Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-07-14

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delivered up, as fugitive from justice.
He vas larely brought 10 trial, found
guilty o! the crime for which he stood in
dicted, and sentenced, agrecably 10 the
laws ct that state, Ia be publicly whip
ped and cropped, to stand in tie pillory,
ana Ia have his ears nailed To the pillory.
Which punishment has been inilried M
on INN, and The only cause OF regret is
That such an acknowledgements, should
so speedily be turned loose upon society,
without suffering tie restraints of lmpri-
sonmen, aud hand labour, which Would
for several years have been an efiectual
means Of preventing him trem perpe,ra,-
ing il,ose cruel acts for which he has been
| notorious, even int his city.
i, was this same VIM. Nelson, with a
person named Joseph Dawson, also from
Easton, Md. WHO came To this city and
obtained awarraDt dated June, 1917, from
John Thompson, Esq. OF Southwark. a.
gainst a certain negro woman living IN the
Northern Liberties, and her two sous,
| one about - years old, the other Il lad oi
10. The warrant was put into the bands
of G.. +. Alberta, who, together viii, Mel
son and Dawson, went INTO the neighbour
| hood where James Smith, ihe husband of
ihc woman they were III pursuit of lived.
| Alter proving about until their intended
victims were discovered To be all at home,
| Nelson went into their house under some
| pretence, AMI seized the woman; the o.
! theirs rushed III, aud each seized one Of
| Tie chidren. Tie husband seeing his
wife so treated IN his own house, boldly
eXeriod himself 10 effect her rescue, until
| Nelson drew pIs,o! which lie presented,
ANA sworc he would blow out his brains
ii he made any further resistance. In
the mean while, Albert finding the Young
man struggle violently fer his liberty,
! drew from his side pocket short budg
con, or loaded mace, with which at one
blow he laid the poor fellow PROSTATE,
and while the blood ran in streams upon
| the pavement, efiectually secured him with
cords.
| Fellow citizens These outrages were
committed upon family of free people,
Ill Philadelphia, and OIL The Sabbath Day!
as can be testified by respectable per-
sons who witnessed the scene, and saw
| the mother and two children dragged
through The streets, 10 appear before
magistrate, remote from their place OF "a
bode, where it was uncertain that any
| person would know them or appear on
| Their behalf Fortunately for the suffer
ers, some of their friends we're Informed
| OF the circumstance, and attended lie
| examination but on HE oath of Joseph
| Dawson, who swOre 10 their beng slaves,
| they were all committed tOprlson. a habe-
! as corpus was obtained and hearing had
| before the Recorder, Jos. Reed, Esq. at
which time Dawson again appeared as an
| evidence in favor of the claimant, and al
| though il soon after became known that
| he was an Interested person, yet his oa,h
| occasloncd ilieir re-commItment TO prI-
son, from which they were released by a
| process of law, entered into on their be-
half, IN order Ia bring tie case before the
| Supreme Court, where verdict was OBJ
| tanned in favor OF this prosecuted woman
and her children.
| A few days after The transaction just
| related, Nelson obtained another warrant
| from The same magistrate, j. Thompson,
| Esq. for certain Sam Il Slave" and
| together with his associates, Dawson ami
Albert, went over Schuyklli, 10 the farm
! OF Judge Hesion, where they arrested IL
| free man of colour, under The false pre-
| tence of searching him for stolen watch
| es but when Alberti had got fast hold
OF Inn, Dawson then came forward and
affirmed that the black man was slave,
and said that he knew him as far rs he
could see him. They then forced him
INTO carriage and drove oil, but finding
that they would he pursued, they were
compelled to reiiuquisli their prey, and
discharge the man without further cere-
| mony.
These, which are not solitary cases, are
given 10 the public TO show the great
lengths which those who are engaged in
this abominable trade, will venture TO 90
IN The prosecution OF tier unprlDcipled
designs.
Against such persons with whom de-
lection and defeat have appeared rather
To operate as incentives 10 reiterated out
RACES, the public should be warned.
We have thought il our duty TO give
their names, that those who may have
the opportunities of afiording protection
III future instances, may lie more readily
perceive the lmplnencc OF the danger
when il approaches.
n. B. Such Editors of newspapers as
are opposed 10 kidnapping and lis hor-
rors, are requested 10 give lie above one
insertion, and serve the cause ofsnlfering
humanity. Union.
WASHINGTON, July lO.-The Direc-
tors OF the Bank of the United States, on
Monday last, declared dividend of three
dnda half per cent. for the last half wear,
payable OH or after The 10Th lnst.
On the afternoon of Wednesday, about
five O'Clock, another explosion took place
al the Bladensburg Powder Mills, Owned
by Mr.. Busyard, of Georgelown Five
OF The men were kiHed, and one other
dangerously wounded.
The Legislature of New HAMPSHIRE
adjourned on Tuesday the 3Gih uI,.
The committee appointed TO consider
that part of The Governors message
which relates 10 tie propositions of .Jerc-
my Bentham, Esq. reported, that the fur
ther consideration of that subject be de-
TERED 10 the next session of Tie Lcgisla-
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