New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-24
xIDy1PpIyG IN PENNSYLVANIA.
-,,e,S.pee % The n. Y. Tribune.

H. shdpe,;on Of a colored family there'''n i"'D
slavery. am in correspondence C..r,,e Who
r,sp,eable gentleman in the town Oh -, - Tho
-! me in pos.esson OF the PaIheaiAi' u
c..e the ebi.f of which parpcse 70 give '''
they Is foIiow.; .-..a ~ -, man named
The family abducted CONSISTED r % "a On N.
D., h. wife and child Ihry wv 'n n,sce
ouihsrn border Of CumeeTlano s;cb y within y or IS
kn~b ,bs Hsryspd line. They bad come Ihsre rom
mn no nrtv ami were highly esteemed ny .h-r
neiehbors-.c says TIE Cdrise An hsavor
nceo.,ry .obrety and general go'u oena,n. m d.,
IT.. rnof,udng sad meri'orious family ~a- GU lhe
or. I0,, int as appear from subsequent de-
xsionuens sealhy seized ana ioicIo! 70 -
| U.rtlsnd AZ slaves. The next morning VIC amy
ITO ITO! ,.;.s;,, and the house was found empty. Arti-
were x.r- ate yn around la confusion. the
br, nd hch had been put to rise ior oatuiay oons
.ocd rn the hearth read to D. w9rkeu oI .ne o'e'
ar I'D in which the htte girl had been "oh 10 seep
a h H. ma Med state that II had been robbed OF
IL. occupnut Outside carriage track was discovered,
leading hfs ,he house ana thence " raPel I'"h
yilIare on the Baltimore Turnpike, where II wa. o-t
TIL. = hoe fair had been conducted WIN pr'i"unh
secrecy -Four or five white families live within
stones throw Of the house. but they heard nothing o
the occurrence and knew not what had tTansplred I'LL
the l, If morig 1t evident that the parties were
vel acquainted with The heishDoIhvou, anu wen
* He'd 10 their business.
The people in the vicinity are much excited by the
onraer. ard the greatest Indignation pervades the
whole township. The leading men Of the district in-
clud,ue ,uch as the PETERS, Woods, Morrsons, ser
retts &c. express themselves determined, a. d. c-t
Ia bIiry the perpetrator- to punishment. Iney hsve
taken The vigorously III hand aud already have
arrested az lodged in jail two VI the Offenders; one
proves 10 have been a resident Uf the neghb0rh0o1,
The other lived in Littletown, Maryland. The latter
WIS the chief actor the nefaIiuus business. His name
il MYERS. He ADMITS that be carried off the tgro-s,
ard claims 10 have acted under legal authority. lie
came he saws about two weeks since With papers
Inly do au,lotizuO him tp arrest the parties
in question. lie called the United states Comis-
soner Thomas NJ. BIddle, who informed him thst he
had resigned bis Office He then went back 10 Frederick
where the reputed owner lves-and got authority
from the Court 10 come and carry them off by force,
which he did He processes 10 stand upon the law,
and appears to have scTupes as 20 the character OF
the traI sactiop He doesn't hesitate 10 say that he
follows the busiDess Of hunting up runaways, and ex-
presses himself fdent that he will be released IN
a few DAYS bal. He is said 10 be an III conditioned
felsw, with baDgdog look that well BELTS his eau
ipg lie formerly had his abode in Adams County,
but that lie might be convenient Ia his business,
a. secure in is prosecution, he moved across
the line His house rs quite close To tue boundary
The manner in which this uiiscreaDt was caught is
worth relating. When his connection with the aoduc-
ton war ed the services of Sheriff Mccartney
were put in requstlOn for his arrest more competent
person could hardly have been found for Mr. McCart-
Dey from long experience IN the same line oil busl-
ess we'll up to the ways Of border negro ca cher-
II is comfort to think that the skill thus acquired
used to cooperate.
ENyers If tax en- on Pennsylvania process bad to be
eaught this aide of the NaTy land line. OF this Me-
| CARNEY was well aware. Myers's house ia citnn
thirty or forty yards Of the boundary, close 70 the pub
| lie road. Justice Of the Peace living in the Neigh
borbUod persuaded by the Sheriff to cooperate IN
making the arrest. He sent word to Myers-hcCart-
| ney wing in wait-thst he waited him h come over
aud vines an affidavit. The bait did not take; word
brought back that Myers was - not well An
other expedeIt was adopted. Mccartney crossed the
line unobserved, and took the stage which was com
ing 10 PEN syyania past Myerss house which stands
on the tide Of n hill He enlisted the driver in hi.
| vice. and gave him his cue. Handing hun large
printed bill headed Reward for Runaways, he said:
Put your borses bIiskly down the hil pretend, until
"you get the line, that you can't hold them; as
Won pass Nyerss house, hold up the handbils, ana
halloo, Latter from the Sheriff. and seem as though
you had more to say if your horses would only stop
The driver followed directions, and the ruse sue
ceeded Myers followed the stage 10 the place where
II stopped across the line; Mccartney, Jumping from
bis at inside seized bin, saying, You my pris-
oner." The prisoner made fight, grabbing Tor The
Sheriff neck. scufie ensued, IN which the isrmer
vas thrown upon be back and with the aid of Que o
| the passengers whose help was invoked, was hand
| cuff.d and made secure lie was brought 70 the
county Jail at Carlisle, in which he is aow prisoner
HE intended victims in the Jail at Frederick. II is
alleged by some that they really slaves, and that
Bur-" is an assumed name. Their story is that
he, B6er, was legally entitled TO his freedom after
| serving two more years that the daughter who n
49, 10 be free 49, and that his wife is free
| womsn.
The fact. Of the care nave not yet been fully s.cer
tanned but the men whO have taken II IN hand are de-
tepfhtd II may be in their power TO see that
full justice is done 10 all parties, innocent and guilty
Some Of the Carlisle lawyers express the opinion that
if these people should be proved to be slaves, as a.
| legged Myers Will have been guilty vi 10 lega!
oense; that i, Il the right of the STAKEHOLDER, under
the deci,op Of the Supreme Court in the Of Prog
| vs. the Con mopwealih of Pennsylvania, to seize hs
| property wherever he may end it. This falls in with
| the Daniel Webster case, by some of the Nandyke
par,isans. /. was proposed TO rearrest Daniel and
| carry him off summary, under the Prigg decision.
The Fugitive Slave law of 1850 these men said wis
cumulative, and did not set aside other methods au-
thurized for the rendition Of slaves. They did not try
the eIpe.ient; but il is Rot improbable thst their
| Southern brethren have been advised that there was
10 of stteup;ir to recover their runaways under
the act of 1850 and that they had best fall back the
club law laid down in the Supreme Court in the Prog
case ard successfully acted upon In several instances
| in thu State.
Well are We satisfied that this should he the resort
hereafter IL will hasten the final issue. Ifforce is to
be the word, the SHAREHOLDERS will find tina. that is
game II which two can play. They had better re-
member the fate Of Gorsuch. Besides, Peppsylv snis
has laws made and provided for the preserv alton OF the
peace and Of the rights Of her citizens in such cases
and II viii not be easy for Freder ck County Courts
other slsveholdng tribunals 10 override these laws.
Grave questions of jurisdiction will be raised by no
| means favorable TO Slavery.
Ipropose, if there should be nobody else to do it
this case in the course of it, progress. XII.
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