New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-23

Tho lawyers, as a general ching, attend u"
courts in but three or four different cou"'"'
and that whether they have business OF nD.
Anoono tScse In ATTENDANCE 0t tbis coui' "''
Wm. A. Moore, John c. BaahSm, IT
Henry Foster, John Parker Jordan "' n
Smith. and j. w. Hutton, esqs luz P"'o'
and whining post have their place IN 'he Cou','
rTouse rard. The Bill of Rights oil Nonl
Carc,ios has no prohibition of &" excessive and
s.noni,ar, puuisbments," and its penal code Is
one Of creat reverity. Whipping, brandlog' ana
croopior the ears--now obsolete pcnalues Tor
c,nne in most States Of the UniOn-aro stili le-
O,llv authorized here; although, for We creGit of
bumarity be it spoken, they are raely IesOrte1
TO- Juries are unwilling TO convict in cases
where the harshpess of The punj shment seems, as
it often does, dispropOrtOned TO the OGeuse; SO
that frequently the rogue escapes altogether.
Tire civil practice, howeya, has but few loop
holes for rascahs. A ca. "a, or the summary pro-
cess of original attachmSnt comPels men to pay
their debts; aud il is ute ly impossible in this
State for q debtor 10 defraud lis creditor by
i" patting ais property out Of his hands" / do
not ihinb there ii more honest people TO DO
found ia America, III pecunia'y matters, than the
North CaTclinidas. A known swind!er has DO so
cial standing, aud fraudulent ingenuity huds
TO favor or applause here, as 1t does too often
elsewhere. The late decision of the Supreme
, Court pronouncing the Stay law" uuccnstitu-
! t;pnal, ia almost unanimously commended. This
measure was never advocated on any other
ground than of temporary policy. Any attempt
! which nigh. be instituted toward rtpndiatianog
any portion Of the obligations Of tie State, would
! be politically suicidal to tho.e proposing it. The
Examples Of Florida and Mississippi will never be
initiated by North Carolina.
One thing that strikes stranger here as not
little remarkable is that you never hear the
word "shver in conversation. "Servant," "
"boy," "mau," "girl," "wench," "negr",'
are tho usual uphemisms. The slaves discourse
with whites, however, is profusely perpered
with the yOcatiye, "master," though he some
/ times ADDRESSES you as "boss." Many odd pro-
yinoiallsGs are in vogue, such as "Nhere IS II
atl "I'yo done tod hm" "rigbt warm" " a
! right smart chance in rap," "was he home Z"
81 peen him Yesterday" &c. 81 reckon" Is
frequent xpletiye-udeed, q hi0d Of shbooIetb,
the Now-En giauder being marked by his al
guess" or 81 expect" gr.ndstone here is
called "griudseed." The word "aiternoon" " is
never useA coloquialy, evening" being its In
variable equivalent. The blacks have for the
most part peculiar diolect, their distinctive
phraseoogy ibtorsectng only with that OF the
| lower class Of whites.
The Chouan Association is large, wealthy, and
influential religious body, embracing all the baptist
churches in this section of North Carolina, except
| th,ss known as Kahukee or IIard-Shell. This i'm
portaut dcnOminatOnal society-tie largest but one
/ IN the whole S0uth--at It's annual meeting at Sandy
Run last May, solenOly severed its connection with
tie American Bible Society. THIS was dooe through
! the strenuous exertiOus OF John W Moore, Breck-
in,idge Democrat and violent Secessionsi, who
thus turned bis church-membership to eOme account
politically The resident agent Of tho Bible Society,
the Rev. Mr.. Bognrt, native Of New'York State,
with some military experience, was aiterward urged
to take the captaDcy of volunteer company in
! Hertford County, which be refused with commend
| able seI.-respect. Other men of Northern birth,
am sorry 10 cay, have not been governed in their
~ SiAhHb h4Shlig anu ANf"lh ipi
A young man named Fiske, native Of Vermont,
and whose parents still reside there, resigned hs
position in the Naval Academy Gt Annapolis az
MidshipmaD, last Spring, and came down TO North
Carolina to volunteer his services against the Union.
There are mony mechanics and other very useful
persons here Of Northern birth, aud the most ram
corous and proscnptive rebels have met with are
of these same renegade Yankees" Among the
bitterest of these il dentist named Campbell for.
merly Syracuse IN. Y.) Aboltiouist.
/ have information which convinces me that
the surrender Of the Norfolk Navy Yard last
april was piece Of treachery, hardly less in
famous than the treason Of Twiggs. The officer
in command refused tho voluntary services of
hundreds of sturdy wOrkingmen, who offered to
defend the yard from threatened attack, and
who only asked that the Government arms stored
there should be put in their hands for the pur-
pose. He declared that be would give up the
property whenever demanded by the Virginia
authorities, though be would never abandon it to
an unauthorized mob Gen. TaiiilerrO (snce
superseded By Gen. Hugor) was promptly placed
in possession Of Gov. Letcher's requsitIon for
the surrender, bat lay drunk in bis room Mt the
Atlantic Hotel Tor two days, aud Geysr pre-
selted the regusitOn; yet the yard wac given
up, the $500 pieces of ordnance thero being left
uniulufed, some Of them being spiked with ten.
penny nails, which were readily removed by tho
Rebels.
About one thousand troops are stationed on
the coatt of this State, under command of Col.
VIM. r. Martin, prominent lawyer Of Eliza