Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-02-09
From the Salisbury Banner.
The Migrate Helper and Frank Leslie.

The migrate Helper and Frank Aeshe'
Leslies paper of the 2lst contained most infamous
attack upon Michael Brown. Esq, OF Salisbury 1t Is
contained in an editorial notice of published statement
by Helper of his early life Helper admits that he stole
money from the firm of Brown Son. He confessed
the theft to the head of the firm, Mr. Mlchae BROWN
under the seal of the strices confidence as be alleges
and now denounces Mr. Brown for revealing the secret
Mr. Brown is stgmatzed as Judas lscarlot, " q set
off against Ossawattame Brown !"
We are assured there seal of secrecy put upon
this confession of thief, did Mr.. Michael Brown
ever say word about it, till it became public, except In
settling with the frm when he compelled to state
the nature of the note given to him by Helper for
the amount stolen. Mr. Brown might, it is true, have
followed the example of Helper and stolen the note;
and like Helper take the chance OF being hereafter dis
covered But he chose rather to act honestly and gave
up the note to the irm stating what 1t was for.
And mark how this miserabengrate has treated an
old friend and benefactor At the time the confession
was made Helper was in New York contemplating an
enterprise in the book selling business otherwise look
ing " for something to turn up" after he made the
Confession to Mr. Brown in New York, that gentleman
offered him letter of credit oE any moment and urged
him to enter the book business telling him that he would
stand bis security for any amount! And after that
when Helper returned from California Mr. Brown again
came his assistance and offered to become his security
for the publication of book he had writtenMr Brown
little thinking twas the Infamous lying Impending Crisis
The friend stood by the YOUTH thief though heknew him to
like he turns upon his beneacor with posonless angS
more shameless piece of base ngratitude never wit
messed We pass Helper by and leave him to the detesa
ton and contempt OF all light thinking 1t is due to
Mr.. Brown to say that we have not spoken word to
him on tie subject as we understand he declines
tice Helper in any way We indebted for these
facts to gentleman connected with the family who has
had ample means of knowing every circumstance.
Need we again call the attention of the Southern
reader to Frank Leslies paper? 1t abounds in the
grossst abuse of the South and publishes what knows
TO be Infamous lies 1t states that lrlshman tar
red and athered somewhere South for saying be voted
for Fremont, and that another also tarred and
feathered for suing wealthy firm of scoundres for an
old debt and adds let every before he trusts
Southern trader calculate the cost of collecting the
amount =! And yet Leslie has readers in the South
The WHITE SLAVES OF THE NoRrH.-A sewing girl
named Susan Lee, complains bitterly through the
columns of New York paper of the injustice and fraud
practced by the employers of the sewing girls. The
miserable pittance they weekly is esened by down.
right cheating, and if girl complains, she is told to
find work somewhere else She thus describes the
ditiOn of her class
1--WE, by thousands, every one knows, in cold or
heat ralE sleet, walk the streets early In the
morning to work place, carrying perhaps 10 old
newspaper what call dinner, often only bread
at best little cold meat with bread and potatoes and
work from eight in the morning until fve and some
times six o'clock in the evening, stopping only at
and are making fortunes from our labor, and who be-
sides stintng paying u.s. talk to though were
what many OF them seem to be- bruteS III human shape
Z" And here let say that slavery, and that of
tens of thousands North is far miserable than that
of the we'll ted we'll clothed and we'll cared for colored
slaves OF the South, whose condition hear SO much
sympathy expressed for from the pulpits, and
doubt often too by the very who Cypress u.s. and
even cheat out OF our hard earned shlings."
| ETTR InN CESTON fOD1 tool
ton has addressed letter to several citizens the IN
ion meetings recently held in New Jersey The pith of
it is as follows:
| am for peace-I am for the Union-and therefore
for concession if concession will insure peace. The
North is nfuriated with passionate almost rreigious
anatcsmthe South maddened by the certainty of the
horrible results which that fanaticsm threatens is
Stunning an attitude of serious, stern resistance. To
avert the inevitable progress OF the conflict, wonld
have the North concede at once and promptly and cor
daily agree FIRST to recognize final and conclusive
the decision Of the Supreme Court. Second comply
faithfully with the requs tons OF the fugitive slave law
Third to recognize the right OF our Southern fellow
citizens to take their property into the Territories and
to its protection there under the constitution of the u
States. While the South should in return concede
specific duties, Or more satisfactory tariff than
that of which the North at present 80 generally
plains
CoULD'Nr STAND lT.--The proprietors of the St
Charles Hotel, in New Orleans, recently imported a
special officer from New York to stay about the hotel
and keep things straight, but the 18th instant he
caved and packing his baggage, left for home terri
bly, frightened The superfuty of flying bullets therea
bouts was enough he said, to I" alarm the devil"
FIRE AT WILMINGTON, DEL Wilmington, Ded-
Uare, Jan. 3l.-A fire occurred here last night which
destroyed the storehouse of Manners line of packets in
Guiding fifty bales of cotton, and finished goods be-
longing to D. Lammet & Co. The adjoining paper ware
house of Messrs Jessun & Moore of PHILADELPHIA was
also destroyed. The fire is supposed to have been the
work of an incnndiarv The IOsc has not