The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-27
AFFAIRS AT CHARLESTON.

CnAIEsroS, S. c., Jan. 70, 1851.
The Leg stature agreed today flag for South Caro-
lna The ground 10 be blue, with white oval in the
CENTER and golden palmetto thereon. There is also to
be white crescent in the upper flag s,an corner
The Senate has adopted resolution authorizing the
Governor to volunteers to Florida in case Of threst
cned invasion of that State The number Of men is I'M
limited.
The steamer Columbia went ashore on Sullvans Island
beach Yesterday while going out The weather has been
tempestuous for week past.
lCorrespondence of the Baltimore American.
REPUBLIC SOUTH CAROLINA,
CHARLESTON, Jan. l8, 1851.
1nricty tor Feht-.Stren01ning ae Sinessg War-1he
War 7dr-Col .Hasne's A,sso'-Fosit.n q Moor An
dersonScmshisg Ndrtiin9 Erpectd- Woytike Prepdrd-
ho~s--7he CITY Qu,et-Ldck Of tnansnuy ~ Ge"J.d-
-x..Asl. .L1.4 lalsz IyAs1 yaas-Ss'ase'ssss n A.e
AS Ine Tttane has IL, "order regDs In Warsaw, though
the 'housht by many 70 be but the precursor OF
attn IS Hs-y 10 Fort To be takeny An "eyesore'
20 p9pation Charleston, the fortress still frowns
deGsDty. When will South Carolina vindcate her homo
and assume entire sovereignty within her bordcrsY The
people ehac under the indgnity The hot blood Of the
masses hches for practical Phebo,omy. Inc signs o.
Pea and fear that We will yet have
cause 70 sorrow for the lose OF many valuable lives
PRoBARuTTY FIGHT
Eyeryt.ipg tends toward the idea that VIC Will yet
have hight south Carolina has declared herself an in
dependent toommonwealth-yet an enemy occupies, nay
the entrance TO her commercial metropolis
Trade s Observation-Disclosures is suspesded-money is
gold piece is rarity, and shinplastcrs plen-
Something must be done. The clouded future looks
sm,nous indeed We strain every point strengthen
Of and peaceful pursuie are consequently
depressed. On the coast Of Crona, and in the harbor
Of this oty military preIaratons going on with
reaesbedt vigor-the deduction certainly Is war The
best informed tell US that peace may possibly result but
everything looks war like, and cannot entertain any
ether opinion than that contest viii cnsue
TIE WAR TAI
In the halls Of the Carolina Congress a tax is
the all topic OF debate The tax bill proposed,
| as you perhaps have seen, provides for drawing a
of
subjected to taxation. Watches, cards, carriages, saa
the stocks of the State arc incln0ed IN the
st OF psoper subjects which the State shall draw
funds for carrying the contest but sooehng must
dous TO raise money and every source must DO tapped
The rich south Carolina rich and the are
very poor, and the question how and whom TO Lax Is
| very difficult question
col HAYNES MISSION
Ry the Journals of the orth that there Is As much
latpn many conflicting runners upon the sub
NC, Of Colonel Hay nes mission and Lieutenant Hall .
dispatches the President, with ~ there s here
Lrery in Charleston has an ndeanite idea that tho
mission relates to Sumter and to its surrender put we
can osy the particulars. Considering the rel
tive Ioeton Of the two governments, however, this
| deduction must be drswn-not that South Carolina
demands surrender Of the fort but that she has sent
her messenger TO the President formally to inquire
whether his deliberate purpose stu ~ retain pos.
session Of it, that in the future, she may ahead
without misunderstanding The President will not
consent the original adts OF the harbOr ort
aeatons and on the ather hand however willing Gov
pelsps might be TO bring about this end the people Of
the state would, almost 70 man, repndaie the action
when the rumor was cnrrt here that this was the OBJ
iect &C Col. Haynes msrion every one was indignant
The feeling among the people is for unconditional surrsn
| der or resoSt 10 arms
may be trukuly that this not the sole
object Of the mission u the aim OF South Carolina 70
make such demands that ia ,he event OF war che shall
20 into honor ably after sLrvDg to do all that Ia posi-
BILE In order ~ avert 80 dreadful calamity believe IL
dor His instrsctions there is doubt, were TO avoid
the necessity Of appeal W arms The mystery Of the
affair, though, the sending o. Lieut. Hall AZ the same
time ana in company with the messenger Of Carolina.
This ysery rendered profound by the apparent
aity and good feeling that does exist between the au.
thori.ies Of this republic and Major Anderson Almost
every day the fort visited by the aids and other mes
sengss OF the Goveynor. Their Conferences usually last
over an hour addition TO this, certain that de
sraohos are carried backwards forth between An.
dsrson and the Goverubr Of south Carolina
POSITION ~ ANDERSON.
am we'll assured that Major Anderson is Southern
man His forbearance the occasion of the attempted
try Of the star Of tho West into Charleston harbor s
evidence OF this fact while his assertions recently
prove the fact conqusvey, not only 10 my mind
70 the excessively jealous Carolinans HIS position
Is most uneryabe. AZ the North hailed by the repub
licans as Norshern manat the South mistrusted and
reyed by the masses Who gnorair OF 10 true
timents. sod4er every inca he.a man oI uniu'ed
his government hls stand Is approved by all southern
men whose favorable opinion BSorth having. None Of
these have heard condemn his course.
/ believe Mayor Anderson would fire upos tho Caro-
nians with the greatest reluctance. Not until the
last extremity would he the match TO be applied
to one gun. some OF the people here mistake his
motives altogether II not fear that Testrains him,
IL IL mistrust OF the men under his command / am re-
aby informed that these ready at a moment, IL IL
to that fight and die by the side of their chief
executing his orders But s reluctance 70 shedding the
blood Of his fellow countymen that has in part induced
his temporzing course ! believe the same motive in
nuences Governor PcSns, and hence the NJ goations
with Washington and With MAJOR Andersen. lhs oom.
mander Of the fort h secr left entirely to act upon hs
own judgment by the cs lent and believe has adopted
the best possib6 for him to taM under tho cir
cumstances % not believe he ever had idea Of
rendering the stronghold do believe that Governor
Pickens interview and dispatches TO him were to This
effect,
sowrrurSo srARrttya FxpEcrFp
Nevertheless II ia limited to strongly in an author
tatiye quarter that We viii have something startling IN