, 1881-02-23

HtIllEIJElt, HJlN 3HEE HtHADC1 "ttH A'pl'l
slow,q away IN tho hntt, MI Of wtn,u were
st,cur.a. A,uf. together With tho til,ta!s anil
his liialr. transferred 70 the st.a'acr, the WIS.
sci taken III tow, nttl the wplt !Gliiy turned
ihey arrived aud Immediately icleErMplcd 10
Petersburg Tic result 0f tIielr expedition to.
Eettler with tic imforn,atIot that TREY would
arrive at o"r wharf vt 6 n'elock VIII, % tho
g,...c,, spread Hike w!ldilre n11d MI lunr be.
fore tilr, st4t,Il,cr arrived te wharf WIS lined
with e,tlzrns anxious to gut sight Of n real
rs Ysks Il 'ficF | s, StsYt IF txs;ry I ''y ysetka 81 tp
wilhoMt reserve Ut tar a,uI feathers.
"Abnut G:45 n'cl,lck Tic Slcapler hove In
sEgl,t, With the !cgro pir''te I'' tow, w''lcil
wns received With 2 sell ot delight frnn, the
minutes size arrived. md, while el,guRttl ii
securing t'la captured st:IltDlls.r to ttp wharf,
II rusli was made by tic pe0p[E IL vet 0l!
hontt! taa steamer. wi!r,e Il WY WY asccrtniMeta
tic Ktcniest difficulty thut Il WIS prevented
by Those III c0!,nand. As s0oii rs tho
schooner was ilIasle fast tic steamer tirnpped
uster,l md ca,n" ,,p tnttlc 'loel, and tug Two
officers. It was then that the most Intense
aud terrIble excitement Gtlsncd, aild they llhti
barely reached TIC shurn Wien II wild stluut
Of indignation went up from the pot''acc.
Al,tt II desperate ei1Drt WIS made to lnke pos
session vi them. aud but fur tho most EtEGr-
Gus measures and the assistance rendered ny
several ut tic calntGr citlZrns, they must !'avo
l,eell takeII, wfic!t they wnlll hayG been
lyNcl,etl upon the sl,ot, ns III tho excitement
of tic moment tint secinGd to be t!u plr-
puSc.
Injury. md wcre lll,rricd through te streets
10 tall. followed, Of cnurse, by large crowd,
win did not cease their shouts until long
Mfter they l!atl been placed securely III colt
umnIhlni, and rcarhcd tic jail' without a,,y
| particular l,elhg tnaac ~ their
bclaif., III their account Of the inalscr, IN
which they alt agree, they say that they wefc
approached by lie Captain of tic yessrl f'!'
tl,e Market square q few days s!nce, and
nskcd II they wrrr frer. md III reply 10 their
| answers IN the negative lie proposed for the
Bnlll nf so cHclI tn put them bey0nu the rencf
arrangements, they vent oil l,Uard while the
| vessel was ut the wharf. n,ltl Wern sccratetI.
.lnhn 1selI. slave of Andrew keYan. Es1.,
patt SEQ for hls ltassaEe, which amount lie
s,aye, Of Miss Laura 1Iarc. pa!tt ;4S, which
| he obtained BY si!sptIsiHg OF 'whnt things
he hail. William. sIayc Of Oliver lia,ntton,
Esq.. paid s:A, which. he had acculnulatcI BY
bsrt sSS Of TSs n S Eppes lss,G3sS 3 ~
and. ,lpall helnG questioned, assuriu.l TINT LII
had stO0 l,esltes, which lle Ind anasscd by
rsi1sciy rS'i;'ns swL ,';Ltf story which is considered
"Ihe Captains story was tint lo was ap-
piled to by u i,,al In tile city, WHO proposed
10 pny hitn handsomely II he would take the
| negroes nn to New Jersey; that he did not
know Tic man; furthermore. he WINS totally
unaware that they were slaves. and, IN II
word. entirely ,lnnncelit 0f any evil Intent;
TINT he started .oif on Saturday afternoon:
and rull aground Just below the city;. got off
the next morning. but ri,ll aground aEaill
about live miles further down the river,
from whence he started bright md curly yes.
tsEdny morning, md was steering rapidly for
the CaptS when he was 50 !ilicercnonlously
nvGrhayled. a considerable amount Of
money wny found 0,, tho vessel"
The vessel, under tho law, was c0ntiscntetl
tn tho State, aitl was subsequently sultt BY
N[cssrs. Branch, 4 Snns to lanllill y CArtgr
for TIC sum Of s;ss, c9pt: WILLIAM i. l'ay!ls
Court Of the city, Judge Sash presiding. A
great crowd was present Tie Court alt
pointed Nfessrs. David May and Willinsn L.
Jones rs counsel for the prisoner. It was
agreed BY the counsel TINT tho prisoner
bliould be triet. BY tho same Jury OIL the fse
inlictmentS found against him, Tile cyl
The case was opened By Il. q. legrum, Es'l.,
the attorney tor the Commonwealth, III Il
very forcible argument. followed by Alessrs;
.Jsins ulid May fnr the prisoner. III an appeal
| which, perceiving, tho ,li0pclcsness of the
Jury, with Il view to obt,in nj lcnst Il verdict
III wllIgh mercy uight ha hleAtlc,l with JUS
t!ce. The Jury, inter MI absence ut hnlf 1T
hour, returned I. verdict finding tho prisone
guilty urut fixing Ills Punishment at eish
yenrs' Imprisonment OIL cAcli intictment,-
making forty YEARS III NIL for tho five iildfct
Mehts.
The Con,ncrctal Is mistaken ay to tho par
don ut Capt. Haylis+' lln wns rcleascu frDil
tile Pe1,lte,tiary BY the Federal army afte
the evacuation of litchlnolld.