J.H. Pope.
_A warrant was issued in Boston_, January 10, 1855, by United
States Commissioner Charles Levi Woodbury, for the arrest of
JOHN JACKSON, as a fugitive from service and labor in
Georgia. Mr. Jackson, who had been for some time in the city,
was nowhere to be found.
ROSETTA ARMSTEAD, a colored girl, was taken by writ of
_habeas corpus_ before Judge Jamison, at Columbus, Ohio.
Rosetta formerly belonged to Ex-President John Tyler, who
_gave her_ to his daughter, the wife of Rev. Henry M.
Dennison, an Episcopal clergyman of Louisville, Kentucky.
Mrs. D. having deceased, Rosetta was to be sent back to
Virginia in care of an infant child, both being placed in
charge of a Dr. Miller, a friend of Mr. Dennison. Passing
through Ohio, the above writ was obtained. Rosetta expressed
her desire to remain in freedom in Ohio. The case was removed
to Cincinnati, and was delayed until Mr. Dennison could
arrive from Louisville. (_Ohio State Journal_, March 12,
1855.) The girl was set free; "but was again arrested by the
United States Marshal upon the same warrant which Judge
Parker had declared illegal; thereupon another _habeas
corpus_ was issued, which the Marshal refused to obey; when
he was fined $50, and imprisoned for contempt." Even United
States Commissioner Pendery, before whom the case was brought
as that of a fugitive slave, pronounced the girl free, and
she was placed in the care of a guardian. The United States
Marshal being taken by _habeas corpus_ before Judge McLean,
of the United States Supreme Court, was set at liberty, Judge
McL. alleging that the proceedings in the State Court were
null and void!
GEORGE CLARK, a colored boy, eighteen years of age, in
Pennsylvania, was decoyed into the house of one Thompson,
(February 23, 1855,) where he was seized by three men, one of
whom was Solomon Snyders, a well known ruffian and kidnapper
in the neighborhood, who said to him, "Now, George, I am
going to take you to your master." The screams of George
fortunately brought deliverance to him. The three men were
arrested, tried, and sentenced to imprisonment for
kidnapping, by the Court of Dauphin County.--_Norristown
(Penn.) Olive Branch_.
_The Norristown (Penn.) Olive Branch_, (in connection with
the last nam
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