New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-18

ton will speak falsely. But this is no
singular instance; these things, which cannot
often take place in large cities, because OF the
number of Northern men residing in them, are
everyday occurrences in the rural districts.
Great stress has been laid by the South on the
assertion that the slaves, if not tempered with
BY white men, are loyal to their masters, and
satisfied with their lot. ! have reason 10 tninK
and believe that they are mistaken. A LADY VINO
is q slaye-owner told me only to-day that " n'g'
gers" were SO smart nowadays they nearly all
believed they ought to be their own masters, and
that she had caught her niggers" on several
occasions, when her absence was counted on,
discussing the prospect of their freedom. she
tells me that numbers Of her acquaintance are
in agones of fear at the prospect of being lett
on their plantations without their husbands ior d
single night, and they always expect
ed in the morning to find that the
" niggers" had gone. These statements appear
to be sustained by the fact that stampede Oh
nearly hundred occurred within sixty mhes
from this city, only last week; and hriniy Dc,
leve that these things are taking place without
any aid or advice from white men; II otherwise
however, ! make no defense OF the aoettcfs' ou'
merely chronicle the facts.
The Palmetto men are sadly perpe1ed TO
know in what way to gain the friendship OF En-
gland and maintain the slave-t trade at the same
time; they have sought the counsei OF hooers
Bunch. ESQ.,. the British Consul at this port, but
be il a true Englishman and gives them no hope;
he moreover assures them that British Guisaa is
splendid cotton. growing country, and having
resided there for some time, he is supposed to
know. They very much fear that they cannot
carry out their entire programme. without cut
ting themselves off from all communication and
friendship with the civilization of the world.
The Rattlesnskes are puzzled as to the man.
ner in which Major Anderson will leave Fort
Sumter ,ohen he reeeires the orders Of has GocerH-
ment; they swear loudly that no ship-of-war shall
come in to fetch him; they are determined not TO
trust Gen. Scott so far. 1t is proposed by some
men Of prominence that Gov. Pickens should
charter the steamer Isabel, now lying idle at the
wharyes, aud place it at Maj. Andersons disposal.
Some wag proposes that the floating battery"
with the Vigilant Rifles on board, shall accom-
paUy 1t TO NeW-l0rk as an escort Inc Aoro
vile Of the population are anxious that the gal
liant party should pass through Charleston, and
some rufiians have sworn that, if they do, Capt
Doubleday shall never depart alive, his princi-
pal crime being that be halls from Brooklyn, the
home of Beecher. This seems strange, coupled
with the fact that at this very moment the
" brethren are hobnobbing with Vandyke OF
that city. am happy, however, to tel you that
the latter gentleman fell below the expectations
of the people. They evidently expected
brilliant man, but have pronounced him consider
ably below par, mentally.
The weather is fine; in Charleston, 1t has
been warm in the sun during the day, but the
air tonight ia cool, and, to Northern man,
pleasant, which is more than / can say OF the
people.