In spite of President Lincon, the secession has become fact, and the States are hopelessly sundered. First blood has been drawn by the South, and the internecine war has fairly commenced.
Fort Sumner has been captured by the troops of the Southern Confederacy, after a sever struggle, and the people of the North are described as being wild with excitement. The Government of Washington seems to have been totally unprepared for hostilities, in spite of the big words of the President at his inauguration; and something like a panic has occured at Washington. Both North and South are busily arming, though the operations of the latter seem to be directed by the far greater energy and practical skill. While the North blunders and talks unmitigated bombast and the most execrable sentiment, the South has been quietly setting to work to prepare for a vigourous offensive.
Source: The Argus, Monday, June 10, 1861
The Mail arrived in Australia some one and a half months after the event, reporting on the beginnings of Civil War in the now Disunited States of America.
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