The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-30

may never live to go, and if do, NAV find thard
to take myself, without taking everybody who may
wish to go when they see me going n,,
Many letters of similar nature are received by
every post, giving more less of the shocking de-
tails OF the massacre, too horrible to relate.
Our Anglo-American Relief Committee is doing
the work of the Good Samaritan. Nearly two
thousand dollars have been raised in Beirut by the
English and American residents, but this little
stock is nearly exhausted. Hundreds of families
are dependent upon its charities for their daily
bread, and we earnestly hope that the appeal
mace by the Committee will meet with a warm
and generous response. The King of Greece sent,
few days ago, two thousand barrels of biscuits.
From the ,P1it9sdslphtq ledger, A,g. o9.l
SLAVERY VS.. FREEDOM.
A SLAVE REFUSES HER FREEDoM-CURIoUS HABEAs
CORPUS CASE.
Yesterday Judge Lud ow had before him a curious
case, INVOLVING the liberty of a colored woman 1t
seems that in July, Mr.. VIM. T. Conquest citizen
ofVirginia to this city, bringing NTH him his
slave woman Sina. Some friends of the colored
race being made acquainted with the facts, deter
mined to make her acquainted with her legal
rights as a resident of Pennsylvania. On Monday
Judge Ludlow presented with the following
petition
To the Honorabl the Judges of the Court of
Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the City and
County of Philadelphia The petition of Sina
Conquest, by her next friend, Passmore William
son, respectfully showeth that the said Sna Con.
quest Is gnlusty illegally restrained of her lib
street, above Tenth street, in the citv of Phalel
phla, for no criminal or supposed criminal matter
70 be relieved from which illegal restraint and i'm
prisonment she prays yonr Honors to grant writ
OF habeas corpus, directed to the said William II
Conquest, commanding him forthwith to bring the
5Seay OF y"%TH Hontd2 HoGntd2ReGr IS w the said Sine iTe
your HOnors may direct. And she will ever pray
&c. SNA CoNoUEsr.
BY her next friend, P. WILMAMsoN.
Before issuing the writ as prayed for, Judge Lud-
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on the back of the petition that the writ would not
conflict with any process issued by the United
States Court This done and the writ issued,
| and yesterday morning, when il returned, Mr.
| Conquest presented the following:
| In the Matter of the iabeas Corpus at the suit
| of Sina COnquest-TO the Hon. the Judges of the
| Court of Quarter Sessions: VIM. T. CONQUEST in
| answer to the above writ of habeas corpus makes
return, that the above-named Sina Conquest was
held to service slave by this respondent, in the
county of Accomac and State of Virginia; that, in
the month of July, 1861 he returned to the citv of
! Philadelphia, where he now resides, bringing with
him the said Sina that prior to leaving the State
of Virginia. this respondent informed the said Sina
that by the laws of the State of PENNSYLVANIA, the
said Sina would be free upon her arrival for resi-
dence in the said State; that this respondent does
not detan, and has not detained the said Sina and
has no claim, and does not claim, to hold the said
Sna to service within the Commonwealth; and
that she is at liberty to depart, if she desires to
| do; that in obedience to the orders of the Court
he has the said Sina here before the Judge of the
| said Court, to abide by such order as may be made
in the premises. (Signed,l W. T. CoNQUEsr.
Mr.. Pierce then desired that the woman might
be instructed as to her rights &c.
Judge Ludlow called the astonished slave before
him and informed her that, as a resident of Penn
sylvania, she was free woman. IT, however, she
returned home, by the laws of Virginia, and by a
decision of the Supreme Court, she would still
continue slave. She might now elect the course
to pursue, and in doing so she ought not to allow
any one to influence her.
Sina answered promptly that she preferred to
go back with her master, as she would feel better
content her native SOIL and she was assured that
she would be better off in the end
Judge Ludlow remarked that he had no doubt
that her determination a sensible one.
The slave again addressed the Court, referring
to her master in the most affectiOnate terms. He
had she said, taken her all around town, and shown
her all the sights, and she did not think it would be
| honorable for her to leave him now.
Judge Ludlow then dismissed the writ, with the
| following endorsement:
Aug. 49, 1860. 1t appearing by this return that
the within named VIM. 7. Conquest does not claim
to hold the within named Sina Conquest by any
claim of law or constitutional right, and the said
Sina being in person in court, and so informed by
the court this writ is dismissed.
j. R. LUDLOW.
LATER FROM CHINA.
SHANGHAI, 18th June, 1860.-The rebels have
taken Soo-chow, and the imper ial authority,
Judge, is pretty severely shaken in the Two-Ki
ang. The Governor General Ho is now here-a
mere refugee. The panic amongst the natives
about Shanghai has been unprecedented and
believe that more than three-fourths of the inhabi
tants have left the city, carrying with them every
thing portable, furniture, &c.-as though they ha(
no intention of returning. The leading silkmeI
and others have been paying large sums to secure
foreign vessels to escape to in case of need. Two
brigs, hear, are receiving $50 per diem for this
Other natives less wealthy have had iunks in
readiness to transfer uner families md effects ton
while the common people, stated above, have
for the most part, just taken to their heels. Al
classes of the Chinese appear to have become pos
sessed with vague, indefinabe dread of some i'm
were coming, and that nothing short of decimatioI
, awaited them if they remained All this is moth
ing more than simple recital of what actually
obtained here for the best part of last week.
The foreign officials have been active, taking
every precaution for the security of the places tn
city is now, so to speak, garrisoned by English ant
French sodiery, and various points of strength il
the vicinity have been entrenched, and are held b.
pretty strong bodies of troops. From this you vii
be able to form some idea of what prospects O
, business The alarm appears to be subsidn,
somewhat now, but it is quite clear that the rebel
have got the upper hand in this province, and it
impossible, IL seems to me, to predict how thing
will shape themselves eventually. New silk vii
probably be delayed, if nothing worse happens
it; and new green tea may also be interfered with
the scene of the rebel movements lies directly
the route to the producing Districts and, as for I'm
ports, prospects seem to be about as bad as the
we'll can be.-Cor. Journal Of Commerce.
MACHINE FOR MILKING Cows.-Mr. Biddle, Pres
dent of the Philadelphia Agricultural Society, an
1 several members of the same, visited the dair
: farm of Mr.. Kershow, below the old Rope Ferry
Yesterday, for the purpose of witnessing the opera
, ton of Mr.. l.. o. Covin's patent machine 70
: milking cows. The machine is simple and easil
worked by children as well as adults 1t consist
e of two distinct single acting pumps, maze in tn
form of tin basins, placed with their bottoms
: little distance apart. Each pump has rubbe
r head drawn over the end of the basin and turne
in, and to each pump are attached two metalli
teat-cups, by elastic joints, as to fit the dis
tances apart of teats in different cows. In II
bottom of each pump is single valve, whic
e closes when the suction is produced, and opens
It discharge the milk into the pail, when the vacuu
is ceases AS the rubber heads are drawn out
the levers, vacuum is produced, which caus
the milk to flow into the pump; when they retul
to their positions again the milk passes out throue
the valves, and all pressure on the teats cease
thus producing remitting suction in imitation
the natural suction of the calf By the use
= these machines, twelve quarts of milk can be take
; from a in two minutes. number OF Il
% cows put in the stable yesterday, and mike
a out with these machines, to the perfect satisia
d tion of all who witnessed the operation. Mr.. Ne
"a show designs having his stable so arranged as
as work the machines with steam-Ph'ta. Le"9e
70 Aug. 20.
lie The ship Eliza Bonsall, belonging to the PACK