Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-16
From IRE Cha lestoa Mercury
OUR MONTGOMERY CORRESPONDENCE
poyTGoVgfY ADri'

MONTGOMERY, April I'D.
The Clbine. held meeting to-day and remained in
secession some hours Wa ia nov upon IS aud the Ad
mnisraion has given up all hope OF peaceful solution
| OF dilicultirs.
The War Department are very active and are rapidly
hurrying men into the f H. Oar city for some daJs
has been thronged with soldiers and even tain io The
South has been loaded Wit them. il "a few DAYS more
seven teousand will be before Fort PcKeus. The I'M
preston here is that the expedition that lett Nes York
will attempt Charleston harbor aud then sail for
Pensacola. No one believed the story that sent
| from Washington about its being bound for Texas so
small force could do nothing there, and would hardly
furnish amusement for the hordes OF Rangers who would
Eek to the coast upon the first hostile demoustrs
ton.
The President has EiaGc cGnisition on all the States
except Florida for three thousand men fer immediate
servce--the latter State orc thousand They VII rem
devious in their respective atc az some depot appoint
ed by the Governor and then be ordered 10 the point
where they are most needed The requisite numoef are
nov ready in each StaSe aad armed and equipped
These men, the present force at Pensacosor on the way
there those at Charleston and the forts will amount 10
the aggregate TO more than hirtyfye thousand men -
Gen. Clinton OF Mississippi is here TO offer the services
of A regiment OF volunteers from his State who are AMI
ous to fight and fear they may be left out when the war
| begins. -,
The Second Regiment of Alabama Volunteers which
was the first to respond to the coil Of Alabam are ~
pecting TO be ordered second time into service Tbs
Regiment, under Col Lonax took possession OF the
Warrington navy yard aud all the forts except Pcken
BIT Tor orders from Gen. Chase, in command, an imme'
date attack would have L3en made upon the latter fort
and half the mischief Of delay would have bee avoided
The first of the Confederate bonds the amount Of
ten Thousand dollars was sold to-day TO Mr.. Boiling, OF
Virginia, believe, for three per cent. premium. The
| first bond gent at twenty per cent. premium.
One of the first characters stranger meets in Mont
gomery is the celebrated perhaps should say uo'9
rious, George N. Sanders. He is willy, good na'rna
POLITICIAN mixed up 10 eyerybodys bro At every DIN:
ner party and "ha fellow well met" with men Of eve
~ character and political belief lie drinks vine via
the President shakes hands and conyeTses on hcIe'
steps with the crowd and has long talks with members
of the Cabinet in order draw out their peculiar views
upon his great hobby-tha of uniting all the states Of
the dsmembered Union under the Constitution oil the
| Confederate States
| man Of deep penetration a careful student Of hu'
man nature canLiog fox, he blinds diplomats tbeG
selves TO his future plans lis p4hc dispatches ne
Tribune have their fleet here well as al tie Aor'l
and his private dispatches the Border and Sortnsey
| ern States them to hope for speedy reorgsh
zatiol. Talk about him may, his influence te
ing felt and he states confidently that he viii prove sue
cessul in the coming struggle for the admission oil ffe
States into Confedesacy. When Congress first open
| ed, young friend Of Georga's most promising
sons asked Gov Cobb who the round birsute, fnu
fling figure before him.
THAT" said he sis Geo. y Sanders, ard be has cone
here to take charge of this government"
ITO take CHARGE
eyes, to take charge lie has just finished with ltaI
and is going TO exercise q supervision over Us
Undoubtedly that il what he is trying TO DO, but lo'
such an object he has attacked himself TO the wrofg
sile and has bszed pah beset with too many GIN
culties for Southern 10 follow. Unfortunately lC'
Sanders through long political life, be hiss MANAGE,
in nearly every nstaEce TO get the wrong sile'o
fight his battles stoutly but finally be LEFT out IN Tic
| cold TgorR.