The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-12-11
From the (Indiana) Slate Sentinel.
Response OF tho Grand Jury or the U. 8.
Court, for the District OF Indiana, to the
Charge OF Judge Huntington,

From the (Indiana) State Sentinel.
Response OF tho Grand Jury or the u. s.
Court, for the District OF Indians, to the
Charge OF Judge Huntington.
The grand jurors of the United States District
Court, having had their attention called to viola
tons of the Fugitive Slave Law, by charge from
tue judge at the opening of the present term of the
court, presented the following report, which was
read and ordered to be published
1t is proper to say that the report was unani-
mously made, and that almost every sect and sec
ton Of the state were represented in that body
The undersigned, grand jurors Of the United
States court, for the District of Indiana, feel it
to be their duty to respond to the elaborate charge
given to them by the court, upon the subject of the
Fugitive Slave Law, and to say that they fully en-
dorse the sentiments and views therein expressed.
No overt act has been brought TO the notice OF the
jury upon which to frame an indictment for viola
ons OF this law, but acts of public notorety breath
ing strong disaffecton and opposition TO this law
have been committed by small bodies OF persons in
some several instances within this district. 1t is,
however, we'll ascertained, that the number OF
those expressing their opposition to the enforce
ment Of the law, amount to a very small portion OF
population, and it Ii believed that no serious
resistance this, any other law of Congress is
to be apprehended within this State. II any viola
tons OF this provision of Congress-or any other
that it was competent for US to notioe-had been
brought to the attention Of this body in a proper
form, they would have been promptly reported to
the court in the form Of an indictment, and we
doubt not, thst subsequent juries will feel like
obligation and set win prOInptnes5 ana nOenty In
taking the initiative towards Furnishing offenders
of every character against the law OF the General
Government.
Every prudent effort and diligent inquiry has
been made to ASCERTAIN whether any violations OF
the Fugitive Slave Law have been committed with
in this State, and none were found sufficiently I'M
equivocal in their language to warrant the finding
Of bill that could, with reasonable certainty, be
sustained; but il has, nevertheless been the ardent
desire Of the jury to vindcate the law, and pro-
the proper punishment of all those who violate
its enactrnents We feel assured that the courts Of
this portion Of the country are sound in all the
principles Of integrity and justice, and that the
rights OF the citizens Of every portion OF the United
6tates may with propricty and safety be committed
to their investigation and decision. We feel also
assured that the great body of czens, OF every
section and every party, order loving and
Iaw-abiding people, strongly attached to the Con-
sjution, the Union, and to the lave, and will, by
all moral well by all legal means, sustain the
compromises OF the first, the permanence OF the sec.
ond, and the enactments of the third. And we feel
further assured that every whether of quasi rca
son or ofopen resistance TO the laws, Of unhappiy
there should be any within the jurisdiction OF thus
court) will be promptly rebuked by public opinion,
and ~ promptly and stringently punished by this
tribunal as the laws of the land viii permit.
The rights of every State and Territory in this
Confederacy. and the rights OF each and all Of their
citizens ought to be, and are well secured in all
the departments Of justice in Indiana the rights
OF the Inhabitants of our own State.
No vitiated condition of public opinion, as
prcssed by q few who have mistaken blgotry for
philanthropy, can in the least corrupt the foun
tains Of justice disturb the wel-settled purpose
Of citizens 10 preserve involate all their obga
their brethren OF every section OF the Union
II is no part Of the object of the undersigned
10 infringe upon restrict the right OF the
citizen To express, in peaceable and becoming
manner. his opposition 10 any public measure
wherein he may feel aggrieved, even admitting
that such expression Of opinion may be the re-
suit Of msconception, distempered imsgi-
nation but, under all circumstance we feel u TO
be our duty TO incucate submission 10 the constiu
tional powers of Congress, and to warn thosc who
would willfuiy trample under foot the laws OF the
Government, and 10 condemn its authority, that
such a course cannot be pursued with impunlty
and we invoke all good citizens Of the State to join
in CONCERNING the wrong. by all mortal means
and to assist in UNFOLDING the supremacy OF the
laws at all hazards.
(signed.)
John w. Davis, Fore G. Norwood.
man, VIM. S. T. Morten,
william Watt, Benjamin McCarty,
John Dixon, George Daveln,
j. s. Harvey, Robert w. Sill,
william M Albin, Jacob Hubbard,
&. s. Ramsay, Hiram Towsley,
William Davis, w. NJ. Reyburn.
lsDUs.PoLIs. Nov. 80, 1850
TpE Bosros SLAVE Cssr FROM NoprorK.-Our
readers could not have overlooked a statement
which appeared in our last OF Transaction in which
gentleman Of this city a. Milhsdo, Eq.) Ia rep
resented az having tried experiment With the
view 10 the recovery Of the value Of runaway
slave in Boston. The facts stated arc admitted TO
be i'm the main correct; and no blame can be at
tacbcd 10 the marshal for the failure Of the nego-
tiation; and certainly none TO the correctness Of
Mr.. NJ. q motives in adopting that mode of pro-
ccedng. He knew that his servant wac in Boston
and living with the man sparrow ne bis wife.
Sparrow (vbo wss free. and raised ia Norfolk,
where he drove dray for several years before he
left I'D became attached 10 the girl, and no doubt
instgsted her elopement, for not long after he LEFT
Norfolk and went 10 live in Boston, she ran away
r.. I,r u,.AI .sgl .r,th INIT
The course which Mr.. NJ pursued was dictated
10y disinclinstion TO minister occasion 10 the IA
nsticsl crew with which Boston s cursed 10 get up
another excitement on his account, and TO make
himself, perhsps. the INSTRUMENT Of throwing
other hrebrsnd TO increase the flame OF discord
which is unbsppiy burning but too fercely al
ready. lie therefore sought TO obtain his rights by
n quiet and pcaccablc mode Of proceeding. Spar
row represented 10 be in circumstances which
would enabL him to rsise the price demanded for
the extraordinarily Ices than she would com
msnd bcre--and the draft was calculated to test
the reality Of his affection for her, and the probes
sions OF philanthropy in behalf Of fugitive slaves 50
literally '~ade by his Abolition friends.
worm, Of note that this girl was purchased
p. CO. ,s; own earnest solicitation, TO saws
her IRON peing s,9t 20 New Orleans, whittier enc
was about 70 DE shhoed by her then owner.
TNopok Hpoid.
Rossrsy OF A DsSTIsrs The Frederick yT,rald
ststes that, on last Tbursd,-, evening betvecr
I've and sin o'clock, DR.. Dursno. dentist heing o.,
ts return TO Frederick, from Professional yis,,
Boz he vicinity Of bockeysiovn, was attacked bv
trp men, near the Sand Pits, about one nile .o,,b
n Frederick. The a'sailsnts dragged him from
Die buggy, and, after a brief struggle, succeeded
.o robbnR him Of about one hundred and .isty
foi lars in money, gold watch, case Of valuable
tnsuuments, about one thousand Manufactured
a.. IN, and two hundred dollars worth Of material
~ manufacturing plates for acting teeth.
Tho huge bones raised from the bottom Of the
akulla Spring. by Mr.. George s. King. tho