Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-10-07
From the N. Y. Evening Post of Saturday.
Inportant Slave Case.


UNrrEp pSrArEsLeMAissIoNER's couRT
--Alexandsr Gardner presiding Two
Of the Deputy Masshals yes,ssdsy arrested
= negro named Jenhes Hamlet charged
With being fusisivs from B;lsimore -,
He was claimed asS The property Of Mrs.
Mary Brown, from whom hs vas said TO
have RUNAWAY ab5ut twoyears sgo. The
arrsst psoddced an imnnen - Excitement
among the colorsd people, who became a
=ars Of il before the proceedings were
sonsna,nlsd.
Tho following is copy Of the warrant
undss which tho officers mad. the arrest:
Ts Ass, Marshal of The United States for
tia Soxthsrai District Of Nss York, and
e his D4pHtiss, Or any Or either q
Whereas complaint on oath. nccompa'
nied with proper proof, hath been mace
TO mo, charging that james Hamlet, per.
san bald TO service or labor 10 the sac 80 o.
Maryland, enc Of the United State. OF
Amarica, did, on or about the month OF
Oc,ubsr, in the year l546, escape into, an,
o,her State Of the United States, and is
now in the city and State Of New YORK.
in the Southern District Of New York. a
fugitive from such service or labor: Now,
therefore, you are hsreby commanded, IN
the name Of The President Of the United
States Of 4 merica, 10 apprehend the snio
james Hamlet aud bring his body ior1n-
with before me, wherever he may bs louno;
then and there to bs dealt with, according 10
Jaw for said offence. Given under my
hand and seal, this 26.h day Of Septemb er,
in the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
handrod and fifty, and Of our Independence
ths. seventy filth. ALEX. GARDNER.
Us Commissioner fer the Southern District
Is Mr.. Clare, son.In-law OF MnrJ
Brown, and Mr.. Gustavus Brown, her son,
s~ore that Hamlet was the property Of that
persifs aas@s & ssi,'ss @ssSss i--i I.
Mr. Talmadge, the Marshall Of the Uni.
ted States, said he supposed his duty now
terdninared, by having had the fugitive ar.
rested and produced before the court. =,
M, Clare said tha, under the authority
ofths United States, he would ask for pre-
,sc.lon Of the Marshal in conveying the fa-
sitiye TO Baltimore, as from the feeling
that had been manifested iue had reason to
apprshend molestntion. ss3- .'2. 's<
The Commissioner directed Mr. Glare
10 make an affidavit, to that effect, and he
would then give an order for sufiicient
force 10 acc ,mpany the fugitive lob Baftimors.
fhe affiiavit was made, and the Commits
sinner directed that force sufficient to pre-.
vent any attempt al rescue should accom-.
pany the party TO Baltimore. -. =.
The following ID the order made BY the
Commissioner, on hearing the evidence in
the case: -.
TO ,p!som these presents may coxss:- 90
Whereas, complaint has been made be.
fare me, Alexander Gardiner, a Commis
sionsr duly appointed by the Circuit Courl
OF The unitsd States, for the Southwestern
nsstric, of New York, IN the Second Cir.
cail, under and by virtue Of The acts Of Con-
gress { February Goth, 1912, March 1s,,
1917, and September 24,h, 1889, on the
oath Of Thomas J. Clare, Of the city of
Baltimore, charging that James Hamlet, a
person held TO service or labor in the State
nc Maryland. did, on or about the month of
Oc,nber, 1915, escape into another State
Of the United States, from the State Of
Maryland, and from, Mary Brown. resi-
dant Of the city of Baltimore, in said State,
70 whom his service or labor Is due. And
whereas the said Thomas J. Ciars did pro.
duce before me certain power Of att,r.
nay, in Mriting, acknowledged and certi-
6sd ander the seal Of the Baltimore Coun.
iy Court, whereby he was duly authorized
by the said Mary Brown, the claimant Of
the said !pgilive person, to take possession
uf aud hold for her use and benefit the said
James Hamlet; and whereas, upon such
charge being made. as aforesaid, |, the said
Commissioner, did issue my warrant in
due form Of law, for the arrest Of the
said H,rnlei; and, whereas, the said james
Hsmle, has been brought before me, the
said Commissioner, and the case heard in
accordance with the provisions Of the s,r,.
u.s-Now do certify that satisfactory
proof has been produced before me, by the
depositions of Thomas J., Clare, of the city
Of Ralilnore, and Gustavus Brown, Of the
city OF New York, and by an extract from
the will Of JDhn G. Brown, Of the city of
Blliimnre, duly authenticated, that the SER
vice Of labor Of the said james Hamlet is
duo, for life, unto the said Mary Brown,
ofsthe city Of Baltimore, in the State of
MARYLAND; that the said James Hamle, es-
eaped from the State Maryland, in which
such service or labor was due, 10 the State
of New York. in which he has bean arres.
ted; and that the person in regard 10 whom
such testimony has been produced is the
said james Hamlet; aud therefore, by vir.
tue Of the power in me invested by the act
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