New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-14
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE WAR SPIRIT IN CHARLESTON.
sso Our Special Correspondent

CHARLESTON, Jan. 3, 1851.
Mrs. Anderson, the wife Of the gallant MAJOR,
SERVED here lest Saturday, and after come little
Delay, wss gracious'y allowed to visit her hus-
esHa at Folt Sumter, where she now is. This
Whit affords 8 new theme for discussion among
Dc crowd Of idlers who are. now assembled here
Asn al parts of the State, and some intimations
sue thrown out that on her return through the
~, there would be fms opportunity Ia secure
Q valuable hostage. think, however, that these
sssntry Doors will, for the present, at least, be
hSpt IN subjecton, so far rs she is concerned to
he chivalrous principles supposed to be charsc-
tnsistjc of the citizens of South Carolina.
TIE project Of the citizens of Taunton N pre-.
seatipg. Maj. Anderson with q sword, Gov.
BsAAs'r complimentary reference to him and
ether Manifestations of feeling in the same State
n his fSycr, have added fresh fuel to the old
sassgQrtpx between South Carolina and Aassa-
shusstts Indeed, have heard froIn many among
be troops strong desire expressed for baud
n Aand c6pavt with Massachusetts, which State
n hese conss&sed to be the most inveterate enc
NJ Of the South, 10 be the originator OF sup
posed onslaught on Southern Rights, and TO be
b particular and mated hostility TO South Car
sknss
The city is full Of so!diery and beihgerent
siyihans, all anxious to fght somebody; i cannot
sxpress their condition better than by the New
Ysrk short-boy slang "spilin' for mnss."
Fsrt Sumter is go quiet as but partially to
sscupy their luminosity; aud, in the absence OF q
- nestile army upon which to vent their military
srAsr, imagination takes the place OF reality, and
ne widest rumors Gre SET aH0at to bcwilder
Gin more the ignorant populace. These rumors
travel through the State, increasing ss they go
and the ereduity with which they are received
M the remote rural districts would be amusing
10 the readers of THE TRIBUNE.
An old lady, for instance, Of parish about
sae hundred miles from the city, out Of which
she has NOT stirred for the last twenty-five yesrs
arrived here this afternoon to feast her eyes
upon the defeat of the Yankees by the South
Carolnians news having reached her parish of
the arrival here of body of troops from Massa-
chusetts These stories are industriously set
asost by the leaders Of the Secession movement,
who esn only by this means rouse the back
country of tho State. The nore daring Of the
leaders even, Of the Lamar stamp, are praying
for some shedding OF Southern blood, in order to
arouse the border States; and this is one main
reason Why they have been so aggressive in their
movements TINS far.
The natural excitablity Of this population is
now thrown, with oil its might, upon passion
for military entertainment, and the same excite
ment which brought the old lady down TO
Charleston 10 zee the fight with the Yankees
has brought down several hundreds Of volunteers
from Georgia, and is adding TO their number
daily. The Georgians alone now number nearly
a thousand, and you can imagine that with the
very lax discipline to which they are subjected
they indulge in great many practical jokes at
the expense of the sober citizens Of the village.
This play Mt war il fRe fun for them, and 1t is
70 much the fashion among them 10 wish that
some enemy would only come within range OF
their muskets, that they are very ready to catch
ut and magnify the slightest rnmor Of hostile
Sorce.
The puuber Of volunteers il increasing to such
m extent that the city is not only becoming
greatly Inconvenience from the difficulty of &C.
coInmodating them without discomfort to the cit
liens, but their arrival is increasing the excite.
nent Of the populaee to'sueh degree that the
necessity of giving an outlet TO it threatens to
become the principal difficulty Of the South Car
o,ira Government. Az there is, however, nobody
to Eight with, the probability is that Fort Sumter
will be singled out ss victim of the popular
fury, and an attack upon IL ia imminent.
The calmsr people here, say it would have
been much better hsd al the forts been aban-
doned; they were originally given to the South
for their own protection against invaders and, II
The South chooses to assume the expenses OF
their support, they say, they can 500 no sacrifice
Of dignity In the withjrewal Of Federal troops.
This 10 the line Of argument OF the more dispas-
xionate. The freeaters, however, want suf-
fcieDt display Of Federal troops to keep up the
popular excitement in the Cotton States and to
produce IL in the other Bisye States
Great dissatisfaction il expressed here st tue
Lyk of "patrotism 10 North Carolina; while
ON the other hand, travellers from Virginia report
ths Utmost secession fury among the pcshouse
politicians 81 Petersburg and other places.
The westnsr bore Ia delightful but there is
considerable sickness among tbs young men who
Aars como doun from Tho npisad ssgisrs The