New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-01
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.


There has been great excitement during the last two
DAYS in Greene County in this State, in consequence
of the arrest of four individuals charged with aiding
slave to escape. On Tuesday, United States Deputy
Marshal Churchill, accompanied by eleven assistants
left this city for Mechanicsburg, Champaign County,
Ohio, eleven miles from Urbana, having with him
warrant Issued by Commissioner Newhall, for the ar
rest of Charles and Edward Taylor, brothers, Russell
HYDE and Hiram Guttridge, who, says the warrant,
did about the Dist day of Aug 1885, harbor and con-
zeal one Add White, person OWING service ana lab0r
to Daniel q. White of Flemingsville, Ky, VINO had,
previous TO said date escaped into the State OF ono
and was then fugitive from such service and labor,
70 as TO prevent the discovery and arrest OF the SAID
Add White. The ohense charged it will be observed,
s not that the slave aided IN his escape from his
master in Kentucky by the four accused persons, but
that they sheltered aud protected him IN ONO; or IN
other words they "put him through on the Under
ground Railroad The penalty for the Ofense Is me
Il a 81, 900 and Imprisonment
OpW Wednesday morning the Deputy Marshal LEFT Ur-
bans with his posse in hired carriages and III Mecnan'
csburg and the neghbOrhOOd succeeded In arrestng
the four accused individuals. While the arrests were
in pIOgress the most intense excitement was created
in The vicinity. The news spread rapidly ana de-
termination expressed to use every means the
law provides to rescue the prisoners from the hands
Of the Border Rutlians, the officers were called,
whose sole object it was confidently Though erTo-
neously) asserted, to take them over to kentucky
and lynch them.
A writ of habeas corpus was procured from Judge
In CHAMPAIGN County and the Sheriff attempted TO
serve it; but before lac could do so the oicers nau
conducted the prisoners beyond the Douao VI io
county. second warrant was then procured IN
Clarke County. The Sheriff in this instance pursued
and came up with the party but they refused to obey
. the writ. The Sheriff not having force 10 compel
obedience, they proceeded their journey to tins
tity third writ was then obtained III Greene
County and the Sheriff of that county, with his posse,
served il upon the United States officers at O'CLOCK
Yesterday morning, in jamestown.
The United States officers resented the act oil the
county officers in eizng their horses relns before ma
king known their business. warm alteration en-
sued The Sheriff and his men We're assisted by an
sxcted crowd of two or three hundred persons. Ri
hes and pistols displayed The Marshal ana ms
men drew their weapons and several shots were hred
Mr. Churchill discharged his revolver al the ciowu
but no one injured.
VII ,nrAict was sharp and stubborn, but superior
numbers prevailed and the Deputy Marshal, with all
his nose were made prisoners and dispatch received
yesterday afternoon stated that they were 10 o0
last night TO Springfield for trlal.
AT Springfeld al ! o'clock yesterday, Deputy Mar
Keief arrested Isaac Sargent on slmar Geaig
to that made against the others ana Drought nun ~
this city where he was held by COMMISSIONER Ne"hai
IN 81 500 bail for examination next week.
From The Cincinnati Enquirer Nh
Some of our cotemporaries, here ana elsewhere,
Lately Lad an account, more or less eIroneUusy uo,
tailed Of an attempt that was made last week by some
DEPUTY United States Marshas from this city, liah
ten and other towns to arrest fugitive slave owned
in KENNEDY and who had been harbored, leu ana
EMPLOYED near MechanicSburg, Champaign county
The attempt to arrest we might well here premise,
was then unsuccessful, the negro having IeIeateu 10
the lof OF the logcabn of his harborer and employer
which, owing TO is peculiar construction, was Us eoou
g. him a fort having enirdnce-way ohly 70 one
head or body at time and from which he bid deli
10 the force in pursuit of hnl-one oil me Depu
lies barely escaping being made target Tor well
AIMED bullet discharged from the pistol OF the iugl-
tive.
Owing, then to the danger which would have II be
enCOunt red in attempt 10 dilOdgo the negro nom
his fustness and the threatened violent resistance
Rbich his hsrborer had summoned 10 his aid III the
persons Of some dozen more OF neghbOrs ana ct-
gems OF the village, pursuit was temporarily ADAM
dontd, that better organized plan I'M ght be matuTed
ana Iut in execution. This was done; and on Monday
evening party of regular and special deputies, mum
berng some half dozen or more, started upon the
Carsnot only TO pursue and If found, arrest the fd-
gitye slave but also armed with authority and pro-
cess Of law 10 arrest all who had been known har-
boreIs and protectors Of the negro and rcsants OF
Tie inst attempt "a secure him.
This marty rf officials rs We have il from verbal re-
port were not able to find the negro he having been
smart enough 10 take the Underground karoai tram;
but ihey took into custody, as We are advised, some
ak of the aforesaid special conductors OF the Under
ground Express The officers and their prisoners yes
teIduy morning had safely progr, sSed so lar on ihelg
way Xenia, when their further progress was ar
rested by local official sprngiug upon them win
Wnt Of habeas corpus, issued BY State Judge IN
Clark County. This local official had for AID laTg.
gang of Abolitionists Of Springfield and Aenia, aud
sufficiently strong Ia OverpOwer the Deputy Marshas
WIG We're there arrested and taken back 20 Spri, e
h'& Thus the tables were completely turned. The
arrested parties were discharged out OF the custody OF
me depntes and the latter were rugged, aud are now
" lying upon the vapOIs Of dungeon"
W. ihls last phase in the matter - only fair begin
ming IN another exciting and perp eXiug Niger cdse
10 be followed for some time TO come, no doubt, by
other demonstrations IN which National and State
ihorties will again be brought into hazardous conflict
~e shsA avail ourselves Of such opportunities as may