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John C. LittU, . ^ ________I am baggage man on the I. C. K. K. Know of a train leaving on tbnt road with colored persons board week ago last night; there were three on; tt left the depot at 11 p; m.; was baggage man on that train; C. A. Montross was couduc-The three colored persons were in a second-5 car next tbc engine and before the baggage car; was in the car daring tbc journey; saw them firt56 miles below here, where they take wood. * tar was connected with the train when I down to the depot. Was in baggage car; saw several wen pass through my car into that;'J: i ljJC c#r un|Jj t|j0 co|orc(i per.sous cot ont at Odin ; the train went to Centro* lia; Odin is 7 miles this .side of Ceu India.There were some three or four white persons with them; don't know them; had seen one of the white men before, that was Dewey; there no brakem»u in the car; the car was an cxtxaonc. The first 1 saw ol the colored per-snus was U Kankakee; passed the car and looked in; there were three or four white persons in tbe same car. .First saw Dewey that night at the dcnof Jbere. There we e two persons passed to rough the baggage car m:o the car where the—i . —ons were; ouewastull, red faced,r curled under. The Ohio k ilissis-din, where they got out, . Louis; they wcut after rection of the other de-tral implements there. Witness did not recognize either prisoner.) Saw Dewey on Monday at Centralia as I wasCroui-xamintd—The train stopped at Kankakee twenty minutes. Two colored persons were g together and one in frout; the other per-were seated behind. There was nothing event a person passing through the car the us any other—and satr nothing unusual l tbe car. Have never seen a passenger laced before as this one was, between the tender and the baggage ccr. So no agricultural implements in the baggage# car. Saw no Inter-feience with aoy person wishing to go through 4,ie car—the windows of the car were open.Jiei j. F. Smith ttron: lires at Cemralia. I am brakeman on the Illinois Central railroad; was on hoard the traiu on Friday week; saw the colored persons about tire minutes before the train left; there were three colored men in the car, and one white man of about S3 years;' Kankakee saw the same persons; went into : car there, but did not afterwards; t here were two or three white men in the car. There was one red-raccd, large man ; 1 had seen him before nt the depot; don’t know whether the ***ir was locked or uut; witness did not recog-ze either defendants as of the party; saw no ;ricultural implements.CtOif'satninui hy Jfr. Garriton.—Negroes j not always ride in second class cars, they de as much in first as second class cars. *(The Justice intimated that tbe witnesses would be recognized in $500 to appear as evidence.Dr. William JT. ■ JTmnfcott, sworn—Know Charles Noyes; saw him with colored people last week and think the week before; there were sometimes three and at others live colored persons at his place: saw* him in the ball at 130 Lake street, and in his roam with them; saw ' i Ids room and the hall Friday week last; night there were three fixing up rakes;I observed to them “ what are you doing with the darkies?” Noyes said he w:as fizimrthem for work; frequently saw the o'd gentleman, Noyes’, father,_ there, and saw Chos. E. Smith there; am positive that the old gent was there that night; am not so positive about Smith; it was about o’clock Friday night. (Witness pointing to Turner.) lie (Turner) took care of Noyes room aod has done the same for me; the i were under the r to oumcgros generally. They appeared to be full dark for that latitude d about 25 years of age.Grot* uzamthtd—Thinks there were four colored persons there last Friday week; three of them were dark; Noyes said be had them to work anti they were not profitable laborers; he said he was fitting them out for work again; I —' —— smoking; *”** *---------fixingDewey, who has been an officer saw some colored men go out on Friday week ; my nitcutiou was drawn by seeing at the depotthe car, forward o! the baggage; saw Noyes in the first-class passenger car; then saw him get out and walk by “ - • ** *-• -•„ , Dewey went with thetrain, and another white man; saw no rakes.Wituess attention was directed to Mr. Marx, one of the counsel for defence. Witness wasTnc Colored Cmxsxsdilxxnxa.—On Friday evening a large meeting of colored citizens was held at the Zoar Baptist Ctptrch to express their iudignatiou rclitiva to the-tosn Turner for aiding in the rendition of thevihree slaves to their master, also to adopt measures of safety aad guard against those who art in oar midst wheat they look upon with suspicion. We extract from the minutes of the meeting the main points of interest.After the meeting was organized, addresses were made by Messrs. Paltrier, Pitkin. Collins and Freeman. Tbe tormae commenced by portraying the wrongs of hisknslaved race, and cave a personal history of his servitude in the South. Mr. Collins then give a correct statement of themanner by whfeh these men were deco} cd from the city, thejtreachery and villainy practiced by Turner arid his white accomplices—and then called *on them to act promptly and like men who love liberty in protecting and defending the rights of their fellow man; he also informed us Ukt one of the slaves who bare been taken from city has since died from the effects of the iody fash inflicted upon him by Lis master; inftrmaboa was uho given that there were a ucrnhfPof.slavebolders now In the city deriaiog means to reclaim their chattels, aad recommended vigilanceon the part of all who felt their liberties in jeopardy.Mr. Freeman then addressed the meeting, and after making a few feeling remarks, moved to resolve the meeting into a committee of the whole and proceed to investigate the conduct of the man Scott, supposed to 6e thb accomplice of Turner, hut the investigation elicited nothing to prove bis guilt.Mr. Wagoner then moved that a vigilance committee ot fifteen be appointed to investigate this matter and report to a mass meeting after tbc trial of Turner.A Goon Txhe Course.—Those haring in charge the forthcoming pic nic of St. John’s Church will be joiued by a large party from Woodstock, and are making gigantic efforts for the success of their excursion and basket pic-nic, which takes place on Tuesday next. They have shown their appreciation of the beautiful in tbeir selection of Ciystal Lake as their rendezvous. A more delightful spot it would be impossible to find, and, no doubt, a large number of our citizens will take this opportunity to escape, at least for one day, from tbe dust and turmoil of the city. The cost of the trip is only fifty cents, which will place it within the reach of all; and the admirers of tbc manly games of cricket and bass ball wilt have a good opportunity of witnessing this healthy and invigorating amusement. Tbe vocal and instrumental music will not be tbeso to join this party, as, frcm what we hear of St. Jobu’s congregation, they are making a special effort to reader it an agreeable one. A fine band of music will accompany the party, which will start from the Fon da Lac dcpct precisely at eight o’clock to-morrow morning.Cocxcil Mcktixo.—A special session of llto Common Council meeting was held at 5 r. x. on Saturday! After some discussion and previously disposing or other matters of miner business, the ordinance was passed, presented at the last meeting authorizing the City Comptroller to issue warrants for city Indebtedness on water contracts,- tlie same to bear ten per cent, interest.An important matter was brought np by Aid. Botsford. of tbe Committee on Fire and Water, hiking to an improvement io the organization and outfit of tbe City Fire Department The main points of the ordinance, which we shall give officially, are the purchase of three light Steam Eogines, the alteration of three Hook and Ladder carriages,the same to be drawn by horses and attended by a paid force; also, threesapply Hose Carts, similarly drawn and attended.— Also, tbc sale of each fire apparatus as is not of use to tbe city, and the sale of lot aod engine hoaseon the corner of Franklin and Washington streets, and lot on Liberty street, the same respectively occupied by Engine Companies No. 2, and No. 12. Tbe order has been laid over nntil the next meeticg.Noyes; spoke to Dcwcy before tbe train went out; I asked him if be had work; he said no; saw Dewey’next night; uever had conversation with Lim about colored men; saw Dewey Saturday night or Sunday night after the train went out; could uot state whether Erdman was there; his countenauccis familiar; oould uot identify Turner; believe I last sow Dewey ou Saturday night; saw no agricultural imple-Gorerntar Scott (colored) tvom. (Admitted as ^ neo against Turner, colored, only.)—Live lina 1’iacc; saw the colored persons going wo ucpnt; one was my brother, Heury Scott, and the others Washington and Jim Anderson (sister’s children); they stayed at my house; Charley Noyes visited them while there; he came there to get them to get some whitewashing done; he made arrangements with the other to go and work on his father’s farm; and asked me to go along; 1 refused; Noyes came several times to my house; saw no rakes; saw the boys ’ ist previous to their departure by the train ; saw them going over to depot; Turner never ime to my house.Tux Ixdcctive , Method or Stcdtkg tub cnirruaks, oa the Notch Orcascx or the Bible.—We listened to the able discourse of Eli Moore on the Xotum Orjan um of the_ .-viewing the state of science before tbe Jays of Lord Bacon. • He showed that there were end-jargons and diversions upon almost every--_-jg that related to scieothc troth and that while this state of things existed, no progress of any consequence was made. At this crisis Bacon {.came upon the arena and proposed to accept nothing as true unless it was substantiated by tbe induction of fac’s—that all general conclusions should proceed from premises established by well authenticated facts, based upon observation and-experience. Eld More claimed that this method of reasoning reformed the iterations iu the scientific world, so that all men spake the same thing and all of the same mind aud the same judgmentand asked if.. . . ... .% scripturcgmethod applied to the would-not heal tbe divisions that now exist among the followers of the lamb. He claimed that the Book of Revelations was not as difficult to understand os the Qook of Nattjre; but since there was perfect harmony between * two, the same kind of rcasouing would be plicablc to both.He claimed that when nature was intern gated in reference to any subject, sbe always spake the same things, aod that if we would goswer; and that by following this coarse of rea-soniug, we wouli all soon ‘‘.'see eye to eje and face” upon all religions subjects. Receive no speculations about the facts, but the facts themselves. .;... ;.. The argument was certainly an ingenious and plausible une, and now well sustained throughout the discourse. The feasibility of the planNeuro-Catches Notes.—The Chicago HeraldCharles Noyes, ex-policeman, ex-deteetive. and late kidnapper and runner-off of escaped slaves, was seeu on a train running ou the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, in the vicinity of Bloomington, bis face turned towards the direction of Mason and Dixon’s Line, about the middle of the present week.Ter contra it is stated on the authority of one of oar citizens that Noyes walked ont through the West Division, crossing Lake street bridge, and when about a mile south of tbe river, struck across in a southerly direction, to the Chicago, Alton and SL Louis Railroad, where he took a freight train as far south as McLean station, and there waited until the passenger train passed which took him to St. Louis, where of course he would be safe, not respected. Sonthernsrs do not respect negro-catchers, they use them, so they do other varieties of houods, but the proprieties are strictly observed, hounds for theOthers again aver that Noyes is 'stilt In town, and that be has been seen on one or two evenings about the residence of bis relatives In tbc North Division.state of things is altogether desirable. ‘taken by E. L. O’Hara, Apothecary and Pharmaceutist, No. 80 West Randolph SL. corner ofMIOCILJWJ ..... K M *3• Mrnftir. IS.....----. S3 S3. »§■ % ISSiixaOar.JolyM .......... cs tl 76$59 Meteorological observations taken by J. H- Reed k Co., apothecaries, 144 and 144 Lake street, July 23d, 1S59.- West Side Nones.—Subscribers in the West Division, South of Madison, will haTe Jheir papers dcfirercd heresfter.byA. J. Tris, successor I ti J.-£anp#5 wls0 *knt sothorizsd to ooL lsctfaei ontbrront#,' -r;
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