Anti Slavery Bugle

We find a statement in the Baltimore Sun, which we presume to be correct, to the effect that Richard Wynn and Alfred Woodley, who were part of the crew of a vessel which loaded some time ago in Roanoke river, were tried lately in Bertie county, North Carolina, on a charge of receiving and secreting a slave on board the vessel, with a view to his abduction: that the captain had discovered the fugitive, and caused the two sailors to be arrested; that Wynn was acquitted, and Woodley was found guilty, and will have to suffer the penalty of death.

If a thousand dollars, or its value in any other description of property, had been stolen, the penalty would not be so great: nay, had a child, a daughter of one of the most esteemed citizens, been stolen and foully dealt with, the life of the outlaw would not be sacrificed. But rendering assistance and succor to a slave who wished to fly from slavery, is to be punished with death!