, 1860-12-24
THE SOUTH CARoL1NIANS AND CHARLES
TON FORTS.

The Charleston correspondent Ot luz CcN
York Tribune writes under date Of December
Is as follows:
Sulliyan's Island being within the corporate
limits of Charleston, the Reyolutionlsts, BE-
tore committing auy overt act, can carry their
operations TO the very walls Of Fort MoultEsc-
Thus, several years ago, tue Palmetto ilay WAS
raised almost alongside the stas: and stripes.
and d secession meeting held within few rods
Of the fort, whose inMatek were compelled to
endure the reasonable spccshes and receive
tbs taunts Of the traitors.
The commanding officer at Fort Noultric is
peculiarly situated. His present orders arc
10 tact rigidly On the dclensfrc,' We're hc
permitted to exercise wiec discretion, alid
erect batteries ut the point where Sulliyan's
island will be invaded from the main land. It
would be extremity doubtful whether the
Revolutionists would ever get nearer than a
mile of the Fort. The island is quite t1ickly
covered By all SORTS Of buil.lings-some Of the
fine summer residences Of the wealthy citizens
Of Charleston. In case Of an attack, you may re-
II for certainty that these buildings will nut
be suffered to stand a. SO many hiding places,
but will at once bc lcveled and burnt. Tlr
circumstances Of the occasion, wien the at
tack is made, will also Of necessity dccilc
what shall be done and how.
Ipretenl to NO exclusive Information But
| 1t is eupposing too much In REGARD to men
confined as those Of Fort Moultric, to con
clidc that they WILL oc Al all 1astlu'ous III t1'
use ot tne means oi defence ~ lnel! son, nn ~.
Nor nIeu tne1e " ans eu!la,e -, "usn e4.S
city Of Charleston pours forth It's organized
aud armed mob to massacre the NIoultric :;:s
rsson, and, 30 far Us thes can do u, osvrnIoM y,
| the Government oftbc country, the city itself
should he Visited with speedy and terrible r.
| tIibution. II may happen that the momeht
| Castle Pinckney will open 4 shower of shells
upou the city. Her cotton warehouses would
be like 50 many match boxes to kindie coulla.
grafton: while bombs and shots were ralnc'l
upon Al quarters u tnc c''s'
rS1oN SAVING.
| IT,. t,,or;,o f1or, +h. 1,tr.+ ronr of t1c
eh.,1..+o,, ,f,rr.,r,, s1,o,r, what m idc, III,
Seeeestonlsts nave o1 SEWING lns on1on' W.
take the italics ~ wo find them. The writer
/ IL speaking Of tho course which the North
ought to have pursued prior to the election
The South did not wish rartv to form
merely to sa1vhe Cn'on We hare had reason
tor thirty years e aisitus; ~ enr M ~
Sorthern pa1ty who wcrc disposed to le
friends to US, was that they saould sdss flt
Hmh ana Wc aet9auuea ,a .nI. '1en ~ ao:.u ~ :t
Geesl ~ haI cstni ~ s,Se III 11nion .ren.<]
tnrs s.4hor 1hc;r concern tb,n oure: and :
rs,r se1tis1, concrrn too! orr object vas III
.of:,,t ~ ,h~ Eo,fI - AMI LET Tho i,nion save
;y ;.9e,yg - ~ ~, s~1@''' ''''o Ao'
'sE!' hatha, ~. - IN ~ .t.te of ,,nkruntcv with fac
4,on! l.. ar,ns T., E.n.as-the Soi,tl, withdraw
n 1n4 - T. ~ - rahn1nn, mon which # has sf
~, ~ t,d ~ Ta1i'snl;tti,~ rcne~adc to Iii,
iuns ,,1. ~ - =. p-ae95snt r,n117to =. vict
3~n , peoti; =. a. b,ni.s h-ent;," its mohs r;si,
s} as sn'.};as 10 hiood ,r1,sn ~ ion~rr AHA +
sa ~. haad. hotherI II th;s c,ni;ti6H of ti,inrs
~ I'm. caijed af1nton" shall be found wofit
saS 1m -; II III, nrohah,r hecomc oucstiona
h3S h3oSnnr,ts ~ Ahpi;t;on;s,s themselxes
o'c a1uons uis 49,, e.,.
The shameless persistence IN Inc 'asenoo<
| that 1lr. Hamliu is mulatto, is In accordance
,.,t,, N, othcr r.cs1e.s avowals and spacula