New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-12

young receivers OF educano1, intent anu oaee''
crowd Of yititors was large. There were sPecas'o'
from different States and one dealer from nissss'pP'
who seemed specially interested In tne P,o00' ms.
The sale proceeded much all slave SAFES 10.
was the brick auctioneer, ever ready 70 'nP s
ful lest. and with astonishing rapidi'y " uN.a.
invoking the most minute examination " '.S pnyoN
Qualities of his stock male ana iema'e' ~, nv, so
the slaves there at hrst tns uSuai sO'nu au
the anxious doubling gaze, the "a'c,ui e0'u"y v
..,,a;no buyer. the alternate hopes and fears,
49, ,-n,lnc lin and the humid eye rs the destiny OF
.o,;o from the best loved became too certain, and
~. che pnmurmuring resignation which only their
~. ~ elltrained servtude could have brought. All
,hess things were, perhaps good to be seen by the
Is;es In training at the High Point Seminary. But
,.ba, of the brutal drunken trader, wh0 defyng all
,es,raius of decency avished his caresses on
the shrinking slave girls and betrayed the baseness
Of his nature that even his fellow-dealers, though
never undertaking to check his excesses yet felt
shame they did not hesitate to avow Could that have
been worthy sgh.to greet their young eyes, and to
rest in their young membranes
The Helper books were burned, and as the term Of
court drew near, Daniel Worth was removed from
Greensboro to the Randolph County JAIL in this town.
The excitement in the vicinity was very great. The
officers of the court were urged to bring along the
trial with all possible speed. The counsel for the de-
Tense declared that he was left peace during the
earlier CAGES, 80 constant and importunate were the
inquiries.
Thetrial to place Friday flast week. The court
room was closely filed with crowds of spectators.
Mr.. Worth appeared soon after 10 o'clock. He is a
| a man of imposing and dgnifed presence He must
have passed sxy-ve years, and yet his frame is full
of vigor and the rmness of his bearing is untouched
BY time His great hight six feet and four inches adds
vastly TO the impressiveness of his MEN, HIS manne
was perfectly calm, and his countenance was quite
| untroubled.
| A GOOD deal of tme-upward Of two hours-was oc-
cupied in impsnneling jury Of about fifty who
were examined almost all had formed and expressed
opipops az to the guilt Of the accused-opnions very
eighty varying, it may be presumed. VI the twelve
who were at last selected four were shareholders ana
eight non-sayehoders. The indictment, which was
very long, covering twenty pages was largely occu-
MED with citations from Helpers book, and as such
ouObt to have been regarded ncendary document
| of very dangerous character Mr. Scott, one OF the
prosecuting attorneys, succeeded while reading it In
moving the crowd of spectators TO many mute demon
STATIONS Of indignation toward the prisoner. In his
opening address, he invoked the usual rhetorical re-
sources on gu occasions launching liberal supplies of
vehement denuncation, and revealing in the widest
extravaganza of oratory. Deuges of blood massacred
bodies generally, but particularly of wives and child
rem. badly-cut throats and burning buildings were
wrought together into picture of very CORY hue. Mr.
Scott did it all well, and having done it, the Govern
ment proceeded to call its witnesses eight ten in
| number The taking of the evidence quickly &C
| compIshed. -Four copies of "The Impending Crisis"
were produced which, it was proved, Mr.. Worth had
| sold to different parties, who appeared. One OF
these testified that, on learning of Worths arrest
he had bur'd his copy somewhere, whence
| il had been exhumed for on the trial. Another
declared he had hidden his in a hollow log in the woods
Another named Suder, assisted by his wife, deposed
| that he witnessed sale of Helpers book by Mr..
Worth to man named Yates, and that, at the time,
Worth had counseled Yates to be /" careful whom he
permitted to see IT, as there was enough contained in
1T to whip mans back, people were mean enough
"to do So" Testimony was offered to prove the
utterance of verbal incendiary declarations at other
times than at the sales of the books; but objected
to by the counsel for the Defense and ruled out. The
case was then argued great length, behalf of Mr.
| Worth, by Mr. Ralph Gorrel, who, beside denying
the application of the statute to book like this OF
Helpers earnestly demonstrated against laws which
/ punsbed actions like those of which his client was
| accueed saying that such laws written in blood
by Messrs Settle and Mclean for the prosecutions and
| finally, by Mr.. Morehead for the defendant The
judges charge was then delivered. He overruled a
point made by the Defense that the statute referred
| only to pamphlets and papers, it could not
rightly cover the book in question: that being bound
volume by deciding that although the letter of the
was not met yet the jury must be guided by its
ing He also instructed the Jury that they must
cude for themselves whether the tendency Of the book
was such as is forbidden by the statute and whether
was circulated by Worth with the desire to produce
discomfort and dissatisfaction with their condition
among free negroes and slaves But in respect of this
he held that it was not necessary that the Jury should
he assured that the book had been read by reced
free negro or slave, that any such knew anything
of any part of its contents. The Judges charge
finished at midnight and the Jury Immediately retired.
Al O'Clock on Saturday morning. they returned with
verdict of guilty. The Judge stated that he could
ereise his discretion naictng the whole only
part of the punishment prescribed imprisonment and
public whippng), and sentenced the prisoner to
fnement for twelve months-the shortest period NEIL
toned in the statute. In taking this course however,
the Judge acted in direct opposition to the opinions
and preudices of the people. The defendants counsel
appealed to the Supreme Court on several points.
Mr.. Worth is also indicted in another bill in this
Randolph County, charging him with uttering words
of the most aggravated degree Of incendiarism This
charge he emphaticaly denies, and says cannot be
| proved.
Before the commencement Of Dir. Worth trial. it is
understood, his counsel made great exertons to effect
cOmpomiie, and stay proceedings, offering the
dton that the accused should leave the State with
pledge never to return, but the prosecuting officer