The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-12
LATEST NEWS.
AR IEErIT.aBLE.
1000 U.s. Troops at Charleston.
PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT OFFICE,
- Wednesday. April 10.

PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT OFFICE,
Wednesday, April 10.
We have just received important tele-
graphic advices from the South.
The Administration has determined on
the reinforcement of Fort Sumpter. About
1000 United States soldiers arrived off
Charleston o-day, under command of Lieut..
HARVEY Brown, of the Second Artillery.
If repulsed in an effort to reinforce the
Fort, it will be attempted at all hazards.
The following are our dispatches, received
this morning:
Special Despatch to the Pioneer and Democrat.
CHARLESTON, April 8.
Prodigious preparations are progressing.
Senator Wigfall of Texas is serving as q
common soldier. No war vessels are out
side so far as known.
New YORK, April 8.
An editorial in the Tribune states posi-.
lively that the principal object of the expe-
dition, which sailed hence within the last
four days, is for Fort Sumpter. About
1000 men will arrive off Charleston to-
night or tomorrow, under command of
Lieut.. Colonel Harvey Brown of the second
artillery. A small steamer will be sent in
with supplies, and if repealed, the Tribune
says "the rebels will be taught, without
unnecessary delay, that there is still power
in the United States, and that this power
cannot well be insulted with impunity."
The Washington correspondence of the
lines is entirely satisfied that the Baltic
has gone to Fort Sumpter, where she will
land supplies in small boats.
Lieut.. A. S. Baldwin is ordered to COM.
mand the steamer Wyandotte in place of
Bergman, deceased, and goes out in the
Water Witch to Pensacola.
MoNTG0 MERY, April 9.
President Davis has made requestion of
the Governor of Alabama for 5000 troops.
1900 Mississippians arrived at Pensacola
on the 7th.
CHARLESTON, April g..
1t is estimated that 5000 men are sta.
toned on Sullivan and Morris Islands and
on the coast.
CHARLESTON, April 9-P. NJ.
Lieut.. Talbot was detained at Florele,
and lost twelve hours. Permission was re-
fused for provision ship to enter the port.
Martial law was expected to be proclaimed.
The commissioners at Washington have
telegraphed to Governor Pickens. War is
inevitable.
The Tribune correspondent says des-
patches have been received from Lieutenant
Slemmer at Fort Pickens explaining that
the reason the troops were not landed from
the Brooklyn was, that he had already suffi-
Gent force to hold the fort against any
army the rebels could bring against him.
He has four months provisions. He adds
that the troops can be landed at any time
if needed.
The same correspondence says Mr.. Bar
rett, of the Cincinnati Gazette, was appoint.
ed Commissioner of Pensions to day.
General Sumner has gone to supercede
General johnson, as commander of the
Pacific division of the army.
The HeraLd's Washington correspon dent
says that orders left to day to have the
Wabash and Savannah, at New York, and
jamestown at Philadelphia, detailed for
immediate service.
The South Carolina mails will be stop
ped upon the first sign of hostility to the
feet of relief.
New ORLEANS, April 9.
Special Dispatch to the Herald The
Cabinet at Montgomery has called on each
of the Confederate States for $500 troops,
except Florida, of which 1900 is asked.
The Commissioners to Washington have
announced their intention to return imme-
diately.
RICHMOND, April9.
Gov. Wise offered the following resolu-
ton in the Convention to-day:
Resolved, That the people of Virginia con.
sent to the recognition and independence of
the seeded States, and that they should be
treated as independent powers, and that proper
laws be passed to effect their separation from
the Federal Union. Adopted-l28 to 20.
AUGUSTA, Ga, April 9.
The rumor of war vessels off Charleston
is not believed here.