Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02
From the Correspondence OF the N. Y. Post,
FORT SUMTER.

PROBABILITY OF AN ATTACK ON FORT GUTTER.
On the probability Of an attack upon Fort Sumter,
l might simply ~reiterste my convictions as ex-
pressed in former letters. The Governor and bet
ter class Of revolutioDists yet cling to the hope
that it may be obtained by negotiation, demand or
purchase-that the federal government will mot
he mad enough " to insist on retaining its own
property at the cost Of certain civil war. The
Rhett- Mercury party-only q clique, miod, though
an influential one-would prefer a fight, whatever
the result might be, for these reasons
The irretrieyable committal of the seeded states
TO hostility 10 the United States government.
They could not allow South Carolina to oppose its
arms unaided, and blood once split, there would be
no possibility of withdrawal, Of which, at present,
there is some doubt in the case Of Georgia and
Alabama. The possibility that the border states
might be stimulated into sympathy, or their inter;
ests SO materially effected as 70 compel iheir ST.
ding with the South.
A belief that . war is necessary to estabiisA the
Southern Confederaey in the eyes Of Europe.
! need scarcely say that the troops, without IN
derstanding or caring to understand the preceding
reasons, are all for assaultiug For. Sumter. They
think that the honor Of their state demands the
pulling dowr of the stars and stripes, and, as
Wellington said of his young soldiers, will crush
to death as to a dance" in the attempt. It is very
possible that these words may excite a pooh" OF
.pshaw !" but the men are in earnest, and have
pluck enough to render any cause formidable.
infer, then, that If Fort Sumter cannot be OBJ
tanned peacefully, that it WiH be ATTEMPTED mar
! TALLY, directly the floating battery is finished. Il
> has it's sides completed, and will presently be foo
!: red. The negro carpenters do not work very 10
dustriously.
In the meantime, how is it with brave Majoi
Anderson and his devoted little bandf Acciden
has enabled me to inform you. Every word tina
I write is, as near as / eau ~recollect, from the lip
ofa recent eyewitness.
The garrison, mostly I~rishmen, have been work
K ing night and day completing the Notifications, q
the period Of their occupation in such an imper
feet state that they could not have resisted an al
N tack, had one been made by the CharleStoniant
u The main doorway lie built up so that two me-
cannot walk abreast through it one armed with
revolver or bowie might defend it against a hur
dred assaliauts, supposing he were not shot hin
: self. Just within, opposite the door, is a hug
mortar. The stones on the wharf have been n
moved to strengthen the weak side OF the for
'g There are piles of hand grenades ready for u.s.
40 The lowe classmates have been closed fast, th
10 guns shotted, piles Of grape aud canister place
beside them. The Major looks harassed an
wan, but perfectly resolute he can talk Of notl
es ing but the fort and his position he admits thi
he dreams of ii by night-when he sleeps. II
60 deplores the responsibility forced upon him, Al
- mi.s that his sympa:hies are with the South, br
declares that first Of all, be is a United States Of
Ger. He objects to his endorsement by abolito
ut Journals, declares that they publish forged letter
attributed to himself and his officers. His me
are ell faithful and resoluts, 10 perfect militar
discipline they never g~rumbisd or mutinied-a
nj stories to that effect being unmitigated lies. The
look haggard and worn, and preserve a strict 8
TX lencs when questioned. They do not moo expec
to be reinforced. Major Anderson still hopes th
III business may be settled without bloodshed. Blu
be will defend himself to the last, il attacked
ss Such, three nights ago, was the internal aspect o
es Fort Sumter.