New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-27
following card from Mr.. Culvce viii st forth with .soc..

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was seut for to-day at 2 o'clock At BROOKLYN, 70 at
tend tf hearing of an alleged slave case before U. s.
.I ?. ,S. MSrh.F. snc. twenty r.
Sured inP ued snd W.. s's tesy ~s. aSs sas
slaves s inquired Of tae DeSss', , rs.,s, ID ssy wos,
in he OF he day sss wen n ss-Tss ss = nSai.. .sa fo.
h- se hearing OF having been E.as he ven
20 he C,nnssoasrs ocs half past we've iei ne v
sSs n a. tree ia ros Of h, ae st.d ne osee. Of h,
s.i , s1 ,sSa I'D not wat .ay eSus.s thu; h h. sss
saJrd,sd that he had made Os avsrT,ns sSd ina 'A'
hsd been removed longer IN the building A.,
% .ts tSe-e positive Merton and Of the Mar
as TG% S. sS,sns S,s1Ha RGe' S s'fs De- Pnns,oa shortly
pu ne possession Of such facts led to dFa'' the s'A's'D''
ven ~.h bsn lev raomsu reoH where suspected
@ @ b,hsr ard The other two nepAew the Rev Dr.
Peunug,on Pre.byteran Clersynaa OF bnoa!n -. 49,
hen learned entire different ssory Iney s,a ly
desired s Of friends; that they were snAocs or hsH
b ,sr against ID, n whom they called Mr. James sma
OF NeWYork wines erceP some doeameas Aa1 themselves
- .b, fLev were soon 70 be taken
he sTSed on Sehsf Of P,ana1Cn Jsiss E0fn.n aud
h,rt h.heas corus but before the officers h,vns
nv reached the Jersey City Ferry the three men had been
sien the s'.ie u MINUTES , s ~ .., os n.
yI Deputies with those Of Commissioner Nco2 70 ss pissed
S ;s!;r,; s:'F'' e. p IS sS1sES SIo.as.,
50 as the fact that three of their brethren had been
consigned to Slavery, large number o. eS,oree PeSps
bsys bn removed since the burning of the City Hall 20
the corner of Nuray-s and Coege-pace, "hitner aso
Inv their sympathy for the prisoners Notwithstanding me
officers OF the Court had given out word that the ooect o
their pay had been put on their journey q" an earlier
kour ihev fingered about the premises in the most ANXIOUS
wa;chfuness Their indeiy 10 the statement ha' te
fugves were beyond their aid at length Justned ior
not until about 81 clock they really removed FOm
A. that hour large posse of City Policemen made their
sppearance as an escort carriage. In nls the coored
men were thrust and hurried the river to the Jersey
Civ Station of the railroad to Philadelphia hanked by the
II. tb.a riafrap mo-
toward it, under the natural Impulse OF the crowd ana
some exclamaons of pity not nnmlnged with scorn ror
the act and the agents. Although these were wonueruy
6rbeang especially on the part of the colored specs-
tors who NAV well be supposed TO sympathlse most IN,
tensey for their wronged brethren one OF the Ponce dd
not seem satisfied without nrctng severe DO" upon
colored man present which feed him to the ground IN
the most heartess manner. few minutes after;
the cavacade of shareholders witnesses and policemen had
left the Court room accompanied by the crowd "ch pro-
ceeded far the river, second posse oil policemen
appeared and followed to the ferry house though rs
sured that they not needed suggesting e hisenco
that either there superuous force IN tha depart
men or that they had been appointed to expressly take
care of Maryland cha;tes ,.. s...
When reporter arrived at the Jersey ,l1y Siaon'
o which he after the last railroad boat ha gone
but still reached before the Philadelphia tram had e no
found the fugitves in the pyai room OF tue ades car
hand-cufIed, and guarded by the Baltimore oncer
reham the claimants and several other persons whose
names could not be ascer;ained. There was some
curiosity manifested by few white persons, but no
crowd and excitement. There were no c0ored
resp
i is probable that the temptation to undertake rescue
would have been rresstabie There was cer'ainv niue
in the way OF its except the terors oi ohe9
State. law the victims being in all open car unprotected
Inv single policeman and surrounded by female as well
as male passengers whose presence IN so connned anu
crowded space, would have rendered revoIvers raner
unavailable 10 the assaed. Ii was worthy OF note.
as n Gloomy coincidence that the cars moved of
with their sorrowing freight of crushed hearts ana
hopes at the very moment that the moon com
menced its anticipated observation OF the sun
And while those poor victims of the worst form OF despo-
tism that ever tho unobscured sum- were oeing car
ried their DOOM IT was indeed dscoursgng 10 ooseve
how many people thronged the sidewalks, lost IN their
admiration of the solar eclipse, as though insensibe TO
the wrong and cruelty then being enacted IN which the
slavery protection laws of the nation had made them la
bic to become active participants 10 whlch tney haVo III
fect been made party by the law of 1850.
II has been seen that writ of habeas corpus. and
snecia warrant were obtained from Judge Hoffman Of
.ke sunerior Court but il arrived few minutes too late
Frieus of humanity in Philadelphia were notified, by
telegraph OF the departure of the train ana the state OF
the Gaze and was hoped by the irend' OF tne co9reu
rep in this City that something etectual would be done
there toward procuring something like fair hearing on
the arrival of the CaS.
The following is the painful
HISTORY or PEMBROKE FAMILY;
W. lcrr from the learned and estimable DIR. Pennng-
ton ihe weknown clergyman of this City the following
partcuars in TO the three fugitive slaves gwen
mn by Commissioner Morton this morning. The group
consisted of stephen Pembroke and his two sons Robert
and Jacob Pembroke, 10 and II years Of age stephen
is DR. Pennington brother Heis Two years younger,
and aged ~. Iwenty-seNen years dgO
my Pembroke escaped from Col. Frisby Tghman of
HagerstOwn Washington Co., Nd. Col L. was an uncle
70 the late Mai Ringgod who killed IN the Mexican
war To escape detection Dr. 7. changed his nome to
Pennngton-hence the difference Of the name in the
brothers,
The original ancestors of the Pembroke family in
America was young HdHdingO Prince, taken from Africa
about one hundred years ago. Leaving the Mandjngo
Prince we come 10 the second generation; Uncle BAIL
and Aunt Nelly were the parents of - children follows
/ Robert; 3 James iDr. PennngtonD g. stephen, lar
dayl. 4 3. Haur1ce Emmo
line; 7. BAIL; 2. Daniel 9. John; 10. Horace II.
Richard: r. Vernon: 10. Jane.
In 1877 James Pembroke lDr. Pennlngtonl escaped,
leaving tbs entire family excep! Robert two have been
born in the hands Of Col. llghman 49,
Soon after that the whole family nearly was sold South,
under the sppreaenson that they intended 10 run away
so far as the Doctor can inform u.s. the present state OF
this broken and scattered family is a. follows
Incle BAIL and Aunt Nelly escaped TO Pennsylvania at
MARYLAND and sold to Missouri. Uncle BAIL continued
his fight to Canada where he now safe Robert He'd TO
Pennsyy ania, whore he died.
Margaret married free man, who purchased her. but
she did not live long to enjoy the boon OF freedom.
Horace Richard and Vernon have also died.
Maria with her husband escaped to Canada, where she
il free. -
Fumeline was sold to Missouri
BAIL and Daniel are both owned by a relative OF one
Of the weahiest merchants 10 Boston, f We are rightly
infOrmed.j
Jane died young.
Mr PENNINGTON had not seen his brother Stephen for ~
wears His two nephews, Rober. and Jacob, he had
never seen at all till their arrival in this City How they
have been torn away from his sympahizng heart before
he had time fully realize their fond presence the above
account bat too painfully tells The history which he has
0yen of his unfortunate family may be y added to the
already dark and bloody record Of Sayeys inseparable
cruelties.
The amended call for a meeting at DR.. PenningtOns
Church on sunday evening next, will notify of most
timely and appropriate sequel TO this latest exhibition Of
the inezoralle spirit Of American slavery:
cAII FOR NETTING OY SYMPATHY.
To-day brother and two nephess Of the Rev. j. &C.
Pennington Oh this City seized and taken 10 station
House in WoOsterst., thence 10 COmmlssi0ner Mor0ns
Office corner Of Murrsyst and ColegePace, and there
IN a private ROOM without counsel friends, eE pqTte