The New York herald., 1862-11-12

e.rcumaanoe' in rs sectss~ of tAs o~f racy teA ~d
iDsyssibs
These tn eal ened IL capture fprts
are grave enough. One graver. Never, ard soft
rsI thar all Aese IS 10 ons ~ enen's c'n q = tsd
sa he oouoa States. for psnns 'ro Icci"n uct hS
endwetat on scheme Great efforts Wi ni'r.. o. une
TO keep this let thr aialtousis 4 sm iahig
10 the gro.nd see hat IN wrath winch M. I'm
coin has th. first u January does nat x" OIL
INTO harmless hzzlc Of da powder - ia inns war
the ene s scheme oi serve rcctn has proved
ridiculous failure. The attempt y nov 70 put II nto
operation where We are ~ least usiendeo-to Wy the
poison al the hcaIt oi the south.
Prcd,otou OF future disaster Is not n pleasing tale to
th y t,n OF our people ho are never a,eStiani what
tho Cover and take FOR patriotism ind and
clustering in the future. II IS for fear the Sc
qencs this wreched seh deceit that Ioin:ed
tho important results involved in the naval move
ments OF In, enemy coast and rivers. We d mo-
say at Cnarietn Sdnannah and Mobile not in
military authority in he South sdytn9 they
tapy ,aabie as Gibraltar; but military men and their
mouthpeees have often succeeded in iutng popie
70 sp 'c'a false ense se1rty TO admit the principle
that they 10 be implicitly clied and that il Is
patriotic resist their iulabies. We had the STRAIN
at New Orleans. The PIE there awoke morning To
fnd the enemy lag their har boz and that they had
been made the ctim oethe sloh and inecency Of those
who had lattore, thea with security.
Nothing outside oi official cii crs permitted to be
known OF he state a tie descnces of ports. But
cent onens arc not favorable Within few weeks past
Galveston has almost without struggle, fallen into the
hands of .ho enemy. The newspapers forbidden 10
say anything OF the dcepces Of this city There
helD except sucn reached the duI ear OF
government People were not aroused their patriotism
required TO be ignorant trust TO leaders, and TO be
submissive TO whatever Providence had in store for them
and another prize has fallen into the lap Of the enemy
The practice II shrondng all military matters ia mystery,
aid rcquiTne ue people 10 tee that al safe urthom
eir troubling themselves ch inquiries has not acted Ceu
the South. u may extent have served the pur
poses of authority throwing veil the eyes OF
criticism, and concealng though imperecty, its faults
II certainly has blinded the enemy 1t appears curl
ously enough that he has kept himself thoroughly in
formed Of the condition Of deences, while our own
fko initial
reaches them that they in the hands Of the Yankees
That zoe shat not hare rtpeo" q This sad experience Of
te past at chares'on Mob,is Saconnah aa oAer places
tsa u IS hoping an the dark.
The Blockade and Southern Commerce.
tfrom the Charleston Mercury, Nov. ~
single firm in Charleston John Frasier Co., have
shipped about eehths Of the cotton that has gone
from the ports the Confederate for time
past Not pound OF cotton shipped by that house has
gone TO the United States either BY sale or capture.
Every particle Of IL has to Europe So much for ths
Yankees getting our cotton"
1t is broadly that scarcely single article
applicable the immediate OF the war is brought
by the adventures which run the blockade 50 con-
stanty." We aliirm, the contrary, that in making
much heavy freight tor the government she can
with safety and that then packages OF lighter goods
put in TO complete the cargo Most Of the latter
also goods OF the most Importance TO the and
the troops such shoes, clothes medicines, Xc., &c
The Of Msssrs John Fraser l. Co. handed to
the agents Of the government, and they allowed to
take whatever the government desires fixing the prices
themselves. The balance, which the government does
not want is advertised and sold at auction Tako for
example, the last steamer that run the blockado-the
Mimic. She has brought in Of heavy freight for the
government S67 Of rifles, containing ,3i0 thirty
five Of swords, containing 2,l00; eighty
ammunition; eighty of caps, This was her
heavy freight and much she could safely take
Besides this she had aboard salt and OF shoes goods
&C. TO complete her cargo. II is not customary 10 tell
the public what The government takes This is but
sample OF these adventures. Almost all the goods
brought in her British goods. Some shoes, cot
cards thread, OF caleoes. Sc have
been bought at Nassau, brought to Charleston and
sold at auction. But they not paid Tor in cotton
any sold Nassau buy them The
ton has AL gone to Europe. Tney paid FOR by
change drawn on Liverpool or london They have gene
rally been articles greatly needed which could afford
TO purchase Nassau. whether they from Yankee
dom elsewhere. The southern people and soldiers
need the cloth which tine Objectionable Herculcan
Zouave' is stamped, aud af: rd IT, They
ashamed to Yaaiee 4uits and shoes when cap
rnrcd in battle, TO sleep in Yankee blankets when
they get them. II the Confederate States had twenty
mercantile houses with the enterprise and patriotic be
raiU oil .lohn Fraser Co.. would not want for
aud ordnance army would not now be in rags, and
people would not want many of the comforts OF life
oher Southern cities had done for tho purposes
OF Charleston, the South would he in much bet
condition.. Without Charleston emporium Of
trade the south would he badly of to-day.