Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-06-16

or done in the premises. We rather in.
cline 10 the opinion, that he adopted the
part of prudence in not alluding to the
subject, aud if the Anli-Slavery Meeting
are anxious to try the result Of a campaign
The object, or incident Of which, shall be
that, which they are so severe upon Mr..
Webster for mol doing. we invite them to
make the experiment.
One of their orators, Mr.. Stephen 8.
Foster, 1--WE wish we could give the name
entire) in the exuberance Of his "fiery
indignation" declared, that MasSachu-
setIs was the "meanest State in the Uni
on and her citizens no better Than race
"monkeys." We must say, that we
regard this as any thing but Compliments
ry. However, tits matter of taste, and
no business of ours. The gentleman. Of
course, has the best opportunities Of know
ing The people among whom he lives, and
we shall not quarrel with him OH this
point, BY way Of dessert to the rich
entertainment, two or three fugitives slaves
who had laken refuge among their hospi-
table friends in New England, were in
troduced to the Convention, and eulighl.
ened that body with a recapitulaIion of
what their English CO. adju,ors had said
and written on the subject Of slavery in
this country, all which must have been
vastly edifying and entertaining, as it is a
subject with which they must be very
familiar, aud upon which they are fully
as we'll informed as their brethren in Bos.
ton. Several Reverend gentlemen 100,
addressed the meeting, aud no doubt sue
ceeded IN impressins their auditory with
just sense of their Christian duties, par.
ticularly those of abusing their neighbors
and calumniaIing the South.
Afterlhese and similar pious and devout
exercises, benediclon was invoked, aud
the Convention adjourned for the day. :
Char. Mercury.
A Slaue Case.-A letter from Albany,
to The New York Tribune, dated The 29th
ultimo, has the following
"Mr. Lamolte, Of New Orleans, arrived
here last evening, en- route Tor France.
Immediately upon his arrival here, it was
rumored that two servants who accompa-
MED him were slaves. The emancipators
were instantly upontte alert. This morn
ing. a negro, after having been supplied
with a petition. setting forth3lhat the per-.
sons mentioned were detained as slaves,
proceeded to the Office ofone eof. the COUNTY,.
'wss issued for Arrest. The warrant
WAS executed by the Sheriff, and the slaves
were broughtin,o court-one was come.
~ uegress, some seventeen years old, aud
the other smart looking lad Of about nlne
years. The Adjutant General, and seye-
raj LAWYERS of ability, were present. The.
slave negress cried bitterly al the prospect
of separation from her master. with
whom, she replied in answer to the lnqut
ries Of the court she desired to remain
The result was. after rigid investigation
Of the affair, that the court made an order
setting the slaves a, liberty, aud dscharg-
ing them from The service Of their master.
Before making this order, the presiding
Judge interrosated the slaves ia regard 10
their disposal, and advised them that they
were al liberty. They. in reply, persisted
in their determination 10 remain with their
guardian they also rejected the dazzling
offers of their colored friends.
Riot-Maryland runa'cay Slaues.--We
learn from all extra of the Carlisle (fa.)
Herald, of the 18th inst, that that town
was thrown in,o great commo,ion and ex-
element, on Wednesday afternoon. by an
attempt on the part of a large portion Of
the colored population 10 rescue several
slaves (oue man, woman aud a LILLE
girl) were arrested in the morning, aud in
the afternoon taken before Judge Hepburn
on writ Of Habeas corpus. which resulted
in their heing fully identified as the proper
~ Of Col. Holingsworth aud Mr. keune-
DIV, of Hagerstown, Md. They were there
fore remapded to the custody of their own
ers.
During the hearing large crowd Of in-
furiated colored men and women gathered
in and about the Court House, who evil
denced by their violent conduct disposi-
ton 10 rescue the fugitives by force. An
attempt was made 6rst in the court room,
but quickly frustrated by the consables.
"A second attempt was made as the
slaves were brought down from the court
room 10 the carriage, which resulted in a
serious riot. The attack was made at The
door Of the carriage, where, before The
slaves were got into the vehicle, ageneral
rush was made on The slave owners and
cons,ables by the negro meu and women,
and frightfu melee ensue1 in the street,
in which, for some minutes, paving stones
were hurled in showers, and clubs and
canes used with terrible energy. The re-