, 1864-05-11
slavery In Missourt-A CA,c OF 3cno
Catching.


From the missouri Democrat Mar It'll
The facts given below would secm to h.yc
some be2ring upon the question of waether
ne have slavery in Missouri, and coaflic! ra-
ther positively with drciaratio1s ofthose wap
Eretend to look upon Missouri :s prt-r1-lt.;
. free Stale under the operation OF the So
called ordinance OF emancipation adopted by
the late Convention. They tend fafther f.,
place somc OF our military, s.thuri.,rs ia ~,
very enviat1e light, apart from the ,o:=Ihi..
operations III their cases of tic additional
article Of war adopted by Congress proaibi-
iu any way Tor the cstrnlus snl return ot
fugitive e1ayes. We give Statement cf H..
facts as furnished us by resnonsth1, narty:
-:Eo-t c., 1851, l--.- giI Az.
e. Borriet Owned by Celonc! sw:.: ::Sssr. r:
yezt Mara' ill, CentIal district Of Lis. orri
and employed b . Mr: Henry, brotner.iu.
law to said Col59cl swit;.er, propr;eto. ola
MOI LELAND ran away from Sedalis in com.
pany with white gill who had been en-:
pIoycd ut the Ee:alla House. Said piuy,, Iar,
riet and tie white girl went on foot from
Ee6alia to place called Smfthton, distance
Of seven miles. aud then attempted to Get Ga
tue cara Of the Pacitic railroad, on Tuesday
morning, 9th Inst, and were arrested aud
tnEen into custody By a man named Henry
Truman, United States detective, ernnlogr1
by BrJgaGier General e. B. Brown. fJnftsj
States Volunteers, and brought back to Seda-
la the same evening By said detective, and
both locked In q room in Mr- HenEy's Parker
Houee)
Immediately after the slave girl being
brought back by detective Truman the pri.
Yute trunks OF Mr. E. +. Ward, and the w:fa
Us also Of Lieutenant j. &. Hail, R. &. NJ.
Tth regiment cavalry, II. s. ~, were seized
by the commander Of the post md the wif.
ef Mr.. u. T, Ward placed under arrest for
tef4 ir .f+1rrsH ~
II appears tEat the seizure of the trunks vas
made on the ground that Mr, Henry. from
whom the slave had run away, stated that he !
had lost several articles of ciothinr, and snn-
posed that Harriet Lad taken the same and
concealed them in the trunks Of said Mrs. |
Ward and Lieutenant s. Z. Hall.
Tho parties protested against the seizure !
out going through the usual legal process,
but oy an order from General E. B. Brown,
they were opened and examined By detectfra
Irpman n and Lieutenant y. Arso,. and none
s.n o. MT; He Alen5y's property found. HRS. WAsd,
come seven or eight days under arrest was
turned over to the civil authorities for triI'
for neddling with slaves,
The slave g:rl Harriet was released from !
confinement about tWcnty-four hours after
her return, snd sent back to work with MI.
Henry. -:
The white girl who accompanied the slave
when she went away was released from CON
fncment on the second day, and allowed to
leave Sedalln, but her trunk was retained by /
the detective, and BY him opened aud exani-
ined after she had left.
The paper here~it attached In true oonv
Of o telegram from General Brown, shoWinF
that the return Of the slave was done by his
order:
e.. WAu1sNsnUno, No., April 8, 1864.
Colonel Ehtltps, !stddlia, A(1ssoyy3.
TIC trunks w1t be examined: lie parties VIII be
held for trial. IfeuI]ty. the question OF medd1n.
With slaves to be settled with the ciyfl auhositIce
TIE parties be delivered to tue civil authorI-
tiss for trial. If they ara prepared to net If not,
tEey will be tiled by military commission.
Dy order BrfK1dicr General Brown.
r. a. ST1TZLER II
Lieut.. Col. and Provost Aa.shal, II