Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-30

l4LaNl5LGll- al DtDhb HcBa ti-o 4 AOoA01A4
of the United States 80 pardon the irregulaTit,
of this communication It is Sunday, to
weather is bad, and General is not vel
enough to 60 to church.
But matters Of the highest national impor
tsnce seem 10 forbid q moment's delay, and,
nisled by zeal, he hopes ior the Presidents Tor
givenes3
" VIII the President permit General s., with
( out reference to ths War Department, and other
wise as secretly rs possible, to seud TWO HUNDRED
aud fifty recruits ft0m New York hGTbor to rein
force Fort Sumter, together with some exua
muske.s OF rifles, ammunition and subsistence
il is hoped that q sloOp ot-wsr and cudel
J may be ordered for the same purpose as early
! as Tomorrow
General S. will wait upon tde President at
/ any moment he may be called for"
1Ae South Carolina commissioners had alTead 2
/ been many days in Washington, sad no move-
meut Of defense Con the part Of the U4ited
/ otates) was Permitted
/ | wall here close my notice Of Fort Sumter by
quoting from some of my previous reports.
/ 1t would have been easy 20 rerf ica this fort
/ down to about the I2sh Of February. In this
/ long delay Fort Mou,tie hsd been rearmed and
I greatly strengthened by the rebels. Many pow
erfUl new land batteries (be5i5e a formidable
Taii) have been constructed. Hulk5. too, have
been sunk in the principal channel so as to Teu-
/ der access to Fort Sumter from the sea inprsc-
Gcable without FIRST carrying oil the lower bat
t-Ties of the secassi0Eists. The difficulty OF
reialurcng has shuS been increased ten or twelve
fold. First, the late President refused TO allow
any attempt 10 be made because he was holding
negotiations with the South Carolina commits
sioners.
Alterwsrd Secretary Holt and myself endeav-
ored, to obtain q ship Cf war for the purpose,
and were fuaIiy obliged 10 employ the passenger
steamer S.ar or the West. That vessel, but Tor
the hesitation Of the master. might, IS is gener-
ally believed nave delivered a5 the fort the man
and subsistence on board. This attempt at sue
! cor falling, / aeJt, verbally submitted 10 the
late Cabinet either that succor be sent by ships
Of war, fighting their way by the batteries Gn-
cfessiag in strength dsily) or that 6Isj0r Ander-
son should be eu to ameHorsts bis condition by
tie muzzles Of his guus-tbat is. enforcing sup
plies by b0ubaTdmaut, and by bringing 10
merchant vessels, helping himself (qiviug orders
for paymeui}, or, finally be allowed TO evaeuato
the fort, waIch, IL tha5 case would be iacY
liable.
Bat, before any resolution was t-lcaU. tha late
Secretary Of tu5 Navy usziug difficulties
about the waEt Of suitable war vessels,
another commissioner from South Carona ar
rived. csu5inE further delay. When this had
passed away, Secretaries Holt sud Taucav. Cap
ku0wlsdca cf tee President, buchanan set
tied upon The employment, under the captain,
(wh0 was eager for tire eZpedjdon) of three
OF f3uS small steamers belonging 20 the Goes.
survey. Al that time Cate in }8uUsrv) 1 hsvs
but Et.le d0ub. G Cspaln Wa-i wOald have
reached Eoli Sauttr, sgith ali bis vessels. But
he was kept back by something Ike o 5ruee or
arm!st.cs (ma1a hsre) embracing Charleston
and Pensacola Es53oIs, agreed upon between
the la.e President and certain principal seceders
OF South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, oic and
this truce lasted TO The end of that admiuistra-
tion.
That plan and all others, without squadron
Of war ships AID a considerable eTmy-c0upe-
tent TO take and h3i- the many formidable bat
,eries below EoIs Sumter, and before the ex-
hau5tI0n OF subsistence - Eavmg been pre-
uouuccd, from iAs change Of circumstances. in
PIactila1le, by n .iar Anderson. Capain F,assr
(cdiot engineeT,) and aG ,he other GERS Of the
Fort, as well as by BngIdjer-Gsnetai IOtten,
ciigt OF the corps of engineers; and eoncurriDg
in that 0piui0l ] did uat hesitate 10 advise
(Mareh l2gh) that Naj5r Anderson be instructed
10 eyacuste tle Fort, Sd long gE.iaDty held ay
hin and his companions. ImWeaisrs.y on pro
curing suitable transportation to take hem to
NV York. HIS relative weakness had steadily
increased in the iasteightson days.
L. was not ill January 81 (wben the first
commissioners from South Carolina wi,ndIew)
that the permission I bad solicited October 3lst
was cb,aiued, 20 admguish commanders of the
few Southern forts with garrisons, 60 be oa tbe
alert against surprises aud sudden assaults.
Major Anderson was not among the admon-
lshedi being ready stTai'y 5slesgueTsd)
To Lieutenant sleumer, commanding in Pensacola
Harbor:
January 3D." The general -ir-ehief directs
that you take measures to do the utmost in your
power to prevent tie .zlre OF either OF the
fOr,s in Pensacola harb7r, by surprise or as
SAINT, consulting first with tae commander Of
ihe navy yard, whO viii probably have received
Instructions to co-oPeral5 with you" This
order was siEued ABIDE camD Lay.
Is was jus. before the surrender Of the PEN
| sacola navy yard (Jauuary l2) lhat Lieutenant
Semmer, calling upon Commodore Armstrong,
Obtained the aid Of some thirty common seamen
or labOrars, (but 10 maIinss) which, added 60
his forty-siI soldiers, made up his number to
seventy-six men, with when this meFitoTioCs
officer has since held Fort Plcksns, aud per
| formed working night AMI day, an immense
amount Of labor in mounting guns keeping 10
= strong guard, etc
feriy IN JsuuaIy Ireuewed, as has been seen
my solicitations to be allowed 20 reinforce Fort
P,ckens, but good deal Of time was lost in
vsciilations Flrst, ihs President thought if
no movement is made By the United S ale8,
| Fort AcRsa will probsoly not be occupied nor
! Fort PiekaEs attacked. % case Of move lents
/ by the United Sisfes, which viii doubtless be
made known by the wires, there viii ba corro-
/ spending local movements, aud the attempt to
/ rsinfJrcs VIII be useless" (Qu3ling from a
/ note made by Aid 7e Camp Lay: about snuary
4 70 of the Presidents reply to 3 messenger f1oln
/ me- Next it was doubted whether itwould be
/ safe to send reinforcamans in an uaaTmed
| steamer, and the want, as usual, Of suitable
naval vassai-jhe Brooklyn being long held la
! reserve st Norfolk, for some purpose unknown
/ 10 me. Finally, after had kept o body Of three
| hundred recruits in N7w York harb0r resly for
/ some llne-aud they would have been suli ,Ieni
to reinforce temporarily Fort Picilens and 90 ec-
] eupy Fort McRsa siso--tba President, sbou.
! January Is, permitted tas slo3p.ul-war Brook
/ Ign should take q single compzny, Ninety msn
/ from Fortress M3lroc, II smplon Roads, aud Ts-
inforc5 Lieutenant S smner, in Fort Pickens
/ but without surplus msu f5r sho nsighooring
/ fort McRsa.
Tue ooklyn, with Captain Yogl1s' company
eloue, left the Chesapeake for Fort PIckeg'
sbcut January 23d and on tbs 29sh, President
3 BlchGuaB, having entered into quasi armistic
with certain leading secedaTs at Penssc1ia and
! elsewhere, caused Secretaries Holt and IouceJ
[ to 0iusrUci, iR joint note, the commanders o
the war vessels of Peasacoia ana l. eatensn
/ SiemmeT, CONNER ndiag Fort PcEens, 90 comm
no act of hostility, auI nos TO hand Captsir
Vodges' company unless that foI sh0Olt be ct
tackled, 2
That JOINT note never saw until March 25ih
bus supposed the armistea was consequent up0I
the peace convention az Washington, and wa
understood TO tarr2iua-s with IT
Hearing, however, Of the most active prepar
atoms for h0stilitiss on the part Of ihe secedeu
at Pensacola, by the erection of new bat.eris
and arming Fort MeRae-that had not g gui
mounted y hen it vas seizad-tuliug the peso
convention and since, I nrough. the subj CT Z
the notice of the new Administration. when shi
IL It not tl January lth that by the aid Of s.,
retary Holt a strong and loyal napN el PEI
mission to send suecor to the fseb Of Tor
Z TAYLOR, Key West, and 10 The ral + eefnnauv-
MAJOR ArRods, from Boston-to accuuv Fort Jsorf3i