, 1861-03-28

Interesting Items from Charleston. .| a
Correspondence Of the ny. Tribana:l 'N,93;;i
The mutiny On the islands; which I told You i;
ehnd occurred from n-payment Of wnges, 'tas
been 1uteted by promises for the time; hutthe
complaints on the part Of the 1egn1ar troops
'are loud and long; still mo beds and inaufH-
Client food, are the cries, md q very unwilling
volunteer who came over on fnrlough this
morning tells me: that tie ecenea witch oc-
curred during yesterday and last night were:
horrible and heartrcnding, DurInp et6s eVe.
ming It ratned In torrents, and fn fhe ,11eht d
snow storm came on-the first Charleston has
known for years, and three inches; ;and In soma
Places ,l1 fl1 inches OF snow laid on the ground
till ten O'Clock this morning the weather WAS
exceedingly cold, and during the whole Of It,
/ the poor men,. who, when enlisted had no
more idea OF f1ghfng against the United States
than they had ofentyagging 3n es11sada against
yaterland," were exposed to the piercing
which reaches me; not" only from undonhted
sources, but great deal Of which comes un-
der my own observation, leads ana to:be1leve
that 3 few more weeks occupation sofothai
islacd batteries will bring sickness, miseFy,
aud death, such as will compare ;unfaEotably
with the worst horrors ,of the, Crimeap vEaT:
Twill nnly, add, the enlisted men IN the
ular Southern army ''-and let it be under
/ stood by my amusing. and critical friend Of
the Cb1irter That I. do not speak now Of the
volunteers--l Tepeat, the enlisted men are;
now the subjects Of treatment such a. is utter.
1y'unWorthy Of q civilized, not to say Christian
lind md all this is In spite Of the most earnest
promises that their health and comfort would
receive especial ,carc. At the same moment
that this misery is calling. 2loudlyfor redress,
the men in high authority; even on the islands,
fars a,;1i S,npeptaously 9 eyery ydag: =; ,:.::>
terday, ,:and WIS entertained at banquet: A
message, which pnrported to have been re-
ceivcd from Major Anderson, was q subject: Of
discussion at this feast. The Major was repre-
eented to have communicated to Gen. Beanre;
gard that he expected q United States vessel
to come in, for the purpose Of relieving the
garrison; that he trusted no resistance would
be offered to her entrance, bnt that il such
Was the case, 1t would be necessary for him, In
pursuing only the strict line Of duty, to open
his batteries. It is not probable that The Cour-
Ter will deny this, but # it does, it will only
prove that their reporters and inlormants are
not SO Trustworthy as mine. Apersonal friend
of my own WAS one of the party and I can
thus vouch for the truth Of the statement :; .
Information, which I assure: you is trust
worthy, has just reached me from Morris
lshnd. It furnishes an individual ingtance of
G, Of the regular army; mostly men from Co.
lumbia, have been on the islands for thrc9
months. Many Of the men have wives In Co
1umbia, in great distress, but not one Of them
has receired even moiety OF the' promised;
s11 MONTH The member Of that company,
who, through the aid Of friend, has just visit.
ed me, says that there are ample funds In the
treasury to pay them but that II only half
what is due to them Was handed ioyer, they
would lose no time in -deserting the service Of
the Secession rebels. The instance Of insub-
ordination which occurred In this company
yesterday morning WAS as follows. IA private
who was hungry. eSpostnlated in mild terms
with the Commissary ut the course pursued
toward him; and demanded bread. After some
words had passed, the CommissaIy was slapped
On the face by the private; the former fmme-
dlate1y used bis knife, cutting his antagonist
thin used by the private, but q lieutenant en-
tering, seized him by the neck, while the Com.
missary, taking up . cup of hot coffee, which
was on the breakfast fable, threw it In the
mans face. He is now in the guard-honse
This Company G is composed OF 6Tmen and
Il officers. x.,,. y
lFrom the Charleston Courier, 21st.7
On Wednesday rumors were rife IN this city
TINT MAJ. Hutton, Paym of the United
agent Of the New York steamers for the tran
sport Of the garrison ';at Fort Sumter to New
| York, on the steamship Columbia, to lenye
Saturday. Reliable information shows that it
vas only conjecture; Maj. Hutto visited the
Fort On Tuesday, for the purpose Of paying
the troops the amounts due them for regular
service. Ihe assertion made in various papers
that the terms Of enlistment Of twenty-six Of
the men had nearly expired, is also mistake.
| Some two or three Of the priyates will have
| served their time out in August next, aud one
n December: BEYOND this their terms Of en-
| Astment are for two and three years longer.
Nal Anderson, IN conversation with Mi. Hut
| ton, stated that he was in daily expectation Of
receiving by mail the orders for evacuation,
aud hoped to get them that day. His supply
OF fuel and provisions was nearly exhausted.
80 much 60 that, If not speedily relieved they
wonld be compelled to burn some Of the gun
carriages for fuel Maj. Anderson expressed a
line of steamers to that Of public vessel, for
the embarkation Of the troops, the former
giving better accommodations He stated that
the Fort would be given up to The South Car
olina authorities, after IN examination by on
authorized officer, and receipt for the prop
erty.
We have very good reasons for saying that
the policy Of the Administration at Washing.
ton will be to Withdraw the garrison from Fort
| Sumter, and to strengthen Fort Monroe, Yir.
gl2la, by supply Of provisions, and By con
centrating navy at the month of the Chesa-
peake, SO as to control and bring The whole
power OF the Government to bear upon :Yir-
ginla and MaryInd+ *
CFrom the Mercury, alst.]
I The scheme Of a thrift, recently teleg1aphed
from Montgomery IN synopsis, and then pub.
nshed 1n full IN many papers, has no authority
bryond the recommendation Of single mem
ber, Of Congress, at whose request it WAS pub
lshed Tor consideration. It has not even the
Endorsement Of the Committee on Finance, OF
of Ways and Mems. These facts we mention
merely to disabuse the public mind Of errone-
oHs Impressions. There are many who think
tee scale Of duties in this proposed scheme too
h'gh, and: We are Of the number. We lehrn
that when Congress meets again the subject
will be taken up, aud that Tariff Of lower
schedule Is likely to hs adopted, embracing
cla.sifications Of five, ten, fifteen and twenty
hraced IN the highest grade, and the neceasl
ties Of life in the lowest Such tariff would
afford an abundant revenue, and, while reduc
ing prices md relieving our people from bur
eood feena 81 'e Ftoe5 70 T.;
establish direct trade with the South. .
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