Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-10-27
y Strange Story.

y Strange Story.
"Aaother such victory, and ". arc I
lost cried Pyrrhu~ on the banks Of \
the Slfis. Mr.. Seward's first attempts ,
at diplomatic intris que, rs AIrs, Lin .
coins Secretary of State, ended il 4
success, Of tAe same Kind, III Mr. Gle- \
On Wclles'- account Of ii, III the ll5. t
Galaxy. may be accepted a- The who.c I
truth. On thi, authority wc have this /
following facts:
On March ith, 1861 tie day Of Mr..
. Liucolu's idau. .uratiou. 4 .patch,, (
from MUIR Anlersoa were rec Lived
~ Washington. with the intclii-cuce
I TINT hi, supplies were ncaay gone, ana I
I that unlc,, provisioncl within ,i\
} weeks h. must abandon Fort Snmpter
the ncw administration hal FIR it, lr9.
great practical problem, unutr MI. /,
: Linc,ln's proQist 30 hoId occupy !
aul possess tine forts of the United +
States" N. rrscDIe of >unpt.r from /
\ -ir,r au'l impenli lail.
Nh. ~rwlrl hai o-cn iot some T,
months IN intimate Intercourse with +
members az NJ BlclaiElns aanIul-
4 i-tra'ipn. and ii communication VITA I,
1iih% rebels "l .tHh'II-tot- it "- !
once to'A ~" GF'uht 'ha' Hu"lptH
cpu.h no. he Reinforced. and i'foDaotV
ought u't 70 pc proNIelpneh. Gt"erll
Scott. IT, thpHAAt thAt tAe ivn1l p4
the frs Wa, Impossible. Eat Mr..
b'air was c"ni!tht that II c'n.l ht
done, :tni must, ~ least bc ;ttta-lptr.' i;
ului thAt tAr government "aIii l.1s' lL.-
to contempt Il .lcoulInued AIr- bAclI,ti-
1n i'coia course; and az ti.c CAo!hrt
tAcepl Mt. St"..t i ".IG I. ht7l ihv''t-
Iae President. ailug lsu- discussions
determined ,alt au ATTEMPT mas. bc
maj. provision :he f,rt and tlIt
III r.-i.tt,c... we're mlIt. the rebels
"p ,ii 'trr7 n~~ttfrr~ t'tc rs"t.-.""ihiiitv
at beginning ldc conflict 4It. SrWtid
opposed tAl> step, bIt the ftcri'itht
W.t' rr>p.u-r a.' tle RESI- 81 tAt 'bpi-
n"t agreed MiLA h,h ihl lht proper
nilrrS "oic gwen. ll' WLr steamer
PP"aajaH. then JiNt arrived NJ Ne"
P;t ahd oFlerct on. ot com hiSNiuh
I'r repairs, was sHlrctcl IT ''i' ~ ;
naip oI tAc expedition dnd "F'crS "eEt
gwen 70 telegraph on Nprl 70 pre-
pare h''r i"F service ~ "nr'. i"f''
other vessels ",rt tp accompany mr.,
ani captain Mefc.f' n 'he fo"h1tAh'
"ho "a- " command we "ho!e eAPe-
t.tlol,ret'iv' on Apr'- ,. conn tril-i :
"tter' from the Secretary "i lhe N''y
ior ~ conduct
Meanwnile. the lntormas cOm.ulH-
cations between the Secretary "t oia-e
anl rebel emi.sarieS continued. Judge
Campbell. OF the supreme Court, ha"
irr4leAt interviews with Alr Seward
aud constant correspondence wIL.l
aim; rs the Jud 1e afterwards asaelt'd
IN writing. hr. Seward gt.c Altn alri
though nam the "Conftdefat CoAn q -
stoncrs, certain assurances ca.eefn-
iuI the action oil the government. Oh
Mirch - the commissioners were 49,
suted, rs they believed, 10y authos-
tN that Sumter wouid Ue cvacuAteh
willIn u very few laNs. Ga Apiu /
they were informed that There lAi9ht
be IN attempt 10 provision the lofl,
bHL tuitl tuNtIhof lthcH> oaoA0 !"'c
notice Of it beforehand. He tast
named Informal ion, Judge Cainpbte
asserts, was given him in writing BY
ME. seward Bat Oh the seventh u.
| April Judge Campbell became alarmed
at Tire naval preparati 5us making, and
wrote TO Mr.. Seward about them; and
Nr. Seward answered, Faith as "
Sumpter fully kept-wait ana see"
This answer seems to be explained
by the course of events. Mr.. Seward,
after protesting in vain in the Cabinet
against any effort to relieve Sunpter,
insisted that notice should at least De
given to Governor Pickens of such an
effort, and at last obtained the Fresi-
dents assent to this. On April !, az
ter tie Secretary Of the Navy had IA
dopted the plans suggested by Cap
tain G. V. Fox for the relief OF Sump-
ter, and had given orders to prepare
the vessels, Mr. Seward went TO the
President '.with two or three young