Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-11

ator Bayard, 'the collective act OF the COL
lective people of seven States," and, he
might have added, inhabited by a people
who equal the best in the world in patriot
ism, intelligence and wealth. In short, in
the homespun phrase of backwoodsman,
whom we heard expressing himself about
the young Confederacy a day or two since
-sage it and stze Is, and it beats 'em all !'''
Important from Washington City.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-Lieut Talbot,
it is understood, will accept an Office here
and not return South. He will probably
be made Assistant Adjutant-General.
Intimations of decided character are
given out in official quarters that the Ad-
ministration does not intend to blockade
the ports of the Confederate States in order
to collect the revenue, though endeavors are
made to keep every movement secret.
The Confederate Commissioners are still
of opinion that Fort Sumter will be evacu-
ated, and say they have the best reasons to
believe that the Administration yet IN cans
peace.
Another messenger, it is understood, will
be despatched to Charleston by the Gov
ernmeut on Sunday, though sudden
change in this respect is not improbable.
Hon. John Nj. Bolts and two members
of the Virgins Convention visited Mr.. Lin
coin tonight, urging a peace policy.
An unusually reliable informant states
that the Administration are concentrating
all available force at Tortugas and Key
West, whence it will supply Fort Pickens
if attacked, and take over troops from Tor
tugas to repel the attacks. There will be
war enough to cause the Border States to
secede and join the Southern Coufederacy.
Then the government will, as it cannot
now recognize the indepeudece of the Con-
federate States by treaty.
Another informant states thai part of the
plan is to blockade the Mississippi, and re-
take Ship Island, and perhaps other sta
tions. Another source says that large
amount of army and naval stores, including
seven mountain howitzers, were shipped
hence by express to Fort Hamilton. These
look to land as well as to sea operations.
The agents of New York bankers here
telegraped home to-day that collision was
inevitable. The whole city is in state Of
intense anxiety and excitement. +
The steamship Atlantic has been CHAR
tered by the Government, and cleared for
Brazos this afternoon, with provisions and
stores.-Special Despatch to Charleston
Courier.
The STRENGTH OF THE SoUTH-The
Tennessee Baptist publishes some statistics
worthy of attention. 1t says:
The South has $4,000 square miles
more than the United States, prior to the
acquisition of Louisiana, and is as large as
Great Britain, France, Spain, Prussia and
Austria. Her population is four times as
large as that of the colonies at the com
meucement of the Revolutionary War, and
is sixty per cent. greater than that of the
whole United States, when We entered up
on the war of 1872. She has 5000 miles
of railroad, which have been mainly built
with her own capital. In the six years end
ing 1860, the South built more miles of
railroads than the West, but did not exhaust
her means in their construction. The West
was PROSTATE. while the South was never in
a better condition; and in the crash Of
1857, we saved the North from ruin by send
ing her 100000 bales of cotton, which
were sold for s65, 5,00O,000
The siren h of people consists in their
wealth-in the excess of production over
consumption. For the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1860, the United States exported
to foreign countries S316, 6,220,6l0, excu-
ding specie and foreign merchandise re.ex.
ported. Of this amount 2l4,322, $50 are
the exclusive products of the South, that
are not and cannot be raised at the North;
s5,07l, ,4s1 were furnished by free, and
500, 1886, ,299 by free and slave States. Ad.
ding one third of the s96, 1886, ,299, the joint
product of free negro and slave States, and
the South furnished s246,59S,9l3 of the
aggregate exports. The commerce of this
country is based upon Southern productions,
and exports are the basis Of imports. One
article alone, cotton-of which we exported
last yearSl91 ,806, ,555-is said to be King
Through the Crimean war, the late aud
present war in Italy, and the revulsion of
1857, cotton has maintained steady and
remuneratipg price, while other articles
have undergone violent fluctuations. The
manufacturing interest of the world is de-
pendent upon it; and every man who wears
a shirt is interested in slave labor, because
cotton cannot be produced sufficient for the
worlds want without African slavery. The
capital invested in the cotton trade, in Great
Britain, is between $500, 900, 600 and $780,
100000 She consumes annually $780,
100000 worth of cotton goods, and one
third of her entire exports consists of cotton
goods and yarns.
A FRESH WATER SPRING AT SEA -
Mr.. W. A Booth, the coast pilot of the rev.
enue cutter Harriet Lane, reports the\dis
covery Of boiling fresh water spring at
SEQ, off the coast of Florida. He says the
spring is situated twelve miles, North by
East, from St. Augustine, Florida, and
eight miles off shore. 1t boils up with great
force, and can be deserted at distance of
two miles When first seen it has the ap-
pesrance of breaker, and is generelly a.
voided; but there is no danger in the viciu-
;tu as there is five fathoms of water hptwean