Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-11-15
South Carolina.

in Charleston the centre of the secession feeling and
had some opportunity of seeing how the thing works
there
The excitement is rather deep than loud. There is
little Or none of the outside demonstration that charac
terizes political movements where there are party dv
sions where there any discussion or apparent differ
ence In Charleston on the and elsewhere seemed
to be taken for granted that things had gone too far to
recede-that in fact only course remained for South
Carona-that of joint action with her Southern sisters
but at any rate Of action, even though such action
should be separate.
This is all that shows on the surface. Find party
Of men standing anywhere talking earnestly they no
longer discuss cotton such things. Be the new
attitude which the State has assumed is the subject of
consderahon-for as we said before, although no Con
veuon has been held nor authoritative secession taken
place. still its taking place ia regarded fixed fact,
and to this view of the case the resignation of the Fed
eral officers especially of Judge Magrath has given q
strong sanction The question does not seem to be what
South Carolina is to d. but what the other Southern
States are going to do Will they sustain her, will
they not What course will Georgia take ?-wbat of
North Carolina
The Cotton States of the Southwest are looked
upon certain WITH perhaps the exception of Louis
ana, and she too eventually.
It would be difficult to tell by anything in the Streets
during the day at least that unusual state Of feeling
prevailed any unusual movement was contemplated,
unless you happened to mix up with some body of protes
sonal business men, and notice the topic OF CONVEX
gation. On Thursday night there gatherings at
sundry points, and gentlemen at the two principal hotels
were called upon to address assembages in the streets
New military companies are forming and the ranks OF
those already formed rapidly filling up to the full re-
gulation strength. These companies drill every night,
and we noticed frequently the CLEAN of steel from
gun-barrel or bayonet. Those who had gone through
the notification times that the present state
of feeling far exceeds in its intensity that then existing
We take it for granted that all the formal movements
for secession will be made in South Carolina. How
far that State will be sustained by any other OF the
Southern States we do not know Most of the people
in Charleston express confidence; yet still there is
earnesness in the mode Of asking qustions as to the
of certain States that hardly accords with the
professed assurance of being sustained.
Business is of course at stand for the time being.
How or how soon it will be brought back to its
toned channels or if not so-brought back, into what
channels it may be diverted we do not know.
We noticed at different points throughout the city,
the New Palmetto flag suspended across the Streets
It is simply Palmetto in the centre with a single star
in the corner where the stars usually upon the u S.
flag. All with whom we talked repudated the idea or
notion of French other rrotectorate. There is
such thing the cards-no such thing thought Of We
suppose if they could form independent government
they would form commercial treaties with France or
anybody else.
The talk about the superficial demonstrations of excite
ment this week in Charleston, is mostly talk
There has been very little noisy demonstration in
that city, so little indeed that a stranger might
be led to doubt the existence of the feeling that
prevades that community. If the existence of in
tense excitement had been telegraphed from Charleston
it would have been correct-bu if it is to understood
as our neghbor of the Herald does that the conduct of
the people ofsChareston partook of the charac
ter of the sports of set of liberated school children
than of that more serious spirit etc. etc. then such
understanding is wholly erroneous. The ebution in the
way of cheering or rejoicing, not in honor of Lin
coins election by any means. 1t in response to the
resignation of the Federal Officers These things hap
pen to know. We are not making any special plea fol
South Carolina yet South Carolina is our sister State
and not of Northern aggressors and justice al
least should be done her.
We have thus stated what we saw and heard. II
strength Of any movement give to it the exact
of significance to which it is entitled. We cannot but
think that some of the designations in Charleston
precipitate but the community there sustans Judge
Magrath, of the U. S. District Court and Mr.. Conner
U. S. District Attorney. A few nights ago, Grove
of about two thousand persons went up to serenade
Judge Magrah at his residence in that part of the city
formerly known as the neck. 1t would appear thai
some arsenal State United States, is located very
near where the Judge resides, and all the womenolk
in the vicinity thought the crowd had after the
arms, and that the about to begin and there
was CONSERVATION. This started talk about thu
removal of United States arms, we suppose.
There seemed to be good many guests at the Milk
House, Charleston and Pavilion Hotels The Ameri
can, the Planters, and indeed nearly or quite all thu
second class hotels are closed. The Charleston and Sa
vannah road is the of bringing more passengers
to the North Eastern and per consequence to the viii
mington and Manchester and Wilmington and Weldon
Railroads.
R6g~ The Brig that hoisted the Palmetto Flag in tn
harbor of Charleston this week, was not from Boston
but from Newburyport, Massachusetts, and belongs t.
the Messrs. Gushing, firm of which Hon. Caleb Cush