New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-16
Slave Schemes Of Insurrection in South
se sT Carolina and Alabama.
THE IMPENDING CRISIS.
pRWA1tzRINs FACILITIES OF NORTH CAROLINA
Horrible Atrocities of the Rebel PlraleS'
ACASE FOR BRITISH INVESTIGATION
NAM 0,r srA.i.i Correspondent.


Suffolk (Va.), sn important town sone ~ n"'s
west of Portsmouth on Tue oe"'o"'o CIV
Roanoke r. r., where that hne lnsersects WIN
fAe Norfolk and Petersburg H. X. suhok is
st the bead Of navigation, on the NansemoDd
r;ver spd its denizens lear all the cannoDaGiDs
indnlced ia al Sewalls Point, and elsewhere IN
The vicinity of Norfolk City. am "putting up"
.t the United States (odd misnoner) Hotel, kept
by John Bradley, very clever gentleman, whose
politics are rs accommodating as his public
house arrangements. The rumOrs of serylle in
snrrecGon are still more threatening further
southwark in South Carolina and Alabama--and
believe this whole Southern fabric is underlald
by subterraEean fires that may blaze forth ruin
ousiy at any moment The vague but fearful apfre-
tensions of the slsveowners cannot be diguised.
Fremont is name Of terror, and his active par
ticipation in the war for tue Union Dlakes them
tre,nble in their shoes. The Belshazzar Of bond
age already sees the "hand writing upon the
WALL A Mir. Pitmao, of Isle of Wight Co.
(ya.), an itinerant Baptist minister, was brutaty
murdered at Billiards. Bridge, last Thursday, for
alleged tampering with slaves. Elder Piman
had been before accused Of Abolitonism,
but had strenuoUsIy denied the charge.
He was by ma4y reputed partially insane. lle
1as a man of little education, but great enthG-
eiasm ana deep pety, aud fet il his peculiar call
TO preach the Gospel to "Cbrsts poor that
Ia, the negroes. HIS haraDgues 10 them were sim
gularly wild and eccentric and he always allowed
them the largest liberty of dancing, singing atd
other manifestations of their religious fervCr.
ante lor fViu haf aud ln il
a victim 10 what was doubtless sincere Chris
tan charity. M Ptman usually mode his toir
with a hOrSe and buggy, seeking hospitality
wherever night overlook him, paying for his
provtnder in PRAYER aud praise. This is but one
of scores Of Wei authenticated cases. There
are martyrs and murdered inuocents, even in
eur times.
There has been great mortality among the
weekly papers in this portion of the State, aud
those remaining eyince great dearih OF interest.
Tie Mu!fressborO Citizen, TEE Weldon Patriot,
The Helifa1 Uaion Democrat, The Scotland Nick
Ne,os, and Tie GatesriHe Family VisitOr are all
dead. The Eii1oJeih City Pioneer of July so is
Issued on q half sheet of diagy paper, and is APP
parenily printed with tar. II has nothing noti-
be in the way OF news, or even local items.
drunkenness has fearfully increased in this re-
pion Of North Carolina. Since the outbreak of
rebellion the population is becoming utterly recA-
less and deuloralized, and negro cOncubnsge is
open, one man living in this county keeping lo
iess tLan nine mulAtto mistresses. Other gross
immorsEties are common and rapidly extending.
The county is agriculturally poor, furnishing lit
tie else than tar and resin. The coil is hght
sandy loan, with considerable low bosgy ground,
especially On the Chowan River.
There are important fisheries of sbad and her,
ring on tie Choaau River and Albomarle Sound
and their tributaries, tie most productive being
that near Coleraine, owned by John Pool, esl.,
late Opposition candidate for Governor. These
fisheries are operated in the Spring, large nun
bers of free negroes being employed. The recen.
season was not SO remuneratiye as usual.
The maritime section of North Carolina, which
is to be the main theater OF JET. Dayiss piratica
and smuggling exploits, is probably less generally
understood than that of any other State although
lis interior waters have been thoroughly explored,
and at a vast expense, by the United States Coast
Survey. Its sound system is magnificent, consti-
tating an inland sea fully as important as any Of
our Western lakes. The entire coast is lined with
islands, with lagoOns between them and the main
land. South OF Cape Lookout the mlets are nu-
merous, and the lagoOns narrower; while north OF
that point the converse is true. The sea-coast is
mainly series of sand shoals, shifting from year
10 year under the action of winds and currents.
and varying in breadth from few hundred Yards
TO two or three miles From the Atlantic for Is
or 90 miles westerly the country is nearly level.
trayersed by muddy, sluggish streams, and abound
ing in swamps and Marshes The Great Dismal
Ewamp-immortalize by Tom Moorc--hes mostly
In Virginia. 1t is 80 miles in length by 10 or II
wide and covers about 100000 acres lii the
center is Lake Drummond, 20 miles in circuit.
This swamp is penetrated by the Dismal Swamp
Canal, connecting Norfolk with North Carolina
Alligator Swamp, nearly as large, lies between
Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. Further south
are other swamps considerable portion Of which
has been drained of late yeals, the land thus
reclaimed being found very fertile. These swamps
furnish shingles, slaves, hoop-poles and other lIn
Der. The ChOwan River, formed by the unon
of the Nottaway, Blackwater and Meherrin. and
empfying into Albemafle Sound, is an important
stream, Iayigable for all sound craft and of great
width. BY the Meherrin small vessels ascend to
MurGeesboro, and by the Blaekwater to Franklin
Depot on the Portsmouth and Weldon railroad.
The steamers Stag and Cuflew, Capts. Burbage
md Freeman, make daily trips between this rail-
road--the only one in this part OF the State-and