The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-29
HE TRIBUNE" CORRESPONDENT
CHARLESTON
WHAT THE SOUTH CAROLINIANs LIVE on.
CHARLESTON. s. C., March 2

no WHAT THE SOUTH CAROLINIANs LIVE on.
a. CHARLESTON, s. G., March 25
20 :; TO the Editors of the " Y Enpress:
r Being a roommate of the correspondent of th
id N: T. Tribune, and having nothing else to do,
VIII write you few lines as to matters and thing
- IN the City of Chvalrv.
i- Although am of the masculine gender measur
ing hve teet six in my "stockin'- feet am dali,
! hxed out In female apparel The fact is | am no
/, paSseu p on on this guble community as the wife o
=, the TRIBUNE correspondent. This is one to evad,
the watchtul eyes of the Vigilance Committee. IL
n an my communications, shall confne myself tc
'he statement OF facts, and you that as muci
Telance can be placed my letters as upon nv
husoand's (?). My husband and received an in
niIaeioh last week to spend few DAYS with Gov.
q flekens and family, which of course we accepted
n ana VIII give you short account of how we were
entertained by his EXcellency. We arrived at the
Executive mansion on Wednesday last at eleven
9 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 for
lew 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-
i ient 10 one OF his neighbors. He showed us into
his library, requesting us to amuse ourselves
, dinner, which would come off at p. NJ We were
prepared Tor all this, having something of
southern life before. At PM. the Governor and
lauy sent Us word by dirty, ragged negro boy,
ABOUT II years OF age, that dinner was on the table,
ana ana we were escorted by the negro boy to the
GGihing room, where were welcomed by MIS-
GoV. fickens. After we were all seated, and
| idu ocen asked DY the Governor, each
son son at the table was furnished with a printed bill
OF fare, copy of which send you:
BILL OF FARE.
Mais5tb Maze Heel S Soup s's"sd Negro a Fingers.
QuadFoon Quadroon Hash
Negro Infant Barbecued. Old Negro Lep Roasted
Muatto " Broiled. Young Arms Bakad
Quadroon" Fried. Mulatto Feet Stewed.
N, DESSERT.
Negro Brains stewed in sugar.
;, Corn Whskev and Coffee
husband and | at first hesitated to partake of tbe
ualhty iare, but the Governor and his lady seeming
10 relsh 1t, we at last commenced sppinG 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 can
% not write you more at present, but if you wish it,
Will continue to post you, long as Mr.. Greeley
may continue my husband in this city.
hourS' alectIonately, NANCY GREELEY.
PERQUIsITEs OF THE HEAD MASTER OF Eroy
ocHooL.-The March number of the CornhW Nag-
dz'"e opens with satrical paper upon education
at arstocrac Eton, in the puise of a third Letter
from y atertamilias" to the editor. Here is a pas
sage which records what seems a verv mean trans
actloh on the part of the Head Master of a great
Puoic school, whose Legitimate emoluments from
year.
"When an Eton boy is about to quit the school
ne usually takes leave of his tutor and of the head
i"fStCI. IL IS understood that, If he has hnen
very iil-conducted boy, his tutor and the head |
master would decline to take leave of him; but
Such severity, at such a moment is rarely if ever
Praetised. The theory, however, works admirably |
Ia pecunlary sense; for well-behayed bows are
.hereoy induced to consider that it is a slur upon
them not to take leave
"Ihe details of the ceremony are as follows: The |
boy waits on the head master who expresses his |
sorro" at parting with him, his wishes for his fu-
ture welfare, and sends his best compliments to his
PARENTS the two then snake hands, and the bov re-
tres. AS he leaves the room, n 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 |
small, may observe that something of the same
kihd, win the same object, may be at the
suck and umbrella department of the National
Gallery, and, l am told, indicates that, although
money is not positively demanded it will be crate
lu'ly received On this plate the boy deposits
note, varying from El0 to f25 1t is said that tho
sons of dukes and railway kings go as high as f5O
but OF that do not pretend to speak with an de-
gree of authority. ~
''Ine next day when the money has been counted.
the head masters servant goes round to every how
VINO has taken leave with handsomeIy-bound
volume as keepsake from that dignitary, and re-
ceves from each boy fee of los. Cd. as his share of
the transaction.
''The general estimate is that .Ieavnrr ,noror,
gives to the head master at Eton &i 800 year.
INTERESTING THEORY oFA DEPRESSION AT THE
POLES OF THE EARrH-TRorICs IN THE AnCrIcs AHp
ANFARGrIGs;-Hon. H.: W. Taylor, of Canandagua,
N j
on the Phenomena of the Polar Regions, in which
he developed very plausible theory with regard
TO their formation and physical aspect He en-
deavoTed to show that the commonly received no
ton, that the earth forms a complete oblate sphe-
rold IS Incorrect but that, instead of being fat
around the poles, there is large depression into
the earth, somewhat in the form of a hollow hem
isnhAre. that this, for various reasons is ouiln
warm, and probably consists partiy Of land anG
partly of water, and is the lie-source of many vn
etaoie and animal productions found elsewhere in
tlop'csi as well as IN temperate climates In sup
port OF this position, the lecturer cited the opinion
OF Sir John Herschel to prove that there is no
r. L 70 TINS form, but the contrary
rno sucn aenressIon at the poles would be the
necessary result of globe of liquid, set in mo
tion 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 and open sea around the North noIa ex
tending nearly or quite 900 miles across: " h;ch
warm sea seems to be inconsistent with the notinn
that the polar regions fat as in that case aIl
known principles OF physics would require that this
part OF the earths surface should be colder than apv
other on the globe. If there be such hollow boen
having the icy circle for its rm the rays of the sun
ourln% the summer, striking the inside of this ca
". 49, "ou;u generate a very great warmth within,
whlch, IN connection with the increased heat ari
sing from a nearer approach to the earth's centre
Wou'd De quite adequate to the production of all tbe
neat necessary to make the interior basin tropical
In Its productions. Such formation of the north
ern regions will fully account for the hitherto unov
Pained phenomena of the existence of trees and
timber collected in vast bodies all around and with
IN the circle of polar ce and of the still more OK
traordlaary accumuatons of the remains of the ell
ephanf, rhlnoceros, hippopotamus and other tropi-
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 tho
northernmOst shores ard islands ever visited nv
man. The accumuations of eephant-rem 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
and timber, representing the species grown in all |
climates, and the remains of coun tess muItitudes !
OF tropical animals existing in all conditions from
the utmost freshness to those fossiized bv the anse
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 the Lirsrpool Mercury March ST
Inc politicians OF what were lately the United |
States seem bert on turning great nation into a
little one. Southern secession finds fttinr match
In Northern protectionism, and between the two it
appears not improbable that America may 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-essental point, is com
mltted to the Darrowest dOgmas of a false and ey-
poded political economy; and Mr.. Lincoln himself
IN late speech at Pittsburg, Pa, has shown that
he entirely accepts the absurd and mOnstrous dOc-
trine that consumers made for producers
We are afraid we must take for granted that for
some time to come the fiscal legislation of the Nor
thern Union will be largely influenced by ant-com-
mercial faacies 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 dlscourses like an Essex squire of the Corn law
and top-boot epoch. i =
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-for dissolying SO UNEQUAL
a partnership; and it is impossible to say how far
the new Southern Confederation may not find in
un!ettered commerce with Europe compensation
for the financial Inconvenience and burdens OF
separation. Be this as it may, the North will do
wisely TO abstain from measures which NAV per
haps set other States calculating whether the ben
etits derived from the Federal Government are an |
equivalent for the daily and hourly tribute exacted
oy New England cotton spinnerS and PENNSYLVANIA |
iron masters. 1t seems rash to take for graoted
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 are little understood in America and does
not appear that California, Indiana or Michigan
objects 20 give for hardware and cotton roods
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 nro
tectlonst tariffs or the Federal Union will have tn
give way. Considering how loosely the federal
fabric is cemented, and how easily it NAV be riyen
asunder, marvels at the bodness of those North
ern pohtlclans VINO think the present moment a