Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-12-13
ANTI-SLAVERY
Walker and Torrey.

ing the information in regard to Mr. Walker.
EscAMBIA County, 18th mo- 18th 1874.
INV. Williams Respected Friend,-Being
under the impression that there are some persons
in your section of the country who are anxious to
learn the result of Jonathan Walkers trial at
Pensacola, hasten 10 inform you that it took
place on the 18th, and terminated on the same day
Between 10 and 4, A. NJ, the prisoner was ar
ranged before the court but, not having auy
counsel, the Judge appointed Benjamin ID. Wright
a meraber of the bar, to defend him. The district
attorney, who was the prosecuting officer, present.
ed to the court four indictments against the prs
oner--one, for aiding and assisting, and one for
enticing slaves to run aWay-and two for stealing
slaves The prisoner was put upon his trial ana
found guilty of all four indictments by the jury, |
and verdict rendered as follows:
Isl To he branded in the right hand with the
Letters S. S.
emil. TO stand in the pllory one hour.
Cd. 70 be imprisoned Is days.
! 4th TO pay a fine of one hundred and sixty dol
lars.
Prisoner Walker was again remanded to jail
until the 10th, at 10, A. NJ, when he was again
CONDUCTED to court, and the judge pronounced the
sesance upon him. viz:-To stand one hour in
the piIlory, (Which was in front OF the Court
honseD and he branded in the right hand with the
letters S. Safer which to be remanded to pris
on for fifteen days, aud there to remain commit
ed until the fine and costs of prosecution should be
paid, which cost have not been able to ascertain
The first two specifications were executed, and
prisoner Walker was again placed in Jail, to I'M
Idergo the third, but was not put in irons, as here
tofore, greatly to his relief.
l A few hours after he had been committed the
sheriff came and served three wrils upon him for
trespass and damage to the amount Of $l06,0O0:
Byrd c. Willis, $4,000; r. G. Caldwell, $4,000;
Geo. Willis, $lOO,OOO!! Upon each of these
writs the prisoner was summoned to appear at
the MAY term, 1845, and answer, &c. These
three named persons the reputcd owners OF the
slaves named in the indictments. Good order and
quietness prevailed through all the proceedings,
with one exception. When the prisoner had been
in the piII9ry about half an hour, the aforesaid
:, Geo. Willis stepped up to the prisoner, from the
crowd Of spectators (Who were very peaceahly be-
I holding the execution of the laws Of FlOrda,) and
+ snached from his head handkerchief, which the
deputy marshall had placed upon it, TO screen the
V prisoners head from the violent heat Of the sun
|, which shone upon it, and took from his poke
= t,co rotten eggs and hurled them at the priSoner
e head which took effect. This excited burst o
: indignation from many present was satlsiacto
J, ry informed that he had been very sollcltous a
t. nong the boys, offering them great price 70
some rotten eggs, and any one who would throw
those he had at the prisoner; but he could no
bride or find any one inhuman or vile enough to q
the deed but himself The prisoner remained 81
4, lent throughout, except to the officers who ha
is him in charge He is in good spirits, and think
J. that if it is for the best, he shall weather tn
lie storm by and by AN EYE WITNESS
N The Boston Atlas.
y This journal before election protested to be tn
~ organ Of the true anti slavery party. What vie
# it really takes of slavery may be inferred from
as publishing the cold-booded letter which follow
y without word of comment.
I'd Correspondence of the Atlas.
ne CONVICTION OF TORREY.
lg BALTIMORE, Dec. Q, 1914
If, The case Of the Rev. g. II. T6rrey was co
n, cIuded to-day, by verdict of guilty on all thru
e. indictments He was charged with carrying {
! three slaves, and there WAS an Indictment in ea'
an case. The punishment is Imprisonment in Il
ne penitentiary for not less than two years in ea
n, case, making at least six years in all.
nd The evidence against him was most conclusIv
Use leaving no doubt that he was guilty as charged.
rs, had hoped this was not SO, and if there had be
an the least doubt, the jury would have cleared III
Indeed several of the jury felt a strong person
interest in his case, and from this fact it was pl
diced that there would be no agreement L
there was no doubt and the jury only retired
their room for form sake, returning in less tn
TO an hour, with verdict of guilty.
md 1t is a very painful case. Mr.. Torrey is N
tx of education, a minister husband and faith
He Is most respectfully connected III MhSSaCI
use SETS believe; and his wife, besides, is of a III
respectable family. He is man of general int
ain ligence but on the subject of slavery is perfec
Wild He is, no doubt very sincere in his opini
len and believes it his duty to oppose slavery i'll eY
form; but he has certainly mistaken the effect
way of getting slavery abolished, by pursuing
Md course he has. He has not only involved him:
in offences against the laws of the State but b
th distress to his wife and children and large b
of friends.
ais His counsel, on the rendition ofthe verdict, 9
,rv- notice that they should move for an arrest
Judgment and new trial Nothing but the
/, to don ofthe governor, however, will keep him fl
Der the penitentiary. And even if this were q
him, it would scarcely avail He is indebted
ling Virginia for aiding four slaves to escape from
)lan State, and there is warrant in the hands OF
on officers here ISSUED on the requislton of the
can ernor Of Virgnia) to arrest him and hand
au- over to the authorities of Virginia. If he she
go, be pordoned in Maryland, he would he hmm
ately taken to Virginia: and from what is said
aver would, no doubt, be convicted there. The /
fac Shment in that State is twenty one years, on c
tant concentrating in the f,i'e--~'''rs' etShy J
" ueqrS! UneoT tlrr circumstances, there Is notl
left, in the choice of evils, but to 90 to the p
itcnti0ry in Maryland. 1t is truly to he no
man that thS case viii ho warning tn ,thers and
sky, no similar aIte,nnt will bp made by the abo
the isis. Let them be assured they do their ca
Oxen great niurv and ia, M service to the slave by
same efforts, which at best can only be very parti
by successful, and the risks of which are too grea
pe- any prudent man to encounter
= i. Cold and unfceug must be the heart OF
sary. person who can read the above accounts and