WASHINGTON, January 20, 1861. Gov. M. S. PERRY, Tallahassee, Fla.: The Southern Senators all agree that no assault on Fort Pickens should be made; that the fort is not worth one drop of blood at this time, and desire us to invoke you to prevent bloodshed. First get the Southern Government in operation. The same [...]
1861. January 20.–….The news from home during this week has been deplorable. On the l0th inst. the President sent a message to Congress which depicts the state of things in the gloomiest colours. South Carolina, at Charleston, has fired repeated volleys at a United States transport carrying troops for Major Anderson at Fort Sumter, and [...]
SUNDAY 20 Cooler today, and quite windy, but did not freeze till night. Did not go to church today. Took care of the house while the rest of the family went. Read the “Times” “Herald” and Partons last Vol of Jackson. There are so many villinous looking fellows roaming about the City, that that [sic] [...]
January 20, 1861, The New York Herald It is not to be disguised that the warlike preparations are now being made in the North have produced a very bad feeling in the border Slave States. In Maryland there is a sharp contest going on between the Union party and the secessionists – the latter desiring [...]