The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-05
FROM CHARLESTON.
,sGt.royDezcr OF THE RICHMOND DIsPArcH.l

.ykEl,PuSDEN,U OF THE RICHMOND DIsPATCH.l
CHARLESTON, ). c., Feb. l, 1861
ror the first time, l accompanied party of
.,aiemrn yesterday afternoon to the ship
ssIi, where the floating battery is in course
stlillimg This battery is for war purposes,
O., immense dimensions, and at this time Il
mere skeleton OF huge and rough timbers, and
resemble. what one might imagine the carcass
g- skeleton OF the lnaStedOn we read of, laid
ua rs back, with its huge ribs curVing in
wards. only The ribs OF the battery are holted
Il.-thtr with iron, and are as close together
ss they can he placed What * to be its mis-
,ou.Hu one doubts. but where dies tined, no one
outside knows, We had thought it was in
tended TO scale Fort sumter, but learn to-
tsy from 4 gentleman who knows all about
la- matter, that ii is not intended Tor that
IaJrat all.
We all begin 10 breathe easier here. Money
little more plenty business begins 10
prp uUt from its dark recesses, and TO ing uire
what's The news and, by the way, lhat ques-
ton Is ultrner asked now than any other. The
Government of South Carolina Is paying out
thousands upon thousands daily for expenses
oi all kinds and the COmmissary Department
Kept busy all the time, and Is well managed
~ Col. l.. NJ. Hatch, who, by the way, is a
Northern man by birth, but loyal Sou thron.
1t J. more and more apparent to discerning
men THAT Virginia can end this striie--can
prevent civil war and bloodshed at once-if
s!r vii uhlA DO IT. If she secedcs, | venture
o'1y you viii not hear a chirp again FOR eco
ert9E and, mark my prediction now, II
Ihos" men Ia the South, who have advocated
coercion. or even who are Willing 10 stay with
ia" Northern States under any circumstances,
are not hereafter regarded as were the Tories
ia The DAYS OF our old revolution and the
word coercion will b. classed with Patrick
HrnGy Bssf! Beeft ~
e" thar You have had Il most uproarious
@relhs IN the African Churh, in your city,
70 nominate delegates to your Convention.
iefHuhIy II was disgraceiul scene for even
Ii" Five Points, much less for Richmond,
all" mat TOO ia house for divine worship. /
WONDER thht such a hoGSe-the house of God
should b. allowed by It's authorities thus to be
Decorated.
have no acquaintance with two OF the
Gentlemen, tMes~rs. Randolph and Steger,D
S,l suppose The latter gentleman the son of
''a)' NleEvT, late OF Amelia; If so, he has the
'tht blood Judge Robinson do know, and
Ar VIII do in Southern parlanccj to tie TO. =
Gld not SEE he Judge whilst here, or | should
nave made myself known to him. lie intro
'"eed me 10 the great Clay The first time
''tT "a" hnu, in Washington, in 1880.
our bar leries go on. No rela king of effort
al an. There number of planters on the
Inrlent Islands with all their negro men,
mo idbnI day and night to finish the forts
4t' Dftdst~urfs. They are now erected all
@-'''s the coast, from Georgetown to st. Hele-
49, " Atf"Fer there Is an inlet. Our planters
,"lShai'ls, mechanics, lawyers doctors Pre-
,,''A'' ana Cashiers OF Banks, clerks, and ne
80 are all all hard at work, aud many of
- gentlemen, who at home live on the IA
'ue iahu, now take pot luck, on the same
LII IN out 81 wooden trays, along with the
ay't.tFS, dnd III many eases mas ter and slave
blHhs from the same platter.
-",S /" lio fancy skrtch--it is so daily. Aud
'uo'" silly Yankees talk about '.coercing
~ 'st a men Why, they could never sublugate
sIr nlNe " tiaine Cock, - alone. They might
us fouble but what of that.
nave heard that Gen. Scott said, after the
V@. WIN Mexico, Give me the Palmetto
sh1tnt, and could whip the ID" The
a. F'uH remains here still.
y.,tcd,t cotton market is very brisk, and at adj
hrea', prices. The panic about taking 10 for
md "VrHs and fortified tons is about over,
vac receipts have largely increased.
htgiI. I've crop II large and tine and selling al
p'ni 'isiluhcratiye figures, and when the war
IN ~, :, over, confidence Will be restored, and
VIII 49, VIII be Well again for the country was
In $50 30 rich, The moneyed institutions never
''er condition. N1RdIsIUs.