New-York daily tribune., 1861-06-09
xON1 ILLINOIS.
rrc,rs Nsovins-the Army worm- a,,o~-
rs,ack laws 90 be Exec"'el AA
vyourniug for Douglas. -.-.-s-~-,

W1ourniug for UOuRtths' \
cor,ospordence Of The N T. Tribune ....
o'''''s AIros H., June 4 1861.
Ynst night Col. Cooks regiment 81 l,VVV n''A
embarked on the steamer City Of Alton, LOT Oai,o'
Tbev have been encsmped IN this city for four weeAs
drilling, and awaiting orders The concentration Va
troops at Cairo is understood to be preparatory !"
movement on Memphis. These Illinois volunteers are
athletic men, drawn from She farms ana woiksnopsoi
the State, and capable Of hard fighting woe De 10 'ne
Secession ranks that encounter them IN oa'ue'
The army worm has made its appearance In Central
Illinois and is committing its ravages upon 'ne
meadows and wheatGelds. Even the lawns anu
ssrdens in this city, are visited by them AT Moh'i-
cello, near by, they destroying every green 'DinB
The prosecuting attorney Of this city has just issued
a proclamation 20 the free coored people OF DIS i'eh
ton to execute the infanous black laws OF TINS STATE
against all new -comers, under penalty OF selhg tnen
Mt snctiop for tie audacious crime of fleeing from op
preston in Missouri where they are threStened win
being rensayed to Illinois as place oil refuge 1he
following is a copy of this interesting document:
"Norrcs TO FREI NEeRos hereby give pgeis no'rce 20
NH e negroes who have av>a here from foreign State with
IN the months. or may hee.tsr come INTO b se b NV
se showed the spse thy days and npon failure
the @ % % SS Sis sw :nd seeed fhs Pes
hqudss which es law officer compelled % 0 O os5 sS5 al al
, S, are pTomptly paid hope the city authorities may
Ss Ts and RaSs are pI.S
free within the limits Of the city under Ge PshS pS
1IvzLY be inri'uted against all offenders MIS- w DAVIS
"Prosecuting- Attorney Alton City Court
This Mr.. Davis was one of the Democratic stump
epeakers last Fall and uttered more vile and SANDER
Qua statements against the Republican Party than any
other speaker during the campaign, never retractng
alehood when proved to be such by the clearest tes
mony.
There is strong feeling among the Christian por-
ton of this community against the enforcement OF
these Illinois Black Laws They have been for years
dead letter and the occasion not the most fitting TO
revive their operation, when Missouri is driving ont
her free coored population under penalty of being re-
epslaved. The man who voluntarily engages in this
inhuman task will only render his infamous as
che statute which he seeksto enforce.
The colored people of Alton are quiet industrious
and peaceable portion of the community, and sustain
their own church and school They are seldom found
guilty of offending against the laws and are FAR more
orderly than the number of the lower order OF
white inbabitants. They are never engaged in street
brawls, and seldom, if ever become town charge
The Alton Telegraph newspaper gives its testimony
that they compare favoraby with prosecuting attor-
ney, and for this ntimation Mr.. Davis comes out in
The Alton Democrat and ventilaes his spleen against
the Republican party, the New-England clergy, and
the Abolonsts generally in language that would dis
grace the fish market.
Yesterday all the flags Of our city were hanging at
hafmast in mourning for Mr.. Douglas. Democrats
and Republicans alike deplore the sudden death of the
Little Giant" at a time when his influence was being
sopowerfully exerted for the Union and the Govern
ment, and when bis fame becoming brighter and
unsullied than it had been before. The gen.
eral sentiment here Is Of regret and mourning for
his early departure from the world.