Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-06-25
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Washington Union.
From the Washington Star
Lanes Character.
If this notorious abolition agatOr and Kansas shrek
had any character to Ose it would be very apt to
suffer some at the hands of his quondam friend
and confrere, James Redpath editor of the Doniphan
Crusader of Freedom, and formerly the exctation cor
respondent OF the ST. Louis Democrat New York Tri-
bune and Chicago Times. 1t seems that jim and
James associated in the pecuniary concers of the
Crusader, and recently had quarrel about business
matters. This misunderstanding has led to betrayal
the part of James of very peculiar private
affairs of his friend and patron Jim " and late
number of the Crusader is nearly filled with divugations
well calculated to astOnsh and test the creduy of even
those who before regarded Lane as a man utterly
without personal character. Redpath accuses him of
almost every Imaginable crime except murder and leaves
broad inference that he only restrained from that
through cowardice He says plainly that Lane endeav-
ored to get him to induce the Dantes of Kansas to
kill Bob Kelly, and that he wished him to become his
tool in contemplated assassination of Robert j. Walk
er He declares himself ready to swear that Lane init
mated to him. that in the event of Gov Denvers send
ing him challenge, he Qane) intended to have him
"put out of the way" by the secret order of Dantes
Redpath avows himself member of the Danites and
asserts that Lane organized that club
If any one-half of what Redpath publishes about this
Abolition pet is true, and his past history vouches for
more than that much there is wonder that Kansas
has been the hotbed of MURDERS riots assassinatons
thes robberies and all other descriptions of grand and
petty rascaity known to the law since he occupied
prominent position in the Territory But shall we give
Redpath credit for honesty conscientious compunc
tons in making these revelations? Far from it. He
has only turned States evidence against his accomplce
from motives of interest About the truth of the mat
ter is, the Kansas game has out and outside pot
clans who paid for the shreking having no further oc
caslOn for the two Jeemes and their DANTE followers
have stopped off the supply of money hence these fe
lows are " hard up, and must needs go to work for
living or prey upon each other 1t is to be hoped they
will do the latter until they either make an end of each
other fall into the clutches of the law Or forsooth
their friend Beeche and the Massachusetts, Emigrant
Aid Society may be called upon to extend he ping
hand and maintain them until new field of operations
opened for the exercise of their peculiar talents and
qualifications.
Observation-Disclosures, formerly the Cumberland estate
of Richard Randolph, and which was, until 1870 the
residence of John Randolph of Roanoke after the death
of Judith Randolph, and ST. George and Tudor-the
of Richard and Judithpassed into the possession
of the Tucker family, whose founder in Virginia was the
steptather OF Richard and John. But the death of
Richard, who manumtted his slaves, portion of the
estate was divided between them in certain proportions
and not transferable from their respective families. This
portion is known Israel Hill and is situated
about two miles from FarmvlIe The number of free
negroes living, there is between two and three hun
dred and miserable destitute and prostitute COM
munity not to be found though they have and ALWAYS
had the best of opportunities for improvement Good as
might have been the intention of the noble gift of free
dom which their master gave them they have buried the
talent entrusted to them, and miserable depen
dent, and destitute than the worst of slaves whether
white or black, bond or free We must, however, make
exception few of the best of this community have
settled in Farmvlle and earn a respectable living by
their industry, and may be considered good citizens
Part OF the estate which stood the mansion house of
Bizarre, which, with the books and papers of the Ran
dolph bounty, was destroyed by fire in 1913, now be-
longs to P. II. jackson ESQ., of FarmvIe The estate
has been otherwise varousy devided Farmvlle stands
on that portion of it which was in Prince Edward.
Richmond Enquirer.
AFRICAN REvIvAL.-A correspondent of the Hart
ford Times thus describes scene at negro revival
meeting -
"The preacher was of the kind to make an impression
upon his audience. He represented the place where bad
folks 90 in true Orthodox manner place where black
imps of despair gnash their teeth and dance and howl
in flames. Heaven he pictured
as place made of gold and having golden pavements
and golden throne on which sits the Deity of the
place clothed in white, and gold crown on his head.
AS he waxed ervent in his descriptions of these op
pose places, his hearers howled and groaned or laugh
ed and capped their hands, the subject grew dismal
or pleasant.
when the preacher sat down they struck up some of
their songs of Zon, which always set them On their
high heels, and high heels they seemed to be on liter
ally as welas fguratvely. Such stampede of heels as
kept time to the music, could have been made by none
but the genuine African. Some got up and danced the
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clapping their hands and hallooing glory One of
their songs begun
i heard rumbling in the sky
begun to think my end was nigh;
Glory Haneluahn
Satan threw ball at nae,
| 1t missed my SOUL and hit my shield;
| Glory HallelujahI
Had it hit his knee instead of his shield the rhyme
would have been much better, but his knee might
have been worse"
The Navy.
An American gentleman residing at Manila writes
to his friends in Philadelphia that the United States
ships the San Jacnto and Minnesota, steamers, are
there, the Portsmouth having sailed for home He adds
the Minnesota perfect wonder here and in China
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