, 1861-04-09
Great Excitement and Moyins
- Scenes!

y" Scenes!
The United States Marshal and his standing
advertisement. that be has fully equipped his
Office in this city with fellows of the right kid
ney, and is now willing to answer all orders,
and catch all runaways, guaranteeing prompt
ness and dispatch in 60 doing, has created a
wonderful state Of feeling among onr colored
citizens, to which We have before referred. In
saloons and bar-rooms about town, the jealous
Federal officer is praised, but good men and
humane men hang their heads, Republicans
finding this one. consolation in the matter,
just this, that the Marshal does well to choose
his tools from the party that has always kept
hlood-hounds in leash, ready at the slave
drivers beck aud bidding. No Republican has
yet, Te believe, received an appointment Of
the Marshal
There has been an immense state of excite.
ment among the colored people, generally IS
class, our most quiet citizens, and the actual
pFesence Of numerous slave:hunters in town,
and the knowledge that aeVeraI writs were in
officers hands, has created perfect stampede
among the numerous fugidyes resident here.
Within the week ending with Sunday last,
nearly three hundred people Of color, from this
city, have sought refuge in Cansd=. W ii
the above figure On the best authority, ~ the
outside limit, for the reason that the number
is greatly exaggerated by rnmor, and ac-
counts rife about town.
And, indeed, this Is no inconsiderable num-
Der to have left one community within week
tor new home and Liberty in the Queens do-
minlons. Many Of them had been for years
resident among us, and not a few were com
fortably maintaining themselves in vocations
useful to community. Some Of them had here
secured by their industry homes of their own.
and were living rebukes on the libel that these
people " cannot take care OF themselves" But
the fate Of the Harris family was too marked
and too recent, and the Marshal and his assist-
ants, and bogus police officers quite too eager
at man-hanting, and so the stampede began.
Many were able to pay their own way to land
Of Freedom. Still more were aided by the
charitable to the means requisite for their
transportation to Canadian soil.
All through Lat week they left In parties Of
from four to twelve or fifteen, quietly, and
without attracting attention. These went by
the regular trains, and generally at SECOND
class fares. There was however large share
of those for whom an early departure was
deemed prudent who were still In town when
the week closed. A party OF thirty were con-
cealed for several days Ia the hold of q
schooner, whose destination was the other
side Of the lake, but which was wind-bound in
this harbor. Sunday came and found upwards
OF one hundred pressing aud anxious to 90,
for whose transportation, late in the week,
preparations we're made In the contract with
the Michigan Southern Railroad, to take them
through to Detroit In freight, caboose cars, at
an average Of So apiece.
Sunday was made memorable by such an
exodus as no city in the United States ever
saw before. While the church bells were call
ing our congregations to praise and prayer,
the same WIS the signal for great gathering
at the Baptist Church on the corner Of Buf.
falo street and Edna Place, most remarkable
in it's character. The house, neat structure
erected by our colored residents, was densely
packed. The services were Impressive and
deeply affecting. The occasion was to be the
farewell Of the one hundred aud fifteen who
"ese ~ 'ease os tae ttaah at Q r. A for Caoa'
~ ina' quarter o1 tne city Is largely inhab-
tied by colored residents, on Edna Place
aud Buffalo street, and these were ont In full
force. Tie peculiarly demonstratiTe charae~
tefletlcs OF the race had their full measure Of
display. They Wept, they embraced one an:
o1ner, prayed together, sang together, and
passed IRON mouse to house, giving words Of
Pss1lng' many oi tae oette1 class brought
'foIo sAe1r homes pfoV1afona 1of the store
Oh taese poor pugrlns, many little
trinkets and keepsakes were exchanged, and
tfoa p1eas yous and good byea-gery like
"nlte ioik, under similar circumstances, and
ut Delft Haven it might haze been nearly the
same very Ike indeed
Inc Mleh- Southern train Was to 1eave at
p m..' Inc regular passenger train with the
tour chartered freight cars attached, and with
u tne7e 'at1eF' ~ the nonr OF parting drew near
lne commenced slowing themselves Each
cl VS. suppheo WIN a cask OF water and
euoe'An''a psosislons' ooued beef, hams,
oe@s' oleae una apples. Some Of the party
'eio oio' ous lnoe' VI tnem were Young men
IL. IL tnen pfnne' ~ Ioe eiass obviously most
u, ~ fun t,le TEX o' aee1ng from slavery.
iuefe "efe qu1se numoer OF young families
sons - SAVE 'ne cnuolen IRON sharing the
a.e u ei'fe 11osnes.
snown, were made out some days since, was
VAS brought down on 8 mattrass. on a draw
3anpe,ons1v il, hn+ sata-,n;-ad ~ - ' =,
1S'e. ~ pi@se 7u
or ffeedem. A SICK child was conveyed in
he arms Of Its father. The women. many of