The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-01-04

him 70 come a. him butifha did boz should pay
Cor h. 80 this lime Adam was armed with
% knife and Lludgron. The man turned
amuni aud went away, and he continued bis
route 90 Philadelphia without furthsriuolrst-
alton, The p.llfer amer losing Adam on tlln
ro1d, wont back to EIkt0u yesterday morn
ing. a. provide Co. be- being sent ~ fhilaarl-
phia 10 hrT'Thuld reach there They learned
no iliiuH NJ him ou the road, and did not
know what bad hn.ome Of him until thoy bad
I reached Groys frry, near This city.
Within half hour after his arrival ln thc
I city ho was again ln thr company Of his wife
and child, and sister, who supposed thry lad
parted With lin forever, Much credit 10 due
/ 60 Mr. lllzI, in whose chhrge Gibson was
PLACED, iu connection with Mlrahal heyfrrs
police For their determination CO. bring him
hack to Philadelphia at nIl hazards il ho
should NOT prove thc person hc was alleged
] tp hr, One important matter Wr have omit
tri 90 state. Mr Knight iur whose slave be-
WIS claimed, after bee had seen him and told
! him lIc VII not the man, cautioned hiiu a.
I p1,ntt an individual, telling him IL hc was not
careful, that hp would srl him ln some per
's1n before Doc got out ot Maryland
We have no desire 10 hudlc ,hc 0ame Of
agitation upon l,s subject, for go good San
possibly como of g. The spirit We wish Ia
iuVo!,o,i Us the calm good scuse aud Kind feel
inp, Of the whole nation aud we take this
u.Das.un 20 draw thc attention OF not only the
people Of the Free States, but the pcople'ot
,hc Slave States, 10 the injustice OF this law,
81. IL nov stauif-a law which gives 10 one
man the power Ia say whether another shall
, die slave or live FREEMAN. Had this ease
boon inyesdgatod before proper tribunal 6
bad ajury s4t upon the casc, il II not At all
probable that Adam Gib,on would have been
scut back into slavery, We rejoice howcy-
or, that he has returned 10 freedom, and TINT
hc T. now with his wife and family, At hi
home Ia Philadelphia, but for this no thanks
.Im tho law and especially no II HkTurr ruc
to Mr. Comul ioucr lnunllm whose SUM
mary manuarafI-nnaluein& -cl- Lace ---i-..4'-i
die accused, WHOM The wcight Of cAid-ncc
( was against III lriug dagc- refusing 20 al
low the counsel of The accused an hours time
to prepare hi- defence, and gather hi.witnrs-
,cs brings us back to the days Of the Star
Chamber, aud shows that had Ingrahlm lived
in the time Of James the Second, lac would
have nude a fitting colleague Of Jcnrics upon
the "bloudy circuit
IN striking contrast with thc conduct Of
lngraham is that Of Mr. Knight the alleged
owner. He would not avail himself of the
suap judgment Of tho Philadelphia Commi--
-ioucr; he disclaimod thc property as his,
. and gave the unfortunate man some good adj
vice. freat1 So hi- -al,.ty aHa Aia return To
his home in Philadelphia. W. bclic,c 'Nat
| this case will cause candid men, North ant
South 10 reflect upon the impcrcclions ofthc
present law, aud in time effect q remedy
We would al, In this connection, whether the
bot haste with whi.h certain presses in the
d Noth aud orators also, have come out in APP
pro,al Of the law has not had an influence
upon the feeble mind OF Mr. Commissioner
Ingraham, and whcilrril j. not calculated to
Influence others holding Pliko oomnii--ion,-z
We have uo sympathy with those who adyo-
cate iurciJle resistance Ia the law--such doe
triuc arc always pcrnirious neither have
We any sympathy Cor men who would fear to
release person claimed as a slave lest IL
should ri, q room for mis- onstIuctiouiu Gror
,ia or South Carolina. mgraham, beyond
doubt, had determined in advance 10 send
bock into slavery thc first colored man claim
ed q. slave that ,hou'l be brought before
him. Perhaps he imagined that the safety
gr the Union depended upon it. We trust
thai he viii, s. sprrriity rs possibcbc rclicy-
ed Of the responsibility of his Office, for nci-
thcr law. nor Justice can have further use for
him Singg w. TIM LLllla.- tr=rsEzfss
al Il. q a..
agraph:
We may mention in connection with the
subject, fact which might have been impor-
:. llmt to lie claim1llt % Emcry Rice, 4 he had
known u -uoncr. Ft'iS wei ascertaintd Thar
Emery Rice was conversng with Adam Glib
son, al the corner of-Seeond and Lombard
streets, ON saturday afternoon, about two
minutes before Gibson MAS arrested. Ii may
bc fairly presumed that the real Simon Pure
is before this, out Of the way Of all arrests.
George +. AIbcrti has been arrested in
Philadelphia upon the oath of Adam Gibson.
charging him, in company with others, with
couspiring together, committing an assault
and battery on his person, and falsely impris-
oung him. Albert was held to bail in $1,000
for further hearing on Fridny afternoon!
! Jas. Frisby Price, one of the witnesses in the
case, was also arrested, aud committed in de-
fault Of hail.
TUE SToRM-Loss or LIFE.-Thc Alba /
nv Journal mentions the following as occur |
ring on llol'dny Of last wccS-tbc DAY OF the +
great snow slpIlli.
"TTo mail el,.gc, when this side Of Hu,l- I
Son, night before last overlook sleigh en-
bcddcd in a snow bank, containing woman,
several children and quantity OF furniture
Trrt tTrtrtrr-l rffrivrT7 red i4al'-
was found dead having been hpzcu IN ms
seat The woman and children nd been
preserved from similar iato by wral. nifg
themselves up in the bedding. They we've
Immediately conveyed to n house near by /,
aud kindly taken care OF. They are not