, 1861-02-13

THE EXISTING CRISIS.
Movements at tIae Eo1xfIa,
90UTH CAHQXNA,.' :

SOUTH CAH0XINA.i'. J.
CONDITION or A1TAIks At CHARLESTON.
A correspondent Of ths New York TINES
writes: .-'+ -: p.
Gov. Pickens is denounced By many a. being
q perfect old fogy. never heard any one
speak unklndly of his wife, however. = She is q
perfect bundle Of. destinations, and the young
er oftcers 60 crazy over her. ! saw her at
Fort Moultric the other afternoon cutting an
immense dash. The troops were reviewed for
her especial benefit
:. OF TIE 1900 men On snlllvan's Island hard.
u = company has dress nike. Many stall.
Wart fellows have hurried from their homes,
bearing only their trusty rifle; while some have
e1&mportzed costume q Ia Garibaldi. This
RED blouse fs very picturesque, and the bear
ers o. II IRE men Of great muscle, and power
ful.fe4loWs In every sense. ..,:s..,
Gov: Aiken has recently purchased q num-
per q Armstrong guns in England, paying
$40, ,0oo apiece. He will shortly: present them
to the State. Every day hear, from undoubt
Cd sources, OF large amounts being sent to the
Governor, ranging from $500 to 35,0o0 The
s soath ca5olinlans fight for an idea; and where
they think their honor il concerned, they dis
mlsssan distractions and fight to the death.
I am perfectly convinced from what hare
seen here and In other portions Of the South
within three months, that the holding Of any
more Union meetings at the North Is a perfect
farce. eix States out Of the Union, with two
more going shortly, aud the border States
tlon-union now Is q moral as well as geo.
graphical impossihi1ity. Get up reconstTuc-
tfon meetings for the border States-saye them
Il you can; but the Gulf States, with South
Carolina, never will return. It La now too
late. =, :
/ am thoroughly Northern man. but I
speak from careful observation, and any one
from the Northeast or Northwest, who will
come to the extreme South, and leave all pre-
conceived Ideas behind, viii find that every
word utter above Is true. :. :.
4 writer in the New York Tribune, whose
communication ia dated Charleston, Feb q,
does not portray the condition Of, matters at
Charleston In quite aoz favorable q Light. He
says: ',.'
The wife Of one Of the most unselhah and
to-day that her husband, after running his busi-
ness lhe is cotton factor, and giving all his
ready money Upwards of $S0,000,) to the
State, has now not sufficient money left to sup
ply her with the means Of purchasing provie-
ions for the daily wants Of the family, This
ls one G case out Of hundreds. am soroy to
Say. There are also here In Charleston great
number Of shabby-geutcel fa1nilies, owning
lew negroes, whose only means Of subsistence
are derived from the work which these ne.
groes can obtain, The miseries of these ami-
lies Is now very great, for 1t Is difficult in the
present time for these negroes to get even the
miserable pittance upon which their MISTRESS
es and masters depend.
STILL ANOTHER LETTER FROM MAJ. ANDERSON.
Foar SUMTER, 8. c., Jan.21,
- j. PIECE, Esq, Northfield Church, Conn.,
Dear Sir II thank you for the interest your
note of the 18th inst manIfests for me. Be
assured that not life shall be taken, not a
dwelling demolished, unless there shall be an
absolute necessity for it. No one would more
deeply deplore the shedding of blood than I
should. trust In God that time may now be
gained, and that instead of rcsorting to the ar
bitrament Of the sword, reason and good sense
will regulate the actions of those in authority.
lam, Sir, respectfully yonr servant,
RoaxRT Anderson, u. 8. A.
MAJOR ANDERSON RESISTING THE ENTREATtEs