The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-04-10

The Government Have Assurance 49,
England ACID France Will ts nO vvsv
eogs.iss she Sececdrsi States.
Washington, April l.
A reliable private dispatch from Chsrl,.,c,
saws: 1t is supposed that n ~ Andersen.
supplies ~ill be cut "a to-day, causing ,r,.s
conmo,on and anxiety as {, the inal r-salt."
A Charleston dispatch to the W rid ~.
that thee is great activity there. and II 10 h..
heved that Fort Sump'er ~il De attacked iu.u,.
d:stsly.
Ii is reported that orders have been received
from President Davis 10 cut off supplies t,ou.
Anderson, aud more cumm.nic ,tms he a.
lowed from Sumpter with tie Federal authoai
ties.
special dispatch to the Tribune from Mont.
gomery SAWS that the Southern Goveri,nxut IA
determined TO take Fort Pckens at all h.xsd.
and if |. ncoln attemps to obst,rct Southern
comuercr , all Northern ships ia :, u,heru water,
Gill be seized.
A special dispa,ch to the New York Herald
dated Chai leston, April 4, says: "Chsilestca
has to-day been IN y state Of excitement, uaes.
Qusled since the first secession movenrut A
crisis is at hand. The aPpea' ance Ut schooner
off the harbor. last evening, aud her attempt "a
pass the batteries here, her being fired into, aid
her subsequent my sterious disappearance, have
aroused spprehensions OF tie most serious char.
| scteI. The military leaders have been unu ,u,u,
active all day. and men. bers of the Cunvent,ua
now IN session. belonging la the SEVERAL tor,6ca.
tons, have been ordered 10 their stations A
| thousand rumors in circulat:on. the p,inci.
pie of which indicates thx, Fort Sump,cr ~ill b
| attacked in the course OF = fcw DAYS aad thst
the attack ~ be t,om the tUls.
| Ms ,r Anderson ~ill coon surrender in cen.
defence, though il is believed that all s,,eupt
gill seriously be made 10 r=.i.iorcc.
| 1.-Two comp nIes Left the arsenal u night Tor
Savannah
Later advces are unde,s stood to have been
received from Montgomery, ordering iur,hss
supplies to Ma N Anderson 10 be cut Of No
further communication gill bc allvw.d between
the port aid Federal authorities.
| g The danger Is iminent, aud members Of the
Convention wait here expecting coiaicl beioss
Saturday."
New York, Ap'l4
Port Lafayette, in this ha Dor. has been gar.
risonrd. Soldiers from Governors Island ~ill
proceed to Fort Hamilton to embark thence on
steamers for ports unascrr,ained.
At the Navy YA,d aud all the armv depart,
ments great activity aud basrle prevails. and Il,
borers are working day aud night a, the fo mer
OH vessels.
Large numbers Of naval and army officers are
hS iSpo'tuS tucmStSsc3
for duty.
New Yo,k, April 5.
The government has chartered the st. amers
Baltic ard Attic. AID they ~, carry uoops IN
der sealed orders The Baiuc viii carr. Capt
; Bar,'s compan, al t,ing artillery, 80 @tn and
the Ar;ic seven ~ eight companies of infantry
and marines. They viii sal on saturday.
The Pow haitian goes Ia IL morrow morn.
ing, fully equipped and provisoned. and gill
J probably take three compani,s OF troops The
impression al the navy ya.d l. that Fort Stump.
Ter and Fort Pckens are Ia he reinforced
a company OF TOO men on Governor Island
have received MAJ ching orders, aud others will
speedily follow.
stations in this port.
The steamship Atlantic has also been charter.
ed, and cleared for B. azps this afternoon. viii
provisions and stores, the property Of the esv.
ernment.
New York. April ).
The Post saws: 1t Is runner d that the
government agents who were sen, 10 In LAND
and France have returned. AID port that 10th
will set their face against the southern Codfcd-
eracy. and in no manner recogn e AID assist
it; and that thu President AID Cabinet are de-
ttrmined 10 take Immediate and vigorous steps
to enforce existing laws at all haza DIS
The Commercial rays a conI any o! leading
Virginia politician. had an interview with the
President and 5, CT tary Of State. and were a.
red positively hat the Pre- dent co Il, mplaIed
no hot l. movements and slould rot attempt
to collect the revenue. for the simple reason
that Congress had withheld thu power from him
TO do it,"
Superintendent Kennedy, Of the census In
reau, daily receives arpl cations from Census
Marshals IN the seeded States for payment Of
Their services. His r"gular reply is. that the
applicants will be paid out Of TIE stolen gov
eminent funds whenever Southern officials rec
fit to recognize the drafts OF the Federal Treas
ury. e.
A special Dispatch TO the Post says: Runner
has il that the P.wnce 60 to Charleston.
The excitement grows ht urly more iniense.
All sorts Of conf gciures are afioat rs TO the
point where the iirst low will fall.
leading kepuhl can meInbery express the
opinion that an extra sess on Of Coz gress will
soon he .allcd'
The Express says: 1T is supposed in we'll
inform d quarters that Texas is the pc mt ~bsre
the troops will be landed. and that they are
sent out al the request Of Gen. Houston, 10 re-
pei the Indians and Mexicaus in that auar,er"
Washington, April l.
The Worlds Washington dspaich says -
/" Many cons der the naval preparations now go
ing on as intended for demo isiration at San
Domingo while Others contend that tn revenue
is to be collected at all Southern tor;s: alec,
that Commissioner Cras ford has been inf rmed
by authority that il is intended against the
South.
The Texas troops have been ordered Soath
again.
Gov Morton. of Ind ana. and Washburn a
Maine, had long interview with the President
urging the holding of all the forts at the south,
and the speedy adoption II a defnit" pol cy.
Capt Reynolds. OF Texas, denies that be Las
Joined the revolutionists"
A ashing'On di-paich TO the T1;Jmss says:
g IL etrgctiOl- have been sent 10 he squadron OF
Fort Pckens TO tie on the al r, TO cooperate
with Lieut. Siemmer
The Attorney General is considering the le.
gal authority of the Pres dent To collect dates
on ship board, and also his authority to call for
volunteers
The Cabinet will determine 10 morrow wbeth-
or to reinf re- or ct acuate Fort Sumter"
The Tune Washington correspondent says:
- The revenue laws VII he enforced at Louisi'
ana.
No visitors are admitted to the War d, part
ment to day
Important Military aud Naval Sews.
Ii Is impossible to conceive, witaout witness.