Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1857-01-10
SEARCH FOE a KIDNAPPED CoLoRED

SEARCH zFoR KIDNAPPED CoLoRED
Man IN LouIuANA. The Rochester
IN. ~ Democrat, Of the 18th ult., con-
tains IN account Of . search made in this
State for a negro, Charles CRANKY by
name, Of that city, who is said to have
been Kidnapped and held in bondage by a
Louisiana planter. II seems that negro
man who represented himself as fugitive
slave from Louisiana, and professed to be
the bearer Of message from CRANKY, inn
parted the above information 10 persons in
Rochester. Gov. Clark, of New York,
being advised of the circumstances Of the
case, sent Joseph Cochrane, Esq, as a
Commissioner to Louisiana, for the pur.
pose Of restoring CRANKY to freedom. The
Democrat thus speaks Of Mr.. Cochrane's
visit: .t ..f Sc PEI. ~
son his arrival at New Orleans, Mr..
Cochrane called upon the Hon. Theodore
G. Hunt, formerly member of Congress
from that city, and the Mayor Of the city,
to both Of whom he had letters. Both
these gentlemen very promptly and cheer.
fully offered any aid in their power, assur.
ing Mr.. Cochrane that il CRANKY was
wrongly held in slavery, and could be dis.
covered, there would be no difficulty or de.
lay in effecting his liberation. Mr.. Coch.
rane remained in New Orleans and vicini-
ty about week, and diligently pursued
every supposed trace of the kidnapped boy.
but without the least sign Of success. He
was several times up and down the river.
for many miles, visiting different towns
and plantations where it was supposed the
man could be found. He was
readily aided by counsel in New Orleans,
and BY the Judge and Deputy Sheriff Of
St. Charles District, above New Orleans.
q" The probability is that CRANKY is not
in that vicinity. The planter whose name
was given as his owner, resided in the
neighborhood Of the place described as the
residence Of CRANKY; but he has been
dead for two years, and his son, the present
owner, is. in Europe. The overseer readi.
y permitted Mr.. Cochrane and the Deputy
Sheriff to search among the slaves, but the
stolen boy was not there. CRANKY left
here some two years since, and is supposed
10 be in slavery somewhere in the South
but it is evident that the information in re.
gard to his living near New Orleans was
an innocent mistake or an imposition. At
any rate, Nj. Cochrane's utmost diligence
has been exerted without discovering any.
Thing which in the least confirms the in.
teiligence that led to his appointment on
this mission ~, go 81.
The reader Of the above, If he be not a
bigoied Black Republican, can
not fail TO notice the difference between
The treatment received by Mr.. Cochrane
in this State, and that which every South.
erner meets with at the North, who goes
there in quest Of his fugitive slave. Here
every facility was offered to Mr.. c. to re-
cover Granny, while at the North every
is thrown in the way Of the
Southern stakeholder who goes there to
reclaim his property under the sanction of
one Of the laws Of the United States.
This account shows up the liberality Of
Southern men in lis strongest light, and
affords another illustration OF what, true
philanthropy is, in coniradistinction to the
hypocritical professions Of the nnprincipled
Abolitionists Of the North.-N y. Bulletin.
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