SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1861. It has been a fine winter day. M. this morning stood at 12. Went to church with wife and boys. Heard a Mr Black of Covington K.Y. a near relative of Mr Sec’y Black. He has evidently mistaken his occupation. Wrote a letter this evening to Col. Paine and took it [...]
January 13, 1861, The New York Herald STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN WHITING. The report which was circulated in this city on Friday last that Captain Whiting, of the steamer Marion, had left his vessel at Norfolk, and his non-arrival at this port, led to considerable apprehension as to his safety among his friends. In consequence of [...]
January 13, 1861, The New York Herald The sloop of war Brooklyn arrived off Charleston bay yesterday afternoon. She has not visited that port for a hostile purpose, but upon a mission of peace. Reports from Charleston state that the South Carolina authorities had communicated, under a flag of truce, with Major Anderson, but for [...]
January 13, 1861, The New York Herald SECOND MEETING OF THE UNION VOLUNTEERS. ADOPTION OF A CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS – ELECTION OF A CAPTAIN AND ORDERLY SERGEANT, ETC., ETC., ETC. The second meeting of the Union Volunteers–a corps of young men who have organized themselves into a military body, with the intent of offering their [...]
January 13, 1861, The New York Herald The steamer Star of the West, the focus of excitement for the last few days, arrived at this city at eight o’clock yesterday morning, and anchored off pier No. 29 North river. The Star of the West, under command of Captain McGowan, left New York on Saturday night [...]
January 13, 1861, The New York Herald WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 1861. I learn that despatches have been sent from here by authority to Major Anderson, at Fort Sumter, and also to Governor Pickens, of South Carolina, informing them that the steam frigate Brooklyn was not ordered to Charleston for any hostile purpose. Her mission was [...]
–Governor Pickens, of South Carolina, sent to Washington for a balance of $3,000 due him as late Minister to Russia. The Department adjusted his accounts by sending him a draft on the Charleston Sub-Treasury, the money in which has been seized by the State.
. . FORT COLUMBUS, N. Y. H., January 13, 1861. COLONEL: Pursuant to instructions, dated Headquarters of the Army, January 5, 1861, I embarked on the evening of Saturday, 5th instant, from Governor’s Island, at 6 o’clock p.m., on a steam-tug, which transferred us to the steamer Star of the West. My command consisted of [...]