Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-01-22

| though looked through the laws, did not
find The repeal Of this law of lsO6, although
have since found II, and It Is upon this stat
ute that she was discharged. But Il you
| will observe, this law does not }oTbid the use
Of the jail BY the Sheriff for any prisoner, and
q law Of Congress provides that the Marshal
may make any provision in his power, and
| the Marshal did SO. / suppose II one Of the
! citizens had received the woman in custody,
that Judge Tilden would have had the same
| right Of control, that he had in the case be-
/ fore us. 7iI rsr1l~ Cd. U.rt
Mr.. Bsekus here interrupted snd stated
that the prisoner had not been discharged
from custody by Judge Tilden, but only from
jail. % 'aii isiraj "a
Commissions Whlts-zI am very glad to
hear il, for | was informed to the contrary
AS to whether | shall hear the afidaEits; It
is a rule Of Courts that afidavits shah be re-
ceived only on one side, on motion for con-
tinuance, but this is only established for the
purpose Of e1pediting business. We have Of
fcial statements from Judge Spaulding, that
| if the case is continued be can produce eYi-
dence that the girl did not escape. The 9TH
er side briggs forward evidence to contradict
| this. Judge Sfaulding admits that she was
q slave, but has become free lawfully. The
| others deny this. The question is--shall
decide the case on these contradictory facts
These gentlemen want TO know if CleYe.
land will enforce the fugitive law. Our citi-
zens almost 70 a man, have decided that the
law shall be executed, and that, ifa slave, she
| ought to be sent back. ! don't believe there
are fifty persons who would not assist the
! Marshal, If called upon and do not think
there are twenty that would not wish to see
! the law upheld. was glad 10 see the notice
in the papers this morning, signed by Mr.
Ambush, that the colored people were loyal
and had no intention Of attempting q rescue.
Now what is 'best2 Judge Spaulding says
that he believes he can prove his statement,
| but there is still another reason for granting
E continuance. Tie citizens have shown
disposition to maintain order, and if we wait, I
! think this disposition viii be increased.
| The South don't believe that 6 slave can be
/ taken from this "hot-bed" Of abolitionism
/ They judge US by our speeches before election,
made in the heat Of excitement. This eXhi-
| bition shows that there is not the slightest
| disposition in the people Of Cleveland to in
teriere, and wish to show to the South that
/ a law as dstasteful to Us, as a law against the
slave trade is TO them, can be carried out here;
and that though they have mobbed and mall
treated our citizens when found among them,
that we are true and loyal to the constitution
and that we are determined, with pure hearts
and clean hands, to bring traitors to their
account
I do not think, under the circumstances,
/ that / ought to refuse the application, but
will say further, this case will not be con-
tinued again, by anything which may trans
pire after to-day.
Arrangements were then made by the
counsel to have such dispositions taken as
were necessary, and the case come on as
early as Thursday. at o'clock
During the afray between the deputies
and the colored men, matters looked for
time, rather serious, but fortunately resulted
otherwise. Clubs were freely drawn, and in
some instances, much too freely used. The
force called to the Msrshal's assistance con-
tanned men who have often honored the re-
cords Of the police court, and who come IN
der the general and expressive title of
"roughs." Many of these men seemed
only to consider the complexion before strik-
ing.
1t is matter for much regret, after the
promise given land faithfully observsd) by
the colOred men of this city, that it should
have been deemed necessary to employ
deputies" of such character. Men who
need police force for their own control, are
most assuredly not the ones to be employed
in the maintenance of law and order. We
are not astonished at being informed that
the cOlOred people feel much aggrieYed at
being treated in such an outrageous and un-
Just manner as many of them certainly
were.
We are informed that a complaint was
made to Marshal johnson, about " O'Clock
P. NJ that some of the meu in his force
were insulting peaceable citizens upon the
streets. Upon learning the fact, he immsdi-
stele ordered them to be discharged.
Previous to tbs bringing of Lucy before
Judge Tilden, Judge spaulding addressed the
people outside the Court House, counselling
peace and order, howsoever the case might
result. No colored persons, with one or two
exceptions, were admitted into the Court
room.
A carriage was ready to receive Marshal
johnson and the woman, and to convey them
to the United States Courtroom, but the for
mer declined it preferring to walk. While
ascending the steps leading to the Post Office,
some one attempted to throw snuff into the
Marshals eyes, but failing, the snuff went in-
stead into the face of alooker on. A woman
by the name of Evilina Sow tried, also, to
throw red pepper into the eyes Of an officer,
and was Immediately seized and borne away
to Jail, as was also another woman for using
snuff in a similar manner
Various other arrests were made, all, with
one exception we believe, strangers in Cleve-
land, and none of them to be reckoned among
respectable colOred people. Most of these
were for carrying concealed weapons. Mr..
Richardson, colOred bricklayer, well-tnoWn
in town, was knocked down on Ontario street
and badly injured, being severely cut about
the head by blows Of a club. Mr.. R., we IN
derstand, was taking no part whatsoever, sz-
cept as mere spectator.
It's proper to say that the regular police
force of the city was not increased by q man.
Moreover, that they were in several instances
seen to restrain the violence Of the Deputy
Narshals.
From present Appearances, it is justifabls
to suppose that the law will be allowed to
take its proper course without any further
disturbance, unless by a small party Of those
who are by no means the representatives Of
the great class of our colored citizens.