North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-09-24
THE CHRIsTIANA OUTRAGE.

We gave in our last copious accounts of the insur-
rection in Lancaster County, Pennsy vana, of blacks
and whites against the fugtve-slave law. which re-
suited in the death of Mr.. Gorsuch, who had gone
thither reclaim his slave, and in the serious if not
mortal injury of others who accompanied him. We
learn, from the public prints, that the President has
been prompt issuing orders for arresting the gull
ty, and that he has been seconded but slowly, how
ever, by the Governor of Pennsylvania. Some thir-
ty forty of the traitors have been arrested and
being examined and committed for trial.
The last Baltimore Sun states that the muatto man,
Pinkney the fugitive slave of the late Mr.. Gorsuch,
has not yet been arrested large party were after
him.
The verdict of the Coroners Jury, who sat upon
the body of MIR. Gorsuch, is of the disgrace
full features in the outrage 1t is as follows:
The CoRoNER's INQUEST. A coroner's inquest
was held by Joseph D. Powell, Esq, the body of
Edward Gorsuch, who returned verdict, the sub
lance of which is as follows:
Upon the affirmation of George Whison, John
Rowland, Osborne Dare, Hiram Kennard, Samuel
Miller, Lewis Cooper, Geo. Firth. WIN. Knott, Jno.
Ellis, VIM. Mitihouse, Josph Richwne. and Miller
Knott, good and lawful men of the aforesaid county,
who, being duly affirmed, and charged TO inquire, on
the part of the Commonwealth, when, where and how
the said deceased to his death. do say, upon
their affirmatons, that the morning of the llth
inst, the neghborhood was thrown into an excite
ment by the ADORE deceased and some We or six per-
sons in company with him, making attack upon a
family Of colOred persons EUing in said Gap, the
brick mill, about o'clock in the morning, for the
purpose Of arresting fugitive slaves they al
legged. Many of the colored people of the neighbor-
hood collected, and there considerable firing of
guns and other firearms by both parties upon the
arrival of of the neighbors the place after the
riot had subsidized, found the above deceased lying
upon his back, right side, dead. Upon a post
nortem examination upon the body of the said de-
ceased, made by Drs. Patterson and Martin, in our
presence, We believe he came to his death by gun
shot wounds that he received in the above mentioned
riots, caused by some person or persons to US un-
known"
If the above is specimen of the honesty of Penn
sylvania Juries, may at despair of seeing the
law enforced against the guilty. But we hope 9TH
erwise. This Jury drawn from the vicinity of
Chrstiana, spot most fatally infected with the Alb
clifton mania.
Believing it 10 be our duty to inform readers
fully as to the nature of this dangerous outrage on
their Constitutional rights, shall publish in our
next several documents in relation to it, embracing
an account of the tragedy, by the of Mr.. Cor
such-a letter from that gentleman to the Governor
land to the President, on the subect-and the Reso-
lutons adopted by meeting of the citizens of PhiIa
delphia, condemnatory of the outrage.
Every part of the 8 Compromise " but the fugitive
slave law was selfexecuting. WiHthat be enforced?
The fate of the Union, dear to all. hangs on
the decision; and that decision is with the people of
the free States.