The national Republican., 1862-08-14
LOCAL NEWS.
Amusements.

large crowd every night The great gym
Dasts, Delevante brothers, perform some OF tht
stage, and in their wonderful "Trapazs" they
stand unrivalled. willis Armstrong is hos
in himself, and his surprising. Juggling 10 wit
messed with marked attention BY the audience
Miss Nellie Taylor, the beautiful vocalist, In
creases In public favor every night; and the
fascinating daughters of terpsichore, MISSED
Colleen and Allen, add greatly to the entertain
ment by their very superior dancing. Fat ant
funny Budworth, the great delineator Of Negro
character, creates much laughter by his eccen
tricites, and well Ia he assisted In his peculial
style Of performance by Denny Gallagher, J. 8
Clark, and others. Harrison also sings to
highly amusing and original afterpieoe, en-
titled "Hop at the National Hotel, we'll go ant
see II.
The GAIETIEs.-ws call especial attention o
our amusement and music.loving readers to the
lish in another column. This will be place
where ladies' and families can 20 with proprie
y. twill open next Monday night.
EacitinE kidnaPPing scene I'm wash.
ON the Top OF u Hone.
wo mentioned yesterday the fact Of the ar.
rest of the so.calied detectives Allen and Wise
We have taken special pains to ascertain the
particulars of their arrest, the cause which led
10 II, &c. We are now able to lay before ouI
readers a synopsis of the report Of Chaplain
Qatc Lieut.) Raymond, which gives a mos,
thrilling incident in the outrageous business Of
kidnapping, as well rs u little insight into the
, hellish spirit manifested by tho owners and
their agents in this city, who do their dirty
work. The arrest was made BY Capt. Todd, Of
ten. WadswOrth's staff, In CONSEQUENCE Of the
Information hero given.
The following is from the report of Capt. Ray.
mond:
HEADQUARTERS PRovosT MARSHA IS OFFICE,
Washington. D. c., Aug. 10, 1862.
MAJ. DosrER-sIR In compliance with your
request, submit the following report In refer.
ence TO the arrest Of Onlcers A. r. Allen and
J. II. Wise:
On Saturday, between and o'clock, y. m.,
my attention was arrested by AN unusual noise
and II rush Of people in the direction whence II
camo. soon discovered II to proceed from
colOred woman on tho roof of house on F
street, between Third and Fourth streets East.
On my arrival at the house there were hundreds
OF people assembling to witness the scene, as
the woman continued TO wiring her hands and
mplore for mercy, declaring that she knew she
would be killed Il taken into their custody. A
more heart rendng scene | never Witnessed
there stood Berry, Che pretended master,) }
calm and composed, near the hack No. So,
within which he had Gagged the father Gan old
inan) and mother, and four or i've children,
waiting, with :" heish grin," for Maria,"
who was still upon the house top. BY this time
Wise had reached the top of the house, and
was perched upon the ridge. alternately throat.
ening and ilattering the girl, to induce her to
surrender. Meantime, lshe continued her ma.
nouvering along tho edge Of the roof, almost
equal to a squirrel, until the "paw" of wise
seized her, and brought her down, and deliver.
ed her up TO Berry, saying, rs he did 80, "Here,
MIR. Berry, Is your slave" Berry took and
urged her into the same cage as the rest, with
An expression upon his COuntenance signifying
"all right"
Allen appeared to act as chief or superinten.
dent of the whole matter. Inquired the cause
of the excitement? Allen replied that it was
nothing that cOurarnad M Talu in nj I'D h,y
what authority they had arrested the girl
Allen said that 1t was mono of my business; that
they were United States officers. 1 replied that
/, too, was United States officer, TO which he
said, don't care II you are you have no
right to interfere with u.s." l replied, "al
wish to know is, that you have a legal right to
take them'' Allen answered, wewill attend
to that"
Wise was about to leave the negroes In the
hands of Berry. As the carriage was about
starting away, I said to Wise, "Unless you &C.
company your trophies to the proper authori.
ties, will take possession Of them myself"
After he saw that was determined In the case,
he concluded to accompany them.
saw no more OF the parties until Monday
last when saw Wise. He showed me writ
containing, should think, twenty or more
mentioned before s. 8. Phillips, one Of the Com.
missioners. He said that Berry had witness
10 prove the property, and that Berry took the
negroes home with him on Saturday night. !
ters; which did the same day.
W. g. RAYMOND, Chaplain,
563 Fourth street east, south Of Avenue.
We are told by respectable citizens that this
with perfect impunity. Hundreds Of slaves
have been returned without even the color OF
law; and in many instances contrabands have
been takon and sent into bondage to persons
who never owned or claimed them, but who
we're villainous enough to accept and pay lib.
orally for another negro as = compensation for
tho loss of their own.
The following statement. by n very respecta.
BILE old colOred man, has been in evidence In
this case, rs an illustration of the devilish arts
resorted to for the capture of the negroes In
this city.
How long will outraged Justice sleep,
While hellish deeds Of wrong and shame,
Causing true manhood's soul to leap
With ire-are done in her great name
With iron heelY TIL she eGace
Each n oble attribute Of mind
And soul, from poor ab]ect race ~
Alexander Taylor says: Mr.. Wise came to my
house to get me to saw wood. He came twice
one morning. told him could not saw for
less than one dollar and half a cord He told
me II | could not saw for him to send Daniel.
He then says, al have something else to whis.
per to you, which you must keep to YOURSELF u
He also said. "You can make ten dollars In q
little WHILE" He says, "If you cannot send
, Daniel, got him into somo place where l can
rnd him." He said Daniel and his wife and
cAildren were "runaways" from Mr.. Berry, a
stakeholder in Maryland. lie said he did not
want Daniel, (hs had previously had him in
Iail) he wanted to keep track OF him, 80 M to
md his wife and children; they were the ones
no wanted. lie wanted me to let him know by
twelve o'clock where Daniel was. He asked
where would be. He said he would pass, and
If knew where Daniel was, must follow him
and let him know. lie did pass. and never
moved nor said word to him. He said he did
not want TO tako Dane he wanted to get him
M Ms TO get his wife and children; then he was
going to take him to the City Hall and give him
free papers,
Mr.. Wise came back Monday, and wanted old
Daniels saw and saw horse and some clothing,
and said he wanted to take them To Berry.
Presentation to . Loyal Clergyman.
"WOODsrOCK, MD, August .. 1862.
THE congregation of the Granite (Presby-
teran) church assembled to-day for the pur-
pose Of presenting to their pastor, Rev. VIM
b. Evans, Il massive gold.hoaded cane. Upon
it was engraved the American eagle and the
American flag together with the following in
y saription: Presented by tho Congregation OF
the Granite Church, Baltimore County, Mary
land. to their Pastor, Rev. VIM. b. Evans, Au-
gust 9TH, lSG2' Also. THO following: The De-
voted Christian and True Patriot
MIR. Evans has been much prosecuted In
this vicinity on account of his Union senti
ments, which he fearlessly proclaimed, hence
.l..FA ,Nat.. ,t..ttl