New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-05
MISCELLANEOUS.
AFFAIRS IN CHARLESTON.


largo party Of ladies and gen.len, T. Gid Wit on
Saturday to tie several fortified positions in the har
Dor. The Charleston papers give detailed accounts oil
the eAcursion, which ia said TO have astonished even
those who had previously ertetained The utuosi con-
fjenee in the strength and the extent of the'e deeDses
In description "a, pended 20 an engraved hlts'ra-
ton Of the famous " Iron Bsttery' on Cummings
Point the nearest battery to Fort SUMTER, The Mer-
curry sayr;
1.-THE Columbiad guns, with which this novel bat
tery IL equipped bear We south wall Of Sumter tue
pe OF re being AT M angie OF about thirty Ave DE-
gnees. This l. not OF course conrdered favorable ior
brrachag but owing the fact that the wall h loop
booed for murkery hron its entire length which
of eour.e weakens it great deal the effect " shot
upcu & wo1d think, even al the distance oil l,lJo
yards effect breach within u reasonable tme
On the return trip the two steamers containing the
party parsed directly under the grim walls Of Fort
Sumter, the rAmparts Of which We're crowded with
officers aud nen. Diries Land was play ed by the
bands on the s,eamers and scyefM white flags were
spred 10 the breeze; but whether the brave Anderson
any of his small band responded the reporters saith
not"
Gen. Beauregard in order 10 exhibit the skill Of hs
artillersts udul cd the vistoTs with tight OF Hrtll
lery practice from two batteries buoy in the ship
channel distant 900 yards, being used as the target.
The COurier says u the -esuit:
Three rounds given; NJ each ronbd the visit
ors "A pressed their Admiration Of the excellent line
shots that made h. tie glnners. The shell from
the oftar, were thrown Hn,iiully. On the Last
round the bali neatly all struck Immediately by and
over tie buoy
The Courier Of Monday thinks Il unnecessary to in.
fom the members Of the Convention that -" Fort Sum
ter, that monument of imbeoily, and raoiLion, aud
treacheIy, IL not yet evacuated.
IT, rays The CJEftey, the order from Washington
does not reach very soon il will be proper live
an order from the "Generals Room in the Sc essOD
Hall, for the evacuation or surrender.
A Committee OF the State CONVEX ion, appointed To
inquire how much OF the legislation OF CoLEre.c has
been abrogsted by the secession of South Carolina,
have made lengthy report which, after examining III
detail the acts Of Congess In force ut the date Of the
secession they arrived at tie conclusions thai although
moneys borrowed upon the faith Of the United States
are not properly legal Obligations tince the parties
bound 10y them being Sovereign States, cannot be
forced by legal process, ana security II the creditors
rests entirely upon the good aih OF the States yet
State certaifly cannot, by Withdrawing from the Con-
fedoracy absolye ilsen from high moral aud political
obligations which it bad contrafted, in with
the Other States, while they were united
The legislation Of Congress the subjects Of
weights aud measures and the standards Of coin,
declared 10 have force In the State. The power OF
punishing coun,erfeters Il Federal securities is prac
licaly abrogaied but counteriiiing Is pronounced an
odenSo, aud punishable by the common law.
The public and records Of the United States and
the Judicial proceedings of the Federal Courts during
the existence OF the Uuion being the acts Of Cow
eminent in which this State participated, are In eject
the acts Of the State, and are entitled 70 the same
spect If the Union had not been Dissolved.
AS 10 palents and cooyrghts issued during the ex-
tence Of the Union the report says they granted
by the authority OF South Carolina, as well as the
other States aud therefore, the parties entitled to their
benefit have the exclusive right m this State TO
their writings disco that they had before the
Union war dissolved. ANY violation, therefore, OF u
patent copy right having validity aud effect in Souh
Carolina would be nm injury 10 property f)r which tle
party agTicved might obtain adequate redress Ia the
Courts OF the STATE.
Upon the important point Of the validity of treaties
entered into between the United States aud foreign
powers the report holds that treaties made In tue
II. H.. La. "A L
for each OF the States, well ali the States, and
eael State war Ist much bound by them, and
titled TO their benefits, IA If tLey had been made
duevely in behalf Of tue State and by It Government
or agent exclusyely its own. Treaties bind, hot
Governments merely but the States Of which they are
the organs; aud State does not by changing its Cow
ernmen divest itself Of the Obligations which it has
contracted by treaty with other States, forfeit the
obligations which they have assumed toward it, IL
follows that treaties between tie United States and
foreign nations, made during the existence Of the
ULiU are still subsistng treaties between this State
aid thoee nations notwithstanding the Government Cf
the United States has ceased to be Government of
the State.
Mr.. J. lizard Middleton offered the following resolu.
tions which he read to the Convention on Friday:
Re,ored That tbs trao policy Of South CaIOns
sent to yield obedsGce to any Government that violates policy
50 essential 10 their prosperity.
Of agriculture shd tho prohsbie development the me
ehanc H. that tho labor market. Of the world should
Reosed That the right Of self by people
this State acquired through Revelation lo and
ought never to be held subject to the limitations
nent ona In It's character willie 1t would be perfectly safe
under u frderatiye system.
Re.ovsd That all attempts mngle With any good result
National aud edssve systems have proved sborye and win
10 be avoided
Rs'eS'd, Ths, the .avehOdnr community that allow. IT.
self be governed and controlled any particular by non
saveholdns community must DO alike blind what
tiL to honor Ira s Interests it. safety and the happiness Of
It's people
Rssessd That tho permanent Con,ution OF tho Confed
crate States OF An erica sgreed upon Alabama
and recommended to our sccepncenot permitting tho
establishment Of the policy Of free taking hands
the control q supply Of labor By positive prohibition,
Ing official guaranty Of the power Of self govern
mspt ct home nlngns Does the national and edsstivs
ryamS AID pesl;ttS the sveatp ycoesoas Of Aaizvey
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