THE WAR CLOUD: Preparations for Attacking Fort Sumpter; MILITARY AND NAVAL MOVEMENTS: CONTINUED ACTIVITY AT THE NAVY-YARD AND MILIARY POSTS (4/9/1861)

New York Times archives – Times Machine ^ | 4/9/1861

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CHARLESTON, Monday, April 8.

Everything is now prepared for action. All vessels have been ordered to keep out of the range of fire between Fort Sumpter and Sullivan's Island.

The famous Floating Battery is expected to sail at 7 o'clock P.M., for a point somewhere near Fort Sumpter.

A house has just been blown up near the five-gun battery.

Business is entirely suspended, and the most intense excitement prevails. JASPER.

CHARLESTON, Sunday, April 7.

Gen. BEAUREGARD, this morning issued an order, and sent a special messenger to Major ANDERSON, giving him an official notification that all intercourse between Fort Sumpter and the city would be prohibited from that date.

All the posts have been strengthened, and two additional regiments are hourly expected from the interior.

CHARLESTON, Monday, April 8.

Gen. BEAUREGARD has ordered out 5,000 more troops. Companies of volunteers are constantly arriving and being put in position in the harbor. New batteries are also being constructed.

MAJOR ANDERSON'S MAIL FACILITIES.

CHARLESTON, Monday, April 8.

Major ANDERSON's mail facilities have not been cut off as reported; only his supplies.

MONTGOMERY, Monday, April 8.

The Cabinet has been in session all day, and something serious is anticipated to be on the tapis. Important news is expected here from the Confederate States Commissioners at Washington.

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The War Cloud: Preparations for Attacking Fort Sumpter – 2
Important from Montgomery – 2
Our Washington Dispatches – 2-3
Our Washington Correspondence – 3
Our Charleston Correspondence – 3-4
Military and Naval Movements: Continued Activity at the Navy-Yard and Military Posts – 4-5
Important from the Gulf Fleet – 5-6
Cannon Balls Shipped to New-York – 6
Sailing of the Pawnee – 6
Important Reports from New-Orleans – 6
The Virginia State Convention – 6
State of Feeling in Arkansas – 6
The Privateer Story: Imposture and Crime Exposed – 6
Editorial: The Revolution in Texas – 6-7
Editorial: Navies for the Cotton States – 7
Editorial: The Crisis at Charleston – 7
Editorial: Our Policy for the Future – 7-8
Editorial: Wise Rampant – 8
City Contractors Abusing the Legislature – 8
The Susquehannah Railroad – 8
News from New-Mexico – 8
Departure of Fugitive Slaves for Canada – 8
Death of Mr. Jerry Bryant – 8

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What are the odds that Wilmer McLean’s homes would be involved in the beginning and the end of the war?