The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-16
The Abolition Excitement Ia Mobile.
OUR MOBILE CoRREsPOsnESCE.

MoBILE. Jan. 9, 1858.
The second Expulsion Of Mr., Strickland, The BocAsdier-
Meettng@ Citizens, dc, dc.
The advent in our city Of wm. Strickland, the abolition
bookseller, At a time Of 80 much ex ,itcmen. relative 70 the
Invasion Of Nicaragua by the United States forces, he's
created a new outlet Of Indignation. A meeting was anony
measly advertised In this mornings papers, at the Ampi
theatre, ''to consider q subject oil vit1 Importance"
Accordingly . large namber assembled ut IL O'Clock TO
day. Dr. Woodcock, the leader in Strctland's hrst expul-
sion, was called To- preside, and speeches Of an exciting
character were made by HIM and pr. j. ". Move, an old
citizen Of the county - the latter FIRST proposing to include
Mrs. Strickland as An equally dangerous character, disa.
vowing any want Of gailantrY 10 the sex, ant' recommend
ing that she also, in the most ssntlemanly and polite man.
ner, be invited 70 leave the city.
Strickland had been allowed to remain here's week or
more to arrange his affairs, upmcAested, being "iet alone
severely" by our citizens; bat when 1t began to
Ne suspected that his rest object in visiting Mobile
was 10 get up y party Of sympatsizers, and attempt 70
open business here again having sold out his interest in
Milwaukee 70 Upson-or, in the event OF failure, 10 get up
IN excitement and again martyTxe hmseif al the North,
which, 1t Is alleged, was apparent from his manner, has
dtfiant and threatening letters 70 members Of the commit
tee previous to bis arrival, and the various stgmas cast
upon the honored deceased, Judge Lscesue. When these
facts became known, o feeling Of deep indignation WAS
aroused; and on Tuesday last ne was warned by ssvera1
of our most prominent citizens to leavesahe cty-tbe step
being considered necessary To his ow7 safety HAD ne
done so at once, the excitement would have passed away
but the ~nexttday il WIS rHnored he had stdresscd a note
70 one of those g~entlemen, expressing Ids determination
TO remain--thus adding fuel to the fire.
On Thursday the excitement WAS intense, and at night
the "Luna bugs were out in full force-any one OF whom
would not have tolerated Strickland's presence for a
moment.
To al!ay the excitement it was thought beas by our more
moderate citizens 10 cali a public meeting, although many
were opposed 10 II, as tending 10 accomplish the very OBJ
ject Strickland had in Internationally and capital at the
North-and as attaching too much Importance to the
matter.
A meeting was, however, called, and upon assembling
II was announced that the committee had satisfactory evi-
dence that Strick and was not in the city or county of No
bile, and an adjournment was moved. But this did not
satisfy the I" Luna bugs, - and a decisive No" was the
response, with calls for an expression Of opinion. An or
ganization was effected * above, and DIR. Woodcock, a
member of the old committee, stated that a full report OF
the old committee, which had been suppressed for obvious
reasons, would probably soon be published.
He reviewed the action Of that committee, and brought
to light some facts not generally known, among which the
fact only limited at by your correspondent AZ the time,
that Strickland is indebted solely TO that committee for his
own life; that a party were out with all the accessories for
"swing, y and were only prevented from accomplishing
their purpose by threats from the committee.
Resolutions were adopted e~xpelling Strickland from the
city and State, and politely requesting Mrs. Strickland also
to leave the city, al il was suspected that she was trying to
get up a party To sustain her husbands impertinence.
II is now known that Strickland went up the railroad
in the disguise of n lsborer on Wednesday.