Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-01-08
Slave Case I'm wheeling.


oi1aAcass of occurrence in the history of our
jurisprudence took place in our city, in the county
t.sicouut ofthis county on Monday Last.
ylii negto woman, the property Of VIM. b. Stelle,
% Esq, some time since absconded from her master,
andafter having been absent some days, Twas ap-
yrpGebend in attempting to the Western Bridge,
ss,and brought back to the possession of her master.
Upon enquiry it was found that free negro man
ofths city had been prvy to her escape and there
=. upon, a warrant of arrest was issued for his ap-
e. prehension, when he was anexted and lodged in
~ the jail of this county.
.a The negro was tried on Monday last before the
Ohio county court, sitting as courtof Oyer and
lTeminer. After full examination of the facts OF
the case the court unanimously found the prisoner
- guilty underline 9th Section of Chapter 1872 Of the
go Code of Va. The negro woman testified that the
c, free negro had persuaded her to of from her
o, master, had planned the time and manner thereof
= and had arranged for her reception in Ohio, and
81 that hehad promised to, follow her to Ohio and
II there marry her. She said that she lad never de-
sgneileaving her master until the free negro per-
s7suadeh her to that conrse and that she regretted
ibeER action in the mater. The free negro admitted
ne had arranged for her reception in Ohio and had
carried of her clothes. The court sentenced the
pTisonee 10 confinement in the Penitentary for two
years.
10 It will be seen from the foregoing decision in a
case in which there was much 10 enlist the sym
.a,pathieaofthe court and public, hadtheybeen in
cIned to act from feeling anil sympathy, rather
s=than from reason, that the people of the North
West are behind none in their fidelity to the laws
-desirned to- protect the institutions of Virginia.
s Weihaye always known and asserted, that cit
izenss though not slave owners were true to the
p, interests of those of Vhgna's citizens who were,
.,,and that theywere as much opposed to Abolition
ism and Free Soil agitation - any citizens of the
= State. While the ronnadce blended with this in
- acknowledgements might well make us look with
= milde eyes upon the offender than weswould
otherwise have done, and while the fact, that the
offender was negro, and ignorant of the extent of
-. the law he was violating, might well command
/ our charity and our sympathy; still we have met
no one of our citizens who does not commend the
action of the court and sanction the necessity
and Propiety Of Furnishing TO the utmost rgor of
the law, all who seek to interfere with the rights of
IA our citizens, and TO interrupt those relations oil
/, master and servant, which however much Their
original formation may be regretted by some,
part and parcel of the law of the land, and necessa
sIy,to be protected and enforced at all hazards.
Sine the foregoing was penntd, we learn that
another negro, man, the property of Dr.. ]. G.
Campbell, of this county, has "nade tracks, His
d1whereaboutS is not known, nor can his destination
befoand out; but it is probable that he has bent
his steps towards Pittsburgh, the common harbor
saud receptacle of tie fugitive slaves from thspor
lion of.the State. We presume that if Dr.. c. was
10 presume 10 press his claim to his slave in Pitts
=. hugh. he would most probably receive treatment
somewhat similar to that given to Lloyd Logan,
worthy citizen of Winchester, who went thither in
pursuit of his property some few yearS ago. We
need not more than allude to this and refer those
who wish further information on the subject to Mr..
Logan, well known in Winchester and generally
over the State Pittsburgh is the sweet city which
trying to break down Wheeling, and coOlly asks
tie Legislature of Virginia to aid her in her efforts
70 crush US on the one hand and put her in better
. condition to kidnap and ha1bor our few remaining
slaves ON the other. Will the Legislature aid her
inher efortss