New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-23

:. g., on Monday, according 20 apron.msnf, Hon.
J. NJ. Wayne, Chcuit Judge, and Hon. A. q. Nagsah,
District Judge, being present lhe Grand gar. we're
charged by Judge Wayne a. 20 The special ohsnses
for which bills were reported by the L. :. Ds,rc;-,t-
oTncy James ConRer, ESQ. The frs b.ll was one in
eight counts ogainsi w C. Core for VIOLATIONS ~ the
SlaNeirade laws in the reported cruise oi the Wan
derrT. After some doiberaon. the Grand Jary Id
ward >ebiug, esq foreman reported M bil" aud
thus We suppose, this is closed, 50 Tar as the
Courts for and Of South Carolina are concerned.
A FUGIrNE-SLAyF SUu.-I is 70 be presumed .lat
readers have not forgotten the crcumsian Of
the escape Of slave from gentleman residing in tue
Vicinity of Cynihiana, mentioned in paper mor.h
or two ago and Of the fact of his being 10 our city,
lie was seen here by Deputy City Marshal Morton,
who supposed at the time, from The air Of indifference
assumed by the negro tha, he had been sen. u from
the country by hs master and therefore be passed and
repssscd him without Suspicion and he knew 10 better
until his owner aniyed. having in his possession
printed hardb offering reward of SlOO for hs ap-
prehension. The owner while here, ascertained mat
his negro made an attempt 10 pass over Ia me 'nn
nsi side on the ferry boat commanded by CaP,. I'D.
Air, that Capt. Air examined bis pass which was more
like the papers of free negro than the pass granted
to slave by his master, and being somewha; IN doubt,
under all the circumstances, he Capt. Air refused 10
allow hiu 10 cross on his boat. The of the negro
subsequently b. came informed that the runaway passed
overthc kcItucky Ceutrs. Railroad. arriving u Cow
irgton, ard lie consequently brought sut against ne
Railroad Company to recover ne iqn va.ue o. me
slave, who probably escaped through the facilities
offered by the Underground Railroad to Canede, the
dcport of fugitive slaves.
Capt Ed Air left yesterday morning for Cynihians,
summoned BY the defense, 10 give testimony IN the
case which testimony will be relation to he pass
exhibited by the negro when be made an a;.emp. TO
cross the Ohio al our ferry Ii the result should be
that the suit was decided in favor of the plaintiff IL
would institute provocation on the part OF the Raul
road Company for them 10 refuse 70 transport all
croes hereafter except they were in the company Of
their masters, the conductors in this case, would
ALWAYS be liable to be imposed upon by forged spu-
,;., Ibn fact AZ mn ~ NO fraps
PRED between the escape Of the slave and the appear
ance of the handbill aSing reward for his arrest, in
connection with the peculiar papers shown 20 Capt.
Air by the negro may have the tendency TO dc cde the
case in favor of the Railroad Company, which seems
to be entitled To such disposition oijusce lCn. Eng.
BRA>DING NEGRoEs.-7Hc Sclmd ,Als.) S,R'ig,2, ip
alluding to the punishment of negro a. Claiborne,
Miss, by branding SAYS:
This seems TO us a new feature in the punishment
of slaves. We were under the impression thst such
luxures the pententiary and branding were
served exclusively for the delectation Of white folks
Ii was once the fashion to hang negroes for the crime
Of arson but such property probably too valuable
TO choke off in that way now Perhaps the next step
may be to send them to the pententary for life, when
convicted at murder, and pay their owners for the tine
lost. Won't that be philanthropy But We cannot
see that any punishment has been inflicted on the
negro bv branding. he is not a, all disgraced By il.
Nevertheless, when we obtain full supply Of cheap
laborers the community will soon be rid Of such despe
radoes.
raging for day two along The line Of the Water.
town and Rome Railroad in Oswego and jefferson
Counties. In the neghborhoOd If Richand station,
about 500 have been burned over, the FIRE CON-
iug To within % go rods of the railroad station.
Much of the ground was covered with the remains of
pine forest giving the fire the most combus,be ma
teial To work upon. The fire south Of the station e1
tended on both sides of the track.
ARrFFIAN SH0T.-THe Csrcldad leader OF yes
tcrdav states that a mfiany fellow named Evans Fa-
gan Of Osccola. Crawford County, Ohio was sho,
Gently by L. Hunt, a New-York sheep-buyer. lie as
sailed Mr. H., who was riding along peaceaby: Mr..
Hunt had 81, 500 with him. and in the affray Mr. II.
killed him. and supposed Pagan intended To rob him.
lie surrendered himself, examined and acquitted.
SLAvE.TRADERs INDICTED At NEw-ORLrsss.-
The Grand Jury of the United States Circuit Court at
NewOrleans, on the 0thns indicted Imam u, ais
ford, - Bordnax, Nelson G. Towbndge AID Henry
w Allen the former and latter for holding slaves i'm
ported from Africa and the other two for holding and
selling slaves imported into the United States from
Africa.
The CA>s-HERR,S TREATY yor LosT.-The State
Department has received information that the official
copy Of the CassIenan treaty ratified by the United
States has not been lost in the Magdalena river and
was erroneousy reported by the last Aspinwan steam
er.
TEA SEED.-Intelligenee has been received at the
Agricultural Bureau of the Patent Office announcing
the shipment Of nine cases Of tea seed from Hong
Kong. Ii is expected that this sead will arrive toward
the latter part of this month. The Bureau viii then
have enough seed to produce 900 tea plants
POISONED THEIR MAsrER.--Two slaves Owned by
G.. B. Nichols of Henry County, Va, have been SEN
fenced to be hung the 18th nst for poisoning their
master with sIychnine. The poison did not prove ia
tai.
FoRGryG LAND WARR,yrs.-The Commissioner Of
the General Land Office, in this city, has caused the
arrest of Eiab NJ. Josln and Geo. A. Munroe, OF Mil
waukee, Wis, for forging papers to obtain lard war
rants. They are now in prison in Milwaukee.
A telegraph line between Beoit, Wis, and Belv-
h, 4 iacte nd "a
progress for carrying out the enterprise.
A colony numbering nearly a thousand Norwegisns
ard Swedcs are about removing from Illinois % Mime
sofa.