New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-09
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CHARLESTON, Feb. 3, 1861.
The Mercury of this day says, when Vir-
GINA comes to our side, she will bring with her
The hrdward.Tonting guns Of Fortress NoDrOe
and the iatr,nched city Of Washington. The ques-
ton, we believe, is becomng-Oa account Of The
ro0k position IRE oceEPy military one
This confirms the convictions which have re-
peatedly endeaSored 70 impress upon your mipd
of the determination of the rebels TO make the
conquest Of the Federal Capital the goal of their
ambiticr, and Virginia, they say here, although
&C first timid and protesting regard for the
Union vii eventually help them in consummat-
ing their villainOus designs. They further de-
pend upon the treason, which, in their opinion,
is lurking everywhere in the North, particularly
in the ranks Of the rich, who were formerly mem.
bers of the TammaDy Hall Democratic party
With this view Tie hercErg to-day pays glow
ing hsInrge to thG Northern men with Secession
ist syEGpathies. They count, in one word, upon
the support of the Fire Points, as represented by
Marshal Rynders, and upon that Of the Fifth
Arenue, as Represented by August Belmont, and
90 80 far as to say that SecessiOnist meetings un-
der such auspices are held in the notorious par
lor Of the New.York Hotel, and protected by the
protepe and satellite of TO0mbs, the Mayor Of
Ney.YOrk, While the rebels thus expect en-
couragement from the North, they lock, strange
to say, with the utmost suspicion upon their nc
completes in the South. 1t is feared here that
the Louisanian leaders will revOutioDlze for
their own exclusive benefit, and cOmpicate the
relations with European powers by their support
of hlbustering expeditions in South and
Central America, and Cuba, their inten-
tiops being to found o. Soul6 dynasty,
after the conquest of Cuba, Mexico, &c. One
Of the wealthiest and most esteemed planters OF
South Carolina is reported to-day to have sailed
for Europe for the purpose of investing several
hundred thousand dollars in the purchase of arli.
cles of war. The hope in the possibility OF q
peaceable secession is dying out here, and the
resclpte attitude Of the Republican party causes
the most serious apprehension as to the coDtn'
rencies of bloody and protracted war. The
fears in regard to the security of the plantations
increase in the same proportion with those OF a
general war, from which dreadful emergency
even those most convinced of the loyalty of the
slaves to their masters anticipate a dangerous
effect upon the impresSible minds of the African
population. The forces on the plantations are
consequently being REINFORCED, and gentleman
who arrived in the city to-day from the interior
reports that the country is swarmDg with
mounted borse-guards, particularly during the
night, when the NEST vigilant patrolliDg seems to
have become painful and formidable necessity
for the protection of the unfortunate inmates Of
the plantations.
TIE students of the Charleston Military Acad-
envy have been sent back TO school, as their mex
perience proved an incumbrance on the forts, and
an their education must be complete tefore they
can be of any service in actual warfare, Tx
posure in bad weather in the forts, or even
firing upon a distant mast, is one thing, and
the qualifications for regular warfare quite
another. This distinction begins 10 be felt here
in the camp. and many Of the yoarc v".Initr's