, 1861-06-18
THE REBEL CAPITAL.
State OF Fecltpg--rhe Virtues Of Cot.
t0n-Jeds Davis and .htS C8blnet-A
Slave Auc1lons


to this city, which reached, Is sou arc aware,
On the night Of Saturday, Mny 4. am on DIFF
fcult ground, the land Is on fire, the earth is
shaking with the tramp Of armed men, and
nications are cut of, or are at best accidental,
and In order to reopen them I must get fur
ther away from them. Parado1ical as the state
ment moy appear to be, 1t is impossible to
lnow what Is going, On at the North. and al
most to learn What Is doing In the South out
is sent to ron to England. The telsg1aphic
communications are now broken, so are all
the mail routes. Newspapers and letters now
and then reach well known people here from
New York In Six or seven days. Events hurry
Sn Win t5smeRde1s RsS's, rspldl sna even the
f the South at last are aware that the Yam
KEGS" are preparing to support the Govern
ment ofthe United a.ateA, and thst their seces-
zion can only be maintained by victory In the
field.
There has been change in their war policy.
They now aver that "they only want to be
left alone" and they declare they do not in
tend to take Washington, and that It was
merely na feint they spoke about It. The
fact -ls, there are even In the compact mud
United eouth men Of moderate and men OF
extreme views, and the general tone Of the
whole is regulated by the preponderance Of
the one or thc-other at the moment. I have
no doubt that the Goyernn ent here intended
to attack and occupy Hashington--not tn
1east that they had It much at heart to reduce
| Of their friends say that it will be . mere mat
ter OF convenience whether they attack Wash
i1gton OF not, and that as for Fort Pickens,
| they will certainly let 1t alone, at al events,
| for the present, inasmuch as the me7acing At
titude Of Gen Bragg obliges the enemy to
keep squadron Of their best ships there, and
to retain a force Of regulars they can III spare
| in position where they must soon lose enor-
! moualy from diseases incidental to the eli
mate. They have discovered, too, that the
poeitton is Of little value SO long Is the United
Statea hold Tortugas and Key West. But the
| and ~Then they haye organized their forces,
| they will make, am satisfied, very 1esolute
| advance ali along the line.
| SUPPOSED POWER or COTTON.
| They believe In the Irresistible power Of
cotton, in the natural alliance between MAUI
facturiEg England and France and the cotton
producing Slave States, In the force Of their
simple tariff, and In the Interests which arise
ont Of q system of Tree trade, which, however,
their neighbors In the Free States, and only
open for the benefit Of their foreign CUSTOM
ers. Commercially, and politically :, aud mill.
tari]y, they hare made up their minds, and
| neser Was there inch confidence exhibited BY
| any people in the future as they have, or pre-,
tend to have, In their destiny. Listen to their
programme.
| It is intended to buy up all the cotton crop
| which can be brought Into the market at an
| average price, and to give bonds Of the Con-
ftderate States for the amount, these bonds
being, as we know, secured by the export duty
on cotton. The Government, with this cot
ton crop In Its own hands, will use It as for
midable machine Of war, for cotton can do
anything, from the establishment Of an empire
to the securing Of 6hirt button. It Is at once
king and subject, master and servant, captain
and soldier, artilleryman and gun. Not one
bale Of cotton Viii be permitted to enter the
| Northern States. It will be made an offence
punishable With tremendous penalties, among
which confscation Of property, enormous
| fines, and even the penalty Of death, are emu
merated, to send cotton Into the Free States.
| Thus Lowell and lis kindred factories will be
reduced to ruiz, 1t is said, and the North to
| the di1est distress. If Manchester can get cot
! ton and Lowell cannot, there are good times
coming for the mill owners.
The planters have agreed among themselves
to hold over one-half OF their cotton crop for
| their own purposes and for the culture Of their
| fields, aud to sell the other to the Govern
| ment. For each bale Of cotton, IS hear, a
! bond will be iasned on the fair average price Of
cotton IN the ma1ket, and thia bond must be
taken at par as circulating medium within
the limits Of the Slave States. This forced cir
cnlation will bo secured BY the act OF the Leg
ielature. The bonds will bear interest at 10
per cent, and they will be Issued on the faith
and security Of the proceeds Of the duty Of
ore eighth Of cent On every pound Of cot
ten exported. AL vessels loading With cot
ton will be Obliged to enter into bonds or give
secnrity that they will not curry their cargoes
to Northern ports, or let 1t reach Northern
| mn1kets, TO their knowledge. The Govern.
| ment will sell the cotton tor cash to the for
eign buyers, and will thus raise funda amply
sufficient, they contend, for all purposes.
RUSSELL VISITS JEFF. DAVIS.
To-day proceeded to the Montgomery
| Downing street and Whitehall, to present m r
eelf to the members Of the Cabinet, and to be
introduced to the President of the Confeder-
ate States Of America. The offices Of the Gov
eminent are contained under one root in a
large brick building OF uufaced masonry,
which Hooks Ike handsome first class ware
house. On II first landing Is square hall
tione are h1ea to i:atcate the offices Of this
President "Thc Secretary Of War, THE
Attorney General" 1.-THE Secretary Of State, u
Of "The Cabinet" DC, and on a landing
above are situated the cmces Of the othei
members Of the Government: The building
is su1monnted BY the flag Of tho Contederate
States. There Is no sentry at the doors, and
access 10 free to all, but there are notices on
the doors warning visitors that they can only
be received during certain hours. The Pfesi
dent WIS engaged With some gentlemen when
l. HA6 pAEfGQlEQ ~ uuk AC lGEE1fE0 Iue
with much kind1iness Of manner, and when
they had left entered into conversation witt
me on general matters. 1lr. Davis Is man
Of slight, sfneHy figure, rather over the mid
die height, and Of erect, soldier like b. airing.
He is about IS years Of age; bis teasures ara
and marked on cheek and brow with many
wrinkles, audis rather careworn and haggurd.
One eye is apparently blind, the other Is dark,
piercing and Intelligent, He was dressed very
plainly Il light gay Summer suit; In the
SECRETARY Of War to furnish me with letter
as kind of passport In case Of my falling in
with the soldiers Of any military post vino
! might be indisposcd to let me pass freely,
merely observing that had been enough
within the lines Of camps to know what vas
was presented to Mr. Walker, the Secretary 1t
War; who promised to furnish me with the
needful documents before left Montgomery.
In bis room were Gen Beauregard and several
cf1ceEe, engaged over plans and maps, nppa-
rent1y in little council Of war, which WAS
perhaps, not without reference to the intelli.
gence that tho United States troops were
marching on Norfolk Nayy-yard, aud had
actually occupied Alexandria. On leaving the
Secretary proceeded to the room Of the At
torney General, Mr.. Benjamin, very intelli:
gent aud able man, whom | found
the Issue of lettera-otmarque. Everything in
the Offices looked like earnest work anl busi
nees.
Mrs. Davis had small lree to day in rigal
Of her position as wife OF the President.
Several ladies there, probably looked forward
to the time when their etats might secede
from the new confederation. Why not Prosi.
dents Of the State Of Georgia or Of ALI
bamae Why not King Of South Carolina
or Emperor Of Florida? Soldiers Of fortune
make your CANAL Gentlemen politicians the
ball is rolling. There Ia, to be sure, storm
gathering at the North, but 1t cannot hurt you
and already there are condoitt<Ts from all psrte
Of the World locking to your sid, who will eat
your Southern beeTes the last Of all.
HE TALES WITH WHITE SLAVE
Montgomery Is On an undnlatfng plain, and
covers ground large enough for city of 200,
GOO Inhabitants, hut Its population Is only r.
000. Indeed, the politicians here appear tc
dislike large cities, but the city designers Ger
tainly prepare to take them II they come
There is q large negro population, and a con
siderable number Of q eo'or which forces me Il
the etatementa made to me by aomo Of my
friends that the planters affect the character
ofparent In their moral relations merely with
the negro race. A'walter at the hote1-a tall
handsome young fellow, with the least tinge
Of color IN his check, nat - dark as the nj
joritJ OF Spanla1as or Italians astonlshed me
In my ignorance TO- day when, In reply to t
question asked By ono Of our party, In couse
quence of discussion on the point, he in
said 20, looked confused; his manner altered
He had been talking famtlin1ly to us, but ths
moment he replied, ana : alave, Sir" hi.
loqu2city disappeared, and he walked hur1Ied
" and In allenco out Of the room-
Il SLAVE AUCTION.