[Homer_J_Simpson]

National Affairs: A Special Government Messenger to Fort Sumpter – 2-3
Our Washington Correspondence – 3
The Missouri State Convention – 4
Reports from North Carolina – 4
The Virginia State Convention – 4
Reports from New-Orleans – 4
The Southern Army Appointments – 4
General Political Intelligence – 4-5
Editorial: An Extra Session of Congress – 5-6
Editorial: Secession Designs – 6
A Not Very Civil War – 6
Secession and the Supply – 6

[BroJoeK]

from the article: "TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March 22, 1861.

Sealed proposals will be received at this Department until 12 o'clock at noon on Tuesday, the 2d day of April next, for $8,000,000 of the stock of the United States, to be issued under the act of Congress of the 8th of February last.

This stock will bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, on the 1st day of February and July in each year, and will be reimbursable in 20 years from the 1st day of January last."

One bogus argument by our Lost Causers is that Lincoln was so desperate for Federal revenues he needed Fort Sumter to collect tariffs to keep Federal government running.
In fact, revenues from Charleston in 1860 were under $300,000 or about one half of one percent of total Federal income ($56 million).
This loan of $8 million, along with other income, will keep the government running for at least several more months.

The Federal government, unlike the Confederate government, is not expected to have any trouble selling its debts in financial markets.

[BroJoeK]

"A Not Very Civil War – 6"

This particular "civil war" is among various newspapers and features the great Battle of Fake News by the New York Tribune in claiming to originate stories from Charleston, SC, when it seems they were actually writing from the basement of their New York offices.

Proof is: the Tribune concocted a story about Jefferson Davis visiting Charleston when, if fact, he hadn't.

So, fake news in 1861? Who would'a thunk it? ;-)