, 1860-02-13
SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH.

HE NEW ANIR1cAs CfcLoPkp1A BURNED N MIS-
s1sz1PFt IL An ABOLITION PUzI1cA11os-"Co7-
TON Is KrSe" sHAHxs THE sAxK FA1x-
. The Enterprise {s1ississippi) Ns~' Of the 21st
inst, has the following:-
On Monday last Marshal Mcdonald brought
before the Vigilance Committee two men uamed
Manchester mud Bishop. About the 1st OF De-
cember last the Vigilance Committee examined
two young men who were. procuring subscrip.
tions to the American Cyctorndia. 1t was
charged On them Tint they had been ta'npeFlng
With Slaves. The Committee not deeming tha
eridence. against them sufficient to authorize
summary punishment, they were discharged,
with the Injunction to leave tue State. and to
abandon their agency. and inform the publishers
or their agents tliaLlhe b00E should not be de-
ltyered in this county; the Committee at that
time thinking they were agents Tor Appietons 3
"New American Cyc;opndia." which had been
condemned By Mr. Pryor, aud " :ich was 70
ITS tendency. The two men, Manchester and
Bishop, Notwithstanding tile warning given to
Smith aud Tilden, undertook to ill the sobscrip-
tions obtained By them, whereupon they were
arrested, and upon examination were found in
their possession q book entitled "Cotton is
King" which, after i careful perusal by DR.. ".
s. Price, Il. 5. Wier, and ourself, who we're
appointed committee for that purpose, re-
ported the book US being incendlary and Of
dangerous character.
It was further shown in evidence against
ther1, that they had sofd and circulated said
buck in this county and Newton. After much
discussion rs 10 whit action the committee
shnuld take in the premises. the vote was taken,
When sig present voted TO turn them over to the
authorities, snl five voted to treat them to a
coat Of tar and feathers. Tue msiorlty ruling
they were then turned over to K. r. Kennedy,
Est, who committed them to the county jail,
- answer Ut the spring term Of our Circuit
Court.
4 strong feeling on the part of the citizens
to tar and feather them was manifested, and, as
for our part, we think that the proper way to
deai with such men. Tha books were burned
on tue street.
1t will be unnecessary to inform any but the
asses Engaged in this transaction, that Chris
e,e's "cott"n is King" is notorlou,ly pro-
slavery book, while tee American Cyclcp:sdia
aims to be Impartial, rather non conlnlsttal,
ou a'l disputed subjects. It has hitherto been
the test Of Southern orthodoxy, that men should
write in favor Of the peculiar institution. The
people Of Enterprise, however, in happy co,s-
iormity with tue nan,e Of their delightful yil-
lage, h4re- gone one step ahead, by declaring
it crime to write OF either side, or on no side
at all. To lie consistent, they oug now to
commit tothe flames the 6se Of the *' 1Sttes,' ~
aud unless over scrupu1ons, to make al auto IL
5t, 10 which the gent!euaanly "we," who acts
us historian above, should play the most COLI
sp'cuous, If not the most Agreeable part.
1losP1rAL1rsEs IN AnKASsAs.-A correspond
ent Of the Cincinnati Commercial writing from
Springfield, Ohio, gays:
Some weeks since young gentleman Of this
county started for the Sunny South " agent for
one Of our nurseries, in his own opinion be
was oil o. f. At home, he was ney. consider
ed n dangerous character, lie has never even
dreamed Of collecting II men and taking some
hoo &H&A
that the Peculiar institution would be cndauger-
ed by his crossing Aasoa Dixon's line. How.
ever, to " make assurance donbty sure," and to
render himself like Crsar's wife, he was pro.
vi1ed with letters from W 5. Grocsbcck and
" ID. Hill. Mr. Hill is the cstitor Of the "0hio
n fs<, Democratic sheet published here. Nr.
Groesbeck represented the s.! District of OHIO in
the last Congress. Your correspondent WAS una-
bic to Obtain copy Of Nr. H'lra letter, bus
pr'sumcs il certified that the bearer thereof
was sound on the y20xt; thnt when q small boy
in 1914 be bad, with polk-berrics, written on
the back Of lis unc1e's white coat 1910, G.,
Tte - that in '43 lie knocked down . school
mate for hurruhtng for Taylor; that he Lad
great fifth in the strength Of the Cincinnati
platform, and belicred it the imperative duty
Of every man to catch fositive slaves aud plant
ayouuE orchard.
Armed With descriptive catalogues Of trees,
the aforesaid letters and pocket pistol loaded
to tile CORK. the young gentleman invaded Nap
oleon, Arkansas, anl at the hotel registered
b msclf frou, Springfield, Ohio. Immediately
he was waited upon o. various Individuals, who
mnle oil those petty iuq ,.iries customary
among gentlemen meeting fur the first time.
aat which eElnce the great interest Southezners
take in thelr visitors. such as a Who are you -
Where did you come FROM" "Who (what
party) do you belong 2" How long will you
stayy' and "Whsre nrc you gonE:" The
Young man exhibited hia letters and wa Mt first