The Defenses Of Charleston

Wf liüve tmm.Tied ours'lves in and tlie Yankee on?, wi'h Chiripee W:i]l3 ibove the gro:ind,and hospitable prepfrntions to receiva tbc promisíd viits under nnd on top of enrth, wliich nfford ns theporffct aurancetnnt "house, in in ordr-r '' firall tlio rventnalitles of war. Mnny ppoplp in rlie. interior take i for printed thfit Mobile must knock nndor to the Vüikees ns poon as thev iM'ock nt pnrdoor". They are ns niuch inistnken as tho Ynnkecs are. If Molile is h:ilf ns welld ifended ns Chnrles ton lias been, the riiiiron flag will never fly over it. Vicksburgwa supposed Xn he impregnajlle ly these penple, nnd hen it ie!l tho bottom of the tub of (lefennive enjineering feil out with them. and notiiing cotild bc held against the Yankees. Yct a pand batterv on Morris Island hns ior forty days resisted a uro to whieh that cl' Sevasiopo] was bnt play. Our nnliopefu] friends in the interior will perhíips be sinpiised to hear Itie opinión that Mobilo ia utronger thm Vicksbnrg both in tho meana of offonse and defense. That is our opinión, and wlien the trial comes it will be ventied. öovornor Sucreer lost hii eleotion mainly by the patriotio ffforts to fiiipply the labor to woru on Mobile defenees. First nnd last he ent to our engineers from 8 000 to 10,000 hands. What do the doubters siip])oso these %liiinds have beun aboir, untlor the direction ol the best engineer-i ing talent iu the confederacy ? Lot them come up and see and ohauge their [)initn8, ii fc in .