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Tfcoude|ofdoaftfdanlbBclogivn* mtt,MONDAY. FEBRUARY I, 1847, “»*—...........—.....- 1 i. % 1 •' MdCFCo5W0MCATioft9 moat be handed in a* cvly aa V, Saturday morning, in order to inaure inierriou in tKt? (hepaper of the following week- decEF AttvniTi5K»EKTa will be inserted if tent in ei- in tljurr Saturday or early Monday morning* theKENTUCKY SLAVE CATCHERS!On Wednesday morning laat our orderly and peace-lul town was thrown into great excitement by an at-tebipt, made by four Slave cnJchere from Kentucky; to seize and carry away a fonvly or colored people, whom they alleged to bo slave* The family conriat-ed dfvtlie father, mother, and three children, had resided hero about three and a half yearn, and were much respected by our citiz* na for their industry and good * behavior. The plan for their seizure was secfctty a i concocted, nnd few of our villagers knew of it, not:! J ^ - I early in the morning, when the claimant a of the slaves t proceeded to take their property into possession*— e They went to the house of the alleged slaves lor that purpose, and finding it closed, burst open the door.--By this time our citizens had assembled in groat numbers at the house Indeed, it was one universal turnout*—the whole village was in alarm. The news spread like wild-firc, and not an individual, of whalev-er age or sex, seemed indifferent to the result. It was the loud end deep end almost unanimous cty, The family shall never go back into slavery.” In the mean-1 me it proved that the Kentuckians were arm- [5 ed with pistols and bowie knives. One of the party ! f drew a pistol to shoot a colored man who stood near, j 1 * [ Th's act, together with the violent breaking into the j 1 ^ 1 house, excited stUI more the indignation of our ciii-r- lzen?. who’foiled not to tnnke it distinctly kuowp to ' the slnve-cntchcrs* that they must make no further ir' [attemptsat violence iarctUioung their cktiUtls* It j was now time to avenge the violated laws of the slate . : ty proceeding legally against those who had made - ; themselves liable ill the c:ree. AccorJiflgly the whole k parly were brought before Jnst ce Hobaut and tried for breaking feloniously into the house of Adam Crosswhite. The individual also who presented the deadly wespon to the breast of C. Ilaekelt was arrested and tried before the said Justice. In the former carethe Justice adjudged, the damages at $IU0, and in the biter, ike complaint for adMinU with intent to WU was sustained, and the defendant ordered to appear at the next session of the Crrcivt Court in the penalty j of SillO. The Aiunnn rJ\cltcts claimed bjMhese Ken- l tucky gentlemen, left for pans unknown oa Wed- j nesJoy night The Kentuckians left town on Friday1 morning on their “winding way for home. Tho% for the present, is ended this unplcasaQl afiair.te»rfot%ca««1c1-r.i «a-oe*3ereeai-h-re
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Marshall Statesman
Marshall, Michigan, US
Mon, Feb 01, 1847
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