The national Republican., 1861-11-21
From the Philadelphia Press, Nov. H.
Arrival CT Fugitive Negroes.

For u long time past, contrabands nave oeer
coming into the city, by divers ways, from
parts Of Virginia, Of Delaware. and OF Mary
land. The latter State has suffered more th'u
auy other bg this cxodu.. IL appearing, from
ali the facts in our POSSESSION, that at least -four
hundred out of the seven hundred negroes pass
ing through, have been attached 10 the estates
ut Murylan slavehOlders.
The luglives owe their escape chiefly to the
alarm pervaliug the border slave states, bn
they have been forwarded by variety Of aSrn
cics. not the least ot which has been the syn'-
pathy Of officers in the volunteer army. VII"
nave .lurnished them with passes, Introductory
letters, and money.
The latest arrival was that OF Tuesday night
when thirty seven negroes came in by way a
Wilmington. from the Peninsula Of Low"r
Delaware. Maryland and Virginia. They a'r
said 10 have been the properties OF MIR. De-.
mis-, in Northampton county, Virginia, and -
Mr. Decour-ry, in the lower part Of Maryland
with iver5 negroes from ad icent estate
These pdrtle1 cOngregated in Somerset count 70
aud were supplied with passes in part 10y mem
bers u! the Fourth Wisconi in regiment They
:. passed norhwurd by the State road, avoiding
the t>rgc towns, and On reaching this city
where thry were expected, were received ard
cute Lsined. Most Of thCm passed into tn,
rural districts yesterday, while others con
unued uorthward.
They state that the towns of Drummond aud
EisipOrt will soon be occupied by North rn
troops. much TO the modification Of the secc,'-
s.Unists.
The two counties of Peninsular Virginia
have furnished four hundred men to the Con
icdsrnte army, the majority of whom passed
into Virginia proper by way OF Baltimores..u,l
the Lower Potomac. When the direct route
became perilous, a fcw venturad in sailing
boats across the open bay, but, after the block
ade had been established, very few succeeded
in linking their fortunes with the army, end
contented themselves with su!len, treasonab e
mutterings at home. Many of the leading Con
trd-rates in the Southern army are natives OF
Accomac and Northampton counties. Th,
former was the abode. ior many years, Of
Henry A. Wise, and he has two sisters at prr.
ent residing there.
The object Of the detachments going in'o
those districts is to keep down the mutinou>
feeling, arrest aud punish the ringleaders, and
maintain and develope the good Union peopl,..
IL Is more than probable that the count =
alluded to will never have like profitable
VISITATION with this horde of Yankees >
heretofore they have had no trade, and th,
Ini'ss OF the people have eked out a miserable
and semlbarbarous existence. They will now
dtlVe lucrative trade, ne suffers with iLe
Union troop. The latter consist of the Fourth
Wisconsin regiment, Massachusetts batter
SIX gun, a>qnal OF 800 cavalry, IA d two Della
wac compunieS. o her regiments are n
camped at Cambridge, Charleston and Centre
vile The Chcstertown regiment was collected
IN Kent County, and is commanded by Edwar
wilkins. q Kent IlaUd. The ccntrabanl,
when arrived AT Wilmington were muct
Wraried aud in want. They came to PhiladA
phia thence in the cars. Seven women wcr, i,
the party, and among them was girl iourl IL
years of age. The lugitives were received b,
body OF blacks On their arrival, and numbc
OF them DOW occupy eligible positions in tow
and vicinity.