Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-09-27
rrrp FROM NEW YORK.
l1rrerpondsnce IF tie Hirhmo"d E"quirer
New YoEE. Sept "a, 1859.

was manifest 10 any one W.:o examined the
! figures.
! To make the stalcincE; more apparent and
I correct. We briefly repeat il a> follows:
Nsyro Feguaiio.. ef Il, Northern .:Aanfc Fise so;t
In 1870 there were Free..-......... q. "iS
slaves, '"''''
Total, ...................... ... G''i,
VIA, should have heena 3orcr cen, increase for
each decade To ISL go ~
''.a Il was hy n. United state. IA l-;H IL? -.
Deficiency Of .... ............ ......... 1851
An incrg.-e, compared with the population OF The
South, wi,ldn The same period.
4 There were 1880 slaves held in the free
States in 100. whose increase, had il been
equal 10 the black population, should have in
| lsjU "a period of 90 years reached 1899,
which would have exceeded. alone the entire
colorcd population Of the said free States, in
that year.
10 account lor this deficiency IS before
stated, can only in part be done on the ground
that Il large portion Of the 1880 slaves he'd
By the free States in 1870, were subsequently,
sold to the people of the Southern States. The
abolition organ. the =. Louis democrat.
states that Sima: process Is gong on IN Ills
souri, 1t concratulatcs the people that they
are getting rid oi their negroes by selling Them
| out TO Southern purchasers at an average oi
about $500 per head When the negroes are
once sold out and the money received by their
owners. the democrat expects al course, that
the latter will Income good abo!iion!>'. and b"
ready to wage civil war against the South I!
her ncopc do not agree 10 hc robbed OF proper
tv sold to them, and without compensation
iii" democrat hope, that q: soon a> tie nc-
rroc, in Missouri have bee. sufficiently sold
I = = IL 4, ..,t ~
side Of thc aboiitonNtS. led forward by some
such rene; adc demagogne as 7. p Blair. This
man, born and nurturcd in the >larc State Of
MARYLAND and partly i'll the District o; Column
bia. married the daughter Of the lake Judge
Levi Woodbury., who WAS Secretary Of the
Treasury, and whose lady waS Il native OF
Portland or augusta, Maine. She row resides
At Ncwburyporl, where +. i. E.air spends
several months ii summer, aid associates "iih
tic :bolil"u>tS OF Boston and Ncwburyro::.
who have battered and pctlct lam into the be-
lief that lie Is a very great man. Ills laihtT
after making Il fortune out Of the Democratic
party, voted Tor Van Barren against CaS> IN
ISIS and in 1886 acted VIII! the Black HcpuJ'
licamS Tor Fremont, and against the South. Il
i due to the memory OF the Hon. Levi God
bury to say, that lac was an able and upright
Statesman and national III ali his views. Ii
alive. he could not fail 70 dcSpise the abolition
tltmagogueiSm Of his son-in'aw.
The news by tie ARABIA regarding the sue
cess Of the trra. Eastern, has excited the live
licSt il,tcrc>; in this community. We under
stand that Captain Constock, WHO commenced
his career - Il steamboat captain on Lon.
Island Sound, and afterwards commanded the
steamship Baltic in the Collins line Of steam
crS, las written 10 a friend in this city, stating
that the monster ship, after shown: herself IN
Portland. will visit New ORR through Long
Island Sound, where Size Will he made acc2s>i.
be to visitors.
According 10 nc experiments made. it is
confidently expected that She will DC able 10
cross the Atlantic in ar, 10 s.tcn d"g@. The
most freluen, question asked, IS will She pay ::
This can only Lc determined by experiment;
Her whole outti; OF officers. engineers, and
seamen. when fully manned it is said. vii!
comprise about 500 men, about half the mum
Der Of the entire force on board 4 gun Ship,
| man -ot.war.
10 enable her 20 d, larger business. .iIc
might select three ports at which to land
freight and passengers. and take in cargo viz:
Portland, New York. and Norfolk. Her time
Of arrival being knOw.. passengers and freight
at each place coald be placed in readiness to
90 on board. After putting out, and taking
in cargo 1T Portland. She could then proceed
through Long Island Sound, To New York,
where freight beng delivered into lighters,
and fresh cargo taken III from others in
waitin-. she could then proceed to Norfolk,
ard 90 through the same process. somewhat
after the fashion Of Il river boat on the Mis-
s.ssipp ;puchiE: ii the different landings 10
put out freight. and tane III cotton. After she
finished loading in the Chesapeake. she could
sail for IIolvhc;.G. or Milford. Haven. If one
American port could not ill her with freight
and passengers, three might be able TO do il.
All agree that If her experiment proves sue
ccssful. il will inaaguratc = new era, and make
n grand revolution IN ocean steam navigation.
If any deyelopcncnt in political corruption
can prove more shameless than another, il Is
found in the lies told H. the Albany Regency
organs, regarding the conduct Of The Mozart
Hall Democratic delegation at Syracus",-
They boldly charged that Fernando Wood,
AMI his friends had appeared &; the rcnycn-
ton with hired force Of rowdics and pa. lists,
10 fight down opposition, AMI ii necessary, At
the risk oi lie itself
|; now tuins Oh; that the rOwdic> alluded 20
were under the pay and influence Of the Tam
many Hall AID Albany Regency cliGucs' And
not contcn; with the number Of Prci"ri""
CoAorts ut their command, they cndcayorcd
to increase their force, by Offering bride Of
$50, 10 the t"BrNlc:A EoY,"y lIecnan, 10 join
them, which he Lad the Inaniincss 10 decline.
1t now appears that Tie striker, who, il was
charged was knocked from the PLATFORM By one
OF Woods men, was assaulted by a Tammany
rowdy Tie sheriff who was assaulted AZ a
tavern. charges tina; st false statement ia> been
made about II, ana Las >uc, regency paper
for libel. \ ''ci"y,' by the maine Of McCabc,
q Tammany bully. and 81 o!icc-holGcr III the
Custom House, Is you have seen, assaulted Mr..
Thompson Editor Of the News. in the most
dscraceiul and brutal manner. in his own Office,
because that paper thought proper to comment
on the public conduct Of the lammany Office
holders, including this McCabc among others.
Mr.. Thompson is We; confined from the effects
Of this cowar,lly attack, whlie the man Nc
Cabc is under bonds 10 the cXtrayagant amount
Of $500. 10 appear to answer for this gross
outrage upon the liberty Of the press and the
right, of the person If Mr. McCabc, tie pro-
tcgc Of custom house patronage, was l!bcllcd,
he had the law in his hands, but, dcmoA-tikc,
he undertakes the tl>l; Of controlling the free
dom Of the press, by jcopardizins the life Of It's
editor Il these facts do not go 20 prove who
were the re,ainc!s Of bullits and rowdie> at
Syracuse, We give up The case. The peoples
eyes have been opened to this Regency rule or
ruin concern And cYcn Dickinson, as honest
and well intcn,ioncd Is he *, must know by
this time, tia; all his interference and preach
in. about ''harmony" has resulted in the sccc-
ton of Il packed and bought Up Douglas De-
legation 20 Charleston while ne, like
SGlo czet! lemon, has been cast overheard. not
even having hard rock, nor 4 had &d,N,
against which he can float aud find rest.
The Episcopal Convention o! this Diocese
meets in Tins city on Wednesday the 2Sih in
slant. The subject Of most importance to come
before il will be the division of the Diocese,
which has become too populcus for the !abors
Of Il single Bishop Tie proposition now he-