The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-04-20

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II The 7lmss, correspondent reiterate
that on attempt would be made Ia pro
4 vision Sumter BY "a armed vessel. 18th
seccssionists fired on her, they would in
itinte whatever trouble followed.
The regular New York dispatch II ii,
i 9TH, states that large quantities Of ord
nance, ammunition, &c, had been trans
ported on the Sth from Governors Island
70 the steamship Baltic, including clever
gun-carriages for large columbiads, mark
ed Fort Pickens She smiled at seven
O'clock that evening. N, rs, I. Z.
The steamer Illinois had taken on board
1000 barrels Of assorted stores, Eve eases
Of mnskets, . large quantity 81 amtnuni.
ton, and two parks Of artillery, with q
number Of gu1cnrriages, and seventy
thousand dollars IN specie. She was to
sail on the following morning.
The Harriet Lane had sailed, having
changed the revenue flag for the Ameri'
can. <:
Large quantities Or army stores had
been shipped on board the steamers Bal.
tic and illinois .
a. 81. Louis dispatch Of the 10th states
that q special dispatch from Charleston,
to the New York Herald, asserted TINT
The authorities had received Official nuti.
iication, that supplies would be furnished
to Major Anderson At any hazard. I'm.
Iliense preparations were Immediately com.
Inelced. Orders were issued for the en-
tire military reserve to proceed to their
stations. ii K. Il +. s :. .-o- K 4
Foar regiments Of 1000 each had been
telegraphed Tor from the country. + Il. ~:
Ambalances and other preparations for
the wounded were being made Fl. ..& 4: ..
AT midnight seven guns from the cita-
del was the signal for the assembling Of
all the reserves, and the city was thrown
iuto the greatest excitement. Seventeen
regiments, 500 strong, assembled in an,
hour, and left for the Qualifications at three
o'clock ia the morning. All the vessels
in the harbor, necessary for Transports
lion, were TO be put Ia service by noon
Major Anderson displayed signal lights
during the night from the walls OF Sum.
ter. Itwas believed that the fight would
commence at Stone, twenty-five miles
southwark Tile batteries along the coast
being sileIccd In turn, and after clearing
Morris Island tile government forces
would cross TO Sumter, while Anderson
Engaged Fort Monltrie. H. y. I. III
Lieut.. Talbot was denied admission to |
Sumter BY the authorities II S. Chew
brought dispatches from Washington to
Governor Pickens, and, in company With
Lieut. Talbot; left for Washington at 4 1 |
o'clock on the night Of Monday the sth. /
"A special dispatch 70 the Herald says
that offers Of volunteers from the border
States continued to be sent to Mont |
geometry, aud tenders Of 1000 men, and
1000 Indian warriors, lad been received
from the west. II IS estimated that 5000 !
men were stationed on Sullivan and Nor /
lis Islands and the coast. I. h, $s
a dispatch from New Orleans o. The |
9th. says the news Of appearance Of war /
vessels OF Charleston harhor, had pro-
iluced unusual excitement there. General
Bragg had telegraphed there from Pensa.
cola for 1900 additional troops, aud two
more companies Of ZonaveS were about
eaying for that place. II >sgs.. *HE II.
A dispatch, of The 9th, from. Mont.
somery states that JEFF. Davis had made /
! requisitiou ON the Governor Of Alabama
or 600 troops NJ. II. 4. .: 81. 4,
Eighteen hundred Mississippians Or.
rived nc Pensacola on the 7th. s..rs, ,.. ...
The regular Washington dispatches Of i
HE 9th, state positively that the recent
were for defensive purposes.
Ind nothing was intended not strictly
Justified By the laws. which it Is the duty 4
il the President to enforce to the extent
IL his ability n resistance was made
md blood shed, the responsibility must
all on those who provoked hostilities.
rhe arrnrance Of the inaugural was re-
seated that the Administration would not +,
% the aggressor I'd. s. XII. #. Tea .&
An editorialin tho New York Ti5aas
i the 10th, states positively the principal I
,hiect OF the expedition which sailed I
rom that place within the last four days
was Fort Sumter. .i=, j. z5#>.:i
About 2, 900 men were to arrive of /
that night, or on the morrow, |
lHtler command Of Lieutenant, Colonel
larry Brown, Of "a artillery. A small |
teamer would be sent In with supplies,
md IL rspelled, the Tribune says, the
ebcls would be taught, without unueces-
airy delay, that there was still a power In
he u nited States, and that that power
ouid not well he insulted with impunity.
The 1ri5ans& correspondence says that
dispatches had been received from Lieu.
enant SlenmeT. at Pickehs, explaining 4
hat the reason why the troops were not
lnded from the Brooklyn was that hel
ad already sufficient to hold the fort
gainst any army the rebels could bring
gaiust him, He states that he had four
lonths provisions, and he: adds, that the
rooPs eonld be landed at any time ii Il
eededs ,..4 II go. =. q. -. i, +
The Herdld's. Washington eorrcspon-
eht says, that orders had left that day,
0 have the Wabash, Yineennes, and Sa- 1
annah at New York, and the James /
own at Philadelphia detailed for imme-
late service. The South Carolina mails Il
Fould hesstopped upon. the first sign off,
TO the feet Of relief. -. II
The Washington correspondent Of the /
Times was, entirely satisfied that the I
Baltic had gone to. Fort Sumter where
he would land supplies IN small boats III
A Charleston dispatch of the 10th saysl
hat Wigfall, Chestnut and other Southern
had received appointments on
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