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Its opuinrinx ch"!r:\cror; iti iti.isiiu;? cftod npon ail [What do you cxpcct ? \ ou can never get a ver- connorfo.1 u- ih him; the !\'wnor ol’ilie State.and ubove all, th** important fact ih »l no appeal cow\d lie, from t'le ilecisn T of (he Sendt\ de.wiin ied the nios find i( you should, ihe Marshal wouM need j'til! the troops of tho Utii'ed Stales lo enforce the ! j id^inent.’' I answered, th:it that wns not rny bu- :'n-ss; tliatiT'y hiiiinrss was. if 1 could to procurea jndiTinenf. We tiien separated and I returned soon to my ioJgings. In the t’ourso of the forenoon four or five fjentle- mf‘n called on me as frit nd?, professing—and I have no doubt truly — to disappiove of the threatened vi olence of the fitiztns. but cmifii nMnji vvhatlheSbe- T"“''":.intl-ha(il0ld me r.sprclinj ,!io co.nn.olion in Ih,: nud hacnrjsc he wa? deuriv’ed of the free liberlv of I , rru ■ r . r i i eounsei,undadnnirerau3 blow has thus been rjVen {mrormta me of the various plans in inc^nmable priciLtif?. of freedom of debJite. |»id ling the city of iny presence.— ' 'J'he mild and mosi h-ni-nt uu:a5ure which they mentioned wa«, th^t I stiould be taken, carried on hoard one of the Nrw York f nckeis and sent to Xew York I tolJ them that if that was the man ner in which I was to hs disposed of, I should pre fer being; sent by t!;e Wilniin^ton boat and tho land route by which I had cjmc lo the city ; bui lhat I most un- p''f'j’idtce I Rn 1 disp xspjonato euqujry, and free dis- c Kt-io’i of !:ij c. 'Chf rr--), we ui'ijit against the and expa!sii> i oi'jMi' I^^nett, as :i dati- .-’^oro’.i.'i prerertent. whu'h in ever-changing ior- T jnes ot Parly, renderi* every public, man’s charac ter insecure—becaus ? we believe he had not a fair und imparual trial—because we believe the whole .-irength of evidence wa> ia f’lvor o{'his innoccnce. lYhitnud ISlalUngr. il\ /!. Jejfrpys Geo. IV. 'iVwmpsoif, > •?. .Y. ( a)nero}t, •’ '»tv ' //. UeMcr^ ./ Pasteur, eo. i ' fJoy'I ’no, JI. Drake, Jr. John Reich, John n.vum. iinn. C. IJaton, JLouis I). Wilson. Larlxin Stoice, Asa fiig^s, Oiccn Holmcp, Jfobcrt Mehiii^ C. fJth rider., John U'altcer, James Tnr.iHnsoy,^ iv. G. Speight, ]j. C. Goiin, J. K. Hill, ]j. A. Gioynyi, aware RALLtnii, January 4. ISM. ff \ .V. KdiL'ards, could not voluntarily leave the city until I had per formed the business on which I was sent. Their sta'emenis did not materially ^ifH r in any thing' else, from those madti by iheShrrifT In the evening of the same day, a gentleman to whom I had received a letter of introduction from a friend m Boston, called on me, and said that the Sheriff had offered, if I would leave the ci:y. that he would, to use his evpressioi), agree on a case, to be submitted to the Circuit Court of the Unil^•d Scnlh Carclliia and Massachusetts. -MASSArnUSKT'I'S INCENDIARYI3M t.V.r ifaiei' rrof.liecM ;m* e.\ p!i!«:on from Charles , giotcs first, and then carried to ihe Supremo Court I. o. nf Sj,n'i>l the nlnlidon emissary fm tinal decision I toii him that I would do it; ton si'iit by Ma'S.Tchnsi, •,;.s i ) |;:.i a slop to the laws of South ,'aro:'m in lelaii-'n !o i!ie imprisontnent of i/oD nffjrofs. WhMj 'Unar \X(\,l home he wrote tliat I find no detire to remain in the city after niy business should be accomplished, and the Shnifl' having before informed me that he had then no cit- . i?:ens of Massachusetts in his custody, I observed !.;0 .ul!i;v\ii.j nccoi)!,i I f i) ^ e.vploiis in Charleston, j that if we cnuld agree on a statement of fact, it w hich ue cc'j y for t'.e arrnsemfnt of our readers, i vvould very mt.ch e.vpediie my departure, lie says he arnvc I m (.';iarIt >ton cn ThursJav. j I had procured in Boston a number of the names I ! 1 .j of colorcd seamen, who had been taken out oi Mas J ! sachusetts vessels at Ch.'.rlesion and there impi ison- iMi wiy, I c.ili- j under the law in oiuston, m the nau’.e of eitht i Xuvember : ai'J [!i>n proceeds-- ne.M tv. u^'ich wn? ‘ ! 'Ml .Mr. I'le lemr.u who had re- ■ 1-' ivi'.l hi f'tie n;j app.MiiMiu (it !o this agency by . II "’13 a^^ued between mv informer and me t!; • v_tov»Mnnii nt uf .Mas.'achnsLi'.s, and renu(*5*.ii! . ? u 14 . • / .1 . .u , . , , ,, r . '*1 ihat I should men a number of uenllemen at th«' to M.roJ!..- I-, L,o Aby,,r 0 ;he Cuy of | n.n. o’clock, . H purpose of procur- ; purpose of alttmpiing to m.ike this arrange' • . , , , , ment. At about nine o’clock '..he nei.t moitiinq;, i,,:i r:E™.n.j.tcr ourcr,:.r,,, sr.nmn nrothtr ciu 1,,^^ ^^,^3 \Ved,„.s,h.v. I ucco.J.ngly wcnl m Mr. Ll’-.c,.;,-,, r, a^'y acce.icJ to my , ,,,, lou.ul nhe, ,t ° Su.. ,fl’ no. eh.'. ! ved :;i h o c.j :n!>:n, it would b- best t • '-! iif> 1 riist L i;n: Ii sion. iDf^ access to t;; 0 5. lie v'^nnil tiist f- e iiu- .Mayor and expi.iin to fwin ;ny pnrposi?, I ‘■hould go to his oflicc ti> be i to 'I'o ihi:? I assented, and lv.il me io !ii? t)fuct' [■) awaii his return Hi.* was a '_onjid'’re.ble t'riie, and on his return he in- j ?. nnp(! frie ihat !!.'• ycr was at Ccdumbia, where i !;ji j^i>la:';;e v n? .'t siiON : that he had berncon ' w:th'he \ d i\.i- ilu'ii- 5 0! M- yor. r.i;.i that ihrv both concluded ! any other of iht- genilemn m niit-nid tti. .c 1 was informed by oni- of tnoSti. iill s Ci U' 'Uat he iia 1 s?('ppt'd oui Oil some busmiis. bu’ )U.d pto babiy retu;n in a lew minutes 1 WiiiteJ p oDably half or :hree quartt^rs uf »n hour, and n n>)t ■ Kini in;j, I v.as about to bavr tlj. ofLvr, and tutj Cit i k said if I wou d n^me an hou. neu I would be : , II,' th)-r'. he would infoim t.’ie Sii itl'. u : h* probatdv II .1...U w ..0 tr.nnorari 3 discnar-I mei t me. I nam.d iw*lv.- o’clock, , ... • .1 r at, 1 at that time i.-iurn'-d to the ofil*-. an i th re T "• •'•=>. ">« -V-'yo*. I Amnd :h. Sh. nfl. i>“n:.e aiti'ni!)'in J o -j t miy rela* m to'.fie . • . o pn .vS.-'-"r .. .,4 .;r t T ' I Suitiug to him the crtani'otn-nt wliiclr ‘ ^I " I ticccr,jifi ' 1 r 1 f j i ‘ ® ^ ^ " [ rtiadi’ on the prccedi.ig evening, he said tfi.i iiie I gentleman had represented correc’.ly uis ptopo^ul. , bat thnt on father ri-llt ctioii anJ conaiilt it juu:'t 1: tract the ofl'er, that he (nignt b) iha ouii. •. thwart ihe put pos. .s of tii^ Siatf-; atid oerid-, iia; he had net bei n l >ng lu ofllce, and t:» ilid tut k ^ that there was any case which would ptopitly p • Sfnt ihf qurstiou to be (tied; but hijWf v. i t>».a mi^u be. he could net e.xecute the agreenunt. At .•'* meeting h-j informed me that Gov Hammoni hi. given some ass’jrance at Columbia, which lemuv o t^ll pcrscnnl objection? to me, but repeated, in sub stance, ufiatfieliad before said of ihe insult by Aiassachus''!?, in sendmg any person ihei e on sucti businccs, and their dt.tcrniinatioa to nd themsilv-? of me by some nieaU5. M *' t ‘ :V.;i tn:!e r , I : ut 111- v thi; a'lern rn -r lLi;ii;M; l.-i.l.ruie I’.eat ?on'.'ur' 0 ‘!;'i ■, i.‘;e Mayor not having -Monday afiernoon. :s ai ri ’.vorth ■ ' M tidily I was inforr.ied that i 1 c- •nrnunicalfd my Ittter and tha: it had ra-.s c;;r.version some bj^ct. 1 wii.rcd o'll fre.-.T-j niy lodgingssome on r ^ [ met at the bo ..]To-i :: iwl' UK-n. standing iii the A? soon as I asccn led the ppc-i f.;r\vaid and saio' *• Is your I ans VI red yes. [It' ?a.d. “ i atn the.Sreri.n of C: ail*-''on District.nnd t have so ne b!i5;ntss with you, sir. ’ 'fhis he utlrred with warrntli a;rf (ar;i'-'s'nes5. He then introduc* d .'lit ' iiere i lo' ./.'i n;?ar th ;■ Qor. (jr (!>, UQ I loar, sir 'I f r >> .1 c 1 leaving the Sherifl's ofTice. I was sum;.! o a la ot.e r, tiiO 0. n;'r !i r:'ie.n as ihe QciinfT Mav i r . . r i 4 i r , , ,, % 7 house more distant from my lodgings than ilie ol- nr of the ci'v rMrl one e: th-' Jrrmcn. and the oth- r \\rr i u i ^ i .u I • '• \V b.( :i I had proceeded not more than one o. an: .:irr A ■ie:i;'’'>n. 1 liivi'^d them to wa : ■ . i .i i i i i > . , , '-ai... , fiinn the door, a man decently dressed and I a coiriJ’ion ioo:n of the hous'' i f i n • u t i i r i i . ^ ‘ ; of middle with a c«ne or club grasped firmly .vn S5 .ted !r;e sheri-f inouired of inf' what' • u i « . i i » . 111. ^.ual,,p, his ban 1 came up to m(5 and said, • is V'ti r name . v’ ^'USH) .‘-s was in L ii^n n'iiou. 1 answered that i n i • at n it .u i ■ \ , u.iouciiu [loar?' I auswereu ••YiS.” lie then said, \ ou I I,Si’ •-■on.-iiM.-iiO.itt-1 my baiuiess to th*- Governor Ci!Oiin », a:j.} i(-,tfd to him in substance i ; had better bo travelling, and the sooner the beuer Of ;uTf >1' j j teilyou; if you stay h^re uruil to >vh rnv bil>^'‘^ j morrow mmn.ng, yf'u will fed somethirg you will ! • C'f'd ihai y )ii vL! .‘v >o.itioni2t, o.id coni; thinking.” He did not strike nor of- i.- !o t ) a -.’ompIj'b^S^'*^' measures. 1 iie. i strike, but his manner was even more inso- ji’.'.t' l a , do:;!;t!»i;*'C " "'JUid be proper , le nt than his l.snguage. 1 made no r«-plv. but walk ^ . Si V> I* lOf r»r.l l.ufr I. . _ - .'.ly wl.eth r I w.^? ki o'"* td on t(i the pi °ce whicii I had siartrd HiClU Iril that I '.V r ‘ ihal k'lnl •or to remove all pro- him that I \va.=^ no I i fi'Mc:.' f; ir.'. IP ; '.J I i f ii e: ;jr .nV?V y^a‘-^^m:'m- . ... and Abo;i’io.'i!5!s :n. (;- ,\a.s n./i much harmo'P4f 1 '1. i. ••soaie U'pcc: tii it is all a hoax^'^'^ On my return by the office, a short time after, I did not see thi.s man. A number of young men were assembled on the opposite corner of the street, by whom I jHSStd without any n^olestation. About two nr half past two o’clock on the same day. Dr. \V iiitredge, to whom I had been introduc n •) crf'd'Vi’i'2In,” 'i’his was tru?. 't"'j''«*A^y a 1. !!• r from a fiit nd of his in Boston, with I ■ ■ tJ'I )us \vit)i th*^ ^-o^ernor I !;id j whon'r^'jj;* ' conv* rs. d several lirnts, and who, : ii :i y to sro 1 him a ‘•>pv of mv j .vhen the commenced, had said he 0 I ;i.;5WL‘ied th:r. 1 had g ipp.)scl ih |,j,} thn.k the cTitf^^ilSj^uld proceed i) acts ol ivoulJ i,.kt .nj v.-jr>l for Iho U..-I3 I h.rl ] vj„l,nce. r„!l,,l on' 1 ; hiif tivil hi. a comiiiission from Ih*- tlen. n). not y s nn ola in^n, h.nU b. ariny I >nor f,!..M,s.,rhU3, tl3 i i,dl I was 'y|,l,n;j to 1 vvnole of Ih- lai.- .va. .«il Er.(? jri\ 001? AMO dt'.'irt ! lo see it lli'pjcsir j soni'? liinfl nfic-r its cit.f' ; n-..’', ns i a.vl 1 -.vc.t to liiy room, croi.^hlanj Uc- ; u-.^s ,nfor,n. .1, si ihe of lus profi sSK.,, ..j i. nhy t to rum. 1 • ■ , • ,1 •. 1 . • • ‘ . . , MCian in t!ie city, and stislaining o'? htgn ani puie 'Mc. til thrr I ofi.'red to b-t him a cliaracter as any man in Charleston. I mfuiioii ■’ .’ ' ' . • " !'• m'-t lit lir;t refjii(S'(d permis | hi? rharacKr and stanling to show the ground ol ■ '' ' “ i‘y- p ‘rrn;s5:on to have ; cotifi.iencc in him. He requ( Sted me lo go where ii! ' u copy (ii ill.'.' e,-j;nm!.5i )u and of the rt solves | we miyl.l lie by ourselves, and seemed anxious least :| ihe fjCgislature on which it wts fonnhd. He | ;ve should n„t be overhtard. Wiien by ourselves thfn >aid, it^is cons; Ifrrd a gvcut insult on Soutli | I observed that he was muc!) agitated Ho one*' O.irolma by ivfis'ncfiujetis, t j sen J an ai^cnt heie i or Iwici.* attt^mpted to sneak, but failed, and ave.tcd nn such businecs. 'i’liis ci'y is hi.-!iJy incenscd.— j hi? face fro/n mc'. \ ou are in yuat drjig^-r, an 1 you had bct'.er have j When'iir d:d .^peak, he said that he felt unutlt ra- •d liio cuv as soon I .';ri':\vt red that I had ble mortific:’.Linn in making the communication b'-cn s-.ii' oy ^ht! (.T ivci n.nent cl Massa.'hu i which he f« !i ^'Oftnd lo make to me j (hai the stale sftts on law.Ui bu.-i’irs..?.^an I tau [ co'i! 1 not leav.- - of things nciiJally ensu-d which he could not hav»- the I ha 1 ct leaN* niU-uipt^’I !;i peiform | thought possible in Chaileston; tiiat he fiad bt en that (lUsiiiers. He iner; proiucfda |c!tf‘r which he i round m diril irnt p:iiisof the city, and had just s.Tid he Ind rf ceived frr.m ih.‘ Attornry of i come fu,n» the City Cuunc:!; that my dant^’r IO.U Sriite, and re;,d to me a pait r f if, in which hr : -vus not ..n!y -leat. but imm»-dicite; that the people u.ge' t le avoidance of a res.)rt (asay ing . w( re av^setnbi» d ai.d assembling in groups j thai ih.it it wou. disgrace tne city, and add in,f ihat he _ nothing s»-emf .1 wantini^ but stmie one to say • No\\ .1 not {now on who.D lie could call wi’.h tsore i Is your time I” to b ing out the attack, ilnit h> i p^ropiiety than on Iho sheriff t'l prevrnt this procc.^s, I ihou^’ht it prob.ible. should I siait soon, that Ii A'!.‘r reading this put he sail ft was unru cs?:u v ' might get saf. iy out of -he city, t.) read :he r.’st; (h'lt hesiiould .>n'eavor at the ha i ri , . i i i. of his lif... |„ I inform, d ,n- «l„r,- I could procn- .i Iha. ilo iloiib'c I heh. I f) , o..-l! do i. or I'nt' hn diii! '-'s r>lantmioi., nboo, lu, ..ly „„I. n.'i il in't lie coal I i' > it If. ■'"♦'f Irniii ihi> ciiy. whfri' hi.- family th. n u(n , whi . n'.i u.i.j.t JK co.Jii (.0 i». {le renrated sevtU'al tinns I u . t i' t i it i nn I .vi;h grei,t ca.„.5!r„ ,h,.; ih,. ciij^.ps (J '".'I'”"''; -V "'IH'- my misspi.i as n •n-.ii iii^uli from ii« I'"'"" ' 'J' ^ isuli rrnrn MaSsSachusetls ; t'; it t'lry were ni a stau* i',f ^r( ;it excitement, and thit. as a fneni}, he wotil i ;i.i vise -i^.e n? ihe’only m^ans .d safety, to lenve the city n> soon ns possiblV I ?ave him substantially the same aus-.vn as abov. s‘'nd. and afrer ro-* of the Al lermMi !;ad f.!n=ved tT recc;pl f'^r the pnpeis, if I dtsirMl it. wfitrh 1 :o!d him \vn'« "Mnrcr v. f!i y loft mf' sayi!;g rtie pap.>r .vh )ul i f:e r.jt.;r;i.d by 0 o’clock tiie next morning. 0;i f’uesdnv morninnf i nv;it. d at iny lodgin^^s nn'il ooofit o’clock. >jnd not hearing I’rotn tht SU'tiiT, I '\Mlk'd out an I ^o.'iri ni 't him on horse bid:, ro.ning ns he «a d. *o r.'turn my papers Af terd.hv..ruM. ih.^m 'o rr:H, he repeat('d the remarks lie h id rnade o,j the nr^'^’ed'o^- • v^'n-n :. on the d;m C'^r fincurrtd by rPTi;in:nr the city Alt-- >'aMnr, I.. «troncr and in an . arnest mnnut r the «AfcH d ^fati> of c/ty. and mv danf»or he 3’d sur(5. He s;iid that ifn- Hta is vv’! n n id’, ; that I could not arrivt' at his, house b; fon- dark at»d mi-n tinned a tave rn where he though! I mi^-ht lodi>e m 'afety that niglit, and procet'd on mv jvu't v ;n tii morning. He ad led. th tt it Id-sir.d • ; • w ij'd accompany ino. It occurred to m^'.th.:: niy .i iii- li ter. who had accompanied me. 'hough in ihf same hous'*, 'vas foitun It. ly lod-od m a iodu; quit** le mote from mm' , and in tfii vic itmy i a i.tin.i'- • o! women; that no odium had been excu* j i.,..as her, and that she pionabiy would t'e as sa^- :!,. othf'r ’vonien m th^'hou?' Aft ' a mfirn^ lu’s t» ^ fl' CtiOD, I answer, d D Wrutr that if I shoul J tnen leave the city I could n it afterwards it tuiu to it; that to ritin n ;tfi» r i nis |. av inc a •.•. on Id r iac. me in a wors> sitUHiion llian uas the p:;.-n'; eaf I .'^hnufj not knoiv v\ h rr to o-.i (roifi hi' i.' i j>(, f' .should I Min awav f.om duty, I sl.ould l)C ish . i ■ to returrj to IMussaclfUsetis, (liai 1 must dtcime th-. acceptance of his kind otZer, nnd. tbat whatever might happen, I must abide the event. He did no» urge me to change my determination,* but after a little more conversation, left me. I expected the attack during the follovvjng night One gentlemarj, unsolicited, assured me that he would make common cause, and takf his chance With tne. The ni^ht passed without any riotous proceedings about the house. I did not men know what prevented the outbrakc, but afterwards snider stood that it was by the sj)tead of the information that the conductors of the affiir had resolved on the milder measure of removing me to the boat. On Thursday I told a friend, with whom I oftf u conversed, of the assault on mo near the Sheriff’s oflice, and described to him as well as I could, the person of the assaila.it. He told me he belioved the assailant to be one of the Sheriff s officers About noon, on Tuesday, three men. !Mr. Ros>‘. the President of one f the Charleston banks. Mi Mazyck and Mr. Mjgrath, the two last lawyers in that city, called at my lodgings, I had not seen ei ther of them before. They told me iheir nain^^s, and said they had come to see if they could induce me to leave the city. I answered them, as I hid before answered the SherifI’ and others, who had made a sin)ilar proposal. They entered into an ar gument to convince me that, as the state of things then was in the city, I ought to departe from it. I answered them as well as I was able, stating the lawful nature of my business, and the necessity I vias under of endeavoring lo perforin it After perhaps half an hour spent in con vorsation, Mr. Rose said that a number of gentlemen would call on me about two o clock, and conduct or escort me to the boat. I am uncertain which e.xpression he used. I told him I was well aware tnut fi^rhtin^r, on my pait, would be foolishj that I should attempt nothujij of thi* kind; that I was too old to run; and that they would find me there, to be disposed of as they should think proper. They said that I should have time lo prepare for my departure, as the boat would not leave Charleston till about three o'clock When they were about to Ivave, I told them I had a daugh ter with me Mr. Rose answered, It 13 that which crcatcs or created our embarrassment.”— They left me about one o’clock. These men usc^>d no violent or harsh language.— Their style and demeanor were gentlemanly — But they indicated that their purposes was determin ed My daughter and I fh«m prepared for our depar ture, and awaited the arrival of those who were to remove us till two o’clock, and till three o’clock, but no one came. I did not then know the reason of this; but learned, before nii^ht, that an accident had prevented the arrival of the boat at the udual hour. She did arrive and depart, however, before dark; but I heard nothing more, that day, from my morn ing vibiters. In the evening of Tluirsday, the Shcrifrcalled on me. I was sitting in a common parlor, where there wore several others, and supposing that he had some special business with me. 1 arose to attend him to some more private apartment. On observing this, he said, •* I have no spccial businosa with you ; 1 merely eallod to see you,*’ or soi)ethit]^ of timl liind. W then sat mi-1 conversed a few min • utes on some comm >n fiii 'j- ct. Lie then said : ‘‘ The city IS now quiet, uiifi I auj going to leave it in the morning.” I then related to him the occurrence at Ihe (Joor his oftice. ‘OhT’said he, an ofilcar ol mine witneiied the transaction, immediatlv in formed me of it, and I ivent out.” lie probably mi jht have gone out, but I did not see him. I in quired of the Sheriff the narr.e of tlie man w’ho made the assult. He said it wa» not best to expose him, and declined giving me his name. 11c then left me! and I have not since seen liin). On F.idciy. abou uoon,Dr. \Vhitrcdgc caiJod on me and 1 tfbrmed me that the keeper of the Hotel whtTt' I lodged, had presentee^ to the Ci.y Govern ment a -equerft that Uiey wouil take measures to remove M.ie Imm tiis house, to p-eserve it from the impciaiing danger. He had never requesteii mo to leave his house, nor in any way intimated to me such a (l^ire. Thai he should no, wLfi lo hav’c his house subjected fo trie manage nenl of a mob could be easily understood; but whv he should ap ply to the City Government to remove me, without mentioning the subject to me, I do not knou’. This presented to me a subject of some diiFicuIfj’. That I coulil not stay longer in that house Wf*3 quite certain. I believed i/iat there was two gentlemen, either ol whom would receive me into their house! should I request it. But whether I ought to ask it or even to accept the offer if made, jippeared to me by no means certain. Should I enter any priv'ate house to reside there, it would be in more danger than the Hotel where I wap; an;I ihnt it would expel all the fenvilcs aufl children from tho hou.';a, and subject the owner, should I13 remain there, to equal danger with myselt, seemed to be necessary consc- quen-es. I had not settled this q'iestii>n witli myself', or de termined wnat course I sb' uld pursue, when a wai ter informed me. that some .ucntlemen wished fo see tne in the hall t.elow. I went down into the liall ard found there, Air. Rose jjnd Lis ns=;ociate3. surround ed by a con-:iderable nnmbar of mf'n in the hall, nnd an assembly about the iloor, in tiie pia/.za. and on the side of tho street. There were a number m'car riages, I know not how m;tny, standing [ry liie house. M^» Rose annoiu-t'f.J !l.e purpose for wliich he liud come, to conduct me to the boat. On ihe preceding evening, a gentleman informed me, that a story, was in circulation in the citv, tfiat 1 h.^.d consented to leave ihe city. I told him there '.vas not the least toundation in truih for the report. He said he had so understood before, and had told his informant that_hc did not believe it. I told him tliat I siiould prevent anj’ misunderstandin;; on that point. As soon as Mr. Rose hacl mentioned the purpose for which they had come, I mentioned the informa tion I had received,and added that 1 should put that matter beyond doubt; that I luul given no such con sent, and that it I left the city, it would be because I not bccause I Mr. IJose answered, if this were so there was a misunderstanding; that he had understood that for the sake oi'preserving the peace of the city, or of restoring the peace of the city, I am uncertain which, I had consented to leave It; that he or that they had no power to order me away ; that all they coultl do was to point out fo me or warn me of, what would tollow, should I not go! I then repeateil lo him with precision tfie languatre I used to him, as stated above, viz: that I was well aware that fighting on my part would be fbolish • that I should attempt nothing of that Kind; that 1 was too old to run, and that they would therefore find me there, to be difijiosed of^'as they should tJiink proper. This was the only language I Jiad used from which b-uch an inference could be drawn. He did not deny, that I had stated the conversation cor- rcci, nor did he say that 1 used any other expression wfiich had led him to his conclusion, bu» caiii he did understand Ihat I had consented to l^ave the city. As soon as he had done speaking, or before, Mr. Eggleston, who had been appointed to this ao-’ency befbre me, and was standino between Mr. Ros'e and me, addressed me, saying 1 ought then to go; that it was impossible for me lo remain loo^i^er in the city that I had done all that I could, with°more remarks of a similar purport. Mr. Chadwick, one of the cren- tlemen, to whom 1 carried letters from Bostonribl- lowed Mr. Eggleston wi*h remarks of similar import. It seemed, tfien, that there was but one question lor me to settle, which w’as, whether I should walk to a carnage, or be dragged to ir. Unless I disre garded tfie statements of friends as well as toes and ■itl&o the preparations which I then saw about me tins, I must conclude, was the only alternative. I couid perceive, no use to any State, cause or person m choosmg the latter, and I then, and for the first lime, said lhai 1 would go. I stepped to the t)ar a lew leet from me, s;ettied a email bifl for boa^d wfiich remained unp.iid ; one of tTie men r uj ’ Y rt I ^ ed that one of the horses he hired from Cram"'”’ b had died from fatigue in Millersburg, as they down , Ihcy there obtained another which they wiik them, and on returning a strange horse ''ent had hired on going down, and pat in the one cha* Millersburg, where they returned ihe horse th to iiey had followed them. Craig then asked him whprJ .d, to assist a runn-i' he had been, and he replied, pointeJ out the carriage into which I waa to enter; Craig if he recogmzea ihe l.ot«3; no, he’rVpL ray daughter was called down stairs, we entered the one ot them is not mine, i-nirbanks then ’ carriage, and a moment after, either the mail who pointed out the carriage, or some one else in the crowtl. ordered the «lriv€fr lo drive on. We proceed ed to the boat without any tumult or further abuse. Aftffr arriving at the boat, a gentleman frorii Phi ladelphia, who witnessed the traupaction, ofiered to point out to me a man, whose name he said was Vincent, and who he said ho believed had some agency in the management of the line of boats be tween Charleston and Wilmington, whom he heard in the crowd announce himself as one who had of fered himself as a leader of a tar and feather gang, to have been called into the servico of the city on the occasion. I did not then and do not now suppose that the company who visited m© ort Thursday noon, or the assembly at the hotel on Friday, intended to employ tar ami leathers, brickbats, clubs, or any other vio lence, dangerous to lives or limbs. Indeed, nearly all danger of any thing more than the indignity of the application ot so much force as should be necessary to place me in the boat, had passed, even when the managers of the affairs had finally resolved on the mode of removing me. This, sir, 1 believe is as exact a narrative of the material f^icts in this caae. as I am able to give. SAMUEL HOAR. Dec. 20, 1S44. John G. Palfrey, D. D.. LL. D. Secretary of tfie Commonwealth. (From the Baltimore Sun.) TRIAL OF MIScS DELIA A. WEBSTER.— A CASE SOME ^VHAT SIMILAR TO TOR- REY’S. In comphance with ?. gcr;cral d«sirc expressed by the northern pap^^^s to see the cvidc.nce on which M iss Delia A VVebi: I tvas recenily convicted and sentence J 10 two yf-u s’ mipnsonment at Lexington, Ivy., tor abiuciing sljves, thr- L)uisville Journal luinuhee the follovinng synopsis of-the trial. The mode of carrying of]'the slave*, it will be seen, was somewhat simiKir to that by whicfi Mr Toney was proved to have abJuctrd Mr Heckiotie’s: Special Term of FaijeLic Countij Court.—Rich ard A. Buckner, jr., presiding.—'I'uesdav, De csmber 17, 1841 Commonwealth Indictmcnt for steal vs. [ mg negro boy Louis, Delia A. Wcbste; and j the property of Thos Calvin Fairbanks. J Grant & Co one he now saw, fol^lowed Them from Maysli'fj!**^^ ihi -d he couple lo be marnrd. What were iheir natne«^ asked he; when Miss Webster sharply told Fai/ banks not to ansicer the question. I’he dtiver then' proceeded to Lexington- Bain and Craig foUovve^ just behind them. Hearing that Miss W. was sqc peeled of stealing r.egroe?, Mrs. Glass, with "3 pass key, entered hor room and found ia one of her funks several letters from Oberlin, Ohio; one fron\ Fairbanks, proposing to come over and assist her in running off slaves. &c. These letters the Com, monwealih altempted to read, but was not allowed by the court, on the principal laid down in Green, lief and the authority of the cases there cited that the mere possession of ielters, not proved to be an^ 3wered, is no evidence of acquiescence in their con* tents. In the mean time. Craig and Bain returned with tho prisoners, and Fairbanks was immediateiv searched by ihe jailer, and a letter, found in his possession, was attempted to be read by the Com monwealth, on the ground that on proof of n con. spiracy, the acts and declarations cf one spectator in pursuit of this common object is admissible against them all. The court refused permission to read the lettor there having been as yet no sufficient proof of ri conspiracy between Fairbanks and Webster, which must be established at prirna facie, before the acts or declaration of one couid be leceived aj.iinst the other. It was then proved that in a converse!, lion held siibsequenily to her arrest, Miss declared that she had gone n ith Fui: banks !oas.sj;> a run away couple to get rnnrried; that arieiwa/ds she said that Fail banks, wiin pretends to b;? a prti- cher. had perauadetl her to go to Millersburg wiih I him as he had soma tniui?icnal duties there toattcni to. In anoiher conversation she was asked where the negroes got in the hack ? She an«c\-ered m no groes got in._ But b« twtru this place nn I Pa.ii three pj r?oi:3, a man, a icoman. and 1 c/n!J, (r^ailc thf coinci Jt-nc*-) gi-t into the hack ; L:;t adj^d. thfy were all while persons to her unknown. The CLiso coming up for trial, in answer to the question whether «he wjs re.ndy for ti ial. Miss Web ster responded in the affirmative; but demanded a I she stated that Fai.banks had deceived hi r. ;ini i;;; separate trial on th® ground that she did not believe i ^^r pretence of talcing her to Versai'les !ki j In; ! she could receive a fair trial if tried jointly with > toMaysville. The Commotavtal-.fi, Fairbanks, because ofihe prejudi'-( s existing against ! pf several iiincs altf'.mpled to read llioisd/r him, and of certain evidence wfii'^h she und istood was to bo produced agamsi him at the t.iai by which she belifved her cause would be injuriouslv affected. Havmg made aflidavit to this efft-ct. the motion was granted. Fairbanks applied for a continuance, and, after some debate, the court granted his application, and retr-anded him to jail. of Faiibat'ks, wts now permiaed to do s^.\ li bore datf! tho Thuisday previot'.s to the d.Ty the nFt^rccj escaped. After noticing the f^iilure ci ’.he wr:°:-r ir. hia atternj;! to !un off a negro woman, tliC 'vifj oi Ghilson. n negro who it seems had made hi. v.’av’.j Ohio from ttjis neighborhood, he goes on !o say liiat Miss W. and tho wiitcr had concleded to cury o'.]' three negrces. a man, named Lni^s. a s!out, ach.r-- MiJS Webster was tbcn arraigned, and pleaded | f^oyjiis wife and child an ! lii.Tt (iiey wt n!! not guilti}, I it on the fgllowing Saiuid ly, that on arriv:n;j ti After some difficult}’, 0 jury having been empan | Aberdeen, he would Sf^nd ilit .m on by liic di:'.'' j c elled, the Commonwealth commenced the exami nation of Its witnesses, wf'ose evidence was as fol lows : Miss Webster, for .«ix months previous to her ar rest, taught school in L^^xington, nnd boarded with a Mrs. Gla?5 About the first of September a man calling hims If Fiirbanks came to the house and enqutied for hr--; was told that she was absent; stntfd lUat Hp M-ichr-d verv much to see her, for. thoijgh eniirelv unac(juainted with h^r he knew some of her friends >n Ohio. "When Miss W. cnine m. Fairbanks introduced himself and immediately des.red a private conversation with her. They re tired to a separate room and remained there togeth er and alone for some lime. At Miss W^ebster’s re quest. Mrs Glass consented to receive Mr. Fair banks as a bo.irdcr m her hous?, and from that tun'' until a Jay or tivo previous to her arrest, hev held long conversations together and sermrd desi rous of avoiding obsfrvaiion. On Monday, tbf 23d of Septf rnber, Fairb;inks called on Parker Craig to inquire if he could get n hack to goto Maysvilit- on the next Saturday. Craig told him he could.— On Wednesday he again called, to provide against disappointment. On Saturday he came to Craig and ordered the hack to be sent lo Mrs. Glass’, where a young ladv would join him. He asked if he could get to Pins that night, starting at ySre o' clock Crai^ told him he could — how long it would take him to go to M.iysville and return? nnd was answer'd tour d.iys. He then remarked that he would start at fiv»’ that evening, go to Paris that night, and Maysville the nt’.\l day, if it was not too hard a drive 'i’ho buck called agreeably to in struction rii .Mis, and Miss Webster got into it witn Fairbanks, jtu'ing to her landlady thr*t she was going to ;hc in Ytiisasll-'s with ioiiji* Iriends. and rrium early cn Monday mornmg }:)>t'a(! uf directly lo Paris as Fairbanks had s’.ated h:* intendi-d to do. it was pro ved that tfie hack vv.is a', th^- ho'^pital at six o’clock, •ind at the Brurn H )Usf' in L'wington, at l^alf past ix, where two trunks, both of leather, which Fair banks had leftiiierr' sune davs before, were placed | upon It. The kcep.'V of :he first turnpike gale on th*‘ Mayesviilc road proved that no hack passed ihe gate on ihat * vening before nine or ten o’clock, so that tliey could not have left Lexington before half past eight or nine 'i’ho same .night that th*"se transactions are pioved to have taken place. Louis. the slavt nain‘d m thf indictment, the property of Mnssrs Grrtnt and Baxter, escaped together with j his wijc and child ili p.'opf'rty of Mr. Bain. The | r.\t thing h-ard of Fiirl)ariks nnd Miss Webster* 's from the tavern keeper at W^.ishington, 4 niiles on this side of the Ohio; he snys that a hack'pas sed that place on S;uu!ay morning diivmg rapidly with thecuiiains ail oown; that on Alonday mor ning about one o’clock he was aroused by the re turn of thf same nnek, out of which came Fair banks and tie pr.soner; there were two Jea'her trunks on the hiicic, as it went down, and nonr? as it riurnfd; the horses were much {.itigu'yl; they retnaiiied at h's house for some two or tnrer ii; tJ!s. \vh( n h(' (the tavern keeper) vvent out of the r.jiMii to see about the horsed. leaviiiL: Miss Webaei anu Fairbanks alone; when In* r turned the dooi ‘-vas lockednxxS remained so till about four m the mor ning, when they came out to start; there was no bed in the room ; Mi. Mu underground loitie, and wc'ji.1 then rc.iin Miss W, to L^’Xin^ton: tha‘ ho ivn? boarding in !l;^ s^m^’ ljC'j?e v.’.rb htraiidihai r.rl'her 2ca? su. He says further, that he had already sent hij bur gage to Cincinnati, (reineiil.'cr ihc tu'? iralfr.'' trunks, t iken from tiie ni'j-n House.') woulj follow It tnere as soon ns h? liad seen ^li53 NWlst'r home. I may probably send vou a copy ot lii letter if vou *.\ !su it. any irr'faciit ott.'re J l/y ihc Urf.nca. Th^.-jury retired cn Friday rvcninz. linu.nq ih«~ .-.Lii' arcufr.cnt of CCe?f-l and b’oug!,t in on Saturday morning, a vf ,uicii' guilty, fixing li r punishment at two years imijii.^ otimenl in the penitenuary Sentmce was pronoinr: td by .Tud^je Buckner on Situid.iy. .lanuaiv 1 . anl the priser.er tak'U dow n i-n 'i’liurs l iy, ihc [*:!.. to Fra»ikl.)!t. I HAVL\'G ol'tained as A»iminii?lra!.'r on !jC F,' late ot John \\ iihercpocn. deceased, an order from the Mecklenburg Couety Cnuri. at ir? January Term, 1845, to sell the .\EGKOr:iI3 b»^lofii?iMg ti> the Estate ol said lee«'ase{i, 1 ^vill expose to piib!.‘ sale, on Friday the 21st of February next, at liieliiT residence of Jno. Witherspoon, dec’d.. the iie^roe; CAMP, HARRIET, AND MARGARET. Also, any Household nnd Kitrhen Fornilnre. that may he unsold of that EsUiic. .TXO.G. WITHER.STO().\, Adn.'r. .Tanunry 31, lol5. i’erms made known on tlin dav of WOULD iiif>;rni 1 is friemls e.nd customers, rha: he has removed his shop to the room oiic south of J. 13. Kerr’s Holel—formerlv' I'Cpt as ’li5 office of the Superior Conrt Clerk, where he v 1 be gratifieii to receive a call from such as in ay wan'. hip= serviee. Htiving received his Fall and Wiiitcr FASHIOXS for 1S45, he takes pleasure in ; nouncing to his friends and the public that he ccii- tinucs to carry on tho TAILORING DUSLYKSS. Of past fivors he is not forgetful ;—ard, frcrn t:-* satisfaction which has been manifested u ith ' forts 10 J h^a-'O, he Hatters himself that he is ;d}!e i-' aive L^eneral satisfaction. Charloir-j. .Tan. 10, 1S15. r‘2::::r- R. THOMAS HARRIS reque.^t.= those in lol' ed lo him to call and settle at flic ensuing nary or February Courts. He is c(?rnpelleil fo tie up his affairs, nnd those who do not comply this request, must not complain if they have top-; ' cost. ^13^ He may still be found at his office, oppos -’ the Mansion House, ready io obey the calls orii- friends Charlotte, Jan. 17, 1815. D3-tfc State of North Carolina. MECKLENBURG COCT.TY, Court of Picas and Qpiartsr S2Ssior..\ Term, 1845. r. .viusic (the tavern keeper) j ^ -i aimbpfi I Jumes J. Gathings, Adm’r. of Jas. Guthings, dec thinking that thf y were a runaway couple laughed at theni a little about it. buf they neither acknowl edged nor denied such tb be the" fact. On Sunday morning early. Mr. Bain found that his servant (the wife and child of Louis) h'd ab sconded, taking with them tico leather trv.nks ; he pmceeded lo inquire what hacks had left town, and Craig, hearing it, immediately susp^cte(l that thev t'iad gone off m his hack with Fairbanks. Tiace> of hack-wheels weie found m the street, where the hack had turn^'d round just by Bain’s residence, anci these traces were recognized bv Craig as thf tr.ick of his wheels—which he knew' by the p. cu liar conformation of the tire Bain'and C.aig s:arted th-n for JVlaysville. 1 few miles the olh. . side of Pans inri'the hack returning, wiih Fan banks and Webster still in if. Fairbanks asked vs. Julius Holly. ORIGINAL ATTACHMENT. T appearing to the satisfaction of the Court tlis _ the Defendant, Julius Holly, resides beyorul limits of this Slate ; it is ordered by the Coii^rt « publication be made in the‘‘Mecklenburg ian,” printed in the town of Charlotte, N. C-, foj' M weeks, notifying the said Julius Holly to be anu pear before the Justices of the Court of / Q.uarter sessions to be hehl for said County ^ Courthouse in Monroe, on,the 1st Monday /J-L next, and Replevy, or Judgement absolute anu will be rendered aorainst him. .e Witness, Ilufih Steirart, clerk of our said otTice, tfie let Monday in January, 1845, and i sixly ninth year of American Independence. . HUGH STEWARi;.J^!;^^' January, lSi5‘.
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