New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-25

McCaulsy, New. York, who five or Elk weeks ago
received permission from Gov. Stanly to carry the
schr b. d. Pitts with an assorted cargo, TO Eliza
beth City, point where we had not then, nor have
now, any garrison or gunboet, and whence there Is
an uninterrupted channel Of intercourse with all
aseessiondom.
His Exoellsncy frequently comes into collision
with the naval and army authorities, which Is very
natural and almost inevitable from the very inde1n.
e nature Of his functions and the discretionary ex-
tent Of his power. A few days ago be released to
Che owners, whom he had kpowg FOR thirty years,
the valuable schooner Alice D. Webb, captured by
| the navy in Rose Bay. The schooner was almost
Immediately retsken by special authority from the
Navy Department. She was. partly owned by a. r.
Tolson, who has been an active and violent Secs
zionist and had been forthwith advertised for sale
upon her release TO the owners by the Governor.
The so-cslled "conciliatory" policy OF Gov. STAN
ly has been tried aud proved complete failure.
Men have taken the oath Of alled glance as condition
precedent TO obtaining permits, to carry salt ana
other merchandise into their neighborhoods outside
our lines; and, strange to say, 80 far from being
moisstsd by the Rebels on that account, baye been
subsequently found TO sfsrd high In their favor, and
TO be upon terms Of intimate and friendly COM
psnionship- With them. The owners and Occupants
OF houses where Rebel soldiers were found hasbores
have exhibited Gov. Sianly's safeguards as u
talisman Of protection from arrest or molestation
! Guerrillas themselves have been taken with these
safeguards upon their persons. whether to the
credit or dscrcdit Of our troops, It shoald be said
that they rarely regtrd these safeguards; and the
Governor bitterly complains that our soldiers are not
halt 80 mannsrly and forbearing as the Rebels.
This matter OF granting projections, as they are
called has been most extravagantly abused, ana IL
10 no wonder that they are getting 10 be considered
sham both by our soldiers and the citizens who
hold them.
No. QUO man Of any prominence has yet been In
diced 10 take any position for the Union; and un-
derstand that, with bat ono solitary exception, no.
body who was q citizen OF The State when the re-
belIior commenced has thus far undertaken to make
! n Union speech. In Tennessee and Virginia we
/ hear Of lawyers, politicians, and Others who have
been conspicuous heretofore, coming out earnestly
and Internationally on the Union side. am sorry
! 10 cav this il not The case in North Carolina; and
there ia no probability that 1t ever will be. do
not know Of single stakeholder, man of large
property, who 10 Y Union man, except from very
evident considerations of profit convenience, The
uonslavehoters are generally disposed to be loyal,
and moot of them whoare not untitled by infrniy or
are. enlist quito willingly. These men, however,
dislike Gov. Stanly and his policy, and insist upon
the harshest measures toward tho Rebels and their
! sympathzers.
These non-slaveholders, or white trash" as the
negro drivers call them, and who compose fourffthS
of tho population of North Carolina, are easily made
into Free Labor men, speech being sufficient 10
convert whole community. They are generally
down the negro az well as his MASTER aud desire
his deportation out of the country but they heartily
step to getting rid of them. They readily appreciate
the argument that the unpaid, compulsory labor Of
negroes keeps the wages Of white labor down to
starvation point and that the evils OF this compet-
ton could not be increased, Blu. might, and probably
would, be diminished by Emancipation. The ne
oroe,. il freed, would be no more numerous than
now. even IL they remained here. Slavery keeps
them in the Southern country, 90 that they cannot
get away il they would. Then. too, the slave 10
compelled TO do days work every We'll ay ne eas;
4. h.. mt " IA fO
much, and % the poor white man would have bet
Ter chance.
, persons who have been engaged in procuring vol
unteers for the North Carolina Union companies
very soon found that no progress whatever could be
made by using the stale, commonplace Union talk
In addresses but Free Labor harangues, denun-
ostory of the Slave ogarchy and exhibiting the ben
eits which would result to the masses from It's over
throw, have brought in recruits by hundreds And
one reason why these native National soldiers fight
40 DESPERATELY and WELL Is their intense hatred Of
the ,Iayshoding aristocracy which they now see has
always maltreated and defrauded them.
\ The attempt to suppress the Free LABOR move
rent by placing il under the ban OF the Admnisra-
ton, and PROHIBITING the publication OF the proceed
ings of the meetings organized under the auspices OF
The Free Labor Association, has created consdera-
ble excitement here and occasioned 10 small indig-
nation. In this attempt Gov. Stanly has made one
of the greatest mistakes Of his life. The leaders in
the movement, however, are men OF nerve, who
know we'll what they are doing, and who have
counted the cost and measured all the difficulties ly
ing In their way. They know the arbitrary and r-
responsible power Of the Military Governor, but
they fear neither expatration nor the Newbern Bas-
tile. They have opposed to them not only the en-
tire JEFF Davis Confederacy, and all Its rescherous
and crafty adherents inside our lines. bat, In addl-
ton 10 this, President Lincoln representative with
all his patronage his steamboats, and bis railroads;
but all these obstacles do not appall them. Gov
stauly denounces their sentiments as wicked"
l 90, foil had
| The Nerbssn Progress, severely reprobatng the
doctrines nounced at the Beaufort meeting which
article was written at the instigation OF Gov stan
iy, he says: "Wo did not como here TO establish
Free Labor in North Caroiins; nor is this the
ayowed policy of the Administration
The Free .abor men strongly oppose ordering any
a,sction for the remainder Of the present Congress
because they feared it would afford tho Presidehs
nretex t TO exempt tho rich lands and thousands OF
as,,es within the limits of this Dstric. from the
operation of the Conscation aud Emancipation acts.
r. not,,ioue which they signed were for the merit
Coneress aud they were told only fewdays before
The euuearance Of tho Governors proclamation di
,sc,ne an election FOR Jan. that none would DO at
Tba .ondi,,on of the contrabands in this depart
Non, js most deplorable. They have had no nay Tor
four month"; and destitute Of clothing, and nave
nothing with which 10 purchase the most triViai
pecessaries. The women aud children espeelauy
are in great want and their unhappy situation calls
LOUDLY for relief at the hands oil the charitable. Dix
bundled have been added TO the number here since
The receut moyetnent If Gen. Fosters army inland
ANY contributions of clothing money sent to the
Rev. Jsmes Means, superintendent Of Contra1ands
~ Nevyhcrn. will be thankfully acknowledged and
iadiciously appropriated. The Rev. Mr.. Means Is a
issvnna,betic kind.bearted man, and takes deep
;nsyest in lie unfortunate people under his charge.
No man could have been chosen more suitable Tor
tho place and great good must result from bis abors
A. close this letter report is received hero that
(,oIdsboro was taken 10y Gen. Foster at o'clock