, 1861-02-20
tngs ware called, aud eEerythlng dons to IN
llama ths minds Of the Southern people,

llama ths minds OF the southern peoPls'
This is the style of language used By their
orators, and from the tone Of many Of the
Northern papers {Dcmocratic) that find their
way here, the people cannot bnt believe 1t true.
They think to day. that the Northern neeha-
nlcs arc in q starving condition, are all ont Of
work, and ripefor revolution, and will have
blood or bread !; TINT the Republican leaders
will soon fall victims to the popular fury, and
the South be left to herself to car1y ont her
OWL views, without let OF hindrance The idea
Of the North coerciug the South Is looked upon
as preposterons. What Northern man
whols 4; M05th sa~d1. They won't et Yankee:
Nov, a word about this Southern Confede-
.racy that these Emallfry orators are to form
after they hare got rid Of the North, to whom
drawers Of water for 30 many years. This
great Confederley IL to rival everything the
world hiss eYer seen; ships are'to como in
scores and hundreds In every Southern port,
frctghted with gold, silks, and everything tho
heart eau desire, mud from cycry quarter of the
their cotton, which, owing to the expressions
Of tho present Government, is worth on1y ten
cents per pound they are all to become sud
denly rich, with scarcely an effort On their
part; gold IL to come pouring Into their laps
Is to 70 up with rush, except nl.gers, which
are to be so.cheap that every poor white man
eau own hundred; new territories ara to be
opened; more land brought under cultlvatlon,
etc; In fact. MI the Spaniards thought or
dreamed about Ell Dorado Is nothing to tho
great Southern Conlederacy.
Now for the facts. Since the commence
ment nf the di6uuion movement, the banks
hive all been Obliged tr suspend specie pay
ments; ths Legislatures to suspend the collsc-
ton Of debts, to prevent the sacrifice Of proper
y711 -
| negroes that were worth 81 500 q year ago,
| now briug only $500; pl4utation lands scarcely
brip. nything; good stonE nero hands that
hired year ago for s150, this year bring only
SIS or S1C0. white hands c1nnot be paid ut all;
md to-day the city il full Of negroes waiting
| to be hired. Planters n7e afraid to hire them,
as they do not know what may be In the
| future. II war was to happen, they would
| be unable to ship their cotton, so oil conf
| dence Is destroyed, aud business is suspended.
| Not one man In ten can pay his debts Our
wealthiest merchants and rsnkcrs are going TO
| anarchy aud ruin. You my imagine the con-
| ditlon Of the poor whites this winter. It is
only when negro labor Is scarce that they OBJ
tain employment. Now, that I'll the railroads,
buildings mud public works Of MI kinds are
stopped, and oil workshops closed, they eau.
| no. obtain days work anywLsrc.
There is not corn enough In Georgia O. Ala
bam4 to last a month, and the poor have no
money to buy any. We are dependent entire
II on tho We:t for all We Laye to ent, and hare
been the past year The Western merchants
| have now refused ull credit, Aod will not ship
any produce unless tho money is sent, as the
banks here cannot remit the proceeds oil their
| drafts, even when collected. So our Mcr-
chants and planters must remit the gold, or
| New York exchange both Of which are very,
| YeF7 hard to get. To create New York ex-
change, they must send cotton forward to
Ncw:York. They 1laGe stepped shipping to
| Charleston two months ago. aud have stopped
shipping to Savannah siuce Fort Pulaski nus
been taEen, mud are now shipping their cotton
from the State by railroadto kutxviilc, Tenn,
thence to Alexandria, VA, aud from thence to
New York They raise nothing here hut cot
ton, and they must sell it or starye. They
can't cat it, nor wear 1t, until after 1t is manu-
factured. SO the necessity OF the South to
sell is grea.cr than Of the North to buy. Their
Eavorite King Cotton, who was to rule tie
world, and bring the STRIVING millions Of
Europe and the North to the feet of the South, is
lethroued a country that devotes nil lis en-
crgies and capital to the raising Of cotton has
too many wants that must DO supplied from Il
distance Com. what will, tho Cotton States
must procure corn and bacon from the Wtst,
CONDITION OF FORT SUMTER.
BILE private source that on Feb Fort Sumter
was visited By daguerrean Of Charleston, ac-
companIed BY q lieutenant Of the Charleston
Zouayes. Maj. Anderson, it secms, wished to
obtain portEajts Of his officers and himself, and
the daguerrean wanted that of Major Andersen
to send to the London Illustrated Acfs- Hear.
ing Of the artists proposed trip to the Fort,
the licutensut went to him and insisted upon
being taken along RS an assistant; and the
proposition was agreed to, though whether
willingly or uuwiEing;y is not stated. Tue
two went down the Aarbor in u.boat on
Friday morning. Arrived at the Fort, Maj
Anderson nt first refused to allow tho PRE-
tended assistant to enter, but finally yielded
to the supposed artistic necessity. Tue 1To
visitors cr4Wled III through an cm.,ra.n5c, I'll
other openings having been walled u1, nnd
cemcuted. Tho lieutenant confes=es that the
fortifcation looked anything hnt inviting tt
an assailant- TIE side nearest the land, and
opposite Fort johnson, hitherto supposed tc
be weak, Inns been made very strong, q great
quantity Of 6.0ne from the landing, having
| Oeen used to fortiiy the wall SO as to make ii
ehot.ptoof. The officers treated the strangers
to an excellent dinner Of beEf na&1 fresh Nt:,c.
tables. followed up by good dessert t PIE.
| Mai. Anderson assured them that there lal
beeu no dessrtion among his men, and that Il
any Of them desired to leave him they were
free to do SO HI stated In addition thst tlcrt
was no truth in tho stories Of T=infvrc=Ecuts
sent In BY means of row-boats, The Iuur rat
terics bearing on Fort Snuter had btcE PRO
nounced flushed, and the impression sras tia,
, IN attack would be made during this week.