Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-08-09
Domestic Intelligence.


ts $50 Ssefeme toUft fulfn. cie ~ ihn Uaft re-
r,sft akls rnsnes ever viiGt ed % tbs eartm"u-
~e,lh. Two sa,nlei s0rts 30 castefy q az
.asua. sd braught tefsrr tho c'uH by awut 90
hsAe,. Ccfpps Nere dunnR ihc hra'tE - Ne
sue,iloa Gi tho 1.issmanst,aa ~ st,h taey Wcro
lrosgh, up. aero hfc.e'} rcseue- from 'hc ]rosiody
~ ibe d,puiy sheng. hofr,6 cot o{ eaufi 10 Cen
.sc, e ihs sa,sorty ofjlc Jaisr hs slarro parts
q ooloted reuors e,0 ta3 'ht.ur'l The cnur
room Ter the patrote placed .e 81 ca'-srr end tr-
,es cot n town.
TIE tifeumxtnett ,tc bufy ilcsc. Tso lrms,c
sls,e,. nsued hnns Patton tud Mary Ptntkney
lpss.ing here By tie usmea ~ l.Isa SDsH sud
Polly Ahn nsiet thc property Of Nc s.hp Il, MOI
~. q 9aliuo,r sh,cauaed. and a passage ~as p'o
su,ed r., them GA board tbe nug Cm,ia'a~ Uhiet
s.i'sd fOf iti. port IN he 20h uit. ar Mathew
Turner. a police officer ~ thc CITY Of BALTIMORE sac
employed 10 come 20 this city vHhs power OF A.
,orpey, to arrest tie s,Atrs on lileif afuNsi Ard 90
r~eonyey them 10 thcit owner. The vessel arrived
10 the h,tbor On Saiurdsy morning. end Fntpc
on gong on board. rccorn2ei TIC slaves, who aa-
united that they scic the property q Mr. Not"s.
and that they had ron sasy from hon. lie re-
qne.,ed the ms.ier ofihc vessel 90 de;a.n tacn on
board, ~ble be returned Ia town TO take such ic.
gel stops hs should cueb,e Aim ~ f~ccrnycy them
10 Baltimore.
Ia the mcsb time, a large number ofb'acs', ~ho
appeared to have anticipated The asuNa' oIihc l"o
eugitAnts. lad assembled about The "tsircs aus
several boats scfc filed With them. Amer Nc
Turner he'd lcN the ,csscl. The friends Of he t"o
women had procured from Chief Justice shaw. q
Wi, Of IIsb,ns Corpus, directing tie %oaicerto bnng
them, and to summons thc master OF The Ncsse' 10
appear before him, st the Count Room, 10 the after
noon aud the prccopt Nas duly executed. ihe
Cbief Justice having occasion to be absent ifou
town, reqsestej Judge Wide 10 aiicnd,an hear
the question on to rolutn of the wit. Judge
Wllee attended, bot doubling whether, under the
,,s,oie. be was AUTHORIZED 10 hear and determine
question srising 90 a wit rc'araab'c before anoih-
Ct Jodge. adjourned the case to o o'clock yesterday
morning. and the women remaiucd IN the custody
Of the Sheriff.
At the time appointed the case camo on fr
hearing before the Chief Justice. Samuel J..
Se~sll. Eco. appeared a. counsel for the siares,ani
A. ". Fiske. Esq. for the claimant. The slaves
accompanied by q gtea. number ofitlends, male and
female, mos, Of whom were blacks, and hey otcu-
pied the jnryman's seats. on oue eide Of the court
room. Two officers only were in Attendance, De
putty Sheriff llu-geford, end one of the cons'abics,
who were seated at their respective desks ~ a dis
tsnt part Of the room. The body Of the Court
room Was IN a considerable part occupied by blacks.
The Chief Justice after hearing the a(hdavits Of
tht0s bAl'E's " q " ~ '
Mr. Turner. the agent Of the claimant OF ihe slaves
remarked tina, it did no, appear that Capt. Eldrdse
had any Authority to detsin the slaves, beyond the
verbal request Of the agent of the owner, which he
did not consider sufficient. htt Fiske was then
proceeding to address the Judge, for the purpose OF
representing that the owner Of the slaves was pre-
cent, with a power Of Attorney ami in Instruction.
from tho owners to take them ir'o custo dy.
A, this moment there was a simultaneous rnsF
Of most Of the blacks in the room towards the doo'
situated behind the Judges seat. The Judge call
cd on the deputy sheriff to preserve order,and t"i'
him that the persons in his custody were not dis
charged. The Messenger ofthe court, who wa
IN the entry. seeing what Nas passing, shut tu
door and bol,ed, but it was forced oPcC. The De-
putty Sheriff was borne along by the cfout, and q
course could make no resistance. lie suffered 4"
understand some severe personal violence. The
i~o momen we're hurried down stars, end lHi
School street, were they acre placed 10 a earring
which Was standing there, and we're rapidly dave
ofthroUch Beacon street. and over the Wcster
Avenue. We ere no, informed whether t'ey ha'
been since heard from.
TWAS apparent That this rescue was pTtconccr
ed, bot by What parties Ne are not Informed.
appears 10 have been = great oversight. that thor
we're not more officers IN court. The only nPol
~ VIC have heard for the ~negleo,i is That they WEI
engsged in attendance or the Grand J0ry which 81
in session IN the NcS Cont House. Mr. Turne
The scent Of the owner Of the slaves, appears
have proceeded with the utmost prudence and pr,
pneiy. His object wss TO obtain, on a hearing be
fore the lndFe. a certificate or wsfrcnt recording
lav, 10 ouab.o him L. rcconycy the f~ugltiycs 10 a
State from which they had fed.