American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-04-26
Harrisburg, Penn. .April ,s

A riot Of serious nature took place hers
Thursday afternoon. A negro man who had oh
seconded from his master, residing in Marylana
about twelve month ago, was claimed as a rnna
way slave. He was taken by his master and loda.
ed in Jail in this county for security, when b.hss
corpus was issued. at the instance Of the slave -
show cause why he should not be discharged lrou,
imprisonment The cause came on for adiudica'
ton on Thursday afternoon, before Judge Buchsr
Proof of the black man having been slave undss
the laws OF Maryland, and owned BY the indjvdn,,
claiming him. and of his having absconded shor
time before Easter Sunday year, having been
made by young man who came from MARYLAND
for that purpose in company with the owner N.
counsel for the claimant closed his case On,b.
other side black man was offered as witness n
prove that the prisoner was residing 10 York counv
prior to the time when he was said to have left his
master in Maryla and that he. the wnses, work.
ed with him under the employ Of the same man.
farmer, in York county, and knew him we'll This
evidence was rebuled by the testimony Of brother.
p-law Of the farmer who happened TO be present.
that he never saw the prisoner in his employ and
that he would in all probability have hren aware Of
1.-The fact, if the runaway had worked for any length
of time with his brolher-in law.
| Upon this state Ct tie case the Judge ordered
the individual claimed to be delivered up 10 the
custody of the master. During the whole time Of
the trial the Court House was crowded with black.
who seemed to take deep~interest in ,he discus
sion, and The greater part OF whom had each sub
scribed quarter Of dollar to fee an attorney to
attend to the of their brother black. The pre-
caution taken to secure the remanded slave from
Escaping, by tying his hands in the presence Of so
many of his own color, was perhaps what gave the
finishing stroke 10 the excitement Of the negroes.
They collected IN cluster at the door Of the court
house, and as soon as the object of their sympathy
lsepped beyond the Threshold, accompanied by his
llnaster and the young Maryla who had been
Iexamned as witness, an attempt was made 10
Irescue the slave by force Numbers Of blows were
,lgiven and received. The conflict in short limo
became general The blacks exceeded their op.
lponents in number. Fists, eudges and brckbats
FLEW about in handsome style for few minutes,
land the most serious consequences might have en-
sued if in the midst OF the melee the sudden dis.
ilcharge of pistol had not produced an electrylhg
'Ieffect upon the combatants.
I All stopped to see where the mischief had agtt-
led, and such the CONSERVATION produced for az
Iinstan, among the blacks. that one OF them, though
leniiIely out of the direction in which the pistol was
Hired swore that the bullet had passed jus. above
his and displaced some half dozen oil the sable
ilcurls that revelled on his temple. Advantage was
taken of the confusion that prevailed ard the slave
was hurried into an adjoining tavern. Numbers Of
persons by this time had collected on the theatre 0.
faction. Many Of the negroes. however. still kept
their ground 10 front Of the tavern, and among The
i rest muatto who had been wounded 10 the arm
10y the pistol fired. AS they would not dlspefst
'Iquetly but seemed bent on mischief, number Of
lthem were arrested and carried off TO jail. a
Fl scampcriDg scene then commenced which lasted
u few hours and ended in the catching OF between
i fifteen and twenty blacks who were safely placed
1" in drrance vile" TO answer for their CONDUCT az
the ensuing term Of Quarter Observation-Disclosures
\ PIRATES.-NVe mentioned in Mondays ga
ze,te the capture Of two pratical schooners and
number of pirates, by the boats belonging 10 Inc
J lSeagull and British irigate Dartmouth. u was
stated in some of papers that one OF the pirates
!. captured was recognized as the noted fereS. VINO
was convicted in this city OF piracy and sen'eneea
to be executed, but pardoned by the President
u through the solicitations OF John EDWARDS, stag
u beam maker. 1t has however been since asse'ee
in several Of Journals that Perez IS now 10 W.
e employ of MIR. Edwards, and demeans blmse'
properly In order to elicit the truth on lhis sueeo
;, it may not be amiss to state some facts when a'e
"A within our recollection. The pilot boat schoone.
t. Christopher Columbus, Captain Nazino, cleared a.
this port on the 9th Of August last TOR ST. holna'
= where, we believe, she never arriyed.-Aoou' NV
: time of her departure. reports were 10 cieu'auo.
that she Intended for the pira,icai traoe a'ia
4, much excitement was produced, that our Ione''o
Mr.. Thompson, deemed it his duty to cause he' u
Al be searched, but as nothing was discoVereu -
which she could be legally detained, she was PEI e
NJ mtted TO proceed. 1t is well understood IN M
NJ city, that the above mentioned Perez was passea
d ger in the Christopher Columbus. Is mol 'ne's
lore highly probable that she is one OF the s.nuu
ners captured, and that Perez is again in our pow
Ter? We think that our surmises will eVemua''
prove to be correct ~ r. Ga%. .1pr1 -
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