, 1861-08-19
1ntFO6TANT FROM NORTH CAH0.
The Negroes On tine AleFt-The Soy
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Especial Correspondence NsEYosk f. Tribunal 1ss;1
Ttis place Is On III Roanoke RI7er, on
either 6Ida OF whose banks LIE the faInous
" Roanoke lan5s, :" which form the most p:o'
ductiTe agricultural region ID th2 state Tae
river tHavetses the wealthy a4a Aagea{.aiave-
Northainpion and BERTHE, and empties into
A1benaIfe Sound, not far rom plymouth
Yon Should see the rnah Wnen t9e traan gets
in ftomP PetsTshu1g, At IL o'eiocK, bringing me
Daily Ezzsess, penny panGE, cea sai91 e. WEE .1a
seneatfon items, Wh1eh BELLS teaauy 1or i've
Ware 70 DISPOSED, might fill your col.
umns With alarming statements upon almost
every conceivable exciting topic, and fully as
great dea1 Of NneWbr is made nowadays.
Whether the aold men see vietons" and the
:tYoui.g men dream dreaEns," nnd 60 fabIicato
f1seir tsfacts" out Of imaginary dnta, eannot
tell with certainty, but presume not alto
gether or one thing AN an dnn;sitn As ~ .s zna n
de1fui, have pretty fair idea Of what is going
On, md only a1ssit the word to work fearful
mischief Somehow Or other, by some secret
Telegraph which cannot be detected, what
fhe rest. They hang shout groups Of whites,
their couutenanees unutteiabsy etolids or
pripning with stupid indifference, as If they
neither heard nor unaefaIood, ana c1Icn up
everything that is said They all know of
the negro TIlman and his deeds, and they
al reaollact Fremont and John Brown
InGeed, their opportrnitles for getting in
formation are vastly better than those OF the
poorer class Of whites So ubiquitous ara
the negroes in 8 Southern household, that
room hes Any secrets from them, and they ara
remarkably ah1eWd at drawing inferencea.
Many masters, with 1nfatusted and idiotic
folly, have aetnally called their elaves together
and given them long pretended "exp1ana-
tions !" Of the pending troubles, and told them
hpg. bear stones Of Fhat the Abolitionists IN
"Old Abe's" " army would do 10 them if they
ever got them. in their clutches. But "a slave
is not 60 gullible as what is known in the
South as "mean white man" (who may be
imposed upon in tEis wsyl and he sees
through a lie as well as anybody, though he
has sense enough to Disguise his unbslief and
Eot " let Oh " that he knows better. So ripe,
already, are these pariahe Of labor for revolt
that Nat Turner would succeed, and tha mis-
tTable failure Of 81 Wou1d be, in '61, 81 ineY-
table triumph. That this trying crisis OF the
Institution - VIII paas without . Spsrtacus
il diligently performed night and day, and the
st1ictest vigilance is sedulousIy exercised, yet
| there are trequent reciprocal bRtcleries OF
| whites ard blacks, and continued sleye e5ca-
| PAGES, scme OF TIE fugitiyes being caught
after much trouble, but most Of them eluding
/ <11 5E<IEN 4MC ahdIiEG hAiE-A CIV II tA14F ol1G-
1en1h part Of the State, With it's nearly fifty
thousand square miles, afford sn ImpenetEable
| covert to the runaway. have heard of a case,
Eear P1ymcnth, where gang Of negroes was
| accidentally discovered in a maEsh, within sIx
miles cf town, some OF whom had disappeared
| tent at the shape thirge ere taking, and the
| management OF affairs, civil and military,
is frssly criticised. Hopes, founded en- reiter-
atec premises that ths war should soon be
over, have been bitterly disapp pcinted, and the
first enthusiasm Of the rebellion has passed
| away. OF couIEe there are some optimistt
and people Of Eenguine temperament Whe
have unlimited confidence in Davis, Beanre
1 gard d Co., and believe every thing Will CONT
6ut right ut 1ast-
The mcst exaggerated and mendaeious sto
ries are told, and apparently believed, abou
the laWlessness and brutality Of the Federa
+ troepa, into which alleged outrages upon fe
| males enter Hugely. Their plunderfng pro
perEifies are particularly dwelt upon; and i
| Is said that nearly every one Of our men ha!
sent home stolen silver plate, watches, jew
elry, &c. Resliy, it would sem as il the horz
gates poken Il By Virgil, BY which lies enter Iii
world hoIa the other, had been set wide open
while the livery one, which admits true re
ports, il shut and 6eaIed-at least during ths
war" By the way, would remark that ae
counts OF matters South, by refugees and 9th
ers going Nosth, should be received with III
t1al allowance Many Of these persons ar
disguised secessionistf, and a part Of thei
| game is to aEsune the character OF voluntee
f | Epies. If their statements are credited an
/ | acted upon, they may seriously mislead
Union man Of this State told me that, 8
) | alarming IS this abn6e, and SO systematica1
! il it perpet1ated in the rebel interest, he fe
it his imperative duty to write to Gen. Scot
r snd Fut him on his guard against this bogo
information.
q 70 judge from the frequent boasts hea
I e1en with every reasonable allowance #
/ what may be empty gaseonade, I infer thi
4 thtre must he thing rotten in the State
. at Washington, and That the Departments al
) infested Nth sly and secret traitors, as 1uC
r mere pestilent and dangerous than the rebe
h as tie night assassin is than the OPEN enem
b who coEtronts you with equal arms. Latte
from Federal employees ere often read
]. their recipients to little knots Of friends.
a is even eaid that Gen. Scott's plans are n
= Eute1y revealed to the Confederate general
|, This may account, if true, for the disastfo7
8 1epulse at Bull Run. 1t is indeed pitiahle
j the Union is to be stabbed to the death in tt
4 very sthouee Of itg friends" They should
thrust cut forthwith, even If the business
q the Depa1tmentsi stops. It has berome
Il mAtter Of military necessity and, If Cabin
3 officers are too weak for the work, Eener
Mcclellan should at once require its exec
= tor. No official incumbent should be spare
3. unless his loyalty has been subjected to an
| deal which renders it unquestiouahle. T
4 | existence Of the Republic, to say nothing
/. the lives Of thousands Of true men, mexorat
i demands it.