The Fugitive Slave Case

The pressurc of oilier niatters has prevented our iioiicing the case ol a slave who was lalèly kidnapped froin Boston, and cnrriel to New Orleans. The following anide from the New Orleaii!. Picoyune gives a hisiory of the afiair : From the New Orlenns Picnyunc. The Cuse of Captain llanmtm. - We have great pleasure in complying wiih the wishes ol Copt. Fijnoutn, of tho brig Ottoman, by loying his letter lieore our readers : Boston Sept. 11, 1845. EdiLors of the Picayunc. - In my own nativecity, a refugee i'rom the fury of tho Abolitionists, 1 address you on a grave subject, throughit has placed me in the midsl of many a comical and ludicrous scène.f cleared at your port on tho 9tl, and sailed on the lOtb of August, incommand of the brig Ottoman, for Boston. Seven daysout, a mulatio slave was found so creted in tbe fore-penk; I kept a look out at the mast head, in the hope of finding some vessel by which to send him back, butunfortunately did not succeed; kept on my way, and arrived oflTBoston Light atlwoon the morning oftheTth. Here I placed therunaway on board of a pilot boat for safe keeping till four A. M. tbe next day, when I arrived from town according to agreement, and took tbe darkey ia my boat, which contained, besides myself, a : rust y friend, a boy of sixteen, and a boatrnan. Agreeable to arrangement in town, I was to await the bark Niágara, to sail next day to New Orleans. That nightan Easterly gale commenced, and the next day no Niágara carne. Unable lo weather it a.ny longer in the lower harbor, I kepl her oway for Spectacle Island. There, as ill luck would haveit, while taking "a drop of consolalion," at the hotel, the negro gave me the slip, and with the boat made sail for South Boston Point ; post baste we iollowed in another boat, but he landed about ten minutes aliead. We took after him through cornfields and over fence?, till finally, after a chase of two miles, I secured him just as be reached the bridge. Accusing him of tbeft, I marched him arm in arm, towards the Point, followed by a crowd of men and boys - a fríen ci carne up with a team,vh en í drove to the Poinf, and ve took to our boats and were oíK The news ofthe escape and capture spread through the city - officers were despatched in all directions - $100 reward was oñeredTor the "kidnapper cnptain and pírate boat Warren." That night we lay at anchor under Lovell's Island - the eosterly blow continued - we dared not venture farther out. Next morning our case was desperate. Out of water and proviöns, I beat down tothe outer island in the harbor, (an uninhabited pile of barren rocks,) landed with the darkey and boy, and sent my companions to town forsupplies and another boat, while we remaincd hid in the gullies of the rocks. They returid at night with the "Vision," the fastest sailer in the Bay, and took us off. So hotly were they pursued in town, that the only refreshmenls they were enabled to obtain were gin and crackers, and on these we subsisted during the remainder of the expedition. We now stood for sea, and waited for the Niágara, till 2 P. M. the next day fthe 12th.)when she carne out in tow of a steamer. I put him on board as the sleamer left, giving Captain Rea letters explanalory of the whole aflair. No sooner had I left the bark than I discovered a steamer mnking directly for us. Knowing siie could chase but one, I steered a course opposile to the Niágara, till the steamer came up and ' ordered me to heavc to ; this for somc time I refused to do, wishing to delay them as long as possible, in order to give the Niágara a chance to get clear. - Bayonets güsiened in all parts of the boat : darkies were there of every hue, crying out, "Run him down," Fire into him," &c. After this was hushed, and I had brought them to terms of civility, I hove to nnd received on board two officers, who examined the craft : not finding ihe object of their search, they went on boara the steamer and put off for the bark ; but they had wosted too much time with me - the Niágara was well out to sea, with afine breeze. ' Tho Abolitionists, after chasing her a few mils, became sca-sick, and commenced casting up their accounts ; the balance vero in favor of returning home, and back they went, to wreak their vengeance, on your humble servani - humble enough, God knowsythough elevated to garret life. Stigaiatized na a slave-stealsr at the South - branded as n kidnapper &t theNortn - my situation is anything but enviable. The journals here are bitter against me, and accuse me of intereeted motives. On the contrary, wi!h a hundred dollars reward against me, I havo been obliged to spend a lifce sum in order to re-ship the negro to his master. Mr. John H. Pierson, Esq. a merchant of thia city, well known for his iniogrity, b the ownerorthe Niágara and Ottoman, and sanctions my proceedings. This ismy engthy story; lay it before your readers, hat they mayknov oaie not all AbolU ionisls, and that the reputation of our beautiful city may not suffer througb heir disgraceful proceedings. "V'ery rcspcctfully yours, gentlemen,