The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-02
THE FUGITlYE SLAVE CASE mn TROY

In ADDITION to the telegram relating to this case,
published last week, we give the following cor
respondence from the Albany Ereniuq Journal of
the 2Sth:
TROY, April 2s.-About one year apo a colored
man came to this county, and obtained ,yorL 81
Sand Lake. Some time since he confdad W 49, q"
named Averill, discharged employee in tbe P,JIat
office, that he was fugitive slave from Virg;nyy
His name Charles NOll, and his mastar Irac
B. w. Hamsborough, of Culpeper county. Va.
lie wanted Averill to help him to get some of his
relations out of slavery. Averill, however, be-
trayed him, by writing to Mr.. Hamsborough and
giving him information to enable him to recover
his lost property. The masters agent came on
with the necessary papers and testimony; the ser
vices of the Deputy Marshal and his assistants
were secured the price to be paid Averill for his
job agreed upon, and all was arranged for his cap
ture yesterday morning. About noon the United
states Deputy Marshal arrested him. He was
hanuculeu ana taken before Commissioner Beach,
ana the witnesses from Virginia identified him MS
the fugitive described in the papers The Com
missioner therefore remanded him. While the
examination was going on, the news of the arrest
began to be buzzed about town ard a crowd ban
to gather. The Commissioners office is in the
second story. The fugitive had been placed with
his back to a window, which, although hand.
cufed, he succeeded in raising, and attempted
to throw himself out backwards. He was caught
however, and drawn in again by the officers
By this time some Of his friends had gone to
Judge Gould and made application for writ of
habeas corpus, which, being obtained was placed
in the hands of deputy sheriff of the county, who
served it. He was accordingly brought down, the
deputy sheriff having hold of his arm and the
United States officials surrounding and following
An excited crowd of some 900 persons had gath.
cred about the Commissioners office threatening
rescue. When the fugitive was brought down to
be taken before Judge Gould, the crowd surround
ed the officers, endeavoring to take the man. Sue
cessful resistance was made for some time, but the
rrescners gained advantage. The Sheriff was
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gitives arms from behind, others grasped hold of
the first forming long single file, somewhat like
that of the convicts their march to their meals
in State Prison. and this column, running at full
speed and swaying from side to side, pushed him
rapidly down to the river. Others running before
and on either side "cleared the track" and pre-
vented any attempt at seizure from being made
The United States officials, recovering breath after
the melee, ran in hot pursuit. Arrived at the ferry
it found that the ferry-boat had lust left the
slip. No time was to be lost. The fugitive was
instantly run down to the beach, and put into a
skill, and the man in charge bid to ply his oars
vigorously. He did so, and the first stroke carried
him beyond the reach of the Deputy Marshal who
had now reached the shore Threats were made
by the officers, who were armed, of firing at the
boat of firing into the crowd, &C., &c. but they
were not put into execution. The negro was row
ed across the river, and arriving on the opposite
shore was re-arTested by a West Troy constable
Here another great crowd gathered; the fugitive
was taken to the Justices office, which the mob
surrounded, broke into and rescued the fugitive
from the officers, and carried him off in a carriage
Blows, pistol-shots and knock-dOwns occurred dur
ing the affair, but no one was seriously injured.
ColOred persons were the most active participants
in the rescue.
[Fronp Family Fair
A COMPARIsON.-lt is well known that Great Bri-
tain is a miserable, used up, played-out, good-for-
nothing, effete country, inhabited chiefly by
wretched and starved operatives, and ruled by
bloated and imbecile aristocracy. Its ignorant
Legislative bOdy-which holds its sessions in a
badly contrived edifce, in whose plan there is no
trace of any other style Of architecture than the
Gothic-has indeed given name to certain rules of
order which are sometimes adopted by deliberative
assemblies; but our wiser lawmakers have fOrtu-
nately discarded them for new and improved sys-
TEN, to be found in the Congressional Manual"
To get access, as visitor, to either branch of
their puny Parliament it is necessary to obtain a
ticket from member; and in the more insignf-
cant of the two, the stranger cannot nationally
enjoy even the paltry accommodations of its con-
temptible gallery. An officer prevents anything
like social intercourse, and threatens with expul-
pulson those who dare, in urtive whispers, to in
quire the names of the speakers. The surly Doors
exclude "Heaven's last, best giit' altogether, and
the fair aed beautiful of the realm only permit
ted to peer through grating at their tyrannous
lords. Under such degrading despotsm, they
cannot be seen.
Among the members there is always manifested
Except in the lobbies) the gruffest churlishness
All sit in sullen silence, attending to the business
of the House. 1t the man ''On his legs is dull
they do, indeed, cough him down, so that stupid
bore is senced with most barbarous inhumanitv.
They never allow more than one to speak at once,
and very rarely two the same side in succession
''Liberty of speech'-the birthright of man and
the gilt of God to the race-is denied them; and if
speaker exercises his own discretion, so far as to
talk of something more interesting to him than the
subject under debate, he is instantly gagged with
cries of 'order," "order." Among other absurd
restrictions upon individual independence, it is
positively forbidden to mention member by name.
Thus, few weeks ago, Mr.. Berkeley was advoca-
ting the balot,-a reform with which his name is
quite closely identified, as his motion, in reference
to it, comes like Christmas, year, and the
Parliamentary rules forbid the second introduction
of any motion in the same session, it may be said
that, like Christmas, 'it comes but once a year."
and in his argument he observed that che next
came to another of his formidable opponents,-Sir
George Grey" Instantly he was assailed with
rude cries of "order," and thus insoently inter
rupted by the presiding officer:
"The Speaker.-It is contrary to the rules of
the House to mention any member by name
Hear, hear.)
"Mr Berkeley-I mentioned Sir George GREY
as one of the speakers in debate which took
place Is years ago.
"The Speaker.-What the Hon. member said
was, Il now come to Sir George Grey. That is
not the correct way of referring to a member of
the House. (Hear, hear.)
"Mr. Berkeley ought to have stated that
alluded to debate of l5 years ago, in which Sir
George Grey was one of the principal speakers
('0rder.)
'1he Speaker.-I have reminded the hon. mem
Der of what is the rule Of the House, and am sure
that with his Parliamentary experience and prac-
tice he will be able to keep within it. (Cheers. }"
Instead of resenting the impertinent meddling of
the person designated by the reporter Of the Times
as the Speaker, the craven caitff meekly submit
ted, and we find in these cOwardly words his
ply -
''Mr Berkeley would say the right hon. gentle
man, the member for Morpeth."
1t would seem that he was willing to regard the
ignominious insult in the same light the phoso-
pher who bore the same name as himself did the
earth, and to say Of it, sit is matter" Had
such an interruption been made in that magnif-
cent Capitol, whose plan and decorations, remind
the delighted observer of every kind of building,
of every age and land, and in whose ample gale
ries sit multtudnOus madens and matrOns with
large supplies of tongue for lunch there would not
have been Congressman who would have
broOked the offence. There is not one but would
have dauntessly defed the Speaker, and in the
next days report would have read words like
these: "Iou old mbecie, how dare you inter-
rupt me? If you say Pm out OF order, you lie!
The infamous ours that call me to order, favor
system worse than robberies, than piracy, than
polygamv. ! shall 60 on without anybody's leave,
individually" The Chairman would have decided
that general debate was in order, and the remarks
were strictly pertinent. The original speaker then
resumng his subject might, perhaps, warming
with it, begin to gesticulate with some vehe-
mence," and a scene would ensue, such as is de-
scribd in the Tribune of April 9Th in these terse
and elegant sentences:-
''Mr. Lovejoy, of Illinois, rather Stirred up the
animals in an off hand, pain-spoken speech in the
House yesterday. The scene that resulted is char
acteristic, and our report will be found inter
eSting".
CULTURE or ColToN IN UrAH.-The Mormons
have the virtue of industry, if nothing else. They
turning attention to the culture of cotton, and
in Washington county, 800 miles south of Salt
Lake city, about five tons were raised the past
year. One person raised two hundred pounds of
stated that enterprisng citizens sending to the
States tor cotton gins, to work the cotton so as
to bring it into market.
Mrs. Margaret Curley, of Boston, identified the
features of the unknown woman found drowned in
Jersey City, as those of her daughter, who has
been missing for the last five weeks. She said that
her child left home to seek situation in New York,
but disappeared from her boarding house on the
morning after her arrival in the city, since which
time nothing has been heard OF her.
Great preparations are making at Nashville for
the coming National Convention of the Printers OF
the Union. The meeting is to open on the 9TH OF
May. Printers are requested to take notice that
this event will be the nonparei of all events, with
capital arrangements in the way of space and fur
niture. and that no imposition will be practlsed on
the delegates.
waman named Mrs. Cady was buried, in the
wear 1915 at Oneida, New York, aud recently, the
body with those of several other members of the
family was exhumed. The graves were found
filled with water, and one of her limbs was found
changed to adipocere, stony substance, while the
rest of the body was decayed.