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THE GREAT SLAVE STAMPEDE IN MISSOURI.––
The Canton, Lewis Co., Mo. Reporter, gives the following account of the recent great slave stampede there:
A great excitement prevails in Lewis county, in regard to the recent attempt of the negroes to run away and rise in insurrection; and as many reports are in circulation in relation thereto, we deem it our duty to publish a true statement of the matter as it occurred.
A little before day on Friday morning last, a negro man, belonging to James Miller, came into the house, ostensibly to make a fire. Before going out, Mr. Miller heard him step towards the gun rack, take something, and leave with caution. The circumstance exciting some suspicion in relation thereto, we deem it our duty to publish a true statement of the matter as it occurred.
"Col. Benton, in one of his letters to the Inquirer, speaking of Lewis county, says that the "county is with him," (Benton) Such are his own words, and he italicises them, in order to make the declaration more emphatic. We need only say that the assertion is about as far from the truth as if he had declared that an angelic host had appeared in the heavens, and shouted approbation in his sacrilegious ear. The "Reporter," published in that county, avers that there are but four democrats in the county who sustain Benton, and one of them is Jimmy Ellision, the recreant legislator, who repudiated his own vote. If Benton should ever visit that region again, he will be in great danger of indictment for a libel upon the people, and also as an incendiary in producing insurrection among their negroes.
Correspondence of the N.Y. Journal of Commerce.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 1849.
Among the causes of irritation to the Southern men, is the growingly frequent escape of slaves, who are believed to be enticed away. Thus, last Saturday night, some half dozen disappeared from near Martinsburg, Va., and the same night about as many from Talbot county, Maryland. From Jefferson county, also, there was a stampede. Agents are at work to get them off. It is a pity they could not take 100,000 at a haul. They would soon cry enough, and beg they might be taken back.
Among the pre-congressional improvements, the Presidential House has not been neglected. New paint and furniture has given it quite an improved aspect. We hope no one will find fault with it. H.H.H.
ANOTHER SLAVE STAMPEDE.––The Easton Star states that five slaves made their escape from Talbot county, Md., a few days since. Four belonged to the estate of Edward Martin, Esq., deceased, and one to M.A. Goldsborough, Esq.
Virginia––Governor's Message.
We take the following extract from Governor Floyd's message recently transmitted to the legislature of Virginia. The Governor takes high Southern ground, and is very decided, though more temperate than some others, and consequently more efficient in his views. There is none of that gaseous chivalry which made the message of the Governor of South Carolina supremely ridiculous––none of that Bombastes Furioso Quattlebum nonsense which some mothers take to be true bravery, and which probably is, measured by their standard. This is an excellent feature, and one deserving of imitation. Governor Floyd says: