Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-04-13

pad for inferior No. IL, and l-2 for No 9.
The exports Of the week we're 1927 boxes and 200
bog.heads The receipts constvise 80 375 boxes
and 262 hocsheads making total since the LIST Of Janu-
ary of 293 622 boxes, and =, 760 hogsheads
The stock on hand at the close Of the week $50,
900 boxes against 1000 in 1850 and 232 900 in 1859.
The exports aud receipts the first three days Of the
nressnt week averaged about the same last week
The closing quotations Tor Nos IL 10 IA were LA
7 il reals.
Exchange on London l0al0 IL premium, 60 days
sgb, New York 2i3 per cent New Orleans per cent,
8 DAYS sight mercantile discounts nominal.
FORT sIMTER-ThE PROGRAMME OF THE GOV
FRNMEN r-HOW THE BOATS ARE TO PASS THE
BATTERIES FILLED WITH SAND
BAGS.
Tie New York Post announces, on competent au-
thorty that the adm nisiriton has adopted the follow
ing plan for throwing supplies iuto Fort Sumter:
In case Of necessity supplies TO be thrown into
For. Sumter by Of number OF small boats, which,
p-eenng smaller and scattered marks for the can
non of the rebels will perhaps unnecessary
b'o.dIed Tle government as chartered number
of chooners aad other craft which have been filed with
sauobags That these form part of the Charleston ex-
peion appears probable from the fact that the charter
does not bind them to go farther south than Savannah
These schooners flied with sandbags will sail in, bear
ing beats OH the side which is towards Fort Sumter
These boats will OF course, be entirely protected from
the Guns of the rebels by the waike sides and solid
cor ents of the larger vessels.
TINS plan will be adopted in the that the Charles
ton!lns fire upon the small steamer loaded with provi
sons which will be first sent ill., In that case OF course,
the fort will receive not only provisions but men, and
the plan above detailed is admirable by which TO
thro any requisite force into the fort without probability
of serious osi
"The men-of.war are to steam in and hold themselves
in readiness to check any attempt to intercept the boats
a d schooners by armed vessels, well to keep the
neghbohood of Sumter clear of possible assaulting par
tes who can be easily dest with by shells from the
seamcrs thus leaving M,lOr Anderson and his men at
leisure TO receive renforcemens and if need be, deal
with Forts Moultre and Johnson, which he silence
without much loss of time The plan has been thoroughly
considered and 81 the leaders of skill and
courage success il certaa without much if any loss Of
LIFE
ANOTHER OF THE PLAN.
The New York News thus sketches the Fort Sumter
programme of the government:
The troops are all intended for Fort Sumter:he trans
ports for Texas as stated in the clearances. Captain
Wards sand bag experiment, and another inyen-
on have been pronounced by engineers sufficiently use
ul TO solve airmatvey the long disputed problem can
Fort Sumter be reinforced Each OF the steamers,
Crusader Wyandotte, Mohawk and Water-Witch, are to
be lined the sides with bags OF damp sand the
launches shall be temporarily roofed covered aud lined
outside with the material will embark both in
the guuboas and launches; in the later-they be-
ing smaller targetsthan IN the former. Hawsers Will
into Charleston harbOr in spite OF all Morris Island and
the other batteries can do prevent them. la fact
enthusiastic the advocates OF this plan, as to the eas
Utility OF carrying il out that one OF them lately remark
cd that Moultre might play away at the intruders
without ANY serious results arising from her amuse
ment than the education OF southern artillcrists."
TIE News goes on rdicule the views Of the friends
OF liz plan, and then adds:
"Ile federal ships are not men-ofwar No U. S. man
&C.
circumstances They all draw too much water by several
feet The steam gunboas Mohawk, Crusader and Wyan-
dote built .cr coal bsrges by the firm OF Cromwell
and somebody They went to Paraguay all broken down.
returGed-went on the home squadron, and have been
breaking down every week since they joined is. They
are lCss seryceabe by far as naval vessels than many
North River steamers that know Of The Water
Witch old WORKOUT tender little better than the rest
So hen South Carolina aud the federal government are
about equal 10 respect ships. The inequality Of the
men is all in favor OF the South. Nor could THE Old
Cromwell guLboa,s fire their gurs. The sand bag
protection would make that impracticable. Hence We
tLiuk Sumter cannot be reinforced"
STILL ASoTHTR VIEW.
The New York Express says:
As lear as can be estimated, about two thousand
were sent from the forts Of New York in he vessels dis
patched South The troops from Texas number twenty
five hundred and the men-of.war have at least fifteen
hundred sailors and This would give the Uni
ted states the disposal Of 5000 wetEied regular ght-
Ing men, Wide the highest estimate OF the Coniedera;es
does not exceed five thousand men, very few OF whom
have ever mc gu1poW der in action The strong force
os vessel Of war and the possession OF several of
The most powerful tugs be found in New York
har0or aso give the United States expedition great
advantage.
/; Is supposed by those who pretend to be well posted
that 10 cas- fighting becomes necessary, several menof
will engage the Norris Island batteries; that the fly
ing art.ry will be landed aud make attack from the
upon the Confederate arerists; that Fort Sumter
will silence For: Aorrie, which it is claimed can be
done IN hour and that the steam tugs will be put into
rqnsor and Castle Pinckney taken hy assault. There
only small force IN Castle Pciney, but from this pc
stou which is Charleston, the city could easily be
bonblrttd and set fire. Whether there is any truth
in these coecures not the plan they suggest appears
plausible but few hours will probably put US in pos
session OF certain intelligence,
correspondent Of the Ale sandria Gazette makes the
following apparently official announcement:
Il an sGthcrz.d 10 say by member OF the Cabinet
tha. The steamers for Charleston carried aud
men, but supply Of provisions for the garrison Fort
Suut'r and also that ioy. Pickens notified that
tina; was the object OF the steamers vist.
THE LATE STORMS AND THE RAILROADS-DETEN.
TiOS on THE TRAINS.
The recent did considerable damage to Southern
railroads and the mails and travel have in consequence