New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-26
TIE Cumberland slave Case.

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CnAMsEkssUKe, Pa, Nov. H. is12
was gisd notice in the TIE Tribzas Of ne l5sh.
your structures the eAsrge OF Justice Givcr Of The
L. & Supreme Court IN the Of Paul Kxaftnan. Of
Cumberland Co, charged with hsrb, ring eertAia
slsves bele ngirg 20 Mr., Oliver, OF wFhsnpo<t, MI
Tie real scts OF the and ts real rserlLs not
srrtr,rt either On Tie trial ncr IL toe eaSrse OF the
Court Two nnpoltsE. w.tnc. ses Tor tie assenee.
(nessrs Preckbll and weskiy) were srrai,ncd with
Mr. kaufman before the Y. ;. Di-ic, Corrt. tho0gn
inplicasc in the iral IN our state coares, and
thereby css0utisl testnony was lotto NJ Kaufman.
They were Of scqu ID. but he rst;em ans
wered it, rurro.e and let, su len; evidence n the
e;imniien Of The Court loesre discretion with the
jury
The Fret efcri in tbs csss WA made By NJ. John
Stale agent OF tie owner o. the slaves In thu place.
IN the fan OF ts The only witness then to be found
Of service to the plaintiff negro named Cole be-
lcncing 20 this He had plo,el The slaves from
Chsmter,brrg 70 NJ Ksuaman's premises, aud ooa.
ceslsd them in biz harm rifsos NJ x = kse~,eigs OF
oonssK.' such his Deposition and the Prose.
cute msy restcd he sO testified that after he hsi
sec,e;es the .lsvcs he inorlcd M Kaufman OF what
be had dCuc ana Nj kalt aan PROMPTLY C1Jecsed stat
ing Ast the negroes Nigh; he realty found and there
By involve him in serious dri ul'y. Cce. howcrer re-
fused 10 remove them ard eit mmeistcly TOR home.
Nj hsUfu an then ed the slaVeS, which Is the whole
sum and substance Ct his crime The slaves were
moved during the right; hut wss clearly proved on
the tris that Ne kaS had in Tia rezora ssi lAr A,s
horses and rasoH s.re not ases for re P~fposS
Tie case as you are aware, was twice trled ia our
s ie Coufts before taken 10 the U. :. District
Ccnrt II first tried fore Judge HEPsUEN, O Car
H. t. wio oharged sgSfst the defendant and len tho
jury ht;le margin wherein 20 base verhr h
accurisl lie i intensely National in bis sentiments.
Grd chcrthes high appreciation OF Slavery ~ ths
UnCu-s6ying I6nsCta He once undertook % b. BON
C,urt aud jury IN nearly simar case wherein Proes-
tor NcChnto,k, row resident OF your CITY. we ar
raiSUed tor the grave otenso Of informing Judge Hep
hun ct - 'ute OF viii the Count was Ignorant Che
Ant.Kidnoppng act OF ~ and s'undly berated the
Jury beetuse they dared % scqut Inn In that Coart
NJ kaufman lost the suit, but the supreme Court
rer1ssd tie del in Ia heoc trials Mr.. kaufman
eNpe dcd 81 Ice and he supposed that the farce
ended But new feature was HIT upon, AMI uOt
only NJ Kaufman ga; O ef Ais esssasisl itacsses
aTraigrCd toGppea in tie d. tr'ct Court y snwcr
in the Just set led by the highest Judi tribunal IN
the STATE The hiscy Vi lie last NAL and the duguar
charge ~ Justice Gri,r wherein Maryland J. made he
l.w-u kCr lor PENN NlyUuia sad Lord Mansfield de-
cisred iooL S familiar 10 Your readers and needs no
conn cut.
OF NJ Kaufman woUh u., say that he u one of
Ne most exemplary men ia Cumberlsnd County. He
never he's enticcd saveilo bis master and, beyond
The ample act Of givi tie hungry fugitive bread. he
hGs never aided cithe. directly or indirectly IN his
,scsIe Hes brother oi die late Mr.. kaufman. NJ &.
ii Tex6s end hss wiie and one dsug htcr about
years cid. lie owns farm containing about atty acres
81 prin, lsnd, and neny if quite, Old bt
Wien tls suit fr-t ,rid As before ststei the
ruin in the state Courts cost him alb az l00. and tho
last suit in tie L. : D.tt Court where he hal TO At
tend theI three ,ur ue- with hs witnesses before
was tried cot him ABOUT s. 100 elsc aud The verdict
Sgeit HIM Of S9,soO making about Is 900 Ia all leaves
HIM not only without hume property but absolute
" 81 eco IN debt above al his in the world IL
seems that he II even deprived of the benei. of
$50 lw, and must surrender everything personal sni
I,i a. the price OF giving bread to hungry slave
HE hitnde now m~aing effort, ny sub cription,
"a luy his erm snd deed his wife, and IL h 20 DO
bopcd thDt IL VIII be crowned with success IL win
que probably $4,000 OF which lbci al portion wtll be
raif ed IN this and Cumberland Counties II any Of your
rcader feel like contributing TO this purpose all moneys
RENTED 10 james Le,ey Esq, Cashier of the Bank of
ClAmtertl urg, will be promptly applied NJ above.
named i,uTs tuy, ALEX. n. MCCLURE
u We commend this case most earnestly
to the gentlemen who are now ping up their
secs ard $5Cs for the relief and maintenance
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lennon. Surely if their
care is hard, that Of Mr. Kaufman is far harder.
Who will help him 7 Ed