The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-04-20
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.ig,= !" From yNers Extra Of Aprll ~ i
The Pony Express from the east arriv
ed ID the city last evening. after tel
o'clock, with dispatches from Kcaruey ~
70 the evening Of the 18th. The genera
tenor 81 the dispatches is very Wariike.
.ss sorTirBS FORTS. e.
A Charleston dispatch Of the 9TH state,
thai Gen. Beaurcgard had that morning
issued an order and sent q special messerl,
gerSt0 MINOR Anderson, giving him an
official notification that all intercourse
between Fort Sumter aud The city would
be prohibited from that date. All the
posts had been strengthened and two id.
ditionAl regiments we're expected from the
interior. ts.
The Nov York EIeYGld,s Charleston dis
patch Of ti6 9Th says, reliable information
had been received from the north that re,
Inducements had been ordered 70 Sumter
accompanied BY = squadron under Capt.
Slringham. Five thousand Southern men,
In addition to those now III the fortified.
tiohs,were ready totake tho field In twenty
-four hOnf& The ultimatum Of siege Or
surrender had not yet been sent TO Major
Anderson, but with the supplies. that day,
be was notified By Gen Beanregard that
they were tue last he would receive,
which was equivalent to a declaration Of
hCstilities. This, says the dispatch, WAS
positive. ....5 III ::S<.'; #s5 81
Troops had been ordered to the rem
de1yoIis, at points remote from Charles
!, ton, but within supporting distance, TO
watch the movements Of the enemy. .5 2 {. {.
Y Gov. Pickens was inspecting the bat
tcrics, accompanied by his council and
senior ulcers. Bloodshsd was regarded
as inevitable A formal demand for the
surrender Of Fort Sumter had not then
been made. Is e ~ s.s5 y, -a.;.s
The troops in the neighborhood OF
Pickens, on board the United States YES
Sels, were considered sufficient In number
10 reinforce that fort, If that design had
not already been contaminated z:.:& +.
The 4erdlds special dispatch from
Washington, says that high officials Of the
government left that day Tor Montgomery
on q mission 10 the government Of the
Confederate States. s. @ ,.,, 3:t Z. ;s &
Lieut. Talbot carried an order for the
evacuation OF Fort Sumter, 5rs. q. <,.. si
Dispatches from Montgomery rendered
y perfectly certain that there would be an
attack on Pickens Or Sumter. \. =. j I. 81
Another dispatch to the Herald of the
9th says, an officer Of. the army stated
that day that the first collision would pro-.
baby occur IN Charleston harbor. He
says the; government having decided to,
eSacuate Sumter they were about to send
an order how i should be done; but Beau
regard refused to accept the plan % evae1.
Alton What the order or plan proposed,
was not fully known. 1t was understood
that the government wished to leave o.
small force to protect the property of the
United States, which the CaroliKfans per,
emptorily refused. They demanded the
unconditional surrender Of the post. These
facts we're laid before the President. who
decided that unless they at once accepted
the order or plan, the fort would not be
evacuated. When the bali was opened
be would blockade every principal port in
tne Confederate commencing at
Charleston and ending at the mouth Of
the mississippi. 1twas said, il an at tack.
was made on Sumter, an attempt would
then be made to throw reinforcemeuts in:
70 i. They did not expect to succeed;
put Wonld make an effort. :: gage
Fort Piekens they intended to hold at
al hazards. o. -. + sz..-1 '5s.:E !. ?ff.
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The IfibHnss dispatch says. Anderson
vas not to be withdrawn, and would 10
provlsioned. .lE :fs2}E1.: ID. .ss-,; !;.+
Lieut.. Talbot was 10 reach Charleston
sne following day with the Presidents
soaelasiye decision. The responsibility
rested with South Carolina entirely.
charleston dispatches OF the Sth state
nat Major Antlerson's mails had not been
"oPped. but his supplies only. ' rs %
essels were reported to have been or.
oefed out Of range OF Sumter and Sulli-
..ns Island, and the floating battery was
'ssleved on the morning Of the Sth to q
point near Sumter. n asz.i. 4s:t<@
Inc Pawnee was to sail from Norfolk
VI Tue 9th for the South, With sealed
S Srla IL was stated that size landed
AOo troops at Fort Monroe. y asss 81. 7 Y
Aietter 70 the New York Iimss, from
~ board the Brooklyn, says that the com.
s" ct Fort Taylor, at Key West,
SSapelled the inhabitants to haul down
Sa S Confederate States Gag, with the
P pS:u lntlnatiOn that the different nation
'V nv could not rule 10 the same place.
~. Inc Eglor that the Brooklyn landed
oea ct Pickels proves untrue.