Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-06-06
From the Cincinnati Gazette, of Nay sssh.

From the Cincinnati Gazette, of Nay 2Sth
THE OHIO FUGITIVE SLAVE Casa SPECK
There has been great excitement during the last
two days. in Greene county, in this State, IN conse
quence 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,
Champain county, Ohio, eleven miles from Urbana,
having with him . warrant issued by Commissioner
Newhal, for the arrest of Charles and Edward Tay-
lor, brothers, Russell Hyde, and Hiram Guttridge
who, says the warrant, did, about the 21st day of
August 1856 harbor and conceal one Add. White,
q person owing service and labor to Daniel G. White,
of Flemngsburg KY, who had previous to said
date, escaped into the State of Ohio, and then
fugitive from such service and labor, to pre-
vent the discovery and arrest of the said Add White
The offence charged it will be observed, is not that
the slave was aided in his escape from his master in
Kentucky the four accused persons but that they
sheltered and protected him in Ohio; or, in other
words, they "put him through" on the Underground
Railroad. The penalty for the offence is fine of
thousand dollars and imprisonment.
On Wednesday morning, the Deputy Marshal left
Urbana with his posse in hired carriages, and in
Johannesburg, and the neighborhood, succeeded in
arrestng the four accused individuals While the
arrests in progress, the most intense excite
ment was created in the vicinity. The news spread
rapidly, and determination was expressed to use
every means the law provides to the prison
ers from the hands of the Border Ruffians, as the
officers were called, whose sole object it was conf
IDENTIFY, though enormously, asserted, was to take
them over to Kentucky and lynch them.
A writ of habeas corpus was procured from
Judge in Champain county, and the Sheriff attempt
ed TO it, but before he could do 80, the officers
had conducted the prisoners beyond the bounds Of
the county. A second warrant was then procured
in Clarke county. The Sheriff in this instance pur-
sued and came up with the party but they refused
to obey the writ. The Sheriff not having force to
compel obedience, they proceeded on their journey
to this city. A third writ was then obtained in
Greene county, and the Sheriff Of that county, with
bis posse, served it upon the U. S. officers at six
o'clock yesterday morning, in jamestown.
The U. S. officers resented the act of the county
officers in sezing their horses reins before making
known their business. a warm alteration ensued
The Sheriff and his men assisted by excited
crowd of two or three hundred persons Riffs and
pistols were displayed. The Marshal and his men
drew their weapons, and several shots were fired.
Mr.. Churchill discharged his revolver at the crowd,
but no one was injured.
The conflict was sharp and stubborn, but superior
numbers prevailed, and the Deputy Marshal with
all his posse were made prisoners, and despatch
received yesterday afternoon stated that they were
to he sent last night to Springfield for trial.
At Springfield at o'clock yesterday, Deputy
Marshal kiefer arrested Isaac Sargent a similar
charge to that made against the Others and brought
him to this city, where he held by Commission
er Newhall in $1,000 bail for examination next
week.