of the watchman j m r os — payable in for s.bscription per year *- d * t wjdollars ' advance but it not paid in advance and fifty ms will be cha*-|«*d fir8tand25ct8 . »*«««»; r s " 1 ";, , , n court orders ch-.rged for each su^•■q-i-'j u ,^ rates . a liberal deduc . the watiiimw tuesday may 27 1850 the aurora's neutrality kc the wilmington aurora takes issue with us on the scon of its " neutrality in politics w are glad that paper quoted our remarks concerning it m full ns they may thus speak for themselves that paper says : the attention of the salisbury watchman 0 ourselves requires some notice they speak of the aurora as a neutral alfiir they lie wilfully our course has heen as open as lhe sky " this has at least the merit of hluntness and of course claims our notice in some shape vve can and will before we close arraign the aurora and also the " nest on the same cbarge but we shall not pretend to offer their conviction as any justification or offset againsi i.he charge the former so delicately makes a gainst us ' as to the aurora's being now a " neulral af , fair we do not pretend to believe it is just as good a democratic paper as lhe most un compromise of that parly could desire it does nol deny coming oul as an independent and in its first number it acknowledges allegi ucc lo no party " it says it must be under stood that ihe aurora is not the organ of any man or parly in the same article however the editor declared himself " a democrat a state's righls democrat but so mild anj complacent a parlizan was lie at first that un less our memory has cheated us beyond what is common lhe aurora was received with consid erable kindness by a portion ofthe whig press of the state and thus grew up in our mind the idea of its romibg out as a neutral paper it occurs to us too that there was something in the •« aurora's prospectus which was cal culated to suggest the thought of its being a , neutral so far as it concerned the whig and . democratic parlies but as we have not that paper before us we shall not speak positively j at all events whether the editor's course in the j commencement and subsequent conduct of tbe i aurora was fairly calculated to leave that im pression upon the mind or not we very honestly ; received it ; and if in speaking of it as coming out as a sort of " neutral affair we misrepre sented it respect for truth would require a cor j reciiuii of the statement one thing is cer tain the aurora set itself up as an " inde j dependent — as " the organ of no man or par j ti and that position usually carries with it io some extent the idea of neutrality wheth er these circumstances justify the lerms of our remarks we leave for others lo decide we | certainly intended no misrepresentation of its position il is bad enough as it is without be uig made worse and whatever it is it was not in our opinion : he result of the promptings of a mighty gen '. us which scorned identification with any par ] icular party or sought to astound the world by its own peculiar greatness and superiority no ho we think the course pursued by this no party or " independent journal has not even j left the shallow of a shade of doubt on the minds of the observant that it is of the rankest or ! der of locofoco papers " there is policy in war a paper coming out and professing to | attach to no parlu would commend itself to many on whom alter gaining their confidence ' '-**■ : fht operate to advantage ol the one and lhe disadvantage of the other of the two greal parties of the country as it might choose — whether this was the plan ofthe aurora all men are as well able lo determine as we are | if it was it is known only by the editor and those with whom he may have advised and will by them be guarded others can only judge by circumstances which will gradually develope themselves tut we made a promise in lhe outset which we now propose to comply with the aurora speaking ol the breeze between this paper and the " hornets nest says : " we know none of the parlies lo lhis dispute and should have stood off if lhe submissionists who rejoice in the copartning title of bruner fc james and cousin sully dilliard had let us alone since lhe " dispute between the " nest and this paper commenced that journal has several times made the insinuation lhat burner a james do not write the editorials oi the watchmau although they print themselves as ' its editor the " nest will nol deny this ; ; and it may be the frequency with which lhe in sinuation has been made and our hitherto si lence on the subject has probably been the cause of the aurora's joining in the cry and we should not have noticed the thing now hut for the reason lhat the aurora has made such a plain allusion to ii c jongs esq that he had as well have called his name at once ; and it is so unjust both to lhat gentleman and our . selves that il were wrong we should permit it to pass j it has now been eleven years lacking two months since h c jones esq retired from the editorial chair of the watchman since that lime ihe watchman has been twice trans ferred mr jones the while pursuing the profession of the law and for seven or eight years of the lime carrying on one ofthe neat ' est little farms iu rowan county when he relinquished the watchman it was a bona fide sale : he has since had no more personal inter est in or control of lhe paper than henry i toole himself or any other gentleman who was never among our types and presses he has | the carolina watchman bruner & james ) > " reef a check upon all vour • editors df proprietors ) rulers ( new series do this and liberty is safe < __ gen'l harrison { volume vii number 3 salisbury n c thursday may 30 1850 been attending to his own private business as every other gentleman doe and if at any time since he has written any articles for this paper j and many gentlemen of thi3 and other counties . have.)it was upon subjectsofgeneral interest and , for the promotion ol high and jiatriolic purposes j it is very unjust to him therefore to lug in his name or by allusions lo bring him in as a par : ty in matters of such a character as that be tween the goose " nest the " aurora and ourselves we doubt whether this little dispute has ever attracted the attention of lhat gentle man in his country retreat much less interest ( ed him but if you want lo stir up this old , editor of the watchman let some disunionist anti-internal iinprovement anti common school ; stager — some assailer of the people's rights some selfish demagogue — make his appear ance within our bounds to preach his doctrines and our word for it the author of cousin sally dilliard will show himself in a manner thai i will lie worthy of the occasion we tell the \ aurora therefore that it is wrong in its intima i tion lhat mr jones is connected in any man ner with the watchman ; and if it has no re j sped either for lhat gentleman or ourselves yet respect for himself and for ruth and justice re ! quires lhat that gentleman's reputation should ; not be involved where he has not by any act ; ol his involved it in conclusion we would inquire of the au i rora and of its " friend the nest what evi j deuce have you to sustain the insinuation lhat lhe proprietors of this paper do not write the editorials of the watchman ? we know you have none — not a particle the editors of the watchman in speaking \ of the aurora as coming out as a neutral af fair are charged by that paper with a " wilful [ lie the circumstances of its coming out ! and our words on the subject are before the public we fear not its decision the nest in commenting on our remarks concerning mr ; clingman as having apparently thrown him ■ self into the arms of lhe locofocos spoke of j them as " a bit of merchandise which had been ! lie ing on their table c now gentlemen you are mutual " friends — ' you have each been playing into other's hands | for some time — praising each other — puffing j each other — copying each other's wit and singing each other's songs the world stands siill and gazes in mute astonishment at your i pranks two pick pockets were never more \ '* thick — two asses never made more noise by their braying together you have been for a i nashville convention — together in abuse of . . . i mr stanly — together in misrepresenting the whigs on the subject of southern rights — to geiher playing into the hands of the l.ocofocos — together in literary productions of rare merit 1 — together in an insinuation against us where { you have not a particle of truth or evidence to j sus'ain you until you relieve your own posi | tions il little becomes you to give the lie so flatly it is not so bad to be called a liar as it is to be proven one _ no sign the subjoined letter reached this place last ' week while pur superior court was in ses ; sion ; and many of our knowing folk had the satisfaction of first seeing it here there was a very considerable disposition on the part of some of them to laugh over il : and some few j others actually did sorter roar the thing they said was such a curiosity in its way and ) they could not help it if their sides were to j split some said the authors had been expect j ing a sign from heaven but no sign having i been given therefore they could not go to ' nashville others said they had miscalcula ted the extent of the excitement in north car olina as well as the importance of those causes out of which they supposed excitement would arise ; and were therefore returning to sober good sense others again said that they were beginning to be convinced that the nashville convention could not at this time do any good and might do mischief others thought that ! they had discovered give toole credit for this their mischievious schemes were doomed to fail and that they are now only trying to hide others again that their " bomb was about to explode in their own ranks and they were scampering to get out of the way others said there were no bombs in sampson's day i and wondered any how what sampson and bomos had to do with lhe nashville conven tion others again thought that lhe authors not receiving the sign either from heaven i above nor from lhe people below concluded they were without authority to act and in fact ! if the truth was known the people did not wish ' them to go to nashville these and many more thoughts were expressed or conceived '■ or hinted at afier reading the following — joint letter of messrs strange and jwerec we publish below a joint lptter from these gentlemen recently appointed on the part of the whigs and democrats cj this district to represent them in the nash ville convention it will be seen that both regard it as inexpedent under present cir cumstances to lake their seats in that body ' — and recommend that should it meet in i june next as originally proposed the ' members present adjourn over we com : mend the careful perusal of the letter to | all our readers and request that it may have a general circulation aurora fayetteville may 11 1850 henry i toole esq : dear sir :— the time for the nashville convention is at hand a meeting preg j nant with the most important results to the whole family of man when chosen ! by the convention of this congressional district in march last as its representa ' tives at nashville while justly proud of the honor we felt most painfully the dread responsibility thus cast upon us — bat we have no wish or purpose to shrink from it we felt assured that the same j god who had led our fathers through the j scenes of the revolution would lead us also in the right way either by the pillar of cloud or the pillar of fire we believe ; we are all instruments in his hands to accomplish his purposes ,* and we knew by the past that those purposes for the fu | ture will be just and merciful yet we j are at this time greatly perplexed and must confess that we see not those plain indications of what providence designs j for us to enable us to decide with confi dence whether or not it is our duty to go to nashville at the time proposed at the new hanover meeting held in janu ary one of us felt no hesitation in saying that by the first monday in june it would \ be plainly seen that southern rights \ would meet with reasonable consideration ' from our northern brethren ; or that we j must prepare to maintain them by disso j lution and war i was mistaken the , mysterious veil of the future still hangs over those events which must decide the i question and no one can safely conjecture j in what form they will be revealed un der those circumstances what can a con j vention do nothing nothing at least { but mischief even resolutions adopted by it cannot possibly be of service and : would probably do harm should those ■ resolutions be expressive ofa united pur i pose at the south to stand by their rights { at every hazard will they not justly be j consdered thus uttered pending a nego j tiation as indecent threatening or idle j blustering and if conciliatory and mild ] may they not beget doubts in many minds at least whether the hearts of southern ; heroes are not failing them as they con ! template in fancy the great potomac sen j ding her waves to the ocean swollen and red with the blood of men poured out from kindred bosom besides this a nashville j convention is a strong measure full of ! consequences when over it will be like i an exploded bomb no longer feared not ! even respected : or will have left behind it sad and abiding evidences of its tremen | dous power we should reserve it for a ! time of need when like sampson wrong j ed by his enemies past all endurance he j might wisely seek their destruction even j though it cost him his life sir we are j persuaded that these are the feelings of a large proportion of the people of our state \ nay even of our own district which has | been more forward than any other part of \ the state in this matter we should now misrepresent them by participating in any '■ action of a nashville convention at this time it isjhe duty ol every representa ! tive to reflect as far as possible the will j of his constituents if we believed that ours desired our attendance we would go regardless of our own opinions or our per sonal convenience but if the vote ofthe district could now be taken upon the ; question a very large majority we think : would even forbid us to go we shall therefore not take our seats in the con ' vention at nashville unless some change j takes place in the aspect of public affairs between now and the first monday in ; june we are much obliged to you for j an article in the aurora of wednesday i last headed the nashville convention again " other reasons are suggested i therein why the convention should not meet at this time which you have there ' by saved us the necessity of offering here we hope that those who do meet at nash j ville at the time appointed will adjourn j without any other action to a more suit able time at the same or some other place when and where the whole south with undivided heart may lift up a shout of joy for our glorious union preserved or ; rally with sad but determined purpose a • round the no less glorious standard of , " liberty and the rights of the south " we are with great respect your friends and fellow citizens robert strange g j mc ree papers ofthe state are requested to copy the above correspondence of the baltimore sun mr webster's civic reception in boston is an honor equal to any triumph that was ever decreed to a roman conqueror and i may say for as great a service lo his country his speech will be remembered and will go down to posterity with his noble motto — " i tread no step backward if he has conquered the prejudices of lhe people of massachusetts — a people who have conqured every thing but their prejudices — he is the greatest moral conquer or of the age mr webster remarks justly upon what lhe country must ere this have learn ed lo appreciate — the difference between do ing what is agreeable and doing what is just wiih other persons differently situated in re gard to politics and local position it might be easy to take si.ch a course as mr webster has pursued but he iustead of courting periled i popularity by his course from the hillsboro recorder mr stanly and the locos the democratic editors of late are very diligently employed in abusing mr stanly as if the very existence of their party depended upon putting him down the pretence for much of this abuse is ex tracted from a corrupt version of a speech which mr stanly lately delivered in the house of representatives in reply to mr clingman which has heen published in most of the democratic papers the true speech as published by mr stanly and which will be found in our paper of the 3d and 10th of april they very carefully withhold from their readers in noticing the part which the standard takes in this matter the raleigh times of friday says now since lhe speech has been read at home and when no '* treason " can be found in it — the standard quoting one of his allies declares that it is not the same speech which was delivered hut one written out afterwards the insinuation here is that something has been omitted though mr clingman said just the contra ry ! why these contradictions mr stanly has been charged with " treason ;" with being unsound on the slavery ques tion ;" with being " opposed to the south sympathising with the north — but the speech shows none of this — and then one party charges him with printing rr re than he had spoken ! and the other th leaving something out ! ! ! those ed..ors here who take this latter view not hav ing been present when the speech was de livered ought to be able to bring some proof let them specify if they dare the sentiment or word that was omitted but indeed let them point out the passages they condemn it won't do to charge that he said unknown things and then omitted them from the printed speech ! mr cling man stands in the way of that — he is wounded he says quite a different way ! it was printing more than was spoken that hurt him we challenge these mour ners to specify what they say was omitted we know mr stanly well enough to be lieve that if by accident he omitted any thing he said against locofocoism if he can find it out he will print it and stand to it ! can any one ask for more ? we are convinced that with the fault finding spirit in which mr clingman took up this speech had mr stanly suppress ed anything he would have said so ! let him or mr venable or any other of tbe southern democracy allies or brethren of the standard who heard the speech delivered testify for their friend what has been omitted why can they not if the speech of mr stanly is so full of treason expose him on the floor of the house ? — let them try it ! cannot the standard in duce them to make the attenjpt ? indeed why have they not done so long ago ? if to call a man a traitor would prove him so the standard would be all right edward stanly is a terror to party — and the hatred of locofocoism is his natural right ! important from porto rico — threatened bom bardment we have already mentioned that capt beach er and several american sailors had been im prisoned at mayaguez by lhe spanish author ities and lhat the united slates sloop-of war albany capt randolph had gone there lo de mand their release on the arrival of the al bany the captain of the port made his boast that if the captain of the yankee man of-war wanted his countrymen he must came ashore and take them the next day captain randolph hauled in his ship close to the lown shotted his gus and sent lieut ridgely ashore with a notification that if the men were not instantly delivered up he would fire upon the town this caused a great commotion and the t"r*-£_n were released somewhat in a hurry capt randolph deserves all praise for his prompt and proper conduct in this affair and it will have the effect of putting a stop to the outrages which have for some lime been practised at mayaguez upon amer ican commerce and right — bait clipper superior court superior court spring term craven coun iy was in session in new berne during the pasl week his honor judge baily presiding — the case of the most importance was the trial of mrs aliph riggs for the murder of negro boy lewis whom she found in her yard after dark vve look some notes of the evi dence but cannot give it at present the de fence set up the plea of insanity his honor charged that if the jury was satisfied that the prisoner was insane lhat ended the case ; it not satisfied it was a case of manslaughter — the jury retired about 6 o'clock and rendered a verdict of not guilty on lhe ground of insani ty — newberne republican providential escape charles between 3 and 4 years old son o mr vvm j love jr of this town fell into a well on wednesnay afternoon the well was 23 feet deep and had water in lhe barrel only al lhe bottom of lhe well there had been a ladder placed in the well lo get ont a bueket that had fallen in which remained here the little fellow was found holding manfully on to one of the rounds of lhe ladder and rescued from his perilous situation what renders this incident worthy of notice is that charles es caped wiih very slight injury — wil com accidental death — we are pained to learn that mr oliver loftin was thrown from his horse on friday last and instant ly killed he lived in jones county and was a young man not 21 years of age — newbern republican the compromise the following are the bills referred to in the report published in our las : california whereas the people of california have pre sented a constitution and asked admission into the union which constitution was submitted lo congress by the president ol lhe united stales by message dated february thirteenth eigh teen hundred and fifty and which on due ex amination is found to be republican in its form of government : be il enacted dec that the state of califor nia shall be one and is hereby declared to be one of the united states of america and ad mitted into the union on an equal footing wiih the original slates in all respects whatever sec 2 and be it further enacted that un til the representatives in congress shall be ap portioned according to an actual enumeration of the inhabitants of ihe united slates the state of california shall be entitled to two re presentatives in congress sec 3 and be it further enacted that the said stale of california is admitted into the un ion upon the express condition lhat the people of said state through their legislature or other wise shall never interfere wilh the primary dis posal of lhe public lands within its limits and shall pass no law and do no act whereby the ti tie ofihe united states to and right lo dispose of the same shall be impaired or questioned and lhat they shall never lay any tax or assessment of any description whatsoever upon the public j domain of the united states ; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors who are citizens of the united slates lie taxed higher than resi ' dents ; and that all the navigable waters with in lhe said state shail be common highways i and forever free as well to the inhabitants of , said slate as to the ciiizens ofihe united stales without any tax impost or duty thereof : pro vided that nothing herein contained shall be ' construed as recognising or rejecting the propo sitions tendered by the people of california as articles of compact in the ordinance adopted by ; the convention which formed the constitution | of that state sec 4 and be it further enacted that all laws ofthe united slates which are not locally i inapplicable shall have the same force and ef i feet within the said slate of california as else ; where within the united stales the territory of utah sec ."). and be it further enacted that all | that part of the territory of lhe united states ; included within the following limits to wit j bounded on the west by the state of california : on the north by ihe territory of oregon and on the east and soulh by the dividing ridge which separates the waters flowing into the '■ great basin from those flowing into the colora do river and the gulf ot california be and the same is hereby created into a temporary go vernment by the name of the territory of utah : provided that nothing in this act con tained shall be construed to inhibit lhe govern ment of the united states from dividing said territory into two or more territories iu such manner and at such limes as congress shall deem convenient and proper or from at 1 tachingany portion of said territory lo any olh i er state or territory ofthe united states * ***** sec 9 and be it further enacted that ev ery free white male inhabitant above the age of i twenty one years who shall have been a resi dent of said territory at the lime of the pass age of this acl shall be entitled to vole at the first election and shall be eligible lo any office within the said territory ; but lhe qualifica tions of voters and of holding office at all sub sequent elections shall be such as shall be prescribed by the legislative assembly : pro vided that the right of suffrage and of hold ing office shall be exercised only by citizens of the united slates including those recog nised as citizens by the treaty wiih lhe repub lic of mexico concluded february second eigh teen hundred and forty-eight sec 10 and be it further enacted that the legislative power ol ihe territory shall ex tend lo all rightful subjects of legislation con sistent wiih the constitution of the 1 7 states and the provisions of this acl ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil nor in respect lo african slavery ; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the united states ; nor shall the lands or other property of non-resid.-nts be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents all the laws passed by the legislative assembly and governor shall be submitted to the united slates and if disapproved shall be null and of no effect * * * * sec 21 and be it further enacted that all laws ofthe united states which are not lo cally inapplicable shall have the same force and effect wiihin the said territory of utah as elsewhere wiihin the united slates territory of new mexico sec 22 and be il further enacted that all that portion of the territory ofihe united stales acquired from mexico by the treaty concluded february second one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight and not included within the limits ofihe state of california nor wiihin the limits ofihe territory of utah as prescribed in , this act be and lhe same is hereby erected in | to a temporary government by the name of ibe territory of new mexico : provided that no thing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government ofthe united slates irom dividing said territory into two or more territories in such manner and at such limes as congress shall deem convenient and proper ; or fiom attaching any portion thereof lo any other territory or state sec 26 and be u further enacted that every free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one ye:irs who shall have heen a re sident of said territory at the lime of the pass age of thi acl shall be entiiled to vote at the first election and be eligible to any office with in the said territory ; but the qualifications of : voters and of holding office at all subsequent eleclions shall be such as shall be prescribed bv the legislative assembly : provided that i lhe right of suffrage and of holding oflice shall ibe eiercised only by citizens of the united i stales including those recognised as citizens ! by the treaty with the republic of mexico con cluded february second eighteen hundred and forty-eight sec 27 and be it further enacted that ibe legislative power of the territory shall be eterted i all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the constitution of ihe united stales and the provisions ot this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with tin 1 piima ry disposal ofthe soil nor in respect to african slavery ; nn tax shall be imposed upon the pro perty ofthe u s ; nor shall the lands or other , propertv of non-residents be taxed higher ihan the lands or other property of residents ail lhe laws passed by the legislative assembly and governor shall be submitted lo the congress of the united states and if disapproved shall be null and oi no effect * * * " sec .**-?. and he it further enacted that all laws of the u states which are nol locally in applicable shall have the same force and effect wiihin lhe said territory of new mexico as elsewhere within the i niied slates proposition to tex is sec 39 and be it further enacted that the following propositions shall be and hereby are offered to ihe slate of texas which i>ei:ig agreed to bv the said state in an act pissed by the general assembly thereol within months from the day of he passage of this act shall be binding and obligatory on the i ni'.ed states : first the northern boundary of said slate shall be as follows beginning at lhe point on the rio del norte commonly called i paso and running up that river twenty miles meas ured by a straight line thereon and thence ea-t wardlv to a point where the hundredth degree of west longitude crosses red river being lhe southwest an_:!e in the line designated between the united states and mexico and the same angle in the linf of the terrilory set apart for the indians by the united slates second the united slates cede lo the state of texas all right claim and title which they have to any territory lying sooth of the line aforesaid ; and lhe said siate of texas cedes to the united states any right claim and title which it has to any territory lying north of the said line third the stale of texas relinquishes lo the united slates all claim upon them lor lia bility for anv portion ol lhe debts ol texas and for compensation and indemnity lor the surren der lo the united slates of her ships oris arsenals custom houses revenue derived from , foreign imports arms and munitions of war and public buildings with iheir silos which became lhe property ot the united slates al the time ofthe annexation of texas fourth the united slates in considera tion of ihree preceding articles and considei ing thai lo a portion ofihe creditors of texas weie pledged the duties on foreign imports receiva ble in her ports as a security for the reimlmrse mehl of lhe loans and advances which they made to the said slate and that the said duties since the annexation ofthe said slate to the u slates have been received and are receivable by them will pay to the siate of texas the sum of dollars in a slock bearing five percent interest payable half-yearly al ibe treasury of the united states the principal to be redeema ble at the end of fourteen ears ; whu-h said stock shall be ai first applied to the extinction of any debt for which lhe duties on imports xvere pledged as aforesaid and lhe residue thereof in such manner as ihe said slate may direct provided thai nothing herein con tained is to be construed lo imply or admit the liability ot the united states for any portion of ihe public debt of texas fifth immediately after lhe president of the united slates shall have officially received an aulhen'ic copy ol the act ofihe general as sembly of texas accepting these propositions he shall cause the slock aforesaid lo be issued and delivered to the lawful agent of the slate of texts as provided for in the fourth ani it aforesaid : and this compact bball be binding and obligatory on the united slates and the said state of texas sirlh if the said state of texas shall re fuse or decline to accede lo the preceding ar;i cles they shall become null and void and the united states shall be remitted back to all their territorial rights in the same stale and condt tion as if these articles of compact had never been tendered to lhe acceptance of the siate of texas fcgitix b i vks sec — . ami be it further enacted that when any person held lo service or labor in any stale or territory or in the district of colum bia under the laws thereof shall escape there from the party to whom such service or labor shall be due his or thrir agent attorney guar dian or trustee may apply lo any court of re coid therein and make satisfactory proof lo uch court ofthe escape aforesaid ami thai ih per son escaping owed set vice or labor to such par ly \\ hereupon the court shall cause a record to be made of lhe matters so proved and al-o ofa general description ofihe person so escap ing with such convenient certain as may lie and a transcript ot such record authenticated by the attestation ofihe cleik ar.d ofihe sen nf the said cou it being produced in anv other slate territory or district in which ihe person so escaping may be found and being exhibited to any judge commissioner or other officer au thorized by the law of ihe united stales to cause persons escaping from be rv ice or labor lo be delivred up shall be held and taken lo be full and conclusive evidence y lh_e fad of escape and that lhe service or ir^bor of lhe person escaping is due to ihe party hi such re cord mentioned and upon lhe production by lhe said party of olher and further evidence il necessary either oral or by affidavit in addi tion lo what i contained in the sakl record ol the identity of the person escaping he or she shall be delivered up to the claimant andthe said court commissioner judge or other per son authorized by this act lo giant certif lo claimants of fugitives shall upon the pr ■• duction of the record and other evidences said grant to such claimant a cerlifieate ri ■__ lt to take any such person identified and proved to be owing service or labor ns al said which certificate shall mfaorize such claimant to seize or arrest and transport such person to the state or territory irom which ha escaped and be it further enacted that in case the alleged fugitive shall declare t the court j .•!_••-. or commissioner or other officer before whom he is brought lhat he is a free nun dtid not a slave and lhe said court judge or commission er or olher officer shall decide ingram the cer tificate herein irnlhorized empowering the re nova of the said fugitive lo the s'a'e from which he or she shall have ti d the said court judge or commissioner or other officer shall require of lhe claimant or hi agent to enter into a bond wiihout surety to the i . stales . in the sum of one thousand dollars that tho