New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-15


children will soon miss their natural and benefccnt
masters What are We gorg 20 dof Send them
| to Haytif Disband Northern army of 100000
men on Virginia coil, and bid them take possession
of the country, employ and shelter the negroes and
| make Virginia, irdeedf Catch the poor,
helpless blacks and shut them up in our jails uutl
their masters return and claim themf Really, it
would seem as if Cabinets or Congress, as well as
the press, might discuss these questions. Indeed,
they have got so far as to declare the selfcydent
proposition that Col. COwdn of tn Massachusetts
LIST Regiment has no right to make . hound OF him
self. by and by they will discuss still weightler
matters perhaps.
friend of mine, just from Fortress Monroe,
Hampton, Newport News and vicinity, tells me that
be has had great experience particularly as to Inc
eolOred brethren. He spent a great deal of time
conversing with them, having gone over the matter
with at least fifty of them. They utter but one scI-
tment; they want to be free, and they say the same
feeling pervades their brethren throughout Virginia
He tried in every to get the current OF their
minds before letting them know his own opinions
saying, suppose you are sorry your masters had
to leave; that you prefer to be slaves. lneir
denial of this was very earnest and indignant. lie
would say to them, :" Your masters say you are
lazy, and will not work without maSter;" they
resented the imputation with great energy and iee
ing. The more he saw of them the better he liked
them, and he spent hours with them. AT Camp
Greble, Hampton, sixty of them were at work 10
the trenches and doing noble service, and dong IL
willingly, under charge of Edward l.. Pierce, esq,
Boston lawyer, who went out as private IN Tue
New-Bedford company. They are made TO take
the oath of allegiance and are told they VIII Dc
treat. as white men are treated, aud the promise
is carried out, for one Of Brig Gen. Pierces stan
interfered the other day to keep one OF them from
being logged They arc entered In tho order book,
not as slaves, but colOred men, and various thn2s
of this sort not according to Virginia ideas nave
happened.
have made some further explorations into the
matter of the tobacco contract tor the Navy, OF
which wrote to you some weeks ago, and am sat
isfed that you do no more than justice TO Mr.. l0-
ratio Bridge Of the Bureau Of Provisions and Cloth
ing, in your editorial comments upon the transac-
ton believe him 10 be not only free from oil COM
plcty with what seems to have been q fraud upon
the Government, but TO have exercised his best
Judgment and discretion in making bargains for the
Government His purchase Of tobacco IN New
York at 10 and 20 cents a pound, borrowing the
money for the sake of securing good Eade, Is
highly credlable to him. But the general fact re-
mains that within a few days aiierward the Govern
ment paid 80 cents pound for tobacco purchased
through Horton, Hall 4 Co.. in Boston, and inspect
ed by Mr. Mexican Buchanan j will not under
take TO appodlon the blame of the transaction, but
believe it is not doubted that my first statement,
viz: that Ii. II. L. Co. paid 80 ceuts for portion
of that for which they were paid 80, Is strictly
true. And have reason 10 believe that another
portion was bought by them for about 20 cents.
do not, on the whole, regret that mentioned the
transaction though am of course sorry that inlus
tice was done 10 Mr. Bridge but those OF US WHO
cannot drink cup of tea without thinking Of the
cost of the war have very decided interest in eI-
posing all attempts to swindle the Government
Tickpor ~ Fields ara yenturing to publish
book or two, such as the second part OF Tom Brown
at Oxford and the second series OF the Recreations
of Country Parson. The AaaHtic for August val
have poem by Whittier and some timely articles
appertaining TO the state of the country, for in
stance Mr.. Higginson's account of Nat Turner'S
InsurrectiOn, "reminiscences OF Douglas, legal
disquisiton concerning the rebellion by Judge l.. r.
Hoar, and an article on Mail-Ciad Steamers. A
little out of season, perhaps, is discourse by the
Country Parson Concerning VEAL