New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-01
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Another Heroic Negro.
From Our Special Correspondent,
FoRrREss MosRoE, OLD PoIsT COMFORT,
July %, 1861.
The following correspondence is as refreshing as
anything we commonly light upon in dog days. think
that the letter Of Gen. Butler to the Rev. M Stead Is
a complete to his inquiry. What there Is over
and beyond what the reverend gentleman expected,
those whom il is nferenlialy addressed may take 10
themselves:
"AsToRIA, N. Y, July 26, 1861.
Gen. Ii. +. BUTLER-Su: Yon aware OF the
interest fe BY the loyal people of this country in their
army. Men aud women are ready to do ell IN their
power 70 sustain and encourage the noble men who
have gone forth to defend country. This very day
many of the ladies Of tits village have been hard AT
work making up garments and other things for hoe
Iital Our ladies' here cent large quantity OF
icles 20 Fort Monroe and have others ready TO send.
donb, 30, in other places thousands have been simi'
Larry employed This being the case, feel that every
thing affecting the character Of army
lady in This village has received letter from sol
der under our command reiiabe man, who says,
one Of the otcerS has been drunk Week IN army
IN htcb such conduct as tolerated 70 Of course demon
0lzed. felt il my duty q citizen to inform YOU of
the impression made by such statement on al who
hear il. Our is hopeless ii such to hold
Office in our army or ifsuch conduct does not receive
condign punishment.
Pastor OF the Piesbytersn Church, Astorio, L. l."
HEADQUARTERS, DEPT. or YRGHn,
July 20, 1861.
"MY DEAR SIR: Your note received i am Iaine1
by its contents. A reliable man Gays that III officer
has been drunk for a week
al did not apI out this officer. do not know who
be il. have no means OF knowing unless the rlio6ie
man will complain of hin TO me. do not tolerate
such conduct. Why did the people OF his county who
nus have known that officers habits allow lin TO 10
commissioned Why did this reliable man vote for
hinl
~ have established scrutiny over the packages
sent % the men have them cleared OF liquor given
by nisguiding friends, and have taken away 10 be
turned over TO hospital as many as ioo packages Vi
of Iquor a day from one express company.
have assumed that the officers chosen ard COM
mssioned by the STATE Of New-fork could be trusted
10 receive unopened packages from their friends. II in
your Judgment they cannot be trusted please apply
10 the Governor, aud upon his suggestion will haN Q
the stores AID boxes sent to Newfork officers seized
sAd searched.
No spiriiuous liquors permitted to be sold
within the lines in my department, and every barrel
Of whisky not under the charge Of an officer, when
there is reason 10 believe saes have been made has
been and contents spilled and the seller sent
out OF the lines. / have no power to discharge q
drunken or incompetent officer. | can obly call
court martial when charges are preferred. Ii prefer
charges cannot call u court. assure you, Sir
c0ur-nartal az uBwieldy machiue for investigat
ing certain class Of oienses as unei OF ministers
would be. have appeared before both tribunals as
either.
Bnt Sir, have the charges made and the reliable
man s.iu ~ u witness, aud / will have the officer
punished il possible Thanking you for the interest
you AXE in the csse, -
Il am n o,t respectfully yours, BENZ. F. BUTLER.
Rev. Is. b. STEAD, Astoria, Long Island, n. u"
For once, we are exempt FROM the usual arrival of
Sunday visitors. The boat this morning, so far as
know brought not one, though hear that the Coat
zacoalcos is ON the way down the Potomac, with n
large and select party. Tho limits within which it
will be safe to circulate having been somewhat restrict
ed by the evacuation Of Hampton the uncertainty Of
tho moment when the rebels may attack Newport
News, aud the withdrawal Of nearly onehaf Of che
troops VIII make IT easy Tor Gen. Butler 10 show Wis.,
itors all that remains 10 be seen.
An unauthorized attempt was made yesterday after
noon to burn Hampton and the old Cour-House, Jail,
and three four other buildings, destroyed The
fire engines sent from the Fortress and they prob
ably savedhe town from general confagrstioD. under
stand that the night previous, it was the purpose of
Gen. Butler TO set fire TO the town, but il seems to
have been reeonsdered. To-day the removal of the
remaining Government stores has been going on,
though last evening the rebel cavalry in the out
skirts OF the village. The furniture from number Of
dwellings of loyal citizens has also been removed.
Many Of the negroes have returned, and many Of the
others have taken refuge in the Academy building
between Hampton and the Fortress. IL is said that
tue whole number of the fugitives was abou. eight
hundred, many Of them Children. The sbe-bodied
men are disposed keep of the way of the rebels
as they know that il they should be taken they would
be transported to the Cotton States and sold. Those
who do not return will have 10 be taken care Of n
not probable that the rebels will undertake 10 occupy
in of ita N 81
Fortress but will keep in the rear and make frequent
visits, az they did before our troops passed over.
Within the last 10 hours the Rebel steamers on
James River, above Newport News, have been busy,
plying to and fro, conveying troops it is presumed.
An attack on Newport News ia constantly sppre.
hended and stranger things have happened than that
within the next ten days. close siege nthe land side
should be laid to the Fortress. With the way TO the
sea open such sege could be only nominal and with
the slightest prospect Of reducing the Fortress.
MONDAY, July %, 1861.
Last night report was current that the Rebels had
summoned Col. Phelps 20 surrender Newport News
within the next 81 hours. Although the Rebels are
lowering in the rear of .ha. post such summons has
been made. 1t is not unlikely, however, that Col.
Phelps may be attacked. Fortified, as the place lie, il
is believed that Col Phelps could hold ont against
force twice his own, at any rate, till retnforcements
could be sent him.
The Rebels continue to hover in the outskirts of
Hampton. IL ID not believed that they will attempt to
occupy the place. / don't know what Gen. Buffers
course would be- but il is the idea Of good many that
the moment Rebel flag is raised there be should open
the guns of the Fortress on the village and destroy it.
A good many negroes have returned, and some half
dozen white persons remain.