The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1861-01-31
NO. H..
A Letter from . Glyse Do~fxnss
at Fort DlOallfrfo.

extracts OF letter from Mr. Follins. u
graduate of the Rensselaer, Institute. but
now in the employ of the "Iudependeaf
Republic of South Carolina" as Civil Eu. !
gineer. The letter was addressed 20 Mr..
Il. p. Jones: -.
"Gnder present circumstances my. time
Is taken up at Fort Moultrie, and 1 nsy
oeiore long be ordered off to erect batt.ris, =
lower down on the coast, to repel ssy .t.s
tempted invasion on the part OF the North.
jim Colt and Iexpectcd to be sent of to.
gether, for you must know this State has
resumed her sovereignty, and organized her
Army and Corps Of Engineers.
There is no hope for the Uuion. II
would he madness for tire North TO stbepopf
coercion, for, though she might attempt =
sweep the South from Virginia to the GuK
OF Mexico, she never could restore Union
d'smeu- bered by her own madness and fol.
ly.
Why, sir, if the worst came TO the worst.
the very women and children would take
up arms In defence of their homes and fire.
sides. L have not yet met one single indi.
viduai who was not for instant and ever
lasting secession. The time for .cvmpro-
mses has past. Every Northern State NAV
repeal her Personal Liberty Bills without
affecting the issue in the least The North
has shown determination to break up this
Confederacy. She has no one to blame but
herself. -any country acknowledging the
n'ghcriaw doctrine can hold no Const;tu-
ton ~ sacred or make any pledge inyiolats.
Ihe North is now showing great incon-
sls.ency; she would attempt to enslaye SOW
ereign States, and yet refuses to allow those
States to hold the negro in the sphere de-
signed by Providence. The truth of the
matter is this: Love of power is the main-
spring OF her policy, to gain which she has
fesorted to the most dastardly measures.
using the negro Us a blind. Let us part in
peace it Is all we ask We may then live
side BY side in harmony, and continue eom.
merciai relations advantageously to both
par'ics; +; out force war upon us, and it will
arouse hatred which death itself might
scarcely subdue. The fact is, the Unlun
has been dissolved for the last fifteen wears.
the recent acts have only been confirma.
tion of such dissolution.
Good bye. All here are ready for the
worst, and death or victory is stamped mon
the forehead of every Carolina citizen. I've
do not want war. We wish to injure no
one. But We shall maintain our indepen.
denee at all and every hazard.
&ssSS
An Old Fort.-Fort Marion. which :.
one OF the defenccs Of the harbor of ST.
Augustine. Florida, was built by the Span
lards when Florida was Spanish province.
its not fortress of much magnitude
or strength, but is an interesting relic of
the style OF fortification at the period in
which it was constructed. 1t ia situated
at the extreme Southeastern part Of the
town, while the soldiers are garr;s,ued
ut the barracks, situated in the opposite
portion, and which was once the Convent
of st. Francis.
1t Is probably the oldest fortress in the
onited States, aud is interesting rs relic
of the style OF ancient fertilization, and fur
It's association with events liz old Spanish.
English and Indian wars The precise
year OF Its construction is not definitely
known, 1t may have been commenced by
the Spaniards in 1865, or not until, many
years later. 1t was named BY them ,hc
the Castle Of st. Mark, and was comnle..S
III 100 1t Is situated at the Northern
extremity OF the town. 1t is built of
stone; Its walls are about twenty one feet
nigh, terminating in four bastinadcd an.
! Sies, at the several corners each of which
I as surhounted with towers corresponding /.
1t is casemated aud bomb proof The
work Is enclosed by wide deem ditch
with perpendicular walls of masonry. over
winch Is thrown a bridge, which. w.s
originally Protected by draw The fort
has "A sea wall, mile in length, built for
the main purpose Of breakwate-. The
interior OF this old fortress is said to be fun
of dark gloomy retreats and subterranean
passage. A little work of "Sketches If ST
Ausu'ti1e, publishes in lS4S, SAYS of Il !.
ithin the bastion of the Northeast nm.
gle, iat under ground, is a dark dungeon.
Ike recess, constructed of sulid mason work
This place was accidentally discovered soon
after the work fell into the hands Of
the American army. 1t was then walled
! NJ. As TO the history ofthe place--wbe,b.
er Was once an inquisitorial chamber. or
the scene ofvengeunce, there is silence"
PToridence Journal.
DEATH OF LOLA MoNTEZ.-This ce,a.
brated woman has ceased to exist. She was
buried near New York city on Thursday
last Lola Moniez was born about m.
year 1870. Her first appearance, in Paris.
where she went upon the stage as a dan.
ScHse, and created quite sensation. was in
is4o' In 1917 she went to Munich, where
her relations with the old King OF Bavaria
4 L.