The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-01-15

I'N' ." ""4Nh - ttle lOliONlNU llllt
of remarkable cvents:"
/ Dec. 20, 1850 Sudden evacuation
of Fort Moaltric by Major Anderson,
. United States army. He spikes the
guns, burns the gun carriages, aud
Iretreats to Fort Sumpter, which he
Occupies.
Dec. 27.--Copture Of Fort Monltric
and Castle Pichney by the South Car.
olina troops. Captain Coste surron
Iders the levenue- cutter Aiken.
Jan. 8, lS9l.--Cspture of Fort
Pulaski by the Savsanah troops
Jan. ) The Arsenal at pIoun,
Vernon, Alabama, with 10000 stand
of arms, seized by tho Alabama
troops.
! Jan. 4.--Fort Morgan, in Mobile
Bay, taken by the Alabwaa troops
Jan, 9.-Tbe steamship Star Of the
West Grcd into and driven of bv the
South Carolina batteries on Morris
Island. Failure Of the attempt to re.
inforce Fort Sumpter.
Jan. 0.-Mississippi seeded; vote
OF the Convent On, 81 to 80.
Jan. l0.--Furts jackson, St. Phil.
ips' aud Pike, near New Orlenns, cap.
Jared by the Louisiana troops.
Jan. ii Alabama seeded; vote
of Convention, 62 to 20.
Jan. III. - Florida seeded; vote
OF Convention, 81 to 20.
Jan. l3.--Capture Of Pensacola Ma.
Wy Yard, and Forts Barancas and Nc.
kre. Major Chase shortly afterwards
tak.s command, and the siege of Fort
Pickens commences.
January 13--Surrender Of Baton
Rouge ARSENAL to Louisiana troops.
/ Jan. l0.--Georgia seeded, vote of
Convention, 203 to 81.
Jan. 26.--Louisiana seeded; vote
Of Convention, ll3 to 10.
i Jan. 31-Ncw Orleans Mint and
Custom House taken.
Feb, l--TeXas seeded; vote of
Convention, l60 to 7-submitted 70
the vote Of the people. February %,
the act took effect March >.
! Feb. 2.-Seizure Of Little Rock Ar.
senal by Arkansas troops.
Feb. 4. Surrender Of the revenue
cutter Cass to the Alabama authori.
ties,
Feb. 7.--Southen Congress met at
Montgomery, Alabama.
Feb. S.--Proyisional Constitution
adopted.
Feb. 9.-Jc1erson Davis, OF Mis-.
sissippi, and Alexander II. Stephens,
OF Georgia. elected President aud
Vice President,
= Feb. l6-Gcncral Twiggs trans.
fers public property in Texas to tho
State authorities. Colonel Waite, L.
S A, surrcnders San Antonio, to
: Col. Ben. McCulloch and his Texas
rangers.
Feb, 1S.-Inangnration of Presi.
dent Davis at Montgomery Ala.
Feb. 27--Pcacc Congress adjourn.
ed ut Washington having accomplish
cd nothing.
Mar. 2.--Tho revenue cutter Dodge
seized by the Texas authorities.
1t will be noticed that this whole
programme Of rebellion was played
under the Administration OF James
BUCHANAN, and before Lincoln took
his seat.
The table continues. Notice the
commenccment--onc day after the
inauguration Of Mr. Lincoln:
/ Mar 5.--Gen. Beauregard assumes
command of the troops besiegnG Fort
Smnpter.
Mar. l2.--Fort Brown, Texas, sur
rendered by Capt. Hill 70 the Texas
Commissioners.
Mar. l3.--Alabama ratified the Con-
stitution OF the Confederate States,
by vote Of the Convention, 81 to 5.
/ Mar. l6.--Georgia ratified the Con-
stitution of the Confederate States;-
vote OF Convention, 96 TO 5.
March. 2l.-Louisiana ratified the
Constitution oftha Confederate States;
vote of Convention, l0l to /.
/ Mar. 25,-rexas ratified the Consti.
tuition of the Confederate States; vote
OF Convention, GS to 2.
Mar. 30.--Mississippi ratified the
Constitution ofthe Confederate States;
vote OF Convention, Is to 7.
Apl. 3 South Carolina ratified the
Constitution orthe Confederate States;
vote of Convention, l49 to 20.
Apl. T., l3--Battle of Fort Sum,
ter. After thirty-four hours BON,
bardment, the Fort surreniers to tho
Confederate States.
Apl li--Evacuation OF Fort Sum
ter by Maj. Anderson.
Apl. 14.--Lincoln, President of the
L. $, issues +. proclamation calling
: for 10000 volunteers to put down th(
5 "Southern Rebellion"
: Notice again that these acts--cvcry
| one declaration Of war against tht
;, GoverGment--were committed before
. the President took single step to
!, ward the defence of the country-be
+ fore he had called for single man
J. So 10th was he to take any steps tina
4 looked TO war that he never called 70
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