The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-10-22
The NerrO Man Rerkley.

I
tower Of negro liberty-the aboltionists OF
this city-had quite carnival on Sunday
and Monday in the way of pleasurable ex-
element over rumor that couple OF IN
| dividuals had arrived from st. Louis to ar
rest the negro Berkeley whose escape from
| the South we mentioned in our last. This
! Berkeley, as most of our readers are aware,
! had gone last spring from this county
with Aaron Daniels on the road to Pike $
Peak. Mr. D. and company travelled part
of their way through Missouri, Berkeley,
at Daniels suggestion for greater safety,
calling himself his (D's) slave while in
| Missouri. Near st. Joseph, however, it
! leaked out that he was not 4 slave, and he
was arrested as a free negro without pa
pers. Denels became frightened and left
/ him to his fate. He was imprisoned, and
finally sold to pay jail fees, sent down to
| st. Louis; there again sold to a trader ;
/ thence taken down the Mississippi until
near Memphis, where, in company with
another negro, he jumped off the boat and
|
/ Ottawa ten days ago, the other negro hay
+ ing been turned over to the underground
! railroad
The negro was safe and sound among his
/ friends, everybody was glad of it, and the
prospect seemed gloomy enough for max
| ing much political capital out of the case.
/ Most gloriously, however, about this time.
/ Sheriff Warner met two gentlemen at La
t Sale, who represented themselves as po-
! lice officers from ST. Louis, and in search
, of an Irishman who had committed a muir
! der in or near st Louis They came up
with the Sheriff on Saturday, went with
/ him to the Jail and looked at the prison
/ crs, recognizing several as old acquaintan-
ces, but none as their man. and then went
to the hotel, got their supper, and left town
again the same evening. One OF the pris-
! oners in our Jail told the sheriff that he
had known the men in New Orleans as
negro traders. This was the spark that
lighted the train Whom else could they
have been in pursuit of but Berkeley?
Early on Monday morning meeting
was called ut the Court House; Richard
Thorne placed in the chair, and Geo. II.
Hunter appointed Secretary. Hon. f s.
LelaQd explained the object Of the meet
ing l.. 3. De!ano made a speech. i ru-
NOR got out that the suspected men had
had an interview with Turney English,
our City Marshal. Tufncy was sent for
and catachiSed lie said he had seen the
men-that they were after an Irishman
who had committed murder. and beyond
that would answer no questions Mr. Clio
yer pitched into Turncy-Turncy pitched
back into GlOycr-both INDUCING in per,O
nal recrimination. About this time q
strange gentleman with his face full Of
sandy hair was seen in the crowd; he look
ed suspicious. and was Immediately haul
ed up to be catechiSed What Was his
name occupation. where from. &c p
Strange gentleman thought il was nobody E.
business but handed the chairman his
card. He turned out to be a republican
dry goods dealer from Chicaso,,l The
meeting adjourned 10 convene again in
the evening 70 pass rcso1"tions
= O'Clock III the evening meeting again
convcncd-Court House filed Nr. Bas-
sett as chairman of committee on rrsolu-
t;"us. reported series which were adort-
ed. Given in another column M Bias
sett made a speech. maintaining the SUI
premacy Of the people over law, particu-
Iariy laws that held black folks in slavery.
O. G. Gray made a speech He gave a his
tory of the fugitive slave law, and while he
thought fugitive law could he passed
that would he constitutional and ought 10
be obeyed, he maintained that the present
was not such Il law. j. O. Glover spoke,
detailing the case (as far as il had then
gomez of the negro Jim Gray Vim. Cogs-
well was called out. He thought the meet
ing was got up for political eilect--dsubt-
ed whether any slave catchers were after
Berkeley, and advised the people 10 keep
cool Jim Stout made a speech \ col
lection was taken up for Bcrkley-eight
dollars and some cents-aud the meeting
djCurnod
Thus ended excitement No. ]. Num-
Der two has already been given.
A Coon AProINTNEST-Thcm managers of
the Chicago and st. Louis Railroad have
done a sensible thing by appointing Il. T,
GooDEIL- Esq, Of Joliet, superintendent of
that road Mr.. CT is one of those men
who never eat or sleep while there is work
to do, and lie works so thoroughly and
mcthodically that any job he undertakes
nee never be done twice Wevcnture to
predict, that in one week after he enters
upon the discharge of the duties Of his APP