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Dec. 29.--On Christmas Day Major Anderson dined formally with the secession authorities-chiefs — in Charleston, and was duly carried back to Fort Moultrie by early moonlight, apparently very much overcome by the good things drinkable set before him. Those in charge of the steamer posted in the channel to watch his movements in the fort therefore thought it would be safe for them to relax their vigilance, and themselves take a Christmas night frolic, and in the midst of which Anderson and his force spiked Moultrie's guns and landed safely in Fort Sumter.
The apparent intoxication of Anderson was but a feint to have the very effect it did have.--Washington Star, Dec. 29.
Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1862.
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