Litchfield enquirer., 1861-04-04
Litchfiold, April Sd, 1881.

THE ISLAND BY SPAIN !-The intelligence which reaches us from the West Indies by the Quaker City, which left Havanna on the 25th inst, and arrived at New York on Friday evening, is of the most startling character. Spain, it seems, is disposed to take advantage of our dissensions, and our consequent indisposition inab; ;lity to enforce the Monroe doctrine and is taking meas ures to. restore to her domains some of the fair possessions which sine has heretofore lost through adverse fortune. San Domingo is the first point to which she has directed her atten- tion and receive the astonishing an- nouncement that virtual annexation has al- ready taken place. During some time past, it appears a system of colonization has been quiet ly going cn, large bodies of emigrants being in-- troduced upon the island, with the view of pre- noting disaffection towards the existing Gov ornment, and otherwise furthering the interests of Spain. On the l6th inst, the Spanish flag was koisted, much 10 the astonishment of the blacks and native population, who appear to have been taken entirely by surprise; and on the 23d, immediately on the receipt of the news at Havana, the Spanish frigate Blanca sailed to the assistance of the colenists, fully armed and equipped and with large number of troops on board. She was to be followed as soon as possible by two steam-frigates, with an army of 5000 men, when the protectorate.' as the spaniards are pleased to term it, would be fully established. It was also reported that a large additional military and naval force was on the way from Spain to Cuba, to be ready for any emergency in which it night be required. The Island of Hayti is indicated as the next point of operation.
 NOTWITHSTANDING all the assertions which have been made that the Administration would follow the order for the evacuation of Fort Sum- Pickens, it seems to be now pretty we'll under stood in Washington that no such course will be taken On the contrary, it has been determined, according to the dispatch of correspondent, to hold that, as we'll as the other forts in the Gulf now in possession of the Government, at all haz- ards, and the necessary orders to that effect will soon be issued The Southern Commissioners now at Washington, after consultation, have come the conclusion to wait a little longer" for the course of the Administration to be decided. THERE SEEMS to be little doubt now in Wash ington that the evacuation of Fort Sumter will take place in a few days. In fact, reports says that the war-steamer Pa.cnee has already been 1 ordered down to Charleston harbor, to take of
 Major Anderson and his command, and this re-
 port is considered worthy of credence, although .x l.
 source. Fort Pickens, however, and those at
 Tortugas and Key West, will positively not be
 abandoned, unless some new and unexpected
 complication shall arise which shall render it absolutely necessary. The Southern Commits
 sioners, it is stated, expect soon to receive de. l finite instructions from Montgomery as to the
 course they are to pursue, when they will inn
 mediately indicate their line of action to the Ad-
 ministration.
 MORE DEMOCRATIC DErAuLTING.-The Chica-
 go post office has been placed in charge of T. P.
 Shallcross, special agent, under orders from
 President Lincoln; the present democratic post
 master is alleged to be defaulter. The city is
 rife with rumors. Isaac Cook, the postmaster is
 the Rynders of Chicago
 1 RaP letter dated Pensacola, March 18th,
 says: "Fort Pickens is in state of admirable defense-the guns glisten in the sun, as warn
 ing monitor not to approach it on hostile mis-
 sion. Lieut.. Slemmer, with his garrison, is able
 not only to- repulse all attacks, but as Pickens 1 commands all the forts and batteries in the hands of the State troops, he is also able to si- fence them in an incredible short space of time eSs- The following pleasant words for the Union men in the Virginia convention are from the Richmond Examiner:
 Not content with making Virginia the slave breeding province of an abolition republic, they have boldly, deliberately and coolly advocated federal heresies, which were killed, trampled upon and denied the rites of Christian burial in Virginia more than sixty years ago. The ser pent of federalism, whose head was crushed by Thomas Jefferson, is alive and wiggling in the convention, to the delight of every federal mum n,::. in that body.