New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-23


referring TO the Improvement Of our troops since Gen.
Wool came, and particularly by the 10th Regiment,
who constitute part Of the permanent garrison of tie
fortress. Since the withdrawal Of the REGULAR
| a large share Of the regiment Is required for
| guard duty. COL Bendix is proving himself an ex.
| celent officer, and will soon have q regiment that
win be difficult to excel The example Get them bv
| Gen. Wool. and his visits at times when least ey.
pected bis connses and at times sharp adnonitioua
have worked wonders. A few nights ago. between
| two and three o'clock, the General surprised tho
pickets in the vicinity Of Buckrow farm, ride Of
about three miles from the fortress by paying them
visit. Had JEFF. Davis presented himself they
probably would not have been more surprised. THE
vigilance by the General has given the TO under.
stand that there is no calculating when where no
may appear to ttem and so they have come TO CON-
prehend that the only safe way to be ready for him
at all times.
The Spaulding left last evening with supplies for
Hatteras having in tow schooner and two large surf
boats, provided by Quar-; ermaser Tallmadge for tho
use of the new post. 1t was expected that the Spaad.
ing would take down the two remaining companies
and X, of the 9th Regiment but understand that of
the present at least, these companies will remain at
Newport News under Major KimbaL. The duty Of
recruiting the North Caronians could not have been
confded to better hands than Col. Hawkins, IN COM
mand at Fort Hatteias. At present the field is not
great. but it will not be long before North Carolina
viii be represented in the Union Army. somewhat
anomalous circumstance lies in the fact that the
Spaulding took down detail Of " contraband" me-
groes in charge of a sergeant, to labor at Fort
Haeras 1t is tc be hoped that the rebels will not be
alarmed, though we may expect that they viii raise
the cry that Gen. Wool Is engaged in running
negroes of South"
Properly directed and systematically detailed and
disciplined the negroes now working for the Govern
ment here perform great deal Of labor, and are con-
sdered superior for most descriptions OF WORK 10 any
other class of aborers They do pretty much every.
thing that white laborers are expected 70 perform,
and are coming TO be preferred not only as quite
az productive, but ss more cheerful and VIII.
ing Il is not to be disguised, however, that
consciousness of their importance crops out
now and then in their bearing and eonversa-
ton, On the whole, however, the commendation o.
the contraband" is universal and hearty. Their
future condition frequently discussed among them
selves They do not appear TO have any settled Ideas
about it, any further than that there Is no immediate
prospect of their being restored 70 their former owners
Now and then appears little concerned win ths
stories he heard from his late master, and brayed m
the running away, that the Yankees when they were
through building Notifications would take the negroes
TO Cuba This and all other questions in their minds
soon yield to the present feeling u satisfaction eonse
auent on the novelty attending their changed condi'
ton, and in having enough to eat = rain or smne.
In view of the approach of the cold season, Quarter
master Tmadge s preparing 10 construct bindings 70
be used by the negroes quarters. building or BAR
racks will be erected capable Of giving accommodation
10 about 900 persons which is about the number thas
the Government has under its protection at the presen'
moment, though the number has been stated TO 30
much larger. 1t is undcubted tact that the number
would be many times greater did the slaves IN the sur
rounding country poesess will the energy 10 take
the freedom that is virtually offered them for, yir
tually, the matter rests with themselves and they
either do not with to be free have not the energy
and manhood requisite to make the small effort
sary. BY the women l have frequently heard the
wish expressed that they might return to their old
places. Probably nowhere in the Slave States have
owners fed and clothed their slaves 90 well, and at
the same time worked them so ltte as in the lower
part of Virginia; and this may, extent, account
for the apparent indifference alluded TO- Not few Of
the slaves that have come in that their mases
ran away rst leaving them TO take of Themselves,
that is, work the farms raise the pork and gather the
where they would be cared for-with others It was
bold stroke for freedom and this class that came
the furthest and the greatest risks sm inclined
to think thai the disposition of the slaves TO rise"
has been considerably magnfed and that ii remains 10
be proved that the Of security professed by the
Shareholders is not based better understanding Of
the real character Of the negro.
The Baltimore boat this morning brought twenty
mutineers of the 18th New.York regiment, sentenced
to Torugas They have temporary lodgment on tho
Rip Raps
The Baltimore State prisoners (nore Of whom are
expected kept strictly guarded, and, though their
confinement not solitary or in darkness or their fare
bread and water, nevertheless Is sufficiently con.
straning to cause them realize that they are really
prisoners. None except those who attend on them, are
suffered to have any communication with thcm. Nor
does their condition excite the least sympathy. The
late arrests at Frederick will probably give us another
batch of the distinguished gentlemen, who were plot.
ting to destroy the Government. In Baltimore The
opinion is universal that the Government has taken no
step 30 productive of good results, a. the arest Of
| these conspirators.
learn from Trustworthy source, tina. important
changes are about 70 be made In our Naval Com
manders. The changes embrace the retiring Of Com
modore Stringhsm, Capt. Nicholson, Capt Mercer,
Capt Hull, Capt. Chauncy, and others. Capt. Colds,
borough of the frgate Congress, just arrived, viii
command the Atlantic ,Bockading Squadron and il .
presumed that commands will be given to the younger
officers of the Navy with the view of greater efficiency
in the blockade. The inference is that the officers
relieved have not been sufficiently active, though the
list includes thOse most prominent in the late
! Hatteras bombardment.