The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-30

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municaiing with the sea, surrounds the entire work.
and this is protected by a cOuntercarp of great
strength. The guns of the fort command the inner
har6or. The outer anchorage is beyond the reach
OF the heaviest guns. Fort Jefferson, when com
pleted, will mount $50 guns, and will require gar
rison of 600 men.
Fort Taylor, which commands the harbor of Key
| West, is garrisOned bv Captain j NJ Branna's
| Company of United States Artillery. The Castle
Is nearly completed-nothing essential to its safe
maintenance BY the present garrison being want
ing. II supported by naval force, the work could
not be taken without long siege The troops
are we'll supplied with provisions, water and fuel,
! and the ordnance property is complete could
| be desired. The armament consists of the heaviest
CoIumbiads and hOwitzers in our service-Ne,o
| York Express.
| LETTER FROM MAJOR ROBERT ANDERSON.
The Cincinnati Commercial says :-"The follow
| ing letter from Major Robert Anderson written in
Fort Sumter, to friend in this city, two days af-
| ter the South CarOlinians fired upon the Star of
the West will give great satisfaction. 1t embodies
! the first authentic intelligence that has reached
the public concerning the reasons for the fact that
! the batteries of Fort Sumter were not opened up
! on the South Carolinians on the 9th instant:
FoHr SUMTER, Jan, llth, 1861.
whether bloodless separation can now be
effected, after her (SOuh Carolina) foolishly fir
| ing upon vessel bearing our flag, the other dav
| think very doubtful. | sorely tempted to
! open my battery, but perhaps fortunately for the
| chance of having matters settled without blood.
| shed could not have touched the battery that
! opened upon her, and my defences were Just then
| in such condition that could not have opened
| the war. am now nearly ready. The people
have supposed that this work was ready to be de-
Tended when | came in. 1t was far from it-and
1t would take me, even now, one weeks hard
work to have it in complete state. My COM
mand is only about one-eighth of what it should
| be in time of war-but though small in number,
feel strong in the confidence that Providence will
guard and guide me safely through any danger
Ihat may threaten.
Gin
(S:gned) ''RoBERT ANDERSON"
THE NEW ENGLAND ELECTIONS.
The State elections about to take place in New
Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island NAV be
regarded as tests of the popular will in New Eng
land in regard to the rights of the Southern States
1t the people decide in favor of the Chicago plat
form, and against even handed justice, then we
shall know where we stand. IT, on the contrary,
their decision be to reject the unconstitutional and
tyrannical dogmas Of the Chicago platform, that
will be decision in favor OF the Union, and there
may still be hope of reconciliation and a recon-
struction of the conederacy, instead of separation
and, 1t may be, civil war, destructive to every
interest ofthe country, North and South, East and
West, not only for the present generation but for
generations yet unborn.-N. Y. Herald.
UNION MEETING IN NEW YORK.
There was strong convocatiOn of Union men
at the Cooper Institute on Monday evening, j. |
Depyster Ogden presiding. The great hall of the
Institute was crowded in every part, and much en-
thusasm manifested. The speeches were all highly
patriotic, the resolutions. The demonstra-
ton harmonious throughout. A resolution
was passed providing that three Commissioners
from New York city be sent to confer with the
Conventions of the seeding States. The Hon.
Messrs. James 7. Brady, Cornelius X. Garrison
and Appleton Oaksmith, were appointed the Com
mlSsOners.
Among the series adopted was the following re-
solution
ReSolred That for the sake of restoring harmony TO
this great Republic and to the people from the hor
of civil ready and willing adopt either
one of the three following propositions basis
tement Of the pending differences between the North
and South, to wit: l. The Crittenden compromise as or
ginally offered in the Senate. q division of the ter
rores into two States, and their immediate admission
one with slave constitution, and the other with con-
siituton prohibiting slavery. 8. The admission of
slaves into the common territories under constitutional
protection as property upon the same basis any other
property, and without representation; but view of
tue necessity Tor Immediate action, we regard the wses
and best measures of paccation to be that first
the Crttenden compromises and we earnestly call up
on Congress and each and every member thereof to lay
aside for the national welfare, all party considerations
and to stay the fearful revolution which threatens
the destruction of this glorious Union, by prompt
and immediate adoption of the resolutions in which
measures are embodied.
TIE BORDER STATES PROPOSITIONS.
The growing popularity of the Border States
propositions basis of settlement of the national
difficulties, prompts to give the substance of
them as follows:
l. Recommendation that all personal liberty bills
be repealed.
2. That the fugitive slave law be amended so as
to prevent kidnapping, and so as to equaze the
fees OF the commissioner.
3. An amendment Of the Constitution prohibit
ing Interference by Congress with slavery in the
States.
4. An amendment that Congress shall not abolish
slavery i'll the District of Columbia, except with
the consent of Maryland and Virginia. and of the
people of the District, and except that compensa
tion shall be made to save-owners; and shall not
abolish it in Southern dock wards arsenals &c:
and shall not interfere with the inter slave trade
s. An amendment that the African slave trade
shall be perpetually prohibited.
8. An amendment that line on latitude 3G:30
shall be run through the existing Territories, all
North OF which shall be free, and in all South of
which neither Congress the Territorial Legis-
latures shall pass any law abolishing, prohibiting
nor in any manner interfering with African slave
ry. And that when Territory of sixty thousand
square miles and population equal to the ratio of
representation shall apply for admission, it shall be
admitted, with or without slavery, its consttu-
! ton shall determine.
ANOTHER MoRCEAU THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE
The Tribune of yesterday has the following, in
| conspicuous place:
| The true compromise for the crisis is to buy all
the negroes of the Border States and thus convert
them into free States. Who would refuse to be
! taxed for such purpose? Nobody who is not fool
a traitor.
COMMERCE CHARLESTON.
On Friday last there were in the port of Charles
| ton three steamships, six ships, thirteen barks
tnTee terms, anu eighteen DflgS ana scnOOnerS,
| elusive of schOOners under one hundred TONS OF
| these nine ready for sea, thirteen were re-
| ceiving freight and the remainder were either
dlscharging their cargoes awaiting orders A
majority OF those enumerated foreign vessels
hailing from Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark and
| Spain
| THE INAUGURAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT ELECT.
SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 2S.-The first draft of the In
augura Message is now being made by the Presi-
| dent elect. The Chicago platform will be the basis
of its reflections and recommendations in reference
to the internal affairs of the nation 1t will not
be finished until after consultation with the Repub-
| lican leaders in Washington
Col. Sumner, of the 1st Cavalry, and Major Hun.
ter, have been detailed by the War Department
! to accompany the President elect to Washington.
| The length of Mr.. Lincons stoppage on the way
| to Washington will depend on the demonstrations
likely to be made in his honor in different localities.
His friends here look for tenders of the hospital
tiles of the Ohio, New York. and Pennsylvania Le-
| gslatures.
No further invitations will be issued to prominent
| politicians to visit the President elect and none
| desired here. The Cabinet will be completed
| in Washington.
SPEECH BY THE HON. JOHN BELL.
The Hon. John Bell addressed very large as
| semblage of ladies and gentlemen at Nashville,
on the 22d inst, upon the alabsorbng question of
the day. The Nashville Patriot in an editorial re-
ference to the address, says:
| Mr.. Bell still has hopes of the Republic He
does not believe that the time has yet come for the
destruction of the Union. He does not believe that
the tree of our liberties planted in the dark days
of the Revolution, and watered by some of the
best blood of our country, is yet to fall before the
axe which is upifted for its destruction.
CAPTURED FORTS.
! A few days since gave list of the Federal
forts situated on the Southern seaboard. We now
give list of those which have thus far been seized
by order of the Governors of the States in which
they are respectively located:
Fortifcations-Location Guns. Cost
Fort Pulaski Savannah. l50..... 1923 $50
Fort Jackson, Savannah. ......,... 14.... l25 900
Fort Morgan Mobile. 132...., 1912, $50
Fort Gaines, Mobile .............. S9..... 20 0OO
Fort Macon, Beaufort N c.. 5l...... AGO 00C
Fort Caswell, Oak Island, n. C..... ST.. 57l 23l
Fort Moutrle, Charleston 04...... 75.3Ol
Castle Pinkney Charleston .......... 25.... AZ sos
Fort St. Philip Louisiana. .......... PA. 2O3 73i
Fort Jackson, Louisiana l5O.... Sl76Os
Fort Pike, Louisiana. 49..... 4729Gl
Fort McComb, Louisiana. d.. 447 O0C
Fort Livingston, Louisiana 52...... 1920
Fort McRae Florida Ill.,. 3S4 00t
Fort Barrancas, Florida. 49,. 3l5 00C
Redoubt, Florida 3D.. 100 00G
Total. ....',.'..l,ZbZ So5l3Oog
The following are still in the hands of the Federal
authorities:
Fort McHenry Baltimore, Md; Fort Washing
ton, on the Potomac, Md; Fort Monroe, at Old
Point Comfort Va; Fort SUMTER Charleston Har-
Dor, S. c.; Key West Barracks, Key West, Fla;
Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Fla; Fort Marion, St
Augustine Fla.
PROSPECT OF AN ADJUSTMENT.
From the Richmond Wing, Jan. 29.