The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-11-15
THE SOUTHERN D!SUNION MOVEMENT
The Excitement in Charleston.
THE REPORTED TAKING OF FORT MGULTRIE
A UNION MOVEMENT IN GEORGIA.
HON. Alley. H. STEPHENS 10 SPEAK FOR THE UNION
THE RETALIATORY LAWS OF GEORGIA.
THE REPORTED TAKING OF FORT MoULrRlE

THE REPORTED TAKING OF FORT M0ULTRIE.
CHARLESTON, Nov 4.-The Wercury referring
to a despatch in a Philadelphia paper, stating that
Fort MouItre had been taken, says the statement
is totally unlounded, and unless the Northern
journals send out more reliable correspondents,
they must expect to suffer in their pockets well
as have their fears excited by unjust apprehen
sions.
CONTROVERSY AMONG THE sECEssIoNIsTs AND UNIoR MEN
OF GEoRGIA-sTEPHENs SPEAKING FOR THE UNION.
MTLLEDGEvLLE, Nov. 14.-Speeches are being
made here nightly by Messrs. Toombs, Thomas R.
Cobb and others, in favor of secession and Messrs
Stephens, johnson and others, in opposition.
Bitter feuds have been engendered among the
members of the Legislature, between friends of
Messrs. Iverson and Howell Cobb, for the U. S.
Senatorshp.
There is nothing of interest to Ieport in the
Legislative proceedings of to-day.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l4.-Many of the prevalent
reports and conjectures concerning the action of
the Government are untrue, and most of them ex-
aggerated The course of the Administration will
afford no just cause for increasing the present ex
citement either South or North as it will endeavor
fairly, firmly and impartislly to perform its duty,
az cases for its action may arise always keeping the
The remark, attributed to Representative Keitt,
of South Carolina, that the President is pledged to
secession, has been received here with much aston
ishment His friends do not believe that he is cor
rectly reported. 1t is well known that the Presi-
dent has never made such pledge in any public
paper, and his most intimate friends have never
heard anything from his lips which would lead to
the belief that he entertains any sentiment which
is not warmly in favor of the preservation of the
Constitution in all its integrity.
The Postmaster at Orangeburg, S. c., Mr..
Keitts residence, has forwarded his resignation
Postmaster, to take effect on the lst of January,
unless he saws his much abused and beloved State
South Carolina, should sooner secede. The resig
nation has been accepted, and the Postmaster has
been requested to designate suitable person as his
successor who will give the proper bonds for dis
charge of all the duties required by the laws and
regulations of the Postofhce Department. In the
event of such person being found to fill the of
fee, it must be discontinued.
Lieut. Col. Gardner has, in the ordinary routine
of business been relieved of the command of Fort
Moultrie and will be succeeded by Major Ander-
son. who is next to him in rank in the First Regi
ment of Artillery.
This newspaper report that Fort Moultrie was oc-
cupied by military company of Charleston, is the
only information received in this city. The War
Department has neither given order nor receiv-
ed any communication on the subject.
The five thousand stand of arms recently men
toned as having gone South were purchased in
Washington by Virginia, for the use of that State
They were of an inferior quality.
FROM CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 13.-A large amount of North
ern paper has been laid over by banks, but
none protested Merchants perfectly solvent
and scorn the idea of reputation. Their assets
are much more than enough to meet their liabili-
ties but it is impossible at the present time to real
ize on them.
The crisis NAV arrive time during the fall,
but we are confident merchants are both able
and willing to meet their liabilities. If the banks
do not come to their aid (Which is not likely dur
ing the present disturbed times,) of the
business men will be forced to wind up. They are
anxiously looking for the banks to suspend, for
this will relieve them from their present embar-
RAISING position.
The merchants, almost to man, in favor OF
sustaining The action of the State.
There appears to be no dispositon-whatever
course events may take-to nullify any of the acts
of the Federal Cove ment
CHARLESTON, S. c., Nov IS, So p. M.-The
| grand idea of the Convention of the Cotton States
| for the purpose of adopting non-intervention
trade policy with the North, is now being generally
| carried out in this State and Georgia. The boot
! factory at Cheraw is receiving heavy orders for
| the Southern trade. There is disposition to buy
| such Northern goods as our merchants may now
have ON hand, but no new orders will be given to
Northern manufacturers, except for such articles
as are ndispensably necessary, and net procurable
| here.
It's generally understood that the banks of this
city and State will suspend specie payments within
| three days.
The despatch relative to Mr.. Breckenridge stump
ing the Cotton States in favor of Union was much
commented upon here to-day; but the idea meets
with no favor in this quarter. Some even 60 so
far as to threaten to give him coat of tar and
feathers should he attempt to speak against seces-
sion in South Carolina:
The United States Court in this State is without
Judge. President Buchanan has appointed no
successor to Judge Magrath, nor could any person
be found here willing to accept it if made. All the
other federal officers will abandon their posts the
moment secession breaks forth, now seems to be,
beyond peradventvre, fixed fact.
North Carolina, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Virginia. Maryland and Delaware, are not relied
| upon to join in the secession movement.
The speakers last night patted the Germans and
| Irish on the back, and urged upon them the duty
| of standing by the State of their adoption.
company of German rihemen, 100 strong, bear
ing the Palmetto flag, paraded last evening through
the principal streets. They stopped in front of the
Mercury office, and gave three rousing cheers for
| the Palmetto State. The Moultrie Guards have
adopted grey Jackets black pants and blue caps for
| their uniform. The materials to be of Carolina
manufacture.
Gentlemen from the interior state that there is
but sentiment among the people, and that is for
secession. .r
torchlight procession paraded through Aiken
| last night. prominent feature was two stalwart
| negroes, carrying the effgy of abraham Lincoln
| on a rail.
| On the right hand of the efigy was hung card,
| with the following inscriptions s'r
| LINCOLN,
The First President of the Northern
! Confederacy.