, 1861-03-18
q Charleston Lelxer.

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@tco1fespondence Of the Philadelphia Inquirer.1<
~ CHARLESTON, March 10, 1851.
Martial law being now established On n7] the
islands in the channel, 1t is extremely 1iff1cn1t
1er any stranger to obtain d permit to visit
sTers every purpose, and your readers nav
depend II hostllties commence, that they wifi
pc fufniahed with the most minute details nf.
the exciting events which must then transnire.
!.naSe:no opportunity, at present, Of knoTi- q
Wnet4er Tue martial laW established 80 recent.
Y ns rIaaay, on Morris Island, will interfere
Hltn MAJOR Anderson'a market arrangements,
ne has ior some weeks obtained all his pro
VISIONS IRON that point. Information was
gwen me this morning That General Dean1e-
gard has authority from Jefferson Davis to
stop Ills supplies ut any moment. There are
other very important and inconrenient results
from this establishment Of martial law. The
residents on tic islands are quite numerous,
aud their communication with the city is en-
tirely suspended, except under q special per-
NIT from head.Qnarters.- This is felt very se-
yerely by tho hboring classes, and is, I am
happy to inform you, breeding great diseatis-
faction AMONGST them. $50
army-Gene7l DonnoVaut, Colonel Gregg,
and others, are much chagTined ct the 1llany
fuults found by General Beauregard, They
certainly imagined that they were perfect Pre-
digies III military science. The General. how
ever, decides that their batteries are mnoh too
eloae toge1her. This is evidently true, for on
tae Fort johnson side, all those possessing
even moderate powers, eithe- for resistance
or attack. are within u stones throw OF each
other+ The same guns, therefore, on Fort
Sumter, Which could silence one. could de-
sIroy the other; and, again, in case Of o war
steamer entering the harbor, with reinforce
ments' Il one shot failed, she might be out Of
feac4 beiore another could reach her-she
Passing. as It were, all The batteries at once
These serious oyersights have certainly the
tendency to cause the chivalry to look with
less sen-compiacency on their military. skill
thnn they have been wont to Go during the
past six weeks. But the end is not yet. Greater
al!neolEes tnan any OF these are in existence,
TO prevent the capture Of Fort Sumter, which,
however, it is not my business to reveal for
their benefit.
:. ron a1e, OF course, aware that great cxer-
tlons nave been made over the whole South. in
the true as well as in the truant States, to OBJ
tain recruits for the Southern army. Four or
i've weeks since, one hundred and seventy
1out men were enlisted at Memphis, Tenncs-
see. The most absurd promises were made to
Inem- lhey were to be quartercd in the first
hotels, and to live like PRICES. During the
journey the treatment they received induced
scyenty-tonr of them to desert, and one hun
dred only we're brought to Charleston. These,
then, with the rest OF the regular nrmy,'' grc
suffering and complaining most bitterly Of the
deception which has been practised towards
them. Tney arc now on the island, badly clad,
Will not even straw beds TO sleep upon, will
scanty food, served out to them in yery small
r;ltlons, and n all respects arc treated iuorc a.
slaves than freenen- 10 not be surprised if
ID my next letter have to chronicle mutiuy
amongst the men. They are ripe for it, and
only require q leader.
The large quantity Of goods Which have
been received this week from the North, nearly
all OF Which are sworn TO have been bought
on inc Ntwenty-seventh day Of February" if
pretty good proof That even the ttuatrioticn
aIy gooas q and {, other dealers in Charleston do
not wish, II they possibly can avoid it, to pay
tWenty-four per centum On their importations
e, toward the support of the new Government.
Inc new tariff takes effect On all goods not
purchased before tue twenty-eishth Of Fcbru-
efy, and shipped before the fifteenth day Of
March. The consequence of tLis las been
that three New York steamers have arriyej
within ten days, and another is on the he way' - ~
Inc Keystone State is also looked for On
tuesday, from Philadelphia, with a heavy
freight. The reaction, however. will IL.
speedy. In LEES than q week The New Yorl,
Ane OF steamers will probably be laid up, the
Wharyes Will be deserted, and hundreds Of
o1s'eoeio A'Au ft4ooTels WILL DE without EN-
Ployment, aud MINIS food. Truly. these Yio.
lent fanatics will have, within Tie NEXT IN
months, to answer for such scenes Of distress
ano misery as even. the densely populated I'll.
les OF the North are total strangers to. for.
while al means Of employment are daily, and
u rapid succession, giiIi2g from the reach of
me poor, the imposition Of tic Illegal aud
t!easonaolc Tariff will raise ali kinds Of pro-
visions to at least one-fourth more ttan tf,oir
highest a. market price during the past year.
There is certainly one cause Of rcio;c;no
amidst al this misery, and that Ia the growing
alssatlefaetlon of the people with their ucY
Tulers. Mr. 1t, o prominent secession
leader here, received, during the past week.
letter from i friend OF his il Mof1tron,crr IN
which he stated that he considered the ncw
government almost as~ bad as the one against
which they had rehe1!cd, and there are Inn.
dreds and thousands in tho ncjshborinr State
ot Georgia who believe il is a'great deal wnrse
ona WHO Will be heard TO say SO 'ere March is
gone. - ~
Mr. Pettlg-u, o Union nan and n natr;o+
left here for Washington On Friday, i wish I
could attach some politics: Significance to his
visit. l have no doubt that he viii. While
t:lcre, ayow bis allegiance to the Goyernm emf
OF tho United Suites. and enter lis urotest
against the wicked and felonious course pur-
Rued By his State
The Rev. Mr.. VandyEe, of Eroa1sJyn. Ney
York, has earned come popularity here. nv
h's sermon in defence Of slavery, arrived yes-
terday BY heeteamer Nashville, ana IS tonight
addressing the Charleston Bible Society, IL
the Circular Church. Whether the patriotic
citizens Of Brooklyn will endorse the action Of
the key; gentleman is, I,shenid think, vqry
doubtful. a people who are using their best
endeaEors TO plunge the country into civil
VAT, by transgressing the laws, and defyin; the
authorities, in my view merit little sympathy
and ald from u Christian minister. Tie edi.
flee in which lie is speaking is throneel.