, 1861-03-13
Affairs ut the National Capital.
Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.]
WASHINGTON, March II.

. tsPeciai Dlspatch 10 the Cincinnati Gazette
! WAsu1sGToS. March II.
/ FORT SUMTER.
=: When closed my dispatch last night, I lit
tie expected that the policy in regard to Fort
Sumter would he SO soon developed. It seems
that at q, Cabinet meeting yesterday, it was
fully discussed and understood that ut no dig
taat day the troops will be withdrawn from
Fort Sumter. It is quite impossible to give
!; Major Anderson further supplies, or reinforce
and no alternative is lett but to withdraw him
from the fort. Tne Republican, In its issue Of
to-day, indorses this policy, which It has no
reason to doubt is authentic; and considers
that this measure has been taken as one Of
Cancellation towards the Border .statee. It
concludes az follows: The fort has no STRAIT
egetic importance, and it may have been srp-
Iosei that tue yielding Of the point to the pride
ofSouth Carolina could very well be afforded
by 4 great Government, especially rs this would
satisfy the cuuutEy generally OF the pacific
policy Of the Administration, and enable it,
without the appearance Of coercion, to be
more stringent in the enforcement Of tie rev.
enue laws"
/, GOV. SEWARD RECOVERED.
/: Gov, Seward has quito recovered from his
j illneas, and was present at the State Depart
ment to-day, IS also Oh the floor Of Congress,
attracting great attention in the latter place
from the people. and In the former fiom
olnee-seektrs.
/ ALMOST 4 DUEL.
Wigfan came very near getting into duel
last night. He left the city for the PURPOSE Of
: tueky. The difficulty grew ont OF the fact, that
at dinner party Wigfall became very abusiye
| Of 6enAtor Crittenden, when Captain Jackson
; who is WARM friend Of Senator Crittenlcn,
/! resented the insult by slapping the Texas
j Senator's mouth at which be BECAME very iu-
/ 3pGE. AZ 1eH +;
i Ing, however, and Wisfal appeared in.the Sen
ate soon alter 1t met.
OFFICERS AND OFFICE SEEKERS.
t The First Assistant Postmaster General en-
| tered On the discharge Of his duties to-day.
| The Hon. c. C. Waslburn declines the
Commissionership Of the Land Office. Gov.
Charles Robinson Of Kansas is IN applicant
! among others, for the position D. E. Cartier
!! Of Ohio is I'LL applicant for the Judgeship of
Nebraska, sJa1acs Elliott is pressin hard his
claims for the Colectorzhip ut Cincinnati. J.
II Ga. a.rard, step-son Of Judge Mclean, will
| probably be nominated for District Attorney
for Southern Ohio. benjamin Eggleston has
been here since Friday, urging his claims for
the Cincinnati Post-office. Il. G. Corwine,
is No. ! on the list for the Marshalship Of
Southern Ohio Kunyon aud Carnes, with
Elliott, already named, arc being pressed for
tho Cincinnati Custom House. John d.
Defrees Of Indiana has not, az reported, been
appointed Superintendent Of Public Printing,
but he has the influence Of Secretary Smith
for the office, ana Will probably get if. Gov.
Randall Of Wisconsin is an applicant for Coul-
missioner of the Land Office. D. A. Rawlings,
Chiefof Police at st. Louis, Missouri, is urged
very hard Us Marshal Gen. Rufus King is
after the Milwaukee Post-ofllce. The pres
sure for Office CONTINUES rs great as ever, and
tue rival cliqucs are making tne war wax warm
in the strife for appointments. Crowds gwaru.
| at the Departments daily, and the lobbies of
the Senate were likewise filled to-day.
APPOINTMENT.
Mr.. George E. Baker, formerly Deputy Clerk
| in the Court Of Appeals,et the State Of New
York, has been appointed Dlsbu1sing Clerk in
the State Department..
Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Commercial. !
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE exodus from
Washington continues great--there is per
ceptibie thinning ont OF the population.
Hundreds Of ofHee-seekera coming to the con.
cluston TINT it wont pay, nre filing their
vouchers auI judorsers In proper departments,
and shaking of the dust Of 1he Federal city
from their 1cet, depart TO regions more con
raaiAl und less expensive.
The Pr.>ee:aea..'s mind is made up to bold m
communication with Sarsyth, Crawford d
Co. He ri!I gtick by the inaugurn, an.s NJ .'a'
| gotiate no surrender OF suthority OF the Gov
erntnsnt, until the people Instruct him 50
to do.
About three thousand applications for OF.
Eee: received st springfield during the winter,
3 I'VE been duly flied il the respective Depart.
mcnts- No such rule as first come first
served is recognized
The Mobile ddns1ftscr Etates that Ex-Goy.
| Roman, Of Louisiana, has declined the ap-
J poictncnt T.. Commissioner to the United
States.
The amount Of patronage in some of the do
partments is prodigious. BY careful exanlil,-
alton, that OF the Secretary Of the Interior
amounts to over seven hundred thousand dol
lars per aunum in salaries alone in Washing.
ton, besides the heavy disbursements ia peis-
sion, land, census and Indian agencies, &C.,
throughout the country.
The special pleading Of the late Secretary
Floyd, ezcitcs the mingled emotions Of admi.
ration at Its audaeity, and indignation at its
: hypocrisy and falscLood His cagerneRs to
shift off all blame upon Bailey, mere disbu1s-
: ing clerk In the Department. Of tue Interior,
, while he elaborately defends, in another part
Of his apology, his oyer.issue Of near million
dollars OF aceeptancea, is characteristic Of de-
. iected roguery.
Fort Sumter has been fired upon, and rc-
sporded.. The Charleston Ne7cs Of Friday eve.
niny Eays: EARLY this morning, between sis
, and seven o'clock, while cleaning out the guns
at tho iron battery ut Cummings Point, ball
contained III one Of the guns struck near the
. / gale :: Fort Sumter. Major Anderson in,1nc-
,, oiately opened his battery Oh TINT side, but a
!, boat being dispa1cues. to explain the circum-
! stance as uni',tcntionsl, nothing lurtner r.
; suited from the accidental dischnIse"
The war talk berg continues. Leading
i Southern men abiding nt the hotels declare
;, it is the fixed purpose Of Jet. Dayis's Govern.
: 1nent to have possession Of Washington. Ap5
insult to Southern Commissioners, they say
will be instantly and signally redressed. "Ths
, | :outh could take this Capital in q hours, aud
:. Lincoln will have to fly for his LIFE" 80 goc.