The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-29
The "TRIBUNE" CORRESPONDENT IN
CHARLESTON.
AT THE SOUTH CARoLINIANs LIVE ON.
GHARLFSrnN s G March

CHARLESTON, S. c., March %.
TO the Editors ofhe ". Y. Express:
BENG roommate of the correspondent of th
N: T. Tribune, and having nothing else to do,
Will write you few lines as to matters and thinQ
IN the City of Chivalrv.
Although am of the masculine gender. measur
ing nve teet six in my "stOckin' feet [ am dali
hxed out in female apparel. The fact is | am nov
passed OFF on this gullibe community as the wife q
Tue Irt0une correspondent. This is d one to evad
the watchful eyes Of the Vigilance Committee II
ail my communications, shall confne myself t.
the statement of facts and assure Won that as muc
| reliance can be placed on nv letters as upon m,
husband S ~. My husband and received an in
ptatlon last week to spend few days with Gov
flckens and family, which of course we accepte d
anu WIN give you short account of how we were
entertained by his Exceency. We arrived at the
Executive mansion on Wednesday last, at clever
o CLOCK, A. NJ, and were received BY the Governor
very cordially. He said that he hoped we would
make ourselves quite at home and excuse him FIR
Anew minutes, as he wished TO retire to his negro
quarter to assist his wife and daughters in cowhid
! ing some oil his negroes who had been rather inso
lent to one of his neighbors He showed us into
I I Horary, requesting US to amuse ourselves until
ulnner, which would come off at p. NJ. We were
| prepared for all this, having seen something OF
southern life before. At 2 NJ. the Governor and
lady sent US word by dirty, ragged negro boy,
ABOUT IL years OF age, that dinner was on the table,
GGlhlng room, where we were welcomed by Mrs.
Gov. fickens. After we were all seated and a
blessing had been asked by the Governor each per-
son at the table was furnished with printed bill
OF lare copy of which | send you:
BILL OF FARE.
Mafsft5 Heel e Soup. stewed Negro Fingers.
Quadroon ouadroou Hash .OSS'
Negro Infant Barbecued Old Negro Leg Roasted.
Mulatto " Broed. Young " Arms Baked.
Q"adroon " Fried. Mulatto Feet Stewcd.
Negro brains stewed in sugar.
- Corn w hiskey and Coffee.
husband and at first hestated to partake of the
DAINTY fare, but the Governor and his lady seeming
~ IellSh IL, we at last commenced slipping the soup
anu TO our surprise we found 1T delicious. We then
ulned heartily on negro roasted, negro baked
negro stewed and barbecued, and found them all to
oe dishes ''ht for the gods" | regret that car
VIII continue to post you, so long as Mr.. Greeley
may continue my husband in this city.
tours, aiIectIouatey, Nancy GREELEY.
70, PERoUisITEs THE HEAD MASTER OF EroY
oCHooL.-The March number of the CornhW Mag
o u. opens with satirical paper upon education
az arst0cratlc Eton in the guise of third letter
from = atertamiias" to the editor Here is a pas
sage which records what seems very mean trans
action on the part of the Head Master of a great
Puohc school, whose Legitimate emoluments from
MS pupils, are probably equal to some SIS, coo
year.
when an Eton boy is about to quit the school
he usually takes leave of his tutor and of the head
master. 1t is understood that if he has been n
very lll-cnnducted boy, his tutor aud the head
master would decline to take leave of him. hut
such severity, at such a moment, is rarely if ever
practlsed The theory, however, works admirably
ia 10 pecnnary sense; for we-behaved BOYS are
thereby induced to consider that il !, a eIpr unon
them not to take leave
1.-The details of the ceremony are az foIIors. Tho
BOY waits on the head master who expresses his
sorrow at parting with him, his wishes for his fu-
ture welfare and sends his best compliments to his
parents; the two then shake hands, and the boy re-
tires. As he leaves the ROOM a small table meets
ms eyes on which is plate with several bank notes
displayed upon it; if | may venture, without dis
respect to anybody, to compare great things with
sinaii, may observe that something of the same
KIND, with the same object, may be seen at the
Stuck and umbrella department of the National
gallery, and, L am told, indicates that, although
money Is not positively demanded it will be CRATE
luliy received. On this plate the boy deposits
no'e varying from tl0 to f25. 1t is said that the
sons OF dukes and railway kings 60 as high as $50
but oil that do not pretend to speak with any de-
gree of authority.
Tine next day, when the money has been counted
the head masters servant goes round to every boy
VINO has taken leave with handsomely-bound
volume as keepsake from that dignitary and re-
celVes from each boy fee of los Cd. as his share of
the transaction.
"Ihe general estimate is that 'Ieavinr money!
gives to the head master at Eton Ct 500 a year."
A
POLES OF THE EARrH-TRorICs IN THE ARcrIC; AND
ANTARCrICs.-Hon II. W. Taylor. of Canapdairua.
recently delivered a lecture in Patterson, N, J.,
on the Phenomena OF the Polar Regions in which
ne developed very plausible theory with regard
to their formation and physical aspect He en-
deaVored to show that the commonly received no.
ton, that the earth forms complete oblate sphe-
rolo, Is incorrect, but that, instead of being fat
around the poles, there is large depression into
the earth, somewhat in the form of hollow hem
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warm, and probably consists partly OF land and
partly OF water, and is the life-source of many veg
etaole and animal productions found elsewhere in
tropical as well as in temperate climates In sun
port OF this position the lecturer cited the opininn
OF Sir John Herschel to prove that there is no
objection to this form, but on the contrary
Vh"C such depression at the poles would be the
necessary result Of globe of LIQUID set in n,h
ton around its own axis, with the velocity of the
earth. 1t was then shown by a variety of facts
What is indeed now generally admitted, that there
Is warm ana open sea around the North pole, ex-
tending nearly or quite 1000 miles across; which
warm sea seems to be inconsistent with the notion
that the polar regions fat as in that case Aft
known principles of physics would require that this
part OF the earths surface should be colder than any
other on the globe 1t there be such hollow basin
having the icy circle for its RIM the rays of the sun
during the summer, striking the inside of this ca
", "ouiu generate very great warmth within,
winch, IN connection with the increased heat ari-
sing from nearer approach to the earth's centrn
would be quite adequate to the production of ALI tba
heat necessary to make the interior basin tropica
In its productions. Such formation of the north
ern regions will fully account for the hitherto unex
planned phenomena of the existence of treas ord
timber collected in vast bodies all around and with
IN the circle of polar ice, and of the still more rv
traordl1ary accumuatons of the remains of the ell
ephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus and other troni
cal ANIMALS which are extensively embedded in the
soil of northern Siberia ar Ound the Polar sea and
are constantly washed up from that sea upon the
northernmost shores AID islands ever visited bv
man. The accumulatons of elephant-remains are
truly wonderful for their freshness and abundance
exceeding IN quantity, as one traveller affirms ali
those animals now living in the world. The
warmth OF the sea, which, at a short distance from
the frozen shore, exceeds the temperature of Lake
Superior the vast bodies of fossil and floating tress
anu timber, representing the species grown in all
climates, and the remains of coun tless mutitudas
OF tropical animals existing in all conditions from
the utmost freshness to those ossized bv the
OF centuries, are facts altogether inconsistent with
any heretofore known physical causes or influences,
and seem to demand some explanation quite differ
ent from any previously attempted.
From tie liverpool afercu,v, AarehS1
The politicians of what were lately the United
States seem bert on turning great nation into A
little one. Southern secession finds fittnr match
IN Northern protectionism, and between the two it
appears not improbable that America NAV at no
distant day, cease to be numbered among the
worlds great Powers.
The Republican party, while it strongly claims
our sympathles on one all-essential point is COM
mltted to the Darrowest dOpmas of a false and ov
plOded political economy; and Mr. Lincoln himself
IN late speech at Pittsburg, Pa, has shown that
he entirely accepts the absurd and monstrous doc
trlne that consumers are made for producers. :
we are afraid we must take for granted that for
some time to come the fiscal legislation of the Nor
shern Union will be largely influenced by anti-com-
mercial fallaces which have been obsolete in this
country for dozen wears past. 1t is unfortunate
for the North that the advocacy of sound economi-
cal principles should be almost exclusively confined
to slave-owners and their sympathizers and that
Mr.. Jefferson Davis should talk like a statesman
and a man of sense a subject On which Mr.. Lin
coin discourses like Essex squire of the Corn law
and top-boot epoch Il :
Protectionist tariffs which tax the industry and
obstruct the trade of the whole Federal community
for the supposed benefit of particular classes in
particular States constitute real reason-we do
not say an adequate one-tor dissolying so unequal
partnership; and it is impossible to say how far
the new Southern Confederation NAV not find in
untettered commerce with Europe a compensation
for the financial Inconvenience and burdens OF
separation Be this as it may, the North will do
wisely to abstain from measures which may per-
haps set other States calculating whether the ben
etts derived from the Federal Government are an
equivalent for the daily and hourly tribute exacted
by New England cotton spinners and PENNSYLVANIA
iron masters. 1t seems rash to take for granted
that the Pacific States and the Northwestern States
will always be contented to pay taxes not to the
Federal Treasury, but to certain privileged classes
in the Atlantic and Eastern States AS vet these
things little understood in America and it does
not appear that California, or Indiana or Michigan
objects to give more for hardware and cotton ro0ds
than they are worth. But the dav must come
when these things will be understood: and when
ever that day arrives it is certain that either
tectionst tariffs or the Federal Union will have to
give way. Considering how loosely the federal
fabric IS cemented, and how easily it may be riyen
asunder, marves at the bodness of those North
politicians who think the present moment a