New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-19


Provisions were getting very scarce at Savannah,
Bacon, which generally lis at eleven ceuts pound,
bad rien, few days before he l-f eighteen cents
The reliance of the people for orovsi ms seemed
mainly in their coming crops Bn-ioess Of all kiods
was u'ely PROSTATE. Oar Informant net large
Quantities Of provifions going forward south from Lon
| isye, Ky.
The negroes were quiet A gentleman from Az
gnsta, Ga, sad, day or two before our informant
eit II there were further calls for, military companies
rom tneir vicinity. he would remove hs family from
mere ior safely ihi. nmy exrlin the real feeling Of
the peoI lie in regard TO this matter.
Our iof"riDaDt believes lat beneath all the mani
tested enthr Ia behalf Of the rebel cause there
~ deep under-curtent of attachment siill the old
Union, and he believes that were Federal force
strong enough 20 protect them thrown into Savannah
this Union feeling word be ut once ci.played and
make itself fell As 1t now IL, II is not, of course,
PEIdent or saie for q man 10 show any sympathy N
that direction.
TBE BLOCKADE OF SOUTHERN PoRTs.-The Charles.
ton Courirr Of the 18th has the following;
Peter Riley, Captain Of the fishing smack Princess
was brought 10 tuesday afternoon BY the L. steam.
slip iuntsyi'le. About O'Clock in g. afternoon,
when abOut live mAes from the bar, Captain Kill OBJ
eFvedS vessel steauing in the direction lie head
ing. lie kept his course and when the steamship
wac about three-quariers Of mile distant, she fired
cartridge at the smack The tain Immediately lay
70, and lie was ordered by the Cfcer ia command OF
the Huntsville to come alongside The olcer inquired
wliher lie WAS bound and asked him the depth of the
water and after OBTAINING him about teu minutes let
him go.
Capt. Riley reports that there are about 300 men o.
the ilunteYille
Soon after Capt. Riley left the Huntsville, the
Niagara hove Ia sght, and the steamship put of fos
her.
Capt. Riley cold several strings Of fish to the COM
mander of the Huntsville. On Monday, tie Ma. ara
Also bought some feb from him.
L. will be remembered that the Huntsville ebcut
two wears sgO took FIRE on the passage from savannah
a Ne
will only avail herself of her li1ht DAFT guDuen
will take care Of her now, and her owners tho
aunoyaDces and expense u "a TEDIOUS law suit.
From The Norfolk Herald Of Wednesday we learn
that the British bark volan Capt. Torney. regular
trading packet between B-lfsst and Norfolk and the
Swedish brig Tyrus, Capt Hallgreen sso from The
North of Ireland, came into Hampton Roads Toes
day. The Her0id says:
Upon nearing Fort Monroe they were brought to In
the usual way and required 10 come to anchor under
the guns of the biDeksdng squadron After inter
view with the officer in command the masters OF these
vessels permitted To dispatch m'ssenger 10 .e
city under permit from Commod re SIM geam OF Tie
Minne.ota to report their colsignee III hard Dck
SON. esq, the fact Of thrr arrival aud detention.
twas reported ia Baltimore the captain OF tho
British vessel after notifying the officer in command OF
the bloc kadng squadron Of bis intention to do 81 saed
into the harbor unuo!osed. He claimed that )fd-
n TO the usage Of nations notice had been served,
and consequently lie would not regard the blockade.
StcEssros MURDERS IN Observation-Disclosures john
son was TO speak ia Knoxville, Tenn, on the 9th.
but opposition was made when Paison Browniow edi-
tor of Tie Wig sided with johnson. We have no
full account of the result bat the following letter. in
The Macon GA Telegraph, gives an idea OF the
bloody work which followed:
The Volunteers of the T. r. Regiment at
present attacking the town, decsing death 10 Brown
low Maynard, Baxter, ard the UIioniss here inere
nave been already several etot, and probably killed.
MAYNARD bad TO run for DIS hte-is now locked up,
and the mob try ing pull down the hon store
that he is in. one kiled by soaeboty iiae from
the Lamar iuao- hun. Tue II. turtds, ~
men are called our 20 dueli the mob, whish has 100
men IN it, The stores are Ill cosed tight. One hun
ored men are statIored at Browilow honse, do. st
lis Office. The mob intend 10 keep la Operation" unti
they clear the town Of these trsiors Ruin and de-
VISITATION ahead for Knoxville certain unless Proyf
dence interposes. No cessation OF mob ',ienee or mr.
log by the troops u. yet. ibe nos began Al ,ocx
using every effort 10 get the troops back 10 their
qaarersbut all to no good mp to the present moment
/ commenced this at o'clock, fni-hsd about 10
minutes thereafter. i an, Ne matter OF course,
greatly alarmed aud excited.
Tux PIRATES OF TBx MIssIssrPrI.-Tbe steamboat
Empress, Of 81. Louis, brought by shot fired
across her bowf at Camp Harris, SIN miles above Men,
phs where there il body Of about 400 State troops
aboard and after examining the freight book, very
coolly took possession ot bogshsad Of sugar, add
rolled Il ashore, giving ~ An excuse that they needed
H." Several OF the troops examined, without Core
ony the freight book Ia search Of various articles
which they needed. One Of them German, WIS par
toulatiy anxious TO find box of caIet. PORTION Of
then proceeeed he ice chest Of the boat aud were
about help Themselves o. the boats snpply 81 v~ge
abes but upon the very decided remoustsseee Of tho
officers Of the boat who rel resulted thai they had
sr.e number Of passenccrs they sdnced Ia fore
90 that luxury. After some pariey, receipt for The
sugar WAS given in the ct tie State VI Teuncssee,
and the officers viii send bill for the property TO the
func'onaries ut Nashville.
W. II. RussrLL.-John Forsyth, Of The M,1'is
Rec isteT, writes from Montgomery
NV. II. Russell, TIE famous Indian and Crimean
corr,spncen Of Tie Londos Tines, Ia here. tie 10,
of couee reserved IN the expressions Of his Cpl iioa
Rat enough has leaked on; In h- interview with the
gentlemen Of savannah and Charleston. aid the plant
ers who hsye eneEAined lin ard exhibited their slave
esates In the vicinity Of these des, show that
lie recognizes here the true type Of the Angle Saxon
race AS distinguished for tho whiting and puritancsA
! he,tard dsgencra;es Of that dsting to
! mn re "A war OF defamation against us. Mr. Russell
roos hence 70 Pensacola, and thence to Motis and
New.Oflesns commend hn TO the hoe italities OF
! our people O. a cultivated Engsh gentleman. who
has distinguished himself BY hs talents aud attain
iIaents.'