New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-06
THE PRO-SLAVERY REBELLION.
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
A DELUDED CORRESPONDENT.

The readers OF HE TRIBUNE VIII dOupuess
have been surprised at the accounts of the forti-
6cations in Charleston harbor which recently ap-
peared in The N. Y. Herald. From time to
time have given correct descriptions of the bat
teries which have been erected on the islands,
and at this late day The Herald has sent down
correspondent to report the extent and strength
of these reasonable and offensive operations
The result of the observations of The HerG'ds
representative are so entirely at variance not
only with fact but with probability, that feel
compelled to give them contradiction, and 70
state plainly the circumstances under which he
obtained his information. The gentleman has
very correctly stated that he obtained an order
10 visit the islands from Governor Pickens, but
he omitted to state that Immediately before he
received it he had solicited from Gen. Beaure-
gard the same favor, and had met with point
blank refusal the willy General was, however,
not to be outwitted, and though highly indignant
at hearing that Governor Pickens had granted
the permission, contented himself with taking
quiet but secure means to circumyent the lnquls-
itiveness of the correspondent. He Immediately
dispatched his confidential aid to the commander
at Morris I,'ond, and the results of Gen. Beaure-
CARDS in; were manifested as sooh
as The He deputy appeared. The man
30 whom he vas first introduced INSISTED
that he should take a drink; the gentleman
from The Herald is just one OF those " good
fellows" who cannot say no-and l am quite
within the mark in stating that in four hours
from the time he landed, he was so exhuberant,
90 thoroughly good-natured that any description
volunteered by the attentive and hOspitabe Car
elinans was duly recorded and has already made
its appearance in the columns of the paper named.
need scarcely add, that my friend from the
North was not allowed to get sober, until he re-
turned to the Mills House in Charleston; this Will
account for the fact-which is much chuckled
over in every bar-roOm in the city-thst howitz-
ers in almost every instance have been transmog-
ri6ed into COlumbiads, and the defenses Of the
rebels made to appear FIVE times as strong as
they are in reality; this also will explain how it
was that The HeraLd's representative, even with
the aid of his spectacular assistant distinguished
the toughest looking set of b'hoys that were ever
forced into livery by attributing to them mar
tial and soldierly appearance; one of the compa-
MES, reviewed by my friend, and so wildly and
enthusiastically described, would certainly remind
any man with an ordinary imagination more OF
Falstaff's recruits, than of disciplined American
soldiers. Upon the correspondent Of The y. ".
Times who went to the island in safe custody,
the game of stufing was successfully praetced
without the aid of whisky, as will appear from
his records The Mercury, whose information
could of course contradict these manifest errors,
Endorses them all this morning, but at the same
time protests against their having been allowed
n set their foot upon Palmetto soil. This D." re-
xpectabIe" journal has been getting positively
funny of late. The editor has produced two Ia
bored arguments for the purpose of proving that
no Z" Free States" should be allowed to enter the
Southern Confederation. The idea of the posi-
biIty of such an application from Free State,
lie 90 preposterOus, that the only excuse l can
make for my chivalric neighbor, the Colonel, "
Is that he is effected with the malady attributed
TO hares in the month of March.
A telegraph message was received here yes
terday to the effect that THE TRIBUNE, in its
leaders was insisting that Fort Sumter could and
should be reinforced; it has put the whole Of
the officials on the qui vive, and the pleasant
certainty which on Sunday peryaded all classes
of society, that the garrison would be with
drawn, has given way to a general expectancy
that the United States Government is alive to
its duties and responsibilities, and that treason
and rebellion, are not to be allowed to ride ram.
pant over the liberties and property Of the Amer-
can people.
have been much amused, during my residence
here, in witnessing the syidity with which they
attempt to twist every item Of European news
into favorable recognition of the Southern Con.
federation; there are hundreds here who believe
that the feet which it is reported England and
France are fitting out is intended for the defense
of Southern rights" The simplicity Of the peo-
pie in this respect is marvellous. / can tel them,
II it will crafty them, how they may get Brit
ish squadron into Southern waters-and it is the
only way at present open to them-let them re-
peat the treatment used toward British Captain
In the port of Savannah, few weeks ago. The
Consul at that port has been kind enough, upon
receiving the apologies Of the Government, and
the assurances that the miscreants should bel pun
hhed, to be quiet about the matter; but they
must not try that again, and have grave doubts
whether the British Government will, in this
instance, allow the outrage to pass unayenged.
Let the slave-code Rebels understand at once
for they viii soon know it, that they can expect
neither assistance, cooperation, or recognition,
from any civilized power.
could scarcely fOrbear giving vent TO my
riGble faculties last evening, when friend of