The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-11

Inc new DANIEL w ORTIZ u.s. we believe, q Min
lister of the Gospel-of what denomination we do
not know, nor is it in the slightest degree mate
rial. That which justifies mention of Mr..
WORTH clerical character at this time is the fact
that he has been lately convicted in North Caro-
INA, OF the crime of circulating incendiary docu-
ments having tendency to create discomfort
among the negro population, and to lead to in
surrectlon, conspiracy and disturbance of the
Puolc peace PENDING an appeal in his
case to the Supreme Court of the State, Mr..
WORTH has been released from confinement in the
Greensboro Jail, where he had been previously
incarcerated, and allowed to 90 at large He
obtained his release upon giving bail in the sum
OF $4,000 for his appearance whenever wanted.
Once at liberty, however, Mr.. WORTH appears to
have hethought him of the inconvenience of a
further residence in jail and the superior comfort
and advantage of liberty, and TO have come to the
conclusion accordingly TO forfeit Ills bail AT least
the first use which he made of his conditional dis
charge was TO leave North Carolina, and go to New
York, where he, at present, remains, apparently
with as little Intention as desire of returning TO
captivity The fact that his friends who became
suretes for his temperance, will have TO make
good the amount of his forfeited bail, is the only
circumstance which mars his otherwise perfect
enjoyment of the liberty which he has thus doubt
fully come by. How to reimburse these friends
the sum which they will have to pay for him,
II he fails to go back, is question which greatly
dlsturbs his conscientious soul. For this purpose
ne has appealed TO the sympathes of the Northern
public, and a meeting has been held in the city of
New York, with the object of raising funds for his
relief. AT this meeting the sum of Sl54.25 was
SupScrlhed-rather small beginning to pay off a
debt OF $4,000, but still it shows that Mr.. WORTH
Is IN earnest, or at least, that there are people
who believe him to be. He says, indeed, that he
shall certainly return to custody, if unable to
raise the necessary amount to indemnify his bonds
men, At the meeting referred to, he was present,
and spake eloquently and feelingly, according to
1"e 1r'd"e OF his suferings while in prison, of the
dreadful association he was compelled to bear with.
ana OF The feelings with which his family would hear
OF his return to bondage. His speech is an effec-
tual contradiction of the reports heretofore circu-
lated IN regard to the circumstances attending his
arrest and incarceration and his alleged innocence
OIL the charges laid to his account. 1t has been
SAID that Mr.. WORTH was convicted on suspicion
merely-that he was a victim of that frenzy of ex-
element and apprehension which possessed many
portions of the South after the Harpers Ferry con.
splracy-that he had committed no offence against
The laws OF North Carolina-that his only crime
was that of preaching the everlasting Gospel of
our LORD" Now, in the first place, Mr.. WORTH
distinctly admits that he was engaged in the bust
ness of Sellin1 dirfrihut;po Hrr pu,p,c lool-
the neighborhood in which he lived. He went to
North Carolina for that purpose. He went there
he says, as Missionary, under the auspices of the
American Missionary Association, to organize
Aht'-Siavery churches. All his life he claims to
nave been consistent Anti-Savery aoitator.-
According to The Tribune's report, Mr.. WoRTH is
now near sixty years of age. When but eighteen
or nineteen years DID, he tells us, he was engaged
IN the Ant-Slavery cause. He is well-known he
says, for his labors in that branch of Christian
ministry in Ohio and Indiana In the latter State.
he had served for seven years as q member of the
Legislature, engaged in making Democrats into
Republicans Now, it is very possible that Mr..
WORTH may consider HELPERS book a part of the
canon of Holy Scripture, and the distribution Of
abolition tracts the legitimate business of an evan
gelical colporteur. He may even consider the
Transformation of Democrats into Republicans as
equivalent to the conversion of sinners, and the
planting of Anti-Slavery churches to be true
missionary enterprise. We are aware that such
sentiments are very common among North
ern rehgionists. But on this side of
MASON & DIXON s line we do not co road our
Bibles, or so construe either the truths Of Chris
uh.hiV or the duties of Christian minister. We
think Mr.. WORTH s ideas and actions. in this re-.
spect TO he as little consistent with the character
he processes, as his forfeiture of his bail or his will
ful violation, IN the first instance, and his DELHI
crate evasion subsequently of the laws of bis
State; for-be it Observation-Disclosures for MANY
years resident at the North whence ba ret,r,aa
South as an Anti-Slavery propagandst and ennis
sary of Abolitionism, Mr. WORM 10 no,;,.o &c
North Carolina, and cannot, and does NOT n,ooa
ignorance OF the laws against which he has tron,-
gressed. On the contrary, it was his Caro,;n;an
birth and education that determined him in hi,
choice of a field of labor. He tbonob, h.
should, on that account more eas;lv
elude suspicion. His whole record, as given
by himself stamps him as political par
son of the worst dye--a clerical agitator.
the business of whose life has been to misuse his
sacred Office and calling for the purpose of sowing
Tue seeds OF strife and discord among those to
whom his mission was to preach the gospel of
peace ana cnarity Mr.. WORTH says that he was
unJusuy convlcted-that he did not violate the
letter OF the law-that the books he distributed he
sold to white people, not to blacks-that he never
tempered with any mans slaves-that he even
scrupulously avoided having an conversation