Nebraska advertiser., 1861-04-11
THE ADVERTISER.
r. W. FURNAs EDITOR.
The STATE OF Tue Country.


or even the general outline Of policy On.
al fplly determined and agreed upon. TX
DO 50 in such times ds these would be
giving the enemies Of the country great
advantages. Under these circumstances
therefore, we, a. 50 great a distance from
the theatre Of action, must be content to
remain in The dark somewhat as to mi.
nu,ia. We clip from latest Dispatches as
follows:
A Charleston dispatch to the World
says there is great activity there, and It
- believed Sumter will tie attacked i'm
mediately. Il isreported that orders have
been received from President Davis 10 cut
oG supplies for Anderson, and no more
communication viii be allowed from Sum.
ter with the federal authoritse.
A dispatch 10 the Tribune, from Mont
gomery. says the Southern government is
determined to take PiCkens at all hazard.
and if Lincoln attempts 20 obstruct South
ern commerce, all Northern ships in
Southern waters will be seized.
A Washington dispatch 10 the same says
instructions have been sent 10 the squad
ron off Pickens to be on the alert to co.
operate with Lieut.. Slemmer. The CAB
met viii determine tomorrow whether 10
reinforce or eyacuate Sumter.
The Times Washington dispatch says
the revenue laws will be enforced IN
Louisiana. No visitors are admitted TO
the War Department to-day. The repre-
ssntatives of the Great Powers have IN
officially expressed desire thatlhe Union
should be maintained.
Fort Lafayette, in this harbor, has been
garrisoned. Soldiers from Governors
Island will proceed TO Fort Hamilton to-
day, 10 embark thence on steamers for
ports unascertained. At the navy yard
and army departments great activity aud
hustle prevails, and laborers are working
day aud night at the former on war YES
sells. Large numbers of navy and army
officers are continually arriving and re-
porting themselves for duty.
CHAnLEsToN, April 4-Charleston has
70. day been in q state OF excitement un-
equalled since the first secession move
mentS. A crisis is at hand. The ap-
p~earance Of a schooner of the harbor
yesterday evening, and her aitemptI 10 pass
the batteries here, her subsequent mystic
rious disappearance, have aroused appre.
tensions Of the most serious character.
The military leaders have been unusually
active all day, and members of the con-
venlion now in session belonging TO the
several Notifications, have been ordered
on their stations.
4 thousand rumors are IN circulation,
the principal Of indicate thai Fort Sumter
" il be attacked in the course of a few
Gays. Two companies left the arsenal 10
night for Savannah.
LArER.-Advices are understood to
have been received from Montgomery
ordering further supplies 10 be cut of.
No further communication will be allowed
between the post and federal authorities.
New YoRK, April 5-The government
has chartered the steamers Baltic and
ARIEL, and they will carry troops under
sealed orders. The Baltic will carry Capt.
Barry's company Of flying artillery, 90
men, and the Ariel seven or eight COM
panies Of infantry and marines. They
viii sail on Sunday. The frigate Pow
haitian goes to sea Tomorrow morning,
fully equipped and proyisioned, and will
probably take three companies Of troops.
The impression at the Navy Yard is
that Sumter and Pickens are both 10 be
reinforced. A company Of 100 men on
Governors Island have received marching
orders, and others will speedily follow.
There are. $500 troops at the different
stations in the port.
The Post says II is rumored that the
government agents who were seat 10
England and France have returned, and
report that both will set their faces a.
gainst the Southern C~onfederaco and in
no manner recognize or assist and that
the President and Cabinet are determin.
ed TO take immediate and vigorous meas
ures 10 enforce the laws at all hazards.
The Commercial says a committee OF
leading Virginia politicians have had an
interview with the President and Secre-
tafv Of State, and were assured most
positively that the President contemplate
ed no hostile movements, and should not
attempt to collect the revenue, for erea-
son that Congress had withheld from him
the power to do SO.
The stcamer Atlantic has also been
chartered and cleared from Brazos this
afternoon, with provisions aud horses, the
property of the government.
A special dispatch says the Pawnee
goes 10 Charleston. The excitement grows
Tnore intense. All sort of c~oniectures
are aGoat as TO the point where the first
blow will fall. Leading Republican
members express the opinion that an ex-
IRA session Of Congress will soon be cal
led.
The Express says il i~ssupposed in wei!
informed quarters, that Texas is the
point where the troops viii be landed,
and that they are sent ont al the request
Of Gen. Houston 10 repel Indians and
Mexicans in that quarter.
Nrw YopK, April 8, 1861.
A special dispatch from Charleston TO I,
the New York Herald states that the F,
authorities had received official notiGca-
zion that supplys viii be furnished Mai.
Anderson at any hazard. Immense
preparations were Immediately commence
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