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The Daily Dispatch: March 4, 1861., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The National crisis. An "irrepressible conflict" in New Jersey. It appears that Capt. Gracile, of New York, was a captain of a military company in Mobile, and was ordered by the Governor of the State to the protection of Fort Morgan, near Mobile, where, as a soldier, he executed the orders of that State. Capt. Gracie has been in Elizabeth, N. J., for some days, on a visit to his wife and children, who reside there --but was about returning to Mobile. On Wednesday night a rough crowd, the tools of Abolitionists, doubtless, gathered around his mother-in-law's dwelling, (Mrs. Mayo,) and hung Mr. Gracie in effigy, firing Roman candles, and burning a tar barrel, with great noise and yells. After this demonstration they returned in procession. A poster was put up, during the night, threatening Mr. Gracie with "tar and feathers," if he did not leave within 24 hours, and declaring him to be a "traitor" for serving in the Mobile forces. It was the intention of Mr. G to leave, but