The New York Herald Newspaper, May 28, 1854, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 6486. : SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1854. PRICE TWO CENTS. » 7 > : 7 ae ™ 7 " a “ 9 ginia. He cl that sla broke down the in- ‘rom the Boston Courier (Webster whig) May 27. eacrament of slavery is to be offered they might see | dieapprobation, mingled with cheers from the “ chi- The above rioters were committed to the cen'rat THE FUGITIVE SLAVE EXCITEMENT IN BOSTON. stitutions and the bernie! My of Massachusetts, fue Fuerrrve Buave Casz.—The abolition’ | it. He appealed to them in the name of Otis and of | vale? who of bra came to the feacoe, We are wateh house, and ry, a to the jail. wy were broken But Boston authority is not with slavery. The or- | were on the alert yesterday, devising their schemes Adams, to do their duty, and pledged himself to so | glad to know that come of the students of this insti- ‘The windows of the der has gone forth from the Poliee Department, not | to secure the release of Antony Burns, the alleged behave im this case 2a to try to wipe off the stain | tution have not forgotten Nathan Dane, its founder, | stones and other missiles,and variews demenstra- MEETING IN FANEUIL HALL. ¢¢ assist in this outrage; if any doso it would be on | fugitive slave. Mr. Seth Webb, Jr., inatituted an Inid ppom Boston by the removal of ‘Thomas Sims, | but are imbued with the saine spirit that made hina | tions of a most disgraceful natare were made. peril of being discharged. He said,that had they | action of tort (fixing damages at $10,000) inst. Rev. Taxovone Panaxn began by addressing the | love freedom and hate slaPery, ‘The name of the person Milled was James Bachel- applied a iNEtle sooner they would have had ano- | Charles F. Suttle, the claimant, and William Brent; audience as ‘‘fellow-subjects of Virginia,” and said Mr. J. W. Leighton, constab4e, wishes it stated | der. He resided in Charlestown, and leaves ® wile Speeches of Wendell Phillips and The- ther chairman for the meeting. Mayor Smith | “for that the said Suttle and Brent, on the 2th day | he would not call them “fellow eitizens,” until they | that he is not the Joel A. Leighton who helped to | and twochildres. He was a twickman intheemploy was applied to, and he replied that if they had | of May instant, well knowing the said Burns to be a | badshown that they were not subjects, ready to do | arrert the fugitive, and wishes it distinetly stated | of Peter Dunbar. At the time of his being shot he odore Parker. { oes a) him ue he as re wren ae rrp ag erin together to , any deed hich Virginia ay eg agar ge ss he tok Me geet: such “ OA elt bl Myc ca a House, endeavoring. to keep’ le were with us. 0 ve ims arrested soned as a | loud red] Ss ‘e understand that “ Joel A. ton’ not an ic! e mob. death cveated sorrow u give hin uoks 9a port that the Mayor will dare | slave of the said Suttle, and carried te Alexandria,” oe teensy many hurralis for liberty, and now | “officer,” but a hanger-on about Court House | throughont the city. cise Seay 80 publicly. Now, then, the people have a | etc., etc. Mr. Lewis Hayden, on oath, testified be- | 1. want acts.” This ingenious hint’ was rightly in- | for whatever jobs of t! sort may heppen to turn up ‘The mob, not beinig satisfied with the destruction’ law, which is, “to be sure they are right, then go | fore Mr. Webb that he believed the “ cause of (this | terpreted, and there was a wild shout of approbation. | for him. us it to-morrow, and go ahead. | action and just.” Deputy iff Neale ar- | Mr. Parker reitcrated that the police were not to in- | DISTURBANCE AT THE COURT novSR—A MAN ahead.” Let us be ri to-1 id go ahi tion) is true and i Sheriff ke iterated that the RIOT IN COURT HOUSE SQUARE. { of life and property, continued about the square. Accordi the Boston: Artillery, Capt. Evans, and | They think they will be able to take Burns off in a | rested Messrs. Suttle and Brentat the Revere House; | terfere in the matter, and stated that Mayor Smith KILLED. tae Col Artillery, Capt. Cass, were put on a ATTEMET TO BREAK INTO THE COURT HOUSE. | cab. Well, let them try. The other law slavery is | but they forthwith gave bail and were liberated. expressed his regret to Marshal Broeman that the An excited crowd red around the Court | uty, quartering in the Hail. more ™ | a frivolity. It isin your heads, and in your arms, Mr. Webb also brought an action a; United | man Burns had been arrested, and added that he (the | House last night, and between ten and’ eleven 19 whole of the police and watch were on duty STATES OFFICER. ‘ and you can put it in force whenever you will it. | States Marshal Freeman. The following is a copy | More told the Marshal that all his sympathies were | o'clock there was a rather serious disturbance. One | during the might, acting uader the direction of Mr. MURDER OF A UNITED i Now, | ask, Whatani-e todo? They have a law | of the writ of repievia amen by Chief Justice We! wit e slave. (Great cheering.) of the doers was assailed and forced open. The | Tuylor, who exhibited wémost vigilamce, courage, at the South which a gins eb be SoG ge a ee Su CO Pac - nts eerste: erchvett pat Kesnere oe ier ae t the ore, paint “unt the 1» demonstrati premeditated, >| Yan . Now, that is a vei We . » S— off cab.’ otherwise assai one Ai » No shots were mob demon: jon was a ARREST OF RIOTERS, | We ean do better than that. These kidnap) rs are | Sheriff of our county of Suffolk, or nis Doputicn, or ether A Voice—““They can’t do it,” (Applause.) fired from outside ; but one man inside was killed | as it was a most diabolical a@air, may be inferred of the Coroners thereof, greeting:—We command you . q ii “4 from the fact that 2 WY he eat T want you, when you adjourn, to adjourn to Court | af Boston, pt gh said county, by the duress of | the end; sometimes peace is not the means toobtain | leesly. The name of the man killed was James Ratch- | with pistols, paires, 800. other Seay weapons, indi- the Herala, (Inde; ) May 27.) square to morrow morning. (Cries of “To-night! | Wateon Freeman, that he the said Antony Buros may | the end.” (Great applause.) The speaker said if | elder. He was a teamster,in the employ of the aaa a bs Loe ce t ve believed Teo tesingcaled of Puna Hl te ia, | Teens 12 ager igs Se eng? Mt | fvearonone cost of Comet Tins nro Cghotes| bn fie oo e> maniy “tomorow,” Burns | Gutom House, se rether io, Wo ea 2 PMs | ee aa ats ue ‘ by ur CO fos on irs' a ey Lal 5 = “*to secure justice toa man claimed as a slave by a rey our respects to Col. Suttle. This proposition | Tuerday of July next, then nnd there in our sald.court | Several persons here cried out “to-night,” ‘to | the shots fired at the people took effect ; but same | ecape. He can, however, be identified by several NENT Ge Cates amet ase ‘Was received with mingled yells, cheers, and hisses | t? fae sad Y justice, (me the said Watson night,” and thereupon Mr. Darker said “you"know | cf those at the door were injured by the sabres of pone’ One of the Sieg sepa Rc — ‘Worcester and othertowns brought severalhundreds. | to Yo, We to vindicate the ri; it ote vied the aaid Antony Burns shall, before his deliver- | unit fected. Cries were raised to’ “ roan the At about eleven o’cloc me companies of city | by a reckless mobocrat, is a crime than whieh there ‘At an early hour the hall began to be filled. Jo himeell.” We dent do it hy going > groan | aceyfive, tad to the said Wataen, Fromm isin | ee er nan Be eae ke ean aeS | mittee ee aneR clone: te companies of city | by a recklees . Father Lamson took the rostrum while the audience sary Me winhows of the severe louse. We don’t ties, atthe oe ive, Jarlsatetigy Ca eer int ihe affirmative.” ‘ poe Ha Trish focus ph the Boston ‘Artillery, Capt Whorl, ‘There were some half-dozen pistols discharged by : . sot th f wi our . Corps, , Capt. 73 were gathering, and gave a Pisectos ie Ue do it by attempting the impossible thing of insult- | with condition to pair £ at our paid ye ps meme fo | Several persons here suggested that it would risk | the whole ufiiet command of Col. Cowdin—ordered | the mob during the mélée, injuring several persons, _ style, which was Cae Me ad a ve owe, ing a kidnapper. Whenever there is a possibility of | bis replevin against the said Watson Freeman, and to | the “cause” if anything was done until morning,and | 0.1 by Mayor Smith to preserve the peace, arrived | Lut none fatally, save in the above ease. by several eee 3, hi m from saving a slave from what are calléd the officers of nage ats body there ready to be delivered, if thereto or- | in the midst of the greatest excitement Mr. Parker | © the ground, the former being received with When any portion of our citizens thus meet in platform, amid ming) led cheers and hisses. ‘i the law, 1 pledge myself to lend my aid in trampling | dee’ by the court, and to pay all Saete Camages end) retired, hisses, and the letter with cheers. They were soon | Faneuil Halt, and instigate a mob to the shedding of At a quarter before 8 o'clock the mee TE, bys under foot any statute or any law that pretends to | Tyrer Ska? Preah ny Feng vo ‘And | Mt. Putuirs again appeared, and urged his | after quartered, the Irish company in the Court | biaod and thedestruction of property as was done called to order by Hon. Samuel B; Sewall. The fol: | hold-him. I believe that the sympathies of the best | ifthe sala Antony Hurus be by stu seliecred et aay ‘day | friends to remember who and where they were, and | Hovse, and the’ other in the City Hall, At twelve | in this case, it is time that they be made to suffer lone list of officers, nominated by him, was unan- | men jn Boston are with us, and | belleve that the | before the sitting of our said court, Zou are to summon raid that nothing could be accomplished by groans. | o’clock there were not more than thirty persons on | the penalty of their acts. ly adopted:— bank vaulta of State street are to aid in this | the raid Watson Freeman by serving him with an attest. | He was opposed to any movement until morning, | the ground, and everything appeared quiet for the- cpieetng Meooarenng,, vest ye PRESIDENT. Tescue. It is said that even John “H. Pearson says | ed copy of this writ, that he may appear at the said | and said that if he thought the # could be done to- | night. to have been the most rec! _— insane of any ever George R. Russell, Exq., of Roxbury. the fugitive shall not be taken off. Fellow-citizens, | court to answer to the said Antony Burns. night, he would not go + the Court House. When held in Boston—alike di 1 to the city, and VIOR FRESIDENEA. do you suppose that Burns can be carried from this | _, Witness, Daniel Wells, Esquire, at Boston, the twenty- he resisted he would do it in the sun light. To act [From the Evening Commonwealth of Thursday.] melancholy in its result. Let the blood of i Lip. — Fae er er, cae Cpr talioem to that door? Well, it is in your power to = Gay fo ga in the year one thousand eight hun- | otherwise than in open day would be to descend to i An eclipse of the sun, preluded by clouds and fall- | teach us a lesson that fanaticism must be crushed at WG. Brown, of salem; Rev. Mr.. Grimes, of ‘Boston: | block up.every avenue and access to that Court | ‘ed and Atty four. JOSEPH CLARK, Clerk. | the degree of a mob, and that he would not do. It | ing rain. takes place to-day, and a shadow darker | once, at any and etery price—that the mob shall not Garsh Rev. TW. Higeh House. Five hundred resolute men can do it. It is The writ was served by Coroner Smith, to whom | was in the power of those present to block every | than the blackness of eclipse, and sadder than the | with ‘im unity tear down the very Temple of Justice of Wornestee, Chas, Elis of Rox ay “ Thos. Wi fs, Js in your power to will, and to execute that will, thata | the Marshal stated that he held Burns under an or- | avenue to the Court House! and thus prevent the clouds and tg J rain lies upon the hearts of all | itself. + and Eamuelgowner, Jr., of Dorchester. fugitive slave shall not be taken from Boston. We | der of the United States Commissioner, and should | removal of Burns. ‘ Law or no law,” said he,“ by | tte and thoughtful men. Once more the Court | ‘The deeds of last night mark an epoeh-in the his- SECRETARIES. ah help our cause by going as a mob tothe Revere | not surrender him. Thus the matter ended for the | some means or other, this man shall not, in the li ht paces is in Beatie of nee Septet hs ied tory of our city that iaigreareot with significant Wm. J. Bowditch and Robert Morris. or Court House. Those places are not assailable by | present. -xetcuaphasing the writ was a bond, in | of the sun, leave Boston.” He thought that the by the ined Uaventhe Swicd cuaciemenof slavery | Tesults. Let the citizens of Boston rally upon the ~ Mr. Russexu, on taking the chair, introduced the | amob. The dignity of Massachusetts is not serv: which Messrs. Wendell Phillips, B. B. Mussey, Timo- | zeal that would not keep till morning would never sh e eye Sie, 4 wits oer age an very | side of lawand order, and against mobs and mur- objects of the meeting in a brief speech. He re- | in that re e can’t help our cause in that ways thy Gilbert, Samuel E. Sewall, and B.E. Apthorp, | rescue a slave. f pa ae th ted bd ? ee batt lhe: a bine derers. how Henry Clay, on an occasion where an un- | we can't alford to lose the sympathies of the Sti offered themselves as sureties, in the sum of $5,000, Some one now oh) o'clock, cried out that a large | ) th fy: inatit ti 6 till obey the p an insti ae The Latest Intelligence. ‘ cleof his lost a slave and he was izant of his | in that way. for the appearance of Burns at the Common Pleas | crowd had assembled at the Court House—that a avite oon within ‘or pe petercnn mo a ™, Moy 2, 1864, hiding placed, refused to aid in the return, remark- A man in the gallery interrupted the spegler by | Court. - rescue would be attempted to-night, and he moved dollar rolls, even when ft leads them bellward b Pree on ’ ikaet ing that he should be a degraded man were he to do | announcing that he had just learned that a@@ob of After these proceedings anaes the day, the abo- | an adjournment. The platform was at once deserted » y During the fugitive slave riot last night James I~ t at the North, remarked-Mr.R., are | eight hundred men had assembled in Court equate, | litioniste—men and women—met in large numbers | by the officers, and the people began to leave; but | the mean path of watching lest a man’s chains slip | 4.:, one of the special offers of the U. 8. Marshal, wae » RALRY tron ts Go what. is Golnsaeesd wGnrradation | stttmptings: rescue, and moved at adjournaaent te | im Fensull Hall, in’ the eventing. The crowd was | te vee ied io eke heer ee ae Abby. | from hia litsbe-—suprounded by caisitintie these, he'| 3) ql. gta, with other offcers, wah stnddoned bathe at the South. The meeting has been called without | that % ata immense, the excitement intense, and the speeches | Folsom, who appeared together upon the rostrum, bets , long wqeary hours that stretch between hi ot tard Hilithe Daa Cbedt Blouse, andl’ waa ahad mediately distinction of party, to express our opinions against | This was a signal for an abrupt breaking up of | were inflammatory to an extraordinary degree. Be- sand spoke in concert. The lights were soon extin- a he doom. t° dare Yes, this man ra ho Pas th ‘eo: eng this great iniquity. We counsel no violence. We | the megtings . fore the arrival of the Committee of gements, | guithed, and the crazy couple were forced to retire. | Pi» Ve oe not’ dare to hope Ato wy Epa apa alos YS, zai pth cannot beliove that the fathers contemplated that | | ‘The“Cuarmman announced that the resolutions | Father Lamson exercised the “liberty of speech” by | There was a geueral rush in the direction of Court | si i Fgreare ene On nim, for freedom. | At midnight two, Tajittary: eempeniee. ree ched: Court this should become one great slave nation—that | were passed and the meeting stood adjourped, | & disjointed dissertation on the rights of man gene- | square and, upon our arrival there, the mob had ail ps Peer Fr th 'y otha q bic ehcp oe Square, and were quartered in the City Hall and Court there should be no spot ‘where the hunted fugitive | While the immense crowd were pressing out Father | tally. He was, however, summarily ejected from | began to storm the doorsof the Court House. Those | alls softer, than they, within a pebble’s throw Sj | House. A large force of officers was detailell for duty du- could find refuge. Lamson essayed to speak again, but the tumult and | the platform at half-past seven o'clock, by Dr. S. G. | on the east side were first attacked, but without life deeb FE ee eerenny vents 80 Se TOU. | ing he night outidde te Cour ebonss, end sa/edliGenst 1s W. Brap, of Walpole, was the first | confusion were so great not a word he spoke could | Howe, and others of the managing committee. avail. The rioters then went to the west side, threw eth ht pel yee ol a N paekg ve end i ak into A sting foree' reins’: inside AHA balltings fully speaker. He eaid he should occupy but a few | be heard. He was soon joined by Abby Folsom, and The opening address of the President, Mr. Rus- | stones through the windows, and attempted to bat- tha ee in i Hee tn on ee id ty: - oi Me i ; Be cok Laren minutes. He told a story of a superaunuated blood | they both” stood side by side, tenting the air with | sell, was comparatively moderate. Although he did | ter down one of the door with a heavy beam. Fail- thowett an i a une hat every, peat i very This morning as early as eight o'clock several hundred hound that was recently sold in South Carolina, to thelr arms. while every imaginable uncouth noise | not countenance open violence, he denominated the | ing in this, two men came forward with axes, and | thoug' he ve ot abi roy ania cae. ie bet persons were gathered in Court square; and by the time train young blood hounds, for one hundred dollars. | echoed through the hall. This silly exhibition of | officers of the law ‘‘ mere slave catchers,” and de- | deliberately cut a hole through the lower part of the | S00; W! Seats whe ° words." A man charged | {2° examination commenced, the orowd swelled from * If anold blood hound 1s worth $100, what, think you, | these two martyrs for liberty of h was put an | clared that “ compromise is concession,” and that | door, and subsequently forced it open. A number dhol seresien rearhy tip ig tg ri a A Loball £,000 to 8,000. is a freeman worth? We pay $6,000 here fora | end to by the Superintendent, who turned off the | ‘‘ concession is degradation.” He closed by introduc- | of persons rushed in, but they were repulsed by the pier mad Womned ‘with heave fealty Gatatinteton in thelr ‘A company of UW. Marinos, from the navy and hound to do this dirty work. The United States The major part of the meeting hurried to | ing Mr. Francis W. Bird, of Walpole. $ Marshal and his aids. np’ yard, Marshal is one—the Assistant District Attorney is | Court Square. A . Bixp denounced the United States Marshal in | During this struggle some thirty shots were fired | hearts, work and pray for his deliverance! Worl | in the Court House, and the whole regiment of Massa- +> [Hiases and cheers.) ‘When the fergitive slave meeting at Faneuil Hall | a series of childish epithets, and then denounced | by the ricters, and Mr. James Batchelder, a special | "4 ey in the name of God, and Christ, and hu- | chusetts Militia bas been ordered out. A voice cried out—‘ It was a Cugtom House offi- | broke up, at about ten o'clock Jast evening, a large | one of the editors of the Traveller because he re- | officer, who was resisting the entrance of lants | manity- BECOND DESPATCH. cer who hissed. [Great cheering.] portjon of the vast audience rushed to Court square, | fusedo adopt something which Mr. Bird had writ- | at the shattered door, was shot dead. The weapon [From the Boston Post, (administration,) May 27.) Boston, May 27—12 M. c The speaker thought there were meaner men in | with the avowed "eadinges of meee ee the custody | ten, with regard to the condition of Burns, as an | discharged at him must have been a blunderbuss, as SUPREMACY OF THE LAW. The case of Anthony Burns claimed as a fugitive slave, Boston than Marshal Freeman, and he saw one of | of the United States Marshal fugitive slave | editorial. He next proceeded to ask what this vast | its comtents embraced many bullets, some of them of We ask the attention of our readers to the letter | commenced at 10 o’clock before Commissioner Loring. them that and had the pleasure of telling him | awaiting examination before United States Commis- | meeting was going to do for Burns? and some one | a very large size. His bowels were literally tornout, | written by the late Daniel Webster, on our | q nited States + nd Ri he was cee dirty, yng scamp! [Cres of } sioner Loring, at nine o'clock this morning. Some | answered, “Fight! fight! don’t talk, but fight!” | and he died almost instantly. He was a truckman, | first page.” Although they may be familiar with its ts Far weabgcsdeles oot ‘the © pmcciap glow “Name! name!"] I ‘was a Boston editor! Mr. | of the leaders were armed with new axes, and many | Mr. Bird answered that there was a time when that | in the employ of Mr. Peter Dunbar, and leaves a | contents already, a reperusal at this time cannot : F. the to understand that no mem- | of them had pistols, stones, and brickbats. They | word “fight” meant something; but it meant no- | wife and one child. fail to strengthen the regard of every good citizen | from tho Navy Yard, under Col. Dulaney, were stat “ber of the watch or police interfered in the arrest. | first atte; ted to break the door at the east side o thing now. Thus he went on, in his feeble way, to The Marshal’s efficers did not use their firearms, | for the observance of “lag and order" is opposition | in. the Court house. The Cadets and Boston Light In- He was arrested ona false charge, as they are al- | the Court House, but it resisted all their efforts, and | excite the worst Momeni: of his hearers. and succeeded finally in expelling the rioters from | to the riot and treason which reckless and desperate | fantry occupy the City Hall. wirT plainly advocated violence. | the doors with their clubs only. During this scene | men who denotnce the union of the States and the Court square ia crowded with an excited populace. ‘ways arrested, of robbing a jewelry shop. . Bird | the crowd increasing, they went to the west side of Mr. Joun L. 1 1 commented with much severit; ‘the newspa- | the Court House. In the Court House, at this time, | He, too, atked the meeting What it was going to do | the Judges of the Supreme Court, the Attorney | ccrstitution which binds them together, as “a cove- Mife fogitive was brooght in handoiiffed at 9 o’eloek, tm , for not publishing the pe ie Mr. Phillips and | were the Judges of the Supteme Court, District At- | for Burns, and was answered “Fight!” “tight!” and | General of the Commonwealth, and the Sheriff of | nant with desth and an agreement with hell.” f ody! Fé. sit an Pitts for n g- He was, or‘attompted to be, very | torney Sanger, Sheriff Hveleth, and several of his | therenpon he said—-“That man has a right to. his | Soffelk were in the building, awaiting the return of | this moment, when our muuicipal aul the custody of four officers, and was surrounded om » severe upon the course of the peeeenee Eeoet depute: ¢ officers of the Supremé Court, and the | liberty! Why should ke not be free? The people | tlc iy, in the Wilson case, who were to come in | ncthing to exting: the flame of sedition, the law | Sides by special officers, large sized and strong men, wi of the pathy. Now, said he, is go- | jar, Supreme Court, deliberating upon a ver- | of the State sympathise with him—the people here | at 11 o'clock. Some mewbers of the who put | must depend for its support upon the fidelity and | several of whom are known as Sighting men. ing ole cone a oy : . aig in the ca of Wilson, charged wit! rarer. are with him, and I thank God the city government | their out-of Qe orindgw to bowl ot going alae of her privat pal We sane nodonbtbut | Edward G. Parker snd Seth J. Thomas appeared as pA Vorce.—Fight! followed by cheers. In addition to these was United States Marshal { is with him. (Tremendous 3 , Sex” | on, were Aired at, and the balls, in one or two in- | the officers of the general government will be sus- } counsel for tue claimant. ‘There was a time, some yearsago, | Freeman, with his force, said to consist of two hun- | ver is Mayor (cheers) no lon, er is John P. | stances, struck quite near them. The windows of | tained in the discharge of a their obligations, and 3 fifty “ : Charles Ellis aud R. W. Dana, Jr., appeared for the “fight” meant something; but now | dred men, most of whom were armed with Colt’s | Bigelow.” enewed cheering.) Mr. Swift, after | the Justice’s court room were completely riddled by | that those who attempt to arrest the due course of nent vue oe pet ie it—it don’t mean anything revolvers and cutlasses, who were acting as a guard | saying that noms was no law S justify Burns’ de- | bullets discharged from without. law will be properly dealt with. prisoner. Ioasy. to the fugitive. tention in the Court House, hoped the word com- Marshal Freeman had avery narrow escape, a The hearing of the care of Buras before Commis--| The District Attorney was present for the government. The Vorox.—Igvant to go up and take him (the The crowd at first got a ladder, with which they | promise would no longer dececrate true Americans. | ball having struck the wall @uite near him while he | sioner Loring, this morning, will afford an occasion Counsel for the {ugitive moved for a postponement till ive) by violence. battered gainst the door, without producing any | It had been once said, said he, that the Americans | was leading his men up to repulse the individaals | for this community to decide whether law or an- Monday, which motion has been argued up to this hour. loun J. Swirr was next introduced. He said: We | visible efiect. The excitement increased, and the | were cowards and the sons of cowards; if we allow- | who hed broken ‘in. His little son, who was pre- “archy is to RaRriCien us. We are confident of THIRD DESPATON. have among us a man who was ge ae ges mare: preemie eae was bey — oe ge a nthe a7 carry biden’ moo, re Pape cou br hel -m pple) crying ba ts hee a the result. We believe fegal authority will be re- | Bostox, May 27—12 30 P. M. dis now incarcerate tl ive mi- | at han reserve the law, so iy e unwor a er name. He promi go shot,” and the was q' close to Batchelder | spected, and the decision of the Commissioner faith- 5 Prva wat of this hall. To-morrow morning he will | crowd ‘sseerabled together. The m Obtained a | from the cradle to the grave of libert: when he fell. filly carried out. The precautions taken by the The Commissioner has decided to postpone theese 'y, (the Court to the scoundrel who claims him; and | plank, and using it as a battering ram, forced it | House,) and hoped that at that time there would be The Mayor was notified by his Chief of Police of t offi ill do much t th . | until Monday, at 11 A. M. Fie oak phar ou are going to do. Violently against the door till it ‘yielded to their | a resurrection of freedom. The present he describ- | the state or affairs, and he A once issued an order ort but it is tie “than that ‘tieds ‘pracantioas About 10 o’clock this morning several white persons Several Voros—Fight! fight! and cheers. efforts, and some few of the number forced their way | ed as a contest between slavery and liberty, and he | on Col. Cowdin for two companies of artillery. At) should be sustained by every good citizen—by every | were arrested, near the Court House, for attempting te ° stain Mr, Swirr—The constitution of the United States | into the building. At this time there were some | for one was enlisted now and forever on the aide of | 12 o'clock the Boston Artillery, Capt. Evans, and’| man who prefers the security of life and property, ite the crowd to acts of violence. is, T believe, for the fugitive, continued Mr. Swift, | fifty or sixty men on the lower floor, to prevent | liberty. These exciting sentiments of the young | the Columbian Artifery, Capt. Cass, came to the | ag guarantest to him by the govertinent, Sor that aberety Serie Mayor Smith, attended by Sheriff K and I thank God that the city government of Boston | them from proceeding further. Stones were thrown | orator were hailed with shouts pcp. aid of the civil autherities, afforded by the frenzied passions of a mob. Let a | 15 apseared on the at. fs eae eae is for him. emcee) ape — and loud'cheer- | from the outside, knives and clubs were used, the Dr. 8. G. Howe (amid cries of “Phillips”) took ‘Their presence served to restore Mond and Court | calm and inflexible resolution be manifested to sus- | 1¢t® sppe® steps ’» ie .). The speaker alleged fugitive | axes were brought into requisition, and several pis- | the platform, and asked leave to submit a series of | square was soon deserted by the rioters. Captain | tain the administ of the constitutional laws of | 224 addressed the mob. He commenced by say- oa in the Court House without 4 and | ,tols were fired. At the same time those on the in- | resolutions. The cries were still continued for | Evans’ command was stationed in the City Hall for | the nation in the pty discharge of theirduty,and | ing that a rumor had become current among against constitution. Constitution! There is no | side fired once or twice over the heads of the mob, | “Phillips,” and Dr. Howe said if they would hear athe night, and Captain Cass’s company took quar- | that incendiary spirit which repudiates all authority, | the people that the city authorities would constitution. On Monday last it received one hun- | and making a rush drove them back. his resolutions—as a sort of wadding—Mr. ae ters in the Court House. At half-past twelve o’clock | human and Divine, which is an obstacle to its mad | xot take ‘any measures to preserve the public peace and dred and thirteen stabs, and died under the opera- By this time the police and watch toarrive, | would be forthcoming, and furnish the bulle' the square was d . purposes, will receive a rebuke auspicious tothe | j.der, ‘This, he said, isa wrong impression. The city tion. Ifthat man can walk abroad asa freeman, | and several persons supposed to be ders were | This compromise” was accepted, and the following It is quite likely that the mob will reassemble this | peace and welfare of the country. bea , cin te P : then Faneuil Hall has a right to stand where it does. | arrested. One or two axes were secured as trophies | resolutions were then read:— morning. If they do, and attempt to rescue Burns, pce authorities are deter: exert every means to pre- ‘This is a contest between liberty and slavery, and I | of the fight. Mr. Taylor, Chief of the Police, was 1. Resolved, That the people of Massachusetts having | the result will be awful. The Marshal is determined (From the Boston Times, (adminstration,) May 27.) vent rioting, and gre resolved to sustain the laws of the for one, am on the side of liberty. early on the ground, making strenuous efforts to | declared, in the first of their constitution, that | to execute the law—cost whatit may. We give MEETING IN FANEUIL HALL LAST NIGHT. city and the country. The Mayor’s speech was received Dr.8. G. Hows offered a of reselu- | quiet the mob. He arrested the man who was direct- | ‘all men are born free and equal, and have certain natu- | this information lest certain persons should be de- Faneuil Hall was filled last night by the oppo- | with cheers. tions, recognizing the principle of the Virginia coat tee ram, and assisted in oe | zal, eee ee Sea er eae ee nay. | ceived by the lying statements of those abolitionists | nents of the Fugitive Slave law. ‘The meeting was | 1 ig reported thats apecial train from Worcester is om and of arms, that “‘ Resistance to tyrants is obedience to office was torn off by a colored man. reckoned the right of enjoying and who last night, in Faneuil Hall, counselled violence, | called in consequence of the arrest of the fugitive 4 hundred excited opponents of God,” and that maxim of Algernon Sydney which | The morning watch of the North, Centre, andBoyls- | lives and liberties; that of sequ and stated that the Mayor and police would not pro- | Burns, now in custody of the United States Marshal. | it# way here with several «That which is not jastis not lew, sxd that | ton divisions were quickly on hand to aid in restor. Proteating property; jn, fing, that of sosking and obGhin- | tect the public eae PRO" | air. George ReRussell of Roxbury, presided, assisted | the fugitive slave law. ‘ ich is not law is not to be obeyed,” and ing peace. The mob still threatened the court | citreq, in the seventh article of the same instrument, At two o'clock this morning a detachment of ma- | by twelve vice presidents and two taries—one | The Mayor has issued a special bulletin, calling on all as the South has to keep no fai house, whenthe music of the fite and drum was | that “government is instituted for the common good; | Tines arrived from the Navy Yard. They willbe | colored. Father Lamson attenipted to open the | citizens to preserve peace and sustain the laws. . of | stationed in the Court House this morning to pre- | meeting, but he was summarily removed trom the Complaints were made in the police court to-day that, |. with freedom, the North, in the name of liberty and | heard, and the Boston Artillery, Captain T. H. | for the protection, safety, Drospertty and ‘hs , or private in- | serve order during the examination of Burns, and | platform. Among the speakers were Mr. F. W. ‘the Late AL keep no faith with slavery. | Evans,marched to the square. It seemed they were | the people”—and not for the prefit, ; ; ; ted last evening; and it is that every man should | out for street drill, and came down to the square to | terest of any one man, family, or any one class of men); | should he be remanded back to slavery, the marines | Bird, of Walpole; Mr. Swift, of Cambridge; Wen. | *8tinst the'nine persons arres H a Soong. “We will as God will, God’s will | go through their evolutions, nothing of the | are solemnly bound to'stand by their declarations, come | will see to it that if a rescud ia attempted thore will | dell Phillips, &c.’ ‘The speakers gtated that the olty | *8id that the evidence of thelr participation in the at- bbe done.” bpm but the crowd, under the delusion that | whet ety eogeane tore mpi ‘Stat of any | be blows to give as well as blows to take. Let the government Se ee with the object of the | tempt to force open the doors of the Court House is of & WENDELL PHILLIPS now took Gel yee He | they were marines, who had come from the Charles | 2° Wedutved, That the perfidious selvure of Anthony | Doisy praters of Faneuil Hall—the Rev. Theodore | mecting, and further, that if any city officer assisted | decisive character. commenced by saying: You have me to this | town serif Ae to assist the United States Marshal, | parns, in this city, on Wednesday evening last, on thy | Parker and_his pious followers—“ govern them- | in returning the fugitive he would immediately FOURTH DESPATCH. stand, and want me to tell you what I want. I want | followed with groans and hisses, but offered no | iying pretence alates come alah against the | selves accordingly.” removed. The remarks were generally of that in- Pe Bosrow, May 27—8 P. M. Ta ot this Sister fspramment ot an Cy gen prsensg soe! temperate character calculated to do more harm A crowd of from 500 to 800 persons have remained of in to see Burns walk the streets of Boston a freeman. | violence. Captain Evans halted his com to Iwas hear to your loud cheers when my friend, | learn why he had been insulted, when an na | tive slave in the Court under [From the Boston Commonwealth, (Abolitionist Organ,) | than good to the cause intended to be upheld. The he afternoon. Mr. er mid. the. CLAY goverkmert’ was pitt us. | ton ebsued, sisd the gompuay, Drocseded on their nae catch og ruftane—and is contemplated fel 0s | rue fttowing deouamsdi Tih shew the publi how | =e Ssecan cope op Ookes Sememandiaar Leste stent th Sort Boat 1s So ctmaaes, She ane pat SR not ty thie ches, vaste Tecline har Gein autnaicee bat ommmadl oye stot tamely submitted to.’ | to estimate the infamous falsehoods that have been | ‘his morning st ten o'clock. _ and two companies of United States troops are quartered pee that man this morning. He. was arrested ‘The appearance of this company hada effect, 4. Resolved, That, (in the Janguage of Algernon Sid- | in circulation relative to the arrest of the colored (From the Boston Daily Courier, May 27.) in the Court House. by ova saad with the customary lie of pretended | inasmuch as it attracted the attention oe een, dey,) ‘that which ds not just is not law, and that which | man now under keepers in the Court Honse, and his THE FUGITIVE SLAVE. About four o'clock » muscular negro was seized on the robbery, and was told if he would ‘eabutt 4 mnietly to | while those inside the Court House were re-fasten- | /*2°tlaw ought not to be obeyed.” alleged willingness" to return with the man who | There is a determination on the part of the aboli- | 50+ House steps for earrying concealed weapons. He “eet aa‘hour’s examination, no harm ‘ola ing the doors, and the police force on the outside FI dp apt dno bn Seige eS nee claims him as a chattel. The r fellow shows | tionists, and other enemies of the peace of the land, | ©Urt House step’ ying pons. come ; oe le him. thin firm walls etainine. thal . that he knows who his real real friends are, by ap- | to make this city, if possible, again a scene of disor- | knocked the officer down, drew a bowie knife, and it = may dw they : ‘hina wit ns Me Raa. nen Hovse wo beg Mavinin bs otaaenenaeey? fathors—"‘Resist- | Dointing Mr. Pitts as one of his attornies, the gen- | der and violence. Another attempt to resist the | quired six policemen to disarm and convey him to the ‘ my oy 6. Resolved, That of all tyrants that ha raed | tleman in whose employ he has worked since he | laws of the United States, and bring discredit upon | station house. Phillipe “Sen Wot Woe titicea, dist yon coty | Crew, sitmengh taeve’ onekess ae ra ea Nyrnr | the earth, they are the most cruel and, besstiverho deny | came here, and whom he thus recognizes as a truer | Boston, is again on foot, and will be pushed onward, | ” A despatch from Washington authorizes the U. 8. Mar- in the streets of Boston to-morrow, the verdict of whom visited the Pl from curiosity, the getaral tet onan to his ore boasts father | friend than his Virginian pretended owner:— without scruple, as far as these men dare to go. shal, if necessary, to call out two companies of soldiers Faneuil Hall. The axes used by the crowd were brought to the eae re er a peg . os. we THR FUGITIVE SLAVE. Their inflammatory appeals to the fanatical and Newport. The speaker spoke with t severity against La by a white man, who was seen to distribute chattel Mlavery roy A divine tonitution; aad rho. declare asm one BURN, te allege ouitade terion efor Lgrla mye spain Band seeety soot ese bk nea isaly dss baler th to Le their unalterable purpose indefinitely to ext stated to vs that he was arrested upon the false charge indke b spiri he partion igned sories to the murder of James Batch- infamous slave commissioner. This allusion was re-| His Honor Mayor Smith was called to the spot | ara f t tuate their infernal oppression. of robb: ller’s shop! ‘That th und kindle a mob spirit among the ins of | arraigned as acces ceived with three groans for the Commissioner. He | at an early hour, and issued orders to Gol. Cowdin | “1. Resolved, Tindt as the South has decree’, in the late See ed th willing Cthawmese that | anti-slavery, is in reparation for the business of re- | elder in the riot last night:—A J. Brown, John J. Ro denounced the Marshal for his one-sidedness, his in- | to call outa ion of the Artillery re; it. The Pate mlm the Nebraska bill, that a0 faith is to be kept “18 A LIE!” =, — law be prvi pe) hn car Aad derts, colored; Walter Phoenix, colored; John Westerly, Colon ith ot in the name of the li: God, and ‘That be ne stated to . He hi to | that the people ot nm yu attempt le ; Thomas Pts hase Rincaber Sete sto a To | the Bor avace, Cag Bian any ieee | ihc pst era ee tnt Macro | "aperture abn a aesruas | inna Peony Hgon wl Ru dove heat | jn, alien Mor, cle, Thomas Jchny the man. He charged Mr. Freeman with refus- | bian Artillery, Capt. reported themselves | {tever. no comy ives shoudd be made with slavery. attornies, and has requested us to do everything in our | the laws of the country be maintained, and the apos- | lered; Henry Abel, co! cao the Court of Mi ts ita due operation, pe A all, where they’ remained ander arme 5 ane 20 well becomes eel, power to saye him from going back to slavery. ties of sedition and’ enemies of the public and John Thompson; John C. Cluer, a Scotchman, was and, he said, when law ceases in Massachusetts it is | during the night. A large number of watchmen Fenistance to & bloody us ol = i receive a rebuke that will assure them their old | subsequently arrested, and all were committed without verei| commen it hand, yepe cond attack, every power of doing mischief is at an end. No more | pail. The city ao ed ot vas eelan ae is time for iooment's po Ege Aste 1 deck everything iG should be free—we wiles Gomme ateee bedone. C Ames Plead Wie Te) erin, fom Cyd hen more Magen of are more tamults | The preliminary examination will take place on Tues- row comme’ street, 10. Resolved, That ’s freedom is tomore “ | to dirgrace our city and State. As as we pro- t. ive bern — = Raden oh ee Bearer’ | wanineteen pee aze safe unless alt | coroner, Jojterday, directing him to ge the | fous to live under & government of awa let us take “Ihe Coroner's inquest on the body of Batchelder has tri- | The following persons were arrested by the police, |The following resolutions, which were intended | bo“y of or ry the custody of Wateon | diligent care that none among us shall perpetrate an | teen adjourned to Monday. great | and have been committed for examination before the | to form Nos. 3 and 11 of the series, were suppressed; | Freeman, an in 8 lange amount were given | ontrage upon public authority. Col, Suttle, the claimant of Burns, has offered to sell Police Court ay ‘| to Mr. Smith to the defendant, Freeman, ¢ . x sho’ case | | Sohn J, Revers: crrested in the act of extinguish- Jone te moet fe Coert mas, ening edjourns, thed. | og required by the . “Mr. Smith served the | (From the Boston Bee (Know Nothing organ), May'27.) | him for $1,200. A subscription paper to that amount is id | ing a gas light, by watchman Hill. Crelock, to ree that justice 1s done to all partion, the | Writ on Mr. man, but he refused to deliver up | GREAT RIOT IN COURT SQUARE—ATTEMPT TO RESCUK | almost made up. vii i set-| Albert J. Browne, Jr., of Salem, a law student, | honor of Massaahusetts proudly vindicated.” his prisoner, or to show him to the coroner. THR FUGITIVE SLAVE BURNS. FT OT otON, May 27—10 P.M. " arrested in the act of throwing a stone. 11. Resolved, That the time has come to declare, and Judge Russell, Mr. Sewall, and Mr. Dana applied A riot of a most outrageous and serious nature fi . M. Martin Stowell, of Worcester—(a liquor informer | to demonstrate the fact, that no slave hunter can openly | to Judge Sprague to appoint a person to serve a ook place in this city last night, growing out ofthe | There are about 2,500 persons in front of the Court and spy.) 4 carry his prey from the commonwealth of Massachusetts. writ de homine on Mr. , from the | fugitive slave excitement. We regret being com- House, mostly idlers. of | Walte-Finney, John Wesley, Thomas Jackson, Mr. Pui.uirs was the next speaker, and he began | United States it Court, under provision | pelled to report such disgraceful and lawless pro- | 74 Rey. Theodore Parker and Wendell Phillips hare to | and Wesley Bishop, colored ; and Henry Howe and | his wild haranguo by stating that he wanted Burns | forspecial eervice where the Marshals s party. Af- | veedings. lied to the police for force to protect thetr resi- - | John Thompson. Many panes of glass were broken | “set free in the streets of Boston.” He assured the | ter full hearing on the Jaw, Judge 8 ecided | About half-past 9 o’clock, an armed mob rushed | *?? ferried of wremere’: stiede by hs , | in the windows on the west side of the Court House, | audience that the eity authorities had given orders | that he had no authority to issue the writ. through the streets fram Faneuil Hall to the Gonrt | dences, being fearful of » enka See | and the.door at which they battered so furiously | to the police not to “lift a ” to a che United | , Application was made to the Marshal by Rev. Mr. | House, and immediately commeneed an attack on | who have, during the day, threatened to avenge the to | wasnearly demolished, States officers, and if they did 20, they would be re- | Grimea, the an of the people, Mr. | that building, with axes and other destructive | death of Batchelder. 78 get It is said that several leaders of the mob are at exclaimed—“let us see Wendelt Mtg and Deacon Pitts, for leave to visit | weapons. One of the doors ape. the west side was No demonstration has yet been made. moved the prisoner; it was refused, the Marshal d, and the mob was it rushing into the pe and it is that they will be arrested vee Aes py milling Ma oak eres Mes one via him Dat we. : ‘Gare special ee Ho rece ‘Barns, the slave w hen ‘The military are still under arms in the City Hall. tC a ication, made . Dana judge loaded pistols were ir |, oné of which, we b he yok r Ci oe ft slog facets announce, proved fatal. U. &, Maxehal"s Odes. “ two or three of the to visit him if | ‘The Court House bell was immediately rung, and | Mr. Abraham T. Hillyer, the U. 8. Marshal of thie him of toe propenioas eee opto blic iethe sbeete of 1 Boston ily in stage yy trent he desired to see them. Aner thie Mr. Phillips, Rev. | the mont igtenre excitement prevailed. "The whole district, received a telegraphic despateh yesterday sete, | peace. sii Burns has no master but God.” [Great ‘Applause-} Mr, Grimes, and Deacon Pitts visited him. At fimst | square wa thronged with people. Chief of Police | trom his deputies—De Angelis and Horton—stating amid | The most painfal and serious part of the violent | Mr. Phillips declared the now to he, | they were not allowed to talk with him ; | Taylor was upon the ground, with a full force of po- they had arrived safe in Baltimore with the roceedings of last night was the homicide of one of | ‘whether Virginia conquers Ifthat | but.after remonstrance they were to see | lice, to stay the proceedings of the mob, now press- | that they hen H. Pembroke and his two . | the special, caloers of the U. 8, Marshal’s posse. | man (Burns: ews Boston, Massachusetts is con- | him ina corner of the room, out of the | ing still more hate and threatening. Mr. | three aves, (toe pA aer peng Be: thm ce cen | Serpe etsy tira ean | eer, ue i cotta peg | Br, Phe arcs tener ee | Freed rn nt mana | Sp) lads eae cg is | Woltht or stashed iF the groin at the time when ; 4 the belief that there was not e State in the | Never expressed a willingness to return, bat dreaded | their hands, while breaking down the Court House Cmtering Oe a: Sopteek eh with the Parker the assault was. made upon the door of the Court | Union now allow the removal of a slave. [ey be ped dd "Fike paitaie' wie immediately taken into custo- fal ocearrence in Boro jt due to Me Hilver % Mecahens |: aoe welled ites? fell, and when he was taken | chussetts ye alleged lave to ration to be availed of, Mogens rom ag? Aa Dh Aa oe ie soreeaarn e not | into the building, exclaimed that he was stabbed, | be removed from her soil. He hoped his | THE SLAVE CATONER’s were down the door. {leer St rok af cus Pombrsken pene ae. ‘There | and expired almost immediately. i was the opinion | hearera would follow the precedent in the case of | Y. morning, as Commissioner Loring made following persons were arrested.—John J. Ro- | tifa the public been prepared Tor the avert o Lee ex- | of those near him that he was shot with one of the | Shadrach, and throw aside the ex: in the case | his appearance at the lecture room of the law school | berts; Albert Ji of Raleen: Maren Coen force of Ebolitioniste ‘would no doubt have congre- a discharged at the time. Our informant saw | of Sims. ‘Over and over again he upon those | at Cambridge, for the purpose of delivering his | ell, of Worcester; Henry Howe, J ing, ond ted to delay the course of the Inw, and tho re y the fying ool of blood. Coroner Smith | present, after the adjournment, to form a | uscal Friday lecture, he was received by the stu- | Walter Finney, John Wesley, Wesley Bishop, Thos. er ninth have boca oGiarwino ' it- ' was called to {nvectigate the cause ofdiis death, guard eround the Court Houge, a9 that if great ' duis with @ storm of hiseos, and other marks 9 ! Jackcon, colod w s ™