Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-04-10
From tie Cincinnati Gazette Of Saturday.
Rioling in the Six th Ward.
,lonr ACCOMPLISHMENTS ~ rIIE roIlcE.

AONts ULUuuS|lkH- Ia u EUlh%bt
Tie diSgrucelnl occurrences near the Canal have
SCARCELY Terminated before We nre called upon IL
chronicle norc TiOtOuS Proceedings in another part
Of tue city. II appears lluL large party of INV.
dies niIIlrl with cluLS, pistols aud guns, went into
thr Lafayette House Oh the cOtnet Of Mill AMI
PEOnt sheets, kept byn German named JaCUl,
K night, aud very inSOltntly demanded iquOr-
K nshL told .hcm that 10 had no 4unr but would
accommodate them with Irer, which The crowd
accented aud drank, but fOr which they refused ~
pay. The proprietor tull them that twas all
Iight. Determined to get upa TOW, The crowd
then called knight abusive nal'ieS, nid tonInrn.
Ctd breaking up his lumblers anl inrntute.-
Knight started IOr the police, but was intercepted
by Tie mob, who Knocked hin SenSelcsS IN the
floor. They then proceeded through his house,
lnSultiRG RnlghrS vile, aud 0sSsultins tie CHI
dTen. Alter doing all tho mischief they cOntd,
they left the premises, aud on The sidewalk knock
ell down AMI beat several Germans und SlEbLcd
anUlhet named lenTy OyclCluk, tUarhrt IN
knights house, aud who was returning from his
work, Tie stab was made IN the left side, aud IS
Of so serious Character that great (eatS ore Ell.
lerluinel Of his recovery. About 10 O'Clock the
ciOwd who had LEFT The house had become greatly
augmented, RnIl M attack was lnule upon The
house with bOIildtIS, stones aml hrICkbhs The
windows aud doors were all bIOken, aud Knights
family were driven from the premises The
negtbOIS left then reSiuenCcS IOt the night, aud
sought shelter elSewlietc. AbOnt " O'Clock The
rioters dispersed, but again nS'r'IIhlcd THIS nuriI
ink aud renewed the attack. rnry rntrfcd the
Lafayette House, stole Three pistols belonging to
Mr.. Knight, anl tiled SIX tunes al The batkcrpcl,
neIlIer ball taking effect. mtSse ngct was DIS.
palcLed l0I lle PIliCr, aud about 10 O'clock Mar.
Un Tie gfound. Many OF thu Tlulets had IGtl, aUd
were mol caught. Five Of tie pnfIy who had sg'
Cteled themselves IN coal OatS Ut Tie loot Of Mill
sifert, wetg arrested and taken tn the station
house. The naIrcs ur Two u the party are 10.
sepll tiiyncf aud George liOppcl-.ihc nantS Of
The Other thee We could not learn. The person
wlIU stabbed Ovclcruk has not YET been Hrnsled.
No further tiOuGlc is Unprecedented"
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TnE CASE or TIM u. S. MARsnAL"-rhe opinion
Of Jude Mcl.ean.-We had leeetaphic disp'tch
on Thursday evening that the attachment under
which The L, S. MARSHAL was sentenced 10 imptis.
ment for al alleged contempt OF Cont in refusing
to produce Rosetta hmsirnd, the fugitive slave,
Was dismissed by Judge Mclean, AMI tic Whole
proceedings Oh Tie subject token before Judge
Parker, declared 10 Lc null and vol On Wed.
nesiay ths Cincinnati Commercial gave the fol-
lowing interesting abstract Of tie opinion ofIuJse
McLeun.
| Il was remarked by Judge Mclean, III tic
corSr OI his opinion, that the authorities were mol
uniform III the point az to whether the decision OF
halraS corpus was inuI. lie was inclined IN thIrk
such decision ShOnId b. final where The urlSdic.
lion WAS clear, AMI The heating waS full und IsIri
but mol OiLrTwiSr, OF where new RnL important
evidence could BE- obtained. llWOGld lie iIIlICuIt
10 fluid any provision in Tie Fugitive Slave Act Of
1850 under which State Judge could exercise il.
liiicion. Objects ate named in the Statute whose
duty il Is to act, Rd there IS no reietenCe 10 Stale
authorities either directly OF Indirectly. The IA.
giiiye being IN the custody Of the MatsllaI with
consent aud nj the request Of the master, she wns
| lawfully held iOr the pufIIuse Of inquiry. When
Tie labeaS corpus was served on the Marshal The
case hgfUtc the Commissioner was in ptOgreSS, and
neat its tetMnalonj and could any court interfere
and lake The case from Tue ttbunal in which il.
| fsJiCiOn was vesledi II the Commissioner did
wong, did that authorize u Stale Judge 10 inter.
pose by wit Of habruS COrpnS anul withdraw The
case from lie federal jurisdiction.
The Sympathits Of the COUNSEL for ihG indignities
Olreted 10 lhe Probate Court, Judge Mclean
thought might well bespaferi so also might any
appEehensiohS bu waived fot the public peace, u
any want OF respect OIL tue part OF The frde fn au.
thOrlles, States rights had nen inW ked by lie
COulIseli buIII these tights wete consideTel 10
mean q snbpelson Of the federal authorities, they
might he SorLewhere in danger.
| That lhe Commissioner had Jurisdiction In lie
coSe Of The girl Rosetta was cleat: aud while lie
| WIS duly Gngsgtt IN The investigation OF The mt.
Ter, The Ju1geuf tile Common Pleas (wllOse mo.
tivcs wtre by no means 10 be queSOned,) by lln.
beaS corpus took from the Marshal The body OF tie
fugitive which left The Commissioner without II
case, and wrested from HIM without authority Of
law, the subject VI his jurisdiction. a sense Of
duty compelled hin Judge McLean) Therefore to
say that The proceedings Of the honorable Judge
u Common Pleas, were not only without law, but
against law, anh void
The u $. alafSnaI was Ethereupon discharged
| ton custody.