Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-24

ANS SNAkRA pstANk A4uS Qut Just
PeePed above the earth. and. abiding to
its tenderne 8, those around us express
Hnxieties about that crop, which, It seems,
are never allayed until 1t has been picked,
bagged and pressed. shipped and sold.
As am not engaged upon an itinerary
let these sketches suffice 10 convey an idea
of the 4ls miles of winding river which
connect Montgomery with Mobile, to
which place the Southern Reptile convey
ed US in SO hours, stoppings included.
One OF the Egyptian pyramids owes its
origin to the strange caprice Of princess,
and the Southern Republic is said to have
been built with tue proceeds of an acci-
dental "haul" of Gold Coast natives, who
fell into the net of her enterprising propri-
etor- This worthy. born of Irish parents.
/ in Milk street, is too striking Il type of
what the late Sir. Webster was wont to
call a Northern man with Southern prin-
eiplcs' not 10 deserve moro than passing
notice.
For out and out Southern notions there
is nothing in all Dixies land like the sue
cessfnl enIigrant from the North and East.
Capt. Meagher had at his finger ends all
the p0liticO- economical facts and figures of
the Southern side of the question, and
rested hrs reason upon the more sordil and
material calculations of the secessioLists.
II WAS question of tariffs. The North
had, no doubt, provided the protection of
navy, the facilities of mails, the con-
structiOn OF forts, Custom-hOuses and
Post.OiEices at the disposal of gentlemen
fond of elegant leisure; but for all these
| the South had been paying more than their
value, aud when'ab OlitiOnists were allow.
ed to elect Il sectional President, and the
system of forced labor, which is the basis
of Southern prosperity, was threatened,
the South were happy to take 'Isnap
Judgment" as in the pie p0ndTe Court. and
declare the Federal compact forfeited and
Hnuulled forever. ,7'
During the long second day of our voy-
age weexamined the faces of the proleta-
rains, whose color and constitutions so we'll
adapt Il EN- for the Cyelopian realm of the
main deck. Among them we detect sever
al physiognomies which strike us rs re-
sembliug seedlings from the Gold Coast,
rather than the second or third fruits Of
ancient transplantations, A travel
er gratihes, at the same time, our curiosity
and our penetration. There are several
native Africans, or as they are called in
Cuba, BONES, on board. They are the
property of the argnmentative Captain,
and We're acquired by coup de nidin, at
which have already limited in this letter.
II seems that a club of planters in this
State and one or two others, resolved, lit
tie more than IL year ago, to import a car
so of Africans. They were influenced
partly by cupidtty and partly by fancy
to set the United States laws at defiance,
and to evince their contempt for New Eng
land Philanthrophy. The job was accept
ed by AN Eastern house, which engaged to
deliver the cargo ut a certain point on the
| coast within certain limits of time.
Whether the shipment arrived earlier
than anticipated, or whether Capt. Meagh-
er was originally designated rs the person
| to whom the cold aud delicate maneuvrc
of landing them should be intrusted, it is
certain that on certain Sunday in last
July he took little coasting trip in his
| steamer Gear, and appeared at Mobile ON
the following morning in season to make
his regular voyage up river. II is no less
certain that he ran the dusky strangers in
at night by an unfreqUented pass, and
landed them among the cane-brakes of his
own plantation with sufficient celebrity to
be back at the moOripgs of the Car with
| out his absence having been noticed. The
vessels tIom which the donzeS were deliv-
cred was Scuttled and sunk, and her master
and crew found their way North by rail.
But the parties in interest soon claimed
to divide the spoils, when, to the infinite
disgust, the enterprising captain very cool
~ protested to ignore the whole business,
and defied them to seek to recover by suit
at law property the Importation of which
was regarded and would be punished as
felony, if not rs piracy, by the judicial
tribunals. A case was made and Issue
Joined, when the captain proved circum-
stantiHl alb, and, having cast the claimants
doied them out few BONES, perhaps to
escape Assassination, as shells, while lie
kept the oysters in the shape OF the pick
OF the Importation, which he still holds,
reconciling his conscience to the TRANSACT
ton by interpreting it as SalUHge.
All this Is told us by our interlOcutor,
who was one of the losers by tue affair,
and who stigmatized the conduct of its
hero as having been treacherous. The lat
ter, after repeated ioculNr inquiries, suffers
his vanity to subdue his reticence, and FIN
ishes by acknowledging the corn"
In the afternoon of the second day we
meet two steamers ascending the river
with heavy cargoes, and are told that they
are the Reyes and the Lewis, recently
warned off aud ROtseized by the blOckading
squadron off Pensacola. They are deep
With provisions for the forces of the Con-
federate States army before Pickens, which
must now be dispatched from Montgomery
by rail.
In Mobile, for tho FIRST time since leav-
ing Washington, 1--WE realize" the entire
stngnation of business. There ure but
FIVE vessels in port, chiefly English, which
will suffice to carry away the debris of the
cotton crop. Exchange on tue North is
unstable, owing to the impossibility of
importing coin through the unsettled cOun-
try, and bills on London are of slow sale
at par, which would leave a profit of per
cent. upon the deportation of gold from
your side.
Address TO the Germans ofKentue1.x.