Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-09-23
A SLAVE HUNT-RARE SOUTHERN
SPORT.


vania, Sept. Sd, gives the following des-
crlptlon of an attempt to capture fugitive
slave:
"a most disgracefnl and brutal occur
renee took place here this morning. which
| shall take the liberty to communicate to
you, thinking it probable that no other per-
son here may take the trouble Being an
eye witness have given nothing but what
you may rely upon as facts.
About o'clock this morning, an at
tempt was made by person calling himself
Deputy Marshal Nynkoop, "a brother to
Col. Wynkoop,) another answering to the
name of Joel Jenkins, and three other as
sistants from Virginia, TO arrest fugitive
slave, colored waiter in the dining room
ofthc Phoenix Hotel in this place Imme-
dlately after receiving their breakfast at the
| hands of Bill, the unsuspecting fugitive,
who is tall, noble-looking, remarkably in
telligent and active mulatto nearly white,
! they suddenly from behind, knocked him
down with a mace. and partially shackled
him; but by desperate and after a severe
struggle, with the whole five upon him. he
shook them off, and with the aid of his
handouts, which were only fast upon his
right wrist, he inflicted some hard wounds
ON the countenances of some of the south
crners, the marks of which they will proba-
/ bly, carry to their graves.
But notwithstanding the fearful odds
against him, he managed to break from
! their grasp, and, with the loss of everything
upon him but part of his Shirt AMI cover
ed with blood, he rushed from the house,
and plunged into the river close by, cxclaim-
( ing j will be drowned rather than be taken
alive His pursurers fired twice at him
on his way to the river without checking
his speed, and on reaching the bank they
| presented their large revolvcrs and calling
on the fugitive, who stood up to his neck in
the water, to come up and surrender him
! self, or they would blow his brains out
Tie replied Il will die first They then de-
| liberagcly fired at him four or five times,
the last ball supposed TO have struck him
on the head, for his face was Instantly COW
cred with blood and the poor fellow sprung
and shrickcd out in agony, and no doubt
would have sunk, but for the buoyancy of
the water holding him up
The people around, who had by this
! time collected in large numbers, were be-
coming excited, and could no longer refrain
| from crying out Shame, shamc' which had
the effect OF causing the Southcrncrs to re-
tire a short distance, in cvidcntconsutation
The slave not seeing his pursurcrs, came to
the shore; butnot being able to support him
self in the water he lay down on lie edge
completely exhausted, became senselessand
was supposed to be dying; on hearing which
the slave catchers remarked cody that,
Dead niggcrS We're not worth taking south
Some one shortly brought pair of panta-
looms and put on the fugitive, who, in few
minutes, uncxpcctly revived and was walk
ing off from the river, partly held up by an
other colorcd man, named Rex; on seeing
which, his pursucrS again headed him, drew
and presented their revoverS, and called
upon him to sop, threatening too shoos any
one who assisted the fugitive.
"Thc white friends ofRex instantly shout
cd Stand away! stand away, Rex. you'll
get shot too This was bad advice, as they
would not have dared to shoot at that time
and it had the effect of encouraging the pi-
rates, who kept advancing toward the flu
gitive. and at the same time inundated
Rex, who drew back, cxclaiming to the flu
gtivc, Put, Bill, to the water, don't be ia
ken alive" The poor fellow, seeing him
self alone, for there was general draw
back on Tie rcvolverS being presented turn
cd and plunged into the river again, where
he remained upwards of an hour, with but
his head above water, covered with blood,
and in full view of the hundreds who lined
the high banks. His claimants dared not
follow him into the water, for, as he after
wards remarked. He could have died con
tented could he have carried two or three
down with him In the meantime some OF
the citizens thinking there was no law lusti-
fying such barbarIty, We're taking means
to have the kidnapperS arrested.
Judge Collins, one of our most respect
{ ed citizens, and several others, questioned
them as 10 their names and authority, tC
!; which they replied, He was more like lu.
matte than a Judge DC. They soon. how
ever, saw the sentiment of the community
was strong against them, and drove off be-
fore an officer could be foundt to arrest them
\ Geographic despatch to the constable in
Hazleton, caused their detention there; but
he was overawed by such pompouS United
: States officers, and they were allowed To &C
again. After their departure, the fugitive
afraid TO come out there again, waded some
distance up the stream and got out above
and was found by some colored women fiat
on his face on q corn field. The women
carried him off TO place of safety, dressed
his wounds. and at night he will be far on
his way towards Canada
/
TOMATO FIGs.-AS the time for prcscrv-
ing tomatoes is at hand, the following re-
ciPe may be useful to many of our readers
1t was received by the directors of the South
Carolina Institute, from Mrs johnson, to
whom premium was awarded at the last
fair for tomato figs. Put three pounds of
clarified brown sugar to every FIVE pound
of tomatoes. They must be first scaldel
to remove the skin; then place in a stone
Jar tomatoes and sugar alternately, to ex-
trac. the juice; in twenty-four hours boil
them in their own juice until the sugar pen