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FORT SUMTER TO BE STORNED!Charleston Pilling with Troops. TIE nxRWET 1..XM. VIREO l*T®.WAR! WAR! WAR!TELEGRAPHIC GtRRESrOSFESCE BE TWEEN VEX BE A UK HOARD ASP THE SECRETAEYuF WAR Of CO SEE if ERA TE STATE.Charleston, April 12. The following is ihc telegraphic corr»‘8pon-•lonce between the War Department at Montgomery ami (lei*. Beauregard, immediately preceding the hostilities. Tlic correspondence grew out of 'ho formal notification hy the Washington government, which is disclosed in (Jen. Beauregards first dispatchs:(No. 1) Charleston, April 8.To L. P. Walker,Secy of War: i An authorized messenger from President Lincoln ju t informed llov. Pickens and myself, that provisions will be sent to Fort Sumter, peaceably or otherwise by force.T. Beu'rec.ard. (.Vo. 2 ) Montgomary, April 10-fo Gen. G. T. Beauregard, Charleston :II you have no doubt ol tlio authorized character of the agent who communicated to 3011 the intention of tlio Washing on Government to supply Fort Sumter hy Jorcu, you will at once demond ita evacuation, and. if this is refused, proceed in such manner as you may determine to reduce it. I*. T. Walker,Secy of War.(Vo. 3.) Charleston, .April 10.To L. P. Walker, Sec’y of War:The demand will be niulo to-morrow at 12 o’clock. (5. T. Bh-m-rf.oard.(No. 4.) Montgomery, April 10.To Gen. Beauregard, Charleston:Guv. Hicks, ot Maryland, has been in consul-latmii with the President lor several hours to*I «j*. 11c came here willi feelings ol regret si the course ot tho administration in its seeming coercive policy; but when ho heard the rea suns for present course of the President and his advisers, ami iimiers’om! tiie record by which they had been guided, he modified his opinion to u very great extent.. -J—fflSBPMONDAY,........APB.L 15SlRltENUER Ol- EORT SLHTCI. 'By our telegr .pU dispatches it will bo seen that Muj. Anderson has capitulated and evacuated Fort rfumtcr yesterday. This news has created an unparalleled excitement throngboui the country, and the war fever is raging with violence. Military companies are forming in all the northern cities, and tendering their services to defend the glorio.is bauner of the country—the stars junt stripes.Past differences of opinion uro forgotten— the cause or origiu of the war is not looked at. but a unanimous feeling is expressed to slauo by the country in its hour of need.This speaks well for the pa riotisra of the coawry. Wo have deplored the probability ol war—blamed the adminis'ration for not adopting a course calculated to prevent it,—and have expressed a willingness to make any compromise or concession to. preserve peace.— But the time for that is now passed. War has commenced, and we feel it a duty to stand hy our country, right or wrong.The samo feeling appears to animate all clas. aes—the call to arms will be obeyed with alacrity, anil wo may look for a severe and bloody
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Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Sat, Apr 20, 1861
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