Carolina Watchman

              carolina watchman skmi-wkkkly vol xix salisbury n c july 18 1861 num15kk 21 j.j bruner editor and proprietor terms singlocopy 2,110 inv copies 8.(10 ten copies 15.00 jlu . '-' ten in tl same pro ■ ." l.",.i each i'-i.mt'tit always in ,..!> a .. .. _ m _— m — m^^mmm^mm^.^.m tmportaot from tk\.\s blockade of gtilre <*■. we h.uv the < jai vi'ston civilian j extra <•' the 2d instant which thus announces the blockade of that port j yesterday afternoon the lookout1 and llendley's buildings run out the lag signalizing w.ir vessels with the token for one sail and one steam er beneath bi iuginig groups of enri ills observers to the observatories with which galveston is so well pro 1 vith-ti in due lime the hull of a large steam propeller loomed up j above the water followed by a low 1 black but by no means " rakish looking schooner and approached the anchorage outside the bar by older of apt moore of the confederate states army captain fhomiis 1 jhubb with the pilot boat j liotjul yacht with our fellow citi sen john s sydnor proceeded to board the steamer which proved to l l.o tho south carolina formerly in ; the new york and savannah trade i but now converted into a war vessel the royal yacht in answer to the pilot signal of the steamer hoist ed a ibii but the steamer evidently j intended to force them to board the ! schooner but this was not the inten tion capt chubb on seeing the jack was down put about for the city being at the same time out of range when the steamer hoisted a white flag the yacht then sent a boat alongside bearing col sydnor and oapt chubb they were re , ceived with due ceremony aud mark ed politeness col sydnor having delivered capt moore's letter capt alden gave him written notice of the blockade a conversation of about au hour ensued dining which capt alden was assured of the uni ty of our people in reference to re ' sistitig the oppression of tbe north ! capt alden expressed great regret that matters had reached such a pass hut said he was to do his duty to his government and that the intention . was t enforce obedience to it he gave uo assurances as to the means which w-.iild he adopted to carry out its intentions so far as we are con cerned the hatchway being closed and guns all covered it was impos sible to form any exact conclusions as tu the strength of tiie steamer — sac has six large guns evidently iii pounders one large swivel near her how and at her stern two brass 6 pounders all ready mounted for use is dying artillery but few men appear 1 1 deck and the only clue luruibhed u to her complement was m her clothing hanjrintr up to-day , c tsti fti l . ' apt < iliubb tninks there are about ' ■"' on boai 1 capt alden expressed the belief that his government would soon be t bring the southern states1 into biibjcctiou and on being told that all classes ol our people would sutler extermination first seemed much surprised he seemed dis posed to converse freely in relatiou ur troubles and received the l'litiii taik and patriotic response of 1 w > citizens iu good humor he fti*id he was able to enforce thu de ilia of bis < i.iveriiment and if '■' '•''•■-- t , could shell us out ho "'-■ a un.il that whenever it came it we would give him a warm • tjpt n iliere was one feature in this al vorthj if note sydnor is a wive uf tho south while captain raised in the same town 1 harlestown mas with capt al i lie was thus aide to hear from dps the unmistakble evidences t!l;'t all of our citizens of southern rthern as well as foreign origin arq del nntued to tight t the last s'"->iier than submit to tbe detestable rul of lincoln a voice from the past i 177 mr burke delivered in tlif british 1 louse ot commona ins celebrated bpecoh on •• conciliation with america he took tho ground that even it greut britain m ul con quer iht colonies that form ._ m impropi r mid inadequate instrut/u nt for holding such apeqplt in snbjeo \ dull what t contrast does the greal english statesman exhibit to the man lincoln and ins partners in the co ercion bcheme ! air burke makes i a remark in respect to the influence of slavery in the south that indi cates t discrimination which it is r ' iiy thu acute seward does not pos sess lit declares that it tin south em colonies there i.s a circumstance which " until s (,',, spirit of liberty still in n't hiyh tiinl naughty than in those tu the northward ii is that in \ irgiuia and the carolines thev have ' a vast multitude of slaves when this i tlu case in any part ol the w.nld those who are free are by far thu most prond and jealous of their freedom freedom to them is nut only an enjoyment but a kind of rank and privilege :<* * ":<" these people of tin southern colonic am much tin re strongly and with a higher and more stubborn spirit at tached io liberty than those to the northward such were all the an cient commonwealths such were our gothic ancestors such in our days were t e poles and such will be all masters of slaves who are not slaves themselves in such a pen pie the haughtiness oy domination combines with the spirit of freedom fortifies hand renders it invincible nearly a century has elapsed since these words were uttered and yet nothing has occurred to diminish their force no man who has any norreet knowledge of the southern people ean fail to realize the truth of theae words of mr durke and if the narrow minded creatures who pull the wires in the north and by political demagogui8m stir the mass es against the south were half as well informed in respect to their own country now as mr darke was a hundred years ago war upon the south for the purpose of subjuga tion would not have occurred to them except as an idle dream the most dangerous fact to the peace of the land is this ignorance of south ern character it would he amus ing if it did not involve such terri ble issues to observe the ridiculous notions of the southern states and people that tire entertained by thu lincolnitish race alas if thev shall only learn better when they read the facts in letters of blood where in the sjn<si .' — the scar city of change at tins time is a source f much inconvenience a foolish idea has induced some people to hide all the silver they can lay their hands upon and the result is that dimes quarters and half dollars are very hcarce to obviate this difficulty we learn that individuals here and elsewhere in the state are issuinir due bills or notes for small sums ten fifteen and twenty cents this should not he encouraged lor it will have the effect of driving every dol lar ol speeie mil of circulation in fact ii i ni indictable offence and it is made the day of the grand ju ry to take cognizance uf the matter it such things are allowed the state will soon l.e flooded with " shin-plas ters frmn irresponsible sources and somebody will certainly suffer in the end it is a beltish and rather mean spirit that induces people to hoard up the gold and silver — if they would : put it into circulation the effects of the war would be considerably light ened then is as much money gold and silver in the state now as then was lastyear this time and more too but the miserly and penurious dis position of some is what is playing the mischief — char democrat the grain crops in northwestern arkansas aru the most abundant evor gatherd then . such a quantity ol wheat has been grown that null is are anxious to makecontracl the delivery of hour at j.50 per hundred great democratic victory in philadel phia john hickman's tmpatienct jcc/iitc 111 < tiiuiii ret \ correspondence of the new yuri journal i commerce philadelphia july 3 1801 the democratic party of tbe 2d con gressional district iu tiiii stun yesterduy achieved a signal triumph in the election of cbdt 1 ih hlli to till tbe vacancy oc casioned by ilu resignation of k joy mor ris republican ilia opponent was cbas o'neill an out-aml-out lupublican reiru 1 1 larly nominated by a convention of bis i arty there wore no personal objections to mr o'neill ii has been in the btute legislature sod in olher public positions in which 1 believe be in ucuuilted him bell creditably lis election was warmly advocated by forney's press the sveniny bulletin and other republican papers mr piddle was supported l no netospapei , simply because the democratic party is at the present time without an organ in tins city the public ledger uttered a lew winds of taint commendation in 1 semi apologetic lone but with ibis exception tbe on tire press of tbe city was against hiu his success under the circumstances shows that tin people are heartily tired of republican rule if i am not greatly de ceived it is the premonitory symptom of ihe niter overthrow t.t tbe dynasty which has bad so large a part in bringing the country into its present terrible distress mr o'neill avowed himself distinctly in favor ol prosecuting llie war with the tit m st vigor and uf crushing out llie trai tors with uncompromising fury mr biddle made no pledges simply saying in ins note of acceptance i will endeavor to do my duty in whatever position it pleases god to place im our republican pa pers always fertile in explanations when defeated ascribed the result to llie small ness ol ihe vote — being about 5,000 less than usual but if the vote had been larger the majority for mr biddle would have been larger probably one thousand i lernooratic voters of the district are in the army for as in new york bo here our republican friends are juite willing that the democrats should have all the military offices except those which ex ceed 500 per annum 1 if the democrats at home somo would not vote because the candidate was a breckinridge democrat mr o'neill on the other hand bad no offensive ante cedents ami rallied the full strength ot hi party mi the particular i.ssue the result is evidence to my mind that our people are becoming tired of this war they begin t ask what shall we gain by light ing they begin to think that mr lin coln was right when he said there cannot be any gain ou either side i sincerely trust that congress may be admonished by this election and may take the initia tive in 1 in u pacific measures which the people will ere long demand at the ballot box with a tremendous unanimity but this is a very vain hope we must have another congressional election before we can hope for peace to our distracted couu try did you notice john hickman's denun ciation of the government in tbe speech which he delivered at die blair serenade ir washington on moiidav evening _ it ti -^ ins that president lincoln and general scott are too tartly in drawing blood for the vindictive wrath of ihe west chester aboiltionist by a public castigation he hopes to force upon the ignorant and in experienced sett (!) the adoption of bis wise programme and even goes so far as to insinuate that the southern birth of the lieutenant general is prompting him to play false to his country wlml else does ii mean by the following classic metaphor with whirl be closes his speech and which he employs when attempting lo heap ridi cule on the general for detaining so many men in washington ?-—" if an egg were laid in virginia and batched iu new york nr pennsylvania i would nottrust achickeu thai came from that egg pt chaps some allowance ought to be made for mr hick man's zeal in pushing on tins war lie has a very feeliny recollection of southern aggression and he may wish ihe offend ers chastised for personal as well as nation al offences i u case any accident bliould befall the veteran chief ol tbe army tbe representative from tbe keystone state should by all means be placed in the po sition he was one of the loudest in the nt of it compromise last winter and 1 now loudest in the cry for blood ; and ran there i any better evidence of bis fitness f r tbe high posl in question the imports into philadelphia for the th of june of some of the principal ar les have just been announced the re suit is an evidence of the utter prostration ■ — — — m i d.iyumimmi i of the commercial interests of the city — l.vct pt with those who are otlffaffed in " i ! tilling contracts for the government there is nothing in the way i trade amongst us i meiihi.ii a few items from which your leaders may make their own reference and i would especially commend the table lo the editors of the tribune that singu larly sagacious sheet which promised quiet and prosperity to he country in ten days after tin election of mr lincoln : lime 1861 june i860 brimstone tons 420 2.223 coffee bags i 1 yj.t 78.6u2 hides in mi i lln 52.695 oranges in.xc.-i i 120 ins no salt sacks 8.440 86.638 1 bushels 31.900 t.o.'js sueur hints 4.091 20.43t v i ily comment is useless it s our flag of tkuce ihe richmond whig of i'm lay furnish the following interesting item : last sunday lieut col tims 11 tay lor l '. s a of kentucky let this city for 1 \\ ashington bearing a letter from presi dent davis to i'ri'si.lent lincoln under stood to be an official notification of the cout'su ihal will be pursued bv this gov ernment in the event of the execution or other criminal punisbmeutof the prisoners taken oil board tho privateer savannah col p proceeded to the headquarters of gen beauregard by whom it is waid he was furnished with a letter to gen mc dowell in command of the lincoln forces on this side of the potomac ik then proceeded to fairfax u ii where he was furnished with an escort oi twelve men and i two non-commissioned officers under com mand of a lieutenant with a white hag thence hu proceeded towards arlington encountering a squadron of the enemy's dragoons when will in about seven miles of that place to whose commanding officers he made known his errand arriving at arlington general scoll was notified of his presence and sent a carriage toconvev him to washington where he arrived : about 9 o'clock monday night and deliv • red his letter to gen scott — lincoln not being visible col t was then recoiivey ed to arlington where he spent the night and the next day wasescurted back through ; ihe enemy's lines gen s informed him that an au.-wer lo the letter of which he was bearer would be forwarded to this city | by one of his officers and requested col t to deliver his " kind regards to gen erals lee and beauregard col t while in the enemy's lines was treated with all the courtesies of ihe profession a brave connecticut journal the new haven register is one of the few journals of the north that have not ; bowed the knee to baal its sense of de cency is shocked and its manliness out raged by ihe appointment of kansas brig ands lo the high commands iu the army ot subjugation ami it give expression to its feelings in the following language that *_? ___ o 3 does it honor one of the most disgraceful of the act which have characterized the present ad ministration iu its brief but unexampled career is ihe appointment of jim lane to a brigadier generalship and captain montgomery toa colonelcy in the army — two as deep dyed scoundrels as ever went unhung ihe murders and robberies com mitted by these fellows during the troubles in kansas are known to the whole country and bave linked their names iu appropriate connection with the hoary villain but less fortunate john brown these men did all in their power to keep alive the bloody strife in kansas and are personally res ponsible for a large share of us atrocities : lane murdered a free stan man named jennings .' he was ai rested but contrived to get clear by his influence over men a guilty as himself lit seat in the senate wa secured by corruption unexampled in ihu history of legislation — tbe votes of members being openly bought and sold ou the floor of tho house m,il i.uir in washington — the new york ■ tribunes washington correspondent of the | 5th says a scene at willard ■ 1 1 '■ dinner to day illustrates the temper ..! tbe times maj iroung i mir oneida new york regiment was expressing his \ iews against .- mpromise as those ..» a democrat through and through l.ul a union man to the hill when some one touched his elbow and said " hu b ben wood is here hen wood and his brother fernando shouted the major " are d — d infernal trait ors fernando's mouthpiece ben is a gam bler ami a traitor in orderto help .... his • ara bliug if he dares i'l u in traitorous mouth iu congress for compromise ti steps if the chamber will be critimoned with blood ■■ mb**mm^^m^^^"k™^m*i^™~^m"m',^m t^irih_tt,---*-_git^b tho christian advocate nash ville has tho following letter from bishop paiue it will be road with interest : aberdeen miss dune j 1sg1 bbo mcfkkki.n : — on yesterday the " special collection for the mis sionary fund was taken up here — owing to various causes the congre gation was smaller than usual aud we labored under the disadvantage ol having been recently drained of a large amount of money to arm equip and sustain the volunteer coin panics which have entered the ranks to defend our country ; yet with but ■ little effort we raised over 400 if till the other sections of our work do ( as well the missionary treasury will j be amply sustained our people i here are acting upon the sentiment ; that " the church must he preserv , ed ami to do this we must sustain j the great missionary cause weean , not afford to lose the favor of god | nor dare we even now to cease our i efforts to save souls much as we deprecate war especially the horrid and brutal war which we are threat ened with the disorganization of tbe ministry aud the church would bo ultimately a still greater calamity mississippi will be true to her civ il and religious institutions and pi ety and patriotism will prompt and sustain each other our best citi zens are tinning out by thousands to repel invasion and maintain the true version of the constitution a dopted by our fathers and will tri umph or be exterminated we are a unit there is a strong sense of religion in all our military companies and a deep conviction that they are right and may humbly yet confidently look to god for direction and assist i ance in resisting invasion many prayers daily ascend to hea i ven from our people to prevent the j horrors of civil war and if it must i come to restrain it within the limits ! of civilized warfare and grant vie tory to the right surely these are 44 days of evil how bitingly true is the following from the new york journal of com merce its faithfulness will be re coguized by all and acknowledged by every candid person : " it is a great mistake to suppose that a blood-hound is a courageous oyr the men who have plunged us into this war who have hallooed on the people are men that have wisely stayed at home and a part of the plan to cover up their own want of courage is to keep up the cry of war the rebels in the south who planned the dissolution of the union who advocated it in con gress and in the newspapers and on the stump are the men who have taken the held while the northern editors and congressmen and sena tors who opposed compromise who dragged us into it at home making contracts to supply army stores and shouting " traitor at every man who venturrs to remind them of the evil they have brought on the country or suggest a remedy for it lian uiiig a blockade — the wash - ington n c dispatch of the 10th nst says : the schooner chas roberts capt fowler arrived on thursday last with ii cargo of molasses she had been to the west indies and success | fully run the lincoln blockade she was chased however oft the bar at ocracoke and fired at she gave up all as lost and lowered her flag the chasing steamer was sure of a prize but when she came up be hold it was capt crossan of the n carolina navy the gallant cap tain of the steamer and the gallant captain of the schooner were agree ably surprised the steamer con veyed the schooner in and she is now ealely moored at tho wharf of her owners