New-York daily tribune., 1861-01-05
SOUTH CAROLINA.
MATERIAL AID WANTED.

CHAKLEs10s, NOV. ~, loJD J
In September last several genilemen of Charleston
met TO confer in reference TO the position Of the South
in the event Of The accession Of Sir. Lincoln and the
Republican party to power. This informal meeting
was the origin VI the organization known IN this con-
mnnity as "rBs 1850 ASSOCIATIONS"
The objects OF the Association are:
F,rSt: 10 conduct correspondence with leading
men in tie South, and by interchange Of ntorma-
,on nnd yiews prepare the Slave Staes 10 meet the
impending cIisis.
Second: To prepare, print, and distribute in the
Slave States tracts pamphlets &c. de.gned TO awaken
them TO conviction Of th,r danger, and 10 urge the
necessity Of resisting Northern and Federal aggres-
sion.
Third To inquire into the deenses of the State and
10 collect and arrange information which may aid the
e slnure TO establish promptly an effective military
organization.
TO effect these objects a brief and simple Constitu-
tion was adoped creating President, secretary aud
Treasurer, aud an Executive Committee, specially
charged with conducting the business Of the Assoia-
lion Que hundred and sixty+ix thousand pamphlets
have been published and demands for further supplies
are received from every quarter. The Association -
now psiug several o them through second aud third
edition.
viii room be elected The North preparing to soothe
and concilate the South by disclaimers and overtures
1Ir suroess of has p0iy tconid BE- disastrous 10 The
oause If SoEfLcrR Union and IadePendtnce, and nis
nfces,arE 10 resi and dete0t H. The Associdtion IS
prrpar.hg pan Jhiets ruth hs special otect. Funds
are nece-raIy TO enable II TO act promptly The lt6O
As.ociaon il laboring for the South, and asks your
aid.
ROBERT n. GOURDIN,
.Chairrnan Of the Executive Committee.
FROM FORT sIMTER-INTERRsTING LETTERS
F,on The Troy Laiiy ii~ss
We publish to-day two letters from an officer IN the
command u Mai. Anderson to relative in this city,
which row apIsar for the first time. They will he
found deeply Interesting exhibiting the position
and mteniions Of the garrison al Fort sumter:
49,. FoEr MouLrRiE, Dec. 70, 1850.
MYDEAR FATHrRi Early jhis morning, orders were
given ci-ar the women aud non-combatants, and
tie Say in .Ite OF rain and fog has bceu of hard
work 1 have packed everything up except the dun
Ilest elements Of soldiers equipmentthat is knife
and fork, tooth-brush revolver and my douee-oareed
gun, blanket complete my luxuries.
Tie longest delay given us by the coolest men IL
about twenty dsys when the Commissioners shall nave
returned from Washington. Then you may look Tor
the hardest kind of a storm. We aro now strong
that we espet To giyr such account Of ourselves
our friends need not be ashamed Of Yet IL viii be al
uor pied Ia history that small foroe should
deliberately prepare Tor what everybody nsw secs
mutt be Tie rrruli.
There have been not IA few offers Of aid from the
Northern States. Regiments would come, and Ia plenty
and il Il nd,e ed OF the moet cheering passages ia
our anxious eience that We have evidence Of prae
cal ~ myaihy But not will De accepted, unless
by Older Of the proper Department nj Washington.
We will try u sutn the credit oi our position with
tose few Tie spiiit Of uc men is noble they are
perfectly 10 the sentiment OF dung their duty, AID
rrhalt one of the bert evidences Of their conduct may
te found IN the fact that pot man has deserted, or
been drunk, for nearly three months.
Hard ut work everybody has been, we are now
feeling more n eaiest. The Hospital and its concom-
iants Of saws bandages and lint, moved inside
tbis morning, though the surgeon says there will be
few nen who will bot be killed outright, as only
the head can occasionally be from outside; and
the ground u cleared Of workmen, have II NIL TO
ourss lyes and suppove sil be rendered immediate
y more effective than could be done with 20 many
around.
Troops are already organized to attack us most of
the arrunge are complete we learn; the plan OF
attack In not sccret, indeed. Fort Sumter will be
aiLed by them; "A battery will be built ut Mount
Pleasant another this Island These, then, will 10
at the angles OF triangle, OF which We are 70 be the
center. kinemen and columns Of assault will do tho
| oloee work. Every night steamer sometimes Two,
comes down with couple Of guns and force OF men
\ 10 watch aid prevent reenforcements seawsrd.
Matters begin look sober, quite sober body
med defire. The people here nearly crazy, coun
try people particularly and little blood let may not
FoRr SUMTER, Evening, Dec. 26.
Ny DEAR FlTBrR: Be ore this reaches you you
will probably have learned thai We have literally
ruken the bull by the horis. Soon after sunset this
evening, We evacuated Fort NoultIie, and are now
established in this impregnable fortress, where we are
perfectly unapproachnble; while, ut the tnie
commnnd perfectly the harbor and Fort Moureitse
Vesels have been sent down every night, and have
wsched us closely, with view 10 prevent this very
move, but We have weathered them. Hurrah for Maj
Anderroni We have man that u not afraid Of no
sponsibilty and who had more Judgment and
letter seuse Of duty than have ordinarily guided public
men.
M Fort Moultrie we could not fail to have sue
cumbed before the large force that was probably
the Point Of being launched against Between bat
teiies close Gre Of rhemen and few columns Of
sanli we must have been forced 10 yield although II
would not have been without the loss, perhaps, Of
| every inan there.
| Mai Anderson has been delighted with the tempe,
and slnit Of this little command, not man of which
| would have hinched from any struggle that might
have befallen We are not 70 be touched here. IL
| Ia four times as large Fort Moultrie but the walls
! are six,y feet high, and no landing can be made
There E but regret; that Is, that Fort Moultne
could no, have been blown up. Tonight, however,
everything that can be destroyed viii be. l am
general feeling Of relief will be experienced by the
country at large at this step taken solely upon Ma.
| Anderons responsibility.
Not man at the fort had the slightest inmation OF
Il il move, and only or two officers, until the mo-
met Il was executed Our property and the families
are all safe here with six months provisions hospital
stores &c. The guns at Moultrie spiked and the
flag staH Gu, down, NO that no Palmetto ng can ever
float on that stick There Is already great excite
ment ia the city, signal rockets fred from the
island but Il too bite, We have decidedly got the
bull by the muzIle. The be collected now,
and the Administration can do e duty II It will. ,
We all think have done the right thing, because
we are stronpcr than ever; and although left
old home wiLsgret, and disliked much to waste the
labor that has been lay shed there unquestion-
ably now IN our i1sDt psce ana position ne sOiuefs
and citizens. We did not leave from fear but because
there our blood would have been Gseessy shed. Here
such thing is impossible unless these people de-
termined to butt their heads against these walls,
and hope they have brains enough loft not attempt
that. Tomorrow morning, the stars and stripes will
be hoisted over position, although the ight
will sting South Carolina to the quick.
| THE FATE OF MARYLAND OUT OF THE
UNION.