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The Daily Dispatch: March 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], The intended evacuation of Fort Sumter. (search)
ed statement of the stock of provisions in Fort Sumter, and it is abundant for a considerable time, except in bread, which is not sufficient for over thirty days. One of the first and most important questions, therefore, before the Administration, will be whether Major Anderson will be supplied or withdrawn. --That decision cannot long be postponed, for though he now receives meats and vegetables from the markets of Charleston, this permission may be cut off at any moment by an order from Gov. Pickens or Gen. Beauregard, to whom Jefferson Davis has confided the direction of military operations there. The Cabinet had a special session of over three hours last night, in which the policy concerning Fort Sumter was fully discussed. An informal conference was also held this morning, at which several members were present. No decision has yet been reached, but the general opinion prevails to-night that the troops will be withdrawn. This condition of things was purposely contrived
The Daily Dispatch: March 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 34 (search)
s. F. Divine, of Leesburg, Va., for seven years connected with the dead-letter office of the Post-Office Department, has resigned his position. An enterprising individual in Troy advertises to furnish aspirants for office with signatures to petitions at the rate of one dollar a hundred. W. H. McDonald, has gained a verdict of $573 in the New York Supreme Court against the Schenectady Democrat, for denouncing him as a swindling advertiser. Com. Stewart has resigned his position as captain of the navy, alleging the injustice done him by what is termed the Retiring Board of the Navy. A New York exchange states that during a season of twenty-six days 1,655,700 persons visited the skating pond at the Central Park. The artillery company of Culpeper C. H., Va., has telegraphed an offer of its services to Gov. Pickens, of South Carolina. Andrew Godfrey, convicted in Philadelphia of selling lottery policies, has been sentenced to four months in the county prison.