Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-09-25


IJ I... from him Of a slave named
SSS Ps..'si STnobes, with some eight thou
a.J JoIlara. which he stole from the lodg-
;nns ofMr. ID. in Varick street, and offer
me $1,000 for the recovery Of the money /
and the negro. FROM various citcuills /
stances discovered BY officers Merritt .. ana
Peck, who, with their brother olncers
were immediately On the qui we, 2 PEI
came pretty evident that the a0sconded
negro was on terms of communication, to
say the least, with certain prominent aOo-
litionisis, If indeed lbs eloRement ana
theft had not been. undertaken ana accom-
pIishcd with their oonniyanee and under
their influence; and The Developments
which have since been made, by which the
preater par tof the money has been recov-
cred, have fully established such to bethe
fact. Ny.
Entertaining q reasonable expectation
that those whom the negro was acting
with, would very speedily deYelope their
purpose by oyertures to Mr.. Darg, he and
the officers concluded il best TO wait such
expected advances, without making any
disturbance and the result has proved
that in this they pursued a most judicious
course. Toward the close of last. week
Mr.. Barney Corse, we'll known adolf
zionist, residing at No. 81 Clif'street, who
stated to him that he was possessed Of
such information as would probably ena-
bic him (Mr. d. to recover his money
on certain conditions-one Of which was
the manumission Of the uegro, a stipula-
ton not to prosecute for theft, &c. For
the sake Of recovering. his money Mr.. d.
consented to the provisions proposed, and
thereupon Mr.. Corse delivered over to
him 1925 Of the money, agreeing to
call on the following Monday, to make
further payments and secure the manu-
mission and protection Of thesnegro. 10
bind the contract between them, the fol-
tifcate ready drawn was produced by Mr..
Corse, and signed by, Mr.. Darg; and they
then separated.
ain consideration ofreceiving the whole
or the greater part of the money stolen
from my lodgings, as per advertisement
in the paper called the Sun / hereby
agree to the following conditions to
wit:
"That my slave Tom shnll be manumit-
ed forthwith, and exonerated from criini-
nal prosecution on account of the removal
of the said money. @
"That if it shall be found necessary in
order to recover said money to promise a
likeexoneration to others who may become
implicated, l hereby agree to confirm the
JOHN. P. DARG.
New York, Sept. 1, 1898,
"The above is in addition to the one
thousand dollars reward, which promised
to pay in current money.
JOHN P. DARG.
Before seeing Corse on Monday, Mr.. |
Darg communicated what had transpired |
between him and Corse to the police au-
thorites, and it being self evident that
Corse had by his connivance with the fugi- |
tive thief, made himself subject to prose-
cuton under the statute prohibiting the Sc
erection and protection of known felons,
Mr.. D. made his affidavit Of the fact as
against Corse, and Justice Lowndes issued
warrant for his arrest, which was given
TO the above officers.
While Mr.. Darg was absent at the pq-
lice office, Corse came to his house, and |
not finding him at home, left with Mrs.
D. the farther sum of$l500 Of the stolen |
money, and also the following certificate |
of manumission, &c. for Mr.. d. to sign,
and for which he was to call in the morn
ing:
'Whoreas !, John P. Darg, Of the city
of New Orleans, of the State Of Louisiana,
being in the city of New York, and the
owner of a bright nulatto named Hughes,
commonly called. Tom, aged about u
years, and about FIVE feet six inches high,
with scar on his right fore finger, slave
for life, in consideration of $500 to me in
hand paid, the receipt Of which hereby
acknowledge, and am therefore satisfied,
do hereby manumit and set free from sla-
very the said Thomas Hughes commonly
called Tom. And do hereby exoneratte
and discharge him from a Il charges OF
whatever kind, and viii defend HIM against
the same, and / also exonerate and DIS
charge all other persons who may have
sheltered or entertained him from all res
possibility touching the same,
SIN testimony whereof j have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal at tn
city Of New York, this third day Of sept
1885," R.'A22
For the purpose Of executing thei
warrant, the officers on Monday evenlnI
stationed themselves in d convenient pc
sition near M. DIS house, and tner
awaited the arrival 81 Corse, who IN du
time made his appearance, accompanie
by certain quaker friend. Both entere
the house, and the two officers were I'm
mediately after stationed one at each doc
ofthe parlor into which i''the high cor
tracing parties had retired, and throng
the key hole they discovered the parties
with pic of bills and the last above cel
tifcate lying on the table before then
Mr.. Corse had Just said to Mr.. Darg,
have brought $3.50 more Of the none,
and have Information BY which I win /
enabled to obtain the Remainder" whic
he followed By a request for Mr.. Dafg
name 10 the certihcate, when the office
stepped noiseless forth, and seizing th
money and certificate, Merritt inforn1e
Corse that there could be no such signin
papers IN his presence and that he (CoTs,
was his prisoner! AS may well be SUI
posed, Mr.. Corse was most essential
frightened; and after recovering hispov
ers Of speech, desired to know what
had done wrong f1r which be should be "a
restedl His offence, 81 rather the sew
raj offences for which In xvaa made liah