New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-12
A PRIVATE BATTERY.

We find the following paragraph in the
Charleston Is. CO. correspondence of . cotempo-
rary:
salute was fred this afternoon by Capt James W. Mere
d p,vat, battery honor the ratification OF tho con'tie
ton by 1ouh Carolina aid the borg Con erse States
Gag"
We'll, in the rapid on et Of misunderstanding
civilization, beautifully bewrltten and pbiloso.
phizod, az it has been, Charleston does outrun
New.York. There are hundred things which
are handy to have in the house. Toodles knew
it; Mrs. Toodles knew IL; we all koow it. But
did ever the most prudent Of US think OF pro-
uding, keeping, maintaining, casting, mounting,
loading, priding aDd discharglug private bstteryf
There we're private Notifications, as we have been
informed, in the Middle Ages. There we're GER
tain counterscarps, rnyelins, aud mcsts in My
Uncle Tobys garden, which might be generlcaily
classed under the head of Private Battery
burglars 20 about with their pockets full OF Fix
shooters-real private batteries. But in these
peaceful times, OF least 10 these peaceful regions,
we buy pots, pans, kettles, cooking ranges but
we do not buy private bstteres Mrs. Young
husband does not say to the bridegroom OF her
bosom: "My love, there is the incest little
"Pailhan secondhand and dirt cheap. just
round the corner-snd the man throws IN the
I" balls, my dear--and l have found saltpeter
gorg for song, in o charming shop, and inter
" for nothing ut all aud we can grind our own
"powder, lore aud Tommy will bave nice
" hand at casting BULLETS and, bless my soul
there is o mall. arms manufacturer just below
Gus. with tie neate.t swords that you ever
" .aw-snd DO noe forget TO remember to remind
John that we are out Of cartridges, and,
Greatly, the gardener il quite behiudhand with
"his ditch. We may be assaulted tomorrow
morning, Mr.. YouDghusbsnd i wish you
a. would not be- forever neslectng our de:ens's.'
Doe. this sort Of small talk season the South
Carolina cakes and cohcol ObSlously-for has
not Mr. James W. Meredith put up, erected and
established a private battery Where did he get
his guns Really, we do not koowi He cast
them, We suppose. South Carolina has every
blessing which the Creator has ever bestowed
upon any State-why should she not have ono
more. TO wit, brass mine She expects all the
results Of human ingenuity to come begging for
barter al her door-why should not tTampes
arrive there now aud then, with few seventy
skies at q bargani Perhaps Mr.. James W.
Meredith bought the guns and gave his note--at
fifty years, interest of-for the purchase money.
Perhaps -
Bat why shoud No speculate Why should
the fact--that is 70 cay, the exceedingly remote
flct-that these private guns may be pointed at
our private and particular business and bosoms,
discompoee US into queyulous interrogatoryi IL
will be long time, we fancy, before, then hor-
ror.stricken, we zee Dir. James w. Meredth's
gus gaping in this neighborhood. That
battery is fixture. Understand that the said
battery is for the protection Of Capt. Meredith,
Mrs. Meredith, and all the little Mcredths
Old Meredith maintains battery that he may
breakfast, dine, sup, sleep, sow, and log, at bis
ease. It win be- a very impro7ideot procedure,
and one, we hope, which Mrs. Captain will not
consent 10, for Meredith to allow the battery to
go oil the place. " We neither borrow nor lend
any,hing-much less our private batter ca -
that should be the Meredith legend. Buy
" your Own batteries" should be the steady
answer, upon application for loan.
II is not ell Of us who can afford the luxury
of Private Battery" We have seen fearful
statistics of the actual eos. Of discharg;rg once
single gun. To say nothing Of the expense Of
private gunncrs aud swabbors and hammers and
posder.monkeys. But Meredith can do it, We
auppose Meredith can keep slaves and horses
and private batteries-no end OF them, TO be sure.
MecedltLs cotton is not moItgaged up TO the last
sprout Meredith ia flush. The bombeidlncnt
Of whole day would be bsgateie to Meredith.
OF what description are Meredita's guns
Upon our life aud sol we DO not know. How
manyl We really do not know. Long Toms,
swiges, Carronades Agan, We soy, We do
10. know. How shcud Wei We never kept
Private Batter.