New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-29
aIEAYryes FROM SOUTHERN MAILS.

died last week at the ripe age OF W !eoie'
The GaIvestoniaps, having got tired OF gang OF
c,clnocksts and burglars infestipg that city, nave
ahmed the whole lot to Nsworeans, where they can
be more at home.
A few DAYS ago PostmasterGeneral Montgomery
blair removed Mr. Pritchard MailAgent on the Ma
nassas Gap Railroad and appointed in bis stead re
publican named Baar from Rockingham AS soon as
This change became known to Mr. Edward Z. Marshall
the President Of the road be promptly informed Mr.
Blair that either his appointee or the onteo states
mail must he removed from the road. Inc fesun "As
the reinstatement of Priichard
AT about o'clock last evening, says The Mo6he
Tribune OF The a1sf Lieut.. Homer in command OF the
Continentals, at DRILL was informed that there was
soop living at the wharf at the foot Of Spanish alley,
which wac sden with supplies for the United Statesh
outside between this and Pensacola. detachment
of The company was drill al the time and Lieut.
Homer Immediately ordered them down to the point
mentioned and then and there took charge OF the little
sloop Isabel She was laden with beef, pork, barrels
of eggs etc The person in charge acknowledged that
these supplies were intended for the feet outside.
A correspondent Of The Charlotte Bulletin from
Salisbury N c., Gays that on the 18th, two free ne
gro boys got euarreling when magistrate ineriered.
One Of the boys M the other stood ground and wanted
TO fight; he struck the magistrate and Isn The mags
trate called for help and caue but The boy swore ne
would die before he would he taken. lie was taken
and tried before magistrate who committed him 10
await bis trial. The excited crowd, however, TOOK
him from the officer and came very near hanging him.
He wss hung up for about minute III the outskirts OF
Abe town. He was then brought back and put in jail
-TheF. +. VS. of Virginia have no higher am
siton q. present than to become "ngger thieves" In
trnofn I'D hne(7IG
took place on the House bill for the voluntary enslave-
rnept Of free negroes, without compensation to the
Commonwealth. The Dispatch says
The bill was amended in various parts by the Com
nittee 10 whom j. was referred. Various amend ments
were offered in the Senate, and 1t comes up to day as
unfinished business. TIE bill, as it came from the
House. proposes allow free negroes to enslave them
selves 10 whom they please, and TO exempt the master
from any payment Of tic value OF the 20 negro
into the Treasury of the Commonwealth. by some IL
Il contended that ths would enable white men In hum
bic circumstances TO become slaveowners, and thus
extend the institution and enlarge and more widely
diuRe the interest in It's preservation On The other
hand there those who contend that tbe would put
the free negroes into the hands OF persons some Oh
whom may be worthless. The bill viii be up to-day,
and the debate will prove highly interesting.
The Secession papers to delight in being bum
plugged. They have swallowed with the utmost avid
ity the story Of Boales Navy tOf garbage boas and
In Richmond they have on exhibition, according to
The D.spaick.
HAt the Adiutant-General's Office later and more
Improved edition Of Old John Browns pixies in the
shape Of large tomahawR, resembling somewhat a
ehip's boarding -hatcbe-2CO Of which were recently
found concealed In the woods, five miles from Aexnn-
dria, Va The article would constitute most formd-
able weapon in the hands Of determined man. -s
supposed that they constitute part Of certain argu-
srts intended 70 be used by Northern brethren N
Introducing civilization into our homes, ard were
dropped bv the ghost Of Old Brown while In search Of
en- eligible spot whereon to begin the work OF regener'
alton. The person who deposited them must nave De-
como fugacous AFTER for NO trace exists OF him.
-TRe Montgomery Advertiser complains of an I'M
due spirit Of Office seeking among the Secession pGiri-
OTIS. 1t saw:
iaE four months TIL regular August election, take
plAoe for Governor ConsTo.en and MEMBER q se LesIa
VS. never Witnessed under the cd ''gi"E
Tie Net- Orleans Delta pitches into" JEFF. Da-
yiss Commissioners at Washington, and all others con-
cerned, for the delay in coming to definite under
standing with the Federal Government. 1t says:
LSnss s e 9 ne igs 4 noe Py o the Southern
CoBs6eaey Uncertainty Of peace IL more dangerous 20 an
demand pesee war IL nest Long suspense UNI
settles commerce dePesses energy AID aamPeH' the Ad0E
--TReN o. Picayune, which is In some sense IN
organ Of JEFF Davis lays down the terms of peace thus
TIE question Of peace simply the question Of peaceful reeoE
milton q s Wess All a ss5 I 81 az T. :. much @ Of
what Indispensable fo pesoe Whatever msniiests an itehon
Q
MIXTURE hostile Whatever 70 make ths discrimination
positive and esse il tas accumulation troops OF means
within the seeded states must be held by them TO b. In
the actual hostility and the manner end means for TO
peins 81 arg only question Of time and policy There no
that the Administration at Washington penetrated
With this view Of the true aspects Of the question: OF dpose5
do anything tnsn pocesinEe with the view to sIenhen
IA som@ 1oapa 10 suHpose themselves
conditions deal frankly the admitted ground Of perfected
separation with view TO pssee5e OF honorable recon-
sfrio their win bs looked at with just and
snIon and provided against with iuoossat watch
fulness-
George z. W. Nelson, boolkeper and accountant
In the Office Of The augusta COnstitut,on0list has
been appointed Superintendent OF PaUlc Printing by
Precedent Davis. Mr.. Nelson is a native Of South
Carolina, where he learned the printing business. lie
has resided In Alabama, Mississippi, and Washington
City and was foremen Of The CoassitatioaGst Office
for many years.
Tile Atlanta oafe1sGey learns that adistinguished
politician of the North went on to Montgomery last
week with offers for tie whole of the fifteen million
loan st par, tie bid being made by English capitalists
Mr. BtmmDger declined the negotiation preferIing to
give domestic capitalists the refusal Of the bids. Tile
COnfederacy Gays that Georgia house has offered to
take Eve millions of the loan.
--TIs Louisville Journal says: In 1856 we said the
time would come when any man who should oppose
che reopeuing OF the African elave-trade would be
denounced as an Abolitiorist. Such time came
year ago. In the last Presidential canvass said the
time would soon come when every man who opposed
che dissolution of the Union would be denounced an
AboftionisL Such time las come now.
The President Of the Confederate States has nc.
eepted ard drafted into the regular army the Zouave
Regiment of Eew-0reans numbering $50 men, COM
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