The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-01-24


he was glad to know that Holt was coer'
cionist enough to sustain Anderson, as
tonishes Southern Senators. Crittenden
said ,he government which dared not use
coercion when necessary. was worthless
There is no marrow in the bones OF the
venerable Senator from Kentucky. he
is all grit. SIGMA
The Existing Crisis--Events aud oPin-
ions North and South.
A Charleston correspondent Of the New
York Tribune, writing on the 18th inst''
says;
The rebels think they can take the fort
and are quite ready to undertake it: The
idea Of the impregnabilty of Fort Sumter
rests on sufficient garrison with enough
to eat The Fort should have not less
than 200 men; it has now not more than
rs fit for effective service. How long
that number will continue effective with.
out fuel, others can estimate as well as l
can.
Thus cooped up, Major Anderson and
his little garrison are compelled to witness
every hour of the day, the preparations
, going forward all around them, designed
for their destruction. Heavy guns ar
. rive, and are transported TO the batteries
| ranging on the fort every hour. Thus tie
4 ,ceiqa of metal which decides tie breach
o ina account is increasing continually. AS
i vet do not believe that the means Of
preaching Sumter's walls are at hand.
Q The nearest batteries are a mile distant.
/, But the exhaustion which general open
ing on the fort would produce on the gar.
II rison, kept up, as the bombardment could
and probably would be for many hours
,, would, it is argued, incapactate the gar
IS rison for successful defense at the mo
= ment OF the assault.
- FLoYD's INSTRUCTIONS TO MAI. ANDERSON
"a The last instructions sent to Major An
4. derson require him to act on the defer
IN siye, but to maintain his position reso
10 lutely. They say the day after Majo
III Anderson transferred his command from
's Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter. Mr.. Floy'
10 sent him this brutal dispatch:
" '. There is rumor that you have spike'
~ ~ your guns, burned your carriages. an
DO moved 10 Fort Sumter. II so. you hav
- violated your orders. Answer immedl
= ately.
To which the gallant Major 50 IT th
u, H. following reply, substantially:
Nc n did spike my guns, did burn m
o carriages, did move my command
~, ~ Fort Sumter, in the discharge Of my dr
A ty. .
IA The traitor was thus both circumVen
ed and snubbed.
}. HOW MR. AIKEN WAS ROBBED OF $40, ,Uo'
ill A brief dispatch has already stated th'
he Hon. William Aiken Of South Carolu
el one of the wealthiest men i'll the State al
,y. an opponent Of secession, has been con
SO. PEELED 10 contribute $4,000 to the di
led union cause. The Washington Star tn
on. describes how the exlortion was mana.
Pa. ed:
in, Mr. Aiken was notified that he "
OBJ. expe ted 10 advance forty thousand dC
the lars to that end, and plead his right
we. advance or no., as he might please; a
uth dug that he did not have the money.
esi- He was then promptly notified that
,oil had been assessed that amonnt and v
and promptly notified that he had been asses
zee. that amount and must promptly pay
af. under penalty OF having it raised by
N. immediate ..con6scation and sale OF
col. property in Charleston, worth many tin
stes, as much. 10 save that from utter d
ock. truction he did raise the amount dema'
,uss cd, and in paying i, remarked that his
,ury would be better if he was journeyn
!. carpenter at the North showing ja
plane, at SO per day wages, than
0. South Carolina Millionaire he was bel
per- it was essayed to reduce tho South uni
on military despotism, lie is now zone
lgu. the suspected" his course in refusing
ONE soem TO be pleased with paying the for
sap, loan having earned him the danger
orn reputation of being disaflected to
ken cause.
hree As an excuse for suck robberios.
,ere, traitors plead that their governments
y oil costing them $4,000 day,
n"' REPUTATION IN CHARLESTON.
- IL There seems no end to reputation
r;A,o bad faith in South Carolina. The cl
mar airy first repudiats the Constitution, t
r;s,s their debts to the North, and finally Il
! oil obligations to one another. The Saw
nm. Bank of Charleston has suspended,
efoot the Trustees, in extehua,ion OF their
A faith, say they have Invested nearly
,ha, millions of deposits in mortgages,
, ro' bonds, and stock OF various GescripIi
surh but, they add, these securities have
that so low they cannot dispose of them
more cept as ruinous rates, They therefore
a, If fuse to pay their depositors the cash
roro. in,rusted 10 them for safe keeping,
Tbev cody offer to give Them the worti
inn. stock at "par.'
I. and TERRORISM AT AUGUSTA.
sece- A private letter in the New York
,dsrsl says.
~ nd w. are in a terrible condition
,sonr In Augusta mob law rules and over
ginia, law ana orue' W suO" az VA'ouS 49," 49,
Iarch, est men s'anu III 'e"r, anu ncs:'"'o s.';
. with press themselves On tno vouui,'O1 y
IA. country as ircemen should. AS Tor
self, it would not surprise me at any
on to receive summons to leave, it the,
not use more persuasive language.
sS ty, aP heartily tired of living in such
they nn, % rsmain a day longer than can