New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-03


the deep and heartfelt denunciaons and curses with
which COMPANY Of officers denounced the Rsbel
sympa.hissrs in the North. 1t was in Col. Tolfers
tent There were present besides Col. Ioiier' q
Major 'Swszey and Col. WALKER Of Mississippi, and
several other officers whose names or rank cid not
learn. As my employer and approached the tent,
began 70 suspect from tue excited though low tone
la which the inmates wsre talking, chat tbers was
about 70 be q recurrence Of one Of The dnas whsn
the Rebels shot and cut each other up 30 awfaly"
We passed the guard and entered and found present
tho company above named. They were infuI dis
cusson of the promises Of the hast elections m the
North. "--Wbite. blooded Traitors" were the final
words of sentence tho 6rst pant of which bad been
spoken while we were psrieyins With the guard. I
give the expletive in FULL becsuss OF iu originality,
and, o. discovered afterwsrd Of the entire fitness
Of its application. % -,-. ,,r,,-esa o. p sr,aT
(" Gentlemen" continued tho speaker with great
eperyy, that man shouldn't quarter with my NO
groes, nor any of his Mind" and 80 on With string
Of abuse that would Gil my sheet and with the hearty
concurrence Of all preSents including your GORE.
spondsni. Win the reader 10 surprised VIXEN l
tell him that these remarks were made by Col. Bill
Walker Of Mississippi, and applied 10 man who 10
prominent In his own State IL nosin the entire North
and somewhat noted wisbal as . sympa.hiser witt
the South I From what could gather from the con-
versaton, the Rebels claim that money has been LID.
orally furnished 70 leading sympatbizsn North for
the purpose Of building up party whcse sympashies
should be with them; who should discourage enlist
meuts, and In tho event Of draft make an armed
resistance, and thus force n to draw many men
- AL II H. Al. ~ I'm,
part 70 the Northern S,stes- They had been paid
by the Rebels 70 do tbess things, and had pledges
that tbey should be done; but the Northern traitors
had not aided lhsm 10 the extent Of their oxpecta-
tons, and hence they denounced them, a. thieves,
towards, ickspittles, and white-booded traitors"
All they wanted, say the Rebels. was To got the
means In their hands 10 lift themselves into power
AGAIN. and the only reason they oppose the war al
all aside from some Of the leaders being induced to
do 40 through tho influence Of the almighty dollar
10 because they are not getting the lions share OF
the war patronage. What do The mass of the North.
eru o. mpathzers say to this thing Of having their
sympsthies, their votes their freedom Of thought
and speech-aye, and their honor-sold to the Con-
fsderate Government for moHey, a. masters in the
South sell the labor Of their sIsvesf Talk about
freedom, when mon with pretcusiops to average uu.
dep.sndipg submit to being mentally sbaelled and
led by the nose in this way, and are as literally
owned, bought. and sold by their party Leaders %
slaves in tbe South are by their mssten Z
THE QUEEN OF THE WEST.
On the morning Of the third day OF my vist, the
news OF the capture Of one Of oar rams was spread
through the camp. A painful rumor 70 that effect
gained some currency tls day before, but would
not believe IT, Tbs confirmation Of the report was
received with the loodest EXPRESSIONS Of JOY. II
know IL was the ill-staed Queen Of the West, the
fact Of her having BY tho batteries on the night
of the leth was well known through our camp before
left il. The most unreasonable rports concerning
her capture wore In circulation Ono was that she
had been boarded by Rebelsia skifs at some point
mp Red xiver, the crew killed or captured and the
boat taken. Another WAL that the crew had mutt. |
MED and run the boat under the guns Of Rebel bat,
terry and that she was then boarded from tho shors
and captured. The fact of her being captured was
reluctantly forced to believe but ~ TO how il hap
pened was entirely m tho dark.
TALK WITH A REBEL SPY.
This morning made the acquaintance Of one
King, printer, formerly Of Louisville, who told
me shat BIO was employed by the Rebels as a scout,
and had often been in the Union lines. From him /
learned that constant communication 10 kept up be-
tween the Rebels in the South aud the :" white- |
blooded traitors In the North. Cairo is the point at
which they generally meet to interchange oommuni-
cations. A broad-brimmed black hat Is the insignia
BY which the Southern Rebel is known to his North
en friend and the principal hotel in the place affords
tLem all necessary facilities for becoming acquainted
and transacting their business. / may az we'll say
here that the suspicious which have long attached TO
that hotel the st. Chsrlss) were fully confirmed by
the story Of this man. .....
His statement Of the amount Of smuggling carried
on down the Mississippi River is astonishing il true
He implicated no one by name, but says that large
quantities Of supplies are being continually brought
from the North in that way, and that the only way
in which the Federal Governments can stop it 10 to
stop all trade below Cairo. Ii Dir. King should sec
this article would take occasion 10 thank him for
the information he gave me, and TO advise him that
be had better keep himself where he 10, as any
further trips North Of tho Federal lines will prove
little more dangerous than they formerly were.
THE RETURN TRIP. 80
My friend, the cattle drover, informed me while
at dinner that the boat on which be had shipped his
cattle had met Federal gunboat as she was coming
down Red River and had turned back-that she only
escaped by getting above fort, whose nsme have
forgotten, but which was. doubtless. tho ono at
which the Queen Of the West was saptarod. and
that he would therefore have no further need for my
services was glad Of chance to get away. and
told him in that case / would like to return
home immediately. gave him my qwtsrmas-
ler's voucher TO collect for mo, he promising 70
bold the money for me until l should call on |