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 [...]
[January] 12th Lewis returned from Town with an uncomfortable account of the Forts, Sumpter is still in charge of Major Anderson and a vessel the Star of the West with men & supplies on board for the Fort, was fired into and prevented from communicating. Major Anderson declared the Port blocaded, and that he would [...]
January 12, 1861, The Charleston Mercury By letters from Anderson District, we learn that the gallant yeomanry of the up-country are no laggards in maintaining the honor and glory of the State, but are rapidly arming and forming themselves into companies. Below we give a list of the officers of the ‘Seneca Rangers, ‘a corps [...]
SATURDAY 12 Mr Sewards Speech is the great event of the day. Did not hear it. The Senate Chamber was crowded by 9 o’clock. Got letter from Julia through Chas. Wrote her today. Hardly know how to get her Home, or (in fact) whether it is best for her to come here to Washington at [...]
January 12, 1861, The New York Herald PENSACOLA BAY. Pensacola bay has rare properties as a harbor. It is now accessible to frigates. The bar is near the coast, and the channel across it short and easily passed. The harbor is perfectly landlocked and the roadstead very capacious. There are excellent positions within for repairing, [...]
January 12, 1861, The New York Herald Mr. Thomas yesterday resigned the post of Secretary of the Treasury, and the nomination of General Dix, Postmaster of New York, for the vacancy was sent to the Senate by the President, and confirmed without the usual reference. No nominations have yet been made for the War and [...]
January 12, 1861, The New York Herald In regard to the forts on the Florida reefs we quote the following from the last report of the Secretary of War. It will be remembered by our readers that the steamer Joseph Whitney sailed from Boston a few days ago with troops to take charge of these [...]
January 12, 1861, The New York Herald FORT MORGAN AND MOUNT VERNON ARSENAL. At the time Louisiana was purchased from France, in 1803, Mobile was claimed and held as a Spanish possession. The French claimed territory to the Perdido river flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, between Mobile bay and Pensacola. When we came into [...]
January 12, 1861, The Charleston Mercury Probably the most arbitrary act of despotism that can be perpetrated by a Government, next to the punishment of men by execution, imprisonment or otherwise, without trial, is the violation of private rights of confidence in the supervision of the mails, by the breaking private seals and the seizing [...]
January 12, 1861, The Charleston Mercury MONTGOMERY, January 11. – Alabama sends greeting to South Carolina: The Convention of her people today adopted the Ordinance of Secession from the Federal Union. It reads as follows: AN ORDINANCE. TO DISSOLVE THE UNION BETWEEN THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND THE OTHER STATES UNITED UNDER THE COMPACT STYLED [...]
CINCINNATI, January 12, 1861. DEAR UNCLE:–I will write oftener hereafter. I have some work, the days are short, and the state of the country is a never-ending topic which all you meet must discuss, greatly to the interruption of regular habits. I rather enjoy the excitement, and am fond of speculating about it. We are [...]
–The Star of the West arrived at New York, having failed to land her troops at Fort Sumter. The Captain reported that unexpected obstacles in the removal of buoys, lights, and ranges, which, though he arrived in the night, compelled him to wait till daybreak outside the harbor, rendered a successful entrance impossible.–(Doc. 21.) –Senator [...]
. . NEW YORK HARBOR, January 12, 1861. COLONEL: I have the honor to report that I reached this post at 8 ½ o’clock this morning with my command, having been unable to reach Fort Sumter. I will make a detailed report without delay. I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant, CHARLES R. WOODS, [...]
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Raleigh, January 12, 1861. His Excellency JAMES BUCHANAN, …….President of the United States: SIR: Reliable information has reached this Department that on the 9th instant Forts Johnston and Caswell were taken possession of by State troops and persons resident in that vicinity, in an irregular manner. Upon the receipt of this information I [...]
January 12, 1861 Star of the West returns to New York City Attorney-general I. W. Hayne leaves Charleston with a demand from Governor Pickens that the federal government surrender Fort Sumter The image is of the steamship “Star of the West” (Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War)
January 11th, 1861. —We did not try to be early this morning, as the big event of the day did not take place until one o’clock. Capitol Square was so crowded you could see nothing but heads and the Capitol itself was full of people looking from the windows, which looked out on the east [...]
FRIDAY 11 Yesterdays Telegraphic news was incorrect as to Maj Anderson. The “Inteligencer” this morning publishes a letter from an ex-Congressman from the south exposing the treasonable proceedings at their Secret meetings of the Senators from the Cotton States now here. Yulee (brother of the Senator from Fla) in my room today said they were [...]
January 11, 1861, The Chaleston Mercury NEW YORK, January 7. The secession of South Carolina from the Confederacy excites more condemnation now than it did when it first occurred. Since then business has decreased considerably among the merchants; orders to manufacturers are very limited; thousands of mechanics and clerks are thrown out of employment, all [...]
January 11, 1861, The New York Herald Savannah is the seat of justice and the largest city in the State of Georgia, and contains 20,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the southeast bank of the Savannah river, on a high bluff, forty feet above low water mark. It is twelve miles distant, in a direct [...]
January 11, 1861, The New York Herald Intelligence has reached us within the last twenty four hours of events transpiring in various quarters of the country pregnant with the most alarming symptoms of impending danger, which seem to be momentarily hurrying us towards inevitable civil war. The news published in the morning papers yesterday that [...]
January 11, 1861, The New York Herald Our intelligence from Charleston, published yesterday, relative to the arrival of the steamer Star of the West in the harbor of Charleston, and her retreat when fired upon by the State batteries, is fully confirmed by later advises. The particulars of the affair are detailed in another column. [...]