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iyiheyTHE PRO-SLAVER? REBELLION.Kxcidug War News.FIGHTING AT HAND IN CHARLESTON.Wigfuli in ilio XtunliM.SUMTER TO BE RELIEVED.'FORT PtCKEWS SKCUIIE.VIBOINIi REU0GN11E8 SECESSION.The Mails to Stop wlieii War Begins.day10,Cliarlcs.ou, April !), i. M.Prodigious preparations are progressing, Wigfall is serving as a common soldier. No war vessels are outside, so far us known.New York, April 10.An editorial in the Tribune states positively that the principal object of iho expedition which sailed henco within the last four days, is Fort Sumter. About two thousand men will arrive oft’ Charleston lo-ught, or to-morrow under command of Lieut. Col. Harvey Brown, of the 2d artillery. A small steamer will he sent in with supplies, and if repelled, the Tribune says the rebels will be taught without unnecessary delay that there is still a power in the United States, and that this power cannot well he insulted with impunity.The Washington correspondent of the Times is entirely satisfied that the Baltic lias gone to Sumter, where she will land supplies in small boats.Lieut. A. S. Baldwin is ordered to command the steamer Wyandotte, in lilaee of Berrien, deceased, and goes out in the Water-Witch to Pepsaetdu.The Tribune correspondent savs dispatches have been received from Liout. Slemmor at Fort Pickens, explaining that the reason why the troops were not lauded from the Brooklyn, was that lie had already sufficient to hold the Fort against any army the rebels could bringapiinsi. him. He has four mouths provisions.adds (lint the troops can be landed at any lime if needed.The same correspondent says, Mr. Barrett of the Cincinnati Gazette, was appointed commissioner of Pensions to-day.Gen, Sumner has gone to supercede Gen. Johnson, us commander of the Pncilie. Division of the army.The Herald’s Washington correspondent, flays, that ciders loft to-day to have the Wabash, Vincennes, and Savannah,ivt New York, and the Jamestown at Philadelphia1 detailed for immediate serhiee. Thu S. C. mails will he stopped upon the first gun of hostility to the licet of relief.tijjocial D-hiut'jh lo Ilia 11 or AM, Nfiw Orleans tub.The Cabinet at Montgomery, lias called on each of the Confederate 'States for 3,000 troops except Florida 1,300.The commissioners to Washington have untiniinerd t.hr.ir intention lo return iminedi lt;Tin* report of war vessels on- ,,not believed here. “ ‘Montgomery, April JDavis made requisition on tlm Governor id Alabama for 3,000 troops. If00^ Miiisissip-oiaus arrived at PeiiGfn.-ola on till; 7tll.CliarleflLon, April 0.It i.i estimated that. 3,000 men are. stationed on Sullivan's and Morris' Islands, and on the[5irri.-n IUr-patcti to tin* X. 3 . 111 -1.l111Charleston, April 0, evening.Lieut. Talbott, was detained at Florence and lost 12 hours. Berinissiim wan refused for uprovision ship to enter the port. Martial law was ex peeled lo bo proclaimed. The commissioners at Washington have telegraphedGov. Pickens that wav is inevitableWilmington, N. C., April 0. Charleston advices produce iutcnuc excitement.Wnshinutoii Items.Washington, April 10. Ten companies, comprising but one quarter of the volunteer militia of the District ol Columbia, are mustering to-day for inspection, the order having been issued from the ■i-overnment headquarters last night. Several days ago the company oflicers were [directedto report the number-of effective men. JJiisunexpected measure has given rise to many surmises, especially as reports prevail, believed to be correct, (hat these ten companies are to be drafted into immediate service. Much ex-ciluuicnt everywhere exists, heightened m a great degree by bogus dispatches, professedly from Charleston, of a stirring battlo in the vicinity of Fort Sumter,There is no doubt that the military movements herein progress, are connected with precautionary measures for the defense of theL. » . it t 1. r /P. ,3 rt 11 n o Ir t mm InnCapital from an apprehended attack from the South. The federal forces in Washington,South. The fedora- _are to he strengthened this week by at ‘least One additional artillery company,MTlie VirKinin. Convention.Richmond, April 9. The Convention during recess received pri vato advices that a steamer had been seen olf the mouth of the Charleston Harbor, and that Sumter would be reinforced at. all hazards, whielt'produced' a decided.sensation. ■ .Gov. Wise offered the following : That the people of Virginia consent to the recognition and independence of seceded Staten, and they he-treated.as an independent power; that pro* per laws he passed to effect their seperation,Adopted 128 to 20. , ’On reassembling the 11 Ilf resolution was adojfed. The 12th then came up, various nmeii'dineuts wer^ proposed, hut no action — Adjourned. . 1 ' ; ' :[[Appointments lit Washington
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