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The Daily Dispatch: February 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
y ten inch Columbiad was already upon its carriage, another just ready to mount, so it will be but little labor now should occasion require to place it in working order. Near night the Wyandotte ran up the harbor and sent a boat ashore to inspect the work. No opposition was offered and they returned, satisfied probably that the battery was a good one, even if built by volunteers. I learn also that for two weeks past several men have been busily employed in mounting sea-cost howitzers at Fort McRae, and in other preparations for defence — this, too, is now stopped. I have seen no published account of the reasons why hostilities were suspended, but presume it has already been made public, as both parties are acting under truce. The rumor here is that the fort is to be held until the fourth of March, and then peaceably delivered over to the officer who may demand it in the name of the Confederate States of America. There may be no truth in this, but it has gained considerable creden