New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-18
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Under date Of The 18Th, the Washington aogres-
.poDdent Of the II. !. Herald writes:
4 am able to state positively, that ne aianloa-
naestt Of Fort Sumter ds 6eeia steandted upon b
the President and his Cabinet An order ID tl,stt
effect has, however, not yet been issusd and may
not he for some days. The eanse Of the delay Is
not want Of resolution, bnt simt ly desire to pre-
BILE emergency. This il the case in . nrs-sEiel
Both Gen. Scott and Gen. Wool have given, upon
feanest, their opinion advising an evacuation.
y The excitement and Indignation Of the majority
the Republicans at the humiliation in stors for
them, continues immense. The hotel parlors are
nails are pregnant with their curses. But as most
aye soine tayora 70 ask Of the Administration, their
wrath viii doubtless subsfde in d few DAYS Ben.
Hade IS SAID to do as much as ANYBODY ia the
swearing line. 1'
Strange az it may aoand, it Is now positively
known that Secretary Chase unexpeefeflIv cnrae N
out advocating the eYacuatng fl ti,4 Iast cabinet
meeting, and that Messr5. Cameron and Blair were
most r. luctant to assent. Mr.. Chase ia presumed
to have been influenced by New Fork tifaneleFs
The case of Fort Sumter only requiring ignrnefs
ate action, nothing definite has deem decided I'll re-
ference to the other Southern pests. With The
precedent thus established, however, their snsren
der will probably be only q question Of time.
Yesterday, Mf. Seward informed the Southern
Commissioners that he would see and confer with
them and was glad of the opportunity and that be
would INFORM n them this morning Of the time and
place Of interview This morning he addressed
them briefly written communication stating that
upon reflection, and for political consideration he
must decline to see them. IL appears that ID the
meantime he had conferred with the Cabinet upon
the subject, and that they had changed their policy
The Commissioners will now address an nfGciai
and formal communication to Secretary Seward, Il,
setting forth the character and purpose of their
mission 1t is believed that this change of IoIi,y
on the part Of Mr. Lincoln, in declining to receive
them, grows out Of the fact that he has got to
abandon Fort Sumter, and that is az much as and
more than, the Republican party can stand al once
If the Administration abandon Fort Sumter. it by
no means follows that they intend to abandon the
public property within the limits Of the Confeder
| ate states. Ihey will pursue o policy towards
them that will lead to complications and difficulties
| nnumefable.
| The order has not yet been given to eYaeuate
Fort Sumter That it will be, within two or three
| days, am sure. The preferences Of men, nor the
policy of party can prevent it, IT Is stern He.S
cessity that compels the act, and is beyond the
control of party leaders. Military science will
| govern the Administration. / am certain that, il
| the President was sure that Major anderson Had
provisions and fuel enough to last until reinforce
1 ments could reach him, they would be sent, no
| matter at what cost.
Nobody regrets the existing state of facts con-
cerning Major Anderson's position mere than the
President. He had no part in the work hi Great
ing them but, at the same time, coming iato power
| with them staring him fully in the face, he does
not propose to shrink from the responsibility 0f
meeting them, and will lido SO as promptly as the
Importance Of the subject will admit, and act as
wisely upon them as time and the facts will ALLOW.
| Ilearn to-day, from an official source that can
not be questioned, that no vessel drawing more
than six feet Of water can enter the harbor of
Charleston. The channel, closed up some time
since with sunken vessels, is still closed.
My dispatch, dated 9th inst, stating that Major
Anderson had but fifteen days supplies. and nc
fuel, was strictly true, so far as the fuel is con-
cerned, but was slightly inaccurate as to the pro
visions. The information received from Major An
derson four days ago showed that he had twenty
days supplies then, SO that from this date he has
, only fifteen days supplies.
There is another fact Of too mineh Importance to
overlook My dispatch Of the 9th, referred To,
Stated that it would require 10000 men to inyesi
and engage the various batteries on Sullivan and
Morris Islands, erected to reduce Fort Sumter AND
prevent its reinforcement by the United States
, | Government. If
made the statement upon good authority, that
such was the estimate Of Gen. Scott. Tg5day
, | I have official information that Major A1dars5D
gives as his opinion that it would require 10000
troops to make the reinforcement a suecess, from
the fact, that the first movement in that direction
, would call into the field at least 1900 men mus
tered from the seeding States
y Every one who knows any thing about the Gondi.
ton of the Federal troops, Is aware that VI would
be utterly impossible to throw one thousand troops
into Charleston harbor within fifteen, twenty Oh
: thirty days much less twenty thousand There il
:. no authority to call upon the States far troops
Congress having adjourned without having givel
T. any such authority More vet, there is no money
or authority provided for recruiting III the reg
y uar service.
i In view Of these facts, what an Br. lincoln an
his advisers do but dispose ofthe question at once
by removing the men from Fort Sumter and ieayjD
b. the South Caroiinians with their powerful battere
al to go home.
of Dispatches were sent to Charleston some DAY
ago. putting the authorities there on their snard. g
/ it was understood the Government were consider
ing the proprety OF reinforcement, and that the II
f. ports of evacuation might he nothing more shan
~ snare to entrap them. To-day Gen ReauFegaFf
} commanding the forces, telegraphed here - fo
n lows: I'VE are prepared at all points, and S'ef
b. them to reinforce SnmteF.n