Spirit of the age., 1861-04-17
Southern Confederacy Items.

CHAgLEsroN, April 8.-Great excitement
exists here. Anderson's supplies have been
certainly cut off. and all communication be-
tween Fort Sumter and Charleston interdict-
ed
These facts were communicated to Major
Anderson Saturday, and he was to have sent
reply to General Beauregard by 9 o'clock
this morning. but up to L p. m. had not done
so.
Lieut.. Talbot. from Washington, is hourly
expected in Charleston, but he will not be
allowed to visit Major Anderson, unless he
| brings orders for the immediate evacuation of
Fors Sumter.
1t is said that all vessels are towed out of
the harbor by steamers belonging to the gov
ernment of South Carolina, so there is no pos
sible chance for any of them to furnish sup
plies to Fort Sumter.
Dispatches and letters from Georgia and
Mississippi, state that several companies have
been ordered to Pensacola, and troops are
pouring in at the latter place by thousands.
April 9.-Gov Pickens had been officially
notified of Lincoln's intention to reinforce
Fort Sumter Seven vessels are now off
Charleston Harbor, and fight is expected
to-day. Two thousand additional troops will
arrive in Charleston to-day from the interior.
The Confederate States have now stationed
in Pensacola alone over. s, 900 troops. The
number can be increased to twenty five thou.
sand in less than one week time.
The Georgians now refuse to load with
cotton, vessels bearing the late United States
ensign A vessel from Liverpool put into
Savannah day or two since for cotton, but
could not get bale. She left empty for City
Point nt.ssza,z,,- - NJ, ,T7,,,1oo- Tho Ct Ton,s
Republican publishes the following, dated
Los Vegas, New Mexico, March IL:
The stage arrived here this morning
from Sante Fe, en- route for the States, and
as it was about leaving here on its way in,
an express arrived from Col. Fauntleroy,
commanding this military department, to
the Commandant at Fort Union, ordering
this officer to prepare for defense. On
yesterday morning, about half past IL
o'clock, the people of the capital (Santa Fe1
Americans and Mexicans en- masse, seeming
to have sprung up like "Cadmus men" well
armed and in great numbers, at once seized
and now hold Fort Marcy. Col. F. declined
to surrender the Fort as was expected, and
while in the act of demonstrating with the
citizen soldiery they rushed upon the works,
and in ten minutes they were taken possession
Of.
Governor RencheT tsas the prime mover
of these proceedings, and he now has charge
{ of all the military equipments and public
property. Everybody is surprised at this
well concocted and efficient coup darnaes. In
, brief, New Mexico now has declared for and
practically affiliated with Texas and the
South, aud the United States is suddenly
, ignored and our allegiance changed.
Arizona also absolves her allegiance on
= the 10th inst
j The Galveston Neaos of March 80, contains
interesting news concerning affairs in Texas.
It confirms the intelligence already published
concerning the march of Ampuda on Browns
vile, at the head of 5000 Mexicans.
: MONTGOMERY, April 9.-The Cabinet has
: been in secret session all day. Something
> serious is under consideration.
q We do not receive the Daily Wilmington
!. Journal but we clip the allowing from the
Il Raleigh Standard:
Il The latest dispatch to the Journal of Wed
nesday dated g GhaesaleosApri aeaost 10th STATES 1ss
th1; ho;st on the surface at Charlesrson id
: there is deep feeling" ThesJournal of Wed
/ nesday admits the incorrectness of its dis
: patches of the preceding day and adds
Seriously, however, as our regular dis
. patches show, there has beeaa a great mistake
E. someThere about the vesselSof Charleston
of and we promptly state the fact. The regular
re- agent of the associated presslat Charleston
:, is not to blame. He sent no dispatch
u that there was We deeply regret being
is placed in the position, however innocenty
Ds of publishing incorrect statements, and WI
- know also that mere sensation news is bounC
" to iniure our cause, so our readers may bt
P assured that we would not publish such
1g even on party reasons"
no That several war vessels, containing sup
plies and munitions of war, and number o
men, have recently sailed from New York
en- we'll known; but no one except the Presi
n dent and Cabinet seems to know the objec
of or the destination of these vessels. The
To may be partly for the waters of St Domingo
partly for the C06En and american Gu
he waters, and partly for Brazos Santiago, tn
by mouth of the Rio Bravo. Under the treat
of Gaudeloupe Hidalgo the government
the United States stipulated with the govern
EFT ment of Mexico to protect the frontiers
on the latter aoainst the Indians. Beside
to the Ell Passo route to California must
n kept open for mail purposes and emigration
ps 1t may be that our government has an ey
IN on these duties, and this may account for
portion of the preparation referred to.