Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-11-11

,p:cr<.! cn thu 29d, I'D lrr:1sd ~ Hasbins'
; ION on liie eth December. 10 dey alter
chez, ~pr,I-al It uhi hnununoed thst Major
!; i ,t,,1s,o lad removed from Fort MoEltIls
+, F,it Sr,uter. Ibis IendeIed thSm !nIi-
ous. Ca Ito haGra dny iasy addreesed 80
! ,uyf7 letter u ting i'reSldent deIaSrding the
! su;,raI.7 of Fort Sumter. The President
! auauersd this Latter IN the Both Dssnntoer, oy
a psrernp,nry rsiu.al Iiis bTough. forth s
! roll, from the u mm:siifco's on the "a
Jsnu.rT, 1861, of such 81 insiltias character
that th., President Instantly returned it 70
| ,hsn with "a. ~t.,::onine .udtrssmnnt {; Thin
| a.,cr. iui; presented I'll tie President IS III
anrh il character tsr't ne d.clinea " recel~"
| IL" From lna. TINS forward AL friendly,
| political md personal inter''lfse fnsuy
,es.ryi hs.w eel, the revolutionary Senators
! sud the President, and DO Was severely at
:sciiai by them III tho Senate, and especially
| BY Mr. jefferson Davis. Indeed, their inter-
! course had previously beon OF the coolest
character, ever u,,c. the Presidents anti-se-
| cession message u the COMMENCEMENT; OF t!io
session of Congress-.
Under these changed circumstances, Gen.
Scott, h7 nor. on sunday, 30th December.
addressed the follow Ing inquiry to the Presi
don't:
will the Preside nc retmit General Scott,
without references, 20 tbs War Department,
snd otherwise rs secretly NJ possible, to send
two hundred and fifty recruits from New
York harbor to reiufoIcs Fort Sumter, ~
gs,h.r witt. aolns extra muskets or rifles, am-
muaitian anA .uhHsteDcs? Il IL hoped that
4 s~ioop-of scar Ind cutter msy be ordered lar
tt. SANE pu- pose 10 morrow" .
THE GeneTAi s:eus not 81 have teeN known
inst Mr. Floyd " - o1t Of 1flics.
Ne3er sid A rrqnest meet 8 mora Ffo.np:
compliance. 1t " ~ recsiTed Oh Sunday eve
r,n:, D -,s!nhor 3Gth. On Monday morning |
gavs iusructiora to the War and Navy be-
partnenta, and pit MYnday evening GcDvial
Scott canua 10 congratulate ns that tho re=ta-
laries had issued the necessary orders e the
army and ns9y officers, acd that th.! were
l.. his possession. Tns 6~ro"klyo: Eiti Il u"pa,
n,ttsry st.ren and prosiaions, H-s u veil
fMLhwith>fsom Fortress Monroe u FortSun-
,e.. / SUI, therefore, utterly At q less to ins-
R;us way tho General, IN his s;aterusi.t,
should ns7.. asserted that She H5uth CATO
lima ccfu miasionsrs had already bssn maDy
days IN Washington, aud no movement VI Do
isus. iou ti.s part oftha, Unf,ei .Ssatea) ~sa
permitted" These commissioners arrived liz
Was1iagtnu on the eth december; Grn,Sal
S.uu' : .tl lest " a. mido 10 The Prsaiaer' ~
ln@ 3Uia. 1t WAS cp.npii-d win Oh the 3lst,
.ul ! az =. lay is all that REPRESENTS the
'nauy t,, e. of Tho ii-ns'at. 80
A;a;", ~iiaiersl S.o;t s~sssrts, IL IN" face +
III 81 IAc:=. thai tbs Ffesidan! rtfusrd 10
kiiow af.T. a;tt Il gt To De- .iDade-o rsulf jFcs
Fast Sunte1-heeal-6sh a was b 'ldiug nsgn-
~,.s;ion, With the SJu:h Carolina Commits
s,o7sse. And skill .saia, that Aaf.er SardI
:Sr:raiarY Anlt and mysl: sEdssvorsd. IN
ant wefc tinaliY obliged tn employ tina pus.
7rrger steamer -Sisr oiins West" VII i,
IL p~.iips ell that the substitution Of tho 'Star
i ;hr W-st' 10: tiD powerful va: sseaIaer
BE-. sjyI, ct 81 hirh be row comp!hi.5, va:
pS tho sG.,eJ If Ge:.erdl Scott huEfs'fl !
tpa- rvr.;r 5eaId this doubted uneu read
the s:n.c7nsnt. 2 -' go
IL Lns .ini5fvirv already reierIed 10 De-
tw=enrir ~!'tDeral ami inysslf, on The even
lug IF Manda:, che 3lst Of DeSo4ber, | cug-
ess,ed 10 hin thai, although | hal H3: r.
caivoI he Jvueu Carolius C4mIri-sinntrs III
their ,thc!s. capacity, bat rne!ely as private
Ysutlemsn, yot 1t iIi sht ba cInslisrrd AZ la
gropsT act to r:nt ths Brooklyn VITA reln-
lorcrInel.pl to Fart Sumter anti! / had ie-
cctved al afswsr frotn lhe:h 10 mT letter nj
tho preceding risy; that the d.zy couli NOT
c,ntiars usnr. Ihhn furty-rigdt huurf. ,lB
prou,.si9 :D:iGuIrGd in thIa Suggestion as
gratIamHa!y .aad irrptr, and tho orders we're
lot Transmitted t" tire Brooklyn On that
evening. My huficipatirns were correct, f.:
. .,,, 20. -,.:,- nd q I-of IN rp Rs
trivsj their lnsolent boto, nI;a sent 1t ba:k 20
l..4.., IL .ho- meantime, hcwsrbe, the unne-
yul Rid 9"cy:n. r,rvihoe.i; b. ;Ia Irpfe=l:lt-
.i.n = seniYrran Rh3Ih l fnr.,af tc Iinit.
rh-. Lice hstf.t p:ao, III: the Socrs!aTr@: vi
RI 1nd the N".Y iuialDri u5, to .1s;a;e $s-
clesg a..d rna.z-z E,d rsAcn thu tort, would
i.s t., send u fA., r:dc-s hsei mercintiit Stain.
al from N:W York with tho rsL1iuTcenent.--
Accordingly tn 'Stsr Of the West ~Ha So.
lec:ui for the duty. Ths Substitution OF this
mrrcah,ile ~rLeh,,.r for tt,s Brooklyn, WHICH
wo.li have bneG ahio ~ defend. he5scli il
J.: ~. vi ats. L, w.J TslnrtArtly yielded bJ uls
10 tho h'ch military luGsvient Of GanerrI
Sco;;.
Tlu change of arai,rsmne required : hrisf
eoscu nf TINS, hat 1T Sal Of the y IS: lett
.NeS TerA T.; C::.aricstra W The "1enLS OF
the Sill oil J>clary. yin tbs very day, how
:eer, ahsn this i.fl:et steamer left New
York, 4 trinerahn teas dispatched 81. Genoral
Scott to Cviare! Scott e. cVNntefDand her
dcpsTtgrf; bat Ind not rJ.ch IT'S de.tias-
ticii unt.l after che hud gonu " Sol. The
7e4pnu f"f ina ;uuiie:uLla aasil b. stated
in III. LIeslsgs IF Secretary uolt, 10. :he
found III d letter ad1fcsssd az hin 70 MI.
Fhonnnn, liz lass Secretary % tho Int
1nT, IN lhc 5:h ;larch BSl. nd published
III Tia NntioriAi I~nteiligeicer. III. holt,
says: -
"1nr courisrhsnd spoken ct it7 Mt.
Thou.os0n) was not moTn ccrdially a=ircrion-
ri W the pr"u!dcnt tl.an il w.! by G.nsral
Scott and myself not oscAase Of al? ila7srt
fru:n the oIdpr uu the part Of lls 2 s'id%nf, I'M.
because of q letter received thar dsy fuEn all
Anderson, atetiEg. III effect, that I've regarded
~r.Ituie;f seouie in Iis postum |; ana Jet IlOrs
IRON intellistnli, which late Dn Saturday
evening {5lL .lanus1T, 1851 rssend Lta De-
p.riment tn;.i "a hu%.vY- Et':ery bad tasr
.r~c tel among tLa SAID h;lli. At he eitfenco
l., CnafIeHt"n ha;h.r; virici. ~u~li rT.ba6iI
destroy snI ua4tios.i vesoul {.nj such Tsa
tts Star OF tho est wh'ch fh;5 It a~t.eiilt
60 make ita 9sJ 10 fpT+ alyi:a4 This lGi
49, ....E- - . .'F =
oISant interpolation shti: Ie,i Tho SGNs.nin-nt
.hst theirs NA5 iu pfoSs { nstsasity frI. eshd
Ing reinforaeiEents, sud that when sent they
should &C, not Iii e vessel ct comrnTrce, but
Of war. Iieuc. tho caun;ernand vac uis-
Jiatcaod by telegraph to New York; but tina
vsssel had sailet q .hor' une tef1Jc i:reaah-
I'd the officer Gel. Scott to whom il was Sd
deerstd."
\ statement ii thess f .sss, esmbi=rsd 81
dsies, proves oone'usiveiy that rho rfasidedt
was not only wiling ut anxious IL Tho piitt.
est psTind in ytirf;ccs Fo,t Sumter:
On tns4h Of JanusrY, the dnY defu-e tie
departure OF tho Stsr Of the West f:om e1sw
Yy,k, as Gonsrui Scott :G his stsieuuI:t sd
Laits, auco,,r Wsi sent TO Fort IL, lo,, -hsy
Wss. aud to Fyrt Jefferson, Tortagas Island,
which reached these points i'll uusfar tneii
security. Il: nevertheless Sueculales On che