New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-28
WAr DEPARTMENT. Jan. Is. 1861.

WAR DRpARrnyST, Jan. Is, 1851.
sin Your letter of tie 18th inst, addressed 10 No
PRESIDENT 81 the United States, has by him been rh
ftrred 10 this Department and he insructs me TO err
press his qualification at the promptitude with which
you have ordered the expulsion the iawess men who
recently oceu! led Forts johnson and Caswel He 10
CARDS this aeticD on the part OF your Exeeency as Ia
conf lee harmony with the honor and patriotic char
acter Of the people Of North Carolina whom you so
worthy repTesent.
H. reilly TO ycur inquiry whether il is the purpose
of the Pietident eanison the forts of North Care
linz during his Administration am directed TO say
that they in common wi'h the other forts, arsena.
ard Iullc property Of the United States in ths
cbaIle Of the President and that If assaled matter
IRON what quarter under what pretext, It Is bis
oGty 70 protect them by I'll the means which the law
las nrcd At bis csporal II IL not bis purpose 10 gar
so The fors TO which You refer at present. because
lie considers them entirely safe as heretofore, under
the shelter Of the -abiding sentiment for which the
reoI OF North Caroioa have been distinguished
Should they, however, be attacked menaced wiki
danger Of bg ezed and taken from the possession Of
tie tLied States, be could not escape from his consti
tutoDa Of legation to deferd and preserve them. The
very satisfactory and patriotic assurances given by
your excellency justify him, however IN entertasine
The continent expectation that no such contn gescy viii
aIife. -.
have the honor S be, repeatedly obesnt
Ills Excelency, JOAN W. ELns, Governor Of North Caro-
ina, Raleigh
THE BI OCKADE OF TIE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
protest aglnst the blockade OF the Mississippi Rivers
1t grIeSrs that the respectable Kentucky Secession
isl who informed us that the placed at Vicks
burg by the order Of the Governor were withdrawn
from the Mi sisipIi shore on Tuesday of last week
was mistaken. Tie battery still frowns from the
bank Cling all descending boats TO come TO- I'M
dereo formal search, and pay Wharfage, although
they have no busne sin the port. And now, learn
from telegraph dispatches, battery Of sixteen thirty
twOpouhders has been planted upon the Memphis bluff
10 bring lcats there they brought to at Vicks
burg THIS real seems almost incredible. II is hard
10 bring Ourselves to believe that the people Of Mem
ILis always deemed 20 loyal, tolerate any sdch
tgl cd proceeding, such wrong and insus to al
tie States that use tie Mississippi River for the pur
Jose If navigation. Much as we dislike violence In
al itr forms we should suppose that the Memphis pop
uarion in spite of tie Miuutehen or any other or
paInzation, secret or open, would rise up 10 their
wrath and tumble the obstructi0g battery into the
Tlver
We wonder whether batteries are to be planted at
al lie orIs Of all he States the Lower Mississippi
for ,ehsnling al descending boats examining their
cargcts with eye to seizure and c0nfscaton and On
fouiBg tie payment Of wharfage. III So how long
LeLe che cities will either break up the naviya
tion TO which they their existence, and on which
they dertId for its continuance or else bring upon
tb, ~ dives and their States the armed hosts Of tho
Staes that ii I'll feel themselves aggrievedf
TIE loy isiaDa State Convention IL very carefufto
sti ulate or The free navigation Of the Mississippi
Yesterday the following resolution reported to the
Convection to be acced to the ordinance OF Secession:
We, tie IeOrle Of LouisaDa recognize the right OF
free navigation Of tie Mississippi River and tributaries
by all iriei ely States bordering thereon; We also
rcCopl ize tie right Of the ngIets and egess OF The
mouths of tie Mis- issirp by all friendly States and
Powers ard hereby declare our willingness to enter
into stl ati0ns 10 guarantee the exercise Oh those
IiSh,e.