New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-25
Fugitive slave Case.
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PHILADELPHIA. Jan.

PIrrrApEIrHIs, Jan. % ls51.
Yesterday morning hearing took plsce be.
fore Cor.,rnisoner IngrHhz in the case OF sn alleged
s,gi.ive slave named Chsres Wesley. Toe defentan,
"a sut twenty verr- Of age He IL claimed by Gieon
Rockwell OF Newcastle County, Delaware, wao AYERS
that Wesley i fugitive from his service, and taa az
.hscopded about the ls Of June last The WIT OF arrest
wss Issued on Friday by the Commissioner, AMI t1e
arrest .de on Frifsy night about l09 o'clock az te
head Of the laelned Plane on the north SIDE o. ths
Schuyiun. e
The story Of the alleged fugitive l. that che is free
horn hoy ard wss born IN NewJersey, about one fue
from Camden he lived on farm with a man namsi
Rowev for four yesrs before be came 70 THIS safe OF
the river He then went % boating on the canal ana
eoutnued that bus5ess for iouru months Tie mas relied
for the last four months a, the head Of the Incaed Pne,
and denies any knowledge OF the person who lays clam
70 him.
that Of IN Irshman who testified That h. had known
tie fugitive AZ Mr. Roth wells place had IA ked with him
A. 70 his condition and described Ihe part WHICH De hal
tslen in csusine his arrest in the following terms
Saw his boy about the 5 6th OF June last IN Phlt-
SelphiA on board hne boat, the SchUy.k; tae nans
Ct the boat sampson Riddle recogn Eed nm eo Get o.
soins he rveT wsCt 20 see hun the next ais1L 1a
lowfilst wharf Z the lime kiln, named Holmes
Wa CAPTAIN nothing aid about sivery before the captain,
and nothing when inst him, brt what sud about rs
rettirs aav told CAPT HENDERSON. Of DelsSare, that
Mr. Rohx els slave here. about month aiteT dad
20 becanss | said Mr. Rot5wel treated the well wlen
went 10 Deswsrs AID thought wrong TO let ms
sMye stay here be bad bought me shoes when had ne
10 nv feet; the vesse with this Boy for month,
but I'D tel him hal sent word 70 hls maser was on
beard the vessel with him the 5h Of JAY AMI et on TIE
Sunday heore N. last Of August the boy drove the horse
the canal saw tie boy since ON Nj Saaws ari and
ssked II Capt hcOAiey was on ooar1- nai sen WI
before :hs came up August but did not tSe the
boy showed the boy 70 the nasfer can, tell way tAe
did take han thea but suffered him to rena
here ioT SIX months longer were standing on the ofa
looking az him; the boy steering and lying DOWN the
said he could not recognize him while lying down
his master back Delaware the next days he said be-
50 busy his farm he could not attend % him now
when We were frozen up a, Deaware his asycd %
~ Il " = "a
ssup found he Lived q Nh SsOtCs AZ the lnenn'd
Plane; did the boy took he officers, yes
erday showed them the boz when As boy Arrest
ed be called for NJ Scott. hs sni el stood
cut IN the eeG about hundred wards Off t1h ths Oh ,ers
there no other bak boy ibou there; they PIT him
injO csTaFe; Mr. Rothweli asked bim If be knew hin
the boy sid his master then asked hl ne would not
like to home the bOv replied he them asked hun n
be DID OF treat him well Mr. Temple, tho boy replied
va better; hs asked hun Il he had ever whip
he nm SWAY h. answered white IN Inns boz, hid
persuaded hun bis matter hives near smyfnt New.Casie
Bsni X Hanstu t,ftifed that he knows Rothwcll and
tie 10y; he knew Temple, and knows that the boz
service 20 Mr. Ro'hwell until be Is - years ofage
the 10Y told him 30 before he ran away
The bill OF sale offered in evidence shown, that
tie claimant bad purchased boy named Clsrlss Wes-
ley, Tor $500 Of Emory Temple until be shsud be =
yoars ofege.
ANsr the testimony for the defense had been ronca
ed Messrs Brown and Pierce asked tor postponemsnt
until Friday morning. at 10 O'Clock, 10 afford the defend
emit en- ouporunity o. send Tor his friends IN NevJersey
adjourned over until that time
PHr1AnErPIu,. Monday Jan. %. Isyl
Two notorious fellows, named Patrick Riley
and Edward McDevitt, arrested last night Will.
perpetratng a burglary az the residence Of William
DenRcy Schuylkll Skillet, below Market Tas
morning the prisoners committed in default of
t200Ooach, for afurther hearing Bursanos areslarm
ingly frequent in this city
4 man named John Whartcnby, resident OF
Frankfort above this city and who u occasionally al.
dcted 10 OF intenperence Saturday evening last
broke ont into OF his froics aad became perfectly
ungoyernable in his fury. 10 first went % u public
house kept by Jacob Rigler Jr ia FrankOrj, and de-
mGndcd liquor Mr. Rgler discovering his condiilc n
refused 10 let him have any. Whartenby became flr.
Gus and threatened to do personal violence 70 all who
approached HIN. lie ran into the street and began the
demolition OF the Windows Of Mr. Rglcr's house, by
throwing large stones through them One large
passed through the wall opposite the window, breaking
ava the pasteTing and atbng and passing in close
proximity 10 Mr. RglTs head
Assistance procured aud the desperate wa,
seized, with large stone in his hand He struggled
powerfully being Hercules in form and strength and
threatened 10 dash the brains cut Of those who held him
In seltde.eDse the gentle men who arrested him were
compelled to conquer him BY force and In doing 30
bnised him considerably After leaving R.gler's ne
made an attack upon another tavern lower down in
Frankfort where liquor refused him, and broke up
the furniture In the barroom He next made an attack
upon a young man he met IN the street snatched a
bucket Of his hand and beat him severely lie also
forced hs way into the houses Of two widow ladies' and
by HE behavior nearly frightened those in tn houses out
OF their senses lie was NJ le.h thoroughly conquered
taken before msgitrste End sent 70 prison About d
months ago he had Just such another froc and wastlen
only bound for biz good behavior for Elk month";
On Friday last the six months expired and on SUNDAY
iast another frolic at is hight number of the
citizens Of frankfort who have been injured by him
have commenced prosecutions against hun.
The West Philadelphia Institute for young
men viii shortly erect new building in that thriving
portion Of our city. There doubt that young meas
Institutes scattered thickly city and county will
DO 10 the morals and restrain the violence
Of youth than all the restrictive penal laws that can
possibly be passed
Over thirty miserable creatures of both sexes
and color were before Mayor Gpsn this morning on the
charge OF drunken and dsordery conduct nvssa or.
able sight 20 look a the miserable creatures whose De
grsdsiion was caused by tntemperance Many who
would have been ornaments 10 society had they eyer
cised tle couirol over their sppetes are regular
visitors at the Mayors morning bearings and attest the
folly Of their course by the misery they have caused ter
isIliLes and by their own dearel eyes and shattered
fsmes There many wholesome Lessons tau ght daly
in the prisoners dock 81 the Mayors Office
Rev Charles WadswOrth Pastor of the Arch
e. Presbyterian Church has declined the call of the First
Presbyterian Church Of Brooklyn and VIII remain IN this
city
Rain is falling this afternoon.