Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-03-19

InterestlnG Intelligence from ChnrIeston-
sect ssiohIsrs Alarmed for Their Cause
South Carolina Destined to be n Source
OF TrOubles r.rI
The Charleston Is. C.) correspondent Of
the New York Tribune writes on the 10th
inst; rTi fF. fI.B| .tHIf
Gov. Pickens has received to. day private
dispatches from President Davis II is be-
lieved that the latter has received peaceful
assurances from Washington, and that meas
ures are now to be taken to transfer portions
Of the forces in the South Carolina Forts for
the protection Of Fort Pickens and other
vulnerable points 10 the different seeding
States. In the mean time, however, Gen.
Beauregard ia continuing to fortify the coast
here, so that after some. time Charleston will
be as efficient in defensive as she now is in
aggressive movement. But short time ago
Morris Island and Fort Moltrie were so much
exposed that they might have easily been
overcome by a force OF 1000 men. At pres
ent, however, it-wouid require much more
formidable force.
A general impression prevails here among
business men that a general evacuation Of
the Forts will soon take place; it seems that
letters to that effect have been received here
/ from New York bankers and merchants, who
appear to place the utmost confidence in the
peace policy of the Lincoln Administration.
Strange to say, however, the ultra Rhett
men are perplexed by the msgnanimous
bearing of the North, and seem to be afraid
that the cause of Secession may not be able
to thrive except under the pressure of war
like excitement. The news from Louisiana
and Northern Alabama is quite alarming to
them, and it is feared that restoration of
the peaceful States will soon be folio wed by
reaction in these and other portions of the
United States in favor Of the Union.
notwithstanding the nominal accession Of
the other States, il is felt here that South
Carolina stands alone in her determination
to keep out of the Union, aud that the future
development of the empire which has been
called into life chiefly at her bidding will be
greatly weakened by the lukewarmness and
"homesickness" toward the old Union, on
the part OF the other Southern States.
There, the people at large have not yet fully
realized the new state of things which their
demagogues and politicians have insug-
urated, and from the moment they begin to
| feel that their slave institution is not more
threatened now by Lineoln's Administration
than it was twenty-nine years ago by that
| OF Jackson, they will become as inimical to
| the Secession movement of South Carolina,
as then they were to the Notification move
ment of that State.
Paper. ordinances, conventions, political
speeches, and the like, are unable to support
a new Government, unless inspired by the
spirit of the people. Such popular inspira-
ton exists in South Carolina, but not in the
other seeded States, and hence the proba-
bility is, that after the restoration Of the
peace with the North, the Southern States
will become more practicable, and will be
more disposed to let South Carolina fight
ont ber own destiny. aFr
South Carolina bids fair to become the
Montenegro" of this continent--a constant
source of trouble to all around her, and as
she has more slaves and less whites, in pro-
1 portion, than other States, it is but natural
that she should feel more fretful and that she
should constantly grosn under the painful
burden Of her African incumbrances.
All remain quiet here and in good sanitary
condition, but if the state of war shall con
tinue much longer, many of the soldiers
will be subjected to suffering from the heat