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

, MarFbal-" am an officer and doing my duty
Oh riff" So am /, and doing my duty"
n broad grin of eaTnestness. determination an,
codIne.. which marked the old Generals courtenance
together it'll the suspicious looking implements of hi
fofidabl , about 10 persons, by this time mad,
The redoubtsb Marshal and his crew soon conclude Il
surrender without any further ceremony One fello"
his bnogv and made his escape into the woods, and
has not yet been arres Gu Inc ieS' were Drought
back to Xenia about noon. -,
The Constable and his pos &c TOOK the OIL ,rsha and
biz comrades back TO Charleston on The clock train
10 answer 10 the charge Of assuming Sheriff Layton.
And the other four men from Champaign County were
taken 10 Urbana by the Sheriff Of that County IN ODE.
dience to the "habeas corpus where the lesaty ard
sucepcy Of the warrant on which they We're arrested
will be duly investigated. The people of Champaign
county like the people Of all other parts Of Ohio do
not like to their neighbors seized, handcued and
marched off to distant city, for the ofiense of not
helping a pack Of slave-catchers 10 do their dirty
work and we do not believe they will permit it, Fugi
tive Slave law or no Fugitive Slave law. The force
o. that laws Infamous provisions is about done IN
Ohio.
We have learned some facts in regard to the conduct
OF the United States Marshal and bis accOmplices to-
ward the prisoners while in their custody, which 60
very far toward showing that they were engaged in
scheUe to kidDap these men under color OF legal au-
tbority take them into Kentucky, and deal with them
as their depraved passions might dictate. They not
only had hand-cufied the prisoners, but they treated
them with all manner Of ndgnity as for instance, re-
marking when convenient limb Of a tree projected
over the road that that would be good place TO hang
such id Aboliti0nists as they They also
threatened to instantly blow their brains out If they
opeLed their mouths TO tell anybody that they were
under arrest, what for. Although they stayed all
NIGHT al ESQ Clemans's in Jasper Township, he did
not learn the character Of the strangers he Hospitality
entertained When they left his house in the morning
hey inquired the shortest road to the Ohio River
Such brutal conduct by presiding United States OFF,
GERS toward free ,rhi citizens Of Ohio deserves to
punished with the highest penalties Of the law. II the
law is lame then they should be made TO taste some Of
the blessings they themselves were attempting TO ad-
minister to their betters.
From The Cincinnati Commercial MGySo.
This was yesterday the subject Of universal CONVEX
sation and excitement. clear and full statement of
the facts that transpired, up to yesterday morning
taken from The Xenia Ntncs, will be found above.
The assault on the Sheriff is detailed as follows by
an eyewitness writing TO gentleman OF this city,
The Sheriff told the United States posse that he had
writ Of habeas corpus for their prisoners The reply
Of the posse was that their warrant was higher.
"TEe Sheriff and his Deputy got in front of the
horses, and told them to stop. Whereupon they fired
~ the Deputy three times without effect and he snap
ping his pistol (which refused to 90 off three times
they clnched him. four of them, and took his pistols
from him. the Sheriff in the mean time trying TO read
his writ. Two of the posse got hold of his and
prevented him from shooting or reading. He was
however handling the two pretty roughly; third one
came up and commenced beating him with COLT
striking many blows in quick succession, while
fourth took his pistol out OF his hand Sheriff Layton
is badly hurt in the head and back but not MORALLY
The Sheriff of Greene County, Denlel Lewis, esq.,
took the writ placed in his hands for the arrest of
Churchill and his party, on charge OF assault with
intent to kill Sheriff Layton and raised posse OF
some twenty yOungmen all well armed intensely ex
cited, and anxious to fight Their arms were muskets
double -baneled shot guns and ntes, and they over
took Churcbills party at Lamberton, in Clinton Coun
IT, L. miles from jamestown, and the same distance
from the Little Miami road Mr.. Lewis instructed his
men that in case he was shot by Churchill they were
TO fire at once. He then went up to Churchill and
told him that he must obey the habeas corpus and
warrant. Mr. Churchill then threatened TO shoot. Mr.
Lewis told him if he did 80 his whole party would be
shot Churchill submitted then at once, Bunker and
Starr escaping The prisoners charged with assault
with intent to kill examined at Springfield and
placed in jail while their prisoners were set at liberty
The Marshal force well armed.
When ncarcerated they telegraphed to this city and
L. s. Marshal SefIt telcgraphed, are Informed, TO
the Secretary of the Interior for Instructions and our
reporter was informed that in consequence of those
instructions a dispatch was sent to Churchill ana ms
men to stay in ja,l and not accept bail wr OF ha-
beas corpus to bring Churchill and his to this city,
was promptly issued by Judge Leayitt OF the District
L. s. Couit and sent to be served ON the Shern
having them in custody.
II il rumored semi Ofcialy that If this Is not COM
piled with wits will be issued for near hundred OF
those implicated in capturing and taking into csstody
the Deputy L. S. Marshal and his assistants.
The only one against whom United States warrant
were got out who has vet been brought 10 this city,
named Isaac A. Sargent. He was arrested by Deputy
L. S. Marshal John Kefer, assisted by Deputy-Sherh
Nelson Of Springfield, in private manner that no
one else in Springfield knew of the affair until ne had
been some time started on the cars for the city. lie
is suspected of being concerned in opposition TO the
Fuoitive Slave Law and charged with being in cor
respondence with the underground railroad; directors
He was Yesterday admitted TO bail and left for home.
His trials TO take place before United States Com
missioner Newhal ON Monday next