The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-08-16

Friday night of last week. two
horses were stolen, few miles north
OF this place, one from John Meredith and the
other from Enos Thomas. The most vigilant
efforts have been made for the detection OF tie
thieves and the recovery Of the horses. but up
to this time no information has been obtained
from either. Companies for the detection Of
such thieves have been formed at Hillsboro'.
Newport and Williamsburg. in this county.
and it would be well if others were organized.
The company at Newport have passed an or "
der offering . reward Of fifty dollars for the
apprehension and conviction of any thief or
thieves stealing from member OF that or any .
other company regularly organized in this
county.
We are not acquain ed With the details OF these
organizations, but we are confident such ar
rangements can be made as would secure the |
detection Of nine out Of ten Of these violators
Of the law; and We hope our citizens will give
it their attention. Seven head OF valuable
horses have been stolen from the vicinity Of
this place during the past few months. and
not one has been seen or heard from. This
should arouse our citizens to activity in the
matter. Who will make q move in the mat
ter?
Since writing the above. We are informed
that Mr. Thomas has recovered his horse
1t is supposed tina. the horse had given out
from hard travel. As he found In the
woods near Greenville.
The WHEELER SLAVE CA.E.-We publish
on the first page An article in relation to the
extraordinary decision made by Judge Kane
in this case, in which are cited the adverse
decisions made by the highest Judicial tribu
mails Of this country and Europe. This decis-
ion assumes stronger ground than slave hold
ers themselves have heretofore dared to take.
but since it has been advanced by = northern
Judge. it will no doubt be heartily approved
BY the most ultra advocate Of Estate II ghts"
doctrine in the south.
Since the committal Of Williamson to prison.
great efforts have been made to induce him
to procure by some means the former slaves
of Wheeler, but he firmly persists in the de
termination never to make the attempt TO de-
liver them into the hands of the slave catch
ers, even should he be compelled to remain
incarcerated the balance Of his natural life.
A writ Of hobeas corpus was applied for
in behalf Of Mr.. w. TO Judge Lewis. Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania,
but the Judge declines issuing the writ on the
ground that it is unsual to give the benefits Of
this great shield from oppression" in cases
of individuals committed for contempt Of court
Tb.t J.,;S;nv- ,,hatbar ac,ordipn To uSapa or
not, we would respectfully suggest, contains
the very essence Of tyranny and would be
very appropriate under a monarchy in the
darkest period of the dark ages. Williamson
has also been arrested, together with the col
ored persons who assisted the slaves Of Wheel
TRANSACTION, his only offence was simply IN
forming the slave woman that she was indeed
free by the laws of the land, and could leave
her master whenever she pleased. Tho slave
eatchers hope to induce Mr.. w. TO bring forth
the rescued slave to testify in his behalf But
in this they will surely be disappointed,
Gov. WRIGHT UPON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVE,
RY.--Ws find in an exchange the report of a
speech recently made by our Governor, in
which he defined his position upon the grea.
question Of slavery. We have had some
doubts as to the correctness of the report, for
= more shallow. not to say hear,less, illustra-
ton. we have never seen. One would sup
pose from the Governors opinion, that there
was and is no principle involved in the enor
nifty of human slavery-tha, it does not in
Nnapao the Of -, :.
is no disgrace to our professions Of freedom.
and that all we have to do in this world is to
take care of ourselves" We know this i.
the motto of certain politicians. but such
would have been strange doctrine to those old
patriots and freemen who declared tina. all
from the Governors speech. We hope i, is
not true report:
His views upon the subject Of slavery
could be given in brief. The south has no
business to NEEDLE with the freedom of the
north and the north has no business TO med
die with the slavery of the south twas the
duty of each to let the other alone in their do
mestic institutions. He supposed \ case to IL
lus,rate hi. views A father dies and leave.
each Of his sons. John and Jim. . quarter Of
a million of dollars. Jim goes to Massachu-
sets and invests his patrimony in msnufactur-
ing. and employs $50 boys and girls as opera
tors. John goes to Louisiana and invests his
In sugar plantation. and purchases ESQ
slaves as operators. A crisis in the monetary
affairs Of the country comes on. Jim closes
business. and turns his ESQ operatives out of
employment to shift for themselves, as best
they can. until the crisis is passed. Not SO
can John do He has his ESQ human beings
who m he has to feed and cloths, and take care
Of during the storm. Who has the ADVANTAGE
Who has the advantage on the scale of hui
mAnityy Jim surely cSnnnt taupt his