New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-08

requested NIlklns 10 let hin ree tno Pstoi anu,
upon bis mpance with the request, remarked that If
those were Wilkins sentiments 1t was as good lime
now as any other to make CONNIE ncem ut, ana Pac-
inc the weapon at the bress OF re latter ned, the
ball entering the heart and king MIN ihs'sh"y' No
arrests were made
TRYING TT ON THE LION.
Various reports were in circulation yesterday with
regard to alleged outrage perpetraed saturday st,
person of Can't. Vaughan Of the British ship kalos,
now living in our port. The accounts are 30 conradic
tory that forbear any further reference 10 the n
ter until the facts shall have been ascertained' we
NAV saw though that il the circumstances as related
10 M be true rc stand ia pretty far ray tor ma
touaI trouble sciM the British Government. Such
thiuge, however, generally gather az they, 60 from
mouth to mouth, aud we hope the affair VIII tdrn out
TO have been greatly exaggerated,
PORT SUMTER.
We have been favored with pernsa Of an import
ant and Interesting private letter from member OF
the garrison of Fort Sumter, 10 frierd in this city,
which gives graphic description Of the state OF affairs
in that important post aud fatty conradics some OF
tie statements in reference to it which recently aP-
pearcd. Its principal passages are as follows:
" FoRT SCaTER, =. c., Jan. u, 1861.
Our present status may be described as the IN! be-
fare he StOrm. TIE IaIers will tell yon many things
about us that utterly and entirely iase. We are
yet receiving no fresh provisions Of any kind from
Charleston. A quantity OF be,f was sent some days
ago, but arrangement had yet been made win
the authorizes, sent buck saying TO Gov Plckens
Tint II we q 10 De JulDbNu Us u TtgHtJ We WV
make the customary 8Ugenents III town, but II twas
sent n GRITTY or courtesy re dtrliged 10 receive
any thing The papers here pub sh fals, h0ods every
day. That we receiving fresh proYlsons u raise;
That or boa fired into by battery on SOlhVan
I-nnd IL also ilse and that Major Anderson ia Sc
cos-ioust il equally 40. And thus II goes on. We
haze 10 way of making known our petition except
through Washington Weare, TO all in'ents and pur-
poses in ar pere state Of siege as actual war pre-
valid. No boat leaves fort frtown, approaches
il, without q white dag. All communication, except
our usis IL cut off it has always been since we oc-
chi ed this fort Our provisions are running short,
and We lave now sugar cr eoiee Tor the olic.rs,
and the men are on bali ritiOns We have not enoCgh
ol awning bu, -four and pork to las for any le0g
Of inc. Our women and children leave for New YORK
on Wednefday. II il better they should be away.
oJ,phts 1.-THE Crtien]en resolutions or their equiv
ale d. no, rass ire entire conlh i, gone This fort
i. Id and damp We have insufficient fuel and food
and melting bu salt 10 breathe, which despite. But
"a sodisr's life is always gay yOu, Know r.A,
THE ATTACK on SUMTER DEFERRED.
Up to Thur.day 1 believe, the popular impression
WIS that AN arr. alt uas imminent. Now We have De-
Ter ed f. and arr all looking to the action OF the con-
verion Of See ing States. With meets tomorrow, At
Mantgomery, Alabama II l. felt that notl ing can he
hofed from Washington in response to the uilmaium
Of ,oul Carolina, aud that Col Hayne unrec grned
OF only dubou,ly Ldmed in Lis Official caEaelty mao
better come home. Wien the demand for the Iend-
ton of Fort Sumter shall De made in Sic name OF a
SOuhern Conederacy, though as yet consisting Out OF
III Sates, the Government, however unwilling 10
giant it, viii DC obliged to do accept the alterna
tiga Of civil war. Th.t IL how We stand AZ present.
There are within reasons OF course, for Tbs
at eut to Temporary inactivity Some OF our cannon
on james and Morris Islands laes gun carriage, we
want ammunition, and tie floating battery is IN
,oInpLic visited 1t yesterday; II promises TO be
more formidable than had anticipated. The taller
erd, thai where the cannon viii he placed now pre-
sut. front Of over seventy feet IN width, while eight
pyr.-!oler are prepared for their ace mnodainn II
tben rises from tie bottom 10 hight of about twenty
feet and i. at least seventy 10 with from ont to rear
Carpt ntcIs at work on II continually.
.otgit. sanding these ryasObs for holding back,
The pause blends many, tie Rhet MTcury party par
tic Lily. They would willingly precipitaie mse's,
H. the hope OF seeming tie adherence and compcit!
Of the dubious border States which they represent as
alternately cajoled aud bullisd by You Bs1 Republ-
ears. Secretly, too, they denCuute aud openly con-
De Gov Plckens, wno IL reHplng plentiful harvest
Of the tLorns bese,ting antho.iy. lie has even been
waited upon by bellgerent Charlestouins, whom be
hu, Ne how 10 answer The popular foesng, always
pron. to extrme views in times Of revolution, SIDES
Win TIE Mercury. Bat for tie fact that tbs one has
brn from the ot-et under the control Of authority,
Fort Sumter would have been atta,ked loug ago The
of il il beginning To sound ike reprlaeh III tue
elrs OF the susceptible ana ery tempered South
Ca ohJiaus heard one, not two nights ago, declare
thai he tit BIZ bl cd boil whenever be heard It
myutou.d that his " ale stulllhed, shamed and
d, raced ia the eySs vi the world W. long as that CdY
few there that tie tearing il Down might be counted
hap at the cost Of thousand lives, Of which his own
sLoull be cheefuly laid down rs The foremost. And
be unques,ionaby Il oke bis convictions.
Evening Post Charleston CoTr''Poneence
TIE CHARLESTON HAkBoR DISTRACTIONS SWEPT
AWAY
II could he done without much difficulty, in spite Of
the batteries on Morris, james and sulvans
Islands OF the watch.boats rockets and bluelights
which are, each night ready 10 start into action upon
alarm Of any attempt TO enter the haibor. For,
hist Of all know that the five ships sunk III the main
channel have entirely dsappeared-not vestige Of
them remaining. In point Of fact Charleston h,rbor
canno, he blocAaded swiit westerly wind VII re-
move any DISTRACTIONS The Emily ST. Pierre, draw
ng siNte feet If water, came In with perfect lmpnn
IT, Suppose, now, vessel with commander d,ter- |
iued to avail him.elt of this ae by night, steering
directly up 10 the walls OF Fort Sumter or disembaik
ing troops oy OF boats There isa light always
burning nocturnaly on the fortress, which We, South
Carolpians, are at present unable to exIihguish.
COTTON SHIPMENTS.
You will be surprised ~ learn that good deal Of !
cotton has been OFF FROM wharye, during the
past week. cleared, NisiOnally IN English vessels
Georgia. however, shrewd, solid long beaded Georgia
il gainerng the principal business advntagea OF Sc
cessou. lu a letter recently received by me- from
friend ut Savannah he states that that harbor never
presented such lively spectacle, that .ecession ccns-
tules only lie second topic in mems mnds, every body
being intent on getting Ih as lat a. P" cd,,
EFFECT OF SECESSION on TIE CoIToN-CARKY-
NC TRADE.
The secession y,neut Lids fairly 10 change alto
geher the route OF much OF the cotton crUp OF The
South M was wont 10 aud its way Via New-Ore.ns
and lesou 10 the Eastern States. Iustead 0i TAX
lug the seaboard route, now, shippers have their cotton
brought 10 Pittsburgh by river IRON Men his and cent
renee by tie PENNEY rania Railroad 10 Philadelphia
Large quantities also lied the Central l
NOS, Southern Michigan, aud Grand Trunk railways
and from Parkersturgh over the Baltimore and Ohio
road. The distance ia accomplished With Incredible
speed the rates but little higher than under the old
s,,tem There are three steamers running regularly |
between Pitsbarph aud Memphis, all Of which get as