The New York Herald Newspaper, April 12, 1861, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 8981. ‘MORNING EDITION—Fk IDAY, APRIL 12, 1861. PRICE TWO CENTS. THE IMPENDING WAR. - ghly Important News from Charleston. brt Sumter Summoned to Surrender. of Major Anderson to Comply. rotations Reopened and the Expected Hostilities Deferred. ORTANT NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Bids for the Five Miillion Treasury Motes. pparations for the Defence of the Federal Capital. E ARMY OATH OF THE VOLUNTEERS of the Southern Commis- sieners to the Government. FOR MONTGOMERY. DEPARTURE ‘ports Relative to the Expe- dition te Fort Sumter. ws from Savannah, Pensacola and Texas. cession of Arizona from the Union. lunteers from the Border States for the Southern Republic. vival of United States Troops j from Texas, Rey Rey dee THE NEWS FROM CHARLESTON. Cuarceston, April 11, 1861. formal demand for the evacuation of Fort nter was made at twelve o'clock to-day. No : believes that Major Anderson will accede. hting is expected to commence in less than sive hours. ‘he New York steamer now being twelve ars overdue, it is believed she has been zed by Northern vessels outside the harbor, 1 made a cover in which to throw troops into » fort. Caarteston, April 11—P. M. Major Anderson has refused to surrender. His oly is to the effect that to do so would be incon- tent with the duty he owes to his government. Hundreds of persons have been waiting for urs on the wharves, and other points of obser- tion, to see the beginning of the conflict, among Ym a great number of ladies, The people are out on the house tops, watching th feverish interest for the first signal of attack. The excitement in the city is intense. Every train brings throngs of citizens and sol, ersto town, Twenty-two carloads came from slumbia to-night. There are no signs of the supply ships of the vet as yet, but it is rumored that the Harriet ine has been seen by a pilot outside. A call has been made for three hundred mounted slunteers, as an extra patrol in the city to-night. ver’ one thousand have responded. The Six- énth regiment has also been ordered on duty. his embraces all the militia of Charleston not ready in the army. Major Anderson is said to have fired a signal gun iring the morning, for what object has not trans- ired. He has been busy all day strengthening 8 position. The movements at Fort Sumter are plainly visi- ‘e with a glass. he State has thoroughly prepared for the event. "he supply of ammunition and artillery is ade” uate to any emergency. The confidence in his | bility to do all that is attempted is unlimited. Fire signals are now burning in the harbor. Senators Wigfall, Chesnut, ex-Governor Man- ing, of South Carolina; Hon. W. P. Miles, ex- aember of Congress, and Pryor of Virginia are | n the staff of General Beauregard, doing duty to- light. | Advices just received state that Georgia has | e fifty thousand men, armed and equipped for ervice. Stirring times are at hand. The ball may open \‘tany moment with great slaughter. There have been no mails from the North for wo days. They are supposed to have been stopped it Washington, “ An officer, just arrived from Sullivan's Island, | nforms me that three steamers hung off the coast | ‘or « long period yesterday, Major Anderson ired a signal gun at 10 A. M. Business ia suspended. ‘The Citadel Cadets are guarding the battery with wavy cannon. Thousands are waiting to see the attack commenced. One thousand mounted patrols heavily armed are guarding the city. Ex-Sevator Chegtant, the special pid sent with men and two thousand | the 16th ult., Col. Chisolin, and one of Gen. Beauregard’s staff, have just returned from Fort Sumter with the re- ply to the order for the unconditional surrender, Answer at the present is refused at headquarters. Every man capable of bearing arms is called out. Absolute secrecy is still observed as to future movements, The demand for the evacuation of Fort Sumter was made at two o'clock this afternoon, and Messrs. Chesnut, Chisholm and Lee were depu- tised to carry the message from General Beaure- rd. : Is of people assembled on the battery this évening in anticipation of the commencement of the fight at eight o’clock. Immense crowds are now at the different news- paper offices eagerly watching for news. The community are greatly excited, and are ex- pecting an attack to-night, but up to midnight no demonstration has taken place, and probably no attack will be made to-night. The military in the city afe under arms, but all is quiet. Another regiment will arrive here to-morrow. It is estimated that between 6,000 and 7,000 men are stationed*on Morris and Sullivan’s Islands and points along the coast. General Beauregard will leave at midnight for Morris Island. It is currently reported that negotiations will be opened to-morrow between General Beaur- gard and Major Anderson, about the surrender of Fort Sumter. Officers commanding different posts in the har- bor and coast are on the alert, expecting an at- tempt will be made early in the morning to provi- sion and reinforce Fort Sumter. The Harriet Lane is reported to be off the bar, and signals are displayed by the guard boats and answered by the batteri THE VERY LATEST. Cuaruxston, April 11—Midnight. Negotiations: have been reopened between General Bauregard and Major Anderson. this reason the respected hostilities have been deferred. NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS, WAR DECLARED. (From the Charleston Mercury, April 9. Our au-borities yesterday evening received notice from Lineoln’s government, through a special messenger from Washington, that an effort would be made to rupply Fort Sumter with provisions, and that if this were permitted no attempt would be made to reinforce it with men. This message comes simultasfeously with a fect, which ‘we understand is pow off our bar waiting for daylight and tide to make the eflort threatened. We have partially submi@&ted to the insolent military domination of a handfulof men in our bay for over turee months after the declaration of our independence of the United States. Ube object of that self humiliation has been to avoid the effasion of blood, while such prepat tion was ms sto render it causeless and useless. It seems we have been unable, by discretion, forbearance and preparation, to effect the desired object, and that now the issue of battle is [to be forced upon us. ‘The gage is thrown down, and wo t the e. We will moet the invader, and th battles must decide the issue betweeu the hostile birelings of abolition hate and Northern tyraapy, aud the people of South Carolina de- fending their freedoro and their homes. We hope such a blow will be struck in behalf of the South that Sumter snd Charleston harbor will be remembered at the North as long as they exist as a people. THE END OF NEGOTIATION. Much surprise was created about six o'clock yesterday evening by the announcement upon the bulletin board of the Mrrcury that Lieutenant Taibot—now Captain Talbot, of the United States Army—had returned to Charloston by the evening train, anu was then at the Charleston Hotel. it appears that he was accompaines y Mr. B. 8. Chew, the contidentiat recretary, we believe, of Secretary Chaee. Captain Talbot came a® bearer of despatches to Major Anderson, and upou making knowa bis mission to General Beauregard, was peremptorily refused permis. sion to communicate with Fort Sumter. Mr. Chew, we understand, came as special messenger to the authorities here, with an oflicial notifieation from the Lineoln governmént that Fort Sumter was to be provis- joned—peaceably, if practicable, forcibly, if necessary. It is almost needless to add that Mr. Chew received no information of a very consoling nature. Both he and Captain Talbot departed on their return to Washingten by the eleven o'clock train. During the afternoon despatches had been received of anature to warrant the belief that a formidable naval force was off our coast. Subsequent despatches, con- firming the (iret reports, it was determined to send down adoiticnal troops to the harbor fortifications. Shortly before midnight the city was started by the booming of seven guns from the Citatel Green—the signal for the mustering of the Seventeenth regiment. Inafew minutes the wet, misty streets were all commotion; volunteers could be seen hurrying to and fro to join their respect- ive commancs, and the neighborhood of the City Hall was speedily thronged by the citizen soldiery, who, like true “minute men,’ haa left their beds and hastily donned the knapsack and chouldered the musket. As company after company filed silently down to the boats, the occa. sional flashes of the lightning lit up their bright bayonets and glazed kopit, and nothing save the stoaay measured tramp of the men disturbed the solemn stiliness, Col. Rion’s regiment, from Kershaw, was sent for yes terday, and is expected to arrive this morning. Ample provision has been taade for accommodation of the troops. Before daylight this morning the force at the threatened points will be fully doubled. REPORTS FROM NEW ORLEANS. New ORLHASS, April 11, 1861. A despatch received to-day from ex-Governor Roman, Commissioner from the Confederate States at Washington, says Forts Sumter and Pickens arc to be attacked, but doubts whether immediate war will foilow. Adespatch from Montgomery, in this evening's Della, rays it has been resolved to make an attack on Forts Sumter and Pickens Immediately on the approach of the United States fleet. A resolution was offered at the Board of City Council to appropriate one hundre1 thousand dollars for the protection and defence of New Orleans. It was referred to the Finance Committee. The highest excitement prevailed throughout the city to-day; the military enthusiasm is at the highest pitch, Recruiting officers and sergeants, with files of men, marching to the tap of the drum, arc met at every turn A large force is at work making gun carriages for heavy ordnance. Another detachment of troops left to-day for Pensa- co} Thres companies of the F the New Orleans Cadets, le! oi For st regiment intantry and hero this evening for Pensa. * of New Orleans militia have volun and will leave shortly for Pensacola, The military enthowiagm has reached ite highest Recruiting is progressing rapidly NEWS FROM SAVANNAH AND PENSACOLA. BAVANNAN, April 11, 1861. were iesued from the Adjutant’s office yeater: at Fort Pulaski probibitieg vessels from passing Fort aski without previous information of a pacific charae- Verse # are required to stop and send a t to the Orders P tor wharf at Cockspur's Island to convey a commissioned oflicer aboard to moke on examination now thoroughly garrisoned, Advices {rom Pensacola state that from the Navy Yard to the new lighthouse, two and a balf miles, all tho guns are arranged to bear on Fort Pickens and command the chanmel. SECESSION OF ARIZONA FROM THE UNION, St. Lows, April 11, 1861, ‘The New Mexico correspondent of the Republican eags that the citizens of Arizona, in convention at Mesilla 6n voted themeelves ont of the Union, and Geo. O. J. Jones, formerly of Missouri, announced him. eelf aga candidate t) represent Arizona in the Congress of the Con‘ederate States, MOVEME, Fort Pulaski is AT THE WEST. Fort Keanxey, April 11, 1861. Orders wero telegraphed hero yesterday for E and F compenies of the Sevend infantry to march without delay to Fort When these troops leave this Fort company of drag one for its garri Aven sorth nly baye one in, CHARLESTON HARBOR BATTERIES. We have had cut from engravings published in the Charleston Mercury the subjoined sketches of three of the Charleston harbor batteries, or sand works, whose guns and mortars bear upon Fort Sumter. They are specimens of the numerous batteries now in the custody of the Confederate States:— CUMMING’S POINT IRON BATTERY. Tho nearest point of land to Fort Sumter is Cumming’s Point, distance 1,150 yards, On this point is the celebrated railroad iran bat- in illustration of which we give above. of a heavy framework of yellow pino logs. The roof is of the same material, over which dovetailed bars of railroad iron of the T pattern are laid from top to bottom—ail of which is riveted down in the most secure manner. Qo th» front it presents an angle of about thirty degrees, There are three portholes, which open and close with ‘ron shatters of the heavieet description. When open, the muzzles «f the columbiads fill up the space comp'etcly, The ree vil of the gun enables the shut- ters to be c'csed instantly, Itis asserted, on high mili- tary authority, that this inc'iced plane will effectually resist guns of the heaviest calibre—tiret, becauge no shot can strike is except at an cbtuse angle, which would cause the ball to glance; second, because its power of resistance is svfficient t> withstand the ‘all of the heaviest shells, The c lumb’al guns, with which this novel bat- tery is equipped b ar on the south wall of Sumter, the line of tire bei g at aa angle o” about thirty-five degrees. ‘This is not, of c.urge, considered favorable for breach- ing; but owing tothe fact that the wa'l is loop-holed for musketry throughout its entire length, which, of course, weakens ita grea’ deal, the effect of shot upon it would, we think, oven a: the distancs of 1,150 yards, effect a breach within a reasonable time. The work is in charge of several comparies of the regular army of the Con- federate States. If employed to reduce Fort Sumter, this battery will prove quite formidable. THE INTERIOR OF FORT JOHNSON—GUN BATTERY, The Fort Johnson batteries congist of two birge sand works, containing mortar and seige gun bat-eries, of which the above and the subjoiped are goo! illustra- tions:— FORT JONNSON—MORTAR BATTERY. ae m) 5 4 4a ti ag ‘These works are one and one-fourth of a mile from Fort Sumter, and at present manned by two companies of regular artillery. The position of this old fort, which is ‘of the utmost importance as a connecting poiat in th defence of the tarbor, has been considered by the high military authority as the key to all the defensive works in the harbor. Against the attack of forces by land, or a oat attack by the Stono river, it must be considered an eesential element of defence, ‘These iMustrations are only published to give o tery readers an idea of some of the fort Charleston harbor. There are other important works, at Mount Pleasant, Stono, Hadrell’s Point, Morris Irland, &c. unaniti tions ia CONFEDERATE STATES REVE! FLAG. THE E The above cut is an exact representatioa of the Con- fedorate States revenue flag, as authorised by the South ern Congress. It is described as followa:—Threo broad bars, arranged perpendicularly instead of horizontally, as in the national flag of the new confederacy. the colors arc, consecutively, blue, white and red. In the blue there are seven stars arranged in a circie. NEWS FROM MONTGOMERY. Moxtooseny, April 11, 1961. The War Department are overwhelmed with applica- tions from regiments, batallioas and companies to be taken into gervice. Over seven thousand men have been offered from the border States, exclusive of two thousand warriors from Indians, who desire to co-operate with the Confederate State. A great number of companies are dally reaching Charleston, Savannah and Pensazola, IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS. Gawestox, April 9, 1861 It is report sign concent ting at some given point. The steamors Star of tho West and Empire City aro stilt | off Indianola, ‘The Mexicans at Matamoros have planted cannon point ing towards Brownsville. The Legislature has passed the bill dividing the State into six Congressional districts, as weil as the bill to issue State bonds to the amount of $1,000,000, to be secured by a epecial tax. THE VIRGINIA STATE CONVENTION. Rucnwoxn, April 11, 1961 The sideration of the fourteenth resolution, Mr T offered an amendment contemplating a Con gress of the border States, in the event of a reepoass not being made by the non slaychoiding States, by the time for the rearsembling of this Convention, to recommend amendments to the constitution. Numerous amendments were offered to the above, and were generally rejected. No action was taken upon them, ‘ There is less excitement prevailing in this city. THE PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE THE WAR. Harnisncra, April 11, 186\. Tho joint Legislature War Committee have bean in ees- sion the past three hours, and will probably sit util midnight. The points are being discussed, namoly, Firat—The amount of money they will appropriate. Second—Will the general government furnish arms, ‘Third—The establishment of a military barean. Captain Elliott and Lieutenant Holliday, of the regular army, are at present in consultation with the Committee, They will repor}.a bill to morrow, aud jt will be passed prmediately. AND “i that the federal troops left in Texas de- | Convention has been engaged all day tn the oon: | THE NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. REPORTS RELATIVE TO THE EXPEDITION TO CHARLESTON HARBOR. Wasmoron, April 11, 1861. Up to six o’clock P. M., the moment of writing this de- epatch, no information has been revetved from Charles. ton by the Government, or any individual, relative to the military expedisiOn SeLt to reinforce and supply Fort Sumter, Those in the secret of the modus operandi, by which ap attempt will be made to throw troops and supplies into Fort Sumter, are very confident that it will be done. Either they are awfully mistaken in their calculations, or the repeated agsertions that Fort Sumter was not access ible, except to very light draught vessels, and that it would be impoesible for such even to pass the seseasion batter ies in safety, have been @ tissue of falsehoods. In view of the known position taken by the secession- ista, that they would resist the government if it at- vempted to supply the garrison with provisions, 1 bave no doubt that the commander of the expedition received instructions not only to supply the fort with provisions, but to reinforce it with troops, I have reason to believe that from three to five hundred men will be put into the place if the federal forces are strong enough to reach it. From all the plans and calculations that I have seen of the different channels in the harbor of Charleston, the depth of water in each channel, the speed and draught of water of the vestels assigned to the difficult duty named, and the actual strength of the various batteries on Mor- ris, James and Sullivan’s islands, and the comparatively uvskilful and impetuous directors of the several seces- sioniste’ batteries, with the fact that the powerful ea- gines of death at Fort Sumpter will be engineered by the most skilful and experienced army officers, whose cool- nees and bravery won undying laurels for them in Mexi co, I cannot but come to the conclusion, in view of these facts, togother with other important ones that Tam not at liberty to disclose, that success wil! attend the federal expedition, and the policy of the administration to “hold, occupy and possess,” the forts, will become a fixed fact. If the secessionists open fire upon the government ves- sels, and a battle ensues, it is not expected that anything reliable will be received by telegraph, inasmuch as the wires are controlled at Charleston by the secessionists, The only reliable information that the government ex- pects will be received through other sources. It is believed here, at this hour, that the government veeselg must have arrived, and that firing has com menced, if it is to commence at all. Tae silence of the wires is no evidence of peace. ‘The feverish anxiety for information from the South, in which everybody has lived here for some days, increases as the time of the appearance of the relief fleet in the Charleston harbor draws nearer. But little was, how- ever, furnished by the telegraph to satisfy the general morbid appetite for war news, and hence the public fed mostly on blood-etirring rumors of the moat exaggerate dcseription. There is a settled belief in administration circles that matters will come to a head to-morrow. Men of the highest political standing, who are in constant apd intimate communication with the President and the heads of departments, have insisted to-day that there wiil be no fighting about Fort Sumter, but decline giving their reasons, The President, wholly realizing the mo mentousness of the hour, shows a calmness of spirit that affords a striking constrast to the universal and intense excitement around him. He is animated with the con. viction that he has done nothing but bYs duty, and is pre- pared to take the consequences. The mettle of the friends of the administration is increasing. They lament war, but are ready for it. No information concerning the arrival of the federat fieet a! Charleston has been received here up to eleven | o'clock to-night, The belief in administration circles ie that the supply vessels have arrived at Charleston, but that the eecessioniste refuse to allow the fact to be tele- graphed. Great anxiety is manifested here to hear from Charleston Capt, Talbot has not yet returned to Washington, which ip a subjeo. oT Burprise ty many, THE ENROLMENT OF TROOPS FOR THE | DEFENCE OF THE CAPITAL. | Wasnrveroy, April 11, 1861. | The mustering of the volunteer troops into the service of the United States has been actively continued all day, and with the highest credit to the citizen soldiery. The | companies turned out full, and not a man refused to take the oath tostand by the Union and the {lag at all times and under all circumstances. The fear expressed by many of the members of the volunteer companies yes- terday was, that they were to be mustered into the rervice for the purpose of being ordered suddenly away from their homes and busi. nees, which they were not prepared to consent to. ‘They were willing to enter the service, however, for the defence of the District, which was, in fact, all that the government desired, a8 was explained to-day more clear- ly. Most of the men who were mustered in to-day were appealed to by secessionists not to enter the service, and told that the government was inaugurating a system of oppression worse than exiats in Russia, Their appeals, however, had no effect. The general excitement occasioned yesterday by the calling out of the volunteer militia to be mustered into the federal service has abated, and to-day four or five companies marched to the War Department and to%& the army oath, pamely:—* To bear true allegiance to the United States, and serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies and opporers whomsover, and observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over them, according to the rules of articles for the go vernment of the armies of the United States.” Previous to taking the oath the volunteers were in- formed that the obligation was for three months, unless they were sooner discharged, and an opportunity was given to euch as might wish to retire, But av the men came there purposely to be mustered in, they assure the obligation accordingly. They now underetand that they cannot be ordered beyond the limits of the District of Columbia, and will not be continuously on duty as guards to the armoriee, public buildings, &c Not quite two hundred were accepted yesterday, but five hundred altogether will doubtless be mustered in during the day. Army overcoats have been plentifully distributed among them. When Col. Ellaworth, of Zouave fame, recently came to Washington, © company of Zounves was or ganized, and this gentleman has been tendere:! the com. mand. He has not, however, accepted it, but has been giving them the benefit of his proficiency in the drill. The greatest excitement prevails here to-day. The different militia companies in the District have beon ordered to assemble at the armory at ten o'clock Nothing is to be seen in the streets but knapsacks, cockales, muskets, mustaches and the other par | nalia of war. | The men of the West Point Flying Artillery have re coived orders to keep their revolvers constantly loaded *9 to be ready for immediate In Major Ben McCulloch makes an onsct here ho will m with a warm reception from the regular soldiers at pre oped in Washington. There is not a man of t would sooner die than bave his gun taken by pher. as act case rout & ther any Part emy { the volunteers are to be stationed at the bridge the Potomac, 80 as to defend it from an invading acre orce. Wasuixaton, April 11, 1861. The capital was again full of all the pomp and circum: stance, of war to. The tramp of infantry and the clatter of cavalry end artillery was heard in every direc tion. Nearly a thousand men are now enrolled into the United Stetes service from the ranks of the District militia, Both infantry and cavalry corps are being or | ganized. In loss than a week the government expects to have two thousand mon under arms here. The administration of the oath of allegiance has e(fee tively purged the District militia of all seceesion sym path’ About one-seventh of the entire force refused to take it, The indignation at the seceseionists was in- tenge among those that continued. They were marched back to their armorieg, disarmed and stricken from the roll, Tho hiesos of the Spectators accompanied their disappearance from the parade ground. The clerks in some of the dopartmenta are said to be about organizing themselves into volunteer companies. A large body of cavalry was kept for some time riding up and down the avenue this afternoon. Addresees to the President, offering the services of non-resident sojourners for the defence of the capital, wie psi Ja seowlatlaa fo dy aad largely aigead, YDse seekers were most eager to attach their names They were all eager to have them appear at the head of the sigsere, but, of course, could not all be accommodated. Gepera) Cadwallader, commanding the First brigade of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) militia, reddived an order to-day by telegraph, from Governor Curtin, to return home immediately. This movement is supposed to be in connection with the occupation of the capital by Penn- sylvania volunteers. Immense quantities of ammunition continue to be ship- ped from here to New York, A paper was circulated at Willard’s this afternoon, among the visiters now in the city, pledging the signers to hold themselves in readiness to defend the city if at- tacted, One paper, geen by the writer, bore the names of about two hundred, an! had only been in circulation a few hours. DEFARFORE OF THE SOUTHERN COMMIS SIONERS FROM WASHINGTON, Wasn.xcron, April 11, 1861. The Commissioners left Washington to-day for Montgo mery. The administration’s reply and their last communica tion have not yet been divulgea. It was heretofore stated that Secretary Seward, in reply to a note of the Confederate State Commissionors, refused to receive them in their diplomatic character. ‘They responded, and were again answered on the part of the government. Yesterday the Commissioners sent to him their final communication. It !s said to be written with ability, and reflects severely on the administration, taking the ground they bave exhausted every resource for a peaceful solution of the existing difficulties, and that if civil war result, on the head of the federal government will rest tho responsibility. They charge the administration with grows perfidy, insisting that under the shelter of the pro- text and assertion that Fort Sumter was to be evacuated, an imense armada has been dispatched to provision and reinforce that Fort. They repeat they had al- most daily indirect assurances from the ad- ministration that Fort Sumter was positively to be abandoned, and that all the governments efforts were to be directed towards peace. The Commissioners allege that the government at Montgomery was earnestly desirous of peace, and that, in rccordance with its in- structions, as woll as their own feelings, they left no means unexhausted to secure that much desired end; but all their efforts having failed, they were now forced to return to an outraged people with the object of their mission unaccomplished; and they express the firm con- viction that war is inevitable. VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS EN ROUTE FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. Wasixotox, April 11, 1861. I learn from a reliable source that several military com- panies have gecretly left Richmond, and other places in Virginia, for South Carolina, within the last few days, and that more are ready to follow upon the first eign of hos- tility. This is in rather striking dissonance with the pre- tended peace mission of the Virginia Committee of Inquiry. The “F. F. V.’s are getting indignant at the impu- dence of Ben McCullocgh in assuming to lead in Virginia. Several Virginians, in alluding to his course, to-day quoted the following language, uttered by John Randolph in the House of Representatives:—‘Virginia will always be defended by her true sons, and will never need the belp of a renegade.” THE NEW MILITARY DEPARTMENT OF WASHINGTON. Wasuixcrow, April 11, 1861. Lieutenant Talbot, upon his arrival here a few days since, was promoted toa captaincy, and was also made Assistant Adjutant General of the Military Department of Washington, created by Secretary Cameron, When he Yecelved his despatches to Major Anderson, he also re- ceived orders to report himself back here for duty after delivering them. Not being ailowed to go to Fort Sum- ter with his despatches, of course he had nothing to do but to return to enter upon his duties here, The pew military department named embraces the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. THE BIDS FOR THE UNITED STATES TREA- SURY NOTES. Wasmivoroy, April 11, 1861. Owing to other engagements, the Secretary of the Treasury was unable to open the bids uatil after seven o'clock this evening. These exceeded the amount of the Treasury notes offered, viz:—$4,901,000; about $469,000 at rates ranging from par to 27-100 premium. The ‘Treasury ‘s now in good condition. No part of the pro. ceeds of last week’s loan had yet been used, nor will it be needed for some time, The receipts from custome for two or three weeks past have nearly equalled all the de- mands upon the Treasury. The following are the bide:— Vi Place. Amount. Per cent. ©, TL. Baker, Philadelphia. . $13,000 -26 prem. amuel G. White, is + 2,000 Par. Cook &Co., 7 # ; 200,000 -16 prem, Sumner R, Stone, New York. 3,000 Par. Jno. P. Elton, Waterbury, Conn.. 15.600 .03 prem. me “ 1) 10,000 .01 prem. Bridgeport Sayings Bank, Conn... 10,000 Par. Bank of New 00,000 Par. Henry W.N. Malay .OL prem. H. Stowbridge & Sons, N 316° “ “ ‘ ‘ “ C. Griswold, New York. 2,900 a ¢ W.H. Marston, we +10 090 G6 Colgate & Hoffman, ‘* 150,000 06 James G. King’s Sons, New York.100,000 Par Reid, Drexel & Co.. hi 185,000 Par R. L. & A, Stewart, ned 110,000 Par H, Howard (Secretary), Buflalo. . 100,000 Par. Institutions for Savings, Rox- bury, Maas... . «20,000 Par, Bank of Commerce, New York .2,500,000 Par. S. Hooper, for self and others, Boston: . ere | Par. S. Hooper, Boston. .... 1350, Par. Pr. P. Rieklyn (by Assistant Secre- tar) of Treasury for benetit of Choctaw Indians). .... 0.66.66 250,000 Par. The result of the opening of the bids for Treasury notes is not very satisfactory to the administration ‘They expected a much livelier competition. The post- ponement of the opening from hour to hour, until late in the evening, was variously construed. The balance in the Treasury last Monday was $5,651,000, The receipta from customs for the two weeks ending April 9, 1860, were $1, 41, and for the two corres- ponding weeks this year, were $1,500,667; increase, TREASURY CTRCULAR. Wasinxetos, April 11, 1881. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury has propared a circular of instructions to Collectors of Customs, by which, among other things, it appears that in all cases of the withdraw. al and exportation of repaired or remanufactured railroad fron, in order that the importation for such purpose may be exempt from duty, must} be made at the same port where it was originally imported, and within six months from the date of importation. . The circular coneludes as follows: —The control of the warehouses of the government in the several States, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, having been usurped under the alleged authority thore States, and the officers of customs acting under the authority of the United States having been forcibly excluded from their functions in the custedy of merchandise and the superintendence of the entries for warehousing and the withdrawal, it las become impracticable to continue the privilege of bonding for transportation to those ports. The Coilyc- tors of Customs are accordingly hereby instructed that no entries for transportation in bond to those ports cap be permitted ungil otherwino directed by this department. In the case of merchondise entered or transportation before the receipt by the Col lectors of there instructions, transportation boats © the ports of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Miss: suippi, Louisiana, Florida and Texas will be cancelled on payment of the duties at the Collector's office at the port from which the goods were sh'pped,on the Collec tor being eatisfled by the affidavit of the party to be filed with the bond that the merchandise arrived at the port of destination after the United States oflicers at such port had ceased to jague the lawful cancelling certificate, THR POSTAL SERVICE IN THE SECEDED STaTRS, ‘The Assistant Postmaster General informa me that the Department is constantly re-opening post offices and mail routes discontinued during the last winter in the eecoded States, Itfe done wherever the citizens of the reapective localities oxpress a desire to that effect. Ap- pointments are fade upon recommendations from tho same source. The endorsements of mombers of Gon- gress are duly eecognized. This is hardiy @ symptom of Beiiidy we00i 25 oR ke pars of the adsalole pwbivdy ’ ARRIVAL OF TROOPS. Voyage of the United States Transport Steamer Coatzacoalcos. INTERESTING MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, Aes, ke, ake. ‘The steamship Coatzacoalcos, Captain Griffin, left Pasa Cavallo bar on the lst March, touched at Key West on the 4th inst, and landed two companies of infantry, and, being unable to obtain water, proceeded to Havana; sailed thence on the afternoon of the 6th inst., and arrived at this port yesterday. The Coatzacdalcos has experienced very heavy gales. Left at Pagg Cavallo the* steamship Empire City, for New York in eight days, waiting the arrival of troops from vhe interior; also the Star of the West, awaiting troops, to sail for New York in twenty-five days. ‘The Coatzacoalcos is one of the several steamers recent- ly chartered by the United States government to aid in conveying the troops from the late military Department of Texas to pointe still within the Union, With this view we left New York bar at eight o’clock on the evening og the 16th ult., our vessel deeply laden with coal and army rations. The first three days out were characterized by strong northerly gales, with thick, misty weather, With steam and sail united to urge us on our course, we ram swiftly along. Objects could with difficulty be discerned through the haze at short distances; but the watchful eye of the lookout man preserved us from the danger of col- ligion. Many vessels were passed: with those ‘‘close to’? we exchanged the formal salutations of the sea; others more remote excited only a passing curiosity. On the evening of the third day ‘made’? Amelia Island ‘Light. ({t marks the entrance to Fernandina harbor.) For several days after this the weather was clear and plea- sant. On the fifth day communicated with a pilot boat off Key West. A few hours thereafter took our de- parture from Tortugas Light and steered away for Pass Cavallo, the entrance to the port of Indianola, Texas. On the 25th came to off the bar, The coast of Texas is unfortunate in the entranees to its harbors. They are all very shallow; with the single exception of that of Galveston, which boasts of eleven, the depth of water over the bars does notexceed eight feet. The cause of this very serious detriment to commercial greatnoes may be assigned to the absence of large rivers with volume enough to keep open a deep channel outlet, the wave action produced by southeast gales accumulating the sea sand in ridges, which the feeble discharge from tho bays is inadequate to wash away, and the very small tidal elevation peculiar to the Gulf of Mexico. A gale of wind was ‘piping’ when we ‘came to.’’ A centicuous line of heavy surf was visible along the low, monotonous shore, with no one part less rough than an- other to indicate the gammge into the tranquil water of Matagorda bay—seen in‘¥he distance beyond, A large black iron buoy, ‘‘watehing” just outside the edge of the breakers, seemed placed thero in mockery of man’s desire to enter, However, the light draft coasters do cross, even in rough weather, thumping and bumping their way over, The pilot boat came out in gallant style, and delivered letters to us from the acting Quartermaster, by which we learned that a body | of troops were encamped at Green Lake, twenty-four miles from Indianola, awaiting trensportation, On the 25th the transport steamer Empire City arrived from New York, by way of Brazos Santiago. She re- ported the transport steamer Star of the West at anchor eff the latter port, and, as the department commander jbad ordered that “alt the troops will embark at Indiano- ‘a,’ we were gent to direct her to Pass Cavallo bar. We returned next day. fe On the 28th the steam gunboat Mohawk arrived direct from New York. She left that port in company with the Empire City on the 14th, but parted the same night in a gale, She was sent out, it eppears, at the urgent request of Gen, Scott, to protect the transporte—a service she will probably not be called upon to perform. On the 269th, the sea having smoothed down sufficiently, the troops came alongside in tw> small vessels, and we commenced the operation of transferring them. The vessel's “tide rode” lay acroes the swell so uneasily as to make the work tedious in the extreme, and, sad to re- late, @ised a serious injury to the hand of Sergeant John W. Spangler, of the Second cavalry—a man who has won renown in many Indian fights. In one of the last he killed seven warriors with the hand that may aever wield sabre again. On the 3lst we weighed anchor and steamed to sea, bound to Key West, there to land two companies of in- fantry and obtain coals and water for the vessel. We bring the second detachment of troops, composed of six companies of the Second regiment of cavalry, and. three companies of the First regiment of infantry, all under the command of Captain John H. King, First in- fantry; Assistant Surgeon R. H. Alexander, and First Lieutenant W. P. Chambliss, Second cavalry, Adjutant and Quartermaster. Total, twelve officers and five han- dred and seventy enlisted men. We reached Key West on the 3d inst., landed companies A and H, First infantry , commanded respectively by Cap- tains James N. Caldwell and Stephen 1). Carpenter, with Arsistant Surgeon C, Waguor, First Lieutenant J. A. Mow- er and Second Lieutenant J. P. Sherburne. These two companies will garrison the barracks at that place—the artillery soldiers having been concentrated at Fort Tay- lor. The First regiment of infantry has gerved in Texas since the Mexican war, and detachments have been sta- tioned at every military post in the Department, with four exceptions. Several of the posts were mainly built by the soldiers of this regiment. It has been engaged in several skirmishes with Indians which were highly cre- ditable to the officers and men, ant has afforded much protection to the border settlers, ‘The old First regiment has numbered among its officers some of the foremost military men our country has produced, among which stand pre-eminent the names of Taylor, Twiggs, Sam Houston, Jessup, Croghan, Call, Harney, Kearney and Jett. Davis. The Second regiment of cavalry was organized by Se- cretary Davis in the summer of 1855, at Jefferson Bar- rack#, Missouri, and inthe auvumn of that year started for Texas. After a painful winter march through the In- dian nations, it arrived in Texas in January, 1856, and fince (hat time bas been constantly engaged upon the frontiers in a warfare against the Camanche, Lipan and Apache Indians, with whom it has had over forty dghts, Aportion of the regiment was mainly instrumental in putting to flight the hordes of the Mexican bandit Cortis nag, on the Itio Grande frontier, and in restoring peace to that portion of our country. Many Indians wore kiiled and captured in the fights before alluded to, and the regiment was called upon to logs of one officer and several men killed on six officers and many men wounded, From the R 1 to the Rio Grende many a gallant soldier of this regiment has found his resting place beneath the proen sols of the prairies, For these actions the reg’ ment has received frequent compliments from the head- quarters of the Department and of the army, At the time General Twiggs surrendered the federal property to the State of Texas the regiment was stationed on the extreme frontier, from the Brazos river to the Kio Grande, in detachments of one and two companies, and stationed over a line of more than a thousand miles, At tho organization of the regimert thore.were twenty- six officers appointed from the Southern States, and nina from the North, Since the secession movemem® nine of the Southern officers have resigned and been advanced to higher grades in the army of the Confederate States, Allof the officers were invited to resign by President Davie, and certain promoticn guaranteed to them. Not- withetandiug this, the fregiment left Texas, or rather the 8ix companies on board the steamship, in excellent order ond fine discipline, and cagt aside all offers which had been held out to them to desert the flag which they have learned to love so well. The inducements hold out vo in« cite the enlisted men to desert were disregarded though the authorities at Montgomery and pr era of Texas had expressly declared that their allegiance to the United States government was at an end, First Lieutenant James B. Witherell, of the Second cavalry, was drowned, on the 20th of March, while the troops from the Rio Grande were embarking at the mouth of the river for Indianola, He was a native of Detroit, Michigan, and entered the army March 3, 1856, He had Served with credit im sovern! fudian skirmishes, in one of which he was wounded, and bad been specially noticed in [Me yi UN BIA PaAwe,