New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-28

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esss 10 ne re,ourions. a.ha ned of ,he business,
pot u man OF The former committee ~ouid serve o1
bw.
ny dOnes'sc pursGi = uss a. ,in suioeoiy sTodssd
by IN. NTisai OF tie comnit'ee, VINO I'D come 70
~ liver tie rO'Ous m.ss-se 10 substance - foso<s
"Urle-s you consent forthwith to sell yoar plar'
"ti0h, nd sp-e' iy e.ye he ae, 10 return,
you viii b. modified az oesd h0ar OF TIE Lis1t, an
ole threats OF the mus executed"
There 'rrea.s thsy oil not dsen IL necessary 10
etumerH,e, kDowpgI rsd Pevioasy been info m-d
of tn iT character name Y;
"YOur fences VI al bs torn down, your foe or
ard ruiz co. Your vslu ,be timber IOyei, your
cattle an bo ses slsn before yo1r eyes. your 1arns
aid OGt-t Cus,s burned, yosr elm h0ds's o'o "a
up ard your elf ssssssias'ei a. tbs nicn'kht oo1'
! told This venerable Conn it.ae Ia ell theIc eoa7l
uents ih-y could cary their Defarieu4 thfecb mo
execution econ A. they saw a.; that tl-y Soaa
enc ne 81 home, ana though but lone womsa
should stsrd ny ground Th.t h-d invested ny
" little Ell" IL thar pIsca of land hic pHi nv tax
p,ouply was law.-bioins c't'zen aud rould ssc L
fee both Liberty and life befJre would be driven f0n
the teid; that | loved Liberty, thar ny m1tto ras
a" Freedom or De-th,' and If Necessary ! would shed
II lac drip of my bl cd in defense OF my con5iu-
tcI a rk hts
',lc them further that supposed III they were
PERFECTLY 4le OF position b-fore they csLne, a.
ibst tie substance of the reply sent to their
form or resO!utOrs.
They declared they had no. heard worI OF any
reply, sDc uDrl uo~ we're not aE-re esd repied.
general feeling that sd treated their res )lu7ons
sita ieIt coItmpt Thus ssying, they spol0giz-d,
sssur,d NE OF Their respect and Elnd eeny, an! ten
teIi1g u cir good wisSe- they bsde NE a1ieui and
was once more If. ID qaiet
On he por1 ioy Of the 18th same month my prem
sts ere invaceo By eaox Of ruff ans armed With
pisiols O. &c. ano I wto cav spent In ndu4-
IioDs search but no dag me tHey w7fe cons rained
To- believe toe aemen's Of ny oome-tics that having
b.en i'll for several days nad taken TIP TO ;ncia
paii for ny health ard 10 Get some deeds scknow-
I'd. 80, aod soon that business was completed
wOno return
On TIE | ith 7 returned but was atil very feeble
bsd ror been bone an hour before bad Of men,
beaded by the High Sheriff e'viro I'D no Isa auf
otmsDced OF my mestici thai their mistress make
ber ape iostaaer. WIS 10 my dressing room
hteI dDg the dn'ies of ire toilet, aGd sent To-
word 70 be seated ia the paror ana would ba dowa
in fev n OmeDs. Desperate, snd IN Fliag to
visit an ins'an', they got an *, with VIII d t1'y
were abOdt king down toe door, WREN one OF them
frcc.eded in tes ins off ths lock, AMI the Sheriff vas
tree Ddine the st4irc.s fol owed by Dis ruthless gang
sh, | approaches and requested III IN 20 r7turn to
The "a Tor await my CONVEX ie1ce lacy apollo
eized and Withdrew TO the parllr. 10 : few moments
| vent Gown and formally intr 'ducei to the
Shpif, vi handed NE warrant, which real TO tbs
effect:
Whereas. John w Coleman apdsr cath that he
pe Deli. A. Wtster has mad. sn 4Eenot .ra;e s~,y
Ds'e necsry Payne. save Ton AMI divers oth-s slaves
from 1rimb- Co1Lt7 her tots command 70 SAD Dsla A.
'' '''-' w" tssn-ej ROBERT GRAY"
The sheriff sad this move wss OIL, to sppea he
eycitt IneDt Of few nivlduls, and ser al eI,nina
ton before the Judge would be discharged and re-
turn home.
tod him plsirly that underwood the whols plot,
that tn Gaze decided already, and thst should
20 TO i-il and wished take vim articles
of wearing apparel. He assured me it vas wholly un-
rectssary, as -ouo be bak in few hours; and thus
they tore away from home, not alo Eiog NE even
q change OF rament Nor wa, pei mi.ted 70 seUd fJr
IN flx Neither
was al owed trial by Jury score of wi1esss
ard brte attorneys Introduced against me and
bad a mock trial. Not the FIRST particle Of testimony
found to sn-ain their charge, ana ye this County
Juoge placed me under $40 O00 hoods to leave The
State and never returu, or 20 TO the county jail and
there lie four moDtbs, aud uDless )uld then
prove resaVe ia oificul. thing tor mortal man 10
prove 10 such Gaze, however innOcent,l | must re-
ain there curirg life as tie cha ge not being cdni
nal or iDoctsble could be sent to the Peniten-
tiary even tbous b i. were sustained.
The prison as log hat Of ruoe construction, foul
ano filthy tsving been used as pen for the confioe-
uent OF Legroes dufnx the lime of collecting sui-
cent gspg TO be transported down the river. the
weather colo, and the only means OF having fire
wac a rus y iron stove without pipe. Whsn yerSons
in the vicinity demonstrated at he cruelty of keeping
NE witt out fire, fire wa for soIse days kihdet in
the stove, which filed the cabin wi smoke, and when
this reached 70 tpe Joint of sufocsiOn they dashed
water upon l., apj then was confidently said that
bad eI loved fire in my prison. Observing one stand
rg up by the rude hole which served as window
endeayCIns to write, the jalor nailed : board across
which omplee,y excluded the light 10 vain | peti-
toned them to send for change Of clothing, and
tuCed IS ] wss by sickness ras Obliged 70 lie on q
miserable bee with scsny covering for the greater part
OF nv time.
A Keptucky lady in the neiehborhood, the wife OF
lsr.e Shareholder. hearing of the indignities aud
bare shps to which subjected, toOk up her car
mage with servant in the midst of driving storm
bril ing With ber In basket g supply of clothing and
other necessaries slited TO nv suffering state The
aier however, dogs edly refused 10 open the door or
q low Der 70 have an interview with me. He and bis
wife even refused 10 convey the comforts which
were brought saying that my spiri. al got 10 be
subdued by hardships till would be willing to give
up and leave rbe Sts'e.' Finding all importunlies
useess che com RANGED her servant TO take OF the
board from the window and then reaolutely stood OF
while be passed to me the contents OF the basket and
when the sier Undertook to interfere, she told him
" be soul be made TO feel her husba 1ds influence
on his position If be did not desst.' | had found
meals 10 communicate with my lawyers and on the
sh of April 1854, taken out oa a writ of babe u
corpus tired before another judge AM discharged
on ibe ground of entire innocence, this charge being
proI ouIced erouncess l had now been confnet Ia
a most os:bsone dungeon where vas forbidden
breath of FRI sh cir for the period Of 25 days.
After this returned 70 MY rural pursuits, and after
supern tending The plowing and planting OF hundred
OF corn, ten OF poatoes and the harvee any OF
my osts and o. her crops. removed my dwelling place
across the river 10 lndana
On the 10th of jane went to the estate to zee
one OF my ,enants who was very sick. The day WAS
excessively hot. | was overcome with fatigue aud
tab en- suddenly ill., and had to be cNrei to house.
lay there hep less under care OF physician ua the
18th, @hen | was again arrested upon wsrsn Issued
by justice Of the Teacs IN the City OF LeIiog on,
couus an ing my immediate apprehension on account
of the escape ef the wife of Lswis Hayden, vac with
her rmiy was missing ten years before. You will re-
collect that arrested ana impr ored for the same
ofepse in ls+4 The officers found me TOO SICK TO be