The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-21
Slave Excitement In Elmlra.
OUR ELMIRA CORRESPONDENCE.

EIMRA, Dec. Is, 1858.
Stare Returning nth HIS Maser-7ae Colored People
Aaemfs 10 Deaain Him.
Our village to-day has been thrown into great excite
ment account of slave who is voluntarily going back
20 slavery appears the negro away from his
master company with four others August, and they
made their way TO Canada, settling down few miles from
the Suspension Bridge On Thursday last Mr.. John 5.
Mills the owner to Canada the request of one
OF the slaves who wrote TO him. desiring he should come
on and take him back to his old home alleging he was
absolutely starving and wished voluntarily 60 back into
slavery. Accordingly Mr.. Mills provided for his imme-
date wants and left with his slave, route for his pana-
ton in Calvert county Md On arriving here, this noon,
it was nosed abroad that fugitive was being carried
back to slavery when large crowd collected at the hotel
where they stopped and demanded the slave. The de-
mand came from the coiorcd population who were prnci
pally armed with knives and pistols. They made rush
for the where the negro but driven back
by the sheriff and number of his deputies In the mean
time the president and officers Of the village on hand
who gained admission where the slave and inter-
rogated him to whether he wished to return to slavery
To which he replied that he anxious TO get back thai
he tired and sick Of the North that he getting
old, had the rheumatism that nobody took Of him,
and that most Of the time he could not get anything to
eat The crowd outside of the hotel kept constantly
increasing and the blacks were camorous that the slave
should be released that rather than he should be
returned to slavery they would kill him. Our citizens
then made appeal the crowd saying that the slave
unwilling remain in the free States but it had no
effect lot OF the most prominent blacks of the town
then admitted to the room, and offered him sums Of
money also Offering TO keep him provided he would stay,
TO all Of which Sam shook his head and remained firm IN
bis determination to go back Finding all efforts or in
ducements useless the COMMITTEE left him. and re-
ported the multitude outside But the negroes were not
satisfied and demanded that he should be brought out
upon the acony Of the hotel and tell his own story
Upon his appearance the coored population shouted out
sskil him, kill him. "Shoo him., .sThrow him over
the railing" &c, &c. One Of the coored gentlemen
Of the village then stated the crowd that tue slave
wished to 60 back he old out ana not ft TO
live in Emira The crowd then partly dispersed, but
many stayed around, conversing with the master and
slave. At time the excitement 50 high that il
deemed necessary to call upon the military, who held
themselves in readiness in their services were want
ed In the evening the slave taken about mile
from he village there TO wait for the train going 10 Ba
large crowd of negroes and whites went to the
depot to him of and also, possible, force him 10
STAY but they much chagrined at not nndng him.
The abotonlsts very loud in talking about rescu
ing him. but he being determined upon slavery, they
concluded he not worth keeping. An attempt was
upon the life Of Mr. Mills by the negroes but their
plans frustrated.