, 1861-03-06
HlHs Eharleston Das = 81. .s,.S5ss 81
- r:sS Charleston. ..s1erY .ana> tho

ssHla Gharleston 1as -; S.;ssfs
;:i' t:S DhaFIeston: ,asse5x 9n9> xno
ILL., lc6ssespondenea~ n ths N Ys1iff.s;ss 1N
~ -; ;3f,ott; .11xsros, 8, c.,
L. 1aISears a;3foaaae .,attcIy having
H. s..eng9tsn nPfsSa re In 6as fbTSad
~ THE doubts cohGei ring tts 1ipnff6n 4
foE.Whlch It wis IT, inf
SSde ,t llsha care9na towaffds fEs; ;1n3ssf4fy
Fssttle moro atIl yisR: 81. K Thfsa itia
sAaE9hsr to see hbWAh e9hoern a:Eping IL, be-
sbaaasted 20 IS togtYE hf+3 Gp51tE6f poata !,
The structure, atrafd5ugst -1hne : e6r3GtaaI: Il
eign, will drnw betKeeR{h {ha and ttaEl9s teet pf !:
Eater.::A new name has been -gireh to the r
thing, !" Hamilton's Folly" in honor Of the
Protector, Lieut.. Hamilton; who :fea,gned his
post sEafeg Nnyy To- enter the
, service Of tho rebels. -: --.,
Readers of.hlstory viii reeollse45; ii exIe-
rience With. A6atiDg batteries At the afege Of
azsst 81; afaP3a1d H9ss 5e eaa tn tney
were dsgmcd 7inYplneEable; they mounted.
manned by pieFsa efaws. Ii aist i tie hesfs StE
test shots 3ad put11tttls effect ID them, but IT.
i, ,teS te1Ele surrounding ofseveral h4 4uns;thes
Became! apparent, and in 2 :ftW hons:a, mora
nine ofttne battaIies$ were IN IRE. Stor; The
especial edificatton of the7South Carolina rea-
els who are to have the honor Of operating the
battery Just lsuached, + should bestdted that
ali but q small part Of the crews and men who.
on. that OCCASION, !Eerc ION. board, perBhed by
they fanesse plosions or drownfng i'm Civ:
ing this bit Of history, it is not myihteutian
9 to shatter the nerves Of my rebel friends VINO
expect to be on board bdt thought 1t might
beg pleasant thing to Anow:how floating bat.::
:teries essomet1mes5woFlz. = go -; III: :::::
About the only amusement in Charleston ut
present p tho ate7caxy newspaper, It's daily
:antlcs; while they amnse Us all, areI am bound
to admit, bnt tho application, III a very general
idea on TOPICS to which it gives 50 mnda atten-
ton, gast:ut present, the letters Mt. Rhett,
the, HtFaiher Of Secession" as his fonowcrB
style hin, written from Montgomery, wherein
his own grievances are poured out, are the
I ,partieular feature. His Own rejection by Pics
.idEnt Davis, and the appointment Of MT. Mem
mipger to placein IN :ths Cabinet, has .particu-;
lar]y stirred him up, aud Is tic princiF1l topic
ia-hls last letters. He claims fhat thu secre-
! tary of Esfateship was due to South carolina
for having inauguratcd Secession: to himself In.
I particular, because he controlled 6out Ii Caro-
/ lima. 8" It could readily haTe:been had, aud it
] is understood that Mt. Rhrst wouid have been
|. pie4sed to have received the appoi4tmelt,n
| sayB he: But ho was too modest: to Ask him
| self. md there wns nobody who wehll do 1t
for him !. On the contrary, everybody was for
Mr. Memm1nger. The Individual: members
Of the delegation, including hir. BaTnrell, rec
omm ended Mr.. NJ: With. The EXCEPTION Of
Mr. Keitt-&ho j; no friend Of Mr.iRhett-
theyare all Of Rs Old Coypeiutiou party IF 1859. ~
Here is the nut OF: the vhole ma.te1-:s4 recon
| struction." Mr. Rhett adds; that whether lie
! and his friends will keep still and submit to
this QTers}a4ghiAg remains to be seen. He
/ fcouts the idea Of lis being bonghto6 with;u
foreign mission This exhibition By the Mas
ter Fl1c- Eater or his sore head: is decidedly
disputes with the famous Floating Battery for