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ar from being satisfactory, yet in compliance with their request he would withhold the communication with which he was at present charged, and refer the whole matter to the authorities of South Carolina, and would await their reply. On the 30th this reply was received, and on the next. day Colonel Hayne transmitted to the President the letter of Governor Pickens demanding the surrender of the fort, with a long communication from himself. This letter is dated Headquarters, Charleston, January 12, 1861, and is as follows: Sir: At the time of the separation of the State of South Carolina from the United States, Fort Sumter was, and still is, in the possession of troops of the United States, under the command of Major Anderson. I regard that possession as not consistent with the dignity or safety of the State of South Carolina, and have this day [it was the day previous] addressed to Major Anderson a communication to obtain from him the possession of that fort by the authorities