New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-19
vwom NouTB CAROLINA.
yrsrs, -four Ton.Ccnnui'ssi"nee Or'ccfn
nd E'rsvsses OF the second hsSiinen''
soY,h Csroiiua Volunteers, H'nZ ny
,he ysc;,eis ~ Kins'Sn-The Question
of Retaliation.

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The unknown martyrs ct this war arc many
Tue .naGress OF tic Rebel leaders and the ieroci! o.
he nrrerous guerrilla bands who hover aooot 'N7 ~
yaaeing armies of Freedom, are not more Lole"'i'
A. the spbime but silent devotion with which tund
- 81 sor,,srr men are continually yielding up their
sv,a. aAe, passing through the ordeal Of every
g., - ,ortu,e ire most devilsb ingenuity cen invent
,s,stroaals 10 the existence in the Southern STATES
- widexrcad LOYALTY 30 the Constitution nld The
TTnop vhsrh neither sccur -iDrS, starvation, pioOC
Sornds ndx the gollows, cen ever Gro lcs'e,
An ;,ustfrtol of this has recently been irrlsheo ~
North CaylnG upon scale Of horror Which' IN In. M,
lcns tracic ihan ocr would have caused every
on tie co, fiaent to Thrill with painful sysethy nos
snd TIE glare OF great events may be uNo'''' W ."
best only recorded in n brief paragraph ..o, ofi
when tie attack was made or NevbeTp, ON W I'll -
PeSrnary last Compcuy Of the 81 Res,he.' HS'fS
Carolina Ug.on VOlutcCTs voG siaiioAtd 90 ,,i ~
troye. ~ extreme outpost from NewGarp. WEI =
became evident thai iGc position eCaia &c, o. hs.L
sgGns the overwhelming force o. W. ~, co7,nanv
was rapidly approaching inc me. " az ~ -
teync rhe coTisi,ty OF Ell icn"wiiious 0eith poFe
hen K they should Be oaptured proposed :? Vie eo.r
~ corilnaud 10 pilot the force al VIC OUTPOST ~ s!
Seriorp n, Nails through tie woods Known OBJ! -
taemael,es But unfortunately they were tampo'.ILS
A. charge Of officers not belonging 70 tD,| ~. -
uept who we're either ignorant q tht oloooIhi.l!
sh.rsctar Of the enemy az TOO tirit 70 hsl 20 Ne
senih II Airht were deemed inprad'c5he Hof t'c,'
men been commanded by officers u their oWi
t,ey al would hove csoapcc 81, 10 TrteISWc 10 W.
Inevitable COON i3fSn pf'So'Ia... w.. 49,,
have found moIe honorable asa,n ,,a ugin
s,rmadon 10 leave the ranks and, without shot beng
fred or tae stipulation secured TINT they shcGG %
upated AZ prisoners Of war, tbey Veie SGrfehoeiro
~ out Of 10 only escaping OF tie 81 prisoner" -
,ere inmedntsv hang BIZ order Of tho Rebel hoEcrl,
pickett On the scCiIold q, hns,or these "a it!o's
vet their fate with true courage in the presence o' re
Rebel forces ard surrounded by peopc Of their own
state they avoved their entire devotion to The Sn,Oi
After Receiving the consolation of religion one 81 t9er
sui.ber stepped forward and IN firm aud clear voice.
ds.o ed
lived Union mon" one q the Victims was htte
dTpmracrOoy, named Ivcy Ho ony - years o. Sgs,
tn Besgttt by the writer of Giese lines ont 81 Fnf"
compassion Tor his destitute STATE: another robust
paE Amos Amyst was tortured for IL minutes eelcIe
ITO il-sdiustod rope could strange him "a death.
Those q ecrpscs, swinging between heayeh ana earth
al that remains of as many brave aad ,oyel NGltl
aronans are not be forgotten nor ITO lessons they
teach ~ he lightly passed over by tie rich anu prosper
ess peOIso OF the North The rank and fe Of The I'd
RerimFrt n G. l. Vols ia composed CT native
MIN C.roiaians every one Of Whom is threatened
with the fake Of the marty red "A captured, ana TINT
at is improbable contingency may be gathered from
fhe fact tha; although the regiment has Only been few
months IL existence and 10 this ;ne tas not Teen
faiy organized. detachments rem nave. Oh several
occasions rendered services o. sufficient importance TO
Be recognized in General Orders. The OF the reg
spt fight With halter around tbeir nJcks not mercy
because uaIy q taen are refugees ori tie kaoe con
seripton and Union who have taken tie i II ~,
pstuRty desert the Rebel army. but because every
ozen of North Carolina taken iH against the
EieTacy ceoaf I'd by statute of STATE 10 bs
traitor and death the decsec penalty for the oEcnSe
Hiding Tor months IN sganps and tbclets, and eBdUr
isg psrs and bardshiQs almost incredible these men
Tor s6ch ~ them not murdered ~ Tire sueYTss
gsunt with hunger, and cled in rags, at last reach
our lines; here they can ind abundant arG
profitable employ ment, mechanics and eborers bul
sey are burning foT the emancipation OF thsr state,
fnd the Of their families from tue horrors cf the
fsesi despotsn; ard they cnlet, without the lure Of
large bounties. In the service Of United satss
which. its para guarantee IA them toF sicud
ths same protection afforded TO solGie.s Of the oya
States Many Of them have Low been four months il
te SERVICE and have never received cent Of bonul,
E Pss nst was s sae o stis hs e da
froD the United STATES.
But the saddest fact OF al Is thst ruch larger pro-
norton OF them than is usual in NOIheni regiments
fsye large and helpless families dependent pyl Them
And these when the fa;her is Killed in action
dered ster being cepIured ara eif " nicr In North
f,srnljna there Is no FTe0iDeHs AID society" TO
fster the destitute families Of the poOr White who
cot 0Ey escapes .roI- verso tonn AfIlc-h bOndag"
but despite tie throG. Of ho goows taxes ~ or
the Union. Here there ia 40 hoLesoeDt stale Govern
mept a. in New York crd Massachusetts,, 10 provide
estate aid for families and 10 furnish additional
bourtes Tor recruits. hon the North arcns refugee
cad his Family srriye within the CDcn lines witGcCt
crust OF bread change 81 garment the father cd,
lists and receives the Government ration for himself
snd family. Belonging IL one company VI eighty
there are thirty iaaiiesof these len stu outside
our lines with smal prospect II ever relong their
sjadred and twenty faplCa comprising eighty-seton|
persons ortyseycn c! them uacer the see q: ~ are
with the corpaDy IN DesDfor',
Before the war these were oi their cla.s walto-do
people owning httls land few cattle and some
household stnft bit now having scarcely s5ytog be-
yeEd the Government ration. Tie! sls generally
almost universally lliterate, 20 accree ircoEcev
able to Northern mind; average, not more than
one in eight read write they have snicTed
than the IegTo from the bghiing i1Euence Of Slavery,
sRd L1y kEoE thence they ere willing % take gp
AIMS aud IL any one doubts their tloiUUgi j0yal,y -t
him be referred % tie heroiso with winch thse twenty
tour stood undssnied beneath the Knsi0li geloSs
Two specimens DOT Of many may serve 10 show somet
thing Of the harcShps Which their pat-Ot8
there people A Iasn who, in times 81 peace. Tes
prosperous mechanic InschEis rSy1g been pressed
{cto the Rebel seFyice nie19ged 20 MAKE hls escape
from Wilmington, aad ~ NoEbeTD enlisted in Ge 2d
Regiment. AnfT q few weeks he cOn;Iiyci ~
the information to his wife who resided sOLe u mules
beyond the iiDes sDd she. leaving everything tui
little clothing and some provisions took her child
o8ly eig,t months old in her arms and 1.Cing fer boz
iSe pursued her vsy through forests sud swamp. for
fosty-eight ho1rs. il vGs in the month IL December
last and during the ft1fn Of the Winter
ehat this Door woman waded through partly -ros-n
creeks eating little gathering al hhr AZ al able clothing
about her infant and al night afraid 70 kiHoie re,
lest its light might baiTay teT sinking dow exhausted
IL the wet earth - AT last she CusO't bt
OF our ougos.s wien, cfcssirg open hcid sire wac
discovered by party 0i FVf's gBeITAiSs and made
grisOner ShC wcS tgpt during CGTe Oh log
house every article of be8 end ner cs clothing
except what thew wantoliy Ccstr0yed Threats
layisbly expended, foo spaiuRiy given; bnt
4hE brave Ggi.ls. and successfully attempted
heT escape ind 10 nov v!.h LEI hus.aa
On another occasion. OF tlc mel since enlisted
seized by tie gIerTiias Of Hyde COunsy ed seen
Lis wife fe1oastIeei w.G ;Lel5. ;be, oIrclalsod .
1uusket loaded with bucIsOf L. hyr. wOgadIg her 81
seriously that she is crippled fDr liz aa. GOf cOLtout
ith tjs Gtrct!, t6oy deliberately 3Tci ~ Of her
children young gisl, ~ouDGng her IL tae meek Boa
mother aud daughter are low II ~ 3U.CTT, Aii3O
every private tho u:eLt haS aCs similar expert
"a rate and heir lerii- ia seoing not ony the
protection OF our dag but place anion ia vIndctos
would hll a yolaI1e
Tscse Who share the I.eris - these men (for the
ReDes have declared their irtentont hang the ocegt
% vel! Us the prlTaeS, csptCrod) a1i whose Lesrts
one While snhg 20 NADINE 8 by tae cruel fete cf com
f2des brutaly murdered and again acogizQd BIZ the