, 1859-12-13

ial act eyary moment he detains the "negro |
man who calls his name George" he must be |
presumed to DO son conspos neatts. If he il |
aware that neither Sheriff., nor Justices Of |
tia Peaes, nor Circuit Judgsa, nor any species
Of State officials, have any authority Or juris-
dction in the matter Of supposed fugitive
slaycA he mus. not complain If lo acquires
the same notoriety.as Ar. John B. Jones. We
take It that the inter individual lost as be is
to any notions Of self-respect does not find it
pleasant to be known from one end Of the
State to the otter as an open riolator Of the
law ia the prosecution Of the most nefarioua Of
81 occupations ~
We may observe in this connection, that
III. D. L. Phillips is not the writer Of any Of
tho letters which hare appeared in our columns
from the town Of Anna, nor Of any which We
hare used editorially in exposing the kidnap-
pers Of that region We make this statement
not for Mr. Phillips benefit (be is ready to as
suhe all the responsibilities, personal and
otherwise which may fall to him as o gentle
man vito dcuounees the kidnapping business
publicly aud privately)-we make it for the
purpose Of advising Jones i Co. that they have
plenty Of ncighbors who detest them and their
business, and who are active in letting tie
public know what is going On in TINT quarter.
We have had half dozen letters from as many
different persons residing in Jones' bailiwick,
at one time, and we have nerer had one from
III, D. I. Phillips On that subject
It is eviden. that the kidnappers haye been
taken with a panic The ventilation Of their
d,ings in the press and in the courts has had
salutary effect The weight Of public opin-
ion has inspired them with wholesome caution.
We copied from tho Nashville (Washington
Co.) Democrat a few days since, the narrative
Of public rescue Of q eolorcd man unIawinlly
eeixed on the Joucsboro syatem- Who believes
that there are Abolisionists enough in Wash-
inston county to tako a negro out Of the hands
| Of q. S. Marshal armed with a federal writ !?
Not the editor Of the Nashville Democrat But
the fact that rescue toas accomplshed-that
negro 1oas forcibly taken from the hands of
| a petty mob, aided and nbctted BY justice Of
the peace, and set at liberty-is conclusive that
tho people Of Southern Illinois are in favor Of
| regular proceedings under the forms Of law in
I such cases, and that they will not tolerate the
law-breakerss The Centralia case too, where
kidnnpper has been held in bonds Of 1000
for trial, is in evidence also, to the sao effect
And now We have the concurripg testimony
Of tho Jouesboro Gazette, which sets forth with
unpleasant distinctness that Jones and his
gang nre not residents Of Jonesboro, and that
Jonesboro contains none Of tho breed VERY
goodl We giro oil hands notice that We shal
continue to smoke them ont
| BY the way; we infer from the last aumbel
Of the olney 1gmts, that tho kidnapped Irish
man is still in custody, and We notice that Mi
John n Wilson, q popular gentleman and al
attorney Of that place, is being rouudly abuset
by the Democratic paper at Olney, for tn
crime Of drawing up an affidavit for tho Irish
man to obtain writ Of ha5eas corpus oni