Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-03-26
TIA EVACUATION oF FORT SUMTER.
GEMS. sCorT AND rG4rES WITH THE
CABINET.
Washington, March -, 1850.

Washington, March -, 1850.
The President considered il due 10
that portion OF the Cabinet which dis
sen,ed from the policy Of VIII drawing
Major Anderson command from Fort
Sumpter 20 have the opinions Of Gems.
Scott aud foiien. IN connection with
The official data upon which they were
predlcaIed, presented orally before the
tiual order was approved. These DIS
tuglished officers were accordingly
summoned 10 attend SPECIAL Cablarl
Council This morning, which was IN
session over three hours, where all
the original reasons and considerations
that induced them 10 advise tie aban-
donmeul ot Fort Sumpter were sut-
United. together with Su:h additional
explanations and answers as could u &
have been communicated in their utIlc-
IA report. No doubt that military
plan may be devised for reinforcing
Fort Sampler, but the question now
before The administration IS, whether
il can b.. done with the means at the
command OF the President. OF if noJ,
whether Maj0r Anderson car hold on;
uutll Congress CoIid be called iog .lhcr.
It's posiuYely known that the available
force IS entirely insufficient, even by
stripping all the forts yet held in ;he
SoUGern States, which, of course,
would be the sIgnnl for their Immediate
seizure, as soon as such a purpose be-
came known, aud It could not be con-
cea!ed. Gov. PIckgns would At once
order the daily sup?ir-s wIich Major
Anderson now receives cut of. H
garrison could uot hold cut ,lil Congress
assembled, supposiug 1t 10 NEE, at HE
earliest pracIcable ume. The alteru-
alivcs, therefore, are, withdrawal or
starvation.
The Presiden, and Cabinet feel the
seriousness and Importance Of this act.
and, therefore, are determined TO pro-
tect themselves at every porut before
taking the irreyocaJie st-p. They VIII
show the country that it cannot be ayoiJ-
ed, aud that the Whole Responsibility
belongs 10 their predecessors, wao par
pUs-ly eulaiIed lhIs complication upon
them.
Another, and the final Cabinet meet
ing, will be held tomorrow al IL o.
clock, aud, before Il aljourns, the las.
formaI1y viii be coupI.ted. Every
hour Of deiay INC ases the enharrass-
nent aud weakens tne position Of tne
Administration, by creating The belief
thar there IS a serious division IN lis
couac..s, o. that The questlon really au-
mIis Of an alternative different from
tAat first presented. II his now been
one wteh under consideration. and been
discussed at not less than nine siluugs
Of The Cabinet. with all ;he Information
IN possession Of the Government or III
any way attaiuatie.
The suggested operations by sea have
been considered with The fullest facts
which the charts and personal KNOW
edge of Prof. Bache aud the hjghesi
naval authorities could furnish. lie
best science IN the engineer corps has
been called mo requIsHIOa. Sup -ruI-
ded To- all these, and other sources o.
instruction. the skill and sagacuv of
G-n. Scot have been fuIiy invoked
They all concur IN advising lhe with
dr1aaI OF Major Anderson > command,
and It would be prc>unpiuous to ques-
uon tins Judgmtut GA tins s,Elliiy m!i.-
t3ry matter.
Upon the data o. M3ior Audtrslu's
lasI statement 10 the War d department..
his stock Of bread is redu.. i 10 four
teen days. and rice 10 about lvruty-
three. With the o,her supplies On
hand, be migb; MAINTAIN him5.If
mouth.
THE LTTEcT or TIE WITHDRAWAL ca
MAJOR ANDERSON.
Charleston, Nlrca -, 1851.
o. course the proposed evacuI3A. OF
Fort Su5upter Is almost the exclus,v-
topIc OF conversation. No one really
doubts il now The authenticated re-
port affords In-xDryssihie reiivt To hau-
dreds of families IA Charleston ana
elsewhere, that had husbands aud BIO
thers ia the rebel ranks, where gene
rally the grduhea.Iou IS not less siuccre
though there are some VINO prefer
fight IL anything eis.. | therefore con-
c.uje tAa, there W.l. be no serious diff
Guilty III arranging tn mlnner o. lhe
withdrawal Of Major Anderson, for
whom there i and has ever been the
greatest good feeling. notwithstanding
The extreme situItIou of uti1rs. For
the officers of the garrison generally.
with one or two exceptions. perhaps.
there Is ltkewiss kIudiy feelin. IN
thIs community. Unnl the retreat from
Fort Modarie 70 Fort Sumter, their
social relations with Cuaries.0uiaas
were ot the mos agreeable kind