The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-28
\ SOUTH CAROLINA VIEW OF THE LIN
COIN ESHApAnE

The Charleston Courier of Monday, under the cap
tion "Sneaking into Place." says:
History records several instances of rulers sneak
ing out of place and power, to avoid the indg
nant vengeance of an oppressed or deluded people
but A. Blinkun enjoys the distinction of being the
first President elect who sneaked and skulked into
the site Of his official Inauguration.
After public show from Springfield to New
York, and after stopping at many places as pos
sbe, and after general exhibition through the
Metropolis, the President of the ruined Union, sud
denly affects obscurty and skulks incog. into Wash
ington. As long as he was on Free Negro Soil, he
open 10 all corners, and after his fashion and
abilities, was opening his mouth on all occasions
although not with as much sense of his own situa-
tion rs was exhibited by the animal that Baalam
bestrode. When he approaches, however, the
limits of the region in which a white man is recog-
nized, and considered as white man, and the ne
gro is free TO work, and to be fed and clothed the
tongue of Lincoln is silent, and be sneaks in dis
guise into Washington.
The place-hunters of the Metropolis of Misrule
not to be favored, as the loungers in all bar
rooms and chop-houses along the line West had
been, with the privilege of gazing the mighty
rail splitter, or of hearing the eloquent assurance
that '.nobody is hurt"
Can it be that a Bliukun can thus easily subside
into himself? Is there divinity that hedges him
in? No effluvium Of majesty dignity that would
reveal bis real character to anv observer, lust as
Falstaf knew a Prince by instinct?
is this the chosen saviour, whose advent was to
bring peace to distracted Confederacy of States?
Was it not due the high and mighty dictator Scott
that the arrival Of "the coming man. should be
trumpeted, that the myrmidons could be arrayed
in double columns of defence and honor?
A. Blinkun sneaking into Washing gton-a fit Sc
quel of John Brown marching in disguise 20 Har-
per's Ferry.
How much more will it require to teach the bor-
der States that the question with them is not whe
ther the Union is or shall be dissolved. but whe
ther they will go North and South, and whether
the separation shall be peaceful or not?
TEE CRISIS AND THE HoTELs-The famous "Gi-
raTd House" in Philadelphia, as announced few
days ago, has been compelled to close: cause, the
panic, and the effects of rivalry in the business
In New York, some of the public houses have suf-
fered severely in their receipts others have had as
much business as they could well attend to. The
Metropolitan and ST. Nicholas miss a considerable
portion oi their Southern customers. In January
and early III the present month, there was large
decrease OF patronage compared with last year;
but now, there are signs of returning favor from
the South and Southwest; and the falling off from
those quarters is partially made up by an increase
frsm the West and Northwest, where trade was
uncommonly depressed last year at this time. The
Fifth Avenue House has had 200 steady high priced
boarders through the winter, and an average of
200 transient. Last week, in consequence of the
in the city, this House and the Metropolitan were
both taxed for accommodations to their full capacity,
which was welcome change. The Brevo0rt House
has been full, but it accommodates only a few
more than l00 The Albemarle, opposite Madison
square, has Jared very well, and the Everett House
has also been well sustained, in large part from
steady boarders. The large downtown houses
including the Astor, have not averaged more than
half the extent of their accommodations. Thus it
appears that politics don't help notes.-the recOg-
nized Republican headquarters suffering in cCm-
mon with Union estabshmeutS.-Nejc York Jour
nal Of Commerce.
From The Atla California, Feb.1.l
FURTHER FROM JAPAN.-The forei gners in Japan
seem to be in constant trouble of some kind 9TH
er The news brought recently, announces that
high japanese official had been shot by an English
man who went out bunting, contrary to the local
laws. The Englishman was imprisoned By the Ja-
panese. The British Consul demanded his surren-
DER so that he might be tried by English laws
The Japanese refused, and they yielded only under
threat that, in of persistence, they would be
attacked by foreign war steamer then in the har-
bor After having succeeded in getting the pris
oner the British Consul publisheda very sharp ono
tification" to Brt0ns under his jurisdiction, warn
ing them that they should respect the japanese
laws, and abstain from hunting, carrying revovers
in daytime, riding furi0usly through the streets,
and allowing their Chinese servants to drive reck
essly about the city. The interests of commerce
require that'a friendly feeling should be maintained
between the whites and the japanese; and, proba
bly,, this feeling can be secured by prudent and
kindly conduct the part of the Caucassans. II the
Japanese are too arrogant, and demand disgrace
fu servility from foreigners, the fact should be
ticed by persons in authority, and the proper rem
edy should be applied. But it never will do to al
low irresponsible private individuals to set the
local laws at defiance, and attempt to take satistac
ton for public wrongs. The foreign Consuls and
Ministers in Japan should do their utmost to keep
the people of their respective nations within the
proper bounds of prOpriety and prudence-a pret
ty hard task, it is true, in large seaports but none
the less duty.