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Glad to hear that you are ready.
The notice promised us will come at the last moment, if the fleet be intended for our waters.
2.
No change in the activity of the warlike armaments mentioned yesterday.
The rumor that they are destined against
Pickens, and perhaps
Sumter, is getting every day stronger.
We know nothing positive on the subject, but advise equal activity on your part to receive them if they come.
We have not yet been notified of the movement, but the notification may come when they are ready to start.
3.
The
Tribune of to-day declares the main object of the expedition to be the relief of
Sumter, and that a force will be landed which will overcome all opposition.
The correspondence between
General Scott and
Captain Fox, the communication of
Secretary Cameron to the latter, the letters of
President Lincoln to the same and to
Lieutenant D. D. Porter, come as corroborating evidence of the preconcerted determination of the
Federal authorities to dupe the
Southern people and their representatives in
Washington.
The justice and impartial logic of history will establish, beyond the possibility of a doubt, that the
Southern Commissioners, in their parting communication to
Mr. Seward, dated April 9th, 1861, were fully justified in using the following dignified and truthful language:
Your refusal to entertain these overtures for a peaceful solution, the active naval and military preparations of this government, and a formal notice to the commanding general of the Confederate forces in the harbor of Charleston, that the President intends to provision Fort Sumter by forcible means, if necessary, are viewed by the undersigned, and can only be received by the world, as a declaration of war against the Confederate States; for the President of the United States knows that Fort Sumter cannot be provisioned without the effusion of blood.
