New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-05-23

way in satisfying us 20 The tendency OF public
sentiment iothe,ds who are nothing if not
dinpnstinply uutonso, ,bIe, continue TO prefer
ne Rebel TO the Union notes. md oer'ain
shaIe 81 community follow Their example. lev
cays since "a drapoon officer offered United States
Treasury note ia payment oi lis biii a. 4 ho'ei.
The proprietor took il aud threw II oh the floor a.
The same time putting lis foe. dis1ainiully on the
note. accom- .,ryirg the act WIN some distai1iHl
remiIs. The officer demanded that tie note hlond
be returned Ia him respectfully aud with ms little
relay 80 lOssible al The Fame time suing bis man
Ter 10 the occasion. The demand was u oiauiIy
complied with. With Ills sorj Of leopie only, be-
eve, the United States Treasury notes q. cred
lied. While on the Peninsula, beyond Niams-
burg, rich farmer, growing somewhat conhirn-
iai, aesured lbtt be had been sailing down
bic funds and available meaDs in "Uncle sam
tills." "Oi course tley are good, you know said
he. The larger part III community, 10 matter hai
they eiy tlluA and 0ct III The came way.
Probably not less than six hundred persons have
takeu the oath Of allegiance and received pafses
ron the Provost Marshal They sre principally ls'
| ooiers, gaIdeuers, and country men. The leading
clusses .tub,orny hang off ana reiu,e, and some OF
ILer, ia maDiiesling their Iebeliious sentiments
stand 20 straight % lean a lttle backward. On
| sabbath lass, a Union officer, while coming out Of
church, was struck by prayer-boCk, Itrown ut hi'
ieal by Lady. IL WAS probably Tie highest q p
probation Of the book ,het rLe ever had. Our oil
ceis and men are sometimes insul.d IN the sircei-
though as general thing there is bot much OF ttis
an extremely glad 10 he able 10 ssy That out
troops shd ciic,rn have behaved III suoh amer
as 10 exloF the prime Of even The moet Tebtl nons
Ldies lodged with Gen. Niele 10 be cent by iiag 81
tru,e, shown 10 ne, written by citizens To tarli
Iiencs III lie Con 'edefae amy, bear testimony 70
lie fact that the Officers gentlemen and The men
well behaved: and not unifclnen'iy comparison,
hatierinP 10 US ARE drawn between our iorces aac
The Confederate troops. The I'd Delaware Regiment
! a.. 81 Of a
Wool btiug either at suii liz or the batteries ihiet
Or iuur mikes out ite The city,
! 10 copsiIerulon of The ,qniyocal attitude Of the
cor munily, Gen. WOOL bar placed rgid re'iictioni
on tie intercourse, particularly that Oi coum,rcm
character between tie city aud the Outside world
The expected commercial intercourse las been post
p0led though smuggling If quite extensively carried
on ~ night under Tho noses VI the officers alponic'
| TO prevent II.
| strawberries and green pea, have amost ceased e
he loxuries, so common have they become IN TIC
market. .
! Gen. Vielo as Military Governor, is POPULAR viii
| t.e citizens, with whom generally Le is N ID,
nl4asaIle,t tcms. It's admiuist al0n Is t.mlere,
With conciiialiou and characterized With iimness
| In The IIeSeli attitude ii tie civ, Gen. Wool, WI,
/ gives much vi bis lime 10 the subject, ls inclined
toward policy more rigid than he would he glad tt
adopt.
The inhabitants continue - invent, and believe "a
though tney not hon e.made all soft- OF IunoT
all cdcula'cd 10 give sort OF desperate hope
though Il site nan, disposed 10 believe the truth
could scarcely inapiue sny tiiUg more Improbable
than most Of The runors here. The late news iron
North Carolina 3, touLds those who have reef II
The first quetiJn 10 regard 10 IL, can u be true
The re, ent declaru,ion OF JEFF. Dgyl- that 9 vi
continue tie war in Virginia t~eniy yearf, is for
market fuch On Norfolk ~, Tor whc Richmond auC
lie State are gene, Norfolk abnudOus the Conisder
acy. Tie evacuation Of hicLmord or The deieat o
JGlI ston would he he i.uGl for the breaking dowI
OF he ,tnbLor oss keIt up with 70 nush enor
zinc. Uuyer abandoned tie c.iy.