Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-03-21


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The Charleston correspondent Of the N. Y.
Times writes;
wss informed last night by the officer
who has charge Of The Dahlgren guns at Nor
risi Island. that with the means at their com
mand they cau throx 90 kliadred shslls per
ko,ir into Fort Sumter. How long can Major
Andsrson's heroic band Of less than ninety
M d, all told, resist this horrid ere, from only
one quarter, too2 Palmetto officers Of high |
rank acknowledge that he might have been
reinforced with the utmost ease seven weeks |
since, and they are willing TO acknowledge |
that they despised the Cover lment that did |
not do Is with ample means at their sOm-
mnnd then; but every one OF them say now |
that L the Federal GOVernmsut had the
slightest idea OF the immense network that
now surrounds Sumter, they would be utter
" mad to attempt coercion in this harbor.
learn from a very high source that large
numbers OF letters have been received at
Montgomery from the North, giving assuran-
ces that If privateers are wanted, there will
be no difficulty in filing any orders that may
be given. The same men who control the
I slave ships in New York are ready 20 en-
gage in eqnally Aagitinus enterprises at the
south. Ia
Much surprise is expressed by the more
| rabid here that Major Anderson should be
extended the couttesies Of the daily market
The fact is that Jefferson Davis sent word to
/ GoE. Rickens, after the first Shutdown, that
he should consider it = personal favor 70 have
the garrison at Sumter treated with every
/ noesihia amenitg and oourtaeVl.
Gen. Beaureguard said last night that he,
As Commander-in-Ohiei Of the South Caro-
lima forces, would not allow Major Ander-
son 70 evacuAte the fort unless be formally
surrendered himself" Il Is to be hoped that
the General will not introduce any Of his
/ Mexican tactic smOug American gentlemen.
This is too much Ike the sharp shooters on
the house-toPs at Washington. 8JEas
was conversing recently, at the Charles
ton Hotel with Brigadier-Gene Dunno
want The General, who is a sort Of rough
and-ready Zach Taylor sOrtof Wllrriors said
Anderson shonldnt come 10 Charleston at all
Iif be had anything TO say about Il nor should
the stars and stripes come into this harbor
1 again, flying from a war vessel; allhe want
ed was Ihat the garrison At Snmpter should
be sent 70 the bar in a tug, and then /" let
them slide as quick as possible When It is
remembered that the gallant DunnoVant has
been completely at the mercy Of Major An
derson's guns Tor the pest two months, per-
haps this little ebuilition may be pardoned.-
When one feels that his neighhor has the
power TO blow him up at any moment 1T is
certainly relief 70 feel thatthe neighbor has
cleared out, .lf- sa
The correspondent of the Tribune writes;
AT the last session Of the Legislature, a
law was passed authorizing the issuing Of
bonds for the purpose Of confusing the con-
str1ction of the Capitol building At Charles
ton. Although great exertions have been
made, the Commissioners have found it inn
possible to negotiate the bonds, or to raise
money in any way; and, therefore, the work
has been suspended. Workmen numbering
about 300 and 400, have been discharged,
J some Of them not fully paid. Throughout
, the State, factories snd companies that have
heretofore employed a large number of hands,
have reduced them TO the smallest number
possible. Every description Of work not alb
} solutely required has been suspended, and
everybody, everywhere, is cutting down ex-
penses to the lowest possible point. The
idle population is alarmingly increasing. II
is a new thing in our midst When the peO-
pie were invited to accept Secession as dose
7 tkal wOUld cure any ailment, real or imagih
, ary, they were promised almost positive ex-
, emption from further trou1le of any kind
I It was panacea of universal application
I aud efficacy. The people are beginning to
, open their eyes to the deception practiced on
them. g 4
Make ring. There is going to be grand
fight over JEFF Davis Constitution. The
2 Convention, which will meet on the 26th inst,
! viii have terrible pleasure brought to bear
, on It, both for and against the instrument,
The Mercury is hnth for and against it. It is
known, however, that the influence Of the
body Of men whom it represents, viii do all
they can to procure its rejection. There is
another, and a growing class, in favor of sub
mitting the question to the people. It takes
bold man TO boldly advocate such doc
trine in South Carolina II is the very last
thing that win be permitted. It is net the
way they do things here. The people are
very rarely permitted TO have anything to
] say on what most concerns them.
There has recently been stampede OF
about 100 slaves from the interior of this
: State, about which bat little is said, and OF
: which, dare say, you win see nothing in
the local papers. The demoralization eonse-
qusnt on the political disorders Of the day
has extended 10 the slave population. There
is a manifest uneasiness in this respect. The
free blacks eontinus to leave in large num-
bers, and cases of great hardship continue to
occur. Persons Of handsome property have
been ruined, and thrust out into the world in
no. condition TO encounter the reverses under
which they have been thrown.