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not retbrUi oOutn' lle VIII pIopapiJ pcemauo
A; sistant AdjutaRt- General. <
Intimutions OF decided character are Civ.
ell out in official quarters that the a Adminis-
tration does not intend to blockade the ports
of the Confederate Suites in order to collect
the revenue, though endoavors are made to
keep every movement secret.
The Confederate Commissioners are still of
opinion that Fort Sumter will be evacuated,
and say they have the best reason to believe
that the Administration yet means peace.
Another messenger, it is understood, will
be despatched to Chareston by the Govern
mcnt on Sunday, though sudden change in
this respect is not Improbable.
Hon John NJ Bolts and two members of
Sho Virginia Convention visited Mr. Lincoln
tonight, urging peace policy.
an unusually reliable informant states
that the Administration are concentrating all
available force at Tortugas and Key West,
whence it will supply Fort Pickcns if mt
tucked, and take over troops frdm Tortugas to
to cause the Border States to seccde uhd join
crnment will, as it cannot now, recognize the
independence of the Confederate States ty
treaty.
plan is to blockade the Mississippi and re,
take SLIP Island, aud perhaps other stations
Another source says that large amount OF
army and naval stores, iucudin. scvcnmonn-
tain howitzers were shipped hencc bv express
TO Fort Hamilton These look to aud as
well as to sen opcrptio,is. Gf -,
The agents OF New York bankers here tel
cgraphed home to-day that q collision was
inpvityhlr The ,vIn,lo oils, 10 j., :, ...,t, :, 6
intrnse anxiety and excitement.
The steamship Atlantic has been chartered
by the Government, and cleared for Br,zos
this afternoon, with provisions and stores
WASHINGTON, April 6.-Licut. Talbot
has arrived, and will Immediately begin the
discharge of his tUtes rs Assistant Adjutant-
General.
Capt. Holmes, United States Army, has
resigned his commission in consequence of
the coercion movement. Other officers are
talking Of doing the sanre.
A special Cabinet meeting has been called
tn consider, it islallcgHd, reports of the high
est importance
The United States steam Sloop Pawncc
sailed from Nortnlk this morning, with 250
men. She is to join the squadron now litling
out at New York, in day so.
atlves who called On the President, ycster-
day, have received no satisfactory assura, &c
as to the purposes OF the Administrations
gentleman who has Just visited Mr..
Lincoln, itormcd me that tic President as
surcd him in tlic most positive manner that
the Administration will not under amy cir
cunStances commence hnstilitrs; but, in
consequence of reliable information that the
Confederate States threatened to attack Fort
P'ckons, the present movement is intcnde1to
repci such demonstration.
Inc government seems TO have come toH
dGtcrmin"t'on,' IN the langnaac of Cabinet
oiic'r, to be known only ~ its acts. EXy
irene s"iicisude Ia everywhere manifested re-
,atlye ,,ii to the movements concerning Forts
iickchs and sumter. and the fear is expressed
that n collision may be precipltated,
IL is snid timt' the commissioners OF the
southern Conted'rney have sentangry mes
SaEeS 10 the President Ill regard to the pres.
cnt attitude of affairs.
There is great cxctcmcntin in the Depart
mcnts.
The Powhatan sailed this afternoon. The
Illinois and P'erry go next The following
information, relative to the vessels which will
probably 90 South, will be interesting, The
Minnesota is Steam frigatc of $500 tons,
carrying forty guns. She was built in 1865,
and.has been lying in ordinary il, Boston
The Perry is n brig, carrying six guns and
$50 tnns brfl,en; she is fitting out at 4 ho
Brooklyn Navy Yard, The I'owhutan is n
first class steam sloop of 2,415 tons; She
carries eleven guns, and is at present attached
to the Home Squadron The sloop-of. war