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Show I ."' au.MTEn.; XATvjutrpr S9mcthin that stands In its K tcad, iMtill strong m.tlicAiiicrfcaii$. Tlicy m, Tbx lift tJieLan'a .'to iiril;V; they If m iiistruinentortl'tL, Vut'a mystenods M jwjrer avWtr the strok?, "pr bluuts U10 K fcJga Sr cleaacns the; blow., Aro tttej In, m roett Or oro tliey playing ut war, jrr K dretning that'.thiy strik c au'd still strike i ?ot''. .Wiutdi" mgre like a ikugcrans v. gamb tban ii'gid reality. Sor;ii batterit-4 l hresched aud twmyarJqjl Kort Sumter m for fortrhparSf bjuut iavn Ms lurracks, m blew rip. several tiiagfltrnts, threw shclfd E into it innumerable, wnd did a Vast bIiow ff of.acstAcii6bv Thc'forMfcd with like 1 ?Prlk.A'JKlt' itVnrrcnutrta, lha gar- tisoft'marcht out prisoners of war, oiitt m it!VaS tlictj' ronritT tfiat uri. a iimn waa 1 killea-orSn offiowr tranndedon cither tide. I Mnnr a "lifficnlty"At U bar hM cost more bloodshed." Was lliis n preconcerted feat of conjuring? Wco the rivill frenuleittg "i".'' one anoilior in liuriiiicss fireworks H io'omu7etliegfoJgUHngst TlicwJwIeaff.jr K it iittcrly inexplicable. It sounds like the K battles when the coat of mail bad co:nc to Its perfection, and wlicn tlm only c.isu-B c.isu-B ltjr,aftcr a day's hard fighting; Was a B case of suiTocatfon and 0 taW bruises. Odiirs hcroej, aj they- renevr their dilj warfare are '-really woundcil, though thefr on'! ar qalckly, healed. This is f par n ring, with bo.Ing-gl.f not the. loaded H ejestus cf modem "warfare. It ls,a mere B -speclacle Thb population iind even the -m lidieS oC' Charleston po'nred forth to seo I the'slgliL Ten thoujand Eoldicw lined 1 the works, watching the Sport and con- I tribntinlheir shire. Our 0 .A'Cockncya B Kircfrenas laiScfi, and JJoni hs mneh, B i Crsmbrie, orihd Surrey gnnleiu.. not fl raoro unscathed, anil, let tis horie, In not B mofc'riaciCc tnood. lint; 'perhaps, this lis 1 Oblyltho fnteTchonge of courtesies which w wik tinits preceded real war. Tho I resalfls utterly different froar nil we are I Jtemitomta 'tb htiar of thS Americans. 1 There "4 word and a Wow" has bcin (ho 1 rulo. In this case the blow, when it dops I at last como, Tails llkinow and lights as I gently as' thistlcddVn; Surely It caunot I 'cross?' Jflt be.iaff the Old pnWUJir tlnVcowplracy, for oil are arm-1 arm-1 iBg'afta'Tttshmg tovwar as if'thef expect' Ij ed serious work. I 'WhtnMt? An attempt to recapture 1 &11nfi A cpliest at AVrtl'ickens! 1 O'KgJo ibrthe'coprtol! A direrslon B ra Texas? A' renwnl of negoltutiou? No I ini,.,4?w Bt1' wm k we, no one I 2,tTtfeaidDt' ""coin for any pjau, 1 faoynly compare tlie'two sldej and I strIktf bkUnce. In the Jfdrlh Uicro f uu. I r.my nn- flarr, and money, acd a more I r" wWt popnlfttlon. wlthoul iQ I hMncnbusofsla'TeV. ThertiWalso thtf I "AUonoftho Unioa, the capitof, and I J"er of Washington. Modcto I wraro cannot go-6niithoatmdney, and tho Northern stales can mote- "caiily ;'rat'-and ;'rat'-and spend a haddrea mlllfoti's- of iioIIfi' 0'carf'than .thy;gbathe'rnr 'cati 'r,ise iicu millions!; All.thafisoiHsidoand material W mravoridf.tho-North.v ltlha'tao',pre-pondcrinice; ltlha'tao',pre-pondcrinice; of ovcit'yUiiiig; ith'at att be counted, rooasurcd , aud weighed-! that cari,bo' - Ixjught inil- sold f 'thai can bo ntcrc'd;.ln-lcdgeravand,pufc-6(ift balance Iieot.;jt has tho manufiictofie, thdbaUd. Ing yrtrJ.v.the;d!icI:-yards4hB wboto bik paratiw of national weaUIi and strength It haiHhe, money, market, and ft borrows more easily .lhatr., tho; Sooth, Where, h'pw. 5-ett ,12Ht,.cIi eaI 0?tai,'3 Cotttlotu fcrcilit.,-S6 to tholSorth we read ornttme-rout ornttme-rout gatherings of State- force - or man Stumers' chartered gripped' of their fincry,"CHed -with 'SOdIcrtr,'dod ntid "uitf mimitioii; dnil stcaintiig 'southward, go macI1for.the.K0Mh, In the SAiith, on tho contrary there little- or nothinglbtit thai which.oftcn becomes thi coantcrbiil. anea to 6Tcryibitfg .etw. Thfre are'-'ih:o: men of action, bo630c.omWt!e, coiisp!re ' keep tho secret, navo a pfntriiswl earrr 5t pnt withont wavering or llinchiiig. The iwlitieiana al Washington have b-ch vndlV latmgbetwcen.peaco and -waf, between comprmnise and raiahce, lit tire BWh thetO has 'been-one JsWdy Uninterrtipted progress tnwanl scce-nfoli mid war, the very last President Lincoln has been I bebmdjhiimh Ills shtp. .t to relieve' lortSumt'jronly nrrtved in time to lw distant spectators or thocetie: they I'ntm in fact.f bat to.coatribote to- the ciury of tho captortf, and tq firfng sknmir ami dfi-1 trust on thciusclvcs and their canw. If this j W to bu an -omen of the' -result, tho rich' ' and unready Sorth will n nojnatcli for1 the Osry lorwarduessi of the Sonth 1 Hut long shots are very different from' close quarters. A fight ofbatteries acr)sa ' a river, watched wftlt telesropes,. and ' quietly wilnetd .by a largo population1 affurilVlittlo chic for thefcsnlf of battle, liaml tb hand, sTephystep, With rerolvcrs, kriTves and what not, wind )ha very ' buihliiigs of'thq capiM. Tlmt appeari toi lie the thing nexe.nppfphcntfd and Tresis tlctif Lincoln; lia's'snmmoned lh hh Ad U ,the')nyfccHnilft(it1efcaVtorps.o ttic $eve-tal $eve-tal Korthcrn Static that 'may cliooj! to ! hearbim. StrJife' that tho jwi onee hcM'etf sat,red riml so carefulfy bisotuud' from local or partial mtsneratfoas,-hvu!d 1 become tti objwt of 1 he first civil wur!' That is, indeed, what we have come to,1 ilttoy of n rcniewbur, trot wttiiout a tin-1 glcofh&we Tor our dtt'n rountrv, tint' iffi!U!5i'iSiilDfll,,riw'.a,niy on- t!ie! c-ltoTaTWrrneTOlStinJt dc.itined Jooti to be inorXj than iivengoil. ! ThUt waliut a tourtmr of tlio elder Yr-of Yr-of - Ifldopmdfftee, No UritMi olliccri would bate darol to itwitt the great btiiijtor Aniericautinioii atul lib 'My, tiad it not been felt that, beside tho tjVlion j then at issue, hfxu Was itn wcuiuut still I'to'seiita for the former war. Siiteutfio year ljjUJ there Jus. been a -feneratloH of ; mntual reppft'tof even nfiVction. That. .? all goiio byP Other. cmnbatant3 gatlier round 'Washington. The war inlnistc'f of the southern Cotifederaey pn blieJy propiiscs that" tho. secession Ibg shall float over the ' capjtol by the Ul ut Aliiy. Any daf it 1 if exiKttd. that Virgin).'; whether bj ! choice orby.necossityi will jam U10 secwi siop,.aud then tho sucrcd ilistrict of '-.' umbiaj.whkh yvus to b,avo Weo the com-1 mon gronml of tho World's great brother-' hood, will bo the debateable border of a j divided alltfgiaueo and a bloody quarrel. ' Meanwhile time brings round anniversaries which ovc celcbrr.twi m of yore, but with tho feeling tlmt they are now a solemn mockerv Wftnt are the Declaration or ', Indepondence, tho iiattlo of Lexington, 1 the birthday of Uiajr, and the other red ,' letter days in the American calender, now i that thp glorious fabric 14 iUclfin tho dust, 1 und the mountuiu made with hauds uliat-! tercd to piece? It was but the other : day that all eyes wcra fixed on the capital . of tho Old World us tho singla object of Interest,. and the expected iiecne of the! great events that wore to mark the latter , years of tins century, Itomo occupied the attention ol all men. A hundred qncs-, tjons t;re asked, but all were of Home, 1 Will Home bo stilt uxaphul? Will it be ' the head of a Confederation, or the throue ! of a universal bisliap, or the senate of a ' tiatlotml republic? ltcfore tlie.o que; lions could be answered, and whilathfy; afo still iw.Ksd, the vupital. of the.- jfevy j World coaics.to the foreground, and Is.iio Oljcct of much tho same inqu'triei. The two cities of Home' uiul Washington aro not SO differently situated at this momeut, bor I aro their proipccts to different as might ' be. Vor the present, indeed, wo shall all , think more of Washington thftn of Jtutte. Lanfan Tina. 1 |