, 1860-11-13

Aides to the question with influential parties.
:, The sent1ms It In Nav Orleans u decidedly
adverse to secession or disturbance Of tho
Federal compact, without better pretext
than the constitutional election Of q President.
The Feayuns hns decided conservative a1ti.
Gle; also the B4lLetin aud other papers.
PROMINENT Journals South gCnsrnlY adviss
patience, cnlmncsa and reasonable submission,
rather than dangerous, incouaiderate haste
This 10 especially 10 throughout yirginia and
!: 1t is believed that South CarolIna's dispos:-
ton to postpone the question until January,
indicates conviction against precipIsate ac-
ton Gentlemen from Washington, tonight,
sly that matters there ara less excited.
PROSPECTS In SOUTH cAuoLIgA-
Correspondence osthsN. T. Trtbuns.l
CnAn1KsToM, 8. c., Nov. 7, lae0v
Linco!n's election will lead to attempts at
secession, but am convinced that they will
not be supported BY the majority Of the pco.
pie, even tn the State of South Carolina In
somc respects the consequences of the move
ment here, iftt should be pushed too far, must
haEc an evil not to say i dangerous tendency.
there Is one element In Charleston which
haEc never been able to regard with conf
dcncc. This IL the free blacks Many Of them
aye educated Some Of them are rich; their
antilles ven educated, beautiful, intelligent;
put they nave no rights. One Emlly have
i3nS Known, named Dureef; the old man is
ABOUT u years old; his hair ms white as the
drlscn SNOW; his daughters arc educated, and
ncautiful; his sons are well educated; and yet,
II one OF those daughters wears veil over her
lace, the fsst policeman will strip it ott, for
1aat Is only privilege accorded to the white
girl, with no negro blood in her veins.
1ffouud after the o'clock bell rings, with
out pass from white nan, old Dureef or any
OF his fanily, though worth $4,000, will Ia
locked up IN guard-house until hi or her
"h1te guardian come md pay the t1ue In the
morning: There are hundreds Of such In the
CITY Of Charleston They own Slaves, some Of
them, although they arc slayes. This is large
~ c!ass IN Charleston, and most influential with
~. ill have seen by the limited census
returns, tic number Of slaves in and about
Charleston has decreased since 1850 by thou
sanis- Generally speaking, the shye owners
profits increase every year Not 50 here. The
reason is this: 4 good able-bodied teld haud
will bring That II sold, md tic money
invested in Government, Bank or State
stocks, 1t will pay net income Of s11O
per annum. Put him ut Labor on
plantation, and aside from risks, lc c.Auoot cam
the interest Of three per cent gross on the
sum be Is actually worth In cash to his master
i sold. In Alabama, Tc1as and other new
States = s., 400 nigger will earn II per cent. on
his highest ralue, ind even more. But he can
not 90 t on any rics or cotton plantation In
South carolina. Consequently, Il the Union
holds, slavery will tend to decrease In the
State Of South Catolina. Negroes arc not
worth more th1n 800 to till the ground; but
they are worth 81 400 to sell aud 70 farther
South.
It is said that in the upper districts OF this
State slavery u nearly extinct. In Greenvillc,
SPortansburgh, Pendlcton, Anderson, and in
tlat section generally, the population fs near
y all white Slave Labor does not pay. That
section has trcblcd in population, wealth and
comfort In ten years. Very few slaves are
owned there.
Something may be Inferred from the circola.
lion Of eacl Of the two leading daily papers,
The -Hfreu,y LAS daily circulation OF about !
5000 In the city, and $50 sent to exchanges, |
u course, It Is very e1tensIvely copied out Of |
he State, though not much read In It Subo- !
" here regards 1t as Of much consequence.
Few business men read It Its proprietor IL |
he well known wealthy agitator, Il. Ba.uwell !
shctt. He is an ambitions man, nery and
lcadstfong: He was once In Congress, hut the !
'coplc Of South Carolina have no confidence |
q him. He tried to be Senator, but they elect
d Hammond lie tried again, but the Le;,is~
ature chose Mr. Chesnut. Rhctt is one Of
'our I'D rnther rule in he'll than serve in
Il becoming "head of the hong" Is to smash
lp the Union, and be sinks about $S COO annu-
lily in the daily Mercury to accomplish his OBJ
ect.
Inc Courier is forced BY circumstances to 20
nth tho surface current It circulatcs about |
900 daily. It Is owned By A. 8. Wellington
. Co., men who aze marked 4 4 A In the
ooas Of commercial reference. The workin.
ditor Is supposed to be ME. Carlisle, IN amia-
le. talented young man The owner dou't
elicye bit in disunion-uevcr did-nevcr
~ At present they run with the current
1r. Cunningham, q gentleman who WAS del
gate from South Carolina to tho famous
merican Convention in Philadelphia in 1856.
Is an evening paper, called The .Sers, aud has
n IN 1n0 eirrfifatinr I