New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-22
THE CoNTRABAND QUESTION
HOW THE NeoRoes FEEL
TIE STATE OF LOWER VIRGINIA
From Our Special Correspondent.
FoRTRrss MONROE,
on point Comfor., July ". $50.

-, ora private Small Of The Naval Brigade, Mr..
sbn,,lee artist aud Major Rawlings brother 10 ne
-. h, the same pane itbe hter came from WASH
;,,,on YES sr'av As visi,or) left scouting eHpe-
d,s,.n t,Uard Bethel. When bali mile above New
pI,rks, Bridge, and about O'Clock This morning. as
,ley were emerging from forest they were surround
al bv a psty OF cavalry, who csmount.d end dred.
Rawlings fell, shot through the besd jenkins and
sau,tleF inl wounded. The others delivered their
eha,o, each With effect as is believed "a bodies were
seen D. ba carried of. They then proceeded thence TO
Uuptpn and re Orted tie occurrence. This forenoon
Muinr Wbilen,ore accompaoie' by Capt. Nixon COM
pany rroce-oed with ambulance and recovered the
body OF Major RAwlings and brought it 20 HAM ton
Jenkins and Sta lief are supposed to have befn
taken p,is,neTs, ss Dihing has bees heard oil them
Small came in this forenoon.
Tne adyspe. on Ricbm ind snd the active operations
sewbere seem very greatly to increase the impaieDce
OF onr troops here Morning. noon, and night they ASK
"When are we going to novel Are We here only TO
sprnd our time Ia ideuess Wherefore tlsuscIiviy
When TIE army reaches Richmond what VIII be toe
route Tor the supplies and oommuncsjioni Tie rail-
WAY. awa, upcertaiu because liable to be torn up or
t,e James Riyerl ODe steamer will carry PROVISIONS
tia. half dozen trains could not Besides steamers
vould be storehouses and the use Of them would OBJ
, ;be II. oessity for q vast amour, of labor. hear
sprestiops H. these on the part Of those who think
tlev IRE a prospect Of an early movement m tins
quarter.
The Vireinia Coast Guard received about one hun.
sred and twenty-five men by tie boat uis morning
Col. Baker has arrived and joined his regiment Max
W.,ers regimen is now at bome IN the new encamP-
,ueu, ON TIE rkrts Of the village of Hampton. Col W.
has command # the forces that sde winch embrace
Ma Nv regiment AID tie Virginia COsst Guard. The
sorttcsi Ms il and about the village growing
a,d viii be quite formidable and permanent works
when completed.
Yes sr6ay evening the Monticello approached within
thfer niles Of Pig Point battery, Oh her way TO New
pors News, when the Rebels the Point fired three
shots from heavy guns supposed to be co umbiads,
wbich fell short long way. The Monticello did hot
reply
The McChesney and the Townsend Regiments are
stjli without colonies. Gov. Morgan has had thee
.ek ia which To consider she matter, and he ought
"a ,,ueuu.er that regiments without commanding Of
aee,s are not IN the big, road TO efficiency.
A Quantity of 9 ain has been gathered within our
iesels and the fact reported Quarternaster Tall
rudge, who lie responsible for all properly within the
Departments He is ca idering the question what be
viii 90 with it. As The principle hss been established
and is rscIiesIly applied every day that mules wag-
ana and horses occupy the place in the schedule,
uresume tbtre will be 10 difficulty in deciding how to
treat the grain H. when the Massachusetts regi.
nents welt away, any attempt was made 10 abduct,
nvegls, or otherwise spirit away negroes, ii was de-
seatd, and believe that neither the negro borse
population of Virginia s any less for such attempt,
tanks 10 the vigilance Of the officers who have duty
20 perform.
Negroes continue 10 come Othe fortress but general
" from long distances now A few days since squad
came down the Chesapeake in an open boat, having
Travelled sixty miles, There are several hundred in the
village of Hampton, the larger share of them women.
abe servants in families thai bave fed who waiting
for whatever may turn up Among the men, especial
By good aboren the impression prevails thai shond
Their gain possession Of them again they would
be sent to South Carolina and cold. This class Of ne.
gToes consequently have sharp eye TO the future II
theyeseape TO the North, however, il must be from
other point than the fortress, where alone steam
ers and vessels sts that there ia at present little
likelihood that the regrO population of Virginia will
grow ss II will be long time, however before the
former condition of Slavery s resumed ia th part OF
che Old Dominion. Property Of every kind has been
substantially abandoned by owners, who TO have
regarded this Necessary sacrifice. The presence Of
large body of tnops al the fortress, the circum-
stance which pinci, ally caused this exodus, is not
likely TO continue. The few VINO remained behind 10
lok after their property and submitted 10 tie current
Of events, have suffered comparatively lle As it IT,
Oh. country il Use burnt field Of stubbe, th here
aud there spot thai has escaped the otherwhe COM
pIste scourge. Hundreds of fields wer-, some time
sioee read, for the SICKLE but there no reapers
In word almost the entire proprietary portion Of toe
communty has gone away, taking with them more
than half Of The negroes; those that remain with
be and there white family, at present constitute the
entire population Of this once populous diS;rc, Of Viz
ginia.
The inland wa,ers and bays Of Virginia, 20 famous
Cor oysters have DO, been disturbed by single vessel
Cor mouths and not likely be for months 70 come
Dealers must not expect their ouppes from tie source
that Las heretofore furnished them. Probably the
lsrgcst inieres that has been presated s the lumber
trade. The mills are al stopped, and not one Of the
handFeds Of vessels engaged exclusively in this uade
h 10 be seen. Gu the Chesapeake Few vessels OF tie
smaller class may be seen, the remnant Of the immense
ooastng trade that covered with ships Of every class
che waier Of the Roads, the rivers and bays where
BOW only tie blockading feet and trans ors are
20 DO seen. Norfolk TIE once thriTng and only coast
city of ViTHisia, where NJ. Mason was TO bring the
G,reas E4siefp snd unnunbered other foreign shps,
and TIE trade with them that was 10 rival NsT-fork
aud n4be Hamfs0n Roads the erircpOt Of the cjnii-
nsbt, l. annuisng under the blight which the block
ade has indeed Not only all i,s business ceased,
be, lie Iop2aton thu, not refugees to the niard
and mountains are living actually short allowance.
Tea aud coffee they have not, and many articles that
were common before, money will hardly bny now'
Besides. t,ey are being in constant dread of being