New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-29
LATER AND IMPORTANT FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA.
JEFF. DAyI>'S MOVEMENTS.
F,on 7Ae PiHadeiplm Buleim.

Weld an intelligent stOne-cutter reaident OF tbs
civ who reached home from South Carolina yesterday
| ansr,oou Mr. Weld went TO Columbia about two
months rince work az Bis trade, and during the tine
he was ther,, he and other Northern men were com
teed TO either 90 into the Secession army or perform
MT rol dutv. lie chose the latter, and he was COM
| relied 10 turn ont two nights ia each week.
| On Tbuuday last be obtained permission to come
North. as an escort for two families who coming
! home He wac informed that if he belonged in New
| England he would no. be allowed 10 90.
Mr. Weld left by railroad end proceeded to Ports
month Va where he took q steamer and went 10 BAL
| timore from which city he came on IN the usual way
All along the line of the railroad there were signs Of
military oueraions the moving about Of bodiest so
ders and encampments of troops at various points 4
| left Davis was three nonrs ahead OF our nfk0a10
| with A larce body Of troops. Three companies OF
Georgia soldiers travelled the train with Mr.. Weld
Their officers made no secret Of the fact that they
,oro I'll marching TO Richmond with Davis and thGt
their Ultimate destination WIZ Washington, which they
expressed their determination to seize. Jefi DAVIS
snd ia Marty were ut Portsmouth when our informant
| left that point TO embark for Baltimore -.
Mr. Ned represents that shocking eondnlon Of
afor exists n South Carolina. All males from 10 10
40 wears of age are compelled to 60 into the army and
MANY OF the soldiers are Northern men, " VINO have no
stomach for The fight" bt have been forced INTO the
! ranks. go
p1s;ness was staqrant and i, was understood nj Co
lurnba that the pof Of Charlie had been blockaded
by Federal shiy Three vessels loaded with PROVISIONS
had been sezed. There were 1--we thousand soldiers at
~ The Insufficient food furnished them. All provisions
wer, enormously high there. Butter was ~ cents
pound potatoes 40 cents peek, and beei ~ cents
pound. ooo. ooo -
IL was undertoOd thai there Were 7,eOto 5000 men
in and about the fertilization Charleeton H3rbor
Renars were in progresy at Fort Sumter. When the
n. vs. OF the secession Of Virginia reached Columb
there extraordinary rlolpgs honfes were kun
died and a mas meeting was held John Z. Preston
made epeech, In which he SfiCmatued Northern men
AZ palrocns and towards and euiogled South Carolina
troops ~ nyincible.
T6e south Carolinans considered the PROCLAMATION Of
pre.ldent Lincoln capital joke, and they declared
thst thew would aouf have him ont OF Washington.
Mr. Weld says the saves understand very clearly the
e-enis that are IN progress and ney c''ne much nm
essiness among the people Ibey ar CLOSELY "abheu,
and most of the Sonh Carolina soldiers object very
civ to le@ying che state for the purpose oil arch
| ing Moth ayi1c that they wanted TO stay II! the
| State and protect 1t. -,
| administer, ,he law IN summary manner. Inc
whipping Of white mon ls common oecurenre; aud
ius. outside OF Columbia " DO Ind o's1 OF Jar
and feathers was put upon the Tram. III wac sid ths
| book We should think he would NOT have escaI'd 40
| e.sily had that been hs ot';nee.
Mi Weld lay. tbs, the taking Of Washington is the
ga raram0unt idea IN the South and this seems to
! De the PRINCIPAL Object OF the military ledlone ON
cot. lie was very glad N get home again. aud be has
| M exreetation a. an clrly return 10 1rord0D.
! gentleman arrived on Saturday IRON ,mrieaon,
| who gives the following information:
lie stcs that be lefi Cr-leston on Tuesday after
! nom I'D ind, and then the city had assumed its
wonied quieiuda. The spirit Wa almost subdued
| and il Wa expected that no more Lighting would
1 be DONE
On sunday and Monday two regiments, one a rifle
and the other infantry regiment, ieft Charfeton
for Richmond Va. ia colimand OF Col. NaNey Grey
| On leaving the city, Informant sDys that lie
called upon Gen. Heauregard and desired 10 get per-
nit 10 proceed North, but wac told by the latter that
was entirely unnecessary TO have pass, as the ord
nance relative 10 passes would not be enforced until
| tie meeting Of Congress- on The pnh INST. ,
On Tue sday the news Of the Baltimore rot reached
| Charleston, with the statement that the New-Iork
| Seventh Regiment lost some three or four hundred
psD. This Intelligence cast gloom over tho entire
cty a. many members Of the Seventh are well known
there and beloved. The Charlesonians scarcely cred
tied il. Shortly after ii elesphod that the Mas
sachusett troops the assailed party IN baltimore
This intelligence caused among
| the S0aIherners.
The Cbarlc~;0nians said that il was impossible u mt
the Seventh Regiment Aew-York National Guards, 10
Eight, and If they had been attacked, Baltimore w'aid
| have leen sacked.
Tie aeneral feeliug in Charleston is that no one
| in that ey would light against the Seventh REGIMENT
The Union sentiment OF the entire Northis unknown
| as yet III Charleston. They continue TO expcc tha,
| Newlor City at leas. sympailLes win them' and
viii iise sbon thirty thousand troops I" asAs' tne
South. Fort sumter is being repaired by about Tour
hundred workmcn, and general surprise If Expressed
there that the gallant little band held the ioriilcation
| 81 long rs they did, under snch heavy TIRE.
The they account for the circumstance ihal no
one OF MAJOR Andersons were Killed u thst tbe
distance from the batteries To the fort was well known
aud those Innning the gum at Sumter, Oh seeing
| shot coming, lodged in tho casemstes.
Major Anderson ID pronounced the greatest nero OF
the agp, the firm belief is expressed that IN lcss
| than month lac will JOIN the Southern Conieoeraey
| There are d great mapy Union men in and about
Charleston but the espionage is so close that these
patriots dare not openly express Their oyaalty tPto
Tuesday Gen Besuresrd had not lef' Charleston, ana
il was no. known when he would do 70.
Our informant came from Charleston overland, and
arrived at Baltimore ON Thursday IL the latter place
every thing il qniet stores opened, places OF
Amusement advertised 10 open on that evening,
and nothing was visible indicative Of serious moi
lew days before.
From Baltimore he crossed Tie bay to Chester
town. Maryland; there he took carrase TO Smahpa,
and thence proceeded by nil 10 New-foIk, where lie
arrived this morning at o'clock. "
The enthusiasm At the South IN growing snaii oy
degrees and beautifully less andOur informant thinks
that when they hear vi the greet Union feeling az the
entire North, another state OF things VIII take the
place OF bustcr and rebellion.
Great preparations are made for the assembling oil
the Southern Congress at Montgomery, ana IL Is pre-
sumed that every member will be present:
II is said that not single life was lost by the Souln'
erners by the attack on Fort Sumter.
Messrs SpofOrd & Iiieston yesterday heard from the
South that their steamer Nashville has been taken by
the authorities a Charleston, though whether At Is