Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-12-13
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month ago. but has not previously been published.
We find it in the Union of the 9th inst, distracted
from the Vermont sPhonx,' printed at Brattleboro'
in that State. The document speaks for ITSELF and
requires comment 1t is folly to pirate any longer
about South Carolina notification Southern dis
union The real nullifers and disunionists are at
the North, and if they sriE persist, and disunion
must come, on them be the blame -
From the Vermont Phoenix.
AN ACT relating to the writ of habeas corpus to per-
claimed fugitive slaves and the right OF trial
by jury,
1t is hereby enacted by the general assembly of
the State of Vermont
SEC l. The same power is hereby given to, and
the duties imposed upon, the circuit judges OF
the several judicial circuits of this State which are
given to and imposed upon the judges of the supreme
court by the provisions OF chapter thirty OF
the revised statutes, entitled of . Habeas Corpus
SEC 2. 1t shall be the duty of States attorneys,
within their respective counties whenever any inh9-
btant of this State is arrested claimed fugi-
tive slave, being informed thereof diligently and
faithfully to all lawful means to protect, Defend
and procure to be discharged every such person so
| arrested or claimed a fugitive slave.
SEC 3. The application of any States attorney In
writing to any of the judges ofthe supreme court
or to any circuit judge signed by said States attor-
ney in his official capacity stating in substance the
| name of the prisoner and the persons OBTAINING
him. if known. and that the person arrested, claimed
or imprisoned is arrested claimed OF imprisoned ass
a gtve slave, shall be sufficient authority to au-
thorize the issuing ofthe writ of habeas corpus
vded in said chapter thirty of the revised sta
tutes and said writ may be signed by any of
said Judges or the clerk of the supreme or county
court: and said writ shall be made returnabe to
the supreme or county court when IN session. In the
county where such application is made; and in va
cation said writ may be made returnable forthwith
| before either of the Judges aforesaid.
SEC. f. 1t shall be the duty of all judicial and ex
ecutve officers in this State, in their respective coun
ties, who shall know, have good reason to believe
that any inhabitant of this State about to be
rested OF claimed as fugitive slave, forthwith to
give notice thereof to the States attorney of the
county in which such person resides.
! SEC. s. Whenever the writ of habeas corpus is
granted in vacation as provided in this act, pro-
vded by existing laws, if upon the hearing OF tn same
before any of the judges aforesaid the person i'm
prisoned arrested claimed fugitive slave, shall
not be discharged such person shall be entitled to an
appeal to the next stated term of the county court
the county where such hearing was had furnishing
such ball. and within such time, the judge granting
the writ on hearing the case, shall adjudge to be
reasonable and proper.
i SEC 6. The court to which such appeal is taken,
and any other court to which writ of habeaS corpus
in behalf of any such person claimed arrested as
fugitive slave is made returnable may and shall,
on application Of either party to such proceeding.
allow and direct trial by jury all questions of
fact in issue between the parties in the matter afore-
said and the taxable costs of such trial shall be
chargeabe to the State, whenever the would be
otherwise chargeabe to the person arrested claim
ed fugitive slave.
SEC. l. The several circuit Judges shall have the
same powers vested in thejudges of the supreme
court by virtue of an act in amendment of chapter
one hundred and three of the revised statutes rela
ting to persons confined in close Jail executions of
) tort approved November Is. A D. 1913.
SEC. s. This act shall take effect from its passage
, Approved Nov. ID, 1850.
FIRE IN MAssAcHUsETrs.-Th large Broadcloth
do Of 4bo
!, en- Company, at Stockbridge, Mass were eptirelV
destroyed by fire the morning of Sunday, the 9Th
inst. Loss two hundred thousand dollars. About
one hundred and forty thousand covered by insur-
ance.
, The Explosion O Steamboat A. Douglass-FuH
Particulars.
The following account of the explosion of the
steamboat A. Douglass, on the Alabama river, we
: extract from the Mobile Register
: We have to record another awful disaster by the
terrific powers of steam. The steamboat Arkansas,
No s. arrived at this port yesterday afternoon about
C five clock with the painful intelligence that the
: steamboat A. Douglass, Captain Montgomery, had
: burst her boilers yesterday morning, abut oclock,
at Tats Shoals on the Alabama killing very large
s number Of passengers. The facts can collect
h them, as follows:
The Douglass, which left this city week ago last
o Monday, was on her return trip from Montgomery
She was very heavily laden, having about 900 bales
of cotton on board, and barge in tow, with about
400 more At Taits Shoals near 100 miles above
this city, she got aground about o'clock yester
day morning. For three hours vigorous efforts
l. were made to get her off Her position the bar
prevented her pump from supplying the boilers with
J water-they working from the bottom. AS soon as
IS she moved, by the action Of the engine the cold
ter rushed in large volume through the pumps In
q to the boilers, and generated excess of steam
Us which instantly burst the boilers. The explosion
l. occurred orrard and upWard tearing the front hall
= of the boat to pieces.
n There were about one hundred and twenty five
IS passengers board besides the officers and hands
who numbered some forty The passengers
, were nearly all asleep at the time of the explosion
The front berths however, torn to pieces, and
y the steam rushed up, and completely filled and en-
g alarm mixed with the cries and groans of the wound
= plosion had now set the wreck in flames. Fortu
~ nately the barge in tow had not been injured, ant
70 to this most of the survivors escaped Many, how
4 ever jumped overheard into the shallow water, anC
~ reached the shore.
~ 1t so happened that the steamer Arkansas, No. 5
7 which wooding short distance above heard thu
J. explosion, and came Immediately to their relief Sh
took off the survivors, the killed and wounded from
" the wreck and barge the William Bradstreet, as
~ cendng the river, along the same time
n and took off several of the passengers.
- 1t is impossible as yet to tell the exact number 0
killed and wounded. 1t is said that more than TWEEN
is ty are known to be dead and of the entire humble
ct of passengers and crew. only nineyfve have beer
ne found.
bit Three Of the wounded died upon the Arkansas OIL
ke her trip down. When she arrived at this port he
Sc cabins presented most awful Of suffering I'm
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