, 1861-02-13
A Touch Of tho &c Blues - at Charleston,
Correspondence Of the N. 7. Tribune.1
CHARLESTON Feb a. 1851

In one Of my former letters informed yor
Of the discrimination Of many Of the South
Caroiinians, who had rash'y thrown up their
| commissions in the United S.ates service, ant
/ who were disappointed in their expectation o1
Office here, to try their fortunes in Florida
and other seeding States, and Of the difficult
ties which the Governors find in giving en-
ployment to the many candidates for Office
md Of the discomfort and illfee1ing which
such state Of things is producing. This was
one Of the letters for which your Charleston
correspondent has been taken to tatk by the
Charleston Mercury. The slur, however, cast
upon the yeracity Of tho information again
proves to be its most authentic information,
and the FsTndndina F}o3ididr actually annouu-
c.s the arrival at Fernandina, on Jan. IS, from
Charleston, en- route for Tallahassee, of Lleuts.
Arson and Bong, Of the Richardson Guard Of
Charleston, whose purpose it is to offer their
services, and those Of eighty South Carolinian
soldiers Of their company, to the rebels Of
Florida. The Mercury will, probably endeavor
to characterize this movement as an indicative
of the chiyalric sympathy Of South Carolina
with a weaker sister rebel, but depend upon it
my orig. nal information was correct, and that
many Of the South Carolina sons ofNMars will
soon be compelled to enlist In the ranks Of
the other seeding States, In order to :get en-
ployment, aud earn the means of subsistence.
which here they cannot find. It is not at ali
unlikely that after the return Of Alabama and
GePrgia to the allegiance Of the United States
(Which Is not considered improbable here
nany of their officers viii Offer their services
to the ex-King Of Naples,
From the inclosed official Custom-house re-
port, yon will perceive that the shipping. from
Dec. -, 1859, to Jan. 81, 1861, was only 1I1.
against 269, same period in the preceding year;
the cash duties received at the port declined
eign export from $3,0oO,0O0 to 500, 600! The
publication of this fearful state Of things. and
the melancholy letter of Mr. Colcock, tho Col
lector Of that rebcllious port, have produced
to-day the utmost CONSERVATION. Several Of
the corn factors propose to remove their
business to another port, and the results OF
the folly Of the SecessioniBt leaders begin TO
fill; lhe minds Of tho people with dieu,sy. It
Is confidently predicted that we are Oh the eve
OF reactionary movement against the Seccs-
sionista, and although the knowledge Of this
latent feeling Of indignation against them may
drive them to desperate measure Of aggrce-
eiEe warfare, it ia said that the current Of reac
tioh, If once fairly set in, viii sweep the State as
frresistibly as that Of Secession swept month
ago. The Rhett+nen in their last brief term
Of existence, gasp for breath to utter vile cal-
uHinies against the North, and to fnflame the
mind Of the South; but they are doomed, and
their calculations are only noteworthy rs a
peculiar form Of death-rattie In vogue among
moribond rebels. The farce ut Montgomery
opens under the most lugubrious auspices. and
it is feared there that Cobb, one Of the least
respected men in the ranks Of thesecessiopists,
will be permitted to pronounce the doom ot:
that fll-fated body. fully confirm my report
Of day before yesterday, about the increasing
mfsgivings in regard to the loyalty or rebellion
Of the other Southern states, and about the
growing feeling that South Carolina-poor it,
tie South Carolfua-wi1l soon stand alone in
her glory, as in her shame. The foreign Con
su1s and Vice-Consnls here, have, after many
years Of refined retirement and enjoyment Of
old Madeira wine, for which Charleston is IA
nous, found some little source Of ACTIVITY in
the present complications. Tho satisfaction
Of IN English Vice Consul at second or third
rate port at being able to indite grave official
missiyes to htslExcellency her Brittanic Majes-
fancied than described; and the diplomatic
representatives Of the most Lilliputiau domi-
nions ore, on such occasions, those who are
fond Of assuming the most gigantic proper
tions of statesmanlike Importance So Won
see there are all sorts Of theatrical entertain
mants at Charleston, from high tragedy down
to low comedy. In the bottom Of my heart
however, fear it will be all tragedy, as far as
the deluded people Of this once fourishipr
State aIe concerned.
DESTITUTE FAMILIES FROM CHARLESTON.
From the New York Times, 9th.1
During the month past many families, whom
the troubtes in Charleston have driven away,
hare arrived in this city, some Of them in very
destitute circumstances, and whose troubles |
are greatly enhanced By the prevailing cold
weather, 30 unlike the mild climate from |
VIII ch they have come. Among the most ne |
nessitons cases which nave been brought to |
light is that Of Mr. Boyce, wife and two chill |
dFen, who came away from Charleston about |
two weeks aince- They found temporary I
lodgings at No: - Greenwich street, where, on |
account Of their great destitation, and the ab-
sence of fire and food, the wife and children
were soon taken sick. Dr.. Andrews, the Po- |
lice Surgeon for the lower disticts, learned |
their situation, and has attended the family. I
Mr.: Bartlett, proprietor OF the WashlugtSt /
Hotel, sent them . stove and some fuel and !
has been kind to them. The wife stil contin. t
des dangerously ILL.,
Yesterday an old Indy, of 90 years and 10.
yards, appeared at the Eighteenth Ward std
|lon, ,house for relief Her daughter, who had
lost her husband In Charleston, fearing that
!er two children would die ,here, had sent
he little ones here to be cared for. She Was
Eery poor, having to rely upon what she could
safn By doing occasional work at service, Tho
policemen verified the truth Of her story. end
gave her temporary relief These cases appeal
strongly to the humane =: