The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-10-05
ruGrrIyEsLAyE BrLL--irs FRUITS.

From the extract. quoted hollow, giving
account. of lhc pur.ui, of cos@rcd por-on' 'c-
siding Ia thc free Statcs, Of approximations
aud escapes. 49,, the fc5lcr win at once soc
thu degree of cxciigS mt that has BEEN and
:, likely ,u he,crcated hy thc late law Of Com
rrr.-' relating TO thc capture OF fugitive
.la,cs. l'rrsauE g,om the slave state. immc-
diatcly upon the pA-agc of tho hill, seem
10 haycan,.;d tAou.eAesHud set out for The
free State, TO hun pprolotcd people, aud TO
.,,lup GAima aC right 10 lhrir 2erAL-,-----A lI
i..a" or ti',,,, sul iLrir pilctn'iq''- q" almu'
every direction They claim authority Tor
lAAasl lAp
law is ia irclf cNocrahc and ihr duiug'
of these cmi,sarics from the South -,ill more
10. A storm is waking up ia the free States,
in consequence ct the ldw and the conduct oi
these Southern rcgro-huntcr~, that viii not
bc easily mbducd. The law and proceedings
under it, promise to excite deeper and more
Intense hatred towards thcSouth and of slav-
cry than has before existed in the North.
We are glad that three northern Wings ON
Is, in the House, were found base enough 10
vote for IL and sorry that 20 locoiocos from
the North did vote for il. Our hops is that
every man who voted for the bill will be al
lowed 70 remain At homo hereafter. The FOL
lowing are the extracts alluded to;
BEDFORD, PA, Oct LIST Ten Virginia
runaway slaves lost their way ora ridge Of
the Allcghanics. They were discovered and
attacked 10y some Pcnnsylvanians. One slave
was mortally, aud another dangerously woun-
ded. Five OF them escaped to o mountain
hut, and while there, the owners of the hut
obtained assist9ncc and captured them. They
received $3.50 for this service. Two yet re-
mann hid. Pennsylvania men are on the a
| lcrt, eager for the reward. For those cap
turcd, they expect 10 roaps harvest As
they imagine some slave-catchers are on the
lookout, they have organized and armed
themselves, determined TO resist To the last a.
ny attempt on their liberty.
! UREA, Oct. /. Sixteen fugitive slaves,i
a boat bound for Canada, passed through this
! place yesterday. They were well armed,and
determined to Gght To the last raiHater-
SruNGFIELp, Mass, Tuesday Evening. A
great excitement prevails here On account of
the supposed presence of slave catehers, IThp
colorcd people are arning. The Town Hall
is throngod by multitudes of excited people
who are determined that not slave shall be
carried away from Springfield, law or no law
There will be hard fighting if any such at.
tempt is made. About fifty fugitive slave,
reside here.
lIaltpast nine o'clock The meeting ha,
been addressed 10y several fugitives aud titi
: zcns. Among them was the venerable Or
! O,good, who made some warm remarks a
EainAt tha-h ILL asia pledged himself 10 do at
in his power to defeat its application, andpro
'tcct tuEitivos. RESOLUTIONS were adopted de
claring the bill unconstitutional urging az
organization against ii,.and declaring that ne
iugiGvcs should be carried from Springfield
large Committee of Safety has been ap
pointed. II supposed the meeting will all
journ TO tomorrow night People have beer
standing in squads about the streets all day
talking of nothing else.
E5y A characteristic letter from Col Ben
ton dated, Washington, Aug. 25th, has re
Gently boon Published. In he cxprcssc
election in Missouri, which he regards >as
substantial endorsement of his course ia, ON
gress. "Thc election of senator" ho says
"is considered aslin the hands of the Wing
End NullifcS, and the report wa have her,
is that the latter viii Josh the former, and q
lcct awning Ifso,t viii I've victory in b.,