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Fort Sumpter To Be Abandoned

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Day
15
Month
March
Year
1861
Copyright
Public Domain
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Special i'iapatch to the N Y, Timos (rep.) Washington, Mal'ch 10. The quesüon of reiniorang Fort Surrtpier hu boen onder consideration Hi thu Cabinet, and i. is understood that thu quesiion, whether or no it is nt desirablo .O withdraw all tlio troops, except two or ihrue meo, rather tli;in muur tho bloodshed wlucli will pivbably ueour beforo tronos nnd supplie ara put inlo it, i:t now lo be duciilud. The imtnedia'.e necessity f scttlmn; . lilis ijlU'SlkiD gfOWHOnt t)l ihe l:u;l t!i:it ; tnure is onlv i lirnitiMi sii.ily if bread at Fort öninplor, l)iit plenty of rtilt uiuut, u:id tli;iL II iiiust eillier lu plifii or ubiindonüd very sinm. Tne QQWtiiXi has lijen undol' di-cuss iu n high military oircles lor severa I davs. Gun. ScOU adl.us lln.t rui t' rut c.iiinot now Lo put in 'M h '.i un MiórmoUi Kiicrificu 't lilu. Ol oour.-o llis VK'.Wfí Ol) UlO Sllilj-.'Ct O.ltllH'l 1)0 kmivï.. L'lEo ihy lu .h p.ii) m. l i hj is iinderHtOod . su ili.it wj ha.; n thur iiiilitaiy ii"i' Dawl loicoai Imfrfl ufii:i. ni u tupply l!)i tori i{i:.iiirl l u line ittjiiod ojijj. i.-ilioa, wt'.ich Woiild qiiiro twetny thuus;ind men lo ovei(HHIird Btisides, il il should iailiatu civil wa , in ddition io uiii'.inii ihu South .n! overwhvlihmg the (Jnioii seiiuineül ihure in llio wiifvè ot iai n, i it wouUl r.(uiiu lwo hiindieii and iitiy Uu lldand ovuiniiKMii wldiur t" oarry mi tlic (itrtlggltí, and a luilldlcd liiitlioilS cl nioney lo b gin with. In snoli au cvent tvMjnty Uiousaiid mtii uould le ! ncuded lo preserve Waliinglon and ih Eovernmunt urohives. Ttiö general inipression here, on-Hi ■ticéis, is that the iiiiiiiniislla'iiiii hasj deiiiniuMcil on witlulrawwg tlie tioops j Ir in Kml Sun) ter, leuving oiily orto (.' .rpiiinl, twu rot'n nrid the rta and tttripoi-, üii)n)e]lng tlit ctiivüliy o ctiplt;ro tliufiil ulier ill Thoy liuve bceo t htei4Uiir{i u cli it lor llut-e umnil.s and fniU d w her thure wt-rc tiiily iboiit neventy mo iii it. Tncy haVa un op pi.rtuinty uiucii miplish it agaiu.st unly thrwe Southern Union men exprets the eafnést hope that tho adminretratitMi wil] piirsuu .uuh u pol;.;y u wil rahder it uimeiessiiiy t nuiid Fedmal troop- South, If iliat is n-.t done, they say, the prcsMire brought ilfnn by eecH sion is pusImiiT on u reaettun in the soutlioni inind whioh will s'weep :he .-ocwsióiiista int" oliüvion. They l'ully ex peet to have iin anned confliot in Texas, b=it prefor thüt il sh;ll '-o botween thu Union;sts and disuniunists oí t hu South.

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Michigan Argus