The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-10-29

Sumter with ali his vessels Pnt he was kept back
oy somsshing like fvses or ar,atice. INSIDE hsre)
embracing Uhariesson and Pensacola harhors,
SSrerd upon between tho lats Preaisnt and certain
principal secedsrs OF South Carolina, Florida. Lou
isians, 30 aud thls truce lasted TO tbs end Of that
Administration
Tha, plan md all others without squadron OF
wsr thips ard a oonsiderab's army, eornpeten. to
rke ;.pa hold the piany fos nidlbe batteries below
Fort Saatier and before the exhaustion Of itg sub
sisteslse having been pronounced, from the change
Of circumstances, i,npra ticable by Major Ander.
son, Captain Foster, tC'.laf Eng,aeer} aud al tho
otiser sers of the fort vel! A argsdiAs tied
eral Totteu. Chief OF ths Corps CT Enginseri; and,
eopeasrin2 In that cp.rioa did not hesitate 10 ad.
Wise tMaie ea l2h) tha. sS sls Ap5.rson be nstrnst
ed TO evasaata The fnst. SO long galialtiy held by
htln s:Id Lis companions, immediately prcc1Tng
suitable traisportati..s u take them to Now York
Ills relative Peakiles3 had steadiy iec, aged n the
lest eighteen 1ays
It~as not tin January 3i- -wheR the lrs. Qam.
Misssoners fcom saaih Carolina withdrsw--that
TIE pssmission h:s solicited october 3lst was ob
tained TO admonish commanders OF tha few =. utL
ern frts with garrison. 70 be the slsrt sgaiast
surprises and Sudden assaults tEajor Anderson
was not among thu Gdnc niahsd being already
stfaiIy beleaguered)
January 3d.-Tc Lieusenans Elsmnisr, command.
ing Ia Pensacola ha bor
'The 6eneral.in Chief directs that Yen take
meAau.es to DO tha utmost in your power to pre-.
vent tie sefsare of either of ths forts In Psnsssoa
hasicr. scp -iss xxpseS Stfssf Hyt Ssth
the comnander OF the ivy-yard, who will probably
have received instructions 10 oopsrats with yoa" :"
tThis order vas s'gu d by Aid &c Camp Lsy.)
It was just before the surrender of the penss cola
nsvy,yard (January l2) that Liestensnt slemner
calling upon Commander Armstrong, obtained tie
aid OF some thirty common seamen or laborsrs (but
TO marines) which, added to his foEty-sI4 soldi-rs
liada up bis numbers to seventy six men, with
whom this Eaer.orious officer has since held Fort
Piekens, end performed, working night and day,
an Immense amount OF !soor IN mounting guns,
kee ping up strong guard, &c, &c
Ear.y In January / renewed, as has been seen my
soici. atonS 10 be allowed to reinforce Fort Pick.
ens but ood deal OF time lost in vaciIiati.n ns
First, Ls President thought If no movement IL
msde by tbs United States, Fort EcRss will proba.
bly, not be occupied, aor Fort Pickens attack ed -
will doubtless be made known by the wires, there
will be corresponding ieeIl nlovems ns and .he At
tempt 70 reinforce viii be ureleas" (Qaota,ions
Jr0iR note ma Is W Hid de Camp [ay about .Jdhnd
~ l2, Of the Presidents reply q massage from
me Next, it was doubted whether IL would be
FATE 10 s,nd rei2.oTc csments in rrarfned steamer,
snd the want, As usual, of suitable naval vessel
the Brooklyn beinS i2ng held IT EeGerve Norfolk
for some purpose aEkDoT7n to Ee. Finally. sitter
had kept body of three hundred recruits IL Eew
YORK harbor ready for sams time and they would
have been sUf fticie.t 20 reinforce temporarily Fort
picksDs, snd to cceup: Fort McKas slso-the
President, about x .ua' Y IL Permitted that :ke
sloop fHar Brooklyn should 'ske single COM
pany, ninety men, from Fortress Monroe, Hampton
IE-
ems, Tut without surplus KAN for tls neishboring
FORT McRae.
The Brooklyn, With Captain Vodges's company
alone ief tie Chessp axe FOR Fort pickens about
January 22d, and on the 29tb President Buchanan,
having entered into quasi ernlis;ice with certain
leadng seeeders et Pensacola aEd elsewhere, caused
Secretaries Hot and Tou '-y to instruct. in l1int
note, the commander Of I war vessels off PeGsa-
cola ard Lieut. ElemMer, commanding FcTt Pick
ems, TO commit DO ae of hosiltias and not TO land
Capta'a Vodges company uoltsa hat fort should
be sttsckedi
That Joint note l never saw until aial cI o5th,
but suppose the ..Vmi-tiee was consequent upon the
meeting: Of the Peace Convelticu U;.shins tor.
anl "a. understood 10 terminate with it,.
Hearing. however, tlas the most active prep2fa-
tions fOT hostiEtes the part Of the secedsrs at
Pensacola by the erection OF Few batteries and
arrning Fort Mc::.ethst has: not G gun mounted
when it was aeiG.d-dur.ps the Peace Convention
and since brought the subject to the notice of the
new AGmiuis ration, when this note. dated March
18th to Captain Wedges was earoed up ~, viz: 'At
tte ilEs. Favorable moert you will land with your
company, reinforce For. tick1ns, EEi held the
cate LEFT New YORK in two 1avsl vsseels abou. the
middle Of Earsh. a. the mail tie wires could
not be trusted and detached of1csrs could not be
substituted, tor t7"o Lad already ceen arrested and
parolei by the eutIiorities Oh PeHs.oo- dispatched
taken from them, AMI :. third, to Csospa Ike tcea..
ment, forced 20 taxa back when rear that city
Thua those as.thoriti . have not ceased to iaal-a
upcn he United States snca ihs capture b.
thola of tie uavy- Gcd J1nnary l2th
Respectfully suGEnttisd,
WINFIELD SCcrT.
Headquarters of the Army
Warhins sto1, March 80. 'G1
In giving the sbovs paper, ct the ins,anoo OF
Genera hcOt, il sday Lot be Improper IN publish
the following letter. referred Ia 8s tie. one which
hsa appeared in praut "ithou. his aAthority. and
which it is asserted in tl.s public papers, the sec
rotary of State, to whom the letter written,
denies any fundamentally ii making plbli3.
Here follows the "SuppleDent," which we pub
lished few days aso.]
~: ~.s not till January that by the aid Of Sec
retary Holt. Ga strong aad loyal man. l obtained
permis;en to send succcr to the feeble garrson Of
For: Taylor Key West, ana at the same time
compary y-Majof Ar..oids, from k0Hton-to occupy
Fort jefferson, Tortlgss isiand Ii this con pany
had been three DAYS latsr the fort would have bean
pro-Occupied by Fioi iiians. Il Is known that ths
rebels had their eyes upton tloae powerful tacts,
which govern tie commerce Of the Mexican Gulf
Gibraltar and aiaita govern that o. tbs Mediter
ranean. With Forts JefferEan and Tey ioT, the Ieb
els might have purchased eI early recognition from
Europe.
tIt w.s known at the Eav J Department that The
Brooklyn with Captain Voiges ol board would 10
Obliged in Open sea TO stand Of on Eort I.aEens
and in rough weather n!g kt sometime be fifty miles
of Indeed If ten miles a. ssa the fort might have
bsen attacked and easily carried Ls,ore The rein
forcsmeni could have reached tho ba4eh, in open
sea where alone it could land