The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-01-29

@"oIt 'iiic soll MN 10 F-'iWlt F-pDeS,lii BaNOu
Beonf, about one hundred and thirty miles
from the mouth of Red river where Eppes has
retained him on a Cotton plantation since the
year 1919
To 90 back a step in the narrative.the man
wrote letter in June, 1871, to Henry B.
Northrup Of The State of New York. dated
and post marked at New Orleans. stating that
he had been kidnapped and was on board
vessel, but was unable to state what his iesti-
nation was; but requesting Mr. n to aid him
IN recovering his freedom. i. possible Mr.
\. was unable to do ANYTHING il his hehaf.in
consequence Of not knowing where he had
gone, and not being able to find anv trace Of
him. lls place OF residence remained un-
known until the month of September last
when the following letter was received by his
friends:
Bayou BrOF. August, 1872.
NJ VIM. Prnv. or Mr. Lewis Parker:
GENrLFMFN: II having been long time
since have seen or heard from Won. and rot
knowing that Won ire living. it is with unrcr-
tH'n'v that write TO Won but the necessity
"i the ease must hn nv excuse Having been
born free lust across the river from you.I an
certain Won mus. know me and an here
now slave, | Iwi>h vou to Obtain free pa
n"r> for mo. a'I forward th.m to me at
Marksvile, La. Pari~h Of Avovells, and Oh
!Ee Your>.
SOLOMON NDRTIRTP.
On receiving the above letter, Mr. y an
phrd TO Governor liant. of Ne,y York. for
such authority as was necessary for him
10 proceed to@l ouSiana, as an AGENT 70 pro-
cur" the liberation of solomon Proof of h>
freedom was furnished to Governor Hunt. iv
atI'iavits Of several gentlemen, General
Clarke among others. Accordingly, in rrr-
snance o. the Jaws Of New York. Henry r
No"thrup was constituted an agent to tax"
such steps. by procuring evidence. retaining
counsel, &c. as were necessary TO secure the
freedom of solomon. AMI TO execute al 'h..
dnflrs ot his arrnrv. He left Sandy Hill. in
New York, on the l4th ot December las,
and came 10 III" ritv OF Washington and stat
rd the facts OF the caSr'o Hon. Pierre Soulr
of Louisiana Hon. Mr. Conrad. Secretary Of
Wa, from New Orleans. and .Ju lrr Ncso,r.
. OF The >uircm" Court OF the United States
: and other gentlemen. They furnished Mr.
y. with strong letters TO gentlemen residing
in Louisiana, urgin! their assistance in ar-
comrli>hng the object of restoring the man
! 10 freedom.
/. From Washington. Mr. Northrup went. bv
Z. the wav Of !ittSburg and the OHIO and
Mississippi rivers, to the mouth of the Red
: River. and thercn up that river to Marksvillc
in the parish Of Avovellrs. where he emplov.
: ed the Hon. John ?. Wadlrl. an eminent
. 'awv"r Of that Pare and ronsnltcd with HIM
! n to We hes means Of tin linz an.l oh.a,a;nu
n">>c>~'"n "t III" man. He soon rs .crt .iuo
, there was no su'h man at Mrrk>yillc, nor ir
| that vicinity. Rayon Bcoufthc place whor.
n the letter was dated. was twcntv-three mile,
I "Sranf, at IT'S nearest point. and i sevcnt,
I miles in length For reasons which il is nm
G. necessary to GIVE, the very provlcntial man
, ner IN which the residence Of the man VA
4 a>ccrfalncd cannot now he GIVEN. alrh0ncl
q the circumstances would add much TO the in
tere,t Of the narrative. But he was fonnc
with great difficulty, and LEGAL nrorcedn~
r"mm"nrei. process was placed in III,
. hands Of sheriff directing him to rrooec,
20 BAYOU Bcout, and take the colored MAJ
. into his possession. and wait the order Of th
. court in regard to lis right 70 freedom TIN
, next dav, the owner with his counsel. cam
!, to MarksyiIlc and called upon Mr. n, VIII
: exhibited to them the commission which h
q had received from the Governor Of Ney
q York. and the evidence in his possession. re
. lating to the mans being a free citizen of Nev
! York.
: Eppcs' counsel. after examining it, state
h TO his client. the evidence was ample and sat
- i>t;.rtorv; that it was perfectly useless to li,
"a gate the question further, and advised him b
, all means to deliver the colored man up, i
q order that he might be carried back to tn
state OF New York, in pursuance of the Gov
70 ernors rcquiSition. An article was draw
up between the claimant and Mr. Northrur
.. the counsel for the colored man. and record
ed in acror,Ianrr with the iayrv of tho ,I,.,
u showing that the colorcrl man was free. IIav
m lng settled everything sati>tactoriv,the aaen
y, and the rescued mon started for New Orlean
=, on the 4th of January instant and on arriy
=, ing there. traced the titles of TIE coiore1 ma
T.. from Tibaut TO Eppcs. from Lord to Tbau
h. and from Freeman 10 Ford-ali the titles be
), ing recorded in the proper books kept 70
n that purpose
to Having traced the titles back as far as pos
: sible in New Orleans, the party then prc
70 cecdcd to the Civ of Washington, wher
W Burch lived and on making inquiry, foun
,e who was the keeper Of the slave pen in tha
D. city in lS4l and also ascertained from tn
e keeper, upon the colored man Solomon ".
ID being pointed ont to lm-that he was place,
e in that pen in the Spring Of 1871, and the1
IS kept for short period by Burch.
is Immediately upon the receipt of this infor
e nation complaint was made before the polio
. of Washington agains, Burch, for kidnapping