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JLU,mj. j oL V U Vlt; V •• W * JL L« M » a • w JCards r.f nil kinds Bill Heads, Cheeks, c., 6to.U. State* vs. Legion,It is reported that the United States tj,e district court recently hold at Clevelandveriin-Bu:the matter wr\8 njt to be ended here. The disappointed hunters after human elm*ties returned to Cincinnati and obtained a warrant from the U.S.T \• n.Mift Trvv* orfAcf r\f frvtii* rsnr. ; . . . 1 ana oulfliuru O nat*au% iiv/lAi mu *jb-! Ohio, by tlie grand jury founu ^ s-jmt j^jslrjct (Jourt, for the arrest of four per-ed-i ninety bills of indictments (or robbing the sonslt; by the names of Hyde, Gurtridge,to mail and making counterfeit coin piinici- and two Taylors, on the charge of aidingI pally for robbing the mail. This is a i i the escape of the fagjtivoand on la,4v „„i bill of (are against the postmaster! Wednesday, Marshal Churchill, of Cm.ch, , iaroe ulu u * 1 j riinnjui. arrested the oarties above namedlarn-e bill of fare acjhinst the postmaster •;'—:v“ o ’ --- -- -- ----- -1 row . . , I cinnati, wrrcsted the parties above namedarmy for one district and one teim of jn ChampVigii county, and s arted withthe n to the city. On applica'ion a writ* j'ce j court, but, it is not to be wondered at.^ie The loose manner in which the Postoffice ; Department has been conducted for theiiiv/ ii v11v v»j « ^ ** rr *• * ■ ■Ilabon Corpus was issued by Judge Bal dvvii, ol the Probate Court of 0 lamp ugtseerr.ingto iiu„4 w.----------------------county, for the release of the prisoners, and put into the h inda of the Sheriff of lhat county, who made pursuit and orer-to ,k them in Vienna, Clark county. Th*youn,!' and thoughtless are doomed to ruin , Marshal an d his posse refused to obey the° (writai first, on the ground that the Sher*! iff of Chamj aign had no right to serve hii writ in Claik county, and they finally told, V ■ Apast few years, and the courage merit given to trifling with mail l!e . matter leads to such results. And often thea| by tampering with the mails and ti.etr}n j contents.M Decline of the French Empire.The accounts from France show mostconclusively the physical decay of that empire. The deaths in Idol and lbuo,i which seem to continue, i- the births ; and such is the case in all her■o ! productions, and alt that make up a grow-Tliero is cvi ionce of decayin countrv.Ot■ 11 isi y, anu they finally toldhim they did not intend to be taken at all, and having no posse, the Sheriff made nofurther attempt to serve hid wiit, but proceeded on to Springfield and put it iuto ilio hands of Sber-id Layton, of Clarks■ couatv, who at once proceeded with on® were more than 1 assjslant Bill Compton, after the Marshaland captives, where, without calling further aid, they attempted loanoBt them.The Marshal and his company numberedsome fourteen men, and a 1 made resistance; several shots were fixed, rono ofwlrch took effect; but the Marshal and hi*• .1 kTM _ '.or__in every department, and the causes are numerous and palpable. V*o have not -..........ftho space, nor would it be of much interest j cr0wd ol hounds set upon the Sheriff, gol - i Lo our readers generally, to go into and j him down, an l beat h m so badly that he} to our vtauers geuvi. 0 disabled, and the scoundrels pro*e j show up all the philosophy of the learner , ^ ^ ^ At Charles*• ! upon this subject- We shall only add that! ^ ^ Warrant was got out against thoa I in our opinion the present century will not j Marshal ani Lis posse, for the assault up-J i have none until the French Empire will - 0n Sheriff Layton, with intent to ItilL-*I . . , 1. as one 1 I he writ of habeas corpus was ulso putin'o the hands of Sheriff Lewis, of thi» county, an! he, with u respectable pos3f, of selected men, started out eatly yeslor, - . d.hv morning in pursuit of the chaps who*iii f ■* ♦ it was said, lodtf^d niifht fit a irincr 8There was a good deal .of cx-,temenl j } the Jamestown pike, about fiv®in Mechanicsburg and vicinity, on 1 ues- nous*, on y ^ ^ { ^day last, caused by an attempt on the3 i only oo known as sucn in histoiy ' of those things that have been.SLAVE CATCHERS BAFFLED.part of some Kentuckians, (accompanied by a Deputy Marshal from Cincinnati,D.’nuty Ma’r«WV..f tltrreounrf// to arrest a fugitive slave, name,I Addison, whohas been living in the neighborhood ioror six miles from Xenia, fhe fugitive were overtaken ntar the town of Lumber-tun, by Sheriff Lewis, and arrested with*■vne.pnvthe carriage in which the UnitedIMarshal was ndmg, the Marshal with■ rr* at show of authority shouted out•hold on there, old man I’ ^Sheriff—“I intend to hold on. #Marshal—“lam an officer, and doingam I, end doing myrts tHu ........ , . iiMaking known the j ^ ^ . 0f earnestness, deter-object of their vi.it, and reading th^r and coolness which marked thewarrant; Mr. Ilyde told them that Ad* , q1J Gonfcrap, countenance together with dison was there, and interposed no °b- gUHpici0US looking impliments of hisjection to his arrest. lt;J formid(iie posse, (about twenty persons,)Addison iu the meantime, had taken, made t^Q red0ubt able1 refuge in the loft of the cabin, through a and his crew soon conclude to1 hole barely sufficient to admit his huge j dcr( without any furthsr ceremony.' body, he being a remarkab y large ; 0ne‘felloW, Bunke,. however, during the 1 stout negro. Soon one of the Kentuckj, ^ jumped oul of his buggy,, andgentlemen mounted the ladder, wuh ^ j . eBcape into the W0v.ds, and ha*' hand, to ascend to!j m* 5cen orrcsted. The rest weraS the loft, lie had scarcely got his head ; t______tn Yenia aand shoulders through the hole, when— - —^ ■ wsome six months past. _Quite early in the morning, the partycomposed of five Kentuckians and tha iwo Deputv JlarsbaTs, made a descent uponUse cabin of Mr. Hyde, about one oil« “ysh,rft!_..Sofrom llie burffb. wberetbo eoloicd man.i ,,ulT „A.ddi9on,resided... double barrel gun miiiou ytsb —' brought back to Xenia nl out noon.DU r III Uilbft w —and shoulders nuuugu V.”,( The Constable and his posse took th*Addison tired upon him, the ball stn*i □ Maishal and his comrades bapk to the irun in front of the Kintuckian 8 breas. *Charle8lon 0n the one o’clock tram, toLI1U 11* V* ! u UHl l'jntvu vii - o, *£Tand glanced off, which saved Ins 1 i.e. ftnswer the charge of assaulting ^neriti.This reception caused the chiva - ; r ton And the other four men fromKentuckian to deRcen'l the ladder a goo j a 0junty were taken to Ur*jr than he went up, and mdiog ^ 1 ^ Sheliff 0f that county in obe-that lie was not killed fired up the hok ^ ^ ih# ,hfibeas corpUS/ where tb® throu rh the roof, and re roatud fiom the i nrlX snffU:iencv ot thehouse.1 deal faster than he went up,reiroatv'd from th« j J J£Scy of the wurr.ot onBy this time the courage of the ( *, J arrQSled Wld be duly m*party liai fuitly oozed out M. tb# ends o ^ - V. Xhe -pL'°P’° of Cb»mp»tgttLir finge™. »»l »» ^ aUemPl W“ i county, like .be people of f'.ofbcrparU made to ascend tlio loft. , •. I 0( Ohio, do not like ’-o see their neighbor.In Urn meantime, Mr. Hyde sent \iu !iandcuffeJ and marched off lo »little nirl to a neighbor’s to inform him ol • . fo, the offense of not helpingI! wiiat was going on. The party ned to ^ q( lay0.Mlcher3 to do thetr dttt,-, deter the girl from going, but she defied ^ auJ wc do not believe ttrcy will1 their threats and went on. Word boo | ^pm’it ^ slave law _or_ no fugl*,eir threats ana .------ . ; Dfcrmit it, tuguive hiiivc — — --o;e„t,0 town, and in a short time qu. P.;e s,avu „w. The force of .hot law .t, | Fowd^m^ou^to .1.0 rescue. j X'.*« ^oo. is about done .a„ properly resented, and finding that they. ‘^e have learntd some facts in regard, had got into the wrong diggms to eatcl ^ ^ conduct of the United States Marsh-I fugitives, the whole party left lu du e . accomplices, towards the prisoners, while in their custody, which govm far towards showing that they wer®enW in a scheme to kidnap thee men under the color of legal authority, take them into Kentucky, and deax with themas their depraved passions might dicuto.They not only had hand-cuffed the pm-oner* but they treated them with all manner of indignity; as, for instance, remarking when a convenient limb projected o\erdie road, that would be a good placo tnban such J d abol.Uonihts as they'L'hey also threatened to instantlyJ • p . i ___...„ l t h ai iAddison, the fugitive, has been li i ,in the neighborhood for some six monthsn! Ho got off at Mechanicsburg being una- j -.t ble to ,fo further tor want of funds, h ind-d iolt;r employment, lie concluded to remainie I there until ho made enough to send for lus• l* i i ■ i iwho Still ill K.tli wite and cntfiiren,■,, I. b..t frec. Some tune since bist-Uuiv} » Da* _ . c:\inn05ede wife WHS written too. It ^ suP^t,u tl.»t the letter was tntercep elt;. ami J-that means bis marttrs came to the kn tv. ......^(j j ^o ot Ins wheianb*^at * . •, , * i wore. « •Atltiison is still in the neighbor tooff, ^ow thtir bJrai„s out iftbey opened thetr, fully armed, ami determined neve, to1 be , ,eU anybody that they weretakea alive. He is a powerful n an able under a,.re8t or what for. Althoughto whip ball a dozen o: ,.av«-*.4te^ • ^ ^ , j „u niglit at K*q 0 ema',u• • - Oar informant says no , J township, he did not learn th®ovur 1,111 .“Jr.*.V, of the strangers be bospuallyWhen they left his housoperiorni. ,.4.-...-. - j . . , nv.rniivMhev inquired the short-1 1 * _ ...111 ma/iol in Ui6 m Hiuujj ii'v 1 ^ 1 bvutalStates offf-1 single combat3 .1 barrel of whiskey,r can raise a uairoi uir can raise a barrel 01 • , few character ot.! head with great case, a etjier any entertained.e men are able to perform* ‘ in lhe mornieemen are able to perform inU|e m„r„„ig they inquired tbefurther attempt to arrest lum will be 1 roa(l to the Ohio river, buchi-r.miinsto bo seen. 15ilnriuc, t»v piesiding Lnitea C5WlL, _, .Wonder if this first effort on the pm • white citizens of OhmL* of our excellent Democratic D“piuv j f ^^Ji^bVpuniMred with the highest■, Marshal, 1 V-ffinbarger, wilt not satisfy lum ^Hruie, of ,Ju,. If the law is lame ,h .t this business of catching fugitives t. should be made to taste some ofrather critical ?— Urbana G.Uzm.^ b,^jn„9 ,hey ff.emselvee were at-ls it not too bad that the lice sol ;cm puntj to administer to then betters.Ohio should be thus fiescrated and made |,c P »------i„ The Clinton County Republican save that wheat in all parts of that county is promising, and farmers say they neverhid abetter prospect—0. S Jour»aLr bunFng Fumi for stave eatcbers-men who stea l.vuig bodtes and btjj^ sell them, as they do wtiU i ua.' bles9 We are glad that tne _1 , j j,,ve showed uieli.—j ture of the alle0ei • ^ ft frtemanBelter a thousand tmaes to ^ ^ .......o . .j. Ahan to Uve a;,^stateneven, hordes of prietor of the Ml. Vernon estate. IB dan-m : not wanting. who wlU tell you I gerously sick.js conSl|lull0l^^s ”D danger unless we'as-i Fnuir.-- * r is® :“v1 olCol. Washington, the present pro-. • t T .. in _Fruit.—Nearlv all our exchanges inOhio speak favorably of of the prospect®this 0 i^vOUfTJBLi
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