Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-07-16
A PRISONERS LETTER.

THE following letter was addressed to Hon. W.
c.. Bloss, and is copied from the Rochester Demo
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ST. JOSEPH PRIsoN, Mo-, June %, 1859.
DEAR FRIEND; You will be surprised to receive
q letter from a convicted felon. But SO it is
This day o Missouri jury brought in a verdict, and
on their oaths declare that | was in Missouri, NY
self or by an agent, and stole or abducted a man
called "Dick" OF the value Of 81 500. Now, my
friend, you know me to be a man Of truth, and l
declare this moment, with my minds eye fixed on
an infinite God, that every word is false. l was
never in Missouri but two days in my life, (previ-
Gus to being kidnapped and brought here,) and
tina. was when l came through St. Louis in July
1854, to settle in Kansas and never have spok-
en- myself, or as agent, to any person in Missouri
until | was kidnapped on the 25th of January last,
and lodged in this prison. They have stolen my
! wagon and q load of provisions, &c. l have paid
one Missouri attorney $500, although the Legisla-
ture of my country appropriated $1,000 to defend
me. OF this l have received nothing.
MY land, which is a half a mile from Lawrence.
with all my Improvements, is likely to be lost, as l
have not p%re-empted it. The contest about the
claim has been decided in my favor since l vas
kidnapped. The land sales take place in July,
and as am confined in a felon's cell, and my per-
soual presence in the Land Office is indispensable,
the whole may be lost. After all this suffering,
therefore, to provide for my children, this lovely
home is likely to be taken from us. l am COM
PEELED to feel as a parent, but leave my family in
the hands of God, and you and other friends in
Rochester. The farm contains l6O acres, and if l
could get a land warrant to pre-empt it and give a
mortgage to secure the lender, il could be saved.
The Supreme Court, to which my case is appeal
ed, sits in Jefferson City in July. All the means
| could raise have been paid for Witnesses fare,
&C., on the two trials. l have suffered and sacri-
feed much for principle during the last FIVE years,
and it seems pretty hard to be rewarded with a
felon's fate. Yours. &c,
JOHN DOY.
The Democrat adds:
We understand that DR.. boy was robbed at the
time he was kidnapped, of nearly $40 in money.
blankets. buffalo robes. q stock e of flour and other
provisions, wagon, horses, and harness. The ami
mails and the harness are all that he ever recovered
back. He has borne it all like q true hero, and
he truly has the spirit of a hero but he con-
fess, to the feelings common to men who feel the
ties of kindred, and especially Of those who must
look to him as their support. 1t does seem that
such a man ought to be spared the jeers and in
suits of even those who maliciously traduced him
before his worst misfortune fell upon him.
Wretches still pursue him. None others will.
MANUMIssIoS OF SLAvEs.-A very interesting
scene occurred yesterday at the Probate Court,
and as it is national in its character, we desire to
call attention of political philosophers of every
section of the Union to it. There is nothing new
in the affair, but nevertheless it involves an IN
answered problem, and one which politicians
generally avoid.
Anthony Gustave. recently a slave of Heloise
Cory of New Orleans and Lucy. a negro woman
about forty years of age, and her child four years
old. late the property of Charles De Blanc, also of
New Orleans, had their papers re-
corded in the Probate Court yesterday. Mr.. Lee
once Boudousquie, of that city, executed the pow
or of attorney for them. They are now citizens
Of Ohio, and will heuoeforth endeavor to do here
what the Republican State of Louisiana prohibit
their class from doing.- Gin. Gaz.