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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-11
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A drawing will be forwarded as soon as UH0 W.
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No. All orders for Schemes or Tickets to be C.
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April l4th, 1850. lo2'-
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-11

WASHINGTON, April A naval fleet which is being
fitted out in great haste at New York. is understood to
be supplement to the Gulf Squadron to counterfeit
the presence of the intended English and French fleets
though it is asserted here that the Administration may
contemplate the blockade of the Southern ports and the
mouth of the Mississippi. Authoritative circles how
ever incline to the opinion that the vessels are to be
stationed near San Domingo
All the federal troops about to leave the city
One of the chief army officers left to-day.
Four Governors Of free States called on the President
today and urged the holding of the Notifications at the
South.
The Administration is anticipating hourly adyices
from Fort Pckens. The city is rife with runors of an
alarming character. Two or three light artillery com
panes and twenty to thirty city carpenters in the en-
poy of the Government left here on special service this
morning, ostensbly for Fort Hamilton.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-11
Increase of the Gulf Squadron.

WAsHINGToN, April The gulf squadron about to
be dispatched is to be commanded by Capt Strngham
for the increase of the naval force in that
quarter all coDjectural
The extreme caution which characterizes the admin
israton on this as we'll all military subjects occasion
many warlike rumors. The government seems to have
come to determination, in the language of Cabinet
officer to be known only by its acts Extreme solicit
tude is everywhere manifested relative to the
concerning Forts Pickens and SUMTER and the fear is
expressed that a collision may be precipitated.
The steamer Pawnee, lying off the Washington navy
yard, will probably leave for parts unknown On Satur-
day.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-11

Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green
That host with its bags at the White House seen,
Like the leaves OF the forest when Lincoln hath blown
That host the morrow hath trotted right home.
RLr0al SiinhlLrn1I nlfpA.p6
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-11

*Ihere two foundres in Wilmington viz One owned
by Messrs Hart Bailey, and the Clarendon Iron Works
in operation under the control of Mr. Roberts We be
eve Mr. Roberts has leased this latter foundry for
of years Engines of almost any size manufactured
these fOundries-JOuRNAI
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02

Of the county, but canuot see that any
body is hurt, tina, anybody Is suffering. lie can
sss comprehend how four millions Of property
oac be forever excluded by the strong arm Of pow
Ct tesm eQuai rights ia common territories, under
an equal Constitution and equal laws aud be IN
jured. Ills political reflections have never been
turned 10 that grave problem. ne eeems never 10
have perceived how q majority il Representative
republican r~overnment could, on becoming perma-
nsnt, become tyraunieal, aad bow q minority may
be thereby degraded an% oppressed. These ideas
were not set dowa Ia his manual Of statesman
ship.
On the other hand, Mr.. Davis left bis home two
OF three days later, for Montgomery, where he IS
% assume the Executive control Of the "Conteder-
ate States Of Ameriea"-which means that he he
e engineer an experiment to build up a new gov
eminent. lie makes no stops except tho usual
few minutes at railway stations. AT most Of these
The people gather around the cars. shout, throw
up their hate, sometimes FIRE a salute, and il it is
night the few houses around have some extra
lights stuck about the windows. Mr.. Davis ap-
pears on the platform, bows politely, and in a vesS
few sentences tells the people what he means to
do. He dismisses oil questions but the main one
10 hand, and that is to 60 on with the experiment,
con plste the machine. and maintain the new gov
srumeut against all disputes in every form and at
every hazard. lie seems not to expect peace, and
with a boldness and directness becoming the occa-
zion, tells the people that he will carry the war
where il is easy to advanoe-to the deDsely popu-
lated cities, where there is food for the sword and
the torch. If they come down to spoil his fele'
and bic crops, he will grow them over again bu'
their citizens cannot rise again so easily-the
grsss will grow where the %pavements are worn OF
by che fee. Of commerce.. England will recog
niEe the Confederate States, and q glorious future
awaits them. He is for peace, he even hopes fol
peace, but is none the less prepared for war;
And with this the locomotive whistles, he bows
replaces bis hat. and speeds on his way to Mont
gomery-leaving nobody 10 doubt as to what b
means.
Thus the two men progress to the respective
.sat of thcir care and responsibility. Mr.. Lincoln
goes BY short stages, a circuitous route, with fire.
ouent rests. lie eats his meals leisurely, sleeps
comfortably, and goes as to o festival of ease anC
pleasure. Davis goes the shortest route, with al
the speed of steam, sprinkles bis steak with pep
GER, aud with it gulps a cup OF coffee, doesn'
sloep at all, and goes directly forward to his post
AZ 10 q scene of labor and of danger. LincOlr
has no business in Washington before about the
Alb Of March, aud is careless about getting there
Davis has immediate and urgent business IL
Montgomery, and be goes like an earnest man tt
attend to it. Lincoln is tedious-Dav as swift
steam.
II there is anybody in the country who think
Ihe Confederate States Of America are not u
.arnest. he had as we'll review that opinion, an
accept things as they are.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02
~o1yIL WAR WILL BE ABoLIrIoN.n

So says the Raleigh Standards paper which
has done good service in North Carolina in fight
ing the disunionists. Tho Standard assumes, as
the basis of its argument, that if the difficulties
between The North and the South should not be
settled within the next six months, war will be the
result; that three or four confederacies will be
formed; and that at will be impossible for the
Northwestern and Gulf States to avoid war-Me
navigation Of the Mississippi toiH lead to il. After
this prophecy of a conflict, the fatal consequences
to slavery are pictured as followss
'If war once breaks out it will rage in the inte-
rior, on our seacoasts, on the high seas and on our
frontiers. One section wili let loose the Indians
on another section. Twenty millions Of Northern
people will at once become our enemies. They
will war upon us all along a line Of three thou
SAID miles from the Atlantic to the Pacific. One
section win cal in foreign troops against another
section. One confederacy will humble itself be
fore the powers Of Europe to get better commercial
terms than the other confederacies. Meanwhile
war will rage. Negro property will cease to be
valuable, because the products of slave labor viii
be in a great degree cut off from the markets o.
the world. The negroes will know, too, that tht
war is waged on their account. They will become
restless and turbulent. Heavy taxes will result
from these wars. These taxes must be paid main
ly out of slave labor. Strong governments viii
be established, and will bear heavily on the mass
es. The masses will at length rise up and destro,
everything in their way. State bonds will he re
p~udiated. Banks will break. Widows and OF
phans will be reduced TO beggary. The swor
will wave everywhere paramount to all law. TIL
whole world outside of the slaveholding States
with slight exceptions, is opposed to slavery; an
the whole world, with slave labor thus rendere
insecure and comparatively valueless. will tax
sides with the North against US. The end will
Abolition"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02

French. The thousand fugitive slaves in Toronto
wAsh linen, make shirts, are b~lacksmiths. ~bricklsy.
era, eatpehseFs, bhocmakeFs, ~painters, &c. There
ere six cOlored grocefs 10 the tOwn, and there 10
one colored physician. Ono Fugitive slSve IL worth
a hundred Thousand dollars. Bot tho head quar-
ters Of the negro race in Canada 10 Chatham, on
the Thames. or lie population Of six thousand,
two Thousand are colored. OF The material pros;
perity, as well as Of the moral worth Of thb hsEt0
race in Canada, we have conflicting accounts; ma
turally enough, as each mans report is colored by
his prepossessions. An accurate and unbiased
statement Of their moral, social, material, and
sanitary condition would be Of considerable value.
We should be surprised to learn that this tropical
race throve we'll in the rigorous climate Of Canada.
No wise and r~e6ecting man can approve Of the
underground railroad; and yot, as 90 many men
derive their motives solely from their sentiments.
il is easy to see that it is NOT likely to stop or les
ser it's operations. 1t is well for the mistaken
men at the South, who are advocating disunion, ID
reflect what the result will be if the Canada from
tier should DO brought down to Mason and Dixon's
line, and the fervid zeal Of unre6ecting pbilan-
thro2y should be stimulated by the infinitely greAi
ter facilities which would then be had, both fof
e%nticiDg and abducting fugitives.-BOstOn Courier
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.

The underground Railroad, as is we'll known, is
the phrase popularity used to designate the secret
means of conveyance by which Northern abOli-
tionists transport slaves from the South, some
times into the Northern States, but more common
ly into Canada. II is said to have received its
name from the exclamation Of o Kentucky slave
owner, who, having lost all track Of an escaped
slave on the other side Of the Ohio, said with an
oath: "The abolitionists must have q railway under
the ground by which they run off niggers." The
Rev. w. NJ. Mitchell, Of Toronto, has published in
England Q book on this subject; the book itself
we have not seen, but we CLEAN a few facts from
one or two notices of it.
Mr.. Mitchell is q native Of North Carolina. His
father was a negro, and his mother an Indian wo-
man. lie was thus born free, and always remain
ed free. He was sp?renticed to a planter, and
spent twelve years among the slaves of q planta-
ton, during the last FIVE years as their manager
and driver. His convictions against slavery hav-
ing grown very strong, he became one Of the most
active helpers Of escaped slaves across the United
States. This was his employment from 1843 to
1855. Since then he has resided in Canada, deyo-
ting himself to the spiritual and temporal interes,
Of the ~fugitives.
If Mr.. Mitchells statistics be correct, no less
than twelve hundred slaves are annually conveyed
into Canada; though we cannot but be incredulous
as to the amount. They are taken from one friend
to another, and only BY night, until the borders
Of Canada are reached. Six TO twelve miles are
the ordinary journey of q single night. Of course
such a system must embrace q great many per
sons, and have an organization not unlike that Of
a postal department.; and We cannot wonder at
the amount OF irritation and evaporation i. has
produced at the South, aud that IL forms an i'm.
porsant item in the list Of grievances which the
South records against the North.
In Canada ii is estimated that there are nov
~forty-6ve thousand fugitive slaves from the United
States The negroes are a gregarious race. aud
they are disposed to settle 10 villages and towns
apd TO cling together. They are said to be better
fAImers than the Irish, or even the Canadian
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02
From the London Morning Star, Feb. 81.
THE SOUTH SHOULD BE LEFT UN-
CHECKED,

There are thousands of noble-hearted men and
women in the Northern States who have q hearty
hatred Of that moral completely in the barter OF
human flesh and blood that has seen forced upon
them by their political organization. They know
that many of the blemishes which the foes Of Free
dom have signalized in their republican institu-
tons and social condition, arise from the presence,
in the confederation, of o system essentially anti-
republican, and as hateful to God as it is injurious
to man. They feel that its alliance with the North
has been to the South as that presence of a few
good men would have induced the Almighty to
spare the guilty city; and that, had the Slave
States stood alone, Slavery would probably before
this have been numbered among obsolete iniqui-
ties. Various considerations may have induced
them to refrain from seeking themselves to break
the bond which led to such disastrous oonsequen-
ces; bot now that the South sues for u divorce,
why should they oppose the prayerH Let the Sc
ced;ng States carry out their project, and base
their new nationality upon the principle that man
has a right Of property in immortal beings; they
will soon discover that they have built their house
upon a heap Of crumbling sand. The blessing Of
God will assuredly never rest upon that flag which,
in a fair division of the emblem Of the existing
Union, should retain the stripes without the stars
If the men Of the North have a clear perception
Of their duty and Of the true interests of human
|ity, they will stay the hand Of violence which hal
already been appraised, abandon all idoa Of coer
cion, and suffer the South to pursue unchecked
its mad career.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02
ETHAN SPIKES PLAN OF COMPROMISE,

Ethan Spike, the regular successor to Major
Downing, has issued his plan Of compromise,
which be proposes to send to Washington by the
bands of George Lunt, of the Boston Courier.
The essential items of the plan are: Tho reno
val of the Missouri line as far north as the st.
Lawrance river, oil south Of that to be devoted to
slavery o declaration by the Republicans that
they are sorry they elected Lincoln and are willing
to be forgiven ; the public burning OF The Chicago
platform, and such portions Of the Bible as seem
to conflict with slavery the removal of Bunker
Hill Monument to South Carolina the immedi-
ate massacre of all free negroes in the Northern
States the perpetual Punishment Of Garrison,
Phillips, Abby Foster, Daniel Pratt, Mrs. Bloom
er, and Caleb Cushing, to Liberia E P2uribHS
Unum to be amended 80 as 10 read E Piuribus
Carolina the turkey buzxard to be substituted
for the American eagle Major Anderson to be
hung the stars to be obliterated from the national
ensign aud a bale Of cotton to be substituted
Howell Cobb to be proclaimed President, and Gov.
Floyd Secretary of the Treasury only two news
papers to be allowed in the Free States-the New
York Day Book and the Eastern Argus the
New England pulpit to be controlled BY Censor'
appointed by Senator Wigfall the old hats Of "
erson, JEFF. Davis and Yancey, shall be set up il
the market places of the more rebellious Northern
cities, and every person refusing obeisance shall
have his nose ~Aattened, be painted black and sole
into Slavery. IL after this liberal offer our South
ern brethren shall continue c%ontumacious and in
siet upon cutting our throats, then, in the spifi
of '76, let us muster in our strength and-ruI
away"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02

raise cotton in The summer and let their slaves 20
to Saratoga Springs, say once in seven years' II
think they'd work the better for IT,
B. The niggers are a great deal better OF rs
slaves it would be better for them all to be there,
abolitionists.'
A. Maybe they would, but they don't seem to
want to 20 back much when they get away
There was a real likely chap got in our village,
somehow or other, the other day, and there was a
parcel Of fellows holding your ~Opinion-kind Of
Charles 0'Conor men 60 they got track Oh him,
ami they concluded he be so much better they'd
catch him aud send him back they didn't expect
any reward, OF course. Well, he saw they we're
after him, and he started for the meetin' house
thinking they wouldn't 60 into the meetiu' house
even TO catch q Niger; but be was mistaken
they wetea'. ~loafers, they we're go-tv-meetin' folks
and they knew the meetin' house better than hi
did, and in they went, close TO HE heels HI
didn't know which way to 60, so up stairs h'
went, and they after him, and when he found the,
had him be made q pitch head-foremost RICH
through the window glass, sash and ALI and dowt
he went about twenty feet; but somehow he ii
on his feet, and he made tracks; some cut roun'
the face, Of course. Well, they didn't like to fol
low him through that window, no more than tn
! British did old Put. down them rocks near STAN
ford 50 down they same to the door TO renew tn
chase, but | happened to arrive jus. then wit
my fellows. Halo, says /, what's the matter
We're after that runaway Niger, says they b
! don't seem to want to 60 back much. Says ]
8 just show me your warrant for catching him. say
t I, cause you see, says /, there's more Of us tina
g there is Of you, and I've q notion that we've jus
& as good a right to keep you in the station -hous
: without a warrant as you have to catch that mis-
e ger without one. Well, they had no warrant, an
T I calculate that Teller is safe in Canada nov
: Goodbye, Captain, sorry to leave you, but got
J, stop here. That's O great head, though, Captain
-Eoenin9 Post.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02
RESOLUTIONS OF rnE oouNclL OF wnEELlNo.

RESOLUTIONS OF TIE COUNCIL OF WHEELING.
WuEREAs. In the prsseu, unhappy condition Of
our country, produced by sectional controversies
concerning the institution Of slavery, the Council
deems it proper to make special acknowledgment
Of an instance Of fidelity to the constitutional OBJ
legations Of the North in the conduct Of Northern
citizens and officers, to the end that sentiments OF
harmony among the States may be fostered.
AND WHEREAS, The Council is informed that a
citizen Of Wheeling, in reclaiming q fugitive from
his service, has recently, o. the City Of Cleveland,
Ohio, and on his return from that place to Wheel
ing through the State Of OaiO, received prompt
and efficient aid, according to the Constitution
and laws, and to the duty OF comfy between citi-
Gems Of different States of the Union and especi.
ally that Matthew johnson, Marshal. Ofthe Uni
ted States for the Northern District Of Ohio, and
w. G. Cleland, a conductor on the Cleveland and
Pittsburgh Railroad, exerted themselves With in
telligenco, vigilance, and courage. to baAas the op
e~rations Of all opponents, aud to secure the return
of said fugitive to Yirginias
BE IT THEREFORE, RESOLVED BY TnE Council
That the thanks of the City Of Wheeling are here
by rendered to the said Matthew johnson and W
VI Oioihuuf " oll OtuVE Va OuaSt vs.
have in like manner given proof Of their good viii
towards this State, and their fidelity to the OOnsti
tuition which binds the States together,
Passed, February 18th. 1861.
A. j. SwEENY, Mayor,
JACOB BUsKB, Clerk.
IA copy of above resolutions was also sent t
Mr.. Cleland, accompanied with a letter as TO
lows:
WHEELING, Feb. 18th, 1861.
W. G. Cieland, Esq. Conductor g. &P. r..
Sir: By the request Of the City Council
Wheeling, l have the honor to transmit to you th
enclosed copy OF a preamble and resolution, g
dopted unanimously at the last session Of th'
body.
1t affords me great pleasure to convey to you q
expression of the sentiments Of admiration entei
tanned by this community for the promptneSs an
decision manifested by you in protecting YOU
train, having on board citizens of Virginia, seoul
ing, under tho laws, the return Of the fugiti'
slave Lucy.
Fully coinciding with the sentiment and obje,
of the resolution and preamble, I am, sir your OBJ
dent servant.
A. j. SwEENY, Mayor.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02
COMPLIMENTARY TO MARSHAL JOHNSON,
AND TO CONDUCTOR W. G. CLELAND.
WnEELlNo, Bob. rs. 1851.

WHEELISo, Feb. Is. 1861.
Mathep Johnson, Esq, U. s. Marshal for the
NorEherH Distyietof Ohio;
Sir;-By the request Of the City Council oil
Wheelias, I have the honor 20 trsnsmit you the
enclosed copy Of a preamble and resolution, adopt
cd unanimeasly at the last session o. that body.
I, affords me great pleasure TO convey 10 you an
expression Of the sentiments Of admiration enter
tanned by this community for your prompt ener'
geie aud ehsient service IN the execution OF the
laws eader the Constitution Of the United States,
in the case Of the fugitive slave Laey.
The Arus supports given you BY the citizens Of
Cleveland in tho discharge Of your duty 10 the en-
foresment Of q law objected TO BY msny Of the psO-
ple Of the Noftk, d en- evidence Of q determination
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02
WASHINGTON NEWS.

February, %.
A most o~owardly and brutal assault was made,
~halt-past ii o'clock last night, upon Hon,
Van WyCk, member of Congress from the West
Point district N. Y. by three %rufians, armed
with bowie knives. Mr.. Van Wyck had just left
the residence Of Senator King, on Capitol Hill,
and was passing down by the north wing Of the
Capitol to his lodgings, when a stout built man
came up behind him, and struck him with a bow
ie- knife in The breast over the heart. The knife
penetrated the outside and inside coats, passing
a folded copy pf the Globe, and then
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02

CoLoRED EMIGRATION TO HAYTI.-The HaytiAn
Bureau of Emigration Of this city has chartered
the American brig Mary A. Jones to carry emil
grants to Hayti. Over fifty names are entered.
Forty Of them are sxiles from South Caroline, who
have formed themselves into a cotton raisipg colo
py, and also into a church organisation. Of which
Rev. Mr.. Lewis ~lcOlOred) of the Methodist Epis-
copal body has been elected pastor. They will
sail from this port next Saturday, and will proba-
bly, settle at St. Mark, lat present the best looa-
ton for smigrAnts,) or near Cape Hsysi. in the
north of the Island.-Boston Atlas, February IL.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02

to secure to their Southern brethren their just
rights under the Constitution, and is worthy Of all
praise and imitation. and cannot, and will not,
fail to go far towards procuring a speedy asd sat
~isfaCtcry settlement Of the questions now distract
ing Oav beloved country, ard threatening the dos
~lr~otion Of the Union.
Fully coinciding with the sentiment and object
Of the preamble and resolution,
am, sir your obi serve.
A, J.. SwEENY. Mayor.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02

they 60, force or induce The slaves to join them,
pillsge, pluder, murder and burn, flowing their
track as desolato as the desert and black with
ruin; reaching the Gulf, they will veer to the
Southwest, tavsge the Calf cOass, pass through
Texas, skirt along the Mexican coast, and make
themselves q home in Central America, where
they are prospecting for the location Of their col
ony.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-03-02

TAG PEACE CoSeREss continues to drag it's slow
length along. 1t is a toy that amuses the people,
and gains time.