The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-15
SECESSION MOVEMENT AT THE SOUTH.
The Fertificat ous a Charleston The Gov
ef"m'nt siren. ihening b e IN Move
mrn's ut tn south "A Northern View of
Aouthern Wron2s. &c. &C &c.

The Fertificat'ous a Charleston. The Gov
ef"m"nt Strengthening he IN Move
men's ut tn South--A Northern View of
southern Wrongs. &c, &c sc
The Bank of Charleston, S O., resumed spe.
Gle payment on the l2th inst. and the uarcnrv
thinks Its example will shortly be- followed nv
the other Banks OF ths city. Gov. Perry OF
FLORIDA, In at present in Charlestou The
small pox has created panic at Columbia G.
y, ana 1t was thought the legislature would
adj ourn to Charleston, probably. yester.
day. La the North Carolina House OF Com.
mons, resolution has been adopted that
both branches OF the Legislature shall, sim
and send to the South Carolina Legislature
paper asking if that body would confer with
Norm carolina, and ALI the Southern Statss
In order that an " honorable adiustment of the
present difficulties between the States ~ may
be effected, and constitutional Union ~
mus be preserved. The Columbia rs C.) pa
pers in noticing this action, say " too late.n -
Inc leading men of all parties at Norfolk
va, having requested the Mayor to call q
public meeting he has done So and designated
Thursday night next. The Ready Men of
Norfolk held meeting this week, and enlisted
one hundred men more The force is 10 be di.
yided into eight companies, four OF which are
to be uniformed. The organization has rem ted
drill room, and "expect to be FIVE hundred
strong at their next meeting" At their meet
ing the other night resolutions expressive of
attachment TO the Union and the South were
adopted.
TIE FokTIFICATIoNs OF CHARLESTON HAR.
BOR-ACTivITY THEREIN
The Charleston Mercury gives a descrip.
ton OF The furtifcatiOUs of tha harhor and
some account of what is going on Ia them
Tt moultrle Is an enclosed water battery,
having front on the south. or water side, of
aoJui 3OO feet, aud depth of alb ut 24U teet -
1t is built with salient and re- en- terng angles
on ali sides, and admirably adapl ed for
defence, either from the attack of a stormirc
party, or by regular approaches. The outer
and Inner walls are OF brick, capped with
stone, AID filled III with earlF making a solid
wall Is or l6 feet in thickness. The work now
in progress consists III cleaning the sand from
the walls OF The fort; ditching il around the
entire circumference, and erecting a glacis ;
closing up the postern gates in the and
west walls, and ms cad cutting saliy-ports
which lead into strong out-Works the
sout theast and southwest angles in which
twelve FOUNDER hoWIlZer guns will. be
placed, enabling the garrison sweep the
ultch on three sides WI grape and canister
The nor b west angle OF The fort has also been
strengthened by bastiUnet'e, 10 sustain The
weight of Il heavy gun, which will command
the main street OF the Island. The main en-
trance has also been better secured, and Il trap
door, TWO feet square, cut in the door for in
gress and egress. GA The north side all the
wooden gun-cases have been placed close to
gether on the ramparls, apparently for the
purpose Of securing 1t against an esca ade, but
possibly as Il screen for Il battery of heavy
guns. A good many men are engaged in clear
Ing the ramparts OF turf and earth, for the
purpose OF putting down Il very ugly looking
| arrangement, which consists of strips OF plank
inches VIDE, Il inches thick, and 3 or t-eL
long, sharpened at the point, aud naIlrd wn,
50 as 10 project about three feet horizontally
from the top OF the walls.
a noticeab fact III the hastionettes to which
| we have above alluded, is the haste in which
one of them has been built. The one COM
pieted is formed of solid masonry In con-
structiug the other, however, u framework of
plank has been subs tituted Against the in
side of this wooden out-woIk loose bricks
| have been placed. Both basrionettes are arm. d
with d small carronade, and no WIIZer pointed
| lareraliy 80 as to command the whole inter
vening moat by a cross fire In the hurried
execution of these tx ensiVe improvements Il
large furce-a0Jut l10 men-aTe constantly
| engaged. Additions are daily made to this
numbe aud the work of putting the post in
| the best possible condition tor defence is car
| rled on with almost incredible rigor.
| While the working men are doing wonders
| on The utSlde. the soldiers within are by no
| means Idle. Field pieces have been placed 10
| uusLion upon the green within the fort al d
uoue of the xpedIeu Us Of military engineering z
| have been neglected to make the Position as
l SlTJuE us IOSSlDlS 1i 10 sdlu lGdC tQS SISAtSSt
| vigilance Is observed in every regulation at
| this lime, and that the guns are regularly
| shotted every night 1t is very certain that
| Iugress Is no longer an easy matter for t.
sider and the visitor who hopes to get in N US 1
| make up his mind TO approach with all the
| caution. ceremony and cITcumiocutIon with
| which the A HES are advancing pom the pi-
tai Of the Celestial Empire.
A few days ago, Col. Gardner, who for
wears had held the post II Commandant was
| r-lIeved III Tue command by Maj II RJbt An
| dersou, OF Kentucky. Maj Anderson recei ed
his first commission BTeyeL % Lieutenant
| ~ Artillery, July /, 1925 was acLIus Imspec-
[ i Gene al in the Back Hawk war, ana IT =
ceived the rank OF Brevet Captain, Angus
l-3- for his successful Conduct in the Flori' q
war. On Sep etnber > l5i7, he WAS maue Il e.
vet Major Tor his gallant aud meritorl us
conduct in the battle of l1olino del Rey. Tie
other officers are Captain Abner Dou oladay,
Capt. T. Seymour, Lieut.. I Talbot, Lieu. j.
& Davis, Lieut. N. j. Hali-ail Of the Fist
Regiment Artillery. Capt. J G Foster al d
Lieut.. G.. w. Snyder, of the Engineer corps
Assistant Surgeon s. W. Crawford, of The
Medical SIAN.
The force under these gentlemen, consist of
two companies of Artlllery. The companies,
however, are not full, the two comprising, as
we are Informed, only about seventy men, in
| Guiding the band. A short time ago, TWO ad-
dItIonal companies We're expected, but they
have not come, and IL is now positively stated
that there will he, for the present at least, no
| reinforcement OF the garrison. =
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tagonaI in form, pierced on the north, cas- tand
west sides with double row of portfolios
| tor the heaviest guns and on the south or
| land side, in addition TO openings for guns,
| loop holed for musketry, stands IN the middle
Of the har Dor, on the edge of the ship channeI,
/ and is said 10 De bomb proof. 1t lie at presen
without any regular garrison. There Is a
| lalge force of workmen-sunie one hun
dred and fifty In ail-busily employed in
mourning the guns and otherwise putting
| this grea, strategic point 10 order
The armament of Fort Sumter consists of i4U
| guns many OF them being the formidable ten =
| Inch "Colum bads," wbica throw I'll her shot
or shell, and which have a fearful range -
| OaIy few OF these are yet in position, and
Inc work II mounting pieces OF this cAilbre IN
| the cassmates Is necessarily slow one. There
! is also d large amount Of artillery stores con
| sisLiug OF about 10000 lbs. OF po Wder aud a
| proportionate quantity OF shot and shelf
| The Workmen engaged mere sleep In .e Eorl
| every nJght, owing 10 the want OF any regular
| communication with the city. The wharf or
| landing is on The south side, ana Is of course
| exposed TO cross fire from all the openings
| on that side.
Castle Plnckney is located on the southern
| extremity of a narrow slip of marsh land
! which extends in northerly direction TO Hog
| Island Channel. To the harbor side the So
cal led Gas tie presents acircular front. II ha.
never been considered of much consequence
| as fortress, although It's proximity TO Ine city
| would give IL importance, II properly armed
| aud garrisoned. From hasty observation we
| fiad that there are about fifteen guns noun ted
| on the parapet; the majority of them are
eighteen and twenty -four FOUNDERS. Some
| "Coinm biads" are, however, within the walls
| Tuere are also supplies OF powder, shot and
| she'll. At present there rs no garrison at the
| post the only residents are one or two watch.
| men. who have charge Of the harbor light -
| some thirty or forty day laborers en-
ployed repairing the cisterns aud putting the
| place generally In order.
ANoRTHERN STATEMENT OF SOUTHERN GRIEV'
| AkOEs.
| IFrom the Bans or Me.) Union.l
| For twenty five years the pulpit, the school