The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-05-05

Our brethren in the good city of Troy
have been doing good business there the
past week. They had quite lively time
of it on Tuesday last. The circumstances
were simply these: A man came there
from the South-a colored man-and some
meddlesome chap took it upon himself to
NEEDLE, and some other fools from the
haunts of oppression came up to Troy and
audaciously attempted to drag this man
back to Southern purgatory. But in this
they were agregiously mistaken, for the boys
I'VE would they would do alike work when
an occasion presents itself, in every village,
town, and city in the land, y rallied strong
and gloriously, and triumphantly escorted
the man out of town, and he is now paying
visit in Her British Majesty's dominion
known as Canada. We hope this will bea
lesson to both toady Northern officers and
Southern brutes and kidnappers generally.
In the absence of statement from our
own correspondent, we publish graphic
account from the New York "Tribune:"
Troy April 81, 1860
Charles Male, Mr.. Gilbert's coachman,
was arrested today at 12l o'clock, by a
Deputy Marshal, Holmes, who is also an
employee in the post Office, and two Vir-
ginians, through the action of fellow, as
informer, named II. f. Averill, who was
formerly resident of Sandlake, and few
months ago connected with the publication
Of the "Troy Budget"-a very appropriate
sphere for him This fellow, it appears,
has been for some time very diligent in
his inquiries, as agent of the claimant, to
fasten upon Charles Male. He was OH u
barnyard scent for poor Male half an hour
before the kidnapping process, digging
through the alleys where he best belongs,
so that he might spring the trap for his
game, and thus secure reward for his in
fanny. But may God help him if he shall
ever again be caught under this portion of
the blue armament of freedom whether in
the stable alleys of Mr.. Gilbert, or the
slums of the Budget" office. For, a feel
ing mixed with heart, soul, sympathies,
physical and moral courage, both among
men and women, pecuniary and time-sav-
ing sacrifices, loud denunciations, and
every demonstration calculated to elevate
and adorn the human character, was this
day exhibited, such as the Trojans may
well be proud of, in contradistinction to
the bloated excrescences of Boosting Democ-
racy, that is sown like poisonous weeds,
and revels in majorities throughout the
beautiful walks and dwellings of this city.
This man was hand-cufed and literally
dragged to the Office of Mr.. Miles Beach,
a Fugitive Slave Law Commissioner. The
two Virginians claimed the man to be their
property. The father of the Slave Com
missioner acted as counsel for the claimant.
They were having a good time of it }
And thus secretly and privately, a certif-
cate and judgment were made out by the
Court. At this point of time a colored
man, Henry, was advised of the case. The
aid of the Messrs. Townsend was obtain
ed, and while Mr.. Townsend, at three
o'clock, was preparing the documents, upon
his own presentation, preliminary to
ha6eaS corpus, the claimant, with his ruff
fans, and man named Tilman, the Post
Master, and two or three constables, were
seeking an escape from the building with
the alleged fugitive.
Male had no counsel, was not advised
of his rights to counsel, nor friend by
him. There he stood, the picture ola for
lorn hope, manacled, adjudged chattel,
brute, slave, and transferred almost in
simultaneously to the stars and stripes of
the sin-beclouded South.
Mr. Townsend asked to look at the evil
dence, which ran thus: II swear that to be
my man." Mr.. IT,, not being quite salts
fed with the terseness Of the thing, left,
while Baltimore and Hawkins, two colored
men, raised crowd, who stood sentry that
the fugitive should not escape their Vigi-
lance. AT that interim of time Male was
advised by some one of the ten or dozen,
IN the select office of the father and son, to
let himself out of the window, which is
| flush with the floor 1t was suddenly
opened, when the manacled man threw his
whole body out, and as he was about to
drop, and be caught by his friends below
to break the fall, the father of the Commits
sioner, and this Tilman-the volunteer
drew him back. A few moments after
that, Mr.. Townsend, accompanied by the
Sheriff, rushed up with a writ to bring the
body of Male before Judge Gould of the
Supreme Court. Male was brought in
to the street. The tussle for supremacy
then commenced. There was evidently
no disposition to injure the Deputy Sheriff,
(his principal finding it convenient to take
a wagon and drive out of town. who stuck
to his man like leech, though number
of sharp-hitting side-fghts amid the i'm
mense pressure of the crowd that swayed
to and fro fortwo squares to Judge Gould's