The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-18
FROM CHARLESTON.
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people That they are not social on first ac- l
G uaintancc without 4 strong endorsement, | =,
but as a better acquaintance opens, You will |
see that a generous and kindly feeling begins | q
to manifest itself, which ultimately grows into !
firm friendship. There Is running through 4
the whole family of the native Charlestonians q
a very decided resemblance in form feature, h
manner, carriage, and speech They nave $
some proyinciaiisms, which, to Nirginians, | /.
sound badly, such steers for stairs, /,
''repeer," for repair, &c; but as general |
thing, their pronunciation Is very correct, and
] think elegant. The leading physical trait of | 9
genuine Chariestonian is n slender and deli
care frame generally dark eyes and expression,
(this you Will be struck with in extreme old
age of both sexes) hair disposed to be reddish
or ex treme black, always quick in their mo- ,
ton aud unusually active, with great ca | ,
pacity for enduring fatigue. No people on the
globe, that | have ever seen, can boast OF as |
pretty feet. l can tell a thoroughbred Charles |
tonan the moment see him by his foot, ana
l can readily detect it'll Yankee or Dutch-
man have crossed the stock for 1t takes all OF
tive generations of intermarriage to get the
| foot right again.
| Poltteness, real genuine politeness, grows
here spontaneously. gentleman comes INTO
my counting room to ask question or TO col
| lect a bill, he takes Off his hat and makes
| known his business with the polite air that
| one might expect from him In the parior
| This excellent trait leads every one to respect
| the feelings of others nor is the servant per
| mitted TO he more polite and condescending
to the gentleman than the gentleman TO the
servant. But the crowning glory of the |
Charleston character, is beneyolence. There
= more ample provision made here for the |
n, Sr and the orphan, the SICK and the way
wa, Il even, than any city of it's population |
that know of. There is an asylum for the |
moor. q. eotbeT for the respectable poor an |
asvinu, I, W the vicious, another for sailors, |
| anotber for the sick generally, another for |
5;s.,se. conta Sioas, and several others that |
cannot rememb II, ali large, airy, costly, and, |
| may saw macnl tcent. The free schools, con-
| inn,od mostly by Southern teachers large,
fine airy and convenient houses, provided
| >Yi IN every comfort at ~ immense expense,
| 1.,here the rich and the poor mix, and where,
il may be expected, foundations will be laid
! for future greatness.
Rnt the distinguishing glory OF the city Is
the Orphan Asylum. Ii any man can go to
| that elegant mansion, and there three
| hundred young immortals, fatheriess ana
| motherIess, and destitute of this word
| goods and see their comforts-aye, their ele-
| gancies and the great care taken OF those I'M
| fortunates, the excellent system of education,
| and the religious influences brought TO bear
| upon thein--if he can see all this and say there
is not great virtue in Carolina. hasty and in
| temperate a. some may think her, SHAH be
. greatly disappointed. The presiding and rui'
ing spirit in this noble institution is MIR. De.
! Saussure, who has beenChairman OF the Board
:, | of Managers for more than forty years. MT
| neSaussure is one of the most venerable men
t l ever looked upon. He is now near to eighty
wears. vet he is active, healthy, affable, and
{ one of the moet elegant gentlemen III MS
;: | manners / ever knew. lie is OF the HUI
> guenot family, of course, with an the po-
! Iitenesss and beneyolenes OF his race,
e | punctiliously conscent lous, and upon the
p | iyhoIa u most interesting CHARACTER
- He is about five feet six or seven inches, very
IL erect rather stout build, round neshy lace,
:. ! small black eye, features regular ana hand-
IL some, full head of hair, and white as wool
. 1t would do your soul good 70 see TINS ageo.
IL gen tleman when he goes into the GROUNDS OF
the Asylum OF afternoons to see tins hoca OF
ie near three hundred of Gods lambs running 10
~ and budding around their good shepherd.
There is TOO much good in this people 10 De
abused and villified and hated. God knows
love my native land as well as one can, but
eandor cornpels me TO say. that aiter fes.,
dence here for many years, have never
known generous, SO noble race OF men, u
these Carolinians. NIRGISIUs,
il, CHARLESTON. March IA, 1861.
at a dispatch from your city, this afternoon
T SAWS a letter received there on to-day, from ;
lis | most reliable house in New York, under dat
he of yesterday, that five war steamers Wer'
to about TO steam for the South, supposed to b.
| for this city. The dispatch was not credlte'
d. here so far as this port being their place o
e. destjnation The i'm preston here is, that MAJ
Anderson will be forthwith withdrawn, ye
rs Gen Beauregard has redoublea all diligence
n | and has req uired every man TO stand 10 III
ov post and be ready at a moments warning
and not to let one vessel pass without ne
sa character being fully investigated. Genera
re- | Beauregard has cut off all supplies for sum
So ter both to food and tnel, and they nav
ne now only II days supply. That the comman
ell will be withdrawn now, all seem TO ADMIT 4
'ut n matter OF necessity, but not rs an act lndl
OF cative OF peace. The conflict no .douot, WI
re- begin at Fort Pickens, where there will be, b
middle
&C, | concentrated. Capt. Ingraham leaves heI
ch | 10 morrow TO take command OF the Nav
sin | Yard at Pensacola, and from that place yo
gh NAV expect the first onset, which is
ny, delnge this land in blood, and bring mourn
ing TO many of our hearths and hearts
On, | One thing NAV be relied that the Wasf
ington Government VIII nor REINFORCE re s
ems except they do 1t over the Ifeless pod
of many a brave man. 1t has been though
nv MANY both North and South, that an
attempt 10 reinforce or coerce would bring
n;pia nd
ere | lint [ hear no such expectation spoken
10 | here Indeed, on the contrary, no intelllgel
,isb man has the slightest expectation nor OF al
80 | other State coming into the Confederacy, e
as cent perhaps Arkansas. They predicate Tn
~, upon the fact that Virginia IS the ieading sa
ith | State remaining with the ola onloh' anu 3
~ ~ is eyiden tly determined TO put off matters
- | another Con vention, 10 be held months memo
~ | by which time she will be lmpotent, or rain
adj under the iron heel OF one OF hef aegeher a
- | sons 80 that she cannot resist even II she II
80 | the spirit. l confess l cannot quite give IN
Ia such an opinion, in the face OF the leslslau
its resolves, with that large number IN yo
- Con yention-the brains OF your ConyentiC
onIa and almost the entire press OF your State
rye favor of secession. YET may be mistake
or and VirginiaDyes, ttr9thaoSna{ pnessn
onie devastated, which. when done. Will be
ornd | death knell also. .
anu very intelligent gentleman, in a small
~ cial party tonight, lnade this predfction-tl
10 Sumter would be evacuated, our Comlnissio
~ | ers would be sent home, a battle Will be beg
at Fort PlckenS IN Il lew udys, VI NeehS
hon, most Lncoln's Cabinet would be blown
49,, in two monts, and that we should have
iio" other State in the Southern Confederacy.
b. tod shall see.
.iDeu You will see in the Mercury of day, q W
SON. correct plan of Charleston harbor. If J
20. will take your stand in the middle OF the pc
tna' of he city with your face towards Fort SU
ne | Ter Won will have the harbor laid out bet
SNIP | Won You will see Morris Island, with
,et 80 | noint nearest Sumter, called CumIll
w., W. | Point On that Point there are three ba
= ~ | ries of the most formidabl Kind and II
WAN there to a little beyond the Star OF the w es
10 or there are ten others, all mounted for the IN
'. .a mart with the heaviest ordnance On 81
80 vans Island there are two others, beside L
~, a. Moultre. Near Mount Pleasant there
- III another On James Island, at Fort JOINS
I'd in Is 'ho'hei' : ~ ,-assaIs 70 mass these ba
in "a | ries.
III l understand that very extensive prep'
"a lions are on foot to raise the largest and II
affective army ever known to America an
oiiiiia is now in progress and as said to you 81
Davis raj times that army will assuredly inv
a lot the enemies soil prov ded you will let us y
Do you think Virginia will let us pass
Nv VIRGIYIU
,eech, --~---------
that pREsiDEST DAVIS VETO OF THE AFR
IONS Save TRADE BILL.-President Davis
I'd at Message on the African Slave TRADE Dill
t the made public Thursday, the order OF sec
sions, | ma wing been removed. The PRESIDENT opJe
seeds 10 the sixth section of the act, Which aut
e. so iyes the sale of Africans TO the highest bid
,adily unIess the Colonization Societies take the
II we iberia at their own expense. lie COM
wit that il is in opposition to the clause OF
struc- Ca..t;tution fOrbidding such trade, anc