New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-17

ora, suns which South Carolina has not sei1ed
ana those which she hos seized. VIZ Il
Communications have been had between the
authorities here and Major Anderson, which lead
to the belief that there will be no collision that
everything will remain in state gao until the
arrival of instructions from Washington, and that
the Brooklyn viii not make any hostile Demon
stration for the present. 1t remains, however, 10
be seen whether the Government at Washington
ia 10 entirely imbecile as TO fail in its frat duties,
merely because hoodshed is threatened, if it dOcs
not yield.
If the President yields, the Secessionists here
will have the pleasure Of pointing other States
10 the advantages of secession, ss giving the
seeding States not only all the privileges which
they have previously enjoyed in the Union, but
also absolving them from all obligation to respect
the rights of the other States; certainly very
strong temptation TO secession, which, they say,
can be used with effect upon the Border States.
If the President does not yield to South Caro-
Ina, then they mean to proceed to actual hoStiii-
ties as soon ss possible in order TO drag the
whole South into their movement by the solid
arity of Southern feeling and the instincts OF
Southern blood. A baptism of blood they say,
would give a sacred force to the cause OF
Southern rights.
There is great change in the weather. It
has been warm, but il has become quite cold.
A regiment of volunteers, all young men Of the
richest families of the planters, under orders tor
Sulliyan's Island was addressed this morning in
front of the Charleston Hotel, in presence OF
great crowd of people, by Gen. McGowan. His
speech, which overlooked with warlike and pat
rioiic ardor, was received with frantic cheering
The affair between Gen. Scott and Senator
Toombs has produced great sensation here, and
so also has the message of the Mayor of New
York City. The treason of Fernando Wood is
nowhere more thoroughly appreciated than here;
il is understood here to be just as if Charleston
should attempt to secede from the State of South
Carolina. Could the model Mayor have foreseen
how his message is received in Southern circles,
be would never have written il. / have heard
men high in administrative authority here say
that Gen. Scott instead of inaugurating OWL
war at Charleston, would better employ his time
in protecting the North from such demagogues
as the Mayor Of New-York.
Everything is apparently very quiet here, not
withstanding the agitation which peryades all
hearts. The great number of citizens on duty in
the forts renders the streets comparatively de-
serted during the day.
The young volunteers are in very good health
notwithstanding their severe labors on parade;
but the appearance Of some Of the regiments Is
pitiful, from lack of proper accouterments; the
page Of the Arsenal does not appear to have
Welded all that was necessary. But additional
equipments are, | am told, on the way by
steamer from New-York considerable corps
of young marines sport the red-shirt, the Carl
baldian uniform.
The sessions Of the Legislature commence at
noon, and are frequently prolonged into the
evening The Battery this morning was crowded,
more than have ever seen il before, by ladies,
and, in fact, all classes of people, watching the
movements at the forts, and endcavoring to get
sight of the Brooklyn, which, however, keeps
at considerable distance from the port, out OF
the range Of the guns.