Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-12-14
Arrest of Abscentling slaves.

tried to make their escape to the North by Capt
SMITH is certainly deserving of substantial reward
we'll great praise, for his ready and Judiclous
action under the circumstances
Wilmington Chronicle 18th inst.
ELoPING SLAVES DETEcTED-Yesterday morning,
the sehr, Minerva Wright, SMITH, from Wilmington,
~ c. bound to New York, put into this port to land
two Young eOlored men, slaves who had been found
concealed in the hold They were delivered over to
an officer and taken before the Mayor for examina-
ton Capt SMITH stated that he sailed from Will
mington on the 25th ut. On Tuesday morning last.
the 4th inst, being off Little Egg Harbor, (within 20
miles of New York heard some one call out from
the hold, water water' and after discovered
two persons hid in the space between the cotton bales
which composed the cargo, and the deck ceiling
Finding they were slaves he Immediately put his
vessel about and steered for Norfolk being the
est Southern port The boys gave their names
GEO. WALKER, belonging to VIM. c. BETTENCoURT
and THos. WOOSTER, to JOHN WOOSTER, of the firm
of WOOSTER, ANDERSON & Co., of Wilmington. They
stated to the Mayor that they went on board the
schr the night of the 22d ult, three days before
she sailed, taking with them two gallon jug DIVA
ter and some bread and cheese but clothing
what they had on. GEORGE, who is quite intelli-
gent fellow said that after exhaustng their stock of
water, their suffering from thirst past all endur
ance and it was his intention to return again to
Wming tOn, if he should have succeeded in reaching
New York, he resolved that he would not sacrifice
his life rather than be sent back-and so he called
out. He had about 500 slowed away in his belt
which he wore round his waist, and S33 so in notes
and gold, His companion had only four dollar
note Both protested most solemnly that no person
but themselves had the slightest knowledge or sus-
picion of their elopement; and Capt SMITH had no
doubt that such is the fact. The Mayor gave them
into the custody of the alor until demanded by their
owners.
IMPORTANT FROM THE Rio GRANDE -ARREst OF
THE FRENCH Consul AT MATAMoRAs, AND OTHERS
BY THE MEXICAN GovERNMENT-We received yester-
dav tha lnttnr from the reliable
thority. Our readers will recoect that Brownsville
formerly Fort Brown, is the American side of the
Rio Grande, directly opposite Niatamoras.
The measure appears to have been of high han
dcd nature and will probably lead to serious trouble
with France.
To the Editor of the ": o. Commercial Bulletin.
PoINT ISABEL, Nov. % 1919.
beg leave state as item of news and interest,
that letters which have just been received from Mata-
mOras state that order had been received for the
arrest of M. BosIGUEs, Vice Consul of France, A
TREvINo editor of FL Bien Pubico, and DR.. BERLAN-
DER, and that they would be sent to the city Of
Mexico at o'clock of the day of the date of the let
ters the Goth instant.
These letters state that is not known what other
orders of arrest out but it is currently reported
and believed that there is order for the arrest OF
| MIR. S. MUssINA, the editor Of the American Flag
published at Brownsville, as the writer of certain
structures the Mexican Government and General
AvALOs.
Mr.. MUssINA, | am gratiied to say is safe at this
place, and leaves for Brownsville to-day having just
been notified of the above.
The arrest of the above gentlemen is of Tho
most shameful proceedings that has occurred on this
line. They all men of high character and total
ly free from any censure for any acts against Tho
government. They obnoxious to the Mexican
General AvALos, and through his influence these or
ders have been obtained. Considerable excitemen
exists on side of the river.
THE ADM1N1srRAT1oN-lrs PLEDGEs-LEr Us B1
VIM NOTUJNG -.t President T AyIOR has
declared war against the sub-treasury, that we have
heard. We not aware that the whig party dc
sire to meddle with it."-HaShington Republic.
There have been two articles in the Wash
ngton Republic of late that astonish Wings a
we are, we will not second any such paltry twaddl
and chcanery, even if from the President himself
What is the meaning of the above sentiment from
the Republic and what is the policy in obedience t.
which it is put forth Why the Republic, in it
zeal to carry the wing party in the different elections
and keep the ority, deserts the true wing GROUND
of the country, and attempts to paddle somewhere
between the two great parties to make capital. Fo
shame on it For shame on such downright per
version of wing doctrine, and that in the eyes of tn
whole nation !-Ne1c Haren Journal rhig.
DEMOCRATIC TRIUNpH IN VERMoNT-An election
has recently been held in Vermont for members to
convention for revising the constitution of that State
which has resulted in choice of large majority 9
democrats. The Vermont Patriot published at Mont
peer gives the returns from 217 towns which hav
=
5 towns there was choice. Of the delegates hear
from, there is democratic ma ority Of 40. Twenty
) three towns remain to be heard from which canno
possibly reduce the democratic ma ority below 90.
This is certainly great triumph, and portends tn
dOwnf all of Taylor federalism evenn this State whic
is one of it's strongholds Washington Union.
, WONDERFUL FAIL-A laborer, named Patric
Hencelis, fell from the top of ive-sory buildin
in New York last Saturday, and strangely enough
e was not killed his wrist and chest injured.
THE lower house of the Georgia Legislature ha
adopted resolution in favor of electing Judges
the people
f PUBLIC LANDs.-From a Washington correspor
dent of the New Tribune, learn that q the whol
of public lands Gas stated in the Commissioner
report ever held by the Government of the Unite
Statet from its organization to that acquired undo
the treaty of 1913 with Mexico, is equal to Fitee
S Hundred and Eighty -Four Million acres. That
n this vast domain but hundred and forty-six mi
lions of acres have thus far been disposed of eavn
yet unsod, and the property of the United State
= Fourteen Hundred and Thiry-eight Millions of ac7
e Of land
) The commissioner recommends that additional d
nations of land for school purposes be made eac
g township; and that suitable rewards should be graz
: ted by government for improvements in agricutu
and arts and scences-appropriating for that pu
pose portion of the land fund. The report is al
said to give "a clear ineligible succnct expositi
of our entire land SYSTEM which believe has nev
before been attempted by any of the predecessors
the present Commissioner
$, From the same authority we also learn, a that Il
Of Attorney General has decided equeston of milea
presented for his decision by the Secretary of the
sury, against Mr. Whittlesey and in favor of NJ
y Dickens, the Secretary of the Senate
O. BEAUTIFUL ExrRAcT-The Independent Order
= Odd Fellows boasts of peculiar philosophy but it
II nothing more than Christian benevolence under a
n other name, as is plain from the following elega
IN and glowing description of it, taken from an orati
II of IF bn