New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-14

The Virginia hre~eatels hre doiO w ''"AA '
tty of this sort of union Richmond rundea'er nAs
introduced as the latest thing out beverage caneu
the "Union Punch" composed Of Kentucky WHISKY
Louisiana sugar, and Florida lemons
The Petersburg VA papers record that man
seyep-eipb,hs white had sauced' another man e'8o'-
eigbths white, and bowls for most severe punishment
saw 80 lasbes and a term in the changing Inc
sars consisted in saying that he be seven-elghInS
blood was q white man. The IntehgencT Gays
We earnestly hope that this scounde Will De MADE
an example Of, which he 90 rlcnly deserves a'iS
shonld be taught that if Lnconi Is President DIS Au
,pn;srs,ion Nil not ,otect Lin from being punished
when insulting CT izen.
The Richmond correspondent Of 2"o H""ty ot"
published at Morgantown. Na.,. who presumes 70 De
well acquainted with the people Of the North" esq.,
saws in recent letter. referring TO the course OF Mr.
Hall of Wetzo:
/" Judas Iscario: got Lis up for betraying ms
master aud has never been forgotten since, ana, IN
my opinion ii he and l.. 5. Hall were to run Tor nc
same oflce in Wetzel County tomorrow JUDAS would
bea, Hall more than two hundred votes
Information has been receiyedat Washington that
the Confederate States are organiznga naval force OF
light draft steamers to be placed under the command
of Commodore Tatnal, late Of the United States Navy.
The Richmond Examiner has the following In
teresting statistic. of the State of Virginia.
There are now in this State negroes of the estimated
value Of nearly $500 0000O Upon IN inside estimate
they yield in gross surplus produce hon sales OF one me-
groes to 90 sOuth $lo,tOOON; tobacco, so,.UyUvo'
tour, $500 O00 corn, cotton, and other pr0dutts,
S2GU0 0OO-a total of S2s, coo. Most OF the lie
vroes ae in csmon anc Virginia. and that secon pays
in taxation, persons ard persona! properly nn S s
and o,s and licenses 81 ,7otOJ, inst u
transuoLtane Nirslia or three-iourthS more-ihonBa
the negroes in the Valley are thrown III TO hep Ihe u
v.ion To which II is assigned BY the assesslLei o.
ls5G the transmontane lauds are worth SiooVoVuvo'
the csmoniane $20J00, and pay one-i"nrtn more luA
The annual charge against the State ior us e I
inu,oyemept investment IS one and four-lius mill nsi
iurt about what csmontane virginia conuloules 70 ZIG
common fund From about 1919 to io4o emgintioh 70
the South was greatest. In tIat 'lnle 'i'tin, 'i
grated some 600 slaves; in tie MIDDLE decade
of Ok term $50 0O0 0U0 and withsandng the low
price at Which, with one shor interval tlaves ruled III
the three decades and the consequent tncouageheht
TO home agriculture, cSmOutaIc lands went Gown L s
per cent in the face Of tIausInoniane apreChioh %
30 per cent-a comparative loss to Eastern Virginia Oh
62s per cent.
The Louisville JcVraol informs the public that's
"a few weeks ago the Hon. Albert Pike OF Arkan-
sas wrote very allie letter against Secession AioefI
has now written very able one tor Secession ne 10
@ man Ct eminent ability, who never, since we hhe"
him wrote upon one side Of u question without very
soon writing upon tie other lie evidently has iuli
apprecia ion of Lis great power, and thkH mat lie
wee TO devote himself for any considerable eheh OF
time 10 SIDE be would he granting The advocates
of that side sort OF tremendous MONOPOLY lie Is u
ust and confederate man, and he divides and dis
tributes himself always taking good care, we believe
tat neither side shall Get the larger half
We find the following significant statement in Tile
Alexaudria (ya.) Ga:ettC~
"a gentleman of PtisylvaDia County, Virginia a
strong secessionis in FeUruary last being dissatisfied
with THE course things taking in Virginia wei:
10 Mississippi for the purpose of buy' Lnd ana 10
move his negroes tuat State. lie had just returned
and called on the d. egae from lis comfy 10 say tha
though he had Il ought Virginia was lo~, hope sho
will be slower siill that he saw but few Of the sub
santial, wealthy prOpTietOrs III Mississippi VINO were
not dissatisfied ruth the course IF ere"ts oonth' az Mc
prospect of heary taxation, and OF no benefits under
tie new order Of things that they could nov exp
under the old Union; and told bin that If NirpiniI
and the Border States got such guarantees as would De
acceptable TO thcm, they had no doubt tGf MSs'ssP
0Adttc orr States W0aid Te.HTa. lie has cOncIuded
to remain in Virginia
According to Tile Cincinnati Enquirer some Of
the reeaters in Texas are already sick Of their bar
gain. The Enquirer says:
1--WE had the pleasure yesurday Of a call from Judge
James Satin, who has Just returned from'a VIZ 10
Texas. The information 1e communicates, ana Whlon
he obtained from personal Observation shd conyes1
ton is cheering 70 the patriotic heart Frateinh eei'
ing ia not eAtnct-hartd has not driven out Kindness
tic remembrance Of the past gloes and progress 81
the country is no. obleratedthe stan and the stripes
aIe q i'll dear TO the eyet-and the Union u SIN re-
Odrdcl
Tltious between the sections is to bold out tue hand
of f,iendshp to them and piye them assurances that
they shall be regarded as brethren and not as baro
tias upon whom the executions Of the civilized world
should rect. Judge Satin says that bad Congress
adoped the Crienden proposition when II was intro
doced not n State with, perhaps, the exception OF
Sonth Carolina would have passed Secession orai-
nances and the adoption Of II at this lac day would
make bill yet night.
The Montgomery correspondent Of TIE BalimoTe
american says;
Iincolns inaugural has flashed over the wires, and
we are posse ed of the public sentiment Of tie Presi-
dent, | understand that Cobb Of Georgia grumbled
when he heard the address. Stephens exclaimed the
man il fol, and PresideDt Davis has ret bis teeth,
but said IOlhing.
The Florida Sentinel, published at Tallahassee,
thus compliments General Scott:
"Our Indignation, contempt, aud adherence OF this
plebeian demago.uc ll.incOlnl are only equaled by
what We feel for his freud and adviser the traitor to
tie home Of bis birth, the jgckafs ia potcs, and
Jupiter in vanity, LeutenaDt-G Wlnh,ld Scott
If there be not some chosen curse some hidden thur
der ia the store Of heaven, 10 blast tbs wretch who
causes is cOunrys ruin, the curses Of unborn mil
lions will damn him to the lowest depth Of human
depreciation"
THE EMPIRE CITY AND THE STAR OF THE
WEST.
TIE steamship Empire City, which left her wharf on
SATURDAY, huu Ienl1hn nj INC qu0i ""40i ""Ni' CIV
anchored after leaving the dock to await the Star Of the
Weet. Her lower hold is filled with coal, which is
destined to furnish herwh fuel for at least twenty-five
days steaming, wbileher between decks are filled with
army stores, for the commiSsariats department The
vessel cleared for Indianoa Texas and is commanded
by Capt. Brown, well known in the clipper service.
TIE Star Of the West completed her loading on
Tuesday evening. She first took in five hundred tuns
Of coal for her fuel which filed up tie lower hold
trlv 10 the forward and aft. as soon as ta vog com