and the Harvey despatch to Gov. Pickens, [155] ff.;

and Harvey's appointment to Portugal, [155], [157];

his assurance to Confederate envoys as to evacuation of Sumter, [156];

his purpose, to defeat relief of Sumter, [157];

had induced Lincoln to agree to evacuation to prevent secession of Va., [158];

sends Magruder to Va. convention, [161];

and Douglas, in April, 1861, [163], [164];

his aims patriotic but futile, [164];

assumes power to order arbitrary arrests, [190] ff.;

his dispatches of Apr. 1861, and July, 1862, to Adams, [210] ff.;