New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-18
TIKI PRO-SLAVERY REBELLION.
From SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE EJACULATION OF SUMTER.

sxcRFr UNIo, sENTrMENI's-A Deliberate
MuRpER-saMpEpE OF sLAvEs-How TO
GET RID oFANDERsoN.
From Our Own Correspondent ~ zoe,
O. Cp.p1rTos, 8. c., March ~, 1861.
Your old frien W. l.. spratt " ous !" i"'
M.,e.,, this mcning with letter on the pro-
.osea cent-a.popd export duty on cotton. lie
nron;.ss anothe. in which he viii iDaugurate
system of taation that will throw the wnoie
burden of supporting the Government upon ior-
sign nations, md leave the producer OF the raw
material nothing to pay. The erudite sprau
sigus himself Gent Pound" His logic woHo
Be dear at haf the money. Does he not know
that this eelt pound added to the price OF
cotton will destroy the Cotton States altogether
The Britin Government knew years ago tnat
the only sostacle to their growing all tner own
cotton in British Guiana is " cent pound
This same spratt, who, as you are aware, mas
ALWAYS been ambitious to distinguish himself IN
the African slaye.trade, informed me the other
day that. from private letters he had received
from friends in Montgomery, he had great hopes
of realizing his fondest aspirations in connecting
himself with that very Christian and humanizing
traffic.
The Chivalry are especially jubilant this morn
ing. The telegrsphic news upon which place
No reiance) favor. He idea that the garrison
win be withdrawn from Fort Sumter on
"Wednesday. The Quattlebaums and Falstafis
are tickled to death with the anflcipatons OF
returning from the islands. Their command
there has been confined to Irishmen and
Dutebmen. whom they could only bully; they
return 10 lord it over unfortunate mggers,
whom they can kick at their pleasure
Their nerves have been shaky, ana ther
sts,nachs bilious for q long time, with the
Saar that they might become targets for the
limited States Artillery. To-day 1T is perfectly
iudicrous to see the airs they put on. Two
companies who have just passed along, srutted
with an evident conviction upon their minds that
their inyincibllty had stricken terror into the
heart of the old General at Washington Inc
Palmetto Guard were out in full force; mere
are not nearly so many members "slck, now
TINT the probabilities of a fight have decreased,
and they say that, although their Uncle has ca
pitulsted. military order must be maintained.
While the b'hoys are thus chuckling at having
escaped powder, however, the knowing ones stili
keep at work. The arrangements at Fort
Moultre. which have been deemed incomplete
and unsatisfactory by Gen. Besureguard, are be-
ing altered in every respect; the Hospital In the
Moultrie HOuse, which was in the center, near
the magazine, and in convenient spot 70 re-
eeiye shell from Fort Sumter, has been re-
moved to the back of the island; the iron bat
tsry at Morris Island has been to some extent
strengthened, but great hopes are entertained, In
the event Of q fight, that Major Anderson viii
abstain from firing at the foundations beneath
the sand: if one shot should strike there, down
goes their "apple cart"
Col. Rhett formerly Smlth), in his leader TINS
morning, entitled " Sumter Sine Die,' declares
that hs never believed in Northern thunder' ou'
Eh;nks IL will be well to instruct them HUE
vet "a TO the earnestness of Southern purpose
and the power Of Southern arms At present. says
the Colonel, they L" held our valOr light" Thu
comes badly from my friend; valor is not hli
Separtnept; he has never been accused OF e1-
oessiyo courage, and it is quite notorious 40
Charleston that he has always got friend" TO
feht for him. The Colonel tacitly admits that
there il considerable Union sentiment stiI in
existence, for he says it will be necessary to
protect against {" Union-sayers" the weaker
brethren among us whose sentiments are stronger
than their reason, aud adds that the strait
Jacket ia 8 valuable invention; whether he M
tends BY this to recommend solitary confinement
10 substitute for tar, feathers, and the rope ne
cure for men who are troubled with feelings Of
honor. and patriotic hearts, am unable to say;
but it is certain that he anticipates diversion
among honest men in favor of the Union, as a
necessary result of the present military despotism.
am happy to say he is right; Union men In
crease on every side; find Northern man, or a
German, wherever you Gke-let him see, and
know, that he can trust you, and will not be
betrayed into the clutches Of wild beasts, and
you find that he is Union man. / have seen
fifty men to-day, whom know to be all Union
men, storekeepers, mechanics, and some Of the
City Police were among the number; and they
ara increasing. I have just left a Georgian, hall
ing from small town midway between Macon
and Augusta, who tells me that although in his
immediate neighborhood the Secessionists have
she majority, yet that even there many Of his
relatives are true to their country and loyal to
Ito Gag; he has just communicated to me tale
Of horror which i have no right to keep back
from the readers of THE TRIBUNE.
1t occurred in the town, or rather village, Of
which have already spoken, only four weeks
ago; at home he dared not speak of it, and be
has DO correspondent in the North. The victim
n I.wlaso and hayhar;a er,,altu IN tb;e instanoa