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Washington, Dec. 20.--Orders have been issued to Major Anderson to surrender Fort Moultrie if attacked.
Major Anderson telegraphs here that he had surrendered a large number of arms which had been removed from the arsenal to Fort Moultrie, to the authorities of Charleston, on a demand being made for them.
This was done in obedience, as he says, to the spirit of orders he had received from Washington.
The South Carolina ordinance of secession was received this afternoon by President Buchanan.
A number of Southern men were with him at the time.
He exhibited much agitation on hearing the news.
The news of the passage of the ordinance produced intense excitement in Congress.
The South Carolina members were congratulated by the Southern men.--N. Y. Times, Dec. 20.
Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1862.
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