New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-31

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Many oithe country troops bad died from the use
{ army biscuit, and the Commssary Department
vas obliged 10 issue for the soldiers rauoHS,
Cotton thread is % cents spool needles lun'iou
imes the usual price: matches one cent eacpi ""o
t il curious illustration of the Southern lack o.
ingenuity that though they succeeueu ~
few r1aiebes, they cannon MANY me
boxes to hold the Very little business done in
the city. o stores gre mostly close, their stocks
OF cod being exhausted wi'p5ut means Oh rehew"
Fa.niliee are constantly leaving the CITY ior ule
ip,erios and Others pytparng to move az the moe".
Of asyarIt. II is universally asserted and believed
tba, IA, Mace ia 10 BE- attacked by concerted move
mon, on all sides on the 18th Of April, with over
.ybelmnnc land and naval forces. The necessity OF
surrender and the policy of giving up the place
without fighting, since it must eventually ial, are
openly discussed p the city; and 1t If not long SINCE
party of officers came to blows on the question in
public conversation. Troops have lately been sent
from Charleston to Georgetown, 5. G., IN expects
ton of an attack. On the line of read from Charles
town 10 Savannah are about 10000 troops In rear
of the city are very few cannon, and only two nave
been mounted.
The patty Of negroes who brought this information
consisted of one woinan and four men. They afe
very intelligent in appearance and frank III CONVEX
saiion aud tho ilstaemens are considered mole IMAM
usually Trustworthy. Rosa Barnwe Is the woman
name. her husbands Thomas Scanlon. To facilitate
her escape, she had put on q suit OF fps clothes
When they reached the Florida the morning was
bitterly cold, and the whole party had suffered
greatly. They were kindly received by Commander
Goldsborougb. aud were sent down by the Flsmbeau
10 lie placed in charge Of the Superintendent on shore
at Port Royal.
! Since writing the above, ] have seen and talked
with tie negro Thomas lie il a tall, erect, fine
looking man, with weli-shsped head, expressive
features steady eye, heavy moustache, and quite
black Liz personal history is singular, and HE es-
care adventurous. Both lie ard his master, Mr.
Seaman, were apprentices in the blscksHiih's
shop al he zane iime They learned this trade TO-
eethsr. aud don't doubt from what I learn Of the
master. that Tom is the better workman. After the
VAT began he wa taken by 's master fret TO Fort
MouItrie where he served during the attack on
Spmter: then te Fort Sunaer itself; then 10 Fort
Walker al Hilion Head, where be spent the three
months before It's bombardment, as blacksmith and
ormorer and was IN the Fer. during the action.
His master was lieutenant in the Rebel service,
and Toms qusrers were in an stte.room Of the
very house IN which am writing near division
Headquarters. The room opposite ths wac the office
of Dr. Blunt, the Rebel surgeon, who WAS killed in
1.-The fon Toms account Of the action lie clear and
extremely interesting. One incident ID too obsrac-
teristc of South Carolina chyalry 10 be omitted.
The fire from the fleet grew hot after while that
the soldiers near where he stationed refused to
csrry tie shot and shell to the guns, whereupon the
officers ordered him to take their places aud he ds-
charged that duty ill the rOut commenced. II
seems tolerably clear tia, under tire Confocaton
act which offers freedom to the slaves premium
for service TO their Rebel masters, he is entitled 10
. his.
Since his return 10 Charleston he hae boon elm
ployed in Castle Pinckney. That fort mounts eleven
barbette guns, and is gaDisoned By ono company OF
eighty men, commanded by Capt Yates This officer
was also at Fort Walker, and was covered with
Gal III four feet deep by the explosion Of she'll bui
not much injured. lie Lad just been released and
his bruises dressed by Dr.. Bruil, when the latter
was killed by another explosion. The soldiers
in Castle Pinckney are lifted snd greatly discon-
tented but circumstances 10 their ocen result only
in confinement and the gag. Many Of them" said
Tom, were great deal more anxious u get away
than was"
tliid Of Charleston wss burnt ly the recent Ere.
No part Of il il rebuilding, except here aud there
stable or kitchen, or sery small and poor honb.
The people all say won't Isy 70 build because the
Yankees are coming and will bum it again. The
negroes, says Tom, ere all the time looking and
PRAYING for lie Yankees Ia come IL il since the
recent victories ia the West and in North Carolina,
aud especially since the fall Of Newbern, that families
have begun 20 leave in great numbers While be
Law On the wharf waiting Tor the tide tie night OF biz
escaoe he heard ali the while the onnibuses carrying
passengers to the railway station near by. Iho'e
who can, sell their furniture and other property
those who cannot, leave it and fec into the wilder
ness Only women and children are permitted to
leave. Gen. Lee, who il in command, has ordered
that 10 one who can handle mn,ket shall pass TIE
Ines All citzenr are either already pressed into ter
vice or obliged to hold tb. mseves subject instant
draft
Tho machine shops ere selling to the Rebel Gov
eminent all their machinery tools, and stock, which
are carried back into the country 10 be Sci mp and
used for military purposee
II had been proposed that all tie silver plate Ia the
city should be given TO the Government 10 b. melted
and the proceeds applied to the building OF The IRON
clad gunboat, but the suggestion had not met with
universal favor. No specie was circulated. Tom
declared that since be came ashore ct Port Royal he
had seen ten cent piece Tor the first time in three or
four months Tie only currency was Confederate
and State bank notes and tho fraconalbills were in
common use.
n, ii. cd Z hat Won
have 6,0G0 troops, and the Rebels had withdrawn
further back on TIE main, in order, they said, n
duce the Lincoln men TO advance. The intrench-