Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-01-18
From Washington.

ing it has agreed on the following line of
1ction:
First. It is believed that, in the
present critical exigencies, the Government
can only be preserved by inactivity, and
not by arms. Upon this point the Exc
cntive and all the members of the Cabi-
net are perfectly agreed-having reason
ID believe that there will be a reaction in
the South, against secession, if the seces-
sionists are let alone.
Second. Entertaining these views, the
cabinet have come to the conclusion that
the occupation of the forts, arsenals etc.,
ia the Southern States, is in itself unim-
portant, and no attempts, therefore, wall
Be made to recoper them
4 Third THE Star Of the Vest, ac'h
her troops, IS not to return to Charleston.
Nor has the sloop-of-,oar Broohlye been
Ordered Mither.
aA Fourth. In regard to Fort Sumter as
Major Armstrong reports that Major An
derson has provisions enough there to
last him six months, and with men enough
To enable him to resist an attack, should
such be made, instructions will be forward
ed to him to adhere to strictly defensive
policy.
q There has undoubtedly been formi-
dable conspiracy to break up the govern
ment at Washington, bysforcc, between
q now and the forth of March, but the Adj
! ADMINISTRATION are satisfied now that it is
@quclled, and that the peace will be pre-
served in the Federal District, no matter
/ what may happen elsewhere. If there are
mischief-makers in Office, they will be
decapitatcd."
From the HeralES correspondence:
"All the facts confirm the theory ad-
vanced in this correspondence, that the
4 Star of the West was not intended for
Charleston. The order given to the COM
mandcr of the vessel to 90 to Charleston
was only intended to exist until within
an hour of her departure from New York
when the real place destination was to be
named by telegraph. A dispatch was
sent to that effect, ordering the Star of the
West to Fort Monroe. 1t was to late
and then the Brooklyn was telegraphed
to leave Norfolk Immediately, and inter
cept the Star of the West and order the
captain to land his troops at Fort Monroe,
in Virginia.
There is reason to believe that the dis
patch to Norfolk was intercepted, as the
Brooklyn did not sail until a message was
sent to her commander in writing, when,
as the country knows, it was to late to
reach the Star of the West and prevent
her going to Charleston. This being ap-
parent, the government at once assumed
the responsibility, and now take the posi-
ton that they must sustain the honor Of
our flag, so grossly insulted by the revo-
lutionists at Charleston.
There is one important fact in connec-
ton with this matter which may have
considerable weight in deciding the policy
to be pursued, and it is this: Major
Anderson authorized his brother to tele-
graph to the President, after his interview
at Fort Sumter that he did not wish any
reinforcements. He did SO, but the
people who had charge Of the telegraph
refused to send his dispatch.
| learn from high source that the
probability is that the Southern States
which have not already declared them
selves out of the Union will for the
present only pass prospective ordinances
of secession"
From the Iribu'aes correspondence:
"At the caucus of Secession Senator's
held here on Saturday night Messrs
Fitzpatrick and Benjamin advocated re.
signing when their States seeded, insist.
ing that it would be dishonorable to remain
:af:erward.
Messrs. Slidell and Toombs opposed
this idea. Mr.. Toombs said IL wos q
revolution, and they .,cere in TO soin, ana
must stay here and Maoart tie Gover7maen,
IN ecery possible acay.
1t is assertained that, by some manage.
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