New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-29

Cox ernment credit TO which it has no sort OF
tte. Irdeei, h.d ire ja'lOr been setting n say
such capacity, he would never haze Jet the ees,ei
be Knocked down for the trajog sul Of $1,000.
Lamar would doubtless have go. her b.ck for fifty
dollars or leis hsd il not been foe private quarrel
hetween HIN AID the jilor growing odt Of ca
sfar abich afford, satther proof Of the detern-
Dahon of tie authort es st Washington 70 giEe tie
slave trader LamN fall sweep, sud 10 interfere
with him as little as possible. Il appears that
rome Deputy Marshal q tae interior Of the State,
imagining that the Government were really in earnest
in their professions Of anxiety 10 suppress tie sa7e
trade bayiog found two Of tee imported Africans
at Macon seized them, snd sent them to the Mar
sha at Savannah, who committed them for safe
keeping, snd, until be could get orders from Wash
iDcton, 10 the custody Of the j,ilor. After they
had remsined in jail for several weeks, three days
before the sham sale Of the Wsuderer, Lamar,
doubtless upon hint inst b. would not be op-
posed, sppued to Justice Of the Peace st Ssyan-
nab. claiming these two Africans as his property.
He produced before this Justice witness, who
swore that he had seen the two Africans in the pos
session Of LAMAR piece Of testimony which,
under the laws Of the United States, ought -
have caused Lamsrs immediate commitment
for completely in the African slaye-trade, but
which, under the laSs Of Georgia as eGPoulded o.
Mr. Justice Staley-and in which he i: bOrne out,
ge believe, by the eIpOsltions Of tue Southern
courts geDeraly-gse Lamar prima facie title
to these Africans it being presumed, TIL tue con-
ffar II. n
this case, as in others, possession being taken rs
evidence of title til some ether claimant appears.
The United States Disttict.AttoTneY aud the Mar
shall, though notified of these proceedings, declined
to interfere. Indeed, the Marshal, who was pres
ent, expressly discl,ued any authority for detain.
ing the African who we're thereupon delivered to
Lamar, and by him hurried forthwith TO the
slave pen OF J. BeyOD esq., the same gentleman
who figured in the iae Of the Butler slaves, of
which the other day we gave an account.
Thereupon the jsilor as is usual in such cases,
pre.ented TO Lamar his bill for the board of the
negroes while in bis custody But Lamar, doubt
full, perhaps, how his sla'e-tridipg experiments
may turn ont, or thinking to shlf. off .ne charge
upon thst accommodating Old gentleman, SIR Bu-
cbslan, Refused to pay, This refusal excited the
ire of the jaior, and i. was this thai caused him
to bid against Lamar, ard to run the Warderer up
to 81 1000 instead Of letting Lamar gesit for $50
as he bad expected 60 that, after all, the board of
the two Africans did cost our amiabe and eco.
nomical slsve-trader-the African s'sve.trade, by
the way, is great school Of economy especially 10
the matter Of boarding nesroes-a pretty little
SUD.
The correspondent to whom We are indebted for
this information is quite indignant against the
United States District. Attorney and Marshal, as
having neglected their duty in thus allowing Lamar
to take the two captured Africans out Of their
hands. But similar affair, on much larger
,csle, which occurred about the same time, IN the
interior Of the State, and of which al account Is
given in The Savannah Republican, serves fully to
show that tie Dstr CT Attorney aud Marshal were
acting in this MISTER under intimitions from Wash
pgton. A Deputy Marshal Of Telfair County,
who, Ike his brother of Macon, was SIMPLE enough
10 believe that James Buchanan and Mr.. Secretary
Csss are sincere in their talk Of opposition to the
revival of the African sl,vetrade, whereas they are
only sitting on the fence, watching the course
that things may take, and waiting for more
decided indications of public opinion in the
Sham Democratic party, before making up
their minds on which side to jump-this simple
minded Deputy Marshal having found ont that
thirty.six Of the Wanderers Africans were ia his
neighborhood, on their way to Alabama under two
or three drivers, summoned posse, pursued then,
overlook them in Worth County, arrested them,
committed them to Jacksonville Jail, in Tel
fair County for safe keeping, and sent an express
70 the Marshal at Savannah, reporting what 10 had
done The Marshal sent back word that hs had
teegraphed and written TO the authorities a. Wash
ngtOn respecting the Africans then known to be IN
the country, and had rtceiJed no aRsuer; and bis
advice was TO hani them over TO the parties who
had them in charge when they were arrested, and
70 allow them TO proceed on their destination.
Upon the receipt of this piece OfsdSce the negroes
were forthwith handed over TO the party in whose
possession they had been found and who--le.s
economical or more wise thsn their principal, Ia
maf-paid for tie provisions they had consumed
and the medical attendance they bad received
while in custody. They even compromised with
those who had acted the Sherif's posse, aud who
threatened if they were not paid to recaPtare the
negroes, and 10 hand them over TO The Governor of
the S;ate-the State laws Of Georgia on the sub
jet Of ssye.trading being no less stringent than
those OF the United St,tes. 1t is added tia. the
Africans dislihed very much to leave, a, tley had
been kindly treated By the inhabitants OF Jackson.
vile, who seem not to be quite SO ardent for the
revival Of the save:rade az those Of Savannah, or