Another Slave Case

Human beings are now never carne )aok f rom the Free Slates rito Slaven vilhout more or less opposilion on the nrtof the people of the States to whiel ley escaped. This oppositicn is genera!' y suflkient to prevent their re-caplure. is extent and efficiency augmenl every 'car. Let Mr. Calhoun's plan of est.ibiliing a great Soulliern parly be carried out, to be conibalted by a great Northern )ariy, wliose limiis shall bc the border of he Slave States, and public opinión nt the Vorth will aoon become so sti'ong that re'ugees from slavery v!ll not be surrenlered at all, and it will be a dangerous jusiness to those who undertako to carry hem off. The fullowing account of a case from the Carlisle (Pn.) Expositor, shows Ihe state of feeling engendered in communities by such abominable attempts at kidnapping. ;Our town wasthrown into grenl conimotion and e.xcitement yesterday afterïoon, by an attempt on the part of a largo lortion of our colored pnpulr.tton to rescue several slaves who had been oripsted as fugitives. The slaves ('one man, n woman and little girlj were arrpsted in the morning, and in the afiernoon taken )efore judge Hepbum on a writ of habea corpus, which resulted in their-being fuly identified ns the property of Col. IIolingswortli and Mr. Kennedy, of Hagerstown, Md. They ere thercfore reman1ded to the eustody of their owners. During a hearing n large crowd of in 'uriated colored men md women galhered n and about the Court House, who evinced by íheir violent conduct b disposition lo rescue the fngitives by force. An attempt was made first n the court room, jut quickly frustrateJ by the constables. A second altempt was runde as the slaves were brought down from ihe court room to the carriage, whicli resulted in 'a serious riot. The attack was made at the door of the carriagp, where, before lhe slaves were got into the vehicle, a general rush was made on the slave owner and constables by the negro men and vompn, and a frightful mclee ensued in the streef, in whicti, forsome minules, paving stones were heirled in .showers, and clubs anci canes used with terrible energy. The result was, that the woman nnd girl escnped, whilethe man was fecured and taken back to Maryland. We legret to say that Mr. Kennedy, one of the owners, was vcry severely hurt, having been felled to the earth under a succession of blows from stones nnd clubs, which completely disabled him. A boy in thestree' by the name of Black, we are informed, was also so severely wounded in the head by a stom-, that bis life is endangpred. - The remainder of the parly received no serious injury. The repcue was n bold ond vigorous attempt, and although there were numerout indications of stich a disposition, we helieve it was not seriously appreliended by either lhe slave owners or our citizens. If it had been a stronger force and more precaution should have been us?d. Much excitement prevalía in our community in relnlion to this unfortunate affair, and the Sheriff and Constables have arresied a score or more of ncgroes, who were iiientified as leaders in the riot, who are now confined in jail to nwait their trial. - Our cilizens generally made no interference. The evidence thnt the slaves were fng'tives, was clear, and the mnss of our cilizens therefore regarded them as the rightful property of their owners. Mr. Kennedy is receiving every attention from our best physicians, but it is fenrpd his injuries will not soon be recovered from, although they do not endanger his life."