Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-09-18

fugitive at ChrstIanna, about sixty miles from
Phllade pha; where they met a reception they
were little expecting from company of armed
blacks, who shot the STAKEHOLDER and one of his
sons, drove off the whole assaing force and
escaped for the present.
This doubtless will cause great fare. up at
the South; but as Niggers" have no souls,
and are nothing but mere property like mules
and horses, we don't see how the chIvary car
make 1t very great argument f)r dissoving the
Union. Fillmore, however, should issue an
other proclamation instanter.
The following are the particulars, as given in
the Philadelphia papers:
Mr.. Gorsuch, the owner Of two fugitives from
Baltimore county, accompanied by his two sons,
the Deputy U. s. Marshal from Baltimore, two
U. S, officers from this city, and several police
men also from Philadelphia, proceeded on We'd
nesday to Chrstianna, about twenty lone miles
this side of Lancaster tor the purpose of arrest
ing the fugtlves.
: After consultation between the officers, 1t
was deemed lnexpedient to make the arrest until
yesterday morning. FROM the best reports, we
learn that the colored population in the vicinity
having been informed OF the nature Of the visit
of these officers to Christiana, held q nieeting
and asked the opinion OF several leading aholl-
honists $50 the despatch says, las to what conrse
they should pursue. The anawer was, las one
of the ~, G'os's, cave fnts states, that tn'y
should stand ll,4ar ground. Accordingly about
so negroes assembled with guns &C., and score
led themselves in the neighborng woods and
com6eds The signal of attack was thp blow
ing of horn. When the officers came upon
the party they were surrounded OH all sides, and
deadly fire poured upon them by the negroes
At the first fire, Mr.. Gosuch, an elderly gentle
man, and the owner of the fugltives, was in
stantly killed, and one, of his sons niortally
wounded. Another Of the party, said to be a
U. S. Deputy Officer from Baltimore, was also
wounded. A Philadelahia officer was fired at
five times and missed.
At the time the o'clock train passed through
Christiana they were holding an inquest on the
body of Mr.. Gorsuch. The excitement in the
neighborhood was intense.
The information to the fugitive Slaves that
their master and the officers were after them, is
believed to have been given by Two negroes
from Philadelphia who logged the pursuing
party to Chrisliapa. teIegraphic despatch
was received at the Office Of the Police Marshal,
dated Lancaster, asking that officers might be
sent to West Philadelphia, to intercept the muir
derers, who had fled In the slow line. The line
arrived at 5, and the despatch did moi reach the
Police office until Id past 5. and then gave no
description Of the parties The Marshal tele
graphed back for a description, and was All
swered that Mr.. Charles Brady, agent, would
furnish HIM with one. Mr.. Brady did not come
down on the line number of the MarshaI's
officers proceeded to West Philadelphia and all
the other Western Depots. but we're too late
The suspicious negroes carge down in the 5
Eo'eock line. Several white men, in the garb OF
Friends, also came down. who, were heard by
the agent conversing OIL the affair. Every effort
will be mldr to arrest The murderers.-E
/ IL o'clock, .Noon.-We have receiyed few
additional particulars of .tAe dre4dtal' riot at
Christana. The owner Of the SlaVesis named
Edward Gorsuch and his son Dickinson. Both
are dead
One of the fugitives is a tall, slim, cookbook
ing full faced muatto, and is the murderer of
his master. He has not yet been arrested, but
IS supposed to. haze fled RokEhs .-I s.....s.
/, T. ~ 1--WE learn at xses stegs mn
dcred his master was fired al and wounded in
The ann with pistol ball. Officers are on his
track.
FURTHER PARTICULARs.-A correspondent
Of the New York Tribune writes from Philda.
depha of date Friday the 18th, giving the fol
loving account of the late tragic occurrence at
Christana 1t differs in several particulars from
The statements telegraphed to the Phllade phla
press. The writer is understood to be an emi-
nent divine of Philadelphia:
Sept. |, 1851 | write in great haste eager
to correct, as have the means OF dong IN a
measure the accounts just published In our
morning p1pers OF the bloody battle which took
place yesterday morning at Christlana, in this
State, 90 miles this side of Lancaster. From
an individual just from that place, we learn that
STAKEHOLDER, with his son and nephew, from
Maryland accompanied by u 5 officers Of this
city and Baltimore, went to Chrslana after two
fugitive slaves. The blacks, having received
notice of their coming, gathered considerable
number of them IN the house which the slave
catching party were expected to visit The
door was fastened and the blacks retired to the
upper pant oil the house. When the slave
holder and his company approached, they were
warned off, A parIey took place, the slave
holder declaring as 1t is said and believed, |
will 90 to h-Il or have my slaves" The door
was broken IN, horn was sounded out of one Of
the upper windows after IN interval, compa-
ny of blacks armed, gathered on the spot, and
the negroes in the house made rush down
stairs and crowded the whites out.
Here the pnrley was resumed, the sAskesmen
of the blacks telling the white men to g&iaway (;
they we're determined, he said, to die rather
than to go INTO slavery, or to allow any one of
their number to be taken. He declared more
over that the blacks would not fire, but if the
whites fred they were dead men. Shortly, first
the nephew, then the save-ownGr and his son
fired revoIvers wounding number Of therbiacks,
but not serousIy--one man had his ear perlora-
ted by ball The clothes of others were
pierced and torn, but, as tie blacks said after
ward, " the Lord shook the balls out of their
clothes The fire of the whites was returned.
The slave owner fell dad, and his son very
dangerously wounded. The whites then return
ed. One of the u. S. officers summoned a
posse, but in vain. Some OF the neighbors
Quakers, and Anti Slavery persons, went and
took up the wounded man and carried HIM to
one of their homes, where, while they told him
in Quaker phrase, that " they had no unity with
him In his acts" and abhorred the wicked bust,
moss in which he had been engaged, every at,
tenlon was pad hun. Medical aid was in.
stantIy sent for. The effect of this treatment
upon the young man, as our informant told US.
my easily be imagined. He wept and vowed,
if he lived to correct the impression people had
at his home about the Abohtlonlsts. The Doc
tor pronounced his wounds mortal.
People soon gathered IN large numbers at
this scene of blood. The excitement was I'M
menSe Opinions and feelings conAIcted, of
course, but there was strong feeling i'll behalf
Of the blacks. While the crowd were talking,
and during the ferment two blacks (brck ma
kers) passed. One of the crowd exclaimed,
" There go two fellows who should be shot"
The black men paused and faced the crowd,
and said calmly something to this effect; Here