New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-10
PHILADELPHIA.
Fugitive Slave Case-C oIIIsiOn Fire
Markets.

correspondence OF ths Tribune
PHILADELPHIA Sunday, March 9.
Another Fugitive Slave case is before
me Uned States Commissioner ip ibis CITY The facts Of
the case are Substantially az follows On Friday evening
scoloIed womsn, about forty years oe age and hr son.
10y yen or Twelve, were placed in the charge OF the
Ibteo states Marshal, who detained them In his Office
through the night They arrested at Columbia, Pa
on warrant issued by Commissioner Ingrahsm. They
are cibeu as the property Of John Perdue OF Baltimore
County Md from which place. he asserts they escaped In
1912 together with the husband Of the alleged fugitive
ana thIee or four other children.
habeas corpus issued by Judge Kane, and made
riurnsbe at l O'Clock yesterdays but in consequence Of
postponed until three O'clock and finally by consent OF The
counsel on both sides the hearing Of the case further
egtd fugiives were claimed by the OF Helen and
Dick The hAbeas corpus calls them Hannah and Henry
Delam The remainder OF the family managed to get wind
OF the pursuit. and euded the officers arrest them
HE woman was arrested al house where she had been
employed 10 ash; the boy found under quantity of
hay IN barn, where he had seceted himself No attempt
wss made al Columbia or elsewhere to interfere with the
execution Of the law.
This bids fair TO give rise to question OF rather
cunous character: The woman is far advanced in preg
in fact, 1t is the opinion Of physician that she
my again become mother in few days The question
tNu arises, whether the laws Of Pennsylvania viii suffer
embryo freeman TO be sent South be slave In
event OF Inc claimant being successful In The prosecu
ten of his claimant }. ID. Bennett Esq appeared
sci for the claimant, and Messrs. d. P, Brown, w. s.
Pierce r Ludlow and Leonard Myers engaged for
tie defense, Notwithstanding the inclemency OF the
veaber, large crowd principally blacks, was gathered
about the Stale House during the greater part OF the day
everything was perfectly quiet, however detachment
Of The Msrshsls police the ground.
The Ferry boat Farmer run into Friday night by
the steamboat Trenton, and down the waters edge
No lives lost The Ferry boat ashore. The Tren
ton not n uch injured.
Mr.. Ke chBms carpenter shop situated ia Coates st.
destroyed by FIRE, together with its contents, which
were very valuable No insurance
CoTTON-The market is firm Sales Of 200 bales prnc
psly Upland, III OLE cents y n, on time. Rhe FLOUR
market continues inactive Holders generally ask so ~
barrel but there is export demand and very little for
city consumption RYE FLOUR 10 steady at So and CORN
MEAL at S7i T. barrel. GRAIN-supplies Of Wheat by
II are n nF1c
declined Sales Of 1900 bushels prime Red al 81 " bushe
W quote White at O4dl o. Corn is In steady demand
Sales Of 5000 bushels Pennsylvania 59 Rhoa but
tere is very little Offering Oats dull at former
In GROCERIES there very little doing the unfavorable
weather ard muddy Of the whsrves prevents a
Der of vessels from landing their cRrgoes WHISKY Is dull
srd lower Sales fbsrres at 2S and hhds at q! cents
SAILS OF STOCKs-Fyst BOard-25 Grard Blk, 1874; 800
Morris g. NV 49, 400 do bs, 49, $500 6s, 49, list;
Sch Nav 6s 2b do b5 IL 20 do III $4,000 Sch Nav 6s,
10, 4s3 50 Morris 49, 100 Morris 49, leo Reading 81 100
do b5 81 1tO6o b. 81 100 do b5 500 100 do, b. 500;
81 do, b. 3oE; $50 do SO5 $1,000 Anegh City 6s 81.
BseeeE BoardsSoO Reading, 5li; 200 do, b5, SO5 50
DO seq; 100 Morris, 10.
Second Board-$l25 Lehigh Int, 81 200 Morris, b5, 49,
40 Sch Nav III.
do 10. 100 Reading, seq; 100 do, 81.