Mr. Torrey's Case

The enemies of Mr. Torrey have suc ceeded in securing his condemnation. - His trial excited considerable attention, and he had the benefit ofable counsel. - The plea of Reverdy Johnson of Baltimore, in his behalf, was an eloquent one. Mrs. Torrey and her father were present n Court, and had an affecting interview with him immediately after his conviction. Threeseveral indiciments were preferred against him for helping slaves away, on each of which he was found guilty. The statu te prescribes two years hard labor in the Penitentiary for each offence, makingsix years in all. A motion in arrest oí iudgment was made, but without success. Heckrotte, the slaveholder, has also commenced another suit against Torrey for the value of the slaves abducted. But could Torrey by any possibility escape all the Maryland suits and prosecutions, he stands demanded as a fugitive from justice by the Governor of Virginia, on á charge of aiding in abducting thvee slaves from that State. The penalty there is 21 years in the Penitentiary for each offence. making 84 years in all. So that. without a special combination ofstances, his full release can scarcely be looked foruntilthe antislavery icfluence shall have loosened the shacldes of the si ave. Various opinions of the propriety of Mr. Torrey's conduct will be entertained by different persons, from the warmest npproval to the most unqualified censure. To say that he was imprudent, should be far from cutüng him off from our sympaIhies. He stands unconvicted of any offence against the laws of God. His conduct vvill be so regarded by posterity. - To HELP A MAN TO OBTAIN LlBERTT, WÍll not be recognized by future generations as a crimk. And the imprisonment of Mr. Torrey for such an act, will be ranked with the pevsecutions by our Puritan ancestors of the Baptists and Quakers of their day, because, like Mr. Torrey, they would act out their conscientious convictions.