The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-05-25
g From the New Orleans Crescent. Mag H.
Every Day Life In New Orlcans..Happy
Times In the sunny SOuth.

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An old, gray haired man named Samuel Muir
doch was Yesterday arrsigped before Mayo
Monroe on the charge Of being an abolitionst =
/ He is native of Massachusetts, but has resided
in this city. some nine years, acting as colpor
tcur, or distributing Bibles and tracts for the
Southern Aid Society" of New York, "a Pro.
Slavery organization which has just suspended.
-ED. GAZETTE visiting prisons and abodes Of
wretchedness, and some metmes, exhorting the
wretched in religious way. The officers stated
that for long time he had been accused of ut.
tering Abolition sentiments; that it was the
complaint of those who boarded in the same
house with him; and that they (the. .ofiicers) had
frequently watched him, and had often seen him
conversing with negroes; and that he appeared
fearful OF being watched, BY his manner of look
ing around as he passed along the streets. The
old man utterly denied the charge of Abolition.
ism, and defended himself il an Eloquent style.
A reverend gentleman from Jefferson City, q
Southener, defended the old man with aa.Ability
that would have honored one of our 6rs(class
lawyers. The end Of the-matter wos. the Mayor
severely reprimanded the old man for his init.
macy with negroes, and let him 60.
Another old man, Mr.. J. NJ, Durand, we'll
known private teacher in this city, called upon
the Mayor to know if either his life or liberty
were IN danger, because he acted as tutor to the
son of a wealthy free eolored man Of this city
He said that whilst he was giving the boy his
lessons, two men came and raped on the win
dow of the room; looking through the glass he
saw these men shaking their fists at him, and
making pantOmimes indicative of throat cutting
or hanging He Immediately stopped teaching
his darkey, and called upon the Mayor to know
II he had been violating any law. The Mayor
replied, certainly not: but that the feelings of
ha inl..o oh hat ..;..ttrn
groes, whether free or slave, was liable to bring
a man into suspicion and bad reputc. Mr.. Du.
rand said that if such was the case he would dis
miss his colored pupil, and left
Several gentlemen just arrived from Calves
ton, called upon the Mayor to notify, him that
when they left the people of Galveston were
debating whether they should ship off or hang
an Aboltionist named w. F. Clemson, an elder
y man engaged as book keeper in Ahat city.
They said that if Cemsan was, net, hung, lie
arrive here by the ne 1t steamer,
and so shey notified the Mayor to have officers
in readiness to receive the gentleman, should he
be so fortunate as to be shipped for the North.
The Mayor received fourth visit from men,
informing him of fagraRt case Of Abolition
ism, and asking the aid Of his officers to make
Hi important arrest. The officers eere sent
out. We give no particulars. as the alleged of
fender had not been arrested when We were last
at the Chiefs office,
The Ooe!ousas cars last evening brought to
town, from Houma, man named Fogay, who
had been invited to leave, for tampering with
slaves and betraying other evidences of Aboli-
sionism. The belief ia his treachery was so
genuine, that before putting him on the cars
The committee gave him hint not to return to
their parts. The lint consisted Of a hundred
ashes, well laid on his parts. The Second Dis
trict police haye him in charge for transhpment
to the North.