New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-04
A Fugitive Slave Excitement.

There was great deal Of excitement at Elmira,
n Y, on the 18th ut., at the supposed capture Of
fugitive slave. It appears that last August four
slaves ran off from Calvert county, Nd, and making
their way to Canada settled there. One Of them get
ting enough Of freedom, wrote to John s. Mills, his
MASTER to go and take him back to his old home.
letter to the New York Herald says:
Accordingly, Mr.. Mills provided for bis immediate
wants and left with his slave en- route for his panta
noon it was nosed abroad that fugitive slave was
being carried back to slavery, when large crowd
collected at the hotel where they stopped and de-
manded the slave. The demand came from the col
knives and pistols. They made a rush for the room
where the negro was, but were driven back by the
sheriff and a number Of his deputies. In the mean
time, the president and officers Of the village
hand, who gained admission to where the slave was
and interrorgated him as to whether he wished to
return to slavery. To which he replied that he was
anxious to get back that he was tired and sick Of
the North; that be was getting old, had the Theuma
tism 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 in
creasing, and the blacks were clamorous that the
slave should be released saying that rather than he
Our citizens then made an appeal to the crowd, say
ing that the slave was unwilling to remain in the free
States, but it had no effect lot Of the most promi-
nent blacks of the town were then admitted to the
IOOm anu OueFeu Dill SumS OI money also OUerlng
keep him, provided he would stay, to all of which
Sam shook his head and remained firm in his deter
mination to go back. Finding all efforts or induce
ments useless, the COMMITTEE" left him. and report
ed to the multitude outside. But the negroes were
not satisfied and demanded that he should be brought
out upon the balcony Of the hotel and tell his story
Upon his appearance, the coored population shouted
out "kill him, kill him." "shoot him. ethrow him
over the railing ETC., etc. One of the "coiored gen
tlemen Of the village then stated 10 the crowd thai
the slave wished to 60 back, he was old, worn out
and not fit to live in Emira. The crowd then partly
dispersed but many stayed round, converting with
the master and the slave. At one time the excite
ment SO high that it deemed necessary to cal
upon the military, who held themselves in readiness
in case their services wanted. In the evening
the slave was taken about mile from the village
there to wait for the train going to Baltimore 1
large crowd Of whites and negroes went to the depo
to see him of, and also, if possible force him to stay
4 but they were too much chagrned at not finding hin
The Abolitonists very loud in talking about re-
cuing him, but he being so determined on slavery
they concluded he was not worth keeping. An at
tempt was made upon the life of Mr.. Mls by the nj
groes, but their plans were frustrated.
Hurrah for our Northern brethren! Where al
the Unionatanyp price gentlemen Of the South, th'
they do not cause the Southern welkin to ring wit
shouts Of joy over the above Northern fraterna e
hibition? .r.