The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-08
FROM THE SOUTH.

The Charleston papers say that with re
gard to Fort Sumter, ''the end is approach
ing" The delay of the Admins tration is
about to be concluded by the Confederate
States. The Mercury, Of Friday, says: is
"When it became generally known ves,ar.
day morning that the com panies now on dufv
at Sulfvan's Island had been ordered to MI
reserves belonging to the several corps were
to join their comrades already on duty by the
four O'Clock boat, people began to speculate
as to W hat was going to happen next. The pub
val oftwo Of the officers OF Major Anderson s
command-Lieuts. Talbot and SNYDER with a
flag Of truce. They were received by the Gov
ernor and General Beauregard. Lieut. Talbot
having been appointed by the Government at
Washington us Assistant djutant. General
for the District of Oregon, with orders to re-.
pair to that station at once, desired permis-
sion to leave the city to report himself at
Washington. Leave was of course readily
granted to him, with the understanding that
no officer was to be permitted to join the gar
rison of Fort Sumter to supply his place; ant,
accompanied to the depot BY Col. Moses, aid
two O'Clock train of the N. 4. Railroad
Meantime, Lieut.. Snyder had men toned the
facts of the firing into the unknown schooner
las described in our issue of yesterday and
informed the Governor that the vessel in q ues-
tion was a Boston schooner, loaded with ice,
and bound for Savannah, and that she had put
into this harbor on account of stress of weat ather
He further said that one of the shots had
passed through the schoonsr's sail. Lieut..
Snyder then returned TO the wharf in compa-
ny with an aid, and went back to the fort
During his interview with the Governor, the
soldiers who manned the boat had seized the
opportunity to lay in some coveted individual
supplies OF whiskey, tobacco, eatables and a
host Of other provisions, making in all no less
than thirty-fve packages. The police, how
over, had kept Il bright eye upon the soldiers,
and when the provisioning was complete, they
quietly seized all the pac kages and transferred
them to the guard house.
During the whole of yes sterday afternoon all
kinds of rumors were rife on the streets. A
vague impression had somehow got abroad
that the long agony of suspense and inaction
was to be speedily and abruptly ended but
how, or when, or by whose orders, nobody
could tell. We have made diligent inquiry
and, in the absence of official information,
which, in juncture like this is seldom made
public,) we deem the following facts to be rea-
sonably certain
First. That the supplies of provisions and
the mails, hitherto furnished regularly to the
garrison of Fort Sumter, are 70 be cut off to-
day, and that no further coununication will
be allowed between Major Anderson and the
Government at Washing ton.
Second That the troops at all the State for
tihcations are now finally disposed, equipped
and provided for, so as to be ready for action
at a moments warning.
Third. That no attack of any kind will be
made upon Fort Sumter until further orders,
unless such an attack should be provoked by
Major Anderson, or by an attempt on the part
OF his Government to bring aid to the be-
leagued fortress.
Fourth That these measures are taken at
the iDs tance Of the Government of the Con-
federate States, which has lost all confidence
in the professions of the Lincoln Administra-
tion.
We have said that this information has no
official sanction ; but we have not given it
without sitting thoroughly all the conflicting
reports prevalent last night, and we think it
can oe relied on as afording fair outline of
the new policy to be pursued henceforth with
regard to the ''saucy seventy
The Courier adds:
We learn that six men who, on Thursday,
brought the officers from Fort Sumter to Ad-
gers wharf, were laborers. They state that
there are in all thirty laborers at Fort SUM-
ter, who are looking with anxious expec ton
for an opportunity to leave the fort. They
also state there are seventy two soldiers In
the fort, most of them Irishmen and married
men. Some of them have their families in
this city. Nearly all the garrison are ex-
tremely anxious to avoid hostile engage
ment. From the best informed quarters we
have reason to believe that, in n few days
leave OF absence will be gran ted for an indefi
mite period to the entire command.