Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-10
ARMY ANp NAvY NEms.
The Gulf Flest--PIratIeRI Design. of
the SeresAIonIstH.
Especial Dispatch to the n. 7. Tribups.J
WAsHiSorov, April !, Is

the SecesAIonIsta.o
Especial Dispatch to the y. 7. Tribune
WAsHiSoroS, April I, 1861.
The Developments and events of tho pre-
sent week will be watched with The deep.
sst interest and anxiety in all circles here.
We are fast approaching the crisis which
recent Indications have Foresbad owed =
lsWhile the Administratfon has been char.
ged with inertness aud the absence of yi9-
o-ous policy, it has been prudently preps-
tlng measures to meet the exigeucv, and
10 iortity itself with the necessary resour-
ses. When Mr. Lincoln cnpie into Office
he found nu empty treasury, iemoroIized
army, and trensonn ble detection tbrnngb-
7 ont the civil service. He hns had tn fasI
bis way Into public confidence nc,iust.a
factions Opposition, and to ascertnin The
extent otresoWrces Mt his command. before
I Procetding to carry out the principles an
nounced IN his Inaugural. which have
nevtr been abandoned for an instant Tho
tine llns come when they are to be vindi
Gated peaceably, If the rcvOItcd States will
permit or otherwise If thcy insist rp,n
! provoking collision, and forcing The
G1vernment into an attitude of defense.
/ Lieut. Talbot reached here Yesterday
| morning. with dispatches frdh MaiOr An.
derson, and Ind fall interviews with iho
President, Secretary or War, and General
Scott. There is no doubt but tho condi.
ton OF the garrison requires relief In
many respects. Various ncressariq,, ar,
nearly or quite exhausted, and mnst be
supplied. While no official intitnatioo
was ever communicated TO Major AnIlcr-
son that his command would be withdrawn
from Fort Sumter, it is undoubte,llr- trpn
that lie received such nm iinprrssinb fror,
personrl conferences which were supDnsnd
to- reflect the purposes here. They wore
predicnted upon the belief, however, that
the Withdrawal was military Necessity
which could not he avoided Recent i,S
formation has changed that belief and
other tacts have induced n course of nolirv
consistent With this idea. In n worj m
.loE 54haersoH il not 10 Be tritAdra.r1, ami he
u t0Re ProrisioHsd, as was predgured in
my last dispatch.
Lieut.. Talbot will roach Charleston 10.
morrow afternoon, and, of course. carrie,
OSfk t9e conclusive decision of the Presi
lsnls ( it V eium, -bnL.- trls, nd in tiaFd1o o.
ny with his lurmer declnraiiuus The rn-
spOnsibilitY rests will South Caro,inn ~,
tlreiY, aud the country will sec when NH
tue facts hre disclosed, that the utmost
IorOearanre and moderation have -bqen
practIced. There is no Intention 10 intro.
duce reiniorcements voluntarily. or to
change the status which now exists. Rnr
the President is unwilling To strike fbc
national flag, ard determined nor 10 par-
init the garrison at Fort Sumter TO ba
starved out, or abandoned TO the alternn-
i've OF humi'iating surrender. What
ever Is done will bG done in the broad
hsht of day, aud after fail aud fair nu,ire.
so that tie consequences will fall ON those
war.
In reaching this conclusion. it became
necessary, of course to make extensive
preparations for carrying the intention
INTO effect, which may serve in ptrt o
explain the recent movements in New York
anu elsewhere, sumo of which refer 10
Fort Sumter, md others to Fort Pi.kcus
IL the Admission of supplies for the for.
mer he refused, the Government has no
alternative but to introduce them in iLe
nest WAY II can, and at whatever hazard.
IN Undertaking an enterprise of this ma
lure II could not afford to incur nnneccs.
saTy RISKS, or to publish its purposes for
rue "eneht OF those who glory in the
shame OF being regarded as public enc
niles. Hence the imposing extent. tbe
disp"tch, and the caution which have been
preserved throughout
The investment of Fort PicEens hy the
confederate troops is nearly perfect As
yet the Government is uninTorined whether
the force on board the BEoukryn has been
landed OF not. The orders were du,,li-
Gated by Two vessels so as to reu,Ier ,ba
communication more certain. At the last
accounts II was ascertnined that General
I bragg had succeeded in extending his
lines aud works in such a manner thar the
REDUCTION OF The fort is only question of
.'ihe' unless reininTcements can be thrown
IN. 1t IS believed that the land protection.
DH which Z
not IN possession of the revOlniionists-
u so, troops may be landed under cover of
the shIps OF war, or nt night, without
serious collision, and perhaps without
bloodshed at all. That depends, however.
upon tue fact stated, uuL is merely n sDec-
ulntive opinion.
Inc conviction grows stronger in military
circles that collision is nearly newt ,blc.
nuiess Jefferson Davis sends contrary in
sFndllous. which nre not expected. While
the Southern Commissioners have been
asking the Government here to preserve
/ the status which Mr. Lincoln fonnd upon
entering Office, their Montgomery President
has hsen raising and marching armies, in
Yestiug forts, and carrying on the prepara
Tory operations for a condition of actual
war aud now, when il is proposed to put
tue national furtiticatinns in q condition of
0eten Sc, merely TO present surprise or sur
render they condemn the Administration
without stint. The South has been de-
/ cetSed with the idea throughout. that If
Mr. Lincoln attempted TO enforce the laws,
/ OF defend the public property in that see
utn' he would be siernIy resisted o. the
J united Democracy of the North. Tie
! truth Is. as much pressure for decisive ac-
ton has come frnm that source recently.
! as from the Republican party, among whom
\ there IS large interest in favor of cutting
j loose from Lhe Cotton States altogether,
/ by peaceable separation.
ibis week is likely to be ercntfuI, and
| the tidinss from the Soath will be rrgar.
! ded with the utmost interest and anxietg
4 mere. 10 view of the possibility of coils
sion. and the contingency OF demonstra-