Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-11-08

r., ~ sbopld be announced had also before
The mer,ng Of the Court, by my Attorney. Gen. Rowe
informed Judge Anderson. one OF the associate judges
,f mi intention and he rromsPd TO exert himself 10
prevent sny disturbance ,ntctposlon from The cro~o
In pursuance 81 This arrangement, soon as the &c
cision ii he Court pronounced, my Attorney 'oe
and stated 10 the Court, that about 10 Pio'ee
.c,;n., ,he nero as the property Of John LEWIS o
IA, ,ha, ,ur pose ended 10 TAKE him 10 the ohce
of Justice Of the Peace inr trial aiter tne La'y
had made This statement, | caught h"ia o' 'ne 80
without noise or d'Siur auce. tni'H h;cb ,y,.
rush from every par, Of the COURTHOUSE ""'o' vs."
,.dsd 10 The negro Several persons, unknown 10
me seized The negro and told HIM 10 leap over VA.
of the box and make his escape Al the same instant
s.,e3 he tvo Or sons who have since saio tna tney
ware officers of the Court and ordered by the court 70
ares, me for contempt. In spite oil their eHor's re-
,aiped my hold of the negro, until Leeei'tu W" -
blows from third person, the last OF whicn o'oog' m
~ The floor When arose, found that lhe negro hau
Ic ,ss hon.e released myself from the person =" no
had hold Of me and who had torn my clothes very mucn
forced my way through the CROWD INTO 'he see.: anu
saw the negro in custody OF my iriehos, some my
i,v ., rds distant in the erection OF Bsrtram once,
III nsce Of The Peace before whom we intended 10 'ake
him The crowd about $50 or quo persons, all the %nie
hurlinp at them stones sticks. de- soon got hou %
The nepro and with The assistance OF my frehos eVe"
in number succeeded in getting MN iho "a. cr,
Office 1, was not until were in the street ano sur
sounded by an infatuated mob that any Of our party drew
their and only four OF US were crmeo In any
,L
Let here pause ana inquire VINO, thuo 49, 49,
rioters who composed the mob. who we're endeaVorinR
IN obs,rucl nnd defeat the OF justice ano VINO
,romped upon and insulted and "set al dehaace tne
laws Of the land: Clearly not The agents OF Jno Lewis
who proceeding by due course OF "a" e"u :" .
quiet and orderly manner, TO vnd'cate ms properly IN
The nero The slave had been discharged from custody
BY the Court Of Common Pleas Of Marion county; ~
far as regarded The officers OF that Court snu me pro
cpedincs under which he had been confined the negro
wa. a, liberty The Of the decision ana me
ROVER of The Court discharge HIM, were nei'ner ue
MED nor mpugnad Blu, the negro being then dsehatseo
and a, liberty the agent of Lewis carrying out Inc
Of the Court ns just delivered preie.eu NV h stim"
nyan.t the negro and proceeded 10 enorce oy ah,ne
him before Justice Of the Pesce to whom tbeongeo 10
Investigate the subject, and TO prevent
or di.cul,y this agent had been careful 10 in"rm 't
,,ur and by. beforehand, OF his peaceaoie aho
LEGAL intention notwithstanding all the, inc agen OF
lewis in the very act Of appealing to the laws q" the
land is sst upon, together with his few nut gaan com
panons, By vile mob headed and encouraged 10 'oe't
vioen, and unsw fol purpose by The presiding Judge OF
the Court! But the four Firginans and their ir'enas
we're enabled for time successfully to vndicae the
Inucsiy Of the law grossly violated IN hfr persons
ansins, The nuraicd multitude who renPed upon aho
nsu,cd them; and il not until arthce vas esorteo
TO- that these voatos OF the Laws were enabled 10 ense
their designs.
Afsr ". had succeeded as before stated lodging the
negro within the cfce of the Justice OF Inc reeer he
mob demanded odnance: which we OF course rtiuseo
and prevented them from entering, by threatening 10
punish those who should attempt to force an entrance
rne Justice Of the Peace who in the cce, appeared
the door, and used every means OF persuasion 70 les
tore oue, and order pedging his WORD and honor mai
the should be carried o except BY due course
of law; but all without effect
While this was going on at the office, o Mr. Spe'man,
SUDDEN, Of Law and leader OF the Aooon's's i"rceo
the door of The arsenal and seized upon The public
About % persons presented themselves before the door
of the Office with fixed bayones and demanded entrance
But this brisDg argument was as unsuccessful es the
volleys of missiles with which We had before oeen as
sailed.
About this time the Judge Anderson heretofore men.
toned made his appearance, and demanded adm,sson
but received from MIR Kline The same answer when ne
bad given 10 all previous applications VIZ mat ne wuo
shoot any oerson who should attempt enter The door
supposnr that Judge Anderson had come IN pursuance
Of his promise TO Gen Rowe TINT nothing for the pur
pose Of maintaining The law and restoring quiet, and De
Ieving that his presence III heOtce would Tend 10 conf
pose nd satisfy the m b. requested Mr. Kline 10 ADMIT
him But on account of The noise, that gentleman c'd
not hear me. Then caught hold OF Kline and pulled
him from the door, while hI Robert Anderson OF TINS
county taking hold Of Judge Anderson hand drew him
in The crowd attempted TO follow, which DIRE the at
,en,on OF MIR Kline ond myself from Judge Anderson
aud the negro and, while were engaged III oeaung
formed directed the man in charge Of the nrgso to let
him go; then assisted III opening the back ooor ano
TUNED The negro into the street When found me ne
mob, DO, Immediately etareu Putssrts 9htancr OF Inc
so near to the negro as TO raise my hand to take hold
him, when received blow on the temple from brick
bat which brought me to the ground. When rose the
foremos, Of the mob had reached me- him seized and
knocked down with my pls,o bu, IN falling he pulled
me with him. second one then jumped on me: when
my good friend, Mr. Kline, 10 my rescue, evelled
one,of them, and was in turn knocked down himself
We both raised from the ground By the sheriff who
marched US to the Courthouse MIR Vanbbher and Mr..
Goshora had been arrested previously, and Mr. taken
TO Jail short time afterwards, the sheriff arrested
Mr.. Anderson Of Kanawha, Mr. Barram, The Justice;
Mr.. S~eelses, my Attorney. We were then bound in
recogniznces Of $500 each TO appear from day 10 day.
and detained seven days The grand jury then in ses
sion, found bills OF indictment against Messrs Kline
Vanbibber, Goshorn, Sweeser aud myself, which are
still pending The acgro Of course, has since been
heard Of by his owner any of
The National Gazette very truly remarks "hat such
ouiruges that above described by which the Statutes
concerning persons claimed !ugiiyes from labor,
set at nnugh and dispersed by Northern nobs, disgrace
the whole naiIon and cannot find honest defenders IN
any part Of it, And as the paper also very pro.
perry remarks, ait would be well TO have these laws
repealed once and thus trouble and breaches of
the peace, they must continue be administered as
they have Of late BEEN by elective year judges
assisted by abolition mobs Under such on sdmns'ra
ton, they nockery and insult 10 the whole South
people
Al! those papers, particularly the National Gazette
the Evening Star, (Msor Noahs) and A,k'nsons Eve
ming Post which have published the caumnous artic.
Of the Marion Visitor will the justice and ptoprety
Ct publishing the reply.
KAsAwnA. Oct Goth, 1889
(E1trGc from The Lar # Congress passed FEB IL, 1923
NorE.-That when any person any u
Of the Territories, &c., under the laws thereof shall into
other of The suid States Territories person whom
such labor service DO DUE his asen, hereby
empowered TO seize such from abour and take
him her before Judge OF the Circuit Diici CGu
the u g. residing being within tho Stae before
sts Of County City, Town corporate, wherein such
OF arrest shall be mads and proofs the satisfaction Of such
Judge Magistrate Other &c. that the seized
rested doth under the laws The which he she
ned owe service labor tho claiming him or shall
DO the duty Of such Judge MFe.trae certificate ihereo
10 such claimant, his attorney which shall be sufficient
warrant for removing the said fugitive labor
Territory from which he she fed
FOREIGN.
(From the .Ne,o York Times, Moo 81