[FEBRUARY 18(?), 1861.]
Governor PICKENS, Charleston, S.C.:
Kingman, known as “Ion,” who corresponds with the Baltimore Sun, and is considered reliable in his letter of yesterday, says he has seen and read a letter from a former member of Congress from South Carolina, which assures him that Fort Sumter will be taken on or before the 4th of March, “without reference to what the Montgomery government may advise or order on the subject.”
This startles the President. Will you quiet him by your reply?
The State commissioners will adjourn during the week. No result yet.
JOHN TYLER.