The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-01-19
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N8 6r tm teaisd
ih- psauiatiao ~ the rtsl Preslea5
leaeam Dave lthss experience
musb q &C. aeersrissncss e var.
SOLDIER aad mp hlloeen b4v
wandered mer q ps'iaai refraiai.-
BE- ground. hsre lea disturbed 3
a. srstle sge es iht asotc in
a.e tgain a. pac The eeaaai maa-
ian ha. bern 8tFs 81 30 ornamgus
S. ige eaag4s ESD 'ae cyscsaas Tbe
library a m alseat wner has beea
rausathsd 70 ffsa aiermai ian con
ctrn.ar lhe inception 8 ,lh great re-
btllion eth pteh he Is identified.
hnd evidences a lhr ruiii o. Innocence
Il those eii ulom De pended
Iho.e sab whom lbr owner, called
away ty %, paeH ds'ir. leh lc
charge So na cement of hs estate
fed months sg9 B g.e near approach
of ne Unou armies los plantation
slaves AMI leusc seFsans loae since
leG he hard. aitllogl en'tafc aud lh.
house ai,logt care, aud sc noa dress
81 d iho reeaalien bIaa AID enrolled
&. tl.s arm.cs of ibe Ualiei States r
Thai pisuisii8n Is now lie site Of q
e9niraband camp ma u defended
aeaiasl tie forces IL is forne master
by negro ireops. Ga President Da-
SIS plantation those eho wefe once
his own and Bis neial.bors slaves ave
nos taught 70 read By those daspised
beings who tend 10 The southwark
65m " way down east On ~ le,el
scres files u eolored soldl are drill
Cd 10 the manual Of arms ty United
States officers ana prepared to meet
on The field Of battle those who were
once their masters. Il is not iniprob.
able that 81 those WHO now 90 to ana
fro upon tie oll plantation with mus.
keis upon their shoulders, there may
be some who IN lbe days before the
war we're laliliar ii tie household
Of tbc febal President Statesmen
aud shareholders oame there from All
psrts d lie South 70 consult with the
owner Of Inst mansion concerning tic
expansion ard perpetda;ion of slavery
With tlese representatives Of the in
,cresis Of slavery and The South, from
the Cotton States, from South Carroll,
IN, from tie Old Dominion. and from
the Border States, there met polii.
Clans from tie North who were ~,
tracted 70 the cause Of slavery BY the
spoils that were al the disposal Of lhc
Dominant party. That residence d
the great leader Of Southern sentiment
was ono Of the important centres d
sectional plotting and trca oanble il.
trigue. There were concerted and adj.
vanced schemes which we're one day
TO open iato conspiracy and war IL
that plantation tie daily mail brought
letters from ell parts o. tbe land con.
sulling and advising concerning the
important measures that were aIoot
The fortune OF war which has placed
thi. mansion AZ the disposal Of the
Union forces las brough, huadIeds O.
these communications to light Prob.
ably not one Of he servants who
waited upon these guests who cam,
and went ~ he hospilable mansion o
Mr.. Davis or placed the letters from
ihe mail before heir master, evel
dreamed low much they were inter
ested IN the malter which caused N
this bu.ile aud activity. Ii, indeed
there was one aho discovered tile sub.
jcct Of these grave consultations AM
frequent correspondence, his Wild
est hopes eonld not have converted
these mighty means 10 perpeioate BIZ
bondage INTO The cause d BIS complct,
deliyerance. Yet so il has been. -
Where yesterday he waited upon Is.
master. to-day he carries music
IN ibe fay q The Uried States. III
did MOI iear his drivers Waip NOR,
then ,lan that driver tears ii, tulei
nov.
A few weeks AGO, a brigade &c col
cred troops Stated from the yiciniil
Of Norfolk AVID Portsmouth, passe,
down By tie di.mai s@mp, saep
ihroughtbe lhickly settled and wealthy
counties thai border onihe AIbermarl'
Sound, visited u iheir n rch Cam
den Cour, House ael Flzabetli City
and finally returned aitef a lnareh Q
three hundred milcs lhiongh The enc
my's country. HAVING Ef.ey,ssd ptarl,