New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-01

il not bru enough not 10 he moved by the touching
manifestations of good feeling made everywhere BY
the latter. While the treacberous whites Turk on
the wa, aide bent upon lis stealthy assassination the
slaves warn HIM of The marderous designs Of their
masen, bnug him water 10 quench his .hirst and
food TO stil bis hunger. The guerrilas have made
more Abolitonists by their insidioQs, barbarous
warfare than all the Ani-Slavery propaganda OF
Northern speakers and journals. single outrage
of theirs will result tie Grafton Of thousands OF
slaves. | refer TO the cruel death of Gen. K. l..
McCook Wien he lay in agones OF pain in the
house lear which he was slot, be commanded water
thrice of the white occupants. They paid no heed
TO lis requests. One Of their slaves, more human
than those that considered him no better than
beapt brought lin what he wan ed-and was
kicked for lis Kindness by his master. Wien the
of the 9th Ohio rode up 10 ascertain the fate
Of the General, the whites denied knowing anything
of him. Another negro stole arouud u corner OF tho
house, and by signs Informed the officers that tue
object of their search was on the prensc~. lGese
occurrences yrodnced profound, ineiaceable effect
upon the Generals soldiery. TO. now, ana see
whether you can find single MAJ IN his brigade
willing to deny freedom 10 n slave
The Kentuckians in the army have been described as
particularly FESTIVE auder Northern " Abolitiosirin
Well, suppose iii. to 10 true, IL IL ,er'alhiy ~. VI
Gen. Rosseau, and many others. Would IL matter
much If they laid down their arm. In spite OF
their numerous regimeotal organ cations, they do
not number FIVE thousand ia Gen. Buels army
They are VIGOROUSLY the worst drilledand disciplined
troops IN it. They have done at leait as much run,
niog and surrendering Us fighting Vide the record
Of Wolords cavalry; ue disgIacefnl conduct OF
two companies of the 10Th at CORTLAND; the mega
tive exploits of Col. Boone, and other INSTANCES
One should thinkthai after the exhibition OF pusiiiA
minity during Morgans lat raid, the North could
afford to laugh to scora the threats Of Kentucky.
But in truth there is not much danger OF the rersc
toriness of the Kentucky troops III the stated con
tinreucy The slaye-owDers among them arc greatly
in the minority. l doubt wheeler - Per cent even
of the officer. have interests Ier.onal IN slavery.
Whatever their Pro-Savery pref udioesm be, thoy
would hardly prevail over their love OF shoulder
straps aud pay.
Upon tie whole it is my deliberate opinion. based
upon an association OF nearly n year with Western
troops that, barring the majority OF the general
oifcerf, tac,r .ct,ons srA mdiriduoi acts are
fgr amend Of the hdInisist'sto~ IN Me- Treatment ~
lie SlayeJy question:, and that the iaiIer cas- f"Sc
no course, hop,rer radical, N regard TO 1t, haftW
nat be reality followed by the former.
II IL rs yet uncertain when railroad comnnnica-
ton will be reopened with the North. The main trOu-
bic i, with tbe tunnel between Gastin and Frank
lu in which The guerras have worked great de-
stIuc,ion II will probably take ten days longer to
leta