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A Citisen of Maryland Claims Fugitive
Slavo- Mobbed by Negroes at Elmira,


A Citizen of Maryland Claims Fugitive
Slavo--M -Mobbed by Negroes at Elmira.
NY.
correspondent Of ono Of the New York city
papers. writes from Elmira. New York, undcr
date Of December lS as follows: ei
'Our village today has becn thrown into great
excitement ON account OF slave who il voluntari-
ly going back to slavery. II appears tho negro
ran away from his master in company with four
others, last August and they mnde their way to
Canada setting down n few miles from the SusL
pension bridge. On Thursday last Mr.. John 3.
Mills, the owner, came ON to Canada, at tho re-
quest Of one Of tho slaves. who wrote to him, dc.
string he should come on and take him TO his
old home, alleging TINT he was absolutely starv.
ing aud wished voluntarily to 60 back into slave.
ry. ..H Il
Accordingly Mr., Mills provided for his imme-
date wants and left with his slave, en- route for
his plantation In Calvert county. Md. On arriv-
ing here this noon, it was nosed about that fi-
gitivo was being carried back 10 slavery, whom
largo crowd collected ut tho hotel where they stop
ped, aud demanded tho slave Tho demand came
from the colored population who were principal
ly armed with knives and pistols. They nude
rush for the room whore the negro was but were
driven back by tho Sheriff and some of his dcpu-
ties. In the meantime tho President und officers
of the village were on hand, who gained ndmis-
sion to where tho slave was aud intcrrogAted him
AZ to whether he wished TO return to slavery or
not.
10 which he replied that ho was anxious to get
back; that he was tired mud sick Of tho North
that he was getting old had tho rheumatism
that nobody took care Of him, and thnt most Of
tho time he could not got anything to eat Tho
crowd outside Of tho hotel kept constantly incren-
sing, and the blacks were olamorous that the
slave should be released, saying that rather than
he sho hc rot pu IN
him. Our citizens then made an appeal to the
crowd, saying that tho slave was unwilling 70 ro-
main in tho iico States; but It had no effect A
lot Of the most prominent blacks Of tho town were
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 his determination to 20
back.
Finding all efforts or Inducements useless, the
"committee" left him, mud reported to the multi
tudo outside But the negroes wore not satisfied,
and demanded that he should be brought out up
the balcony of the hotol and tell his own story.
Upon his appearance, the rolorcd population shou-
tod out, "kill him, kill him" shoot him, 2 throw
him over the railing" &c., &c. One Of tho "col-
orcd gentlemen" Of the village then stated to tho
crowd that the slave wished to 20 back: no was
old, worn out and not fit 10 live in Elmirn. The
crowd then partially Dispersed, but many stayed
around. con,ersing with tho master aud slave.
At ono time tho excitement ran 40 high that it
was deemed necessary to enll upon the military,
who held themselves in readiness in case their
services were wanted. In tho evening the slave
WAS taken about n mile from tho village there To
wait for tho train going 10 Baltimore A large
crowd Of negroes and whites went to the depot to
see.hm off, and also if slc. f3fec him to
stay but they were m II ihagruei at nos finding
him. The abolitionists We Yory iaad IA talking
about roscung him; bu t.s t'i.S determined
upon slavery, they cunciGitI t, VIZ not worth