, 1861-04-05
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aFacts and sp9tulations from Various
: ,'-"- -5F'@si Sources.'':d nj: -, u.

In the House Of Delegates now in session at
Richmond, Virginia, resolution WAS passed
ON Saturday night protesting against The re.
moVal Of atns a1di saxmamenta In the State BY
the goyernment: ct Washington, 1t appears
for the Federal ao7s1nnent @ atihe BeIIeS BeIlo5a
foundry, near Richmond, which Mr., LINCOLN
Ass ordered to be delivered to Fort Monroe
bnt the Virginia Legislature, by the above re.
solutlon, declares that they shall not be so de-
hFered while the! State. Convention is eonsid.
eIlng ne question Of secession i and. further,
tnat the Governor shall be empowered ts to cali
out the public guard to arrest the contemplat.
ed removal; aud directing him to- employ tho
needfol torce to! resist any attempt to remove
ne the guns: :beyondthe reach and control Of the
This is decided step on the part Of Virgin
Ia: towards reslsdng the intention Of the Ad-
Mlnlstratfon to- reinforce the: Southern tot-
tresaes, and Eayorss Of, nnllifcation, II not of
secession, LlneoInMRiil1 probably find it Is
hard 70 carry out "a oaefr:ive policy In the Bor-
der States aa in these already seceded.-N r.
Herald. ..e 49,:
l.. TIE BlElLIEAGUERED. 'lElI - FoRTREssEs. ~
FROM FoRF SUMTER. .-5''
The PHILADELPHIA North Aa.@risan publishes
the following letter: .. -;
=. FoR1 sUATKB, n Wedne.day, March q,
Defensive preparations are still going on at
Fort Sumter. Up to to-day no orders far tbe
evacuation Of the work have been received,
and although two messengers from the Ad,
nainistration have arrived within the last few
days, the object Of their visit has not trarspir.
ed, it being strictly Of coinnfdehtitl nature.
= The prohibition ofall intercourse with Charles.
ton: is IlgldlY maintained, and q proposition
to cut of the supplies Of fresh PROV giiEions, and
the malls from Major Anderson, vas to:daT
discussed In the Convention. Sdme private
tnrnltgre belonging to one OF the officers, and;
which has been detained on SnIivan's Island
1or T,l' months past was finally sent down to the
The prospective evaeuationeof theIwork has
been learned from the newspapers only, and
II the visit Of the messengers from iWashitip2
ton related thereto, it has not yet been OIL
eIally announced and The statements IN the
Charleston papers that Major Anderson had
time, or that al arrangement was to be sle made.
with any officer Of South Carolina in regard
to the evacnatton, is entirely untrue Major
Anderson awaits the orders of his Govern
ment, and By these alone will he be guided.
The fuel ard provisions at the fort IRE nearly
exhausted. The last shanty on the parade was
pulled doNn .. week ago, and dry pine burns
1ast. seven days allowance Of bread yet re-
main, but the men are still working steadily
on completing the preparations for tiefencs.
+ Ihe embrasures for musketEy On the side Of
the work exposed to- the tire Of the batteries
at Can1ln;ng's Point and Fort Johnston, have
been filed With SOLID tagging filed in with
lead, and arenow bail and bomb proof. adding.
materially to the strength Of the work. In.
side, the magazine aud hospital have been
PEotse{ed p1ssxag BY stone tryefFes aad the parade
The efforts mnde by some of the: papers to
reflect On the loyalty Of our brave commander
meets TON Us who know him, with the con