New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-25

NAIL tILtANING>.
ALLEGED F,GlrIvE SLAVE CAsg.-Yes-
tcrdav.a petition was presented TO Judge Parsons.
signed by 70 coIorcd man named Cornish. applying
for Yrt of habeas corpus. to bring up thc body of
coiurcd man whose name Was unknown 90 the PETE
uoucr. ON the ground that he was IN the custody Of
Captain DAVIS, Of the steamboat Thomas Powell
and was detained for no Oncnsc Of q criminal chdIac-
Ter The Wit was accordingly ISSUED, re'ufnaoIe
forthwith. An officer took The wit, oul was pre-
vented from executing It. and the person designated
by the rcatOr was taken away ON the boat. We are
informed that he had been claimed as fugitive slave
ai TamaQua. and after hearing before the l. :.
commissioner of the Western District been remand
co INTO the custody OF hS owner. and was being taken
south. police force was IN tendance al the boat
but very few persons appeared 10 know anything of
the case. and consequently there was no crowd and
but little excitement. PM. Ledger, 2ilh.
\ FREE MAN IN JAIL.-A colOrcd man,
named Frank Jackson son of ELIJAH Jackson of New
Castle formerly of Mercer Us now confined M I'm
castle JAN, nm Virginia as a fugitive save. FRANK
went with drover, named Charles May some time
since. 10 Richmond While there, May sold MN aS
"a slave without ms knowledge. TO Shareholder,
named Jones. lie escaped from the possession OF
Jones. but was auCstedn ncllhborng County, ana
committed 10 all u FWcasile. An attorney of tndt
place. named ". \. Glass. has written 10 Mercer
and to Newcastle Tor certificates as evidence mat
Frank Is trcc man. These nave been forwarded
from Tins place and from NcW-Cdsllc Jackson Is
rather deficient m natural talents. and hence might
easily be- made the dupe of ScOundrcl Every old
cItlZcu of Mercer knows that Frank WdS born nee.
but whether ne VIII ever be- rcsiorcdto ms brthrgh
apaIu We Suppose. ls doubtful TINS IS another pre-
,.ouS lss.tlOnOf The blessings of our pc lunar me
>iItuton.' Mercer ua.l trec FIeSD''eii"H
FrenIvE SLAVE ARREsrED.-Geo. II.
Reset Assistant 4. = Marshal for the Western Dis
fret OF PENNSYLVANIA arrived an the city yesterday.
from NllkC>hare, where, on saturday he arrested
Jesse Whtcmau. As Il fugitive slave, the property Oh
John Conrad. of London County, Va lie was met
At the Reading Railroad depot by Marshal keyser
and q number of ms police force. who accompanied
the officers with The fugitive 10 me Baltimore ooa''
ID. which they took passage. Whitman made con
siderable resistance when taken INTO custody, ana
inflicted several violent blows upon the | : ohceT
Phil. Ledger, oath
MrRpER-We learn that a deliberate
murder was committed IN the vicinity OF NngWS-
town. Burlington Go. ON Friday night ~ h9Solnu
,lpon ms wife The man who committed the deei Is
named Joseph johnson. and was arrested ON Saut-
daV night. charged with the wNM murder oil ms
wife. MARY Johnson The parties were poor people
living near MugntstoNu, an a small caoln' the nus
band pursuing ms business as collier lie was all
d.ctcd al Tunes 10 the TOO free use OF ardent spirits
and Is also sad that The wife would indulge "c'a-
>lonAilN n The degrading ndbt. although tlc prisoner
declares that she had not drank ANYTHING Tor some
umc Pre-, louS 10 hcrdCath. When found an apron
Mas tied firmly around her neck her body lying upon
the bed, and having upon Il numerous marks anu
bruises. indicating prolonged and violent struggle
jury of Inquest was empdnneled before odlu'
Brown. Esq, who. after an examination rendered
Il verdict of murder by suingulatoh, dShh>. ti'
husband The prisoner VIII probably bc tired al me
Rurlmrton over and Termncr. which does not take
place untl the third Tuesday %. september neNl
Trenton Gazette, 2ltn.
VIOLENT BLow.-A heavy gust OF
vird accompaned by ram, from the southeast. swept
,,trtIcclty Yesterday afternoon. bTcaAmgthe steam
tr> John Norrsctt and Cornne Admit iIom men
/ uoorng> "A, Alglcr>. and driving them aoui OF thc
steamer Cuba. without dong any INJURY W. learn
,rfh.r thar the hurricane dld considerable INJURY on
the other side of the River, pro>tratns NUMBER VI
,uldluc> and otherwise etectng a great destruction
oi property Wcregrct 20 learn, lthe particulars 90
. which we artnot IA possession OF. 20 Dc uloIt ca
rnctI that the buildings and sheds on the race track
were thrown down by the WIND, and that at Al coll>'
oueureS 10 he and limo en>ued. INo' ana perhaps
fhrce on more hives were lost and several were MI
i fIafcd and more or less seriously WouAlrl INC
.,,,>t here WAS of short DURATION and Od no INJURY
it,,a>,ery violent .NO. Bulletin. l5in.
CAUTION TO BALL PLAYERS N THE
>rElsr.-The PttSita >.n states THAI IN "a recent
c.i>e which occurred m Great BAlnsion. an actol
V,> brought against some ~ or - young men, oN d'
ola man. 10 recover damages for SPINAL INJURY Iy-
rpl,cd bv him. and Occa>I onedOy woke BALL WAcA
frightened hlS horse and threw hm from ms wagon.
The boys were PLAYING IN The street Inc action va
carried 10 the supreme Court, ana " WIS Or'I"'U 'l
mo un Court after argument, ihal me prac.ict %.
,,.uc hail m the street unlawful. ana titi l|
..rsaaS engaged ln Tie game were -l'oe' 10 '.',
h,rbe thrown OF Knocked hy any one % ule1' ana
horse frightened and any INJURY 80 person OF proper
Ncu>ued The injury ir ti> case h't -V'' 'i, .'-.'
81 .6, nl,,uur for me- ana the amount recei, Ell was
x.n h,a,y II TINS aeIe iuLy understood 'Ati'
would be less of tins dangerous ana annoy Q44'-
the, 81 common 10 oUi >iftt,>.
MELANCHOLY DEArHs 81 DRoWNiNG Al
Ct,~ro>.-A PARTY oi four. consisting OF Mr. inoh@S
Gsihiap. ms SISTER. Miss Selma COBB, ana 20 Young
-, man started from CLINTON on FRIDAY it'i. lol
SAILING excursion IN The Aaroor. IAe "-Au ole"
fr.,b p; the time. and sudden change Qua it> ,'liV,
mo-. r,p>,zcd tie boat, throwing ihem "., nv '',
a. ,ar Mr. a. and tine TWO ladies gained 'Ne o''-
,,flrh was now bottom upward Whiic thc Nur.,S
>Wam to the shore, some distance TOT 49,
Drr-rg The interval the persons on the oot VIZ te
,,..rt m d., "a heavy sea. Mr.. Il. managed 20 i'-d".
tt, k,.r and was compelled 20 listen 10 the cle>, an
~, mo, me last struggles of the young allt> ".'"
a., h,inp able to render them any ald sea-. wa
mai Do. tor the bodies on saturday, 9ol N'I""' STU
,,>> mn io the time our miormMiS ltl' ,. ,.
''>' 'P rNcW-Hayen Palladium.
FaIyNps' YEARLY MEErlNG.-Ihe New
Fno-,rd EncrdS have been holding tef Sei'N
meeting AZ the pleasant town OF Newport u, l.
m ey adjourned on Saturday. Aor IMAM iv'O -
hccu m attendance there and among t'r plva' ~
weic Robcri Lindsay OF England DanleI W9oi n.''
Rachel Hathaway oi OHIO. James owen o. i'I X M
Deborah Il.ndsdac and Abigail Corner OF Ne'' ~
The steamboats, north and south sncc may no III
were literally Swramed with people oil tniS oiueH ~
they Lett the Newport whiTves