The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-08
FROM CHARLESTON.
r.,,x cokkssPoSpEScE OF TBE pIsrArcH.

rw,KLrsrox, March sth, =. M, 1861.
u-.sra getting the long looked for Inaugu-
:, homeopathic doses here, and we may
,.,,n as | heard physician of your city
..If one. sixtieth part OF a grain cures |
-, chtlls. what would twenty grains do -
.roat crowd was assembled in the Courier |
"a Mercury offices this evening, and one of |
-" clerks was appointed 10 read what had |
~,,,e IN which was abont half column. All |
so,.n,.a with profound attention till the |
llssa,cr got through, which ended at that part |
,hsre the Raii-splttter didn't want TO shed
FT,',1 V hen one ''iTrepressi6ie.f pent IN
h,-oush. going haw -haw -haw went up with
IS Great gnsto as IL a veritable clown was
nSrforrning tricks before us. His twaddle
rhout the Union, the laws, and all that, we
card lust as much rs If q cur was 10 sit on
80 tnu aad bark ~ us.
yIr>Srs Editors, do Won, or the people of
virginia, really understand who the people
composing this Southern Confederacy are p
have Won or your people fully understood us
a,d our characters | Ann sare You have not
nor can Won dc 80 without being with us
Certainly many OF your members OF the Con-
,sntinn don I know us-esD special your Rock.
bridgcrs and Augustans. Would you not think
e. . very futile task for n parcel of sensible
men 10 get together and bid the sun to stand
sill, or so back Just ~ possible for that
sun 20 obey the pTcsumptuous set, as to ex-
,.-t that this glorious ConfederacY will give
back one inch.
We'll, we got the whole of the inaugural to-
ulg Il q read.
NV word 1t is about "a much cared for here
as Il he had told us that this is the year of our
Lord. 1851. Some Of the people look on 1t
war!ikc, some see peace in il, but much tho
larger nTmbCr see nothing in il, for it il Meth
or fish, flesh, or fowl. Firm TO the instincts
Of hat miserable party. spawned into exist
ance by tau9ticism and deadly hatred to men
whom they have all along regarded, and still
regard, ~ their superiors, Mr.. Lincoln is nys-
tarious, without frsnkness, and strictly non
ccnmittal, and leaves n "! de berth TO creep out
Of sny unpleasant fix he may get HIM self in
II he really means Eyar. the people here with
one accord and one voice. ding defiance con
tempt and insult into his very teeth and in
that oiait Black Republicans. North or South
Now mark my prediction, that If Lincoln
dare attempt what he darkly hints at, coer-
eIor, that in less than six months you viii
see Southern army invading the North I'M
der the lead Of President Davis in person. l
SAY my prediction 1t is not predict ton, aud
How tell You what l know, that il will be
done, aud NIrsinians-yes. Eirginians. resi-
dent ia your own State, will be in the serum .
msge- DO you doubt it, if you do, you need
not dOnbt any more. Look at President Da =
Wis Inaugural again, and all men who know
Davis, knows he never speaks words without
meaning. Seward, If no one else, understands
him for he has stripped him MANY a time OF
his hcllish masks aud held him up in his ma =
kei defornIty 10 the world. Yes, Seward
Knows Davis. This war 10 game that takes
Two 10 play At, and when once commenced il
will not be ended on Southern soil. The peo-
PIE here are Just as cool and dspassona tc
today if Lincoln had never lived. We are
prepared for the most, and the worst, and We
nOW say, LAY on Macdur."
Our harbcr is filled with vessels and We
notice large number of vessels sup, cleared
and sailed, " for this port.
will state a fact that may put TO blush
office seekers who may sea 1t There has beer
bu; TWO postmasters In the city of Charles tor
since ths days of Washington. Gener;.
Washington appointed Mr.. Ballot in 1897
who served until his death, when the presen
Incumbent, Mr.. Huger, pronounced Tiger,
was appOin ted by Mr.. Monroe. Mr. Huge
Is now over seventy years-of Huegueno
bloUd--a gentleman of commanding ard ven
cradle appearance; about six feet high, wei
proper toned, fino Roman face, full head o
hair, and as white as snow, tine black eye
heavy eyebrows, very erect, and one OF tn
most high toned gentlemen in all our city
one peculiar trait he has, and that is he T.
remarkably fond of the company of yoHHl
persons and whilst they show great defer
ence 10 him, one, however young, is at ii
Cramped III his society. In many respects h
greatly resembles the late Gov. Barbour, o
your State.
We have never had ut this port but fou
COlleC tors of the Customs since the formation
Of the United States, and one of these Collect
ors died soon after being appointed; so, yo
Ee% that Caroitnians do not show the sam
fpndpess for the Government tvat is tn
wont of many of your United States.
Now, Messrs. Editors, you are the pectI
liar friends of Mr. President Lincoln, l be
that you will just let him know that we az
looking ont for his arrival here, and that {
his Lieut.. General. Ask them do come down
and, If not soon TO put II OF till about Au
gust, when our friend, g Yellow Jack Wi
give them hearty embrace. NIRGINIU5.