, 1861-04-08
Z Affairs At Charleston.
Correspondence fths n. r: Tribune.]

f.. Correspondence Of the n. 7. Tfabune.]
-" ~ ~ rain1xarok, April !, 1851.
That the power of the Federal Govern
mspt would sbe*ueed TO ;natfttaan the ton-
stitutton I'D enforee~t ,leWn. sga,nst The tne
fear, & fha rebeIs:- This I am able to state
oY ;my xown knowledge from intersouzse
with :fhotn Their policy has been to "keep
Mr. pnpef: llp;" but they -hava: I'll
the Whila realised i. that !. should the
Goyernm mant. aasert itself; they would nnt 6e.
able to. rnaipttin themselves . Single: week.
si1afT 1neai,s II their. hands to intfmidAte the
Government against which they had reoelled,
or ernnloy the time thus secured to SO good
F adyantaFs Is These South aroffnians-:fn and
about Charleston HaEbor, they have 1ntrench-
ed themselves Il R ettong poeiaon1 mainly,
tfs and p tSeg saE
would, would wi without ! doubt, be able to
otTer stern resistance to the Govern
melt: But an certain they do not
eatjmate their capacity as highly as
others seem to. know that the only idea OF
"a military necessity" in the case was the
garrisoning Of Fort Sumter On q war footing
that tie Withdrawal of Meior Anderson and
the abandonment Of the Fort was regarded as
"a military necessity" they shared fully the
general astonishment, but. reioiced, while
others felt humiliated. They never pretended
themselves that aug such necessity existed;
nor DO they; now though they naqe Of :is iate
to make good fight, as the result Of the ex-
ertions Of Gen. Beauregard. Not~ithstand-
iup everything. there is an uneasinees, an Aux
iety and apprehension, that the efficiency Of
their preparations for defense may be tested.
The action and nou-action at Washington
seEse only to prolons and intensity: this
A gent1emaa WHO has very lately been in
communication with Fort Sumter informs me
that the garrison is on exceedingly small a.
lowauee, and that matters begin to look sert-
ons with them. shouid the supplies now
daily obtained in this market be cut of, the
aud It is not impossible that Major Anderson
may be compelled, On his Own responsibility,
to abandon his position. As heretofore has
been the case, the garrison will no doubt con-
tinue to derive no slight advantage from their
facilities for catching fish around the base Of
the fort. But there will be no similar way Of
1ecr1jting the supply Of 1ael which Is no"
It Is known that within the last few days
Gen. Beauregard hns given orders to certain
of his snbordinates to "c1ear the decks for
action" The troops are made to practice
daily at the heavy guns and moTtars; and we
are thus treated to miniature battle Ton one
slde) almost daily. The number Of men in po-
sition has of late been diminished rather than
increased, By the termination Of the period Of
service of number OF volunteer companies.
An entire regiment will go out Of service in a
very short time. It is not little remarkable
tn t nobody re-enlists, but all go to their
homes to stay. The experience Of single
term Of enlistment is quite enough. In one
month longer the forces Of South Caro4ina
will, from this cause, become reduced more
than one-haif
having finished the hsrbor defenses, Gen.
Beauregard, seemingly anticipating the pres
ence OF a body OF Federal troops, and With the
view Of providing against emergencies, has
commenced planting mortar battery at ut.
Pleasant. This point is too distant to take
part in an attack on Fort Sumter, and there
fora this battery must be designed for other
uses. When Major Anderson was in Fort
Mou1trie, and it was proposed to drive him
out, battery on Mount Pleasant was .com-
u1enced, as that point was supposed to conf
mand Moultrie- inferen e therefore is
that the Rebels are providing against the time
when Federal troops will reoccupy that fort.
There are other movements that Indicate the
same thing Indeed recent labors hare mainly
had reference to land operations, by providing
for an attack In the rear.