Washington telegraph., 1848-05-10
cApruRE OF RUNAWAY SLAVES.

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During the whole of Sunday, Monday
and yesterday, very great excitement mas
prevailed in this city and denrgelown' afls'
ibg on, OF the Iael iaal many eliI2rns ol tie
lwn places had been deprived Of Their ser
wants, aud il being aSeeIialned 'ha 'hef
had hrcn taken oil bourd u suspicious kes'
sci which had brought wool to this city
aud lell the wharf At the loot OF sesehlh
street on Saturday night and set sail down
the river Although among the missing
slaves were about eighteen OF twenty from
Georgetown, It was also aseerIalned lha'
there were mofe than thihy belonging 10
citizens at Washington,
The citizens OF Georgetown determined
on Sunday TO give chase TO the plraflfal
schooner; aud having procured the steam
buat Salem, Captain Rakeh the rnfseff'
about lhirly in uumheL annfd win m'l''
kels anil o her weapons, letl Grofae'e"n
al on o'clock, aud o., quickly as passlhIe
followed the schooner duwn the Polomhe'
Thee we're various reports in the GUY On
Monday uIshI That the runaway sIa'es had
been captured. aiiera despea'r stu s'e,
IN which seyru ul their uumHr.s wetr ksi.
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Nothing was known u. eIlher the ipsi.Rfs
nr Their pursurfs mil aban seven u.eiuek
Yesterday morning, when he Salem AMY.
ed AT our steamboat w5at, bringing with
her the schooner aud all The slaves pfisn
nors together Wih Edward sayrcs, a whlir
man, who was captain oi the schooner, aud
person named Daniel pfay'on, oi fhiia-
de.phia who had chartered her.
ltappcars lhal tho Salem discovered the
schooner (ealled the Pearl living 1T corn
field harhor, al the mouth oi the Potomac,
about two o'clock on Monday morning
The lugilyes seventy seven in number,
were all last asleep below, aud Edward
sayres, the captain, Chester English a
white boa,men. and Daniel Draylen, were
also below. The Salem being immediate.
IL run alongside the Peafl. the Georgelo~n
patty almost simultaneously boarded hef
fastened down the halehes, aud secured
the iugiiiyes aud white men on board. The
movement wGs rapid aud successful on'
and all on boafd the Pear were thus made
prisoners without bloodshed. although q
vas evident that the slaves would have re
si.ltd iflhefe had been aay chance el e.
cape.
On the arrival Of the Salem anl III,
schooner At the steamboat wharf YESTERDAY
a large number Of persons were assemble
some oi whom used very threatening lan
guage towards the white men who weff
brought up prisoners aud 4 tie latter es
capped without serious personal INJURY. d
was owing 10 the prudence and limness o
the guard by whom they were attended
and their being. quickly conveyed To laii ID
a hack, which was pressed into immediate
requisilion.
I'VE called at the jail yesterday, ader
the safe lodgemen, Of the prisoners aud the
ilgilises, aud we learned from the commit
tee Of Justice Williams, who went down
the Potomac in tho Salem with the pur,u.
ing party, that Edward sayres, Chester
English, and Daniel Drayton have been
committed for further examination on tho
charge Of aiding slaves to escape from theiI
owners,
The fugiiiyes consists Of lhiHy-eighl
men, twenty.slI women, and thirteen chill
dren. They are now all in prison.
We learn that final examination OF ihc
parties now in confinement will take pac,
to-day at one o'clock, at the jail, before
Justice Williams and Goddard, at which
time all the owners oilhr servants are re-,
quesled to come and identity their property
National Inieiligencer Aprh2O.