The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-12


She Savannah Repu blican, of Tuesday, pub-
fishes the following letter:
| FORT PULASKI, Tuesday, JAMS
he work Of the tort goes on rapidly the guns
are peing orerh IA ed and will soon be III a condi
| tion To do eAectua service.
| he chatham ARTILLERY have hal an offer from q
| lady IN Savannah whose hu sband IS a mber of
services are needed. Her letter was rsad in the
| quarters last night, and was received with three
heaItJ cheers. and letter Of acce ptance moved
| 70 be written her to that effect Another lady
sent US a splendid fruit cake. iced over. and the
| word Secession" wrought IN " th sugsr; still
| another, whose name is unknown. sent us pack
ti. tse OF i.n,; There may be simiiar instancrs OF
| them ~ 'D'' w ho' III "'''"
IL Is impo' sitle to imagine a gayer and more
animated scene than the fort is during the day !;
| me men rapidly PASSING to and fro doing the
and one would suppose that by Di, hit nature would
IAN an heT rest but up TATTOO, which is beaIel at
say sounds at and nghs sbn a1asr Iesoands with
neart, The : 'MarseI Ilaise.'' :" bikes j and"
songs with ike euph"nious names, ring ont upen
he nsht But after TATTOO ali is Sill and silent as
schooner arrived last night, having on boart
avery @ large quantity OF powcer, and 1t Is being
On Tharsday H there viii ir' be relief sent down
ann u, rsn sven soae.s as are compelled to go home
| ttlilsry VINO Will return and their places will be
filled from town.
Iiaa,thins of Importance occurs, will try and
! P. 81 learn by letters fiom town torda, that
some cons efnatlon has cen produced BY the con
! stTuctlon OF Con m fndant bartoT's order in
lard to any one found asleep his post. he or
der simply stated That the xigeDces of the times
observed. al The pen.lt, Of beiug cau4 mt asleep
was death By the articles of war but none Of us
| never be deserved b.
THE FORTS AT KEY WEST.
| The Charleston Mercury is appealing to the
| people of Florida to seize the forts and other
Government property at Key West and Pen.
sacola. 1t says:
| These forts can command the whole Gulf
| trade; and should Mr. Buchanan carry out
| what appears TO be his present plan, he cer-
| tainiy must desire TO hold possession of these
| f)rts. He may thus, with The assistance of war
| steamers, block up the whole Gulf; but let
| Florida hold these forts and the entire as pect
OF affairs is changed. Such vessels in time OF
war will have no port of entry, aud must BE-
| supplied in every way from Il very long dis
tancn. and that at sea while the commerce OF
The NCrth in the Gulf will fail an easy prey
| to our bold privateers, and California GOLD
Will pay all such little expenses on our part
We leave the matter for the reflection and de-
cision of the people of Florida
TIE STEAMER JOSEPH WHITNEY WITH TROOPS
FOR THE SOUTH.
The Boston Traveller, of Wednesday thus
notices the announcement we had by telegraph
| chartered 10 carry troops from Boston to the
| South:
| It is announced that the detachment of Uni.
| ted States troops now stationed at Fort Win
| throp, in this harb0r, have received orders to
be in readiness 10 go South. They number
| seventy men. An agent of the General Gov
| ernment was in town yesterday, and chartered
| the steamer Joseph Whitney, of the Baltimore
| line, as transport for the troops.
| The Herald says:
! I'VE understand proposals were previously
made TO engage the propelle-s forming the line
| between Boston and Chariesto ton, but owing to
| The pecuuiary nterest held in these prope.Iers
| bv Charleston capitalists, it was deemed rot
| adriS1bien
| 1t is stated that the Josaph Whitney will
| take on board seven hundred and fifty barrels
| OF provisions and three hundred aud fifty tons
| Of coal. Her agents STATE that they are not at
liberty to reveal her destination
1t is said that the company AT Fort Winthrop
| are light artillery men.
The Boston Transcript says that the Whit
ney cleared for Norfolk, though her destiua-
| tim is understoos to be the Coast of Florida.
FROM CHARLESTON.
| The following weather item is from the
| Charleston Courier:
| The mild weather of the past few DAYS has
produced its effect upon vegetation Green
| buds nave made their appearance on the trees
| and fig trees always most forward to welcome
the warm breath of spring, are covered with
tender sprouts.
| The Columbia Is. CO. Guardian furnishes
| the following:
| The news announcing the action of Florida,
| although expected, produced d great excite
| ment on Monday night On yesterday morn
| ing the ringing of the city bell "Secession -
| and the firing OF cannon, by direction of the
| city authorities, announced the glad tidings TO
| our citiZens.
| The Hamburg company of "Minute Men,
and Cherokee pond Company of Edgtfield,
| both left Hamburg this morning, on the down
! eight o'clock tIaIu, for Charles tom Both com
| panies numbered about 300 men.
DISPATCH FROM CHARLBsToN.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 10. P. M.-The dispatches
| received here that the United States sluop-of.
| war Brooklyn Is coming here with an armed
| force, has created an intense excitement.
Great preparations are making IN the harhor
| for active warfare. A large steamer called the
| Marion, OF the Charleston and New York line
| has been purchased by South CaroiiRa, aud
| ordered 10 be RACED for man OF war. her
upper cabins to be taken of, and armament
| supplied The buoys in the harbor have been
| removed.
| The Brooklyn will no doubt be fired into
when she MAKES her appearance, and it is ex
| pected that Fort Sumter will open on the
South Carolina fortifications when the f1g It
will become general.
The people are preparing for it and for the
| worst. Ii is evident from the present deter.
| mined hos tile attitude Of the people, that the
| Brooklyn cannot come in without great igh t.
| Major Anderson will doubtless protect her
| win the guns of Fort Sum er. He only pledged
| himself not 10 preven CO m ication between
the authorities of South Carolin ina and the forts
| now in possession OF the State till Lieut.. Tai
bott came back.
| A steam tug called the aid" Lieuten-
| ant Hamilton, formerly OF the Federal Navy
| commanding, lett the wharf Tonight for re-
| connoitre. She mounted one gun.
| There is much talk of sending to Savannah
! for steam tugs TO be used as gun boats.
l
| Several of the Marine Insurance Companies
| of New York eiiy, says the Commercial, have
| already adopted the war CIause'' in their
policies, viz:
| "Waranted free from seizure or dsfen.ioa arts-
,ng m 5Je9m As ac's n any ssesd,"s or 'sro'ttng
| The subject will come before the Board of
| Under writer's tomorrow, when they will
probably agree upon this clause; if SO, all the
| companies will unite In the same restriction.
We learn also that the companies have gen.
| orally advanced their rates one hundred per
| cent. on risks from this port to Charles ton -
| To ports in the Gulf OF Mexico, the same ad-
vance will probably be demanded.
FLORIDA.
Before the secession ordinance was adopted
| in Florida, Mr.. Edmund Rufin, of Virginia,
addressed the Convention.
Bishop Rutiedge, of the Diocese of Florida,
| has handed TO the Treasurer of the State of
| Florida an obligation to pay $500 10 assist in
defraying the expenses of the State, soon as
| the Convention passes the Ordinance of Seces-
sion.
| MEETING IN BALTIMORE.
| A very large Union meeting was held at
| Baltimore on Thursday evening. Among the
most dis tinguished speakers was Hon. Rever-
| dy Johnson. He made a legal argument of
1 great length against the right of secession -
| He also thought II necessary that time should
| be- had to afford an opportunity 10 the North
| ern STATES 10 make the concessions which will
guarantee to all the States their rights. The