The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-28
correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch
kefter from tie South

NiCksBEHG, NJ Tss., March 81 1861
As am spending a few days mere prepara-
in 70 gong sun farther South, / purpose
5r1JilAS portion of my leisure time to lot
Ing down the impressions formed of passing
events, and sending them To you for the edifi-
c--1a Of the belitslted people of Richmond.
Contrary 10 all expectation. find that there
ts.sts here the greatest unani1nity of feeling
20 support OF the Confederate Governments
ll1e-s!. speak truly i'll saying that though
lasfe spoken with many since my arrival
Ian Yet 10 see the hrst man who is not heart
a44 hand ZetsOuSly IN favor of outhern in
csP-Jdvnce, now, and for all future time The
Olarts Ci the HhIg. concerning the disa fec
toa q. he masses, Is altogether mistake; for
e. people, as tar as am able to Judge both
q, high and low degree, are delighted, and
hnIy NJ tho change. Conversing with a
large tax payer this evening | WAS told that
-- ptJprTiy holders we're taxed under the
ieF government bat twenty per cent. addi-
taaal Inclusive Of the military tax to their
usual Lax itlOu, and that the aggregate amount
4. not exceed one dollar on every hundred -
E4at lla ITEiuld say to this
q, -FE3rds revenue, the new Government
j. Glmis!y better OF than the one established
. Washington, under projection of Turens's
guns collecting. as II does, more money than
a4a' is required for the current expenses of
lis same. Eyen here, at this port where
'erflgs was never collected before, is now
rLa5 collected a thousand dollars per day,
T-tA amount VIII be increased as the work
'"2I. At New Orleans, / am told, the
'.,al1l!fs ar" collecting an enormous amount
q revenue, which, of course, diminshcs TO
s'tAt"ni at least the power OF Lincoln for
mischief, ana shoTtens his lever TO Coefce to a
l'gfre neTeA contemplated by him or his
c8t'aiors. Let, then, the submission reyilers
a southern men and Southern Independence
La's usIr way; but future events viii prove
.hen that they who would themselves be
ii1e, must 90 as these people are C,oirg-strike
ma tJN, / hear no threats OF war upon the
i~9pia Of the North by the Government of the
Sum. indeed, such as / have spoken with
'- 'Lr SUBJECT, have deprecated hos tiliiies,
iti nave al the same time declared earnestly
&"I emPhdtcally that if war was the election
" Lincoln, h. should have his till to his hearts
"'A''1' pGr t. is Ia tdke CONN und in case
'''lNttttS commence, and in anticipation of
S@h an event, he has made preparations to
aA extent llt'le Inspected on tsIde OF the States
PARTICULARLY Interested. Two companies of
t.a!'Is leave here III the morning for Fort
i"Erns, and Cen Clarke, who commands
."" mississippi forces, is ordered TO proceed TO
Ia PrIHt forth with. Judging of what is to
.ar liIce IN the vicinity Of Fort Pickens ia
Ls' 'ouIse 81 the next thirty days, by the
ga preparations making here and about,
,uvU.d say that war VIII coon be upon YOU,
1'4 IL would not be out CT place to say that
use VIII IN a little while be heard i'm Rich
+-lA-, coming up from the Gulf of Mexico,
-+tuatfd 10 startle even the dry bones now
;''AeTed together IN the hail of the AIechanics'
4~'Htuta. ARLINGTON.