Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1861-02-23
TIE HUMAN SACRIFICED
CLEVELAND OFFERS A VICTIM!

OtFERS a L II
THE UNION STILL UNSA VEDl!
SOutherH fury still burns. and the North shrinks
before it. Cleveland has FASTENED With it's propi-
tiary offering. The Shiny Dragon Of Slavery turks
along the Ohio, more terrible than the Crocodile
Of the Ganges, and Northern Cities, like Hindoo
Mothers, must toss their children into his ~inss.iate
Jaws Affairs must flame. and victims bleed
Juggcrnaut and The American Union alike ere fed
on human prey.
The following statements are condensed rAinly
from the Cleveland papers, a few additional facts
being added upon reliable testimony.
A SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE.
The Victim just offered in Cleveland was a
young woman, lately from Virginia, secretly mar
ried q few months since, to a man now in Canada.
Her farther account is, that she was brought into
Pennsylvania in October last as a slave, but there
ed that she could not be held as a slave, and
so left her mistress and fed to Cleveland. The
kidnapper who claims her, says he lives four miles
from Wheeling, Va, and that bis name is VIM. S
Goshorn, The name of the poor unfortunate, is
Sarah Lucy.Bagby.
The manner of the arrest is thus detailed in the
evidence of Col. S. A. Abbey before the U. S.
Commissioner.
81 am one of the deputy msrshals and assisted
in the arrest Of this girl. l went with j. IL. John.
son, Lambert White and the claimant, to Mr.. Ben
toms house ON Prospect street, where she was.
Mr.. White and MIR. johnson went to ring the
bell and / went to the side door. l was followed
by Mr.. Goshorn we raped twice at the door,
! and the appOn1 tima Tho nir oona - tko r,:zl.-
aud lifted the curtain, which che Immediately let
tall again aud mado some noise at the door, and
the second time the girl came to the window and
lifted the curtain, which she Immediately let fall
again and made som noise at the door and was,
as l supposed, unbolting it. Mr.. G. passed the
window and she had, | supposed, recognized him.
Thinking the door unbolted, | lifted the latch and
pressed my shoulder against it somewhat, when
it very readily came open. Mr.. Goshorn went il
and i followed, aud we. both went into MIR. Ben,
tons bedroom where the girl had fled. We then
took her and put her into the carriage and tia
three others drove of with her, while I walked
down town."
The Colonel, as appears from the above, was
one OF the parties engaged in making the arrest,
and we understand that he has heretofore been re-
garded as a respectable man by the community in
which he lived; indeed, it is asserted that his pre-
, sence somewhat redeemed the character of the
gang, and enabled them to ,effect a capture that
would otherwise have been more difficult. The
responsibility which breaks open doors at unseason-
f able hours, chases a flying woman into the bed
r room Of her employers, and without regard to de-
} cency or propriety startles the terrified occupants
from their slumber, and seizes its prey in the
3 chamber and in the presence of Mr.. Benton and
his wife, is, 70 say the least, a very questionable
sort Of respectability.
, On Mr.. Benton's demand, a warrant was shown
-. for her arrest, and on the assurance that she should
be fairly tried, she was taken from the house, put
into q close carriage and rapidly driven to the Jail.
At tae urgent request of Messrs. Spaulding,
Riddle and Palmer, council Cor the girl, Judge
I Tilden issued q writ of Habeas Corpus, on oath of
: VIM. E. Ambush, tina: the girl was nlawful
held. The writ was served upon the Sheriff. On
u examination it was shown that there was no law
or authority By which the sheriff could hold a per-
i son charged with being a fugitive slave. If the
: sheriff took charge OF such a prisoner, he did il as
a private citizen and could not use the Jail. She
was therefore discharged from his custody. Mar
shall johnson then took charge of her, and proceed
! ed with her to the United States Building. In
crossing the Park a slight demonstration was made
as if TO rescue her but nothing of a serious
Q character A few negroes were knocked down by
tho rnfianly deputy Marshals, of whom there were
0 SIS sworn in. When near the Post Office another
rush was made, and some colored men arrested
and lodged in jail.
On the opening of the trial before U. S. Com
missioner, BUSHNELL WHITE, afidayits vera nre-
sented from john and WIZ. S. GosHoRN, certifying
that the girl Lucy, had escaped and was the said
WIN. s. GosHoRN's property, etc., and a bill of sale
) presented.
Hon. R, F. Spaulding then made n statement
that he believed that the woman could be nroven
TO be free, II time was granted to get evidence
from Wheeling. The case was adjourned till
. Thursday.
Mr.. Hovey was commissioned to 90 to Wheelino
to procure evidence to show that she had besn
brought into Ohio by her owner. He returned a
day sooner than expected, and the trial cana of
on Wednesday. The evidence went to show that
she really had escaped. After the statements were
read, as procured by Mr.. HOvey, Judge Spauldinv
surrendered his client to the slave catobers and
the Commissioners granted q warrant for her ran-
' dition to Virginia.
;, A LEGAL FARCE.
, The Republicans of Cleveland got up a great
/ parade of legal talent for the girls defence au.
ploying no less than three eminent advocates who
might had their hearts been in the matter. have
presented a strong legal opposition, instead of tho
sham defence they made. Although in such a case
Jury trial was inadmissable, vet that otbar soc.
guard OF Freedom that test Of legal justice, the
writ oil Ad0eds corpus was resortod to. But for
what purposef It.csrtainly told we'll for the NH.
lantbrOpy of Cleveland that when a fugitive slave
8 was arrested in that CITY she should be- brought be.
fore one Of the most An.fslaVsry judges in The