Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-09-26
A GERMAN COLONY IN s. CAROLINA.

The majority Of the Germans residing at Wal
halat are from Charleston, where, in lS4S IL
thinkl was formed the company to which the town
owes Its existence. This company originally
composed of but tortyseven members though now
1t numbers seventy.two. Buying sixteen thousand
acres at Walhalla, and ten thousand near Pickens
called the Falls Tract, and surveying and dividingl
off the, whole, they sold at auction so adyanta-
geouslS as nearly to double their capital. The
desire et removing from sickly city, and yet OF
continuing together made the scheme popular
amongthe Germans, and thus it succeeded. Each
mem6er OF the company paid an entrance lee 0t
one hundred dollars, which entitled him to the
possession of an half acre lot at Walballa, upun
the further condition of building on 1t house be-
fore the lapse OF three years In this way the rap
i'd growth OF the town secured. In '52 but
SIX houses were erected, and yet now the houses
almost if not fully equal the number of half acre
lots. The visitor, who deceived by the name, ex-
poets to find Walhala paradisiacal looking spot.
will be disappointed, but if he enters it antcipat-
ing but little, he will be agreeeably surprised at its
regularity aud neatness the manifest thriit and in
dustry of the inhabitants, and the singular ab-
sence 0 loaters about the streets and the steps OF
the stores. lie will visit with interest the gardens,
cultivated with skill and, if he REM aims long
enough, will observe with pleasure the social dispo'
sihon OF the inhabitants, and the cbeertuness
which all seem without exception, to possess. 1t
IS difficult to account for the prosperity of the
pace-the known sources of its wealth are few
and not abundant. There is reason for believing
that no other set of people could live at Wahalla;
but however this may be- there is no doubt that
the Germans settled there making money, and
that rapidly. During my stay saw several indi.
vIduals who two or three years ago were worth
nothing, and now are owners OF property to the
amount of one and two thousand dollars a re-
mark that heard intelligent German make
may have sImethirg to do with accounting for this.
You Americans, when one OF you begins to fail
run away from him But Germans crowd
around u distressed brother and strive to keep him
) up"
1t is not so difficult, probably, as the writer i'm.
AGNES to account for the thrift and prosperity o.
the place. The inhabitants depend upon their
free labor for support, are Industrious, enterpris-
ing and Of temperate habits, and have escaped
the demoralizing influences of slavery. If there
were a few colonies of the same kidd in South
Carolina it would be maniiestly for the social and
political advantage of the state.
A MARYLAND SHERIFF IN LIMBo-STEALING AND
SELLiNgsA FREE NEGRo-A most high handed out-
rage recently perpetrated in Cecil county has
to light within the last few days. We have been
put in possession of the full particulars of the
which as folows Some time since II negro
prisoner escaped from the Jail at Elkton and John
Poole the sheriff of the county, who also fills the
office of jailer, proposed to a colored boy named
Talbot who turns out TO have been free, but who
was then in his custody, (havng been confined for
disturbing religious meeting in the vicinity Of
Prncipo) to assist him in capturing the fugitive.
Poole took .he boy Talbot TO Richmond, Va, and
.here offered him for sale slave; the boy
stuutly protested that he was free, told where he
was from, with whom he had formerly lived, &c.,
but the sheriff as perSistently claimed that he
n slave, and partially succeeded in convincing the
men with whom he was dealing in Richmond that
the boy slave.
Some difficulty, however, arose as to Poole's
ability to furnish the necessary documents and pa
; pers to make the sale legal; he left Talbott in
custody at Richmond, and returned to EktOn.
where it is charged he forged bi of sale in his
favor, made out all the necessary papersand fraud
ulently procured the seal of the county to them
Thus armed he returned to Richmt nd, and sold
the boy for the sum Of 81 050
On Saturday night, Sheriff Poole was arrested
in Elkton By officer Benny, Of that place, IA
warrant charging him with kidnapping, issued by
Justice Gains.
We lear.l that Deputy Marshal Manly armed
with the proper authority, left this city this morn
ing in the southern train to bring the boy Talbot
back ifit is possible to find him Should the char.
ges brought against Poole to be proven on him he
will suffer severely, the laws of Maryland come
down very heavy the crime of kidnapping.--|
Wilmington Del., PepuJiican
EXCITEMENT IN CHIcAGo.-On last Sunday eve
ming the 9th, inst, tremendous excitement was
created III Chicago in consequence of rumor get
ting abroad that fugitive slave was under arrest
at the commercial Hotel, and about to be taken
back to bondage A MIR. Thompson, who resides
in Warren county, Illinois, had brought coUred
boy sixteen years DID, with him from Pennsy lvana,
where he had been on visit, and where the boy
had been ndentured to him at his the boy's) re-
quest. Although two well known abolitOnists
Investigated the matter thoroughly, and assured
the crnwd that the boy was free, and perfectly
safe with Mr. L., they could not be quieted but in
, sisted upon having the boy. Mr. Thompson and
the boy endeavored to escape, but was assailed by
Il, .lt
compelled to go into the watch house for the night.
\ The next day public examination was held !;
the mayor and many others examined, and finally
Mr.. Thompson and the boy were allowed to depart
in peace.
The whole affair was like a great fire kndled by
a stray spark, and shows how combustible the peo-
pie of Chicago are, and that is all that it shows
| DUTCH SLAVERY. The Echo, of the Hague, SAYS
'We have now before us three bills for the aboli
ton of slavery in the West Indies, just presented
by the Minister of the Colonies TO the second Cham
Der. From rapid examination we can affirm they
only nOminally abolish slavery. According to
these projects government will diburse a
ceeding twelve millions of horins to purchase slaves
who are afterwards to be allowed to continue to
work for their masters as previously, or to labor
under the direction of the public funelonarles but
they are not to receive their real liberty until the,
shall have reimbursed the expenses of their pre-,
tended emancipation, and shall also have gained
the consent of the authorities"
!, LANCASTER KIDNAPPING CAsE.-At the late Ian
caster County sessions Anna Brown was sentenced
to seven years Imprisonment in the Eastern Penl-
, tentaryt for kidnapping. 1t will he remembered
that the ", man Brown, who was mulatto, ,inyeg e
led little girl Of IL years named Bay in Ph'la'
dvlp phia some time ago some specious pretence,
on board of the Lancaster cars took her to Lancas
/ ter city, and after keeping her there couple Of
weeks offered her for sale for $3.50. at the same
time pretending the child was her daughter. The