New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-11


view TO holding these posts aud preventing the
capture Of Fort Pickens. Some arc uncharitable
enough 10 believe that Mr. Lincoln, taking adj
vantage Of tao rumOfe0 INVASION OF Texas ny
Ampudia, designs a portion Of these forces for
an attempt to retake the Government posts in
that State, which have been taken possession of
by the SeccssioDists. Absurd as tbis NAY seem,
II is an opinion seriously entertained by many,
ana while the contingent belief must Also prevail
that war i close at hand, il 10 singe fact that
not the slightest Gnusual excitement ia manifest.
One inevitable and most desirable effect, how.
ever, must follow here, ard that il, the Conven.
ton WI az once decide upon the course which
Virginia shall pursue. Perhaps it is well Tor them
that these " rumcrs OF war" are afioat. HE
people Conservatives and Radicals, CnlODlsis
and Secessionists, BoTdcr-ConfCrenco men AID
Soutbern.C onledcracy meG--an The city and The
State--haye become utterly diseustcd win their
mastery iracti,iiy their eternal tolh; their "ant
Of decision, and the dead expense which they arc
putting the taxpayers 10. "Nhy hai6 !e Dc
tween two opinions is now The question: aua
each day il is reiterated III louder and more
significant tone. Ecerytody is tired OF Them,
and everybody wants them gone, except hotel
keeoers. iaro.baBks, ard the managers Of The
,heater. The Legislature adjourned over to De-
cemoor Bext---a thing they had No right to do
and there j. 10 doubt the Convention viii follow
their example, and adjourn over, ray to sep
TENDER.
Conferences, conventions etc, being the order
of the DAY, there viii he a gathering OF Secs
sionists at Mechanics Hall in This city, on he
lGtn OF Ibis month. Ills is altogether an IL
formal thing being in response 20 The call OF a
clique Ct seven OF eight d, with Mr.. Wise at
their head, who issued circular, not intended
for the public but lately brought to light, calling
ON the most prominent man OF their side in cucL
county 10 come 10 Richmond on the 10th, and
bring rs many more reliable men" as he could.
Tie object is 10 influence the Spring elections III
favor OF Secession and Democracy, Gs is evident,
eacL sgucr OF the circular being "A Democrat
and SccessioBist excepting, perhaps, Mr.. Wise.
The restless sprit OF Democracy Will rot sleep.
Like Banquos ghost, it VIII rise from iis grave
but not Ike that ghost, with no speculation IN
its eyes, for they are ever Specializing TO the
injury of the country.
Business here gets worse and worse. 1t WIS
lever so dull. For months many of our most
worthy and efficient mechanics have been out Of
employ ment, and any number Of clerks may now
be added 10 the LIST. The latter, who before
" the winter of their discomfort :" were flourish
ing Ike SO many green bay trees, now look de-
c.dedly seedy aud detected Then they ieasted
sqmptuously every day at cur fi-stclass boarding.
houses or hotels; now they drop in at lunch time,
until the vigilant propTietors intimate thnt their
presence is no longer endurable. Their condition
is really to be pitied; bat it is not so bad as
that Of the mechanics who have families to mnin-
tain and house-rent to pay. The owners OF the
Louses which they oecrpy cannot get any pay
from them, and they are in daily expectation oil
being turned into tie street. al these men ak
il employment, ard that they cannot get. The
Benevolent Association here is almost good for
nothing, and the only refuge which these uniof-
tuuates have is to borrow steal or go to The
Poor.Iioufe, which is really Il well-conducted
AID most efficient Institution Where is this TO
end :
The united Synod Of tte Presbyterian Church
Of the United States will meet in this city on
the third Thursday in May next. The Rev. L.
II. Atkinson, moderator, will preach the opening
sermon. TIER proceedings are locked forward
to with much interest by the Christian commu
nifty
Tie flags OF the Southern COniederacy are in
creasiue in number here, many of them waving
from pirate houses. An amusing incident oc-
Cured OH Saturday night, in connection will
this subject. A beautiful pole was eieI ated IN
the vicinity Of " Chldrey's Grocery oil Union
Hill, and tao new banner soon huttered 10 the
breeze. That night a sentinel was placed ~
guard it, who, muskct in hand walked up and
down until he got dry" aDi adjourned to
neighbOriDg GROCERY TO get drink He stay
was short, but imagine his conservation and
estOnishDent On his retIrD, to lind the Gag had
suddenly and myseriously disappeared Thus
the only Secession lag-exeeptng the rattlesnake
rae that floats over the BilliHgsgaie locality
raised here in public has been torn down, and
that within about four hours after it was hoised.
a most exciting debate sprung W in the Con-
ycntion to-day, upon the resolution offered on
Saturday by Mr. Preston OF Montgomery, rep
rotating force against the seceded States, and
appointing three Commissioners to Washington to
ask OF Mr. Lincoln what 10 intends to do. The
debate is still going on. There ID no doubt that
the resolution viii be adopted, bct no one be-
believe. that it will result IN the slightest good.
The demand for :" show Of hand" viii, how
ever, be perenptcrly made, and refusal TO
answer VIII be regarded ss indirectly declaring
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