New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-04

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hovs, liable to conscrpt6n pisked OUT anu nus
tied away to the pens Tor examination. ~.
Al tho African Church on Byrd aud FirstSs', "0
oeic.,s entered in black masks, or with their l''
bock.ned while the clergyman was In The midst Oh
1,soonrse Uo h,unoued to be expaatug on the trai'
10 Which bis rnf,f vi ate pcope%ere subjected 70 nc
II, ,dsh;p of many Of them being torn away nom nDme'
and friends to destroy men Of their own race 10 ",e
holm, can't 70 give them the blessings OF freedom lie
,a M sooner uttered tho sentiment than the Officer Ia
oom,oeud drew his revolver and discharged 1t at tine
blacl scouulreL" who, though unhurt sank rs sno'
-, -. r,,,, s,y kicks in the ribs revealed the
fact th,, the fallen nan was playing possrr wheIe
mon no wos forced 10 his feet kicked from the pulpit
and tbe next morning thrown into prison on the churse
~ iuc,ina negroes 10 fee or resist the CONSUMPTION
Outrscos % rs saerlceious character are daily per-
oetated Nv brues in uniform under the very noses OF
those pious leaders, Davis, Lee Co. 1t due nov"
ever TO Gen lee add that re soon as he Learned VI
the moor preachers imprisonment on the absurd charge
bo ordered him to be reease but to bis shame be it
said he did not dismiss or even punish the william VINO
invaded the sanctuary. and during Divine service
st.empted 70 assass.Iratc that humble minister OF God
twill seem almost incredible to Of your readers
that such oenses against God and should be to'er
true The facts rccouned here heard yesterday from
the lips OF Lieut.. Laners Rebel OF the h'st water
Who without seeing anything in them uiscreditobe to
msef O, people related them to his friends here and
lterward in q public BARRON. as gooi joke Seen
il the right light. think they 10 make goou !oAe-
", good joke on Snyder"
rb moor negroes accustomed as they are to indigni
te, and crue.ies at the hands Of ter masters viii OF
hit q. mill
orcers and soldiers But wait until they have been In
sructed in the use Of frearms-rnt they learn tha'
lev can fight and kill as we,as the tyants that op
,c.s theu-and il JEFF Davis md his Rebel coadju-
trs who have sovn to the wind as South Carolina
Member Of Congress declared, in arming them. don't
leap Of the whlrlwnd. shall confess myself dread
fully ignorant Of the negro's nature.
Another incident related by Laniers for the enter
unment and Information Of bis friends will ahord q
o,rect idea OF the sentiments entertained By the
chntels" on the subject Of being converted into SOL
ders; and here should observe that the lieutenant Is
ole Of tosc who believe 1t indso,et to put Ards In
their hands.
bright hearty negro belonging 10 NJ Randolph
OK secretary Of War before Mr.. Seldom. was CON
scrpted. On being taken before tie examining sur
geon, he manifested great unwingness to strip ana
posayey refused to 50 through tie usual exercises oi
stretching the arms perpendicGarly and HORIZONTALLY
reaching the fingers TO the toes hopping around on one
leg &C. Almost any other negro 10 the town. Tor nan
tie asoeuce and naturalization Jack was guilty Oh
wouh have been set In motion ard thrown Into al h'
known to gymnescs. 10y an APPLICATION oil the
=" black snake" But. luckily for Jack be was known
TO the examining surgeon Who perhaps rather amused
than offended at the negros obStinacy and indepchd
ence began badinegc with him In this style; Why
Jack YOU mustn't be afraid You look like general,
and viii become one some day. II you show pluck and
! I've long enough Don't want 10 tight, Massa Tur'
ner." replied jack But" suggested the doctor
"yoa surely wont allow the Yankees to come here ana
rob your master and carry you and all the boys away of
Yankee soldiers" "Tol you, masss, knows nuthin6
bout politics" earnestly replied Jack. II WORK Tor
Msssa Randolph good Dough. but no want to fight Tor
Mas.a Davis" why" urged the doctor. "ifyou be
come soldier you will be ree Sarely you'd like to be
a free man." Oats berry well. massa" replied Jack
1--WE nggers dat hght will be free. course; but you ace
mas.A II some oh Us don't fight, all be free. nassa
Line un says
/ Ihaye given the coIloquy between the poor negro
and learned surgeon word for word heard II frou
Lieut. Laniers lips. remember this boy Jack yer,
well In Intelligence lie does not surpass ma )rltl
Of his cs Yet is pail able from bis replies that b
fully realizes the situation IN which It 10 intended
place him. that he perfectly understands that lie
wanted to fight to riset more securely tho chains
Slavery on his fellows. and that II he and thousand
ike him do not fight In tho dsmnabe cause. THAI TN
emancipation Of himself and aA his race on the Ameri
can continent 10 close at hand
| Having resided for many years In the South. AM
carefully studied the nature and disposition OF III
slaves, am constrained to regsrd that the arming
700 90 Of them by the Rebels will DO equal in effect
an addition of half that number Of soldiers 10 tho Unor
armies.
l Washington corre.p ondent TO your paper last weel
communicated the available force Of the Rebel armies
as appeared BY the rol Of the War Department Ia b
rlary last The statement have reason to believe. II
fact 10 know Is substantially correct Since that time
the consumption has been relencssy enforced and
few hundred absent without leave In response TO Gen
Lees promise Of pardon they would return to the
commands by designated tims have returned to the
ranks but 1t Is doubtful II there more or even al
many effective men in their armies to-day 40 there wa
last February.
| or course since that time dispositions or dis
tributions have been made When Lieut. Laniers lef
Richmond tbe 18th inst) the army around the Rebc
capital and Petersburg understood at the War De
partnent to number IS 900 men, and the armies Of
Bragg. Hardee and Johnston In the aggregate So o0
men These figures doubt give the strength OF the
Rebel grand armies as they stand to-day.
INTENDED " give you several mole important facts
but being pres sed for time must defer them for an
other letter.
To morrow 1t 10 expected that Judge Smith will rem
der his doci4ion In the matter Of the St. Albant
raiders The protructed indispostion Of the Judge
and the delay occasioned was very annoying to the
prisoners These cuprts, whose offences include rob
/ Of In rno.f tel