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FUGITIVE SLAVE CAsE-ARREsT AND
REscUE-UNTTED STATES DEPUTY
MARSHAL AND POSSE TAKEN INTO
CUST0DYl

hAhohAL AMI TOo9L AAhS-s AA
CUSTODY
There has been crest excitement during The last 4
two days. 70 Greene county, in this State, 10 con.
sequence Of the arrest Of four individuals charged
with aiding slave to escape. % Tuesday, Uni
ted States Deputy Marshal Churehhill, accOmpa-
MED by eleven assistants, left this city for Mecban-
csburg, Champaign county, o., eleven miles from
Urbaus, having with him warrant issued By
Commissioner NewhaIl, for the arrest Of Charles
and Edward Taylor. brothers. Russell Hyde and
Hiram Guttridge, who, says tho warrant, did,
about tbe alst day of August, 1856, harbor and
conceal one Add White, person owing service
and labor TO Daniel G. White, Of Flemingsbmgi
KY, who had, previous to said Gate, escaped into
the State Of Ohio, and was then fugitive from
such service and labor 50 as to prevent the discov-
cry and arrest Of the said Add White. The Of
snse charged, ii will be Observed IS not that the
.Iave was aided in his escape from lis master in
Kentucky by the four accused persons, but that
they sheltered and protected hin. in Ohio; or IN
other words they put him through" on the I'm
derground Railroad. The penalty for the offenss
is fine of thousand dollars aud Imprisonment
On Wednesday morning, the Deputy Marshal
efl Urbana with his posse, in hired carriage, and
ia Meehanic,burg, and the neighborhood, succeed
ed in arresting the four aecl'el individuals While
the arrests were in progress. the most intense
excitement was create in the vicinity. The news
spread rapidly. aud determination WAS express
ed to use every means tue law provides 10 rescue
the prisoners from the hands of the border rnf
Raus, MS the officers were cal el win Sc sole objrc
it WAS c,nfIently though erroneousy asserted, was
TO taks them over to Kentucky aud lyuci them.
A writ Of ha5eas corpus was prneurel fom n
Judge in Champaign county, snl the Sheriff at
tempted to serve II: but beore he could do -,
the officers had conducted the prisoners beyond
the bound. Of the cpuIty. second warrant was
then proclred in CLARK county. The Sheriff IL
this instance pursued aud ca ne up with the par
tv, but they refu,el to obey the writ. The sher
# not having force to compel ubedience, they pro
: ceed,d on their journey to this city.
third writ was then obtained iu Grean coun-
~, and the Sheriff of that county, with bis posse
eervel it upon tie U. 5 officers at six O'clock yes-
terday morning. in jamestown. Til" I, ). otli-
GERS resented the act of the county Officers in sez
ins their horses reins before making known then
business. A warm alteration ensued' Tue
Sheriff and bis men were assisted by an excited
crowd of two or three hundred persons. kIiie'
and pistols were displayed. The Marshal and his
men drew their weapons, and several shots were
fired Mr.. Churchh discharged his revolver at
the crowd, but no one was injured. The conhc'
was sharp and stubborn, but superior numbers
! prevailed and the Deputy Marshal, with all hi
posse, wers made prisoners and dispatch reeelv
+ ed Yesterday afternoon stated that they were tt
be sent to Springfield for trial
At Springfield. at one o'clock yesterday Dep
: uty Marshal Ceifer arrested Isaac Sergeant on
: similar charge to that made against the others
and brought him 10 this city, where he was held
bv Commissioner Newball in 81, 500 bail for ex
: animation next week Gincinnati Gaze4s.
The following additional facts we copy from the
Commercial
Rumor says that by this time majority of the
posse were decidedly under the influence of liquor,
and were by no means as orderly as they should
have been. However this may I've, the Sheriff at
tempted to serve the habeas corpus that had been
: nlacsd in his Lands, but was knocked down, and
several reyolvels fired at him with intent TO take
:, his Efs. This drove back the Sherif's purity, aud
:. Mr. Churchill and bis men tried TO get away, but
b the news of the affair spread like wild fire, and
the story gained volume as it went, until 1t was
# sa;l that some fifteen or more persons were being
r carried off and that battle had taken place be-
,xsan the U. s. and State officers. The popus'
n ,;on of CLARK. Greene and Champaign counties !:
!. ,rcely composed of Presbyterlans. who regard hE
Fagi,ive Slave Law with abhorrence, and soon
numbers rallied to rescue the prisoners and arres
d the assailants of the Sherifs posse.
d Al Springfield it was supposed that Chureh'!
and his men had got safely of, and Geographic
:. dispatch was sent to this city to have the wholt
S nary arrested for assault with intent to kill tht
Sheriff. They had not, however. effected the
IS escape, as they were closely pursued, and at
short distance FROM Jmtown were hemed in 10y
large body of pursurrs. Some of Mr.. Churchi'
men concluded it was best to get out OF the scrap
and slipped away and after walking all night "G'
a mari OF Yesterday, in the mud and rain, reach
6 Al a station of the Little Miami Railroad, anC
came thence to the city. These are said TO hav
heen Mr.. Bunker aud Mr.. Starr, but these gen
10 tlemen. when interrogated on reaching the city
;. stoutlv denied having been on the slave hunt, Q
knowing an, thing about the affair at Jintown.-
" deputy u. S. Marshall stated last evening this
ID these individuals we're part of Mr.. Churchil's pal