New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-17
\ MISSIONARY spy IN CAMP.
qutiny in Col. Hawkinss Regiment.
SHAMEFUL NEGLECT OF THE SOLDIERS.
EXPECTATIONS OF GEN. WOOL.
ON Our Special Correspondent
FORTRESS MONROE,

acts Of Gen. Wool, who is looked for every day,
to throw all the protection in his power around
the Union men residing between Hampton and
Back River who are now exposed TO the raw
ages of the rebels, and live in continual danger,
not only of having their houses and barns, with
their crops, burned, but of being seized and
dragged to Yorktown or Richmond for the
crime of being Union men. ] am assured that
there are good many families who have taken
to the woods since the burning of Hampton.
The grain crop has mostly been secured, but is
liable to be burned any day. The case Of this
class of inhabitants appeals forcibly to Gen.
Wool. They have right to demand protection.
The rebels should be driven back, and the dis
trict restored to security and quiet.
The inference naturally drawn from the sp-
pointment of Gen. Wool to this Department 10
that this is to be made the base of active opera
tions in the ensuing campaign. Gen. WOoPs
extraordinary capacity for making good soldiers
out of volunteers has for some time caused bim
to be pointed to as peculiarly needed in this
war His large experience, prudence, and sa>
gscity qualify him to command department
where important operations are TO ensue. We
may therefore assume that Gen. WOols presence
has meaning and significance equally
interesting " the supporters Of the Government
aud the DisuDon conspirators.
On Saturday, q rather queer-lookiDg as well
as queersetiDg party made his appearance at
Gen. Buffers headquarters, and announced him
self as q preacher Of the gospel, pretty much on
his own hook, from somewhere near Petersburgh,
in Virginia. lie exhibited q certificate, purport-
ing to be signed by some Of his neighbors, which
set forth that be was O Union man, and " sound
on the goose" generally. He furthermore had
passes that took him through the rebel lines.
He said that he thought be had call to preach,
and proposed to deliver one sermon here, and
then proceed to Washington and preach smother
discourse there. Gen. Butler thought it quite
likely he bad call TO preach, and proceeded to
inform the man, in whose madness he conceived
there was some method, that he had a coDgrega.
ton ready for him, and, as their spiritual well
fare might be in suffering condition, he could
enter on has labors at once. The General,
therefore, gave him permission TO repair to the
Rip Raps. Now, it should be known that the
Rip Raps is sort of penal colony,
where prisoners and oil doubtful char.
aeters are qusrtcred, and over whom Capt.
Leach with his company, keeps guard. ii is an
immense mass of stones, upward Of 4 mile from
shore, and out of which Fort Calhoun has CON-
menced TO rice A more uninteresting place can
scarcely b. imagined, especially in dog-dsys
when the sun has heated the stones 80 as TO re-
mind one sensbly of the place against which our
friend the preacher informed Gen. Butler he
conceived il his duty earnestly to warn him.
Our travelling missionary went willingly TO
the Rip Raps. The next day was sun.
day, and the venerable and sober Capt.
Leach, who lives as nearly as possible up to
the golden rule, thought il was well TO have
preaching; indeed, nothing could be more proper
The preacher was therefore invited to commence
his labors, for this was his aock, and there was
his fold. lie readily assented, and wanted 10
know if Capt. Leach had preference for text
or subject; the worthy Captain had none SO it
was sound doctrine, aud the text from the Bible.
Our missionary friend finally concluded that he
would not preach regular discourse, but would
entertain his select audience with the history Of
man. Whatever else the discourse was, as
literary performance, taken in connection
with bis conduct it confirmed the sus-
picion that he was nothing moro por less
than II spy. Capt Leach concluded that the
fellow should At least earn bis rations, which are
likely to be served out TO him for some time.
Indeed, the captain was of opinion that the
missionary from Petersburg would not proceed TO
Washington or travel elsewhere for the present.
but that he might consider himself rs perma-
nently settled, with regular though somewhat
shifting congregation, and that, though the salary
might be rather small, the place was remarkably
well suited for meditation. have since learned
that the fellow appears TO have improved his op-
portunitics for meditation This morning be sent
for Capt. Leach, who found him stretched out
claspDg his head with his hands. lie said he
thought he was just coming out of one Of the
turns to which he was subject, which turns he
informed the captain were insanity that came
upon him by spells. But the now dodge didn't
work with the captain. lie assured the fellow
that what he most needed was rest, and ex.
pressed the opinion that by the time be emerged
into the world again. he would be quite restored
The fellow probably begins to smell rat.
The Harriet Lane has again made her ap-
pearsnce in the Roads, where she is ever well
come. She will proceed along tho Southern coast
rs far ss Savannah, and in tho course of the
trip will probably have an opportunity to try her
new armament on some of the Rebel privateors
and batteries that abound In that direction.
Thirty of the 9th Regiment, Col. Hawkins.
have been placed under arrest for mutinouS con-
duct. There is much bad feeling in this regi.