Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-18
Extraordinary Case.

this county His church is situated about
twenty miles south Of this place, III dense col
ored settlement, and So great was his tamc az a
minister of the Gospel that his members were
found on all the neirhboring, and sume distant
plantations. Bobo is described as Il man Of
gross ignorance, but blessed with thas proiu-
sion of speech so often found in his race. He
is said to be good workman, but Of very loose
moral in everything but the strict keeping OF
the Lords Day. and an almost austere observ
ance Of the forms Of religion. lie possessed all
those qualities necessary for leader OF his peo-
ple We will see how he ued his peculiar
talent. During the last month kind of revival
has been 10 progress in Bobo's church, and a
few days ago it eliminated in one of greatest
religious demonstrations ever seen IN this couu
ty. Bobo, from preaching Christ, went to
preaching himself as 'the new prophet high III
favor. His doctrine was that the Lord had
commanded him to call the children OF Zion
and lead them to the promised land, distant
but l60 miles, and where they would have wings
and could fly. After much exhurtatlon and
many midnight orgies he said that the coui-
mand to march had been received, that his dis
ciples must sell all they had, and without scrip
or sword follow him. He thus persuaded some
fifty or sixty to obey him. The poor dcluded
creatures sold crops, stock, and everything they
had at great sacrifice. Oae man sold his crop,
said TO be worth 5000 for $50; another sold
cow and calf for one dollar aud fifty cents.
Nothing could dissuade them from their pur-
pose. They said it was the command OF the
Lord and they must obey. Just before they
started the prophet said there was yet one more
thing to be done. 1t was necessary to the sue
cess OF the journey that the oldest person among
the faithful must be sacrificed, because he be-
ing the oldest one can tell the Lord most about
any Of US. 90 examination the oldest person
was found to be woman. She was tskeu aud
confined in az old clubhouse until a stick OF
peculiar growth could be found with which
she must be killed. She did not seem to mind
her danger, but rather to rejoice. She certain
y would have been martyr had 1t not been
for the neighboring whites, who had to use
some show Of violence to release her. This
was damper on the prophet and hls followers,
but did not divert them from their purpose.
Placing their smallest children aud few pro-
visions in two horse wagon, they set out on
their march, On the march several attempts
were made to dissuade them from their folly,
but without turning to the right or left, with
eyes up-turned, they went on without making
any answers. The last heard of them they
were crossing the mountains 10 the direction OF
| Tennessee. This may seem like fiction, but 1t
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written no more than what to-day can be heard
in any crowd or 10 any family circle of this
county. The exodus is the grand theme OF
conversation and the wonder OF the people,
Correspondence Of Charleston Ne.rS.
Manufactures Wanted in Virginia.
Scarcely day passes but that we come upon
paragraphs deeply significant OF the importance
of manufactures to the prosperity of a comnlu-
nifty Il recent issue Of the Boston Journal Of
| Commerce contains an extended account OF a
shoe factory in North Brookheld, MaSsachu-
sets. The vast establishment contains all the
kinds of labor saving machinery that make the
modern boot or shoe, and new machines are
added as fast as they are introduced. These
steam-drlvcn machines have supplanted the
oId-fashioncd cobbler The factory is divided
into several departments, each devoted to some
special portion OF manufacturing. Nothing Is
allowed to 60 to waste; every scrap OF leather
is Utilized us the company manufacture all
sizes of boots and shoes, and what cannot be
made Of service for manufacturing is consumed
as fuel for generating steam. 1t has capa-
city Of 5000 pairs of boots and shoes daily, and
employs from twelve to fourteen hundred
hands. Its proprietors are numbered among
the solid men Of Boston.
The Atlanta Constitution. commenting on
this pregnant paragraph, has the following SEN
slble remarks. which arc as apl llcablc here as
to the community for which they were u
tended
ave d. not know where they find market
for the products of their factory but it is sate to
assume that good share Of them are worn out
| on Southern soil And therein lies the moral of
the foregoing fucts. Why should not Atlanta
manufacture boots nnd shoes for at least her own
trade? 1t would keep good sized factory busy
to manufacture boots and shoes for our own
dealers. Why shouldn't the work be done at
| home? The North Brookield factory supports
| five thousand people more or less and we foot
the bill in the South leaving the poorer people
| of Georgia to go off t. Arkansas shift ut home
as best they can. Such course Is suicidal md
there is no good reason why it should continue.
| Water power is not needeu-it would be null
sance. Cheaper fuel is not worth considering,
| for tho amount of power required is not great
| A large number of skilled workmen are not ne
cesssry among the numerous machines Of mod
crn invention. Neither is large capital rcqui-
site. Less money is Ieedcd in proportion t. the
number of men employed than IN any other
| branch of manufacturing. Let the hides be
brought to North Georgia, and instead of pay
| ing half dozen profits TO Northern men to tnn
and manufacture them, we could retain the
! money among our own 1cople.
And what is true of boots and shoes is true of
score of other articles that enter into the daily
consumption. We must manu- acLure such
things pay tribute forever to the bostcd
bondholders of the North. We must m"nutnc-
ture if we would stop the westward tide of emf
| grafton. This matter Of manufacturing seems
especially desirable in great and growing trade
centre like Atlanta. Will not our capitalists
give the subject serious attention? 1t embraces
wealth for the benelactors who will lead the way,
and employment aud happiness to thousands of
| the helpless. "-Lynch Rep.
ABDUCTION The Washington corrcspon.
dcut Of the Baltimore Sun says: last, even
ing very respectable looking white lady run
into police headquarters and asked Tor the SCI.
vices of detective, stating that colored wag
on driver, named johnson. had taken her
daughter away from the house on FOur-and,a-
half street about seven o'clock, and that she
was satisfied that he had an intention OF marry
ing her. The girl, who is but seventeen years
of age, is said to be very handsome. but has be-
come infatuated rom some cause with the black