The Hillsborough recorder., 1851-09-24

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interDosed-fhe f.ru,er III ,slbom s,-5s,
I" fsr Gods sake dou't hurf him more
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over de body and Protected n He
now living Al Chrisflans. xer, mach IN
jured, though his wouads viii NOT. ID !
thought. prssr ks.al~
In the iirht fwo af the nenhews wer,
also injured. one Of shsn. l. sinr reeeiy
ed shot through the whit arm tn,
Depsty Marshal Is said 70 have showr
a want a nerve 10 discharge his dutv
The whole party dispess.d shortl,
after the occurrence. heas,ns ,he body y
Mr.. g. where IL fell. and ssh~rr n wa.
afterwards found.
The affair ms created fse most in.
tense excite,~ent-sud m, eopduet N
the person or persons who isstigsted
the colored people To the course thew
have pursued. Is universally condemn
81, in terms cf no measured Kind. In.
on them rests tlse responsibility o5 fbe
blood that has keen sied. and to tb- law
they will Be responsible.
'fhe Philadelphia Rullct;n of svtur-
day afternoon. learss, l.y a taleuranh
dispatch to WIN. B. Reed. Esa. Dis
trist Attorney Of Philadelphia county
that J. L.. Thoupton. Eso. District
Attorney of Lancaster county. pro-
cseded to the scene of the murder
and riot, resulting in tlrr death Of Mr..
Gorsuch. and retusned to Lancaster
city ea Friday saorning al two O'Clock.
having in custody eleven prisoners.
charged with participating in the eut-
rage. The prisoners are composed Of
nine blacks and two whites. The names
of the latter are Elijah Castsor and
Lewis Hannaway. They were commit
ted to Lancaster Jail.
On Saturday morning the L. s. Mar
skzl, Mr.. Roberts, the u. y. District
Attorney, MIR. Ashmead, and special
Y. 3. COMMISSIONER from Washington
city, left Philadelphia in the cars for
Christiana, for the purpose Of making
a tboyough investigation Of the high
handed affair, and arrestinx all suspect
ed parties. These officers. with a view
Of properly enforsing their asthority,
were accompanied by a company of l..
s. marines from the Philadelphia NAVY
Yard, and a detail of fifty of Marshal
Keyser's police. Ii was the intention
of Marshal Roberts to scour the neigh
borhood and bring to Justice all the Gull :
ty ones.
The Bulletin is informed by several
gentlemen who came passengers in the
one o'cloek train from the west ON Sa.
turlay afternoon, that the greatest ex.
citcment prevailed throughout f.ancas.
ter county. The negroes were fleeino
in every direction.
The State and local authorities whc
have taken the lead in the matter. have
acted in the promntest manner. Tn,
United States authorities have also ex.
hibited the most praisewortby pro,nnt
ness in maintaining the law. and fer
retting out those who have SO boldl,
resisted its execution.
The officers Of the MARSHALL police,
who went up. were. under an opinion o,
Mr.. Reed, sleputized to act as United
States Deputv Marshals. Judges Grie,
and Kane have decided the offences Of
the rioters to be treason against the
United States. Suspicion rests upon
some Is or 90 Individuals
In addition to the above, we learn by
the cars which left Columbia Yesterday
at noon, that Young Dickson Gorsuch
was not only still living, but that strnng
hopes were entertained Yesterday morn
ing of his ultimate recovery. He is
wounded in the shoulder, and was Sc
yerelv beaten and bruised. 1t was also
stated that the whole number charged
with participating in the outrage arrest
ed was thirty three, and it was rumor-
ed that the two runaway negroes, be-
loging to Mr.. Gorsuch. who fired the
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