Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-11-10

caseg which are Vent ~ Rt5ksklle pup
tic minds Of onf city i'd A high state
Of fever, once or twice ! year-thea
arrest 6f slaves On = WIFI eE haEbeas
corpus. The particulars AS rs HhaFe
learnedby faithful inquiry aE fol
lows: 881
Some six monilssincn M Thorn
ton Witliers q resident of Aaqnier,
Virginia, took 4 number ofhls slaves
to Missouri, fur tho pilTpo9hs ofN hif-
ing them to some of his rlakY who
reside iInfhat State. A Wk oil two
since. desiring mofeIhelP 6n his own
plantation he repaired tp Missouri,
for the purpose 81 brifigIrg tilrce Of
his slaves back 70 Virginih
At ST. Louis, we believ hs en-
barked with three of bis sef kaIts, a
man and two girls; the former aged
thirty.fiyeI aud tile latter ten and
twelve years. There M4s Anptller
gentlemen onthe boat, also oing 10
Virginia. who had eighteen d TWEEN
II. ,sa4.ao1. 41.sa -&.IffaaosI E141osn
NJ 20 Ss1ss Eal
! !. Loulssille fa.s'nR $
ders of Ohio The Gaptaiht oil the
Melnotto, the boat Ar. WIitllars and
his slaves were on. assured that gen-
|tleman, aoshe informs us, that there
would not be fhe slightest d&bger III
8 B & WI "a n M ~
1T. & HrYfI Is.
II,,an Ii q.
IA assaa..ns u. $500
! ,a..ss 4 NJ . sn a. IN A..,s a.
f. s;,sn; ] s. AZ - T N.Y. n9I.ae.tp ! !, i !
80 49, $50 I'M
iad * Ill ~ ~. s; .,1Ia a'tat
~ T., h ~ IL. ,s,.st1, ,psY. ,1:,l,
~ ,.ad a.S.aS assI =
work aoa' sept KS egys,h; asnateh
"a Il arrived. Ri tbis e;fy. it MINI
conductors III tia n Il III ibn altir;.
dated arrival oftba sIaves HIT
1hoas oosf.s ~. 3ss' 49,. 49,
IT, l.sa..H
800 Isl III ps ia Il ~ g sa.s. Il s1l !.
AZ .,aS Il, 'ns o.I III All. MI l.
heo ,,.s, III iIaaan t.'.a ! l,V1 HUH s1t, i ii; :
~ 49,, les.f II III 1s III i N
-, w. $3.50 nh y.s 9 \ I ar
Is lAs. s gsls , IN
49, a.,a { 1900 ns IRs.t .a
7 Eysse III ]
80. 6 nle pfss55l IN Rilf Hts
so slnI'ss .ias llastea llsaE Als III s t'sso e e
4'.o.laotse z ,s. n - H's1t III R I.9
" ~ sala. ,ilas saill'aat ah' HE
~ ,IsiNs 81 ny SsIls. vf tnis
III nlaa rl pAacgs ISL L. HI
ny lo ,si l,linseli lll ]. Wlar I'l'f9
ineS naFs ilot : ~ l IN ne
.0u..ei ~ ~ IT, i'oal-
When Deputy Sheriff eflass aft ved
at the nnaf, ne found q nasIss9cl EK ne
aroes afFeady there, armed, !lwito tol-
ipwea ciDse. on hIs heels altifo1 fTclr
presence was Dy no means desIfsA by
tIlat official. lie approached he dooi
~ Inc room ~ which NJ, AK AAnnid
lis slaves still were. and eHh6andleedd
their surrender At fFstF this Ax q
very flatly refused lHfpB h1eIaty
sherIh showed tieswrit through tHfee
WINDOWS end insisted upon ttieiF sllr--
render 7rstatlng that y they YeEe tlot
gwen uP p~caccaDly, ne W0~uiSt heIceni
pelledgtp resort to force aanHt RTealf
me door II, which hal alreaaftT heeru
ATTACHED ~ some OF taeE ex 81 | IA,
lgFoes, one q whom e~xlflEhtedIa PiSto9i
tosMr. Withefs.
Mr. NJ hereupon operedfHbplaoor
and Delivered llIs slaves IntqgIlc
custody rs the deputy Sheriff. I III "
declared their wish to reanffain1 mitch
!helr muster asseveratlng IN tfatI hs
llad always been kind and indR gent
toward them, and they had n y sN Fre
g ieaye.him. ileaccompaffifeddtE tElanll
lal g hack and they were collEEcgEed IS
tire Court House, and toju3tgge Bllri
"a sdyne's room, whose Court was g
session n III
Air. Dcnnissand Mr. Peat RpPPeared
EslsE counsel fortlfe owner, AMI askosd
HIM q continuance Of the c%asefpnfti lIA ~