New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-04-02

An officer 10 the cars proceeding TO Wincbs.s.,
expressed bis sstoDbhuent shat any people IN III,
country would PIT up with such a miserable AZ,
virginion replied that they had found Il good spo >
for them, ard strangers were not asked to ty,,.,
there. "Ab," said the captain, that tall. n.
whole story-you are barbarous and glory IL Won.
ignorance
A young woman on the train, wbo with pu,A..
of female friends, had been exhibiting the revere
good breeding TO cay the least Of IT, asked the g..
officer how The manners OF the Yankee strl, cor-
pared with the style Of the Virginia ladies'. III.
answer was equally polished and forbeahng, an l.N
his interlocutor enlirey in the dark upon the mbis
These ladies' must have been of eoud;,h.
above their appearance. as they professed 70 ov,
stock in the railroad and slaves but they were cbtr,.
sive, ill-tempered, and nowse unsssumng, sxptes.
ing muah anxiety TO tear and scratch Nor.her,
women.
or course there are any number Of peddlen domas
money making business with all parties Dspu:s.
tons, apparently fresh from Chatham street. bent On
making cent per cent at any sacrifice, have opeDd
stores with most astonishing rromputude, for h
sale of clothing, cigars, and liquor. Fsgins and
young Asrons abound, and are the only followers d
the army who can meet the Rebels on equal terms
" cash Or goods" A Jew suller, on the day Of hs
battle, thinking it too good chance to be missed
for making large profits hsrnessed up and proceeded
to the scene. He had not gone fer before cannon
rhot killed one Of his horses, and the poor felAV
carried his foul pies back to town in great tribua.
ton, iaking the first opPortunity after the fight y
return and skin Lis horse which now preseuts .
10 ia oh, ~ a sin q
town.
The hotels are most miserable; charges on the
scale Of Wellington prices, and no accommodation,
At the Taylor House, the tip-top hotel, q lively
Rebel hole, which would have been hospital b..
fore this, but for ts excessive inconvenience and
dirt, there rs great difficulty in getting any thing 70
est, or room to sleep IN, and If possible, othss
houses are worse. or private accommodations there
is short supply. As general thing the natives
sbun she invaders those who do not do It on prin-
ciple making it their policy. The Union men speak
Of and look forward 10 day Of retriSuiion on theii
Rebel neighbour when an effort Will bs made 10
clear up some OF the scores existing between them.
independent of hose made by the Government for IL
re-estabiishment.
Tie negroes, as usual, seem 10 understand matters
with tolerable cleamess. One Of them speaking Of
freed slaves and tue wortblessness their lives geo.
orally exhibited after receiving their freedom proved
bow amos impossible il is for free man TO prosper,
where IL 10 made the principle TO brand him q .
vagabond, lower in society than the slave, from
whom work is withheld, and from whom 10 expected
nothing bit sloth and beu-roost robberesi for which
peculiantes if they should be punished, Is 40
samed they will burn hsyslacks and barns. tho
other hand, il free man prospers and sets TOO good
an example Of the results Of freedom before The eyee
Of the slaves opportunity is soou found 10 accuse
him Of something for which he can DO sold n,e
Slavery again, shat being the fayorits mode q
furnishing free negroes Tor any attempt 10 rss
.bove the level Of beasts Of burden. /. was
this mans opinion that tie slaves would do much
more work on the footing Of free laborers and take
pride in emuating the better qualities Of the white
race, and this man. whose argument was delivered
with clear-hesdedness, Was black-sna bad been ~
pressed since his birth, by the weight Of Sou!hern
slave rule. One of the most touching scenes In Tho
hospital was the kindness aud delicaey with which,
some colored women approached the Paslenta There
was quadEcOn woman 10 one Of the rooms oil the
Union House, her large eyes brimtul OF team, VIA
tender care and nnbe fingers, assisting the dressing
OF wounds with such success that the unfortanaeo
stretched upon The floor seemed to Become much
easier directly Behind her came white woman
perhaps her mistress-with tray holding refresh'
ment Her feelings were, no doubt a. deep, bat The,
lacked the expression Of the colored wonzns whose
face fall Of sweet sympathies looked amos. angelic
in thai chamber of horrors.