The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-05-10
LATE AND IMPORTANT RgOM
SuUTu CAROLINA. ......
GREAT SCARCITY OF PROVISIONS.
49,
Horrible Treatintn Of Union Men.

Horrible Treatment: Of Union Men
ttfoh ihsN, Y rorrjetS rgesiisr. ,pirgi1
Amcne the arrivals ~ this port vcsttr
tcrday was that Of the schooner u. ID
I piit, Captain David Corsnn, IRON
Charleston on the gath Ffom Cant
Corson we have gained many impor,au
/ particulars, Tia states than thcrt Is nj
q months provisions In the city. and o
course they are receiving no acccssiops
Flour on The -2d he atsactrd for az 8
per boil tut ucrlcciing 20 snd for ID
that dgy he was Obliged on The 2ld tr
.paySll, The prioc h1vinr rscn three do,
lars IN the "a hours. rtc prices OF al
other Provisions had urtbltd durinp ia,
last two ur three months. The Sun iay
before hc len, tic cOth, about thrr,
thousand volunteers entered thr citv
bur " us Immediately sent North 10 Nir
g'uia, aud the general impression then
wa, that tboy would send about the
same number North every wctk. Can't
Corson doubted their ability TO %, ain the
supply The South Cmoinuns are
hoast'ng very loudly over ul,ir victory n,
SUMTER aud are confident that within
twenty days-tho next ton dlye-,b, a
VIII be Ia possession OF Wnphiboton.
Bels were lrccly offered in regard 10 il
/ The general impression was thai tho task
OF whipping the North would b, moro
chld's play. Many ofthe frms in Cbnrlc,
TON mc tt WorS. .fttinr out rrv1trcrs, anr
some six or seven arc now under way
Among others, is the steamer Nashyill,
late OF the New York and Charlcsto.
line. Tho crew o the Nashville came
to this port in the - d. Pitts. Am.no
other passengers, wee two dreartcr.
from the rrbel lorccs.
Captain Co'sou also brought with hiu.
man by the name of Jam. Tracy. who
with h,s wife and fum.y, wcrr driven ONT
.oi The State Tor refusing % take M arms
ih the rcuel army. he is an Ir.slmnp
Ivy blth, but has been in this couptr,
about lorty-two years, twelve urwhich be
served m the army OF the time la
the Florida war, under Scott. For some
years he has been In South Caaolipn.
where no owned plantation Of ! 600
tcrosi valued, with the stock, ctc' nt
about $4,000. Having served undcr
the American nag be would not cplist
M the Negro Confederate armed to f,hi
against IL. On the IN of April a meet.
ing of citizens was held, al which Lc
was warned To- leave the city within ton
days. On the iIh while he was nbscnt
rom humc, la Columbia. mob. heado,
by ruiiian named Hoffman, who presi
ded 10 the meeting on the 9th, during a
polling rain, attacked his house. and
turned the inmily out Of doors. Tbcv
chased tho wife and youngest Child thro,
the woods on th0ir no SIS, and finally
captur, d them. Then having capturoJ
Tracy and his oldest son, q youpg man
ot Weny-unc, they stripped them and
gayc % the former five hundred and tbe
latter two hundred and fifty lashes viii
a raw hide, changing execntoners as
they grew tired. Tho Punishment was
so severe that thcir backs were covcre
with blood, and blood also issued from
their noses rnd mouths. Amer tbis NOV
tied tho whole family hand and foot. ma
tossed thcm into carts, carried them ono
hundred and sixty miles 10 Cbarlcstop
where th yw.rc thrust into ito iail with
cut money, with only the clothes they
had on, aud accorded The privil no 70 o
"to that damned niggcr Lucoln--their
niggcr brother L,ucoln-if Il ey c ulj
find any ono 70 take thom." Cant. Cor
son heard their story and brought them
with him. or course the family h sl-
most entirely destitute, but the fatber
and son declared that they want to onl A
Tue ilrst opportunity. Thoy viii romain
on the schooner for a few days, whore
any Committee can end item. md we
would suggest that a small portion of nrv
money that has been raised for the vol
untoor causes should be donated "a
cqu ing these two men, who from com.
parstiye oiiluence, have, by the traitors
aud rebels Of the south, bson reduced 10
penury and want. They carry with them
tho wou uds Of the rebel lash, aud their
case certainly worthy Of immediate