New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-30


I'D State. District Attorney appears IN Tue
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adjourned 10 Monday atteFhoo"'
q WY. veor-The Accused hnieu "acH 80
10 sor,rts.foucr's Odlce-Chairifnii OF the
,os,Ic Garden EtI-uI0n Meeting" suddenly
Games 10 the Aid OF ,he Flrginlan-sHore
r..Imony for Defense commissioners
Conrt adjourned 10 Monday noon-Ciose OF
Ore Weeks summary ProceeainSs,'
The proceedings ia the matter Of Henry Long
m alleged Fugitive Slave from the State of Nir-
eipia. were adjourned on Friday afternoon until
10 G. clock Saturday morning. At that hour the
Commissioner appeared and was ready to go on
But there were some delays, owing to the alb
sence Of the prisoner and then to the absence of
counsel, so that it was nearly noon before the
proceedings commenced.
We are happy to record, 80 far as we had OBJ
seryation, more quiet and patient department on
the part of some Of the persons concerned in the
matter, This is hopeful May they perseversln
well doing, and hold out with determinations pos
sesging their souls in patience even unto the end,
and their reward shall surely follow from the dis
pensatons of even.handed Justice. We have in
sisted that there has been no remarkable excite
ment in this case and we had the satisfaction on
Saturday Of hearing our opinion emphatically in
dorsed by no less authority than that of the Uni
bed States District Attorney, who distinctly
stated that ne read FIVE daily papers, aud had
thus far failed to learn of any excitement except
what was then in the presence of the Court AS
she gentleman spoke with all the soemnity Of
force and "potentia power at his beck, we
are constrained to believe him There are many
points in the evidence for the prisoner which are
worthy OF especial notice by the public, that they
may be remembered along with those for the
claimant after the decision is made For the be.
ne6t OF all persons who may feel either fattered
or aggrieved by the remarks which we have pre-
Fixed to our reports Of this interesting case, we
will atate that they are not written by our Law
Reporter-his duty being only to give us record
of the trial. The Trq6unc's observations are not
confined to single pair OF eyes, nor is its free
dom Of speech to be circumscrbed by anything
except the Difference due to court of Justice
and the silence which should be regarded upon
an unfinished legal proceeding, The threats pred.
icated upon our remarks Of Friday morning are
Us despicable as the source whence they came,
and as little to be respected as the creatures who
made them, We trust that our Reporter may
henceforth be allowed to perform his duties with
out interruption.
us COMMISSIONERS OFFICE-Befo Chas. NJ
Hall, Esq-J0hn T. Smith, of Virginia VS.. Henry
Long, an alleged fugitive from service.
The Counsel for the defense opened the pro-
ceedings by calling
Elizabeth Din0n who was sworn.--I live at l29
Elizabeth st. was born in New York am %
years Of age; know that man pointing to the al
legged fugitivei) i know him by the name of Henry
Long first became acquainted with him in No
vember, l647 | have known him since that time;
| have not been in the habit of seeing him very
often since l84s when he left my house; ! have
only seen him three times since then; it was the
winter of the year rs he left my house; think it
was the month of February, '48; from the time |
FIRST knew him, In Nov. AZ, till he left my house,
in Feb As was in the habit of seeing him daily;
think it was February, but am not certain he
boarded with me during that time; | am positive
as to the fact that | first knew him in November,
l947. Q.-ls there any Circumstance which tas-
tens that date on your memory A.-Yes, sir, |
had sickness i'll my family my husband was sick
six weeks; then lived in Spring ST. my landlord
was Mr., Fowler, who lived at the corner Of Mott
at and Grand where he kept shoe store; during
the time Henry Long lodged with me, he worked
down town part OF the time, and part OF the time
he was waiter; after February 1913, do not
know what become OF him. am confident the
man who sits here is the same man who boarded
at my house; had no other boarders; my husband
is now down town; | don't know who he is work
ing for; he works "along shore
Cross eCaMlned.--I can write; | have no mem
orandum in writing showing the time he came tC
me; have house rent receipts taken at that time
a..
see that was accurate as to date of Longs being
with me; there is Mrs S;ansbury, 20 Spring st
who knows of Long living at my house; do no
know if Long came from the South when he came
30 my house, don't know where he was brough
up | don't know if he came to New York by wa
ter / do not know if he came from Richmond
Virginia; would not know by his voice whethe
he was Southern man not he never talked o
the South to me; lnever knew him to drive q car
rage.
Counsel for claimant asked for and obtained
subpoena for John G. Barker.
CroSS.exdminatiOn c0ntinued-While he board
ed with me he was part of the time n waiter;
do not know where, but it was at some hotel il
the city, he used to work along shore dow
town; he went to board with Mrs Stansbury ii
Malberry-st when he left me- don't know how
he has been employed since he left my house;
have never been in Florlda was married 27t
April, 1885, five years next April
Direct er0niRQti0a reSumed--When he worIe
down town, don't know what he did; the reason
he left me and went to Mrs. Stanburys, was be
cause expected to be sick. and had not room 70
him. 1t was who spoke to Mrs Stansbury abou
taking him
To the Commissoaey-The first time ever saw
Henry was at the time he came to my house; h
Brought a small trunk with him. | don't know
where he brought it from that was all he brought
when spoke to him always called him Henry
MIR. Western requested to pat another question
10 the witness; the Commissioner said the exam
ination was concluded before he read oyor hi
notes TO the witness Mr.. Western excepted t.
the ruling of the Commissioner
Emmcltne StaAsbury deposed-I now resd
at 10 Spring-st | lived at 2l0 Mulberry ST. in Jan
uary le4s; know Elizabeth Dixon: she lived i,
Elzabeth st in january. 1873. knaw her whnl