New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-12

T,sre h4 wsstsIar s;ck AID sentt the hOspi,ll,
vtera lie zen al "a u.iili The sctooner had leA Be
co,.-:.g. be .blpped on bcsre sihing boat. then
worried sor time il Plymouth. but wss agAia
.skeD ,Ik. Il June last, being then sbe u be
sbou-. Though no. & 10 work While IN CONFER
s.tion With tie band, 90 board steamboat which
rups between Plymouth aud EdentOn on the OppO-
site -de Of Alteuar 2 Sound be found that unex-
rect4dr, 70 him tie boat bad LEFT the wharf. a.
tempting TO get out and Oh shore. he was seized By
The master Of tie steamboat, who a:casei him Of
being a runaway slave, tied him and CARED hm to
E6ep,op. n c ard Immediately on arriving there
tert blmtO jal.
1t seems thss in North Carolina they have law
subjec ing 81 outside bsrbarials, who are not Of
sufficiently white complexion 70 sui, the taste or
secure the confidence Of tie Noitt-C arolue e, 10
fne Of 500 for presunng to come into that Chris
AZ AID civilized STATE "to RESIDE" with the alter.
Lat re, wb ch somewhat outruns aLy Chinese pro-
c. duIe that ge have heard Of. That .b)ud the foe
lot be pad the culpnt, after certaia detention,
.hsl be sod Into slavery for 4 time sufficient to
rase he amount Under this ls~, as i: would
sfcu. Adams was tired and sentenced: bat ss be
Claimed t. be freeman, end va, believed ~ be go
Is some citiztns If + ietton who in esriga'ed his
case tId 81, 20 far from having come voluntarily
into tie county IN which Edenton is situs,ed TO
rcs'ee," be had been broua bt in sesinst bis Will
and bould hand AMI foot, these gen'lemen-ot
, hom Col psjtc Representative in Congress
from North Carolina. was one caused this JudG-
uen t. be SET aside, or at least prevented any sale
ifm tohrg place uuder il. Bat n 5 did not Sc
cure the re ease of Adams. Who a. be bad no free
Ispars, was still kcpt in prison as a runaway slave
with The prospect Of still being sold TO pay his jail
fes.
The FIST intimation which the friends Of Adams
I'D Of his Imprisonment IN North Carolina was not
from ory official or citizen Of that state, bat from
a gentleman Of this city, who, shout The time OF
Adsns's Imprisonment, being on a visit to Edet.on,
became aware Of the fact. He saw the man, heard
his story, aud returning to New-iorh, IN comPli-
auCr with promise 10 Adams, addressed letter to
Mr. Bennet If Deerpark, whom Adams had mer-
oned a. able 70 prove hin free man. Tnis letter,
y. ch was dated July y, l-5G, informed Nr Ben
Let that if Adam.'s account Of himself @as true
b. release might be procured without aoy diff
cuty by SEEDING TO Edenton previous TO the next
County Court, which met in August afidayts to
prove lis freedom; and the letter gave the name OF
a lawyer who would a1t in tse case without
charge" ind to whom the papers might be sent.
Afidayits were accordingly prepared, duly su-
thenticaisd, ard sent as directed, with request
that if aIy further proof were needed information
should be sent to Mr.. Bonnet, and also statement.
of tie jail fees and ether expenses.
Nothing furiber, however, was heard Of the mat
ter TIL about the LIT Of December, when a letter
vas received By Mr.. Bennett dated Nov. l., from
tho Cl.rh OF Cho~ae- oonnsy CVuIL, the county
in which EdentOn is situated, mentioning Adams's
account of HIMSELF and stating that he was held in
the jril Of that county as runaway slave aud was
liable to be sod forthe charges of his imprisonment,
amounting then to about SO. Ii appeared from
thus letter that the dcpostlons frmerly sent had
been received, "but beng taken er pate, were not
Introduced" Nothing, it would seem, in the shape
Of written testimony, would be likely to satisfy tue
eSieent demands Of the North Carolina law. The
Only certain Method was for some person who
could prove Adams 10 be freeman 70 be at the
trouble and expense Of going on to Edenton for tina:
purpose
Nov, there is lsw OF this STATE, enacted in
1870 ard seemingly With view to precisely such
cases rs his, which provides, among other things,
Ust Whenever the Governor Of this State shsl
receive information satisfactory TO hun that any
free citizen or any lDh4btant Of this State d" is
"wroI gully seized, imprisoned or held in slavery
" ia any Of the States or Territories of the Cnitd
States, on the allegation or preten,e that sGch
person is slave, II shall be The dEty Of sad Cor
" amor 70 take such measures as be shaI deem he
ctsssr! to procure such perOn 10 b. restored to
his liberty and returned 10 this St.te-and the act
gees 70 authorize the Governor to appoint ageot
for this purpose sndto pay all necessary expenses
The case of Adams vas thought, by those inter
e,ttd N i. 10 come fully within the letter as Vel
as spirit Of the above act aud application Vas &C
ccIdIpgly made 10 Governor Ciafk to appoint an
agent Under It. But IL serms be Vas advised =
We should Ike to kbOs by whon-.hat the case Of
Adams did not come within the law, aud on that
ground declined 10 take the action II lGested. Pre-
vous, however, 70 the receipt from the Governor OF
this reusal OIL Lis par; 70 perform clear aid PLAIN
duty imposed upon bin BY tie statute, other coz
iesPcud, nee tad taken place b. which the peerpark
Gentlemen Lad been stimulated 70 act at once on
their private resQonsibihty without waiting for the
Governors motions.
A tauntIg and insolent letter signed Fred. L.
Roberts, AID dated Esent3n, Dtc. II. lSJ6. had
cen addressed 10 Senator Seward at Washington,
tstipg tie fact # Adamss detention il al and the