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Bean segend, "dy a mgr in the Ti ed Sttes Eig' cor 18, was ordered by Jefferson De the Southern Confeder: vy, to proced ta eston and trke command of : • for.. is in good t e assembled, ar 1 to be stumble for .. oldies investirent of Fort Sur ter ferale. Turdi. ng at a¦ -IN the Texas State Convention, a kter was received from General Waal, enclong a e letter from the Ser tav of War of tha Conelerate Sta ex, i retou to the muita com March 20.-At about 7 o'clock this evening, Lieutentant Homer, in command of the Continentals, at drill was informed that there was a sloop lying at the wharf at the foot of Spanish alley in Mobile, which was laden with supplies for the United States fleet outside, between that place and Pensacola. A detachment of the company was on drill at the time, and Lieutenant Homer immediately ordered them down to the point mentioned, and then and there took charge of the little sloop Isabel. She was laden with beef, pork, barrels of eggs, etc. The person in charge acknowledged that these supplies were intended for the flect outside.-Mobile Tribune, March 21. plications in Texas. President Davis instructs | Pickens and the fleet in the Gulf of Mexico.the Secretary of War to say that he is disposed (Doc. 46.) to assume every responsibility compatible with the relations of the Federal Government to Texas. Davis considers it due to international courtesy that the Government of the Confederate States (Texas included, after her withdrawal from the United States) should accord to the troops belonging to the Federal Government a reasonable time within which to depart from her territory. Should the Federal Government refuse to withdraw them, President Davis does not hesitate to say, that all the powers of the Southern Confederacy shall be promptly employed to expel them. General Waul says that the possibility of settling difficulties by a reconstruction of the old Union is never alluded to in the Congress, and that the proposal would receive about the same encouragement as a proposition to reannex Texas to the States of Mexico.-Evening Post, March 20. -THE President's inaugural meets with a varied reception throughout the country. The South pronounces it warlike, while a greater portion of the North considers it conservative. -(Doc. 43.) March 6.-Fort Brown, Texas, was finally surrendered by arrangement between Captain Hill and the Texas Commissioners.-Galceston March 9.-The Southern Confederacy Congress passed an act for the establishment and organization of the army of the Confederate States. (Doc. 44.)-Times, March 15. March 12.-The London News of to-day publishes a strong protest against a recognition of the Southern Confederacy by the British Government.-(Doc. 45.) March 14.-The act, passed by the Florida Legislature, defining treason, became a law by the approval and signature of the Governor. It declares that in the event of any actual collision between the troops of the late Federal Union and those in the employ of the State of Florida, it shall be the duty of the Governor of the State to make public proclamation of the fact; and thereafter the act of holding office under the Federal Government shall be de clared treason, and the person convicted shall suffer death.-Evening Post, March 26. -CORRESPONDENCE between Mr. Secretary Seward and the Commissioners from the Confederate States is published.—(Doc. 47.) March 21.-A. H. Stephens, Vice-President of the "Confederate States" of the South, de livered a speech at Savannah, Ga. It is intend ed to be a vindication of the new features in the constitution, which has been adopted for government.-(Doc. 48.) their March 22.-Governor Pettus, of Mississippi, in accordance with the order of the President of the Confederate States, issued a proclamation calling upon the organized military of the State for fifteen hundred infantry.-Georgia Republic, March 25, -Dr. Fox, of the United States navy, a special messenger from the Government to Major Anderson, reached Charleston and visited Fort Sumter by permission, in company with Captain Hartstein. "Intercepted despatches"-by which we are to understand "stolen letters"-subsequently disclosed to the authorities in Charleston, it is said, that Mr. Fox employed this opportunity to devise and concert with Major Anderson a plan to supply the fort by force; and that this plan was adopted by the United States Government.-Times, March 23 and April 13. -A MEETING was held at Frankfort, Ala., at which the following resolutions, among others of a similar character, were passed: Resolved, That we approve the course pursued by our delegates, Messrs. Watkins and Steele, in convention at Montgomery, in not signing March 18.-Supplies were cut off from Fort | the so-called secession ordinance. That secession is inexpedient and unnecessary, and we are opposed to it in any form, and the more so since a majority of the slave States have refused to go out, either by what | is called "southern cooperation," or "precipitate secession;” and that the refusal to submit the so-called secession ordinance to the decision of the people is an outrage upon our right and liberty, and manifests a spirit of assumption, unfairness, and dictatorship. Resolved, That our congressional nominee, if elected, is to represent us in the United States Congress, and not in the Congress of this socalled "Southern Confederacy."-Tuscumbia North Alabamian. -THE Montgomery Mail protests against the word stripes: "We protest against the word 'stripes,' as applied to the broad bars of the flag of our confederacy. The word is quite appropriate as applied to the Yankee ensign or a barber's pole; but it does not correctly describe the red and white divisions of the flag of the Confederate States. The word is bars-we have removed from under the stripes."-World, April 2. March 25.-Colonel Lamon, a Government messenger, had an interview at Charleston with Governor Pickens and General Beauregard. Times, March 26. -THE rumors from Charleston are very conflicting concerning the evacuation of Fort Sumter. One report states that Major Anderson is strengthening his position; another, that he has received orders to evacuate the fort and report himself for duty at Newport barracks, and that the officers are packing their goods in expectation of immediate departure. The truth of the matter will probably be known in a day or two.-Evening Post. March 28.-Governor Pickens, of South Carolina, sent a message to the convention of that State, informing it that six hundred men would be required to garrison the forts in Charleston harbor; besides giving other important details respecting the financial condition of the State.* -THE actual vote of the State of Louisiana on secession is given by the New Orleans papers of to-day as follows: For secession, 20,448; against it, 17,296.- World, April 4. This message is printed complete in the New York Tribune of April 2, 1861. March 30.-The Mississippi State Convention, at Jackson, ratified the Constitution of the Confederate States, by a vote of 78 to 7.— Tribune, April 1. March 31.-It is asserted for the hundredth time, in apparently authoritative circles, that Fort Sumter will be evacuated on or before Wednesday next, April 3d.— World, April 1. April 3.-Despatches were received in Washington to-day, confirming the reported reinforcement of Fort Pickens; and the Cabinet held a long session, without coming to any definite conclusion in regard to the long-mooted evacuation of Fort Sumter. One company of artillery left Washington for Fort Hamilton, Un and two more are to follow to-morrow. wonted activity also prevails in the navy, sevcral vessels being rapidly fitted for service.World, April 4. -THE mortar batteries on Morris' Island, Charleston harbor, fired into an unknown schooner. She displayed the stars and stripes, and put to sea. white flag went out to her; nobody hurt. shot had gone through her.-(Doc. 49.) A boat from Sumter with a A -ALL officers of the Southern Confederate army, on leave of absence, were ordered to their respective commands.—Times, April 5. -THE South Carolina Convention ratified the Constitution of the Confederate States, by a vote of 114 to 16.-Tribune, April 6. -THE Charleston correspondent writes: "By the by, let us never surrender to the North the noble song, the 'Star-Spangled Banner.' It is southern in its origin; in sentiments, poetry and song; in its association with chivalrous deeds, it is ours; and the time, I trust, is not remote, when the broad stripes and brilliant stars of the confederate flag of the South will wave triumphantly over our capitol, Fortress Monroe, and every fort within our borders."-Richmond Examiner. April 4.-The Virginia Convention adopted, in committee of the whole, several of the series of resolutions reported by the majority of the Committee on Federal Relations, and rejected, by the decisive vote of 89 to 45, a motion to substitute for one of the resolutions an ordinance of secession, to be submitted to the popular vote.-World, April 5. -MANY rumors are in circulation to-day. |