The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-23

France whose proverbial good taste in dress
is certainly here--as, indeed, in male dress gen.
erally-at fault. The native English hat, whether
| worn soberly as in the Commonwealth time, or
with the dancing plume of the Restoration, was
characteristic and useful. We never turn over
the prints Of those times without enyying our
fathers the case of their soft and shady cover
ings. Ours are neither. While they brand the
temples with red and painful lines, they expose
| the flce to both wind and rain. Our neighbors
across the Channel, we see, propose to send
over to the great exhibition variety Of new
ideas in the way of male head dress; perhaps
this may lead to II revolution in English hats
| The turban is at least picturesque-the Greek
cap is gorgeous-the old German SLOUGH hat is
CONFERENCE.-The helmet affords protection
every covering that we remember has some good
quality in its form except the sections of funnel
now worm"
gwWe snbjoin two extracts from papers pub
lished at Southern seaports They show the
tone and temper ofthe citizens there: From the
Savannah NeWS.
SOUTHERN DIRECT TRADE WITH ENGLAND
! The New York Herald, of Sunday last, says :
Several persons from the Southern States, went
out from this port, by the late steamer, for the
| purpose of making some new commercial arrange
menus, III EnSlaiu, Dy WHICH Il uiTeCt tTdue may
be opened between the South and the trade of Eu-
| rope. Southern capitalists are largely interested
| in this movement, and their agents will effect,
doubtless, some measure Of great importance.
The cause of such enterprise, on the part Of the
South is to BE traced to the belligerent attitude Of
the Northern States, which are chasing political
abstraction, to end in most deplorable overthrow
of our commerce. The people Of the South are
quite as active in deeds as those of the North are
| in words and this action, on their part, is but
the sign and symptom of other movements which
will assuredly if the antslavery agitation is
continued among us. We are sure of it,"
We hope this movement will be pressed for
ward, whether "the anti-slavery agitation is con-
tinued' or not. Our people should never have
| waited to be driven into such measures. With
| our large exports, which in cotton alone amount
to upwards Of $66 5000 900 annually, (nearly half
the value of the entire exports ofthe whole United
States, there is no reason why we should not en-
Joy large portion of the import trade. Why
should we pay million Of dollars annually in eX-
change to the North for exchanging our great sta
pie for the European goods which we consume :
| Upon our cotton the commerce of the North is
based. We furnish the capital and give all the
profits to those by whom the trade with Europe is
conducted. There is no necessity for this, and if
| the Southern people have never made the dlscov-
cry until they have been driven to it, they may
thank the Abolitionists for teaching them whole
some lesson. 'sIt's an i'll wind that blows nobody
|
unknown among us. No one dreamed that it was
| possible for to manufacture our own cotton.
Abolitionism at the North prompted our people to
go into business, which, if successful, would
render us independent Of the North in one respect
at least. The result has been triumph, and the
prospect is now, that we shall soon rival the North
| in manufactures, so far as cotton goods are con-
| cerned, If we do not beat them from the field of
competition altogether. At present we are not
only manufacturing largely for our own consump-
ton, but supplying the Northern markets with
our coarse frabcs and yarns, where they have the
preference over Northern goods of the same de-
| scription. Not only so, but our manufacturing
establishments flourshing, while those of the
North langushing and closing their doors.
We see by late papers that nearly all the mills in
Maryland have stopped or are running short
time. While this is the case throughout the man.
ufacturing towns of the North, every spindle in
| the South is hummng We mention this not in a
spirit Of exultation, but merely to show our people
that we have some advantages in our favor, and
that all that is required to enable us to avail our
selves of them is right application of our CAPT
tai, enterprise and industry.
From the Charleston Sun
HOME QUESTIONS FOR HOME DIGEsrIoN-The
South has confessedly made no nconsderable adj
vance in manufacturing and internal Improvement
during the last ten years. and has been the result
Of the war waged upon her by Northern fanati-
csm. But this advance has not been so great as
!.
ing off the thrusts Of Abotionsm with words and
resolves, we have paid too little attention to
SUI er means Of sectional independence. John Bull
told years ago that the last way to resuscitate
drowned Yankee was to search his pockets.
Why do we contribute so much to the lining Of
that capacous Northern pocket' Here has been
our great error. We have only to keep "the
dimes ;" out Of that pocket, If we would bring
Northern Jonathan to q "reazing sense" of
what is good for himself.
Better than all our political action-unless that
action brings about Immediately desired result
would be vigorous prosecution of the manu-
| featuring interests Of the South.
Our Planters resolve to employ no more North
| ern vessels in their carrying-and why are not
vessels at once laid upon the stocks for that pur-
poser Why are not the commercial community
building ships to carry our staple to Europe9 We
want steamships to run between the Southern
States and Europe. We want railroads and
plank roads to reach away into the extreme parts
of the Southern States-even to the valley Of the
Ohio--to command the trade that legitmately be-
longs to us. We must encourage invention and
mechanical talent among us, and give them place
gone into that pocket heretofore, because our
capitalists have permitted strangers to monopolize
trade, so important and so valuable.
How are we to accomplish all this Simply by
building ships and factories. Every factory OF
| large class built will furnish livelihood to at
least one thousand persons, and retain the fruit OF
their labor at home. For the simple article OF
J corn-brooms, we think the South sends to the
, North $4,000 annually. However, we hope
and believe Mr. Stenmyer will find it profitable to
monopoze this trade for the South. More than
million Of dollars annually goes to the North for
negro brogans that might be manufactured at home
with profit.
Now, why do not our capitalists do something
9 besides talk
t Why do they not build ships for their export
, trade
3 Why do they not consider the wealth tina
grows upon capital invested on the joint stocl
principlei
s Until our people wake up to consider thes'
/ things we fear Charleston will only "hold he
| own " from one decennary 10 another,