Wilmington journal., 1867-10-04

marched through our streets yesterday
with half a dozen prisoners, white and
! colored. We could not ascertain authori-
| tatively the cause of the arrest, but the
| rumor on the streets is that the Sheriff of
| Union county arrested a negro for some
| offence, and was taking him to the Jail,
when mob of whites and blacks attacked
the officer of the law and rescued the pris-
| oner, who is represented to have been a
captain or leader of band of Leaguers.
Charlotte Times.
RELIGION AMONG THE NEGROES. War
| renton Courier gives sad picture of the
religious condition of the negroes of that
| county. Hear it:
"The religious excitement amongst the
colored people in some parts of the county
exceeds anything that we have ever heard
of in any civilized country. We beg the
pardon of our readers, for we believe we
have used a misnomer, in calling superst1-
tious nonsense religious excitement. Not
more than ten miles from this place there
are negroes representing themselves as
Christ, prophets and prophetesses. They
pretend to raise the dead, heal the sick and
divine human events. Many converts have
been made, who are as scrupulous i'll their
worship as the Hindoos themselves.
SOutherners in New York.
It gives Us pleasure to record the favora
BILE opinion entertained by their new friends
and fellow-citizens of such of our citizens
who have removed to the great metropolis
Of the country. In recent article OF the
New York Ecening Mail, noticing the more
prominent members of the city bar who
have recently removed from the South, we
extract the following in regard to gentle
man we'll known in our community, and
i'll whose welfare we feel deep interest
The complimentary notice will be appre-
ciated by Captain RoBINsON's numerous
friends, the more so when they feel that he
deserves the favorable consideration which
has been extended TO him III his new home.
Saws the Bail, after notices of Ex-Governor
Low, Of Maryland, Colonel THOMAS L.
SNEAD, of Missouri, formerly of General
PECE's staff, General ROGER A. PRYOR, of
Virginia
Zone OF the most remarkable of the Southern
men in New York is Colonel BENZ. ROBINSON, a
native Of North Carolina, and until recently
ident Of this State. Colonel Robinson is not over
twGnty-siX Years Of age, and yet has acquired a
reputation not only lawyer, but an indie
pendent and vigorous journalist, and brave
and skilful soldier, and as an eloquent and stir
ring speaker. While conducting the Fayetteville
Ne1cS in 1865, he was severe in his attacks upon
Congress, that Gen Ruger, commanding the De-
parment of North Carolina. arrested and iDcar-
cerated him for week. This brought him into
notice and popularity and ena oled him since then
as the editor Of the Wilmington Dispatch, to
make reputation co-eXtensive with the Southern
States He is violent rebel, and defends the
course of the South with vim and ability. When
Senator Wilson WAS in Wilmingto ton last summer,
Robinson replied to him, and gave tie Senator
such raking as he never will forget. He stands !
high among the North Carolina orators, but ap- !
pears to best advantage as an advocate before a |
jury in criminal cases. Robinson IS man Of about
the medium height, slightly built very thin, fair
skin, hair and eyes, rather pale and puny thSn
and is cripple. He wears black !
souch hat with very broad brim, and shan =
hal coat Of black cloth, which gives him the ap-
pearance of a college student, oddly is he gen
orally appareIed. His face, when cleanly shaven,
is decidedly handsome, but he is careless as to |
his personal pulchitude, and frequently !
short, stubby dirty-looking beard, which disfig !
ures his features. Few men have better eye a |
better head, more pleasing address, and elc-
CANT manners"