M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-04
Collision Between the AuthOri-
ties!---U. s. NIarshaIs Arrested
and Imprisoned!

tieS!---U. s. MarshaIs Arrested
and Imprisoned!
A short time ago some Deputy U.
S. Marsbals attempted to arrest a fl.
gitive slave, owned in Kentucky, who
had escaped on the Under Ground
Rail Road as far towards Queen
Yic's possessions as Mechanicsburgh,
Champaign County. The attempt
was unsuccessful, the negro hav-
ing fortified himself in the upper
part Of a log cabin, the aperture
leadingto which was just large enough
to admit the body ofone person. The
fellow who harbored the negro, had
also summoned a number OF his broth.
er abolitionists, who threatened VIC
lence to the Marshals if they attempt
ed to seize the runaway. Having adj
ded to their forces, the Marshals re.
turned q few days afterwards, with
warrants Of arrest for the harborer of
the negro and his aiders and abetters.
The fugitive had made good his es-
cape to Canada, but the Marshals ar.
rested some half dozen conductors on
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the Under Ground Railroad, and mad
proceeded towards Cincinnati with
them as far as Xenia, where all parties
were stopped by q writ of ha5ea8 cor
Pus issued by some Judge in Clark
County. The State officials we're
backed by a strong party ofAbolition-
lists of Springfield and Xenia, and the
result was that theU. S. Marshals were
taken back to Springfield, where the
conductors aforesaid were discharg-
ed, and the MarShals jugged! They
have now been dieting on the "vapors
OF a dungeon" for several days.
On Friday morning last a writ Of
ha6eas corpus was issued from the U.
s. District Court directed to John E.
Lyton, SheritFof Clark County, com.
manding him to bring the incarcera,
ted Marshals before said Court. We
have not yet learned the result.
Truly, things have come to a pretty
pass in this State! q. S. Marshals
arrested and imprisoned for perform
ing their duty and the laws of the
General Government openly defedl-
And this too, under cover of the au-
thority of the State of Ohio And
what is still worse, in the very face of
feeble. of 'he highest Tribunal in
Wheat, then, will probaoiy Supreme
and dear. We have elsewhere Boa
that farmers had better keep their
wheat. 1t will probably pay the in
terest, at least for the keeping. But
this is not all. Every other cereal
should be planted or sown as gener-
ously as possible. Corn, rye, barley,
oats and millet, may all be put into
the ground on a pretty large scale.
Peas and beans should also be grown,
wherever they can be. The root
crops, too, should by no means be
overlooked. Potatoes, turnips, beets
and carrots may be proftably cultiya-
ted, to supply the deficit, should one
be felt. When the farmer discovers
early, as he sometimes may do, that
his wheat field will produce nothing,
he will do well to plow it up, and
plant it to corn. He may thus save a
years use Of the land, and partially
repair the loss which the failure Of the
wheat has o~ccasioned.
The uncertainty and the failures at
tendant on the growth Of wheat, sug,
gest grave considerations. We must
either restore to the soil what the
wheat takes from it, or abandon the
cultivation of this, the noblest OF all
cereals Ohio Farmer, May I'd.