Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-29
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Saturdays New York Tribane observes;
A gentleman Of high position and intelli
Rence, just arrived from South Carolina,
where be has resided for several years, says
that lost of the troops are now moved away
from Charleston, q large portion OF them
having gone to Columbia and vicinityfto
escape disease, which had begun TO make
inronds IL the shape of -dysenteEy and IKE
disoi ders and which, in the malaoieus air of
the nwamps about Charleston, could hut In
cieaseG He thinks two thousand South Car
lblinians are in Virginia. There are thou
sands ofthinking men, even in South Caro-
lima, Who dare uotihay what they think, and
win rejoice whenlthe authority OF the Gov9-
eminent ia established. Men dare not speak
sgsinst the prospect of success, As.-she
came along, he saw large numbers of tEeops
at atWeidbn, N. e., and in Chatlotte, N. O.,
1 was O camp. ...s.v 5000 raF .se- frttg
h The intelligent, classes, who had become
aware Of the great uprising at the North,
were taRen completely abaek. Said a dis
tinRniehed physician connected with the
army of the rebels to our informant: I'VE
no longer have any friends at the North.
1 How is it that Caleb Gushing, and Frank
Pierce, whom we helped to elect, have
| gomez The policy OF the South now is to
nnderrate our, troops They believe that
the Northern army is made up of thieves and
State. prison birds, and say that Southern
..eentlemen" will cut them down like chaff.
The South sCarolinians place great reliance
upon len McCullOugh; indeed, they had
looked with confidence TO him to capture
Old Abe, and bring him to the Palmetto
State. ----a----,-----------s
"A curious practice of the negroes in some
portions of the State is related. In certain
districts they would get permission now and
then 10 have a funeral. According TO theil
4 custom they went in The night, and taking {
monstrous big coffin would bury II 10 the
brwgods. On one occasion the suspicious Of {
patfolmdh became aroused, and he said Il
the party, YThis must have been o mighty
big niger that died o-night." He proceeded
| to make an examination, when 1t was fount
that the long, ghostly box contained arms
The negroes belonged 10 one Of the men O
highest rank IN the State. On another coca
| sion, a gentleman meeting a negro with
musket in his hand, said, "Where did 20
get that gun You lay that gun down.
, The negro replied eVasiEely: "Welb l 60
\ Il ~ and added in sulky, low tone, "Ws wi
use guns as well as you-by -and-by." Tn
negro was shot dead a moment after thes
words fell from his lips. Va
He says that in Virginia they laugh goo
deal over the shteTd proposition made b
. jeff Davis, few. years ago, and which th
old United States muskets and replace thei
with new. Extra Billy Smith, in allutn
: to the subject, said; u would just as 500
, have pop at Yankee with those mpske
as any thing else. After we have knocke
4 \ over few of them we will have enoug
: | armsP From the best information he coul
: get, he believed there were about sixty thOl
send troops distributed at various places
} Virginia. ~ Is s. -y "t. FtIt.F f-1