The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-04-08
AFFAIRS IN CHARLESTON.

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Black Republican agrariauism ord r d n =.
dent, In whose election, he said. bou ..t.o;..
and broadcloth" have been utterly ionored C.. ,o.
incompetent to learn even by experienoo ;,
There are those, said Mr. Wigfall, who tell Won ~
will have peace, but believe it not. Fort Sumte
may or may not be evacuated-Fort Pickeps ma,
or may not be eVacuated-hut take my word for il
the fort at TOrtugas and the fort at Key West wi
not be evacuated. Take my word for it the iuris
dlctlon OF the United States Goverement never vii
be Withdrawn from New Mexico and Arizona; you
commissioners and Ministers never will be recog
nlzed or received at Washington. Take my wore
LOT IL tnat the Government of the United State
never VIII attempt to restrain the citizens OF th
| DoLuer states from warning upon you on their owl
lHdiVldual responsibility. Mr.. Abraham Lincoln
Will neither cultivate peace nor declare war, and
WIN not restrain the citizens of that Government
rom warning upon us, and raids and robberies will
peleve, be Of frequent occurrence.
! , DelIeVe, therefore, whilst the Government OF
the United States will neither cultivate peace nor
ueclare war, 1T will place in a condition before
very loDg where we will be forced in sefrespect to
u%eciare % war against them. Then it is matter of
the lasC consequence that should prepare for it.
| cogntion " "-'1"' ie
Mr.. Wigfall then placed the necessity of prompt
~ securing recognition by the Governments of Eu-
| rope IN strong and convincing light, stating at
the same time that France and England were ready
to recognize the Confederate States as soon as the
| "S'S COH|lhCeu tneTe would be no reconstruction.
| ana II we only keep our powder dry, and plant
corn enough, and organize an army, | trust that
when the frost is out of the ground next spring,
again to visit the Northern climate but when go
| hope to 90 in the saddle. Laughter and ap-
| pause left Washington, have said:
| Twice have sought Clan Alpine's glen
| In peace; but when come again,
| come with banner brand and bow
| AS leader seeks his mortal foe" iApplause
! The Hon. 7. Y. Simons also made speecb. in
the course of which he declared of Fort Sumter ::
"Ihal fortress must be ours, by peaceable means
possible, but if not, by the strength of arms"
| SCHOONER FIRED INTO.
The Mercury, of Thursday, makes the follow
ing mention of an incident referred to by tele-
graph:
Another suspicious vessel was fired into YES
| terday. We furnish the following statements
| from reliable parties, for the information of our
readers
D f.rst Statement. t.--Yest erday morning General
| 6eauregard, with his aids, Captains Ferguson and
GhiSoim, and Governor Pickens, with his aid Col
Lucas, visited Sullivans Island and the batteries
| there About halfpast two o'clock, whilst they
were hg standing In the porch of the Moutrie House,
a schooner was discovered coming in, with the
United States flag flying. They saw the battery
IRE at the vessel, upon which they think she
turned back. The battery, however, continued
aarlng. MAYOR Anderson sent boat with white
| nag to the vessel, but what the message was had
| not at this writing transpired at headquarters.
| Second Ndtement-AbOut three o'clock Yesterday
afternoon, an unknown schooner was seen entering
the harbOr, with no coOrs flying. When she came
within range OF the 'Star of the West" battery
1t was deemed expedent to fire across her bows in
! order to force her to show her colors Two shots
were accordingly fred when she ran up the flag of
the United States, but continued to stand in, in de-
nance OF the admoniton which she had received
Three more shots were fired, making five in all
| when the vessel altered her course and anchored
near the bar 1t was pretty generally believed she
| was struck, but some doubts were entertained Be
| fore left the island learned that Major Ander-
son had sent his messenger over there with a m es
sage to the effect that if the vessel had been struck
! or II any damage had been done to her, he would
feel himself compelled to open his batteries upon
u.s.. After that his boats went out to this vessel
| and up to the time left they were both layinG
aside OF her, trying to find out whether or not any
| damage had really beer done. The revenue cutter
sent out boat also, but it reported the boat too
| high on the breakers to get at it, and came back
! having brought no news. The schooner is very
heavily laden, but it is DOT thought that she brings
| relniorcements. have just learned since | have
been here, that steamer has been seen outsd. the
| bar, but am not certain Of this because | know
nothing about it myself.
| Other Facts.-The suspicious part of the whole
! proceeding Is that this schooner, instead of
| coming to and establishing her character immedi-
atey on finding that she could not successfully run
! the gauntlet of the harbor batteries attempted to
escape The latest, ard apparently the most reli-
apie rumor last night, was that the schooner is a
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necuon with the suspicion that she carried supplies
Tor Anderson, it may not be out of place to state
that the usual supplies went over to Fort Sumter
| yesterday.
We are informed that the aoant or ono of the
lines OF steamers to the North sent an agent tC
Major Anderson, the other day, stating that BIZ
could furnish him with excellent accommodate ton,
for himself and his soldiers on their return trim
Major Anderson is said to have replied that ht
would like to make the arrang ements but as vet h,
had received no orders for the evacuation of For
Sumter.
THE CONFEDERATE LOAN.
We are gratifed to learn that at meeting o.
the Presidents of all the Banks of this CITY on Wed
nesday afternoon, it was decided to propose and
recommend consideration of the Confederate oar
at the meeting OF the several Boards to-day
From the opinions there is every assurance for be
IIeving that favorable response will be made bv
an the Banks (several having already indicated
oIerS % III ADVANCE, as bas been repOrted), and tha
Iul proportion OF the loan will be readily taken
fourier.
ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
The NercWy simply announces the adoption o
the Montgomery Constitution, with about twenty
obJ5cting votes on account of the clause admitting
Free States.
The Courier notes the adoption with "peculial
pleasure" 1t recognizes in the Constitution 'th
resources of amendment, with happy compromis
between obstinate conservatism and hasty impul
sive Innovation" and cannot any dangers whic
some have l0retold from rapid accession of di
verse States. ain fact" says the Courier, "w
think it will be found very difficult to bring il
other States after the practical establishment an,
recognition of the new Constitution, nor do "
think it desirable or expedent that anv extension
or accessi ms should be speedily sought beyond tn
States that have seeded, and those now serous
considering secession.
WAR?
An INVASION, campaign, war, by land or sea
OF the North on the South, is, in our opinion gam
| Coercion sn
absurd that If it were practicable, it would not b
attempted And it is utterly impracticabIe for Mr
Lincoln and his rump government to make effectiv
war upon u.s. The North, to be sure is besotted
and Lincoln has threatened He may hold Fort
Sumter and Pickens-until obliged to yield them
be may, and probably will, keep Key West an
Tortugas-becauSe we have no naval resources
until treaty of amity is made, or until the Con
ederate States have naval appliances for oustin
him; but as to anything like real war, or anything
beyond few collisions concerning the forts prov
ing our temper and capacity in this revolution o
government, we are altogether and entirely scepti
cal.-WercUry.
, From, the Mercury of FTiduyl
, FORT sUMTER-THE END APPROACHING.
| When it became generally known YESTERDAY
f morning that the companies now on duty at Sulli
vans Island had been ordered to fill up their rank
without delay and that the belon gng to th
several corps were to join their comrades already
e duty by the four o'clock boat, people began
n speculate as to what was going to happen next
D The public curiosity grew more general upon th
n arrival OF two of the officers of Major Anderson
command-Lieuts. Talbot and Snyder-with fla
0 OF truce. They were received by the Governo
: and General Beauregard. Lieut. Talbot, havin
t been appointed by the Government at Washingto
as Assistant Adiutant General, for the District o
q Oregon, with orders to repair to that station a
once, desired permission to leave the city to repor
himself at Washington. Leave was of course read
2 lily granted to him, with the understanding tha
officer was to be permitted to join the garriso
of Fort Sumter to supply his place; and, accumpa
D MED to the depot by Colonel Moses aid to the Gov
ernor, he left Charleston by the two O'Clock trai
5 of the n. L. Railroad.
n Meantime, Lieutenant SNYDER had mentioned th
I facts Of the firing into the unknown schooner Ga
h described in issue of Yesterday, and informed
S the Governor that the vessel in question Boz
d ton schooner, loaded with ice, and bound for Si
| vannah, and that she had put into this harbor 0
account of stress of weather. He further said thq
. one of the shots had passed through the schooner
- SAIL Lieutenant Snyder then returned to Ii
wharf in company with aid, aud went back
: the Fort. During his interview with the Cover
: or, the soldiers who manned the boat had seize
. the opportunity to lay in some coveted individu
supplies of whiskey, tobacco, eatabes, and ho
ot=0ther provisions, making in all no less tha
y thirty-hve packages. The police, however, ha
f kept bright eye upon the soldiers, and when tn
provisioning was complete, they quietly seized a
the packages and transferred them to the guar
house.
During the whole of yesterday afternoon a
kinds of rumors were rife on the street. A vagu
Il | impression had somehow got abroad that the Ion
;. agony of suspense and inaction was to be speedi
aud abruptly ended; but how, or when, or by who's
. orders, nobody could tell We have made diligen
inquiry; and, in the absence OF official information
t which, in a iuncture like this, is seldom m ad
n public-we deem the following facts to be reason
: | ably certain:
e First. That the supplies of provisions and th
mails, hitherto furnished regularly to the garriso
5 of Fort Sumter are to be cut off to day and tha
| furth thar at tinn will ha sIlO n,