The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-27

iacteriEed by oaHt distressing tasnAttou-Hhis ope
ratives have been discharged from work. and winer OF
hopeless idlcrees stares them In the Ace-whle mer
chants and merchants CLERKS lounge axy In their couat
ing rooms ana broof In meianchoc anticpations over
the upprSung prospect OF affairs there is one branch
Of business which fortunately 10 blessed with do
gree Of activity n as been unparalleled for years.
While cloths, hats ncy goods, boots and shoes, car
risges, millinery, and, In fact almost every article
that can be enumerated, lie untouched save by
the cotton coverings that keep Them from
both view and dust, our dealers guns pistols dad
themselves driven from morning TIL rgn! In supplying
the orders that daily pour in upon them from the
souih. The manufactures every wnere Raging
with the busy note OF preparation, aud II s impossible
no. TO perceive the indications that portion o. our
country has been aroused to pitch Of wArike detsrm
nation such only precedes actual outbreak and ap
peal 70 arms.
In view OF this condition Of AFFAIR.", and the various
that have been recently crcustei concerning thu
largely increased demand for these sausulnsry articles,
we give account day Of the extent the
kind Of mostly ordered, aud such other acts con-
nec,ed with the suhec, have been enabled tn derive
from the statements OF dealers upon whom reliance may
be placed
generally supposed that tho present activity In the
trade Is only he growth Of tho las; four weeks
mushroom wers thai has started out Of the excite.
inert resulting from the Presidential election. 30 Tar
from this being the case less than Ave on.hs have
elapsed since dealers this department OF trade be-
gar Observe the startling signs OF the times that have
since become more publicly known. Daring the whole
Of this period OF the Southern aos have been
busy, through their military adjuants this city pur
chasing for their troope, laying up supply OF am
munon, stocking their armories with all the improved
implements for dealing destruction among men, and
fnrt
IT Ia until OF late, however-say within thirty days
that The feeling spread from the State authorities
10 the public at large, and that the latter have
begun, both a. individuals, associations and commu'
niths 10 "Gm for war" From these private sources II
s that our business are deriving the majority OF
their orders There exists difference Of opinion among
these gentlemen the increase OF these
orders but all agree that has been very large and has
been eliminating for much longer period than most
per cons willing 10 believe II safe 70 say, taking
their various esmaes-for all differ In thsir fsurinz-
that the augmentation Of recepts compared with the
demand last year. has not less than two hundred
per cent
An regards the e1sc. number Of firearms sent SOUTH
Ii impossible to arrive at any definite conclusion.
Business men very correctly decline to open their
count books the world, and It lie only from general
s,a,emenu made that arrive idea of the
teLsive trade going In fact many Of these
gentlemen betray mswksh sensibilty upon the
subject OF giving Information, and thereby, ~
they ray, "sdding fuel TO the flames" that b
decidedly amufpg, when one takes into coneidera
ton that they the only parties present reapng the
bereat Several OF them regard the agitation as little
more than natural eervescencs OF The Southern
ture express the belief that viii not continue for
many weeks longer One said 10 reporter:-'rhere
10 Just about much meaning " this Southern excite
there Is the spuer OF bottle OF spruce beer
when the cork 10 nrst drawn"
And yet this same individual at ,hst moment
boxing up several hundred dollars worth OF Colts
revolver, cbucklpg, NO douot-n could judge
from his contented physiosromy-over events that,
however much they por.ended evil 70 others, we're
doubling and treblipg his usual ooome
weapons ost in demand arc OF course, r,aes and
ieyovers OF the former may be enumerated Colts six
shooter sharpes, which shoots almost I'D lRilun May
nari's Anew breech. loading Invention, by which fifteen
slots can be ared IN minute; the United States Mssis
.pp rifle and EnGeld Minnie rifle, both Of which
raid to be the best Of the kind In the world. These
latter however, have been purchased mostly by the
state authorities and nearly all oa Of the
sel OF unitci States Mississippi rides nearly twelve
thousand have been gold. OF the Enfield Minnie riae
come three ihourard all that could be had. rnese
we're at the time OF the orimean for the
British 70 ment to the extent OF nearly two million
OF collars worth, and n more required the demand
win doubtefs have be made the other side OF the
water few days ego there arrived By the steamer City
Of Hartford from Hartford eighteen hundred Shapes
teri car bres ana forty thousand cartridges route for
The Governor CT Georgis, by whom they ordered
This State has beer purchasing largely fr four
nve months past. and In equally good, ir no, In
better condition warike exigency, than any other
Of her southern sisters Aabam,, North Carolina South
Carolina Mississippi and Virginia have been Likewise In
yestirs largely in these wicked weapons for several
months bu. The demand the latter State may in
part accounted for by he fact that he has recently
tabnhed State arsenal which, uader shy circumstances
she would probably be At present engaged In ntng out
Various statements have been circulated 10 her
msni and the number OF well pro-ided abe Gao
bring into the Geld There Ia no doubt that In
gency twenty Ave thirty thousand would respond
10 tie tap Of the 6r'm, completely equipped for
service; bu, In point Of heavy ordnance, riaed
cannon or the long armed Of warfare, like the
res, Of the Southern ses abe 10 far behind the North
The states enumerated also purchasing largely OF
batteries, holsters, swords and military equlpmsn,s
generally.
or pistols those most actively called for are Colts re-
yovers on thesc there arc three sizes-the pocket,
belt or navy and holster army pistol. The largest
orders from the satee for the ~o latter but private
dealers send for the pocket size, thus iadcstng
that the citizens generally are earning for the fray 2"
Either Of these contains amount OF death done up
small packages which renders under certain circum
s,u:es most desirable neshbor From six :, ten thou
sand "Cons" have probably found . market South
within the las month. Next 10 those the
Adams revolver IA pistol much used daring the cri-
mean war end Manufactured In tas country, Allen
h wneeIocks, warmers, Smith h werou's, imitation
Colts sclf cockrg revovers, and o,hcrs-an ave, sir
and di,v
to the con ions under which they fired There
also 10 the nArkc volcaDis ten shot pistol and other
fancy Varieties, much Of whose excellence confined
tee con versopal explosions Of their ageute Like very
small babiee they mako good deal Of noise, bat
culated for very little use
These side arms cold In psckagcs Of from to /,
any and hurdred the demand being mslals fron the
Southern dealers and ordinary customers q TIE city
trade hopsn N many Instances The applicaissa sade