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Viewed entirely iu * militury point of view^
?ii* pai ific policy towards the Southurti St *{< *' i
whioh General Scott is undtrtPatood to ;be*?tt*?
ging at Washington, must command the approval
of intelligent and enndid minds, of all.
sections and air parties. We arc persuaded
that those who clamor so ipudly against the
abandonment by Uft Government of ooercive
tqealiVMfeliave not the'falbtefct idea of the imlactate
difficultly aud'exnensfi of t!fe?nl?rt>?:>.?
to which they would urge the Executive.?
They hfcve a vaguo idea that a strong naval ex
^edition, carrying aorae thousands of" troops,
could With great ease captilre the forts in the
atceded States,.and reduce the country to subjection.
Wo shall entitle ourselves to . their
gratitude by condensing; from a military^work'
<>f high authority,, ^'detailed-history of actions
between ahips and. fortMSi?t1on^ which incontratably
cstabliehi-e the gcne?'*l rule that guna
ashore are euptt'fer U> guna afloat, - apd that ,
naval expeditions are utterly ithpoletit against
a well fortified coast In
1796 a British expedition was' fitted out,
at an expense of eight milliooa of dollar*,
against Quiberon, a port of-the French coast.
The bay of Quiberon is pronounced by Brenton,
in his Britirh Naval History, "the finest
on the coast of France, or parbapa in thd
world, for landing an army." Moreover, the
inhabitants of the country wore in open inaurrcction,
and eager to inoorporate with the in-*
ader*. Ten thonsand aoldiere were lauded
and arm* furnished to as many more royalist
troops, but the combined force failed in ^freir
attack upon the fortification*, and General
Ilochc, from his entrenchments, witii soren
thousand men, held in check a body of
cighteen^thousand, penned up, without defences,
in the narrow peninsula. Thia single
fact alone justifies the opinion, which the highest
military authority in o'nr own army has expressed,
that it would require twenty thousand
men and the whole navy of the United States
to overcome the fortiBcations which the Carolinians
have erected in Chnrlcflon harbor.
Io 1709 the English and Russians made a,
descent upon Holland villi fourteen phi pa of
the line and ten frigates, carrying about eleven
hundred gun> and a great number of tran?T
port?, with an army of thirty-six thousand
men. The defeneive army cou?i;U.d of only
twenty-eight thousand men. Besides their
immense mora! and military superiority, the
1- -1 > -- - -
uisudii mu wie co optration or the Orange
party in assisting the landing of their fcroops,
yet they failed to get possession of a single
atrong place, and after a loss of six thousand
men were compcllad to capitulate. "Such,'*
,aJ'* Allison, "was the disastrous ifsue of the
greatest expedition which had yet sailed from
the British harbor daring the war." Let the
men who clamor for coercion most lustily de
tide whether the United State* enn raise anoh
naval expedition against the South a* that
against Holland, and if to, if it is likely to be
mora successful against a united, than that
was against a divided, peoplel ^
In 1801 Um illustrious Lord Xelaon, the Napoleon
of the Sens, with three ships of theline,
two frigates, and thirty-five smaller vessels,
made a desperato attack upon the harbor of
Bologae, but was repulecd with severe lots.
In 1809 the English fitted out an immense
naval expedition to seixe upon the French defences
of the Scheldt. Flushing, at the month
of the river, was bat ill secured, aud Antwerp,
aixty or seventy miles furlh cr up, wap entirely
defenceless at the tirao when the British arr*?
*ea si riusmng. ine unusii attacking force
consisted ?f thirty-seven ships of the line,
twenty-tfyee frigates, thirty-three sloops of
iwenty-crght gnu, mortar and bomb Teasels.
thirty-six smaller vessels, eighty-two gun.boats,
innumerable transports, with over forty
thousand troops and an immense artillery
train, making in all, says'the English historian
"an hundred thousand combatants." Yet the
feeble defences at Flushing misted suceesifully
a fire from the fleet, compared with which
French officers, who had been al Au&terlitz and
Jena, deelared that the canonade at those batilea
vai amerO^eu J"en/ant and were only reduced
by the land force* after a scige of
eighteen days. In the meantime the fortifications
at Antwerp had been repaired, and after
a fruitless operation of a whole month in the
rirer the English were gradually foreed to re1!
treat to theoioulh ofthe Scheldt, and finally
to evacuate their entire conquest Bach was
. the result of an expedition con prising a navat
forae more than threo times the number of all
the ships ip the Navy of the. United States,. :
>ndfcsvifeg-more than five times the combat,
aBts of the whole United Stales Armyl
Ili ll9t .a large French squadron attacked
. Cagllari, whose defences were 00 dilapidated
osscarcely to deservs the name, but, ait?r a
botabardment of three days, Wa* signally de-r
fested and obliged to retire In 1794 two
British ship#, the Fortitodeof seTenty-four,
and the Juno frigate of thirty-two' guns, at.aeked-aaman;^g|gWtolBy
cf HortSlp)
I
?
tjnuoU prwf "6f tli? iu|*r!<#w^feo?, fvrtl6eelioii?
tin tntultiros frontier defcncA Thp Hn
(bf,J?fAnco is only eighteen and ? linlf mil*?
jfrptn England it the ^fiwrowMt place of the
Channel, it *M dotted with rich conrtnercial
town*, offering dazzling booty; the French,
navy was incompetent to their defence; the
English navy was supported at an annual expanse
of near t{iutty'~fniillont of doltart, was
continually cruising Wiibin sight of Fron^b
seaports. and. fkt>m Inuv nriolios. li?d acauired
an intimate knowledge of the Preach harbor*,
bays and creeks; the French harbor* and
towns, stripped of their garrison* by the necessities
of distant wars, were left with no other
defence than tlieir fortifications and militia,
and yet, thoygh.they were frequently attacked,
and the most deperota efforts tnadc to^ef?.
feet a permanent lodgment, they escaped ?mharmcd
during; the?ntir?contei?, Let the Itopublicans
who criticise General Scott so sav-*,
agcly for Jissundiug the Geoernl Government
from^UackingalMaodisifiT* hundred miles
(Vom Scott's bftso of operatiops, reflect ttpon
such faeta as th?s?; and consider whether General
Scott-may oat possibly comprehend^the
difficulties of such an undertaking better than
themselTta.
The history *>f naval attacks on. our own
forts in the wars of the Revolution and 1812
?wvu?? MO tug OHIUV icooVUi AO 1 IUQ OIT t OWr
Parker, with.nine vessels, carry ing two hundred
and seventy guns, wis repulsed by Fort
Moultrie, armed' wit)> only twenty-six guns,
and garrisoned by three hundVed' and' seventyfivij
regulars and a few militin. The British
were entirely defeated, and lost, in killed and
wounded, two hundred and-five men, while the
same lors in the forts was only thirty-two.?
General Moultrie said that only thirty rounds
from the battery was fired, and- the want of
powder alone prevented the Americans from
destroying the whole fleet. Ita 1814 Fort
Buyer, a small redoubt near Mobile, garrison
ed bj one hundred and twenty men, and' ha*
ing twenty email pieces of cannon, some of
them almost entirely useless, completely repulsed
? British fleet of fonr vessels, carrying
ninety two guns, Mid fire hundred and ninety
men, aided by a land force of twenty artiller
Jt ?- ? ---?
.u?q IUII vnu VBUIIVU dliu ?0?cn IIUI1UI VU HI1U
thirty infantry. Notwithstanding this immense
Jinparity of foroe, the enemy was completely
foiled, one of hia largest ships entirety
destroyed, and eighty-five men killed and
wounded, whilst tho American loss was ouly
eight or nine. ,
Again, in 1814,?* battery of one four-poonder
and two eighteen-pounder guns, at Stonington,
Connecticut, repelled a British fleet of one
hnndred ana thirty-foar guns. In consequence
of exhausting their ammunition, only
one of the American^ne was used during a
part of the engagement, yet the ships were so
much injured that they were compelled to
retreat yrith * loss of twenty killed and more
than fifty wounded, whilst the loss on o&r side
was bat two killed and six wounded.
Our>eaders are all familiar with the miserable
attempt to attaek this city in the same
year. The British fleet consisted of forty sail,
the largest of which were ships of the line,
carrying over aix thousand combatants. Sixteen
of tho bomb vessels and. frigates bom
bnrdcd Fort licllenry for twenty-five liourf.
throwing fifteen hundred shells, four hundred
of which exploded within the walls of the
fort, but mado no impressiou. The British
were compelled to haul off with much lou.
Equally ineffectual was the attack of a British
squadron in 1815, on Fort 8L Philip, on the
Mississippi, small work of only twenty guns,
but which repulsed the -fleet after a continuous
bombardment of cine days and uighta.
oucu lacia at tnese ouglil (o reconcile the
war party of tlie North to the peace policy
which General Scott is believed to have successfully
inaugurated at Washington. He
knows better thau they that, even if coercion
were just and humane, it would require a fleet
and arm)' such aa Great Bi itain herself cannot
raise, to obtain a permanent lodgment on the
distant Southern coast and subjugate its people,
?Baltimore American and Commercial Advcrtiter.
'
How to Conquicb tub BoKDKft States.?The
Philadelphia Preti correspondent thus commends
to Lincoln the policy of "divide and
conquer" the border States by tlie purchase of
publio men: .
Wasbmotok,^. C., March 20, 1801.
The pppointmeut of Hop. Green Adams, of
Kentucky, to important.position under the
Admistration of President Libooln is, unquestionably,
intended aa the commencement of iik
wise and conservative policy in reference to
the distribution of. the patronage of the Adliilfijrtrsitjon
inWt bordtrjIiir* States; fir.
Lincoln yrlH not ?ppq?at ?^vBtpuEiicaps to
the offices at his . diepoeitfou- in any of thcu*
St&tes. Thefe tact, but few influential
BepuWieftj^M* ?uy of them, with, possibly,
the *?9?ption of Miseouri pod, Maryland. Ho
therefore, th*?fw himself iipon the eonnaalaof
<ths Un!?tt',.men,^jeh, for instance,. aa
PreDtice,Johu^V Mason and Guthrie, in Lout*-'
r~wr* ? "V- ?? >. fflrWT
Wf&SSSK <<1'tors of th? Richmond Whig,
^ber?,.ln y?rgti^ ?dd w> on in r?8tate?.'
If Mr. Lincoln c#o in
Kgre^t.Union p^rty in tie
'"VtyMBfcgbld the friwrtda of the coun?.
opdNU oeceMfulIy npP/?*rdetiti?l
campaign
^gg^oold be induced to act
mU* doqa^lio tranovsil;
iHSeptnp^!!#
w. H
" J&.
; j'ijfc i&?jbcbiHe ffessi.
I'BBEVltLE, 8. C.
W. A. LEE, EDITOR.
> " V : 1' Friday
Morning, March 29.186L
. -V-*-.-1? U J.
HT Tlie friends of GAIT. JESSIE JAY,
announce him as a Candidate for .MA JpR ol
the Lower Battalion of-the Eighth-"Raiment
S. tJ. M.
. The Editor's letter wne received late. We
regret being compelled to oiqit^ portion of It.
See advertisements of F.-Breda, J>. ^Vyatt
AtkeoAad W.JQ*1 gmi%'the Richmond FHCor'
' > ??-.?, to --
* * I EES KIKE COLLEGE. .
The Senior Exhibition of Erskine College
coueanfif on. the evening of Wednesday the
8d of ApriL next. Exercises commencing at
early candle-light. Tlio public are invited tu
attend. .
'? ^
JKE8SEB. XOBWOOD AND PELOT.
We would direct the especial nttention ol
our readers to the large and attractive advertisement
of Messrs. Norwood <b Pjslot, Druggists
and Chemists, of Cokesbury, S. C. Their
Stock is large and varied, comprising everything
kept in & first class Drug Store. They
will be found gentlemanly and accommodating
merchants. Give them a call.
NEW GOODS.
We are pleased to see that Messrs. Gray &
Robertson, arc new receiving a large and seleot,
Stook of Spring and Summer Southern
bought Dry Goods. Their Stock is complete
and the purchaser cannot fail to be pleased^
with their new and elegant Goods. Their
Bonnets are tlie neatest and' prettiest of the
season, to which we would especially direct
the attention of our lady readers. An early
call will secure one of the latest styles. For
full particulars call at the Store, No. 1, Granit.?
RkllOK Jnil <li?
... Q-. | wmm-ml kMV UVVUO IWI' ^ OUP
eelves.
? - - -
C0NFECTI0NAB1ES.
Mr. E. Triblk has now on hand and is just
receiving a large stock of Confcotionaiies, Ac.,
and solicits a share of public patrooage. llis
goods are excellent, and- will be sold at the
lowest living rates. He liav a largo supply
of the best ItisIi Potatoes, Lemons, Oranges,
Candy, It-aisous, Nuts of all kinds, Tobacco,
Cigars, Sugar, Coffee, Porter, Ale, Sardines,
Candles, Matches, Ac , dec. lie will please aa
cept our thanks for the liberal share of OrangeB
left on our tables one day ibis weelc.?
They were of the finest and were duly appreciated
by its.
THE CONVENTION.
According to the call of the President, tb<
State Convention met in Charleston on Tuesday
of this week. The most, important budines;
before the Convention is the adoption or rejec
tion of the Permanent Constitution framed bj
the Congress of the.Provisional Government al
Montgomery, for the Confederate S^tes. Thi?
Constitution lias already been ratified by some
of the Confederate States, and we have nc
doubt that it will ratified by the State Con
vention without a dissenting voice.^Anothei
matter that will,"we presume, receive the at
tention ef the Colftrentiojp js, the disbanding ol
the first Regiment of Volunteers, now ot? Mor
ris Island, imder command of Col. Maxcjf
Gregg. Hiia Regiment was called info.aervice
by the Convention, and the Companies formrag
this Regiment gallantly responded, hurriedly
leaving their businesses, at great sacrifices,
and aince that time a large number oi
Regulars from all sections of tlie^61ate bavi
eniisieu id me service tor the term of twelve
months or longer, end el the'present indications
are decidedly pacific, the wsr cloud having
to n considerable extent disappeared, we
eannot doubt the propriety of their being discharged
in a &ry short time. By doing so, it
would relieve our brave men from the privations
and hardships of the camp life for three
months, thus allowing them to return to .their
homes before Ibe hot and sickly season of the
year.
Religious Trouble ijc Enouand.?Tito Bishop
of Darham has created an unpleasant sensation
in England beeauso lie presented to Rey.
Mr, Cheese, (not Cartis' "Cream C?l?ee?e,
.)Pe< lviflre?lH?og!?tO?*I*-Sp?PO*.
worth about $6,600 ft year, though the population
or th?- psr[*b 4s- kit a? thousand souls.
Wear this parish is the town of Darlington,
with fifteen thousand souls and three churches
micro luiuuiers nnve to live.by dividing ampng
themselves the munificent sum of she hundred
pounds, say three thousand dollars a year.
The people of Darlington memorialized titf
biahop to alienate some of the Hangh(on revenue*
for the benefit of their churches ; but the
bUhop dectioed to yield to the reqoeit, but
rather irrelevantly replies thif be has eeut to
the living of Hanghton a gentleman of fervid
piety, who, ip ease the popalatigq^of this pariali
increases,%will get additional helpfor himself.
He nlfio pays a tribute to Mr. Mintoa,
one of the Darlington clergy, Wbeing a "good
man." The Saturdajf lUvu*, after' stating the
^oircumstances, adds: -v:
"Vbbody says that Mr. anS Mrs. Cheese
should not have their bread at papa's hand's ;
bot^rbat people *pmplai?of.,ls that no eromhs
fall to the ^tactcal La^ffof Darlington. A*#
if the biahniavta? - M
-.W?** tobAfoFjrfcuV'it U vorth?4i
*?*? do not tell
n iaefanee of fioly eeal. Mr, Cheese, in purraiBcioB,
1iMBWjBHMfeW? **$*?.*
arafc
A) wrrroKtAi coK^?sp?foEin5E.
Monms Island, MnrcH Mjb.
IUar, WiiioN :?Another wc?k liaagone ' by.
and Anderson StiU|>olds Fort Sump'ter, a?jd instead
of bnr own dear Palmetto Flaig, tbe
"Stars and 3trip?" still float triumphantly over
the wnlls of tbe fortress. "Hope deferred mateeth
the heart'siok," nndjjaome of our. eager
and restless spirits'are becoming a* inciedulous
as ever asjjo the promised evacuation, and are
* beginningNto doubt whether anything short of
General Beauregard and his bon^b shells, will
ever bring about tbo desired result; Saturday
last was the day announced in the newspaper*
as that on which the surrend|f of the fort was
t<J take place, and as you may imngine, Sumter
was^an object of eager interest arid constant!
i scrutiny during the day, and particularly as
I the hour approached for the dolling o( the N?w
( York Stertratr Columbia, which it was alleged
* would probably tramport the garrison. At
aboiit 8 oNjlook some qtJLlie oaufders an noun*,,
ced to .the Camp, that a white flag was to b<^
feon iyor very near to Fort Suiter,, and vt
immediately made steps Ifor the uearest sandhills,,
to watch the progress of events. Sure
enough, thefe was a steamer at the wharf of
the fort, with a white flag floating -fr. m the
- mast head, and wivh epy-glflss in band we anxf
iouslyvawnited the sinbarkntion of the troops.
There was no movement of any kind to be observed
for sometime, and we began to think
that the troops were busily engaged inside of
the fort, prepariug their baggage. Ia a short
time the steam- r left the fort, and the more
sacguioe among us jumped immediately to the
conolu*ion that tlic troope had already been
stored away on board* At this moment a New
. .York steam ship was seen approaching the
fort, and conjecture became almost certainty,
- - -i.- * - -
a uvu UD sue jJBBBeu, U10 "SISri and StDptS"
were suddenly lowered. But oa "Vent the
steamer and up again went the flag, and we
were sadly disappointed. Again our hopes ro-'
vive ns anotksr steamship is seen to leare the
city whari But that is not the Columbia,
aaya one, the Cohanbia is a side wbocl steamer,
and that is n sere w propeller. She" too passes
by without a sign of recognition from the fort.
Finally the Columbia herself heaves in sight,
Approaches, passes, makes out to sea, and finally
is lost to view?and with her our hopes seem
"in the deep ooean buried." The solution of
the whol e matter which thus excited oar hopes
was, that a steamer had been employe^ t?>
transport to Fort Sumter some of Capt. Fosi
ter'a affects from Fort Moaltrie, and in the dia>
i charge of her mission exhibited the white flag,
approached Die fort, transacted the business,
, and then quietly left. Hut is the fort to be eur,
"renderedt and* if so, whenl We think tlmt
there can be no- doobt that such must be the
result, and in a very short time. Gen.^Scott
urges it as a military necessity, Lincoln and his
Cabinet adopt his conclusions, and the Black
Republican.journals are forced to admit the
fact, and justify its policy. But why. the delay
t President Davis, and the Southern Commissioners
perhaps know certainly?the rest
1 of us may conjecture. It would seem that the
surrender of the fort is so important a step and
1 so much in the teeth of Lincoln's inaugural,
that he wouTd again eona>'It his political
r chart, the "latituJo and departure," and' ahitt
^ It in pnni'iA 1a *1.?
- w sun* who vumgc ui circumstances.
1 lie and bis advistrs want time to mature a
! system of policy, and to prepare the public
' sentiment of the party, and to conciliate the
' more radical and intractable of the freesoil
leaders. Let them have the desired delay, and
' let timo produce its natural result. The recogt
rvition of the Southern Confederacy, and the
Southern forts, may b<s delayed for a time, but
we think, that thia result will rapidly succeed
1 the surrender of FoftSomter. There are but
;?,tWo aUemsirves?recognition or civil war.?
' Tbe.TWtiae itself admits-that it would be futile
to. attempt the collection of TA??niU in
thaaecedeu States,"ftjid to blockade Southern
1 ports, even if practicable, would naturally
1 provoke n conflict with the Europeon powers^,
and necessarily a civil war at home. No mid*
die ground or half way' measures ore left to
1 Lincoln's 'Administration. In the face of war,
with an empty treasury, and a decreasing rev*
' enu$ the prompt recognition' of the Southern
Confederaey would seem to be ? measure of
vital policy and prime necessity. Tbia or a
recognition of the Union on.^he^basia of th$
new Confederacy. This last ) to be depreoas.
ted?we ar? At last free of allconnection with
the North?let the alaveholding States shun all
affiliation with the noh-el?T?holdibg. ..
With the evacuation of Fort Samter, will
| follow, we sappote, the discharge of our
imeBt. _ ]Ve were raised for alpeqial purpose,
and with the and a$eoriipliahad, oir mission
will be ended:. The-Regular^ 'will' take our
placaa, or else twel.romonth's Volunteers on
the pay.of 'the fconffifrrata-States. 14. would
nvw w yi* u^icn im opqo tsutt, to eon
tinoe tu a ds/ longer tiM}? the exigences of.
service demand. * Our discharge ia generally
conceded to depend upon tbo. evacuation of
the foH, arWt.l'e Convention which will
on to-morraw-4 ill probably take some cotton
id tn? / ''
W*>tj#*i?t CoMtOn.frd, and
only * few nighU eince, a veaael ia pa*fog ttp
ihyohtnni>601Wto gtt? the prop* aifcoal#,
?afai4d .itftfc * fire of m??
k?t*y fNwp th* th? Vwt B?tteiyr.
WDkstv q0fckl^.brooght h?r io. v ' ?
W? ari g?rre rally in good h*?Ub.'
Y Weh?T?ltUl3r b?d tb?fj?Wu1r? of greeting
1 of fri?odfc . ; i
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. k " }! . v* ' ' Wj % "?*
flL-; :" * 'jj
a*""-"1* ? v
a 7 ' T7 ~ vf'TP* IwrMwawB OR'
whleh ,ufc* plM? to-dny, will pw*nfc ? gr??l
- "'WPg xw that of ptreviou yntt. The
?' ffWW1 Uwgenertl btuinete depression
; Mfckh bttiitiDlUd fniD ttikttaiM n#
, pnb1ko5 p*rty i??t November^ Retrenchment
fawgl&Udlo cr.?j
lie ?pp??s?? of *U kiod? j? the con??flOfineo.
THE IfOBlHSUr &&> BOUTHJ^H TABIFF8 1
^"^OtfPABED.
publifhed yesterday .tt)0 l,vto tnrjEh side '
"by side, bo ns to enat&e all rcadors interested
to eorftpare them; StibjoiAed le'aUbl^.ofthe
principal import*, with the dutiea of ?h.Ii
tariff, from which it wjll be seen tbat in most
cases the doty is doubte/'or 100 per cent greater.
at the North than n?. ili? Bnnii. ?
. ?! ?l
% * Sf
Arlicit*. pr et. pr ct.
Cutler^*, - - - 30 16
Mfttbl mnnnfaclnroi -30 16
Glow manufactures -80 16
Ltncn - - - 26 to 30 16
Cotton Diaoufncturad 20 to 30 16
Sijk - - - - 30 15
^ed^Iier ( . ,iMfej , 20to26 16
iy?airier, mruuilactureil - - 20 16
'Woollen manufactured 25 perot. to 12c. 16
Article* of woollen clothing 26 per ot.
** & 12c. lb. #8
Hosiery * . SO 15.
Carpels * * 26 to 60c. *q. yard. 16
Blankets SO to 25 per ct <k 6 to 12c. lb 16
Hots - . - . 80 15
Woollen yarn - - -30 15
Velvet ... -v - 20 16
Wines .... - 40 25
Brandy - - $1 per gal. 25
l^per 80 15
Paper for ncw?t>ancr? . . sn ?
Books, mops, Ac. - - 15 10
Brass, pigs .... 10 5
Copper, pigs ... 2 cts. Ib 5
Iron, pigs $0 to $15 p Ion. 5
Iron burs and bolts . $15 per t*>n. 10
Iron plates'and rails - $25 per ton. 10
Steel, bars ? 20 10
Tobacco, unmanuf,, in leaf 25 10
Tobacco of every other kind 30 10
Segars 20 to 60c. lb. & 10 per ct 25
Carriages and wagons - . 30 15
When to thi? wo add that gunpowder and
the materials of whfoh it is composed; lead,
in. pigs ov bars; shot or balls, for muskets,
rifles and pistols; arms and ammunition of
every kind,rogs ships and steam?rs, are admitted
to the Southern porta free of duty; and
when we futher state that the Southern tariff
issimple and intelligible, while the Northern
is complicated, self contradictory, and, in many
puinta, unintelligible having been drawn up by
an incompetent, ignorant mnn, who knows nothing
of trade and commerce, it will 'appear
evident tS all that the great bulk of the imports
from Europe ^ ill be entered jn the Southern
port*, and that there will be hardly any
duties to be collected at the North to sustain
the government, though its expenses will be
greatly increased. The greed whiah suggested
the Morrill tariff will defeat its owu pur
pose, and it will be- necessary to inflict upon
the Northern people direct taxation to keep the
machinery of Government in motion.
Well may thSComraisaionere from the Southern
Congre?, taking the two taiiffa, present
them to the governments of France and England,
and say with exultation, "Look upon this
picture and on this." The Southern tariff appeals
with a force that i9 perfectly irresistible
tn ilia - -
? ...? v?.um?.cioi luM-icew ui kite two greni
Powers, while the Northern tariff is caloulnted
to repel them, as it is to provoke the hostility
of the enlightened spirit of the age. It is easy
therefore, to, see which set of diplomats?the
Northern or i&e Southern?is the more likely
to sueceed, even if we did not take into account
the argument of the supply of cotton boing
dependent on the prevention.of civil war,
and the recognition of the independence of the
Confederate States by the two great Powers ol
Western Europe.
It is true the Southern tariff is not yet passed;
but there.is no douot 1h9l.it will be when
Lh? VI?
?? i^uaaviuuico 111 iuayv ii even q
lqwerjionle of duties' s!iou\jl not be adopted
Free trnde is the basis on which Southern commerce
is placed in ~ the uew constitution. Id
.the meantime the low tariff of IB57 is in operation
at tile South, and will continue to be till
the new tariff becomes law. So great is the
difference between the tariff of 1867 and the
Morrill tariff, that under the Utter seflreely
can any merchandise be imported, while the
treaeury-bf-the" Confederate States will overflow
with gold; The expenses of the Southern
tsnfederaey, en the other hand, will be email,
while those of tJjo^Uiiited States will-be enormous.
Economy is the order of the day at the
Sooth?profligate expenfture at North.
The duties whioh Will be hereafter <u?1le?l<M* h?
- T J
the Nortbern-confedersoywiH not amount to
one-fourth Uie coat of keeping up lines of revenue
poata on the Canadian frontier, the
Southern frontier, and a coast guard from the
Chesapeake to Aho jltlo Grande. Then the
trWcat will find it* commercial interests so com
plelely identified .idtfi the Confederate States
, that it will become their most zealous frier, d
and ally, instead of Joining in the mad schemes
of coercion whiehara now being concocted at
, Washington. The Southern confederey has *
mighty destiny "before.ft, andlheonly way in
; xit.LVi.- -w?i - ' if. - -
wun.u hiv iwrimm ovavea no snare at ana 09
gfcve.i from rain is by adopting the aey coDatiWi?L-ir.
r,
? . - _
Fssxcm Oni(.ion or vim Mobkiu. Tawif.?
. Among the items of news which eoq>? from
the United States is one wliieli doM not directly
concern the doraertia crisis, but is bo lew
worthy of attention, for it has on international
-Waring which ftl eie*fie no oni"? attention.
Tba representative!1 of the-.Northern Statea,
talking advantage of the absence of the South
^ S?*** naate to vote
a new custom house tariff. Now. then, the
North, which to deeiroa^cf protecting iU manufabler#*,
is,Tery* abf?ithfu 1 to" i Jens of IiWty
wheo it Jim to do it with tariff*, and does not
keep in Ti'ew the iut*re?U of(Jit, Sooth^A
The tariff h*r#toforc id force "wm very prcUctire,
tiiet. H iiupi>??d.pn fereian merchant
Um uxta?ith?r ''directly Or b* tombiaMfoofc.
tay-MMiT^iaigliind, nd
Thtrt
I Et?.?Emtnon, ia hi? new Tolmnv Thai
Conduct of Life; thus discourse of the human
eye : "The>?yea of mcneonverse iM their
tongues/,#5th the advantage that the ocular
dinleet needs n? dictionary, but is understood
all the world over. Wh?n the ej*es say one
?thing and the tongue another, a practical man
relies on tbe language of the first. If the man
is off his centre the eyes show it. You can i
read in tbe eyes of your', companion whether !
your argument hits htm, though his tongue
will not confess it. Tliore in a look by which a
man shows he is going to say a good thin",
and a look when lie has said it. Vain oud forgotten
ore all the fine offers and offices of hospitality
if there is no holiday in the eyev IIow
mnny furtive inclinations avowed by the eye
though dissembled by the lips I One comes
away from a coirpnny, iri-w^ich, it may easily
hnppen. be lias said nothing and no* important
remark, ha* been addressed to him* and yet, if i
in sympathy wiih the society, hejihall not have
a sense of this fuct, such a stream of life has I
been flowine into him. and out fro*i bim
through tho eyes. There arc eyes, to be sure,
that give no tiior* admission into the man than
blueberries- Others are liquid and d ep?
, 'Veils thflt a man might fall into; oth'-rR ore
apcresiive and devouring, seem to call out the
police, take all too much notice, and require
croWdcd Broadw^av*,, and the security of millions,
to protect individuals against them. The
military eye I meet, now darlcly sparkling under
clerical, now under rustic brows; 'tis the
city of Lacedmmon?*ti? a stack of bayonets.
There are asking eyes, asserting eyes, prowling
eyes, and eyes full of fate?some of good and
some of sinister omen. The alleged power to
charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts is n
power behind the eve. It must be a victory
achieved in the will, before it cau bo signified
in the e3*c."
j OBITUARY.
DIED, On the ICth March at, his rflsid?noe
in Grantville. Qeorpia, Mr. JAMES ELLISON
PATTERSON*. son-in-law of Dr. W. C. Nor"wood,
of this District. He leavos toffiourn his
parly death, n daughter epod two years, arid a
large circle of relatives and friends.
COMIMERCIAl.. '
Abdevillf., March 29.
There ?s good demand for cotton. Prices
have an upward tendency. We quote extremes
at 8 to H-ccnl?.
GUN
PISTOL STORE,
In the Wooden Building adjoini.1
tut i-.n
uig me iu.uruuu.il
HouseTIIE
undesigned, respectfully informs the
public of Abbeville District, that he has
opened here, n. Branch Business from Ander ou
C. II., and offertt the sale of a large Stuck of
Guns, Pistols, Fine Gun
Material. &c..
' just for Cash Trices, ns lie intends to carry on
' after this, Workmanship ouly.
I F. BREDA.
March 27, 1861. 48 It
BLACK HAWK.
: - a?
THIS celebrated Trotting STALLION will
otand the present season, commencing
10th MAR III, and ending 15th JUNF, at the
following places, dtc:
Every ^MONDAY and FRIDAY nt STOI^Y
POINT; every TUESDAY at SMITH VILLE ;
every WEDNESDAY at ABBEVILLE, C. II.;
and every SATURDAY at NINETY-SIX DEPOT.
He will be let to Ma^es for the very small
" ii vi ?iu iui lupiiroiicc,* unu tor iwo
marcs owned by the name person.
Flying Black Hawk was 7 years old. 14lh of
June, 1860, and was sired by the famous Ver^mont
Black Hawk, whose superiority, as a trot
ting harness Stallion, and sure foal-getter, sustained
him triumphantly, for nearly two years
over the Continent of Eurone. Him T1?m wn?
Lady Matilda, a Morgan mare ovoed by Hon.
B,. Middleton of N. Y? tliat trotted her mile*
often inside of three minutes on the N. Y,
torf.
_t*r Flying Black Hawk can be seen at Mr.
P. 8. Rutledize's Li*erv Stables, at Abbeville
C. H., on Monday nest, 1st April.
... ,V- P. WYAT AIKEN,
. .. ... . "4 W. SMITH. - 1
March IB, 1861, 48 It
OCTANT TO -PLAHTEBS."
' .** *. ~
THEE
niflifiiAum nirrrlnnir
MuiHu.vii mmir
Richmond Co., (ia.,
. /~AONTI8DES t> mnnufdct'ire WOOLLEN
V, CIX>fO at 12-} cents per,yard for Plain
and 16 for Twilla?findinir everv material ?t
,cept the Wool. The extensive arid MMt^Qtlv
increaeinjf patrontg* the Fuotory bnjSftftjoyad
for yefira past, oware the Proprietors tfcaT the
, article of Winter Clothing for Negroes, made
by them, Hu not bWo iurpassddby my Cloth
made North or South. "
Iteeent exten?ive impioveraents, and others
np.w befog creeted, enable ua to keep ao the
standard of the Good*, and to aeoare'&n rtHy
'delivery. . .
PUntera, ?*r otheVs, who may. wiatr to send ?
' Wool*? h* m*<to itflo CJotli. -o^itwnd' Jk dirty'
or el^an?3f w??hed itahould fcx? done in coid
* v
COKESBimY
DfiDG STOBE.
NORWOOD & PELOT,
Druggists & Chemists,
Have on Hand, and are Monthly
Receiving
' t
Fresh Supplies
Of the Puree* Selected
DRUGS,
AND ^ v
PAINTS, OILS, '
1DYE STUFFS,
PATENT MEBIClffl,
KEROSINE LAMPS
and Fixtures.
FINE TOBACCO,
Havana and Florida
UiaARS,"
LI 1 HUliRAPHS,
GILT
PMITffiffi fft&KSS,
OIL COLORS,
FAINT, HAIR, TOOTH AND NAIL
BRUSHES,
AVERY laree variety of SOAPS, PERFUMERY,
HAIR OILS, COLOGNE,
from Sevtntyjive Centi to Tico Dollar?per
Quart. Cfioitc Magical
BRANDIES AND WINES,
STATIONERY,
BLANK BOOKS,
CONFECTIONERIES,
* >
Of all kinds, Oranges, Lemons, JTtgs,
liaisons, Citron, Prunes, Apples, Almonds,
Cocoa Nuts. Nuts of all
kinds, Sardines, Pickles,
Tapioca, Sago, Arroio -
HootT and a ihovfc v i
sand other
articles in our line. f
We tcoald call the aileni&n of houtekeep? '
era particularly to our Superior Dc~
odurized Kerosine Oil, cheaper .
L than Candles and ty-illiant
as Gas, Concentrated v
Lye or Saponifier,
French
Mustard,
Macaroni, - Densloio s Benzine and Har~
rison's Erosive Soip, for removing
Greece Spofs, Paints, dkc-, Spal
ding's Prepared Glue,
Leonard do., Cephalic
PHlj)iAyer'iPills, \
Molt en StonefJStnory.
Jhimace Sloni, Balh Brick, Patent
Gans.for Spices, Cbffct\ > ?e. '
Hat Proof arid .vlir Tight, ^ :
Diamond and Pearl Ce~, .*
x titent,,for Glass and
Ghina, Garden $ / ,
Seedf, d'c. 4 &
: - - . . .. . . ; .
Call and See for Yourselves..
Vft buyforCAftii. and ?eU mostly&Jg?&
and can conKtfjttonliy afford fo ?ell"
CHEAP FOR CASH.'
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