,I,t;-
ded. Fhe imme 9iate hecessity Of seftItS,,
THIS Question grows ouI of the fAct tLt1
thersis only ~ limited snpplyto or bread MT
SumteFi but Plenty of salt ibiettt and that
y must either be apRplisl or abandoned
very SOON ne luestinu has been under
atseilssion 70 9iGh military circles Tor seS
sFaI Gays. len. Scott ADVISES that REIN +
.orceniehts caanotnOw be put in without
an enormous Sacrifice Of life, OF course
his views on tbe sGt ject, eannot lie kneSvnS
Gthciallyi 70 the public but he Is under
$1,000 to say that. We haYe neither military
u2E moral force ut hand sufficient To suD-
Ply me TORT against the threatened oppo g
ss1tIon, which il would rtquire 20 600 men
90 overcome; besides, If il suoutd initiatel
civil war in addition to uniting the Sotltb
ana overwhelming the Union sentiment,
ErsEet 10 The. waves Of passion, it would
REQUIRE 100000 Government soldiers to
carry on the struggle, end IL hundred nils !
w e ae % begih with. In such +
aI isyenL twenty thousand men would be
,SIle4eGqspl % .RfssetTe " ShihRt6ns and tie
Government archives. Ttie eensrsI ~,
preston here In the streets ia thar. tbe
Administration has determined ON with
drawing stbes trosPs from Fort Sumter.
!eeEing only oPs corporal, two men, and
tle STARS ana stripes compelling the chiy-
airy to capture the fort after alt Thee !,
have been thrratehiug to do at for three /
months, AID failed when there were onlvi
about seventy mensih it, They NAV bErs
an opportunity TO accomplish it against
An official dispatch was received from
montgomery, this morning, instructing the
Commissioners, Crawford and Forsyth. 10 +,
enter al once upon the business of nero
nnti0n with the administration, without
waiting. for thei colleague, Mr.. Roman. q.
An official letter from Major Anderson.
received on Saturday says he had only l6
days subsistence on hand. The question
has therefore, arisen with the Adminfs-
trHtton, whether endorsements shall be
attempted, or the fort Abandoned The
latter course, tits thought, will be adopt.
cd from iuevtIable necessity, blythe ad.
vice Of Lieut.. Gen. Scott. There is, how
ever, n conflict Of opinion among the RE-
publiCans5on this question, aud no conciu-
sion has been arrived at in the Cabinet
Councils. -Ts IN - =.
The Cumberland aud Pocahohtas have.
according 70 official advices, left Vera Cruz
for Norfolk. The Pocahontas ia ON tb4t
way TO New 5York. The MAced Jnian Is /,
the only vessel left ut Vera Cruz. e.
The Criminal Court, to-day, dfscharred
WP; u. Russell, who was indicted in CON-
nection with the abstraction of theiIndian
Trust bonds and his judicial ctIuse WIS III
acsardapce with the law OF 1857, which
exempts Witnesses before inyestRaff6It
committees from trial, Russell having an
peared ms such before that of the House.
reeeHtIyi on the subject of those 6on6l5.
Ex-SecEetaE1 Floyd, to-day, gave SI0,-
200 u security fos his app earance at Court
= me SenHte III. executive session, to day,
conhrmcds Robert Paine District Attorney
d9r Ehef bern DistdctTof Ohio. Tie.
President also sent in nominations which
were appropriately referred, of Lieut.. Gov:
Goodrich. Collector of the port of Toston;
Geo. w. Mcclellan, Secretary of the State
Republican{ Committee of Massachusetts,
es Second Assistant Postmaster General:
Archibold Williams, of Illinois, as District
Judge for Kansas; Mr.. Dole, of Illinois, as
COmmissionerNof Indian Affairs. All
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