Show from our extra of the ath ansti EASTERN NEWS BY TELEGRAPH AND PONY royy the pony express from tron f rom ron the east arrived in the city last evening about nine with advices advises from the states up to the evening of the uit and with european dates up to the the news is generally interest interesting ln THE SOUTHERN FORTS up to the latest advices advises there was nothing denn debin te touching a the evacuation of fort sumter nor anything to the contrary but bui from the variety of intelligence it was evident that there here was much interest on both sides Surg surgeon deon geon fox had returned to washington b from his official visit fort samter sumter theller theiler the bir hir I 1 aids alfs correspondent stated that the pio plo pro gramme of the administration with regard legard to the i evacuation of that fort had been altered since the departure ot 0 col lamon A charleston dispatch of the states that col lamon had an interview that morning with governor pickens and gen beauregard and had left in company with durran darran for fort sumter the opinion prevailed there that major anderson would shortly evacuate the fort the times correspondent of the state states abathe that he had received a dispatch from agen a gentleman i tl e man mar who had visited sumter that morning who says that lie he found major anderson taking inan inai inal inventory of every thing preparatory to evacuation evacuating the fort the major it seems was allowed to exercise his own judgment as to the method of leaving the tribunes washington correspondent states that Capt fox foy Fox Fot reported that the supplies of provisions at would enable major anderson to sustain his command until the of april he says the f ort fort could be re reinforced in forced only by military operations which would require a force not atthe at the disposal of the president or by strategy with hazards of a desperate conflict from all facts etwas it was evident that sumter would have to be abandon ded or civil war would be inaugurated the heralds correspondent insists that fort pickens would ve b e a abandon bandon ded within 30 days A dispatch of the to the confederate newspaper at washington states that fort sumter had bad been evacuated evac esac mated that day A dis patch to the N Y herald said there was no change in the aspect of affairs at the fort A pensacola dispatch of the states that the brooklyn had left there it was supposed that she went to key west for provisions troops continued to arrive and the force would soon reach dispatches from fort pickens stated that the garrison was short of provisions and could hold hoid out but a short time none but official communications were permitted at pensacola and the squadron could neither reinforce re the fort nor furnish supplies appearances indicated that the government before ion lon long iong would be compelled to abandon fort pickens to the secessionists intelligence received at washington on the was to the effect that by the first of april there would be concentrated at pensacola troops from the confederated federated Con states this sudden budden movement of troops in that direction was made upon the statement that reinforcements re had been sent from new york to fort pickens the montgomery government deemed it advisable to be fully prepared for any emergency t the new orleans dispatches of the state that the louisiana convention had adopted all an ordinance dividing louisiana into six con congressional districts also an ordinance transferring D the public funds to the confederate states and an act abolishing free banking and abolishing the general Cli cil charter arter arten system 4 the convent convention ion lon the then n adjo adio adjourned U ined hise sine daei two 4 companies ompa nies of cuave bai bad left for Pens pensocola scola that day on active service mobile advices advises state that troops and munitions were constantly moving to pensacola several companies were expected from north alabama v A memphis dispatch of same date states that mississippi troops had bad passed through that place that day for pensicola pensacola they had a military reception and were enthusiastically welcomed president davis had made a requisition on oa south carolina for troops f ir a purpose unknown ile he bad also called for fur from Florl fiori florida dl alid ani 2000 from georgia the florida Conven convention tiou had bad ratified rail rati fird bo rhe confederate constitution the mississippi convention would ratify it unanimously but was divided upon the question of its reference to the people TEXAS it was said that the government had received advices advises that texas had sen com a to new mexico arizona sabora and chada hua to induce the people there to jon tha the southern confederacy tile tiie mission was said to have been regarded favorably the texas legislature t had passed a resolution approving of f the convention act de deposing decosin gov houston A bill bil had passed to raise a regiment of mounted riflemen for froner frontier protection tec tIc tion since the departure of the federal troops the ind indians lans in large numbers had been devastating the frontiers killing 0 and driving back the settlers the steamers daniel webster and gen rusk sailed from brazos on the with federal troops the new york tribune tribunes washington correspondent spon dent lent states that the orders were sent tea days amo ago ago to retain a portion of the dispossessed troops in Texas subject to the order of gov houston in repressing a any attempt to overthrow state authority further intelligence from that quarter was looked for knai bously A Gil galveston veston dispatch of the loth irth stated that the texas convention had haq elected ford colonel and baylor lieutenant colonel of the re regiment ament or ran rangers 0 erb ere who were to servo berve twelve months anthe frontier this regiment was one in addition to the one ordered by secretary walker on the at austin gov houston and mr hamilton had delivered speeches in which they warmly denounced the southern conff confederacy deracy and their ameir con constitution 3 tit ution on the the convention in committee of the whole for debate adopted the constitution almost unanimously on e engrossing P rossin the ordinance the vote was nearly unanimous governor houston had written to th the e president that the indians were threatening a texas and asking it i the government could or would afford relief THE SENATE the senate adjourned on the tho sina sine die without passing L any resolution expressive of its opinion upon what was necessary to be b done for the peace and well weli bein being 0 of till tili ji n nation mr douglas resolution calling e for information from the government upon its intentions tent ions to occupy or to abandon the forts in the seceded states continued to be the S sub uv eject of debate th the e dispatches of 0 the giving the proceedings ce in the senate on c day report a rambling 0 debate between mr howe howa and mr douglas 0 the latter claimed duly warned the senate and the country of the evils that had come on the nation through the election of mr lincoln the triumph of the republicans had brought disunion and god only knew what consequences were to grow out of it mr douglas was satisfied that had he defeated them the south would have remained in the union ile he asser asserted tid that the republicans in organizing govern ments for nevada nevala colorado and dakotah alid did dil what they had not done doge for twelve years before they had virtually acknowledged the kansas nebraska bill and had done dons it from a sense of justice when they had bad got the majority mr howe thought 0 that if the republicans had adopted the principles of mr douglas D and they were so certain to have hava saved the nation there should now be pice peace mr douglas replied that the republicans Republic ins would not acknowledge it and kept the people in the dark mr breckenridge on the to mr dow douglas 0 as speech of the previous damasd day rit and I 1 denied that the republicans had yi claer ad y or of the en a ial lal armade an any y abandonment d don ment he appealed to the the republican senai senators ors it they had done so and mr colla raer replied were aware aare of mr breckenridge said that the republicans had bad not inserted d their platform in any bills recently passed organizing 0 the territories because they were afraid that the president would veto them and they were too anxious to increase federal patronage to risk the chance charle of odthe the veto he was confident that if th the e republicans did not yield fifteen states would vo bild soon be out of the union so far they had yield yielded ela ead nothing nor manifested any disposition to do so lif lff mr douglas 60 ulas u las claimed that the colorado C ol orado grado nevada and dekota had been organized on the basis of the nebraska kan sas bill and all these territories were organized orani b I 1 on the of nonintervention intervention non by congress the people were to decide the siave glave slavery question 0 n as they pleased subject only to t 0 t A imitation i of the constitution leaving leavin the courts coatis to ascertain what that limitation was and that was all the south had had bad ever asked the representatives had abandoned the wilmot proviso and congressional intervention and repudiated congressional prohibition of slavery sl avery me nhe did not believe in the political cai cal creed of the republican party and did not believe that the interests of the country would be promoted by the exercise of their power still he preferred the union union with a republican aA ministration administration to none at all in the senate on the mr breckenridge again moved to take up his bis resolution mr rice thought the senate was traveling far out of its way to advise the president he asked mr lir breckenridge if his resolution extended I 1 to key west and tortugas Tor if so he would never withdraw troops from thence these points were needed for the united states and not for the sec seceding edin g states the commerce of the north would need them and he mould would nto 0 ive lve them up under any circumstance the chair presented a message from president lincoln relating to a resolution passed by the senate asking if in his opinion it etwas was wab not incompatible with the public interests to communicate the patches dispatches des of major robert anderson to the war department during 0 the 1 time he had been in command at fort sumter I 1 the president said that he had come to the conclusion that the publication of it would be inexpedient on motion of mr grimes the resolution of mr douglas was tabled mr breckenridge 11 endeavored to introduce a resolution advising ad 11 the removal removal of united states state troops from the limits of the confederate states I 1 in the Sen ateon the day of the ses ston blon Mr Trumbull offered a resolution in favor of preserving the laws and ana or of the president prisident using any means in his power to hold and protect the public property no action was taken an executive session followed at the conclusion of which baker and bri bright ht who had haab been ijen appointed a committee for that purpose informed the president that the senate seni I 1 I 1 was ready 0 o adjourn havin having 11 no further communication to make the senate adjourned at 4 MEXICO vera tera cruz dates to report the principal road to tha capital swarming 11 with bangs bands band s of li J robbers capt oldham of the british steamer valorous was severely wounded by robbers while returning from the city I 1 of mexico the constitutional constitution al government was wal wak making ang slow progress gen zamora was dead humors rumors had bad reached the capital that a party of had invaded lower california it itma was also reported that a movement was progressing tsing for the separation of a number of the border states and their erection in into the sierra madre republic confirmations the senate had confirmed joseph mcdowell to united states slates marshal of kanias kansas collect Col coi 60 Leet neet to be colonel vice sumter Su loter inter promoted I 1 JR R did giddings dimm dimp 17 consul general to 1 the british american provinces W 11 durrell consul to vera cruz and J bilton bliton Cons consul to southard Sout southampton harn P ton W H corwin secretary of legation to mexico 1 gov gor van horn consul to marseilles J le leslie lesile sij sli consul J f to 0 lyons W H carpenter C consul ansul to 0 R IV consul general atH at havana ivana IV P marn maranon Mar gnon n on consul to nind Ning pK 0 J V arnold consul to odessa T B lawrence consul general to flor florence ence M how ard consul to messina R C Par parsons con sul to rio Jan janeiro eiro elro W H fry secretary of I 1 legation to turin collectors of customs H barnay barney new york J white chica chicago t o E palmer milwaukee J herron II erron Dubuqu Du buquet eM A dart marshal of the southern ollir dist lct ici of new york postmasters R A Sai sal sanderson iderson memphis george dawson albany almon aimon M clapp wa buffalo 1 carl schurz minister to spain james A pike minister resident at hague C lyl clay minister to russia R M palmer minister to the tho air argentine gentine republic J E harvey minister to portugal G 0 fogg minister to switzerland A B dickinson minister to augua tia E jordan so solicitor of the treasury B F isherwood engin enslin eer in colef chief of the navy george W lane judge of the Northern and southern districts of alabama edwin C lamar attorney for illinois harmon cox attorney and E R glascock marshal of the middle district of tennessee J L collins superintendent of indian affairs in new mexico arnon among 0 the confirmations on the were IT S pennington secretary of legation to paris aaron goodrich of minnesota secretary of legation at brussels thomas T dryer of oregon commissioner to the sandwich islands A dart attorney for southern district of new york theodore D edwards of kentucky attorney for fot colorado frederick Hes of ohio minister resident at equador and david K carter of 0 ohio minister resident at bolivia L C chittenden register of the treasury officers of nevada gen nye governor 0 clement secretary george turner chief justice G N mott and H horatio jones associates D bates marshal B B barker attorney J IV north surveyor officers of colorado charles doman 1 I associate justice C townsend marshal L B edwards edards attorney officers of dakotah wm pay ne govern or S hutchinson secretary F bliss chief justice L 0 lilleston Wil leston and A A buston associates H N vail attorney W A sharp marshal G D hilly hill surveyor officers of Ne nebraska braskat alvin saunders governor W P kelly keily chief justice J S miller associate james S wilson late commissioner of the I 1 general land laud office had been returned t to his former place as chief clerk of that bureau the following were confirmed in the patent office D H holloway commissioner S M hodges G 11 harbin harbing and J C examiners in chief thos A jackson had been appointed chief engineer in the navy A number of army and other confirmations including major day to be lieutenant colonel vice abercromble Abe crombie promoted to the colonelcy during the Executive sessio session fi of the senite senate about nominations were confirmed near ly fifty of which were sent in by the president the last day of the session miscellaneous an attempt had been made to rob the new york exchange bank the burglars 0 had hired a cellar adjoining Z the bank and excavated seventy I 1 feet to reach the bank safe the parties had only got 1000 00 when they were surprised and made their esc escape ape two english burglars were as the operators in this attempt commodore wilkinson died at norfolk virginia on the corwin minister to mexico was to leave new orleans on the of april for mexico the steamer bienville froni from new orleans had been taken under |