, 1861-10-08
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Fleet..RT1Ze4 TAX An-.Upl0n AseeAo&
Among the People,


Correspondence OF the n. Z. Tribune Z:
FoEr HA1rEnAs, n. C., Sept q. IL U.
The steamship 8. B Spauldng left ForH -
Murroe for HatteIzs Iu1tt shortly after da. 4
companies o: the both Regiment indiana Vol
unteers, Col. y. s: Brown commanding, and
arrived On Friday before noon. A lrge de- |
tachment Of troops were sent yesterday to an
lmpottont point about forty miles from EeTe.
Reiaforcements will doubtless speedily fol
low. Reports have come in Of cruel atloc}-
1ies pe7petsated upon Union men IN the neigh
tofhooa c1 Ncwbt1n and Washington Col
Hawkins, commanding this post, Is informed
ihat the seccseionists have hung manY Of
these who, es it now turns out, prematurely
ayuWed tht II loyslty. The rebels threaten to
wreck the mcst savage vengeance upon the
people OF this is1snd, Ill Of whom, including
nearly 800 voters, have taken the oath Of Al
1egitnce.
It Is sid that the rebels lave now 1GS guns
mounted at Fort Macon, near Bsauf3ff, with
force Of {, COO men A body Of 1900 Secs.
sionists a1e reported as being on Roanoke
Island between Abemarle md Pamlico Sounds.
points On the maitland. 1 sweeping impress
menI has been Eesorted to, and hundreds
Of ULipuiste are included in TIE consGipt.o1.
un!ess the Government strikes sooD, the g3!d-
en- opportunity presented BY the capture Of
Forts Hstteras and Clark will have been Lost.
TIE u,aesee here-and BY the m2sses do
not mean "hankeEs, wreekers. sud fsharmen,"
and ,"Eoor whites" only, but thousands Of
wealthy sEd substantial c;t:zars-are as strong
AID decided in their Uaion preferences tc-aay
SIS they ever Wtre.
Wien the .:roag arm Of the Government Is
raised to protect them aud strike down lheir
ty1arte, then, and not before, car their coop
ersticG be expected. Give them military aid
| and a1ms, and the truth and value Of their
Loyalty. viii be exhibited. The demonstration
naf foos fx>A
| atic1 ef great magnitude ard value, But it is
| or]g sey-an entering Wedge-a;1 oreniag-
which, unless it is followed up and its conse-
| QueEces organized, is worthless except for the
subordinate purpose Of the blockade: Here
are these greet jE1:rd seas, the PamHco ard
| A2bemarle Sounds, with the rivers which pen
e,1att from them into the interior, and a
country cccupitd BY friendly population,
aud with 10 Railroads BY which rebl troops
could be concentrated III large bodies to op-
soldiers Of the Republic. Just here is the
base Of operations which, If eaergetica.ly
pushed, would effect the quick deliverancs Of
| q ag1est State, ss loyal as Kentucky aud more
So than Maryland, and contribute materially
to the salyatlcn Of the Union.
t. OCTOBER l, 1861.
Gel. Hawkins, WHO has just returned from
tie expedition to the head Of the Is!and, forty
or fifty miles from here, brings the most en-
couragirg accounte. ali the inhabitants e1e
rsdieal CEioniata. When our troops were
landed the people ran away to the bushes in
great te1Ior, supposiDg 1t an invasion OF Sc
ctssicnistE. When they discovered thais mis-
take they we're fairly Wild with joy, and re
ccired our forces with every demonstration O.
deljght, testl1ying their gratitude for this
projection offered the1n BY furnishing ou,
Loops with an abundance Of freeh beef, fish,
cl-mF, oysters, ripe fge, and grapes, which grow
in g-.at abundance, with other fru.ts and ysge
tables. DteIs and OTHER game are pi5uty
Salt and corn meal, however, are very scarce
articit6, and the people have suffered muct
for fls want OF these very essential ccmmodi
tics, especially the former, which they ar
n.uch it Ieed uf to enable them to pack down
their winter eupply Of fish. Knowing tta
these wants will soon be supplied, and receiy
ing assura1ces that they will be kindly care
lcr ard protected in all their rights, it Ia:
truly made them grateful people, and the,
tie nov, more than ever before, able to arore
ciate the many blessingssepjoyed under tn
: protecting flag Of the Amrieaan Republic.
I The Indiana troops, Who led this ezped
ticD, are low in honey and clover up to thei
eyes, a1d ste delighted with the bssu.iir
: which they have 10 idea OF giving up. The
10 are making extensive calculations, in view {
having such fine winter quarters, aud are to
> glad to escape from prisoners life on th
3 bank Of the Potomac, where they might Il
d ard rot in defending Washington againBt a
ineg:=a1y fee, who will never accept Of ii
contest at arms to which they are invited, b1
II like the red man OF the forest, prefer to
l.. ! ltsarkEd IN III aInbuEcade, or dark ray1n
;. where they can shelter their eneaking form
= Eom civilized bullets.
'e The people In the interior Of this State e
I, ar2iously awaiting the arrival Of Fcder
d. troops, especially in the extreme western Pc
. titn OF North Carolina, where the Union Sc
:, timelt is as strong as in Eastern Teune6se
IL though not 60 1ndiscreetly open. The on
in Iages perretrated upon the Union men in II
S1ate are chiefly committed By troops fro
- South Carolina and Virgins, few OF viii
e. have been sent here in addition to the Nor
u. Carolina forces which were recalled from Y
glnia. Can any one doubt the fighting gus
ties Of these persecuted Urfon men when ta
sEaIl be armed with the Federal mu6kets q
led on against those who are taking SO mu
a. delight in torturing these loyal people for
W c1ly 'cIime' OF loving the country OF th
'e. fathers! Il the Government should take p
re session Of Ncrth Carolina aud satisfy the ps
sc pile Of her ability to protect and defend evs
r. loyal citizen In this State, an army Of at le
irs thirty Thousand Of the best fighting men
the world could be enrolled here in less tt
las 1our weeks from the time the North Carroll
=. sns we're assured OF aid. Until this assuIal
ge Is satisfactorily demonstrated, no c0nsidera
number may be expected to indiscTeetly
pose themselves as targets to be picked off
in barbarous traitors. Without arms men
to. EoweTless, md ne all know that five thous,
wellarmed men can subiugate complet
ey fifty thousand unarmed men. This fact
he been demonstrated In every instance thus
,ev since this rSbel1iQn broke out,