The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-09-20


laobmout 10 liberal phnHples, and 70 lead
them into tlo support Of a law 30 much AZ 'ar''
ance with The spirit Of the age aud tho dictates
81 humanity,
FEARFUL FUGITIVE SLAVE RIOT
THE OWNEH OFTilE SLAVE KILLED
lE-sHftfi- fugitive sisvs riot ogVUFrefi %
Chrisuana, Luuraster rouhy, Pa, on lhurs-
day morning, BIZ Gorsuch, the owner al tlle
slave, aud his son we're killed. Several Oth-
or persOns were injured The officers were
dnyoR from ihe ground by eighty armed ne-
groes,
The conductor Of the Pennsy wanna Rail
road has furnished the Philadelphia Inquirer
81 Friday with the following pariiculafni III
appears that Mr. Gorsuuh, the oWuer 81 two
hiaitiVes from baltimore county. hoo0mIun-
led rs hlstWO sonai the deputy " y. Marshal
from Dailimore two q, 3. officers hom this
eity, aHd several psllseaseH also from tins rity
proceeded on "Wednesday evening IA Christi
ana, about 2 miles this ride at Lancaster, for
tho purpose OF nrrcsiine the iufiiiyeH Amer
"A consultation between the officers, u was
deemed mos pcd.ant a. make tho Srfest all
yesterday morning. Frnn the best reports
We learn that the cOlSrod population ln tho
vicinity having iteen informed ofithe nature
a meeting aud asked the opinlon of several
leading aboluonisfs ~ % what course they
should pursao. The answer was, ~ Que OF
tha most current reports saya,thai they should
stand thoir grounds Accordingly about 80
negroes assembled, with guns, 6e., and secret
cd themselves in the neighboring woods and
oornhelds the signal OF attack on the officers
was the blowing OF horn. When the 9TH
GERS came uyon the party they wore anrroun-
del nn Ill s.ala- s.s.a 'sl'-ai1,- TuTrrri uTT
on them by the negroes. Az the first Gre Mr.
| Gorsurh, au elderly gentleman, and the own
90 OF the fugitive was instantly killed, and
one Of his sons MORALLY wounded another
| Of the marty ,staid 90 be- 4. s. Deputy officer
| from Baltimore, was also much hurt a Phil
IadelphiA officer was fired al i've times and
missed. AZ the time the O'Clock train pass
ed through Christiaua they wore holding an
inquest on the body OF Mr. Gorauch. The
excitement ~ the noighborliood was intense
/ The information 10 the fugitive slaves, that
| their master and the officers were ahcr them,
/ IL believed 10 have been given them by two
negroes from Philadelphia, who dogRcd the
pursuing party % Chrisdana
! 4 Geographic despatch was received at the
Office Of the Police Marshal, dated ~ lancas-
ter. asking that officers might be sent 20 West
/ Philadelphia "a intercept the muricrcrs, who
/ had fled Ia the slow line. The line arrived
IT ., and the despatch did not reach the 70
lice office until quarter past 8, and then
/ gave no description OF the parties, the Mar
/ shAl tclcraphrd back for a description, and
was answered that Mr. Charles Brady, agent,
would furnish him with one. MIR Brady did
not come down the line. A number OF the
! Marshall officers proceeded 90 West Phila.
del phia aud all the other Western depoiH but
were too late. Two suspicious looking me-
grocs oamo down ~ the o'clock line. Sow
rral white mon, in the gnrb Of triuuds, also
came down who we're heard by the agvnt
eonycrsing on the affair Every effort will
be made to arrest the muulcrcrs.
! a dcspatuh IRON Philadelphia, dated Fri
day no1n, saws; "Wc have received few adj
Idtional particulars or che droadGl riot NJ
/ Chri-tiana. Tho owner OF the slaves IL nam.
ed Edward Gorsurh; he and his son, Dickin-
son. are 10th dead There are besides, oth-
crs dangerously wounded. One OF the iug.
I ives j. q tall, SLIM goal looking, iuii-iaced
mulaito. aud ~ the murderer of his master
! He has not yet been arrested, but Is supposed
10 have acd north. We learn TINT the slave
who murdered his master, was fired at aud
wounded in the LETT arm with a pistol ball.
Ohieerz are an hia track -
From Baltimore We learn that the follow
ling arc tho names Of the parties who went
ll-.4=r-r-ft.-t tfFF fugitive slaves
Whose rescue occasioncd the dreadful riot in
Lancaster county, Penn, Edward Gorsuch,
the owner OF the slaves, who was shot dead,
IN the encounter; Dickinson Gorsuch. who
was likewise shot, and dird thercfrom Josh
ua Gorsuch, mortally wounded Dr. Thos
Prince, shot and badly hcatcn--it u feared
he will die and Alcssrs Nicholas, Hutchin-
son, and Joshua Nelson, who managed 10 es-
cape % Philadelphia Two or three Of the
negroes were also shot. The crowd ofblacks
and whites numbered about 900, and none in
tericrcd to save the lives of the sufferers. who
we're amongst the most respectable citizens
Of BaitimUy0 county. The murderera have
not boon arrested.