New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-06

,,aut I'd Nd aud ealked, Do not unde4stand that !
any provision has been made agan,Itbc extreme Ii
ability Of the craft to take fire, arising from the
combustible character of 70 material of which it
is constructed The s<nking Of it will, it is ex-
pected, hold it fr,niy in its position. In giving
thes5 details, Z but repeat what said OF this
Saytory, il. my first allusion to it (and the hrst
anywhese made in piint), more than moD'h
ago.
The rebels continue to receive large shipments
Of gunpowder, which dispel oil fears on 'neir
part of short supply. Bombs and shot, In Ike
liberal quantities, are landed daily.
Work on the Cummings Point Battery, when
ia constructed very much after the fashion OF the
floating one, with the essential addition Oh sa'd,
has nearly ceased and if ever the rebels expect
to mt in execution their threat to attack Fort
Sumter il Seems az though it must be within
one week from this time; when 1t WA DC mn
affair between them and President Lincoin, the
very thing they least like. Az The Mercury is
the war. at. sl.hazards organ venture TO lengtbeh
this letter by quoting the following from h'
columns this morning, it being paragraph IN
| letter dated at warrington:
.,Tbe t;roe for South Carolina TO take Fort Sumter
bs, ,a,ed In nv opinion, and according to the views
az great MANY the capture Of that poet some ime
since would have been pregnant with the oess M
for the cause OF Southern Conieaeray WOr,h and
only hsye made such breach between the Nor.h anu
the South IA 70 have Lii up in an unco ntosoe aeereo
the dormant Southern feeling throughout tne boruei
State. and swept the Unon-ssvers and submrsoms's
Ia Their poticai graveebrnging oil those States INTO
tho Co,'fed.rate States-but it would have gwen =
prestige and power TO the South Carolina Delegation ~
Montgomery that would have enabled them 10 ep8nI'
their State Rights Free,irads, snd rpsO, as,sa;,
could have been effected BY pursuing the 6S,e
| straightforward policy Of Know you are nghti
then 60 ahead. But the policy pur,Tea Gss oss cen
| dia.nent and ito objects are lost. The tune has
passed Having waited 70 long, honor VIII not snfe
by waiting longer. The State can now gam nothing
by an attack II President Davis 10 TO make the hight
and to reap the glory OF ths when may ;uin os
let the enlisted soldiers and regular army OF the Con
tolerate States do the fghtng1 There was time
when Carolina and Carohnans might wen nave essau
I.hed her independence themselves, under their OWL
authorities BY great caution as to the means the
! end is forfeited. AS you have pursued the pone{ o.
saving risk the lives Of valuable eiizens, that pom
shoud now be carried through Al this time OF day i
world be worse than useless 70 sacrifice them Tor VIVA
csnuot be redeemed. Wisdom now requires that th'
whole matter should be turned over TO the Confederate
States Government, and 10 its forces oil regular sol
Il di.rs recruited at 30 much bead. Your people Cal
e then congratulate themselves that nj least prudence
has done something il IL has left undone other tbinRt
1t would be exceedingly unwire to lose now what d.
> been gained"
e The ugliness Of the above is unmistakable. Il
is peculiarly MercuriGi
Il The permanent Constitution Of the Southern
, Copfederacy has now received its finishing
strokes in secret session at Montgomery, but 1t Il
f not yet promulgated. 1t is the purpose OF the
: consprators not to let the instrument 80 TO the
- people for their approval reflections but it vii
D be- submitted to the Conventions Of the seyera
i States. which, chosen months ago, VIII readily
r affirm the instrument.
S am happy to report that those old friends
: and fayori,es of THE TRIBUNE, the celebrated
i. firm of Henrys, Smith g. Townsend, IN youI
. city, have been heard from. Circulars have beer
? sent al through the secediDg States, announcing
|. their intention to select one Of the rebel
B. lious cities as the thester of future operations
Il In order to help raise the wind, the ladies o
r. this city have projected amateur performance
,e at the Theater, which viii open on Monday even
70 ing with "The Lady of Lyons" Who ore Il
ut take the different parts is mystery that make
II. the tickets sell.
Bishop Davis Of the Diocese of South Carolln'
y. has issued the form of a new prayer, which !
IT made " conform 10 the Rebellion.