New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-18

!! LILY auifcsted to know what is going
/" '~quire 80 many laborers. beg to sug-
a.. TINT tie answer viii be known when the
"yunr mun OF Charleston" 20 down to attack
Fort Mekric.
Runners have for several days been current that
IT, ChFrlestDnians are secretly planting batteries
ut points that command Fort Houltrie; that
hwy g. NJ have been procured from some quar-
t.r ~ other, with which formidable operations
WI BE- pIotcc, ted against the fort; but can
trace dee rumors 10 no reliable source. There
is 10 doubt, however, that mt the forts and IN
tie ne glbcrhood measures Of oieDse aud defense
are beng actually prosecuted.
see telecraphic dispatch has been sent
Nortl from Washington, to the effect that only
lie ordinary work is going on at the iorts' ana
that nothing extraordinary has been done. ms
is Wholly untrue, and could have been sent fortn
for 10 letter reason than to excuse the treason.
able policy Of the Administration with reference
t. matters here. Col. Ilnger has left for Wash
irot,n. If the Administration desires 10 know
tie truth. he can give it. / do not believe that
Cd. II. woud bestate TO say that q collision A
an event liable to happen any night. Col. H.. ia
so,th Carolnian, aud his State has been very
ar1tns ia secure bis services in any ST. Atom he.
sipbt icceIt.
TIE Untd States Arsenal and its 20 600 stand
of urns, ard vast quantity Of ammunition, are
Iut in tie possession of the P.evolutouists. into
wlosc hands Hr. Secretary Floyd surrendered
then nearly month ago, uyder preten,e of hav-
ire tLom guarded frcsn the mob. The satisfac-
ton Which they fe<l at this peaceful capture you
nay imafine. IL was u cheap way to arm the
State. Is it not little remarkable, that not
Only the quota Of arms Of South Carolina, but of
sonelsli dczen other iates, should at this par
u'aI jurcture have Secn stored in this city,
ard thai al should ave fallen into the hands of
tie nEifersi Is d Iere any law for defining and
p mixing treason r nw1
tie Iii' 10" Hfore the Legislature providing
Navy for sutb Carolina, is urged on the
eI'rnd That, after secession, the "ong line of
" coast ci South Carolina will be open TO " the
"tttn)'' ard tlat it will be the easiest thing
III tie 1Ild for " evil disposed persons to land,
comm derredations and carry off property"
0'ltI sise u,gIoes 1t would seem that some Of
the fist md inevitable results of cutting loose
IF IN he Union begin to be foreseen. The coast
6te cf Carolina viii be in worse condition
OF II slaves, John Brown raids" and the opera
! toIs OF tie Underground Railroad generally which
VII at once have depots all along shore
fle venerable j. s. Petegrue, one of Cardinals
| rb.rst nfuss, continues to bear witness to the
| UIiop, against the traitors who surround him.
fIe Las 10 filth in the practicability of their
| mel suIes, and is prepared for the worst of re.
, s,lts 10 lie State and the country. Lately,
While attending the church, where, by his pres
enoe br for sO many years showed that the char
act,r of the statesman was complete only when
| religion gave il grace and sOdity, the services
were puTged (by nufcatiOu) of the usual prayer
for the President of the United States the stern
hearted Old Patriot rose from his seat, and
l'it tie church, thus giving silent but pointed
ri ule to treason, where last it should be found,
but, where now, in South Carolina, it is most
raI IaIt
BrfoIe this reaches you, the Hon. L. W. Pick
will have been chosen Governor BY the Leg
islGiure. Mr.. F., foreseeing the attitude of his
State, resigned bis post as Minister TO Russia to
tahe part in the present movement, and ar
rived hone lees than month since. Mr. Il.
Baruell Rbett had some hopes of being chosen,
AMI counted confidently on receiving the highest
vote at the outset. Not only will be hot be
chosen, hut be was next to the lowest on the
fret ballot. The success of Mr. Pickens will be
ahCtLer reverse Of the Rhett clique. Mr.. P has
heretofore Teen co0peratiOnst in opposition to |
tie Irecfitationists, though an immediate seces- |
soIist ncw, because, like others, he became per-
suaG.d that The other Cotton States were pre- |
pared to cooperate in precipitation.
Should Georgia finally prove not prepared to
join in tie precipitation, and should she hesitate
end declare for negotiation first, South Carolina
would be- not n little dashed at the prospect of |
going cut alone. In such case, not few and !
Ieihrls Mr.. PickeDs among them would return
TO their old cooperation ground; though they
would net be able to take South Carolina with
them in their backward movement.
Tie Legislature make little progress in matur.
Jig Tie measures before them 40 necessary IN
secession. Though here we are within three or
four days of the time fixed for going out of the
Union aid taking on the forms and dignity of
sci aTate Government, neither the Army, the
Nt'y, the Postal, nor any other of the numerous
bills necessary to give secession moments
practical existence, has been passed So far
from it, new difficulties have arisen at every
stnee Of their discussion. Factions have arisen.
aid practical difficulties have presented them.
'e.Ves on all sides. Thus, the Postal question
proves to have uDcOnquerable difficulties and