Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-03-05
The Cincinnati Slave Hunt.
CLOSING INCIDENTS OF THE RENDI.
TON OF THE FUGITIVES.

TON OF THE FUGITIVES.
The Cincinnati Gazette, of the 29th ult.,
says that on the day previous Judge Leavitt
refused the writ of hGbeas corpus, and the
slaves were given up to the United States
Commissioner, and conveyed across the llver
The following is the Gazette's account of the
delivery of the fugitives:
About o. clock the United States Marshal
with large numbar of Assistants, went to
the county Jail to receive the fugtives. They
were brought into the reception room, one by
one, by the jaIlers. and then delivered by the
sheriff, in person, to United States Marshal
Robinson and his Deputies. Mr.. Russell car
ried in Silly, the infant, while Mr. Brown Of
fered his arm to Margaret, and j. Bill Pollock.
walked arm in arm with Simon to the omni.
bus. When about to start Mr.. Robinson
called to the driver to stop. Some of Marga-
ret's clothes given to her since in Jail had
been left They were brought out, and the
omnibus then moved on. II. H. Robinson
and George S. Bennett led the way in bug
gy, and the omnibus, surrounded by num-
Der of Deputy Marshals, followed. They pro-
ceeded down Sycamore to Ninth, thence to
Walnut, and down Walnut to the Coyington
ferry landing.
A large crowd which had gathered around
the Jail, followed, but with the silence and
order of a funeral procession. They were at
tending the funeral of the sovereignty of the
State of Ohio.
The moment the omnibus drove on the fer
ooat heataeky she was cut loose. Mar
sha,i' one oil the claimants, was on the bow
oeck surrounded by crowds of his friends.
ana warm congratulations were EXCHANGED.
Oh, said one, " amt this worth thousand
ooliarss les, replied another, " we've
got the Id abolition State under foot now
and by Cd Wen keep it there" con
it's too good, said third, in great explta'
ton. e''' ga Iva
The omnibus drove UP to the iail ana !.
posted the fugitives. Women with chyIdren
in their arms came to the door steps in tha
street, and beautiful, dark haired girls, CLEAN.
ing with jewels, filed the open windows-all
TO see the procession pass. 1t reminded us of
the recent jubilee in Cincinnati on the 22d Of
February
After the negroes were deposited, the white
men went to the Magnolia House to hold 4
congratulatory meeting. The bar was OPEN
ed, and for some time liquor flowed freely
without money and without price.
A congratulatory meeting was afterwards
held, at which the reporter of the Gazette wal
present, and was assaulted as he came away,
The following is his account Of the affair -
Aelt was getting dark and the crowd be.
gan to dePerse, our reporter then left While
he had boe& standing in the crowd, with his
pencil in hsNtaa, he frequently heard such
remarks as--'' Nge that id Abolition re-
porter :" What ensiness has no here from
Ohiow but though Rothng Of them. lie
had gone two or thrcc blocks from the Mag.
nolia House, towards On river, when he was
suddenly struck behind. Nile turned around,
but was Immediately snrroN@ded by crowd,
struck by number Of persona, and knocked
down. One respectable looking nan remon-
sirated with the crowd, but witfuo effect
They cried" Tar and feather him,tA" Duck
nam, Hes ad-----d Abclitionist. gfte him