The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-27
FROM CHARLESTON.
,c,u cosnEsPospsScE or THE DISPATCH. ]

CHARLESTON, feb. %, 1861
f,ar 1,ecnle have not forgotten the birthday
, X5rriu{a' : great and glorious son, and the
t;,s,y of his Country. The day was ushered
- by booming of cannon, and II j. TO be a gala
- here favored As we are with beautiful
,,siug ike Wea Their. No Carolina will never
,t,.nf the anniversary of the birth OF Wash.
ton however she may despise the oppres.
las of his degenerate sons.
The report of the new Cabinet At Mont
,-,Inrry. which | gave you yesterday, is re-
r.rIe,i here n official. Whether or not The
,entlcmen selected viii take office, is not vet
trovu Several of the Cabinet are not wide
- tcov.n hut all of them are regarded rs
tfe men and of unimpeached character
President Davis viii certainly be here on
Tuesday next, when grand reception awaits
ti,o Il would be pleasant trip (only 20
honrsl tor some of your gentlemen of leisure
., visit the anctcnt and now Ts10tpnsd city of
CAarleston. Ii would be a pleasant, and no
toubt a very profitable trip for Your State
Couvention 20 come IN Btasse 10 see their
safurt gallant Chief Magistrate. The sight of
PRESIDENT Davis and the brea thing CT secession
sf.noepheTr, might quicken some Of those now
sll.gIsh and inanimaie spirits which seem dor.
1p,nt from i'm bibing too free OF Union narcotics
,..tulnKs II Mr.. Moore, of kockbridge, was
,o,;.it rs he would see that we are not such
.a,usfers As 10 haunt his sleeping moments
uDftvortbiy. 1t il true, he would on All
ilas corps of soldiers, brstling bayonets, for
,uld4ble batteries and the huge fioa ting bat
tp~y hut We will take care TO "hurt nobody,H -
and viii guarantee 10 return You and all your
Siats Convention right side up with care
Weli she floating battery again. 1t is now
nearly compi' ted. ] visited the ship yard
,uis morning 70 see il before il left terra frrau
7 viii give IT'S dimensions 90 feet long ~ feet
wide aud what depth of hold I cannot say
because don't know where to me sure to or
from One hr0adside Is protec ted by an oval
6ecR or roof, extending about one thiTd of the
With, which is 10 be- entirely closed as cnSe-
mates. In this compartment the guns are to
WugS Ine Hhoie interior is lined with Pal
rpjto legs OF IL inches IN diameter and III q
through and through with iron. The plank
Ing Of the vessel l. four inches thick, and the
vno.r exterior, roof and al. Is covered with
iron hlrs OF two thicknesses, each bar being
th.ee-q quarters of an inch thick. When COM
p,,ei, II Is TO he anchored in one-q uartpr OF 4
mile or Castle Pnckney, and the 10-inch Co
luinbI3ls are 10 ba turned upon her to see If
.it a.U sfand 6re. and if she does, Sumter
nav look out.
The sealing ladders are nearly done. DO You
know what scaling ladders are ? If not, l
will not tell you now, but Major Anderson
NAV,
report came to the city this morning bv
OF the pilot boats, that the ship-of war
'Daniel Webster was lowering about our
hlrh0r. and the impression is that she is try
lug 10 reinforce Major Anderson. but when
fHEY get reinforcement into sumter, they
will have Ia slaughter u ftlr of us; that's
20; ana, 10y the way, II would be a great
would only impose Il very unpleasant duty on
sur people of having u slaughter SO many
more
heard on rhe street this morning a sagh
piece ot advice given by an old African TO
h brother dr1ymen. a. they all sat lazily on
Their 0raFS. 1t WIS this " BE not deceirfd."
/, ct course, knew not why the sable speaker
uttered these words with such emphasis, but
At occurred 10 ne that l might, With equal
lfopI+tv and parneStrrss, urge the same
srrpturll quotation upoh Virginia. When
he old FOSSILS of the Wing and Democratic
parties propose to hang on 10 abolition North
America, and profess so much attachment 10
th" MON, l would say TO them, ''be not de-
crived, tor there can never De any real Union
tcWeeu them and the North.
When the people are told that the seeded
States Will ultimately return to the embrace
ui our i"riag abolition brethren, ''be not
deceived they tcH mere do IL. When
the Black Republicans cajole you, and fiat
ter you, and use horeycd phrases, and stuff
You with sugar plum arguments. and show a
Willingness TO kiss your big toe, &" be not de-
c'Ivrd they are only doing what they have
been doing for quarter of Z century-adroit-
iy, and stealthily, and surely. winding you up
IN jhflr meshes, as ever that wicked spider Sc
dtced the unsuspectlng lily. /" Be not deceiV-
ei, lrglnians-you are rs vet not entirely
p2werless but The time is At hand when you
Wi! be. II you do not resist manfGiiy the tide
Vi abolition encroaChm NIRGINICs.