Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-08-28
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

circular On the above subject. which gives notice
OF IL movement destined to be of no moan i'm
r"riahee, Delaware, snnl ii is in erGa aud
population, has, dOwu to The present moment,
y eh as thoroughgoihg ami determined n Alaye
STATE ns my in the Union. Hitherto people
have been content with the knowledge that slaV
very was dying out there gradually, aud that
lhe lew slaves grew less in number every year.
iiul ihls has made no perGeptble change in
POINT nl fact, heciuse the nature Of slave institn
lions was such, that the constant watehtulness
ever every negro, free or slave, to prevent runa
ways, aud the despotism upon public sentiment
I" prevent nntl-savery agitation, so influenced
everything rs to render The State by no means
attractive for free emigration
Ii would he difficult to find any more ultra pro-
lmshndlsiS ui slavery that the Democrats who
have been sent to Congress from Delaware. Since
the breaking out Of the rebellion the faint of dis
loyalty has betrayed itself there quite ns strongly
~ in any slave State near the border, though
from the proximity to overwhelming forces nj tho
north, and the snallness of the population, they
have kept discreetly quiet. 1t is no secret that
Dnponts powder mills have been several times
mtnhced by rebel plots, and that schemes were
Planned at one time even to seize Fort Delaware,
Anl thus take command of the Delaware river
sud bay The rebel States sent omssaries iu,o
Delwnre - get the State to scccde. aud they had
a formal hearing before the Legislators.
This is rather unpleasantly close to Phadel-
phia, aud self presoi gation must teach every one
hero the necessity OF guarding against such dam
gers ~ the iuiure. As we cauuut afford TO hold
ol river cpd port at the mercy of any pro sla-
very conspiracy in Delaware, we welcome gladly
q movement N that little commonwealth to pnur
into 1t such s,telm Of free emigration lrom the
north MS shnll make it at no distant day free
state. 1t appears that some leae 1g meu of the
Stat of Delaware have organized - '1stitu'ion
caNed the Delaware Improvement Assoctatiou
and 'lvite citizens of 0 her States to co operate
N,ih 'hcm, by The foi nation OF correspond ~
associations, for re purpose of ale 1g in develop.
Ing and Uuio y Delaware, as RI example Of
free cnterp. Sc 10 the border States The circu-
/ lt~ says:
"The propose Of 10 a3soca on is ,e i'm
provenent Of &c State by nc introduction of az
| rier'u lists, artisans, mrn act, ers, and trades.
men, from cher s. tes. One Of its special OBJ
jcc'' is the development Of the A. icultp''al re-
souror ct the s. te partci - 'y ''e central and
southeil portions, by eneor"aL ing the settlement
of truckers, who ). PIT chase and divide the
| large tracts into smu'i uIck fnms, producing
ituit end vegetables for &c Philadelphia and
/ New York Markets IT $ cor Sc will mot orIv
4 bring the lands into higher 81 tie Of cultivation
but will induce he inmis .ation of thri, ng and
euterplisiug popr alton, gre lily adding to the
! productive wealth of .'ie state, aud cuhf ncing
the value Of property"
We subio a st of the officers of t 5 asso
citation;
prcsident-Goy. VIM. Ca. ,on
Vice Pr dent. Charles /. Dupont, Joshua
7. Head, An'iony Reybold, NJ. H. Parson,
/ Il Twin Wilmer, Ezckel Lincoln, j. Wood,tl. j.
y Clements, llra1 Jert us, y. B, Cor rsey, Rubt
G. Hall, Simeon pcnneWill, john l.. Bacon Bcni.
burton, Gideon Wnplcs and g. s. l. .yt0f,
secretary-A z. Osmon1, Cantefb, y, Kent
county.
Ireasurer--J. D Dunning, Dover, Kent county
Agent-Rev. l., G. Lockwood, Canterbury,
I Kent county.
directors IS. NJ, harrington, N. Il. Sm:tbors.
Isaac Jump. Samuel cuihreth Charles Il. B..
/ hay, Wilson NJ Cannon aud Henry Cowgirl
This is most excellent enterprise. and one
which de leryes to meet with the hcariiest possi.
bic encouragement here in Phattclphia. A
strong concerted movement is necessary to make
pslHware Tree State and get rid of slavery
A DELAWARE DARKEYs OrNinN OF ms
NsGnnnHs--A reporter of the philadelphia
unled STATES Gazette gives TIE following:
The nearest way from Philadelphia 10 reach
farms worked by slaves is ia get ulion one OF
the heats OF the Ericsson line running from
Philadelphia to Baltimore. The boats move
4 down the Delaware to Delaware City oppnsite
Fort Delaware The boats ARE here locked into
the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal. This
canal, fourteen miles lung, runs through noble
farming country, aud terminates in Chesapenkr
city. Along the hne of the canal a few slave.
are still found, tLough the" seryitulc may II,
considered as Voluntary.
rue other day, coming up by water lrom
uheSnpeake City, we had an opportunity at St
msoige ieck TO converse with q genuine chnttel.
rue African was keen wittcd, and evidently
N"ew ua which silo of his bread the butter was
spread. lhscamuE any notion of "mmperiug
Wltl hegrnts. We managed TO obtain the ideas
0l tins darkey about matters nud things in gene
ral' We give his rnswGrs precisely as he made
them.
Whats your name, boy"
"Washingou, marsser."
Are there any slaves in this neiphborbnod 81
"Not jest in dis yer neighborhood. There's
right smart OF enl dough down furdcr belong
to MIR. -, and dercs three more sides me-.
GLOW many do you h1Ow Of in tits neigh
horhood
"Well, takn about five mile around, rock, If
I may be ierc's thirty or forty. Dcre uiut M
il sixteen hundred of 'em in de whole State"
"t'an you icAd, Washington ~
4 Well lesta little, mnrsser"
y ''pid you ever feel desire to he free p"
- Nat much Niggers hero can lest wall ava
c whenever thep please, Mister = e. ke ans II,
better Than could Keep myself. rm ewine @
r sixty year Gld. My iarder lays under de spiiz
II bergen apple tree up a dc orchard. i reckon
I. Hl9h ueIe one uhy, too"
i wouldn't You ike to live iupther north ~
NO, sir No riggcrs ihes tc 20 uorf.
h lon't want no better place Ian 81. Georges,
g ! was Young IA like tp hj Tree. and make
c nome l1r lie chilun. Dey's all ,,lead now mn
y me anu my Old woman calculate 10 Inv bv ,
rest ol EN-" ~ ~
There are b grent many Tree negroes here
~ pon huy ol them enlist in The negro regimen
,N lo'n'ne III different places y''
W ''N0 sab, dey don't care aho ut fghtin'."
~. "pou't they care for theiy stnslaved people z
Vi, "Dey ought to- but dey 4 ont Dey's nigh
a, mean mggers yer Dey's n Il too 'fraid for Ii
,o ow seins Dey think ono i've rggcr is wor
W as u dozen dead brigadiers."
As, "Dont you think hey 'world like to share
fy son r. -"
n. ~ 1Dnnno, sab. Dey sirys dat gory's f
ae ,h'nE' but il aint mach use TO a dead uirg
ol Dey's mean niggers.. dey i Dey only cares
enn and lrinkin'
tn n9 by this time .hc lock was filled, and the !
,e riean limped az say. Though there is little nc
~ 81 Tue precan ion, the boats do not carry ncgr
oo rom thRt c3ti0n Of country, lest they ca,
,n, i"ay some fugitive chattel. The country is
he loyal an the slaves held there experie
N.Y. N.Y. voluntary scryitude.
Hs AcK .aOvngpaMENr. Ladies' Committee of
" pe'aHtare state Associniion.-The follow
sums have becn received since our last report
in Mra Nj A. ;B. Maxwell, Delaware City, .
Mrs Millgau, for hospital, 3
Try, SUBSCRIPTIONS received for sick and
NJ; wound cd soldiers passing through Will
..,, inlngiou, q
roI. Alrs. Edward Bringhurst, . 10