, 1861-01-29
From our own Correspondent


WAsn1ScroS, Jaa. Fl, 1851.
Enmors Of an attack on Washington by tile
Disunionists are aguin rife It is reported that
0,0oo t1re-eaters have been enrolled in eastern
Virginia for thu. purpose. The commander Of
these fl1ibuste1s Is Col -Huger Of the army,
formerly Of South Carolina Cen Scott has
alx companies Of flying artillery and infantry
in the city to receive them He hopes to have
double that force here In a fortnight. But the
army las been so scattered By Floyd, tAat II Is
verJ difficult to collect troops on short notice.
I learn that three companies OF regulars arc
passing the winter at fort en- the Red river of
tho North, exiled there hy tie late 6ecreta1y, ;,
that they might be beyond reach when the de-
clslyc hour came. Every day Is bringing to
light ncw facts in relation to the extent Of the
plans and completeness Of the work Of the
couepirators, in and out Of the Cabinet, FOR the
overthrow Of the Government The seeding
States Will hold convention at Montgomery,
Alabama, emily In Fcbnary, to form proyis-
ional government It is believed that jeff Ds-
ris will be elected Dictator md con1naandc1-in-
chief Of ali Negrodom. Threc-huhs Of his sub
,jccts will be slayea.>, =.
Bad blood Is springiug up between the reb-
els of fsonth carolina and Georgia The latter
6tate. In her ordinance Of secession, declared
that Tic United States revenue and postal laws
should be allowed to remain in. force for the
present BY this sAalp practice, while Charles
ton is closed up a. . port Of entry, sayuunah
remains open. The trade which would hare
sought the former now goes to The latter placc,
and while bnsiness Is utterly prostzntcd In
Charleston, trade Is comparatively brisk In
Savannah 6lx foreign vessels entered the
Georgian port last Monday which had sailed
for Charleston, The: two places. haye long
been rivals, Jealous aud bitter towards each
other. South Carolina is in daily. danger of
haying all her post Offices abolished and her
whole postal facilities wiped out. While Geor-
gia rests in perfect security and certainty Of
getting her mails regularly distributed over
the State nt a dead lozs to tho Federal Treas.
ury of half q million a year, the Palmetto
snake Is Kissing madat the Yankee trick their
They will bring this breach Of fifth before The
Cotton Congress, eoon to meet 1t Aoutgom-
=. 'Florida. is beginning to experience the de-
lightful e,nsations Of: secession, as she is NOW
FlLnouI l. lnalL hdopue una 6aSa1Dan are Eh1
nearest points where letter can be cent to
reach that State. The dlscontinuance Of the
Pensacola post.oflce, which was distributing
Office, stopped every letter or paper directed
to West Florida. The stcanes between
Charleston and Fesnandina, conveying al the
mails for East Florida, hare been dismissed.
from: the Department SERVICE because the
owners had allowed themselves to be used for
purposes hostile to the Government. Theto
steamers had BEN paid $4,000 year bonus
above the receipts derived from the mails con.
vcycd by them. The stockholders will begin
to feel the benefits :cf secession which they
helped to promote @-.:7.: -. /.
will be yey soon, Geo1gia 1iu: 1ad herself, ,
placed in tho ea1he condition Of Florida "A
letter thatn now costs three cents will then cost
from twenty five cents to . dollar to receive or
transmit, according to the distance, and tho
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