Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-03-14
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FROM WAsHINeTON. /
special Disp,iob TO he c%ineihnaii Enguirer1
The .abanaonmert o. Forts Picksns and Sam-
fsr-Leffer from Major -AndsrsoB-MT Doa-
gias' Spsseh-Dl@eslties Of Reinforcing TIE
Forts.
W~AsBrvsroN, Marchi1.-GFeat excitement
prevails here to-day, caused by the report that
The Administration bad determined upon the
evacuation Of Fort Sumter.
It is said that q letter Wns received from
Major Anderson on Saturday stating that bis
provisions would not last over eighteen days:
Immediately after the dispatches were received
there was a Cabinet council called, which con-
tinued in session until a late hour in the even
ing. The understanding this morning Is that
the evacuation OF Sumter is the hrst movement
IN the peace policy Of Mr.. Seward, and IS
made in advance OF any demand on the Ad-
ministration as a peace Offering 70 the excited
South, and in acknowledgment Of the Union
sentiment Of the border States.
The mode Of evacuation is said to be conh-
ded to Major Anderson, who Ia TO notify the
military authorities Of South Carolina, that on
a certain day fixed, be shall withdraw from
Sumter, Leaving i IN possession OF a corperafs
guard, merely for the protection Of the prop
ertv. u viii then remain with the Carolintaps
az 10 whether thew will leave It thus tacitly In
the possession Of the United States, or demand
q surrender from the guard, take down the
American fsg, and run up The Palmetto, or
rather The seven stars and stripes. The rumor
gives much dissatisfaction to the extremists OF
the North, as also to the secessionists, It will
probably be followed by a refusal TO treat with
the southern commissioners, OF to receive them
IN any other capacity than private citizens OF
their respective States. To Union men from
the border States It gives general satisfaction.
! Hm E-AF-,Nn that 10 IL an nrk -
cowardice, and the northern extremists boil
the proposition as humbllng to the demand OF
armed traitors.
The National LatelligeAcer, an Admlnistrs-
ton paper, credits the rumor, and attributes
the concession to a desire TO conciliate the
loyal Union men OF the border, and to prevent
the efusion Of blood. Mr.. Seward's policy Is
that secession will die out If left to itself, and
all irritating, non-essentials avoided by the
Government.
There are also rumors that Major Anderson
required immediate sueeor in provisions and
fuei, and gave It as his opinion that be could
not be succored without both land and naval
force. Under thiz state OF facts, It is said
that General Scott seconded the policy Of Mr..
Seward, and the President and Cabinet con-
sented to the order being given. The follow
ing ia the language ,of the National hteli-
geneer:
"Late last evening we learned that in Cabi-
net meeting on Saturday it was determined to
e~vacuate For Sumter. If the news is authen-
tic, Of which we have no reason TO doubt, this
measure has been taken as one coDcilia'ion to
the border States. The fort has no strategetic
importance, and It may have been supposed
that the Welding a point Of pride to South
arolina could very well be afforded BY a great
Government, would satisfy the country geDer-
ally Of the pacific psliey Of the Adminlstra-
ton, and enable It, without the appearance Of
coercion, to be more stringent in the enforce
ment Of the revenue laws.o
l am satisfied that the order for the evacua-
ton Of Fort Sumter has not yet been given, but
several Republican Senators are quoted to-
night in support Of the policy. They have re-
peatedIy stated to-day that such will be the
course Of the President. Several leading Dem
Gratis from the South have discussed the report
tonight, and do not hesitate to say that IL it is
done it will be a master-stroke Of policy, and
will DO more to bring peace to the country,
pacify the border slave States, and remove the
Impression in the cotton and other slave States
that the Republicans intend to be oveTbeafing
and aggressive than any thing else that can be
done.
Il will be remarked that in the course Of a
few remarks in rsloinder to Mr.. Wigfall, Mr..
Douglas, on Wednesday, stated that be had
been assured, by military authority equal to
any in the country, that the works OF South
Carolina for the prospective reduction Of Fort
Sumter have rendered its reinforcement with
less than a force of ten thousand men on the
land, and all the navy Of the United States
operating in the harbor of Charleston in aid Of
the enterprise, a military impossibiiity.
II this be true, the Government cannot pos
sibly essay the undertaking, as it has neither
the 10000 men required, nor a 1.-THE Of the
navy Of the United States, at present com
mand for the service, nor has it the pecuniary
iii --ks.L A. l.. -
parations for undertaking the movement at
some future time. Mr.. Douglas added that
Mai. Anderson's stock Of provisions could
only last thirty one days longer. Assuming
these facts to be correct, it follows indisputs-
bly, that Mai. Anderson's command must be
withdrawn from Charleston harbor in the
course Of the next month, as, even though
Congress were called together to grant the
supplies requisite to justify the attempt to re-
i%nforce, the necessary preparations could by
no means be made in time to relieve the fort
before starvation overlook its garrison.
Ihave reason to believe that the policy Of
the Administration will be made known entire
the next twenty-four hours. Every one here
believes that the withdraw of the troops
would be the frst-step oward an smicable set
Element. The straight-out Republicans are
bitterly opposed to the movement. Don't like
the term backing down.
Here the line failed east Of Californian
Prom the Charleston Courier.
WASHINGTON, March To- am informed by
a Republican Senator, high in the confidence
Of the Administration, that there is no earthly
doubt that the troops will be removed from
Fort Sumter within two weeks. This fact is
generally credited in authoritative circles.
The commissioners called upon President
Lincoln yesterday, and left their cards for him
and Mr.. Seward. They hope tomorrow to
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prevail as to the disposal of their mission. II
is alleged that it will be some time before an
answer is given, should they not present their
credentials Immediately. Otherwise they will
be returned.
President Lincoln expresses himself DESTROYS
that peaceful measures shall prevail, and Sc
strong is this assumption, that Republicans
assert that the troops will be withdrawn from
= Forts Sumter and Pickens. have good au-
lthority for asserting that such a step has been
] considered in the Cabinet to-day and a with
drawal favored.
] Yesterday the War Department received dis
. patches from Mai. Anderson. Only a portion
Of their contents has been made public. The
, portion relating to his supplies, says they
have enough for twenty days more.
Several clerks in the departments resigned
yesterday, and have left for Montgomery.
An artist also left to-day, By order of Presi-
dent Davis 10 make a seal for the Confederas;
States.
|, An examination a. the War Department,
: shows that one Thousand regular troops can.
. not be concentrated In one place for cue month
{ at a time.
Telegrarhlc Corregpondence % the Cincinnati CONNER
oiai, Black-Republcau.l
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The exodus from
; Washington continues grsat-there is a per
3 ceptible thinning out Of population. Hun
p ! IrrI. 81 nHrn- aaaI.ra ronf,~ 70 fha pnnc1u.
tion that it won't pay, are filing their voueh-
eTs and indorsers in proper departments and
shaking off the dust Of the federal city from
I their feet, depart 70 regions more congenial
} and less expensive.
= The Presidents mind is made up to hold no
Communication with Forsyth, Crawford s.
2 Co. He will stick by the Inaugural, and ne.
gotiate no surrender Of authority Of the Gov
eminent, until the people instruct him so to do.
About three thousand applications for Office
3 received at Springfield during the winter, have
been duly filed in respective departments. Nc
! such rule as first Gene first served, is recog.
nized.
E Another batch OF Cincinnatians have ar.
rived. As the game is blocked here for the
present they will mostly leave soon.
The Mobile Adrertissr states that Ex-Gov.
Roman, OF Louisiana, has declined the sp-
z poiDtment Of commissioner to the United
/ States from the disunited ones.
The debate in the Senate to-day on Wig
= falPs expulsion was neither spicy nor salts
9 factory. It consisted merely Of a rehssh OF
I old secession dogmas. An immense gallery Of
spectators were bored. The debate was all on
4 one side, Mason, Hunter and CliDgman speak
: ing for Wigfali; Foster only making an open
= statsment In favor Of his resolution. Mason
adopted Wigfal's reasonable expressions
saying that be too owed no allegiance Of any
a kind except to Virginia. Hunter made a pet
e tifogging argument IN 9orthY his ability, draw
e ing comparisons between expelling a Senator
a for an svowal Of opinion, in open hostility tc
q the Government, and e~xpelling for pro-slayery