Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-01-08
What from the South

Tie great anxiety of all classes appears
TO he TO learn how matters stand al thares-
ton, and in the South generally. AT The
- Seat Of War the city of Charleston
matters remain about IS heretofore, Fort
Sunpter is Ill in tho hands Of Major An
derson and his little band of patriotic sup
porters, which causes much unedslnsss On
the part Of the Seces- ionists. more pa TIC
ularly "a he has bu, about sixty men, yet
enough 70 successfully resist all the powers
of the D.sun:oUists IN an attempt at It's
rescue. In order to drive Lin to an eVacn-
q ion of his position, tie rebels have cnt
off all supplies with vain hope 10 starve
him out. Fort Noultrie, Castle PInhney
and the Arsenal are in the hands OF the
secessionists, who are sa!i TO nave from
ten Il f .een thousand men under arms
The Revenue Cutter recently sent TO Charles
ton has been traitorously given up by lts
commander. who is a South CarolI Ia u S
upionist. and who has resig ned has Office.
The rebels having assumed the coiiecloh
and.appronrlatio on ofthe Revenus atCharles-
,op. President Buchanan has appointed
new Collector for tina, post who Will proc
ably enter upon the discharge OF his duu'S
with sufficient material aid" to enable
hun n DISCHARGE the duties of his position
without molestation-
1, ia rurnored that the |. s. Arsenal at
Mobile, and Fort Morgan, also at Mobile
have been seized by mob. Reports are
rife, and doubtless not without foundation,
that large bodies of men in Virginia ard
MARYLAND are being trained with vIerT to
capture the city of Washington before the
A,h of March, in order to prevent the in
auguraton of President LINCOLN. This
is probably one of Mr.. Wi-e's plans for
bringing about a compromise satisfactory
{, the Siaveocrats To meet this emer-
gency, Gen. ScoTr his ordered al the
available ces at Folt Leavenworih 10 hold
Iheinseives In readiness 10 be transferred. at
a moments warning. 10 Fort McHenry,
near Baltimore. Gen. Scott declined the
post of Secretary Of War, rendered him by
would have rend crei resignation of his
present Office necessary, and he prefers
more active position than secretaryship
affords. in case fighting is necessary. Post
Master General IIolt it is now supposed
will be made Secretary Of War, and Hora-
tia King Post Master Gereral.
Gen. Scott is opposed TO leaving the
Forts and government property in tier
ted to the President a plan in writing for
the reinforcement of all the Forts in the
South. He recommends that vessels Of
war be placed in the harbors of Charles
ton, Norfolk, Savannah, NJ obIle and Gal
vaston, and off the mouths Of the Mississip-
pi. He holds that the first duty of the
government is to maintain IS authority,
which i, could easily 10 if his reonmen-
dstions were adopted.
The present indications are that Mr..
Buchanan begins to see the need OF more
decisive course of action, and it il hoped
tina, he vii, lend his own exertion towards
carving out the obi ct Of the prayers of
those who observed the 4th int. as recon
mended in his late proclamation.
As was expected hy everybody, the Tn
ion Saving Commitiee appointed by the
two branches of Congress, have failed TO
agree upon any plan that wonId tend 10
eonciliate the different sections Of the Tn