Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-01-02
CASE OF THE ABDUCTED CiTI.
ZENS.

1t will be a source of grief and indigna-
ton to the citizens Of Ohio 10 learn thai the
General Courtof Virginia adjourned on Tues
day, the 10th inst, without coming to a de-
cision in the case of the abducted citizens.
The paragraph below from the Richmond
Wing, Of Thursday, will explain the position
Of the case on adjournment. Can it be pos
sible. that the citizens of this State who have
been abducted and conveyed forcibly into
Virginia, are to remain incarcerate1 in the
| iail OF Parkersburgh for an indefinite period
Of time-at the pleasure Of the authorities OF
a State which has no jurisdiction over them
rightfullyl The rights Of the people of Ohio
have been trilad with in this matter-shame
fully trihed with. We wish to preserve al
proper respect for the authorities of our sis
ter State, and to avoid any course calculated
to inflame the public mind in this State, bu
we can find no language adequate TO convey
4 proper sense Of the feelings this long per
sisted in wrong has awakened. We cannor
believe that the authorities of Virginia vii.
longer retain in confinement the abducte
citizens, though they may still endeayor to
delay the surrender OF the k%idnappers:
THE GENERAL COURT.
1.-THE Court, which has been in session sire,
the lst inst, adjourned on Tuesday, wilhou.
coming TO a decision on the celebra el Park
rrsburgh case-the Commonwealth against
Garner and others for Kidnapping. 1t is un-
derstood that there were fourteen members
present, who Were equally divided as to the
question Of jurisdiction. The fifteenth ar
pearing, was un1eci LED on the point at issue,
and the case was accordingly adjourned over
to the next term TO be held in June"
The Richmond Enquirer confirms a notice
of the course Of the General Court on this
question. and states that tW Give of the fifteen
ildges agreed in claiming jurisdiction TO the
a,tuqi lc7ier line, let that be where it my at
the time Of any occurrer ce rendering neces-
slry the vindic4tion Of this claim. This, o.
course, when the water is high, would give
Virginia jurisdiction over territory extending
even for one and two miles into our own
State, and covering wharves and farms. The
same claim, if set up by Kentucky, would
bring a considerable portion Of Cincinnati un-
der the jurisdiction Of that State. There are
few towns on the Ohio river that may moi
thus be brought under the jurisdiction OF Vir-
ginil, and removed at particular times be-
yond the jurisdiction of our W Sla:e, fol
they cannot at one and the same time he un.
der the Jurisdiction of both. But this claiI
cannot be sustained. The question viii, in
all probability, be brought before the Supreme
Court Of the United States, by Legislative
authority, so as TO obtain a final decision vim,
d%icating Ohio's right to jurisdiction to the
centre Of the channel.
We suppose that the statement Of the En-
quirer is erroneous. 1t differs from that CIV
en- by the Richmond Wing. The state nent
of the latter is corroborated by one from Mr..
VINToy, addressed to Gov. BARLEY. TIL re
are fifteen Judges on the bench OF The Gene
raj Court. One WAS unpra pare to give an
opinion, having been absent during the dis.
%cussion of the "a G. The others we 0 equ,l
" divided on the question of jurisdiction.
Judge McComas designs, says the En1ui.
rcr to call a especial session of Court at Park
ersburgh, and let the prisoners out on bail
ohio SAFE Journal.
Ma. RICHARDSON, who has heretofore beer
on an anti-slayery mission to Morocco, hal
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