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I Special Dispatch to thc Ciucinnaii Erquirer.1
WARRINGTON, March 23.--Nothing has been
received from harleston to-day. The following
Is a literal copy Of The letter on which | based
the information ] sent you yesterday;

Special Dispatch to The Ciueinnaa Erquirer1
WASHINGTON, March 23.--NUthing has been
received from Charleston to-day. Tn following
Is a literal copy Of he letter on which | based
the information ! sent you yesterday;
FoRT SUMTER, March IS, 1851.
We are now making active preparations to
leave, and there Is Consequently much hustle
and confusion; some Of the officers being bus
iy engaged IL making up the accounts, and
others in getting everything ready. We shall
Ger ainly leave here on Saturday. Major An
derson Is ordered 70 Newport barracks, Ken
lucky, and Capt. Foster is directed to report
himself to The Depart nent in Washington.
foars, etc.
l am satisfied that the evseuation has taken
place; If 1t has not, il was because Of the gar
nsou not being ready.
The new Sscretary Of the Treasury, Mr..
Chase, issued bis first official paper to-day, In
the shape Of a proposition for an eight million
loan, authorized by the act Of Congress- OF the
9Th OF February iast. The stock will bear in
teFest az six per cent, payable semi annually,
and the successful bidders must deposit the
amount taken, subject 70 TIE order Of the De-
partment, on or before the 18th Of April next.
Stock transferable on delivery, With coupons
OF semi-anBual interest, payable to bearer af-
fixed, will be issued at the reqaes. OF success
ful bidders Feature which must mske the
loan popular With many.
The New York and all Eastern Republicans
are getting clamorous for an extra session.
They now admit that, critical and extraordln-
airy as the condition Of the country is, the
President is without POWER TO take any effee-
tual step toward its relief He can adopt no
fixed and decisive policy toward the seeding
States, because no laws give him authority to
caTry it into effect.
He cannot enforce the laws, beeause no
power has been put at his command for that
purpose. lie eannot close the ports which
refuse TO pay Federal duties; nor has be the
authority to enforce payment except through
the local authorities. These, moreover, are
among the least Of The difficulties which en-
barrass the action Of the Government. This
loan is called for, but there is no prospee, Of
revenue to render It safe. The seeded States
invite imports under the tariff Of 1857, at least
ten per cent. lower than that which the Fed
eral Government has just adopted. As a mat
ter Of course, foreign trade will seek southern
ports, because it will he driven there by the
Morrill, tariff. It is stated that Secretary
Chase has been heard to say that the tariff bill
must be repealed
Shall the Southern Confederacy be rscog-
nized BY the Administration Of Mr.. Lincoln ?
This is the question that begins to excite the
attention Of the country North and South.
Ike that which preceded the proposition to
! e~vacuate Fort Sumter, which may now be re-
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discussion will awaken intense resentment in
many quarters, particularly among those who
have taken the ground from the beginning that
the revenues ought to be collected, even IL
bloOdshed should ensue. But may not the Adj
ministrstiOn in this, as in the Fort Sumter
matter, be driven BY circumstances to recog-
nize the Confsderacy? Many Republicans
take ground that it is better to pursue this
course than to embark in the ~fruitless IN
dsrtaking OF collecting the revenue at the
risk Of Precipitating a conflict with the Sc
ceded States.
It is understood, however, that the Admin
i~strstion will reply to the Southern commits
/ sioDeTs in a few days, stating that they have
no power to treat with them; that thew can
only regarded them as agents. Of a dissatisfied
people, but that, unwilling to take the respon-
sibility of deciding finally on the propositions,
they will refer them to the next Congress,
protesting against any intention in 80 doing OF
recognizing them ia any sense as embassadors,
in which event the instructions Of the commits
sioners are not understood to contemplate an
abrupt withdrawal from Washington but, on
the contrary, it is more than probable they
will await the action OF Congress. The fact
that the commissioners are engaged in selec-
ting a house confirms this supposition.
The Cabinet met at an early hour his morn
ing, and have been in session all day. / believe
that it has been chiefly engaged in the consid-
Grafton Of appointments. A large number Of
nominations were sent to the Senste to-day,
but the only important one among them being
that Of Mr.. Jayne, Of Illinois, for Dacotah
Territory.
It is pretty generally understood that before
the adjournment, the Senate will discharge
most Of its Democratic officers, and elect Re-
publieans in their stead. The venerable secre-
larry, Mr.. Dickens, will probably be retained
as an assistant, while bis assistant, Colonel
Hickey, will probably be promoted to the
secretarTship Of the body.
The Republicans nominated Mr.. Broom, ot
Illinois, as sergeant-at-arms, In place Of Col.
McNeir. Several Of the clerks in the Secre-
tarv;s Office are expected to give up their de-
cidediy comfortable and valuable places to Re-
publican aspirants, SO that the disunionist
party, for The time being, may have the major
ity OF the ~clericle force in the Senate. If they
do not like the change they viii havs to thank
secession Tor il. II secession bad not decima-
ted the Senate, the clerks and officers Of that
body might still hold on to their places.
The way Mr.. Lincoln is giving appointments
to members OF Congress is a caution. What
has become Of the old sentiment and usage
that no such glittering inducements should be
held out to members Of Congress?
The leVee last night was crowded but mostly
by ofiee-seekeFs.
The President has received no visitors to-day,
either on friendship or BUSINESS.
CLEvELAsp.
Correspondence Of the Baltimore Sun
WASHINGTON, March 2i.- It is confidently
rumored that orders have been sent for the
landing at Fort Pickens Of the two companies
Of artillery that were sent cut in the United
Sta'e ship-of-war Brooklin, under the orders
Of the late administration, for the succor Of