Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-01-21

SOUTHERN SOCIETY. WE have frequently
seen the complaint made that there was social
ostrscism at the South, which made Northern
men with a proper feeling of self respect un-
willing to bring their families among US. We
have alluded to this subject before, and said
that the Northern immigrant, and his family
were received in exactly the same way that
any other stranger would be, or as Southern
peoDle would be received at the North. Society
at the South as elsewhere, demands very prop
erIv. some sort of credentials. We repub hsh
the following from the Lynchburg Republican,
because of the correctness of the view and the
fact that it is entitled to additional weight, COM
ing as it does from q gentleman who has Just
moved to Virginia from Connecticut. = Char
lOttesuille Chronicle.
1.-The Northern people are not such money
loving people, that dollars and cents VIII COM
pensate them, for the loss or deprivation OF So
cal acquaintance; and how will Southern So
cietv treat the Northern man? is a question
very frequently asked. Upon Its answer, we
are assured very many are persuaded, or dis
suaded from coming to the South, who, from
their wealth, cultivation and refinement, would
prove very desirable citizens IN any community.
Il has been charged, that while Northern
man was received with friendship IN the othee,
and on the street, he was never asked TO
cross a Southern threshold However, this
NAV have been, when the terrible wounds
inflicted by the war were still raw, when passions
were excited, and feelings warm, we do
not think that such an assertion Is now
lust or true to the Southern people. Wheth-
er right or wrong, arlstOcratlc or democratic,
in the spirit OF American institutions or
opposed to them, what Is called society has
has always, In every community, built hedge
for its protection, and has required certain pass
ports or credentials for admission within It's
limits. We know Of no community, where un-
introduced and bringing no means OF ntroduc'
ton, strangers are at once, asked and admit
ted to the privileges OF the social circle. "A
man'shouse is his castle, and he zealously de-
fepds the circle, from any contact with those,
who have not, to his personal experience, or
10 his personal satisfaction, showed some claim
10 be initiated, into an acquaintance, SO sacred
10 the husband, the brother, and the father.
How universally do we find men, IN all the
business walks of life, on most Intimate loot
ing. whose families are strangers to each other
Now, in the South, will be found the same
caution and desire TO know who they are,
which strangers will encounter everywhere.
We are inclined to think that in many instan-
ces parties have come to the South from the
North without introduction and have encoun-
tered that same social surveillance and exclu-
SivenesS, which they would have ethOught moth
ing OF at home; but fndingi it operating against
them here, they have attributed 1t to anlmosty
to the section from whence they came: Every
where perhaps, the guards stationed on the
family watch towers, are too cautious Holy
Writ tells us TO ''be not forgetful to entertain
strangers, and as an incentive to obedience, the
lnducemept is thrown out, that angels may
be entertained unawares." The social circle
everywhere however seems to prefer to choose
its guests, and to overlook the chances OF
angelic visitation. SO In the South, as well as
in the North. the stranger will find this same
spirit, of social caution, so to speak. We are
persuaded he will find no more of 1t here, than
elsewhere, and when once the social doors are
opened, we are not certain that the stran ger
will not encounter more ofthe genuine spirit OF
hospitality here, than he will find In sections
where the blood runs slower and the feeling are
not so quick.
COLLISION IN THE GULF OF SMYRNA.-In
the Eoglish papers Of the 5th instant we find
the following details of the reported collision in
the Gulf of Smyrna:
Yesterday conirmatOry Intelligence was re-
ceiyed in Liverpool OF a terrific collision between
two Turkish vessels, and the loss of 800.
The news comes from COnstantinople by way OF
Hayre, and is dated from the latter port, De-
cember 81. The following are the main facts,
so far as can at present be learned, of this ca
tastropho: About midnight on the l7th OF De,
cember, about forty one miles from Smyrna, at
a place called Carabournon, two steamers be-
longing to the Azizie Company, viz: the Gal
lioup and the Charkeich, came into collision.
Tho force of the contact was dreadful, and
the CALHOUN foundered almost immediate
ly, onIy thirty passengers out OF 25O being
saved. The Charkeich was so greatly damaged
by the collision that she had TO be run ashore
at Chesne, two miles from Smyrna, to prevent
her from sinking. The CALHOUN had very
valuable cargo and large quantity OF specie
ON board when she fOundered.