Arkansas intelligencer. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1842-1859, 1844-03-09

Speech of a Negro Aboiitionist.-The Portland
Argus contains report of q speech made at a
late abolition convention hold at Augusta, Maine,
by Milton Clarke, fugitive slave from Lexing-
ton, Ky. In the course of his remarks he made
the following novel disclosures;
ale was opposed to the United States Bank, be.
cause, by its expanding the currency, i. increased
the price of slaves, which made their masters
watch them more narrowly. 1t had been a mat
ter Of astonshment to some that the bank should
have become bankrupt. Many people could moi,
imagine what had become of its funds. He could
tell where some of them were. He knew ten
slaves in Kentucky, who had been mortgaged to
the Bank for $4,000 who had escaped into Can.
ada. Here was ten thousand dollars Of the bank 5
funds, about which there had been so much spec
ulation, walking about in Canada. .E.
'Milton went for the constitution, il the con-
stitution was opposed to savery--otherwise not.
he gave curious piece Of history in regard to
the organization of the slaves for the purposes of
communication. This organization existed thro'.
out the slave States. Their mail ran only in the
night. Information of passing events was obtain
ed by listening TO tho conversation their masters
and by hearing newspapers read, which was re-
peated and commented upon, and compared with
like information received through other channels
lie stated that the negroes were we'll aware of
the state of things pending the settlement of the
boundary question, and expected war, in which
case they would have revoted in eight Siates.-
So confident were they of war. that they would
have risen, had not certain aboionists in Illinois
and Ohio, and in the slave States themselves, with
whom they took counsel, earnestly demonstrated
against it, as both unjudicious and wrong
A Mechanic.-What class of men are more
useful than the mechanicsl To them we are in.
debted for many Of the necessarios, and nearly
all the luxuries, and comforts, and ornaments of
life. They are generally well informed; because
as the evening is, with many of them, leisure
time, they have opportunities of reading and con-
versalion on scientific subjects, and thus Law I'D
stores of information, and accustom themselves
to reasoning and investigation. They are also
hardy and strong by the salutary exercise of their
employment. In the of the revolution and
in the last war, many of the most distinguished
officers had been mechanics. And, for love of
freedom, and for love Of country, they hive al
ways been conspicuous. A temperate, industri-
Gus and frugal body of mechanics, is the main
spring of city's prosperity.
A HERDS Fate.-An old Pole between 10 and
80 years of age; was sent up to Blackwell's Is
land, some time since, as vagrant. He could
scarcely speak word Of English, and though he
possessed most soldiery and commanding ap.
pearance, his poverty, as matter Of course, pre-.
vented him from attracting any attention. This
mans history teens with events Of the utmost in.
terest-he has acted prominent part in the most
eventful period Of the worlds history. On the
breaking out of the French revolution, he t-av-
elled on foot from Poland to France--ioined the
Republican army-fought through every cam
paign-was with Napoleon in all hisgreat battles
and received thirteen wounds at Waterloo. AT.
ter Napoleon's exile he returned to his native Po-
land, where he Iabored hard for living until the
breaking out of the last Instruction in that coun-
try, which he Immediately joined, and through the
whole of which he fought with valor and des-
peration bordering on frenzy, until he fell at the
storming Of Warsaw. desperately wounded. Ev.
cry male relative he had on earth was killed in
that glorious bat unsuccessful struggle. and he,
in common with several hundred Of his unfortu.
nate countrymen was sent an exile to our shores.
The old veteran, finding it impossible to subsist