Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-08

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| ersl persons lust from Charieston, who say the
/ peopie sre eager for an attack, and are conf
I sent fbst tbev can take the fort Their plan
I M attact Is this: Major Anderson's guns, they
/ bave asrertsined. are ranged so as 10 cover a
I line mon foTts Moultrie and Pinckney, Morris
I Island battery and Charleston.
! These require The attention OF " his men to
/ maa them, and win az these points opening
I ,7ron birn al once be will be entirely occupied.
I ~ bss none pointing to the esst upon MI.
Z plesssnt. where ths Slate has erected formid-
I sbIs batteries and taken thither their largest
! o-5~,,rs With abundant supplies, and while
1 ~ olbsr ulsces open upon bin, the Mt Pleas
[ AM batteries viii keep up an uninterrupted Ere
l upon Fort Sumter, with The purpose Of making
/ = breach. The distance Is only three-ausrters
/ ~ mile. This plan is the common talk
I snorg ne State troops and citizsna, and Il is
! ,sDersIly understood that as soon ss word Is
Z -srefved from Colonel Hsyne, the attack viii
Z -o,nmenee. It is also said a movement viii
[ siso n-obsblv Be made upon the forts bv means
[ ~ rafis few hours before day, and thus weary
/ krderson's command before the dawn, wbe1
fresb men will be brought out to the fort. and
An entrance attempted through the sally-poyt
I TIE CsroliniaHs have completed a large
rnnbsr OF their rails and boats for the trans
portstion Of troops 10 tSe hsrbor, and have
completed their defenses az Morris Island. Al
the city, Fort Moul,rie and Castle pincknev in
tbe very bes. and most imperisbable manner.
having covered with great care and cpnsum-
mate skin al the available points from Port
sumter. 50 that Charleston city is The opiv
ssssilsble point where The heavy guns Of Major
Anderson can do serious damage.
have lust learned that Gov. Pickenv has
assured bis friends oere that there VIII be no
hostile movements on the part OF South Caro-
lima, or any attempt made to take Fort Sum
ter, until all efforts are exhausted to get peaee-
able possess.ou Of that fort. Il vii Be At
least a week yet before tie Presidents letter
in reply to Hayue Is laid before the authoritiep
OF South Carolina; therefore we may look for
week yet OF peace.
The eOlonel's letter ia said TO be very con
ciliatorv in its tone.
Col. Hsyne expected to leave for the South
to-day, but has deferred bis going until to-
morrow, or until be receives some further in-
struc'ion from Souh Carolina. Col. Havne
is much admired aud respected here.
The peace congress met and temporarily or
gauized-all that was expected Of il. a. sorns
Of the delegates have not yet arrived.
Tie convention viii sit with closed doors.
for the reason that, IL the proceedings are pvb-
lished daily every proposition which is q sde
By member must Be sustained By hiTa with
out retrsction or waFering, but il the doors
are closed and none Of the propositions made
public, there viii be no hesitancv about trans
actions and compromise, as Il will not rebound
to The political injsry or glory OF one party or
the other.
In prominent and influential circles the sub
isct OF the convention is viewed from different
slsnd-points. The out and out Republicans.
who 60 for no compromise, following the die
tstion Of the Tribune, regard the presence OF
the peace commissioners with undiguised dis
favor. They openly denouncs the conference
ss & presumptuous interference with the policy
Of the majority in Congress and Of the f1com-
ing Administration. Whatever that policy
NAV BE- they say that the President elect is
capable Of restoring confidence, and that bis
measures OF recoBcilistioH should not be
tdusrted by the preci ipitate and almost urau-
thorized action Of a few States at the insfiga-
tion Of a slsVeholding Stste On the other
hand the compromise and Union men hal the
arrival Of these peace commissioners as the
hsrbinger OF happy sdjus msnt OF our na-
tionsl difficulties.
L is becoming more manifest every hour thst
the border States will take nothing less than
the Critteuden-Bigler proposition; neither the
border State proposition nor those Introduced
bv Corwin and Adams will satisfy these States.
and unless the Republicans cons square up to
the work, no backing or filling, and indicate
the right spirit and proper disposition to bring
about an smiable and speedy adjustment al
will be lost.
An article appeared in the Republican news
paper this morning which will exasperste the
people Of Maryland and all the border States.
Il says that the Republicans will accept moth
ing az peaceful occupation Of Washington
BY southerners after It is carried one hundred
miles into foreign country BY the secession OF
Maryland but, Il adds, will assert the national
jurisdiction over their approaches to the Ma
ti0Bal Capital at all costs Of blood and treas
Ure. There viii Be no peaceable negotiations
on that point With sny body. The secession /
Of Maryland is war; war without truce, and
war only to be determined With the humiliation
Of one Of the parties 70 It. This is the Ian
gusgs that is now used toward Maryland on
Maryland soil, encouraged bv the evident /
trsaehsry Of its rules toward the South
The rep r Of the seizure Of the Mint at New /
Orleans is discredited here, or il it turns out I
to Be 50, il is believed that Louisiana will de-
liver up al the treasure Of the Federal Gov
eminent, and offer to pay for the buildings and I
arsenal, which is also reported to have been I
taken.
A dispatch has Just been received from New 1
Orleans stating that report was in circula- l
ton in that city that Fort Pickens had been /
attacked. This is a.so received With but little I
credit.
The Columbia (soulh Carolina) papers re- /
ceived here tonight say nothing Of the re-
ported instruction near that place en- Thurs
day last. So that is another caaaTf.
Gov. Hicks, Of Maryland, was before the
invasion committee to-day, but nothing o. in
portance was ELECTED from him. The old m n
Is evidently frightened.
The ret ring Of the members from louisiana
was the sensation in Congress to-day.
have seen a letter from Senator Douglas,
addressed TO the editors ot the Memphis AP
PEAL, emphsticslig denying that he is In IA
vor Of the immediate withdrawal Of the re-
naming slave states from the Confederacy, as
peace measure, to avert the horrors Of civil
war, and with the view Of a reconstruction on
a constitutional basis. He asserts that it is
only the extremists Of The North, as well as at
the South, who desire to defeat any kind Of sd-
iustment or compromise.
He gives g. as bis opinion that, if Tennessee
or Nor'h Csf0lina, with the border slave
States, would unite with the Union loving men
Of al parties at the North in the adoption Of
such compromise as wili,be alike hon orable,
safe and just 70 the people Of ali the States,
peace and frsternsI feeling will soon return,
and the cotton States viii come back, and the
Union be rendered perpetual.
CLEVELAND