...Chew on the 6th — the day before Mr. Seward's assurance of "faithfully kept." " I am directed by the President of the United States to notify you to...Fort Sumter with provisions only ; and that, if such an attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition, will be made, without further...

...them an official communication, drafted by President Lincoln. It ran as follows : " I am directed by the President of the United States to notify you to expect an attempt will be made to supply Fort Surnter with provisions only, and that if such attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in provisions,...

...Sumter with provisions only ; and that, if such an attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition, will be made, without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort." * Thus disappeared the last vestige of the plighted faith and pacific pledges of the...

...rebels get the rumor ? Evidently there was a leaky vessel in the Engineer Department. to throw in men, arms, or ammunition will be made without further notice, or in case of an attack on the fort. "April 8, 1861." It may be inferred from General Seymour's letter that he believed that the fort could...

...Governor Pickens, of South Carolina, at Charleston, the following brief message : " I am directed by the President of the United States to notify you to...further notice or in case of an attack on the fort." The relieving expedition did not sail from New York until the morning of the 9th, and it never performed...

...Governor Pickens, of South Carolina, at Charleston, the following brief message: " I am directed by the President of the United States to notify you to...Sumter with provisions only, and that if such attempt l>e not resisted no effort to throw in provisions, arms, or ammunition will be made without further...

...President was, by special messenger, placed in the hands of Governor Pickens : — lam directed by the President of the United States to notify you to...made without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort. This message was at once communicated to Jefferson Davis, at Montgomery, who entertained...

...if the attempt should not be resisted there would be no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition, without further notice, or in case of an attack on the Fort," Mr. Lincoln continues: " This notice was accordingly given; whereupon the Fort was attacked and bombarded...

...you will procure an interview with Governor Pickens, and read to him as follows : " I am directed by the President of the United States to notify you to...such attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition will be made without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort."...

...as follows : <• " I am directed by the President of the United States, to notify you to expect nn attempt will be made to supply Fort Sumter with provisions...such attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition will be made, without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort."...