The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-05-28

nei ehgsshosed. and ~ ilaa behavior 81 ihe
uegfocs GA the yarlea. plamoti0as Dr.
uas Informed that his people were l'o nHich
Ia ibe habit of beng oal 30 llie Nosis al
night D. was aware " lhis iic
lad gone himself 10 tee prayer meeting q
She swamp 10 Judge tor himself Of ~ 81
fecs be had Al length forbidden his ne
ur0e, to 80. apd hsd used I'll means, even
10 very severe punishment, 70 keep them
NJ hoaue. III knew be bad been batiicd,
and was thinking II changing II. oteneer;
bat the doubt was whether hs Noa'd be
really obliged 10 ihe committee Il They
would sdlis Linn how q proceed. HEY
we're rather stf about this. aHd perempt-
0ry about lbe requirements q the public
safety; bot they soiencd after course Of
braudy-aud-walcr. and wien the converse
ton turned on n bookseller at Mobile who
had been detected iu harb0ring Ia lis store.
moi only an unmuiila,ed copy Of Cowper's
poems. bat copy Of Uncle Toms Cabin,
which be absurdly pleaded had been ord r.
"a b. a customer, aud was 70 have been
forwarded TO the purchaser the next morn
log. An present Except myself and !
said nothiBg.) agreed as 10 the necessity OF
getting rid q 30 dangerous a resident and,
indeed he was already shipped of for the
North--('tbe did North whence he
camel. lis family were with him and
bis property--why. he was obliged TO leave
his stock and furniture behind. and every
thing in confusion. Perhaps they would
sell pretty well and il not il served him
right for criminal earelessRcss or worse.
There have been g,avcr alarms since
those days, though tic time ! have spoken
Of was not very remote. Whether the m
uounced conspiracy in 1896 was real On
imaginary, the effects were much the same.
No one knew who to trust; and every
slave was at the mercy of ally malignant
iniormer. DIS property suffered
much Several Of his negroes--of whom
to this hour he thinks well--wcre hanged,
or hogged to death. They confessed moth
ing. or manifest nonsense; and he believes
they knew nothing OF any conspiracy, and
were guilty Of nothing more than the or
binary aspirations Of their class. lie sac
riteed much in payments 10 save others
Ia lribes, in fact. ! wish the present cri-
sis may not ruin him utterly. He will
not himself fly from the scene, nor will
Madison; and Anna will not leave them,
if she can send the younger children to US,
by ship or rail. The oldest change is in
Madison, by all accounts. On the first
rousing alarm about the South being driy-
en- into opposition at Washington, and a
bout the credit and duration OF the pecu-
liar institution the southern spirit came
out full and strong, extinguishing the Pc
dant in the planter. Instead Of preaching
OF perpetual motion, Madison now exem-
plifies IT, pacing ION the planters amblmg
steed) all over the country by day, and
patroling by night and being the most Wig
liant member OF the local vigilance COM
mittce He swears lke--like a southern
man for no trooper ever exceeded our
southern senators in Washington to say
nothing Of meaner men further SOUTH
the strength and frequency of oaths. D.
fears the lad may have caught the trick
from him; but he has the disease much
more virulently than his father. AIadi-
sons ambition now is to lead the Alabama
planters on to conflict and victory
Minnie has turned out heroine, after
so many dreams of being one. As wife,
daughter and mother, she is brave as Bay
ard, and tender as any one of her dearly
loved poets. She did not marry the law
yer knew she would not but young
planter, whose establishment she rules as
if she were a born queen. wish | could
foresee what the destiny of these dear rel
atyes Of mine is to be. Its dark scene,
and darker prospect. All that We really
know is, that if we are 10 meet again, they
must come 10 II c and mine. We cannot 20
to them without plunging them into Suspic-
ion, as well as ourselves into extreme dam
ger. Indeed, the way Of ingress is barred.
/ daily dread to hear that egress is no lon-
ger permitted. 1t is no light fate TO await
in Alabama the issue Of a revolution. be-
gun in passion, and sure to end in humili-
alton or worse.
A Son OF THE PILGRIMS.