The New York Herald Newspaper, May 30, 1854, Page 7

AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. f teresting from Cuba—Another Version of the San Juan Dificulty—Our Relations with England, é&e., dic., de. OUR WASHINGTON CORKESPONDENCE. Wasarneron, May 28th, 1854. Doings in Havana— The Know-Nothings in Wash- ington—The Aqueduct and other Schemes—Im* provement of the Public Grounds—Mr. Stone, the Sculptor—Amusements, §c. I learn, this morning, that the administration are, in some anxiety, awaiting the receipt of important ficial intelligence from Cuba. The Isabel, which MT ved at Charleston on Thursday, the 25th, has on syne ssemmnenen -bearing: despatches fross” the hited States Consul at Havana to the government ere; but, unfortunately, the messenger has been ned at Charleston through illness. His arrival, ho wr, is expected to-morrow. The Isabel brought ra large number of wealthy Creoles and their milies, who are flying in alarm from the island, to woid the shock of civil war, which they believe the berths of the steamers that are to leave Havana or the ports of the United States, during the ponthsof June and July, have been engaged already, y Cubans anxious to fly from the dangers which they foresee, either in revolution or in consequence the breaking out of hostilities between our ountry and Spain. I understand, also, that thé c! of Captain General Pesuela in regard to the civil and political rights of the Creoles thawe been, for the present, abandoned. The Mywntamiento, or Municipal Council of Havana, yhich has generally shown itselt to be the obsequi us tool of the supreme authority, refused, in thi nee, to give its sanction to the plan of the ptain General to break down the social bar- fers between the two races, and to promote imalgamation by legalizing marriage between Ihe Creoles and negroes. And even the Spanish oldiery exhibited pluck enough to express determined hostility to co-operating in rms with the blacks; and menaces hav een indulged in by the poor but proud devils s to the course they would pursue, if the policy rere attempted to be enforced. This unexpected pposition has, for the present, frustrated Pezuela’s hilanthropic schemes. The negroes, however, in sknowledgment of his good intentions, had deputed committee of twenty-five to wait upon His Excel- ney at the palace, and to tender to him the thanks the children of Africa in the island for his pater- solicitude in their behalf. Report says that the bony utation was most ‘iously received, and at all forms of Castilian iteness were ex- jausted by the Captain General in their reception. Df course the Diario dela Marina will not have miject; and, therefore Llet you know what l have soed theta le rota oe The Nebraska excitement in this city has been ucceeded by the Know-Nothing ferment. The prmer, however, was national, the latter is but peal. The municipal election which comes ff ina few days, has given point and direc- on to the of this newest of all parties. understan: it an immense majority of the sidents, who are eligible by birth to the order, members or friends of it; and that nine-tenths f the clerksin the de; ents have associated hemselves with the movement. I have not the doubt of the latter fact, reasoning upon the imption that, for the most part, they are so well ied to belong to that great and enlightened er. Idon’t know whether any of the Cabinet inisters have been inducted into all the mysteries Know-Ni ism, but certainly they are au fait it those of do-nothin; . Their subordinates, jowever, unite both faculties ly In fact Washin; , 1s just the p! r the head- juarters of the Know: Nothings to be established, ind if I may judge fromthe evidences { meet on ides, the order is flourishing here. Nothing else talked of among the local politicians; and it seems bst now, in connection with the spproaching jon, Cay Ry lprenst minds. I went y ito the office of a broker to transact an affair, ‘and und the principal so absorbed in the discussion of he great topic with a gossip, that politeness re- ned me from interrupting him for a mere mat- r of business, and directing my inquiries to the as- tant, I found that he was an adept in the science Know-Nothingism, and so I bad to leave without ining the information I bin juarter of the ci iness transacted ht. It is much the a There is so little nothing to spt pe prevei e syste! & h such @ congenial soil. There are three candidates pr the Mayoralty—Mr. Maury, the present incum- nt, whose lady celebrated the passage of the Ne- ka bill the other night, by giving birth to two ons during the feu-de-joie ; Weightman, who jot his arm broken some weeks since, in the fall of ne of the Georgetown bridges, and Mr. Tovers, ho is, I believe, the candidate of the Know-Noth- hgs, and therefore, most likely to be elected. I bink that Beau Hickman would have been the most ble candidate they could have put in nomina- ce Ng . My Ss ting the post of Superin- bndent of Public Built ey saddea:bhie peciens ban en selected the nt jn reference to some e BY is ths song Wo Ki ogg made asto members spotting, an inte- with~ ly such personal motives! Certainly, I make nosuch iegation. he various public reserves in the city have been late much improved, and beautified squares and ‘iangles, which six months ago were rendezvous pr ruminating cattle and rooting pigs, are now en- losed within neat metal palings, are covered with 6, offensive those residing in the neighborhood. Congress ap- ropriated last Friday a sum of $9,700 to its further improvement, and the ground has already been laid ut in catriage drives, and planted Nabe am a Goes are thus ly im- , the next thing should be to adorn them ith works of art. HI Eger g ef all EEE § q i : é he i it g § z i eS i i i : > iF: i e i 5 i g F z 2 5 tic names, and with Idoubt whether they attracted an enough to pay for the room. Bangpicr. mpending. From some of them I learn that all | ind negroes, and of incorporating negroes into the | | Wasuiroton, May 28, 1854. The Recent Affair at San Juan de Nicaragua. Intelligence has'reached here, of an important and reliable character, which puts a very different as- pect upon the unfortunate affair at San Juan de Nicaragua, from that sought to be conveyed by the ex,parte statement of the gentleman subscribing himself “R, Lord, Purser.” This information comes from persons who were witnesses of the whole trans- action, from the murder of the unoffending native down to Mr. Borland’s last Quixotic manceuvre. As Mr. Lord was doubtless where hisduty required him to be—on board of his own steamer—he could not possibly know anything, personally, of the tra nsac- tions which he assumes to describe, Indeed, it is pertectly well understood that Mr. Borland himself is the author of the extraordinary document to which Mr. Lord affixes his signature and high offi- cial designation. The facts of the case I give to you in nearly the precise words of an eyewitness, who can have no possible reason to misrepresent them: They are as follows:— Captain Smith, of the steamer Routh, when com- ing down the river, near San Juan, ran s0 closely upon a loaded bungo going up the river, as to alarm the owner lest it should be crushed. He called out to the steamer to take care, and some high words took place, the patron of the bungo evidently sup- posing the intention was to run into him. The ‘ steamér, nevertheless, went on; but after going down the river nearly half a mile, to a point w! it was wide to enable him to turn, the cap- tain put about, up the river above the bungo, turned about and came down on the latter, head ‘The patron of the bungo had an old rusty flint fowl- ing piece in his hands, which he held by the barrel, 5 8 ; near the muzzle, As the steamer approached he cried, “Take care, Carer a will crash my boat.” from Capt. Smith, wn killed the po ™ Taloe the spot. The bun. poor on ° go was crushed to pieces. Incredible as it ey ae ir, it is said the captain of the steamer was abet a by a person who afterwards figured inthe affair 2 very con “he body of the murdered patron was taken to San Juan, pear which place, as I have said, the deed was committed, where the sooeedinas took place, which the participators in The mi have taken pains to have announced as “a high-handed out- rage.” We shall probably be able to get at the truth ven according to the suspicious ex parts statement eD ACO! ex parte nt se ae ere Lea ee can be cl e le juan they attempted to arrest cwerkeer whose crime had been committed within their own de fo and well recognized jurisdiction. If any disturbance arose, it was in consequence of an illegal resistance to authority, and the unjustifiable intervention of Mr. Borland, whose impetuosity has heretofore got him into a great deal of trouble. There is another element in this affair which should not be forgotten. It is the arrogance and made all their intercourse an uninter- rupted series of broils. Life has been lost, on more than one occasion before, in consequence. Attempts will be made to Se jurisdiction of the government of San Juan this case, but they will fail; for itis perfectly well known that pending the settlement of the Mosquito question, upon which the question of the ultimate sove- reignty over San Juan depends, the existence of a provisional government there has been directly re- cognized by ‘ae Soe and tacitly acceded the United States. ro) ence, the authorities of that town, under a constitution formally published, have exercised power fer every purpose of govern- ment, equally over the town and an extent of some veh Boyt up the river. It is universally admit- ted that ee severed their functions faith- fully and well. As the only authorities who could byany pomeviny sake cognizance of crime, it was eir plain duty to arrest any man who should com- mit murder within the limits of their authority. This they attempted to do, but were forcibly re- sisted by a body of men, with an American Minis- ter at their head! It will not do for Mr. Lord, or rather Mr. Borland, to say, as the ex parte pore represents him as say: ing, “that the United States recognises no autho- rity in San Juan to arrest an American citizen.” The fact that the United States has an agent in San Juan, who receives his exequator from th2 authori- ties of that place, proves the contrary, Nor will it do to FeprOney San Juan as made up of Englishmen and Jamaica negroes. A majority of its officers, and larger part of its people, are Americans. It is necessary that the public should be informed of these facts before making up their opinions on this affair. When the other side is heard, I appre- lend there will not be much left of the statement foal fae t that nd here we may express rej that our gov- ernment have allows the snomalous ‘condition of things in San Juan to continue so long. If, as the United States has always contended, the a be- longs to Nicaragua, in heaven’s name let it be res- tored to her. If, on the other hand, as Lp coe contends, it be.. ags to the so-called Mosquito king, let him have it. Or if it is proposed to let an inde- ndent rer spring up there—and this has been ‘he ical course of events—let that be under st In any case, the present anomalous state of affairs should Verminate, and if the unfortunate oc- currence above alluded to have no other effect than to call the attention of the American government earnestly to the condition of San Juan, it will not be without a et pcs result. I need not add ir. Borland will find his _con- duct wholly unsustained by the government herv, with which he is far from being in good repute. (Correspondence of the Philadelphia Ledger. U Wasuineton, May 27, is. Lord ae Mission—England Cubs Ru- mors Contradicted—An Important Omission for some of the Leading Papers of an Order in Cown- cil ofthe of i— Appointment of Gen. Tyson, of Reading, lvania. Telegraphic rumors have gone out from this city to the effect that Lord Elgin’s mission here refers to Cuba as well as Canada. I think I can most po- sitively assure you that this is untrne. These ru- mors a the public to understand that Eng- jand is ly intermeddling with our difficulties with Spain, which might create a very wrong im- pression at this time, and excite the public mind more than circumstances warrant at present. Eng- land has in most positive terms, and of her own accord, without being asked officially, denied the charge. Lord Clarendon took especial occasion to wiite a private letter'to Mr. Crampton, denying the existence of any treaty with Spain or France on the subject of Cuba, (which, I dare say, he read to the Secretary of State,) and the letters from our own ministers abroad to their friends, state clearly and without reserve that the same assurances were made to them by men in official and social positions, hav- ing no doubt upon their minds that it is really the desire of England and France to remain on good terms with us. Unless the British government, through its principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs and her Minister here in Washington, lies, no cre- dence can be given to newspaper reports and tele- graphic inuendos on the subject, attempt to “Africanize” Cuba is also mos positively denied by all the British government officials, and the British Minister here,in Washington. I have no doubt Lord Elgin has most s positively de- nied it, and the eternal reiteration the charge cannot but prove highly offensive to the British mment. Such cl could not be made in : pent, Senin pong! mene and apn w ing pe ic indignation here, ex: cee is porti mee diplomati creer a ion ic * dence between the Secretary of State and the is- pro hg ronnie the subject ofthe rights of neutrals, which, some how or other, has not received the publicity it is entitled to from its important pon, on our navigation and commerce- It is At rae Count ole } the 1th day of April, 1854. eo eee Excellent Majesty, in Coun- 5 A garg ler Majesty was pleased on the 28th of March to issue declaration, ke tion of March 28th, is in- Now, it is this day ordered, by and Privy Counell, that all ‘veesels under a neutral or 9 tapict inte, cng port ee ploos la hor fiona, all goods end merchandioe wha whatso- leased, by and with the ordered, it ae Cafe Raen'g save an all the subjects of her Me en ts or citl- zens pa gee State and may, Raa, freely trade with aif’ porte meet bees it ly wi situate, which shall not Nem atte of and except that no British vessel circumetances whatsoever, either under or thiaorder, or otherwise, be ore enter or communieate with any or place whieh sbell belong to or be in the or occupation of her Majesty's enemies. And Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty’s Treasury, the Lords Commissioners of the Acmiralty, the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and | her Majesty's ‘1 Secretary of State for War and the Naeem are to give hess joomeres | directions herein, | ast respectively a ‘ “sf ade ie 7 ePPe'G,. G. GRENVILLE Now, it seems to me that the rights ot pera this declaration, and the preceding one of March 28, under any virtue of mpowered to undirguised lity of all the officers and ats | ! Cs the Ni = sit Seen oraris th e people icaragua and those o} juan, which have are pretty intelligibly defined, and require nothi: but F Metlarutie that they shal! eee now an hereafter in all wars that Great Britain shall be en- gaged in to be satisfactory. I may give you achap- on the unpublished history of negotiations one of these days, when the carpets are taken up in — cere and House, and there is nothing else on e tapis. It will be a, ble to the numerous friends of om for Jo ar ape toa to Drehe that be has en appoin . for the purchase of an- thracite coal. ree y THE BOSTON RIOT. THE SLAVE EXCITEMENT ON SUNDAY MILITARY AND U. 8, TROOPS UNDER ARMS. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. THE MOB DENOUNCED. Funeral of Mr. Batchelder, &., &, &. Opinions of the Press, (From the Boston Advertiser, (Everett whig,) May 20.) THE LATE POPULAR EXCITEMENT. The events of the last three days in this city have tended to confirm the conviction previously enter- tained by almost every reflecting man, of the ex- treme danger to the repose of the country, of the recent interference with the compromise act of 1820. The dill for its repeal was introduced into the Senate by Mr. Douglas, under the pretext that it was led_by implication, although not in ex- = ey the compromise acts of 1850. No rical fact is more clearly established than that the whole discussion on the acts of 1850, in Congres:, and by the press, was conducted without any refer- ence to the compromise act of 1820, and nothing can be clearer tl that if it had been under- stood that this act was to be repealed, the fugitive slave law of 1860 would never have been . It was also clearly understood that the portion of the people of the free States who gave their aid to the adoption of those laws, and without whose aid = in not have hag tak so in the vesea a arrangement of the entire slavery question, as then made, was to bea final settlement, as be- tween the free and slaveholding States. It is not surprising, therefore, that such a breach of faith.as has been consummated by the passage of the Ne- braska bill—by which the door has been opened for the admission of slavery into a territory of immense extent, in violation of an express compact that slavery should be forever prohibited therein, has produced a severe shock upon the feelings of the whole community throughout the free States. At- tempts were made to persuade the people of the South of the extreme imprudence and folly, on their art, of seizing upon an accidental stute of parties for carrying @ measure so offensive to the whole North as the,repeal of the Missouri com ; but they were deaf to all admonition, and have suc- ceeded in carrying a measure cf which we are to tap he fruits. i@ consequences are beginning to develope themselves al The difficulty which has al- ways existed in eatorcing the execution of the Fugi- tive slave law, is greatly increased by this exaspera- tion of the public feeling. Many persons who have hitherto used their w exertions, and hazarded their influence in carrying into effect the compromise measures, on the footing on which they understood them to stand, are entirely disgusted and disheartened in finding themselves placed in the unexpected posi- tion of being held to a compromise which is bindin; on but one side. We are not, however, aware that the number of those who are di: 1d to violate the laws of the land, or to be guilty of a breach of the peace, is increased by this violation of faith by the representatives of the South ; but it cannot surprise any one that such an act should diminish the ardor of some men in enforcing an odious law, enacted for the exclusive benefit of those who have made so un- gracious a return for it. We have no doubt, notwithstanding, that those who are intrusted with the execution of the laws will faithfally discharge their duty, and that they will have the effective aid of all good citizens, if ii should become necessary. It is due to the charac- ter of the city and of the State, as well as to our i fividual character as citizens, that the laws shonid be executed, and that all attempts to resist tie» should be effectually put down and punished. Thos who resist the law now, and those who encourag resistance by their countenance and advice, are the same persons who have promoted and cou. selled such measures heretofore. We do not su)- pose that the violators of the law have gained any great number of recruits in consequence of the re peal of the Missouri compromise. This act affords no justification for the resistance of laws actuaily ng The effects of that repeal must be coun- teracted in some other way, and we doubt not the South will find in the end that they have gained nothing by their present move. in the meantime we trust that no attempt will be made to resist the ing into effect the decision of the Commissioner, whatever it may be; and over that decision he has no control whatever, other than to decide according to his own judgment and con- science upon the evidence in the case. It is under- stood that an ment is already made—which we have no doubt wilt be carried into effect—for the hase of the fugitive, by the payment of a price ‘itisthotory to his rand contributed by a number of liberal individuals, for the purpose of setting him at liberty. This will, of course, quiet all fur- ther excitement. If it were otherwise, we have no doubt that the decision of the Commissioner would be quietly submitted to, and peaceably carried into execution. {From the Boston Commonwealth, (Seward-abolition, ) May 20.) THE GABRISONED SLAVE PEN. One of the papers stated that the Boston Court House, on Saturday morning, resembled a ‘“‘beleag- ured fortress.” It should have said “Bastile,” or “fortified slave pen.” Some of the windows on the west side were broken, and the southwesterly door showed abundant signs of the fierce contest that | took las there the night previous. To our readers at a distance it pane interesting to give some de- scription of this building. It isa arge oblong strac- | ture, strongly built of hewn blocks of granite. It is | four stories high above the basement, and the inte- rior consists of rooms, stairways, and narrow pas- sages. Its north end fronts on Court street, from | which there are wide spaces on each side of it. Just Hall, which | a well kept south of the Court House is the oy fronts southerly on School street, wit! yard before it. The United States District Court has been per- mitted to hold its sessions in @ room in the second story of the Court House, and, by virtue of this per- mission, the government officials assume or take authority to use the building as a prison and fortress of the slave power. We commend this fact to the sober attention of the people of Massachusetts. Loes not a law of this Staie provide that our public buildings shall not be used as jails by the officials of the general government? And are not our local authorities bound to execute this law ¢ Large 3, instead of chains, are now employed to fence out the people from the passages down the sides of the Mir Dusk, and Ameo rope barricades are ded e Boston police ‘the Court louse itself as garrisoned by United States troops, some of whom were quartered in the fourth story, and others in the second story, where Sat and Sunday they were seen lounging about the windows, and feing at the crowd in Court street. The fellow against whose liberty this from a third "story window, on the low, on the held by the Mar- icture of man-hunt- the city, which has been called was quartered in the City Hall, where seen from the windows yester- bo Oi ll pe will explain how they were into this service:— COMMONWRALTH OF MASRACHUSETTS. Boston. May 26, 1854. Socrvorx, 9. To Col. Robert Cowdin, commanding the Fifth Regiment of Artillery of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, Whereas, it has been Cay egg ig herbed V. C, Smith, of Boston, that the ¢ is threatene: tumult, riot and mob of « body of “men, neving toge’ by force with the intent to offer violence t» persons proverty, and by force and violence to break and resixt he lawe of this Commonwealth, in the said County of Suffolk, and that militery force ‘is necessary to aid the civil aa! uppresing the name. Now tuerefore leommand you ou cause two com| of Artiller, armed and equipyei,and with ammunition as the Inw di- recta, and with proper officers #:tached, to be detailed by you to parade at raid Boston, on this evening, at their Teayective srmories, then and there to obey such orders ‘as may be given them according to law. Hercof fail not at your per’), and have you there then this warrant with your doings returned thereon, Witness my hand aud ibe weal of the City of Boston, this twenty-sixth day of May, 1664. J. V. C. SMITH, Mayor of the City of Boston. Immediately upon thejreception of the above docu- ment, Col. Goweln issued the following order :— Hinap Qvanvens, 6th Keg. Art's Ist Brig , 2nd Div. M. V. M., Boston, May 28, 1854 In obedience to a requisition from Hit Honor, J. ¥. C. | the time of the disturbance would have | the assault; and there is no doubting the moral . bed to death in the exercise of his duty by an sediti mith, Mayor of Boten, the Captains commanding Com penier A and B, of this Regiment, will report with the ompanies under their com mand, at City Hall, forthwith, uniformed, armed and equi; as tho law directs for special duty, and there eweit herther eoters Senet, ROBERT COW LIN, Colorel. Captains of Companies A and B, Heap Quaxrers 5th Reg., Ist Brig., 1st. Div. M. V. M., "Boston, May 27, 1854 } In obedience to Division and Brigade ordora of this date, the commanders of companies composing this Re zi- ment, will cause a detail of four privates, under com- mand of a corporal, to assemble at their Armory, uni formed, armed and equipped as the law directs, for special guard duty, and there wait further orders.’ Per order, ROBERT COWDIN, Colonel. F, A. Hats, Adjt. Subsequently the Meme issued his precept, simi lar to the one received i, Colonel Cowdin, to Major General Edmands; and the Independent Cadets and Boston Infantry were detailed for duty of the same kind. » It will be noticed that they are called out to sup- press “tumult, riot, and mob,” by those who intend “to break and resist the laws of this common wealth,” and that they are “‘to obey such orders as may be given them according to law.” We should like to know what law of this commonwealth autho- rizes or permits the Boston ice to serve as sen- tries for the garrison in that fortified slave pen, com- Brave array of troops, marsbais, pelle, and enlisted ve array 5 » police, ans creatures of various sorte—all on duty to crush out the freedom crime is a decided ance to slavery. The Des- patch had — It ‘bes matter of interest to the riotously dispored ieee force of 10,000 men peer rescue avenue in the Court House bristles with k be made, the air would who desire one of the sort, ry Tescue game. in this city Saturday, from the U. 8. Marshal, directing him to have carried bei promptly as , and the law executed to letter. Also ‘him to call upon the United States troops in assistance, and if needed, to send to New York for reinforcements. The Marshal responded that it “Send to New York for reinforcements!” The whole army and navy will probably be ees to hold of this man and get him out of Boston. Ye met some Germans, yesterday, who had been taking a look at the Gourt House- The much excited by what they saw; and one of them, iting to the soldiers, said ‘and you call this a country!” One element of the excitement a eoney evening, is reported by the Gazette as lows:— It was rumored that the truckmen intended to make a ‘demonstration’? for the especial benefit of Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, Rev. Theodore Parker, and Swift, and so was the rumor, and so cur- rently believed, that numerous applications were made tothe Mayor to ee the 8 and property of peo- ple in the vicinity of thosehouses. During this eve number of men were seen to approach the dwellings of Mosars. Phillips and Parker, and to read the name and number carefully and then to proceed; but up to twelve o’elock there had been no violent demonstration. The Moyor had taken every precaution, having runners or couriers out in every direction, who could furnish reli- able information from any point in the city in less than five minutes, Captain W. D. Eaton, with thirty-four of the best men in the department, were in readiness to be called into servico at a moment’s warning, and other of a poor fellow, whose onl: men. A large force were concealed, and ready for action. Suspicious persons were watched, but no violence was attempted. Boston Court House stands among us as the Bas- tile of the slave power—entirely at the service of that malign despotism, whenever it comes seg 3 us with its kidnappin; bill, to hunt down men whose only crime is an ardent longing to,enjoy that free- dom to which every man hasan “irflienable right.” It stirs one’s blood with shame and indignation to know this, When the slaveholders get their law for holding slaves on Bunker Hill, probably the monu- ment will be their Bastile, with the blac! flag float- ing over it; bearing the inscription—“‘Slavery is King—There is no ye Law.” And there will be ‘peace and quiet” in the land, when this hideous and bloody despot has ‘crushed out” all who have manhood enough t« question his right to reign. [From the Boston Times, (Administration organ), May 29.) THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES SET AT DEFIANCK —ATROCIOUS CONDUCT OF BOSTON ABOLITION FANATICS, In Saturday morning’s Times we gave a brief ac- count of an incendiary meeting in Faneuil Hall, con- vened at the call of some abolition fanatics in this city. This meeting was productive of serious and bloody results, full accounts of which we give else- where. The addresses by Wendell Pnillips, Theo- dore Parker and Swift, were of that infiammable and treasonable character, that there is but little question that these fanatics are open to indictment as accessories before the fact of the murder of the poor truckman, Batchelder, We learn that the meeting is denounced by the more modcrate and reasonabie opponents of the fagi- tive slave law—but that availeti nothing now. Their opposition comes too late. The blood of an honest and upright man and citizen lias been shed, and a life- less und mangled corse carried to a once happy home. A poor widow's moans can now mingle with the insane curses of lunatics who openly defy the laws, and trample down every safeguard that protects the lives and property of our citizens; but while the moans of the heartbroken widow invoke the deepest sympathy and commiseeration of an outraged pub- lic, the maledictions of murderers excite no other emotion than that of detestation and abhorrence. We are sorry for the credit of the city that the United States Marshal, who has acted tl ighout this matter with the most commendable jud, it and fearlessness, felt it necessary for the mainten ance of the laws to call in the aid of the United States troops. We had hoped that such a necessi would never arise so long as we had a local mili- tury organization, penpoe of men of valor and patriotism, as now exists. Rut it is conceded in al- most all quarters that there was a want of de- ci-ion and determination in the conduc of the chief magistrate of the city, which rendered the calling in of the national troops an act abso- Intely indispencable. It is true that after the public property had been attacked by a lawless mob, and an upright citizen butchered while maintaining the laws of the omer et the city government mani- ‘eed an alacrity in the highest degree cr ditable. ‘Lhere were plenty of police and troops after the camage had been the work of assassina- tion had been consummated. But the pono peace was boldly and broadly menaced by the orators in Faneuil Hall. The audience, composed of the most inflammable materials, were fired by the announce- ment that the city government would not iuterpose any obstacles in rena @ rescue of the fugitive then in custody. This bold assertion was permitt: to go uncontradicted by word or deed; and we d» not hesitate to say, that had the tenor of the brie’ picclamation issued by Mayor Smith about 11 o'clock on Saturday morning, stating that the public e should be preserved at all ha- zards, been promulgated on the evening of the meeting, when there was every reason to apprebend an outbreak, we should not be called upon to chronicle the scene of blood and vivlence that now falls to our lot. We arealso informed that a police force of a dozen mén at the Court House r 4 revent: efiect the appearance of the city's offiers at such a crisis would haveshad upon the savage mob, giving the lie, as it would have done, to the assertion of the abolition fanatics that the laws of the United States would not be sustained by the government of Doston. To the troops who obeyed the call when it was made, and to the citizens who volunteered to assist the United States Marshal in any emergency—to the Marshal himsel!, and to his regular assistants—are the thanks of the community due for the zeal they have manifested in mai taining the supremacy of Le lawe. Mr. Taylor, Chief of Police,and Mr. Ham, his assistant, with the force under their command, are also entitled to praive for their assiduity and energy aiter they received orders to act. he States forces under Col. pane, Major idgeley, Capt. Rich, Lieuts. C. B. Wil cox, C. A. Mack, Henry W. Queen, and A. N. Bal- ser, have been on duty since Friday night. These cfileers deserve every credit for the prompt manner n which they answered the summons of the United oe ays and the efficiency their troops have exhibited. We trust it may be a long time ere the city of Bos- ton is disgraced by the deeds of violence, and law- lesevess aid blodshed of Friday night last. We trust the Congress of the United States will take prompt measures to restore, as far as may be in the power of anything eartbly, the sad visitation that has fallen upon the widow of the slaughtered Bachelder. [From the Boston Courler’ (national-whig,) May 29.) ABOLITION RIOT AND MURDER. Every honest citizen of Boston must feel the deepest mortification to reflect on what Nepyneed in this city on Friday night. Another abolition mol—the Court House assaulted and a citizen ee in- fnriated rabble of fanatics hot from the jous harangues of the abolition mob-orators, Wendell Phillips, Theodore Parker, and the rest of that tribe of bediamites! The whole city thrown into alarm and excitement, the militia called out, and the peo- ple of Boston again subjected to the disgrace of riot and resistance to law. Itis quite time for this community to do some- thing more than lament over these outrazes—they ought to be ae at once, and their authors pu n- ished as the; rve. The question arises—Who are the real authors of this public violence and murder? The answer is plain—they are the incen- diary mob-orators of the Faneuil Hall meeting on Friday evening, who openly proclaimed resistance to the law, and urged on an excite multitude to the deed of violence and blood that followed. These men know well enough that the only effect of their a nemy am? A appeals to the sions of their hearers would be tumult and Dloodabed, and this was just what they wanted, though took care to sneak out of the way at the moment of danger. The most arront poltroons that ever the sun shone upon, they expend their strength in stirring up an ex- itable multitude to deeds of midnight ‘murder, and leave the murderous blow to be struck by ruffians who have more courage than themselves. Are these cowardly villains to go unpunished? Cannot the law reach the originators and responsi- ble authors of crime? are they to get up more mobs and more murders? are they to wanes this city deeper and deeper in disgrace? We desire to know whose ljfe is sate—what real security we have for the public peace as long as these things are allow- ed to tuke place among us, and the miscreants who are at the bottom of the whole mischief—mea whom everybody knows as firebrands and common distur- bers of the public peact—go at large, and are . mitted to eelect the lawless, seditious and disorder- ly elements of our population around the public buildings of the city, forthe express purpose of in- stigating them to deeds of violence and outrage. ‘The sanctuary of justice is violated by an infuriated rabble, who stab to death its defenders, Every one knows who set on foot this outrageous proceeding, who it was that counselled and encouraged the mur- derer to lift the knife—every one knows who, in fact, are the real criminals. Cannot the hand of strike the true culprits? The safety and re- putation of the city are involved in the answer to this question. (From the Boston Herald, (neutral, anti-temperance,) May 29.) THE FUGITIVE SLAVE EXCITEMENT. The unfortunate circumstances of the past week are greatly to be deplored. We have been so en- in gathering the fast coming facta of the case, the history of the Faneuil Hall meeting, the riotous Drosesdngs at the Court House, and the un- happy homicide, the events of the day of Saturday, the proceedings before the Commissioner, and the various other incidents which have arisen, that we have had neither time nor space to offer any re- marks of our ownuponit. Nor do we now intend to ance was made. The Union Guards of East Capt. G. W. brown, 44 guns, relieved the New su, laud Guards at 9 cielo A. M., and took up tle qvarters in the City Hall. The Cadets went off duty at an early hour in the morning. The U. 3. troops, consisting of two companies of Marines and two of Artillery, continued under arms in the Court House. The report that an additional force had been sent for from Newport, is, we understand, without foundation, During the day a number of the prisoner's friends were permitted to visit him. Tbe negotiations for his purchase were well nigh con- summated on Saturday night, the sum of $1,200, which was required, having been procured on 4 sub- pe ag paper carried round by Rev. Mr. Grimes, Owing, however, to the lateness of the hour, the bargain was not made, ‘h the counsel ou pod vides, as well as District Attorney Hallett, were present in the 17, 8 ’3 room, and consented to the arrangement. + The wuoie utter was, however, knocked in the re- head in conse bes of ie Pi pa ing to give Col. Suttle the necessary guarantee the cashing of two checks for $600 each, which were offered in payment for the negro; and we understan@ that there are now no prospects of Burns receiving his liberation by purchase, We learn Wy telegrapa irom Washington that the Union says the President telegraphed to the United States Marshal at Boston on Saturday, that his com- duct in the matter of the slave case was fully ap- pos md the government, and that the law must ‘The following circulars have t since our issue of Saturday:— \sahiate To ome ‘Yuomawny or New Exauanp:— ' ae SOUNTRYMEN AND BRoTHERs—The Vi Committee of Boston inform you that the mogk trial of the poor comment upon the principles which are involved; the public mind is too much excited to consider the question calmly, with the aid of cool reason and sound judgment. Ata proper time we may venture, diffidently, to offer our views upon the conduct of all , offl- cial and non-official, in this nha py g The timely announcement, in the Sunday morn- ing papers, that Burns was to be liberated, through an agreement made between the claimant, Col. Suttle, and the friends of the fugitive for his pur- chase, and of course his restoration to Lengua tended more than anything to allay the fierce bil- lows of excitement which have raged since Frida; night. It was oil upon the angry flood. It had almost the sublime efficacy of the words of in- spiration—“Peace, be still.” With a deeper feeling of regret than we can well express, we have seen it intimated by public handbills that the proposed ar- rangement was not consimmated, and there is rea- son to believe will not be. We do not see how the consummation so much to be desired for the sake of present peace can be avoided with honor. Faith to a bargain for the sale and purchase of Burns has been pledged in the most solemn manner. Edward G. Parker, Esq., the counsel for the claimant, stated in open court, on Saturday, that his client was ae and willing to dispose of his interest, infact had entertained propositions for the purchase of his claim; and he assured the court, and of course, the Berets that there was no danger that Burns would taken into slavery at all. These remarks were made in reply to the argument of R. H. Dana, Jr., that if the decision were against Burns, he was liable to be sold upon the first auction block for the New Orleans market. We cannot be- lieve that either party will now interpose objections. The responsibility of the act is tremendous. The storm which has been hushed may burst forth again with terrible fury, carrying desolation and destruc- tion in its path. The proceedings will be continued before the Commissioner in the District Court room, this fore- noon at 11 o'clock. Without presuming to dictate tothe public the course for them to pursue, it seems to us that they can gain nothing by assembling around the Court House during the Progress of the examination be- fore the Commissioner ; for, however much they ery ete Ey in groans, howls, and other expressions of indignation, the condition of the BF itive will not be ameliorated thereby. The trial will go on to the end, despite all threats ; therefore, it seems to us wise for parties to await the issue patiently, and then resolve upon a firm but prudent movement in favor of the cause they have espoused. [From the Boston Mail, (Independent,) May 29.] PHILANTHROPY TURNING PRACTICAL—MAS8ACHU- SETTS A MAN MARKET—BURNS BOUGHT BY THE ABOLITIONISTS—THE LAW SUBSERVIENT TO MAM. MON—MURDER WINKED AT, AND INSUBORDINATION TRIUMPHANT. In the rise, progress and termination of the case of Anthony Burns, the fugitive slave, there are con- siderations beneath the surface of over-zealous phi- lanthropy little thought of in every one’s philoso- phy: he sequel beholds Massachusetts engaging m thetlave traffic. It is said Burrs has been pur- chaved by his fanatical friends at the round price of $2,500—the sum including the expenses of his mas- ter and costs of suit. What his new proprictors in- tend to do with him has not yet Tally trans] but itis probable he will be nominally set at liberty. Liberty—a condition that, in his most extravagant dream, far off in the South, be pictured, at best, as a life of indolence. We confess we could prefer no objection should our abolition neighbors resolve to slave south of Mason and Dixon's line. But they would find it rather too expensive. They have not the capital at thtir command. These wild, en- thusiastic philanthropists have very little bottom. They are notoriously lazy. They seldom produce angling themselves, except windy speeches and crag; gues. Whoever saw one of them a‘ work — en, d at honest labor—such as their colored mat the South are required to ac- complish ? big Ned and repudiate the very idea, and from this Ay ag, arises, perhaps, their sympathy for the slave. They are always ready enough to speculate on the hard earned eet Bg other people, but if the release from want or bon- | dage of their fellow-men depended upon their own | sweat, a night of destitution and tyranny might { reign supreme throughout the world. ing the last two days of the past week time | bere if hy ied Srey about Sa Bia Hons, which, if properly emplo: |, Wor ve an amount sumiclent to enthes half a donenteg and the blood of a white man would not have been upon their heads. And then the precedept of malt ing Massachusetts a market for Southern slavehold- ers is wrong—wrong, because the very act of pur- | | chase defeats an existing law. We are but a single ; | member of a compact—and however odious a law | may be, if it is the legitimate result of that compact, let us abide it till the aginst and potency of trath | shall be vindicated in its repeal. Men who sct them- | selves up as the pioneers of principle will make lit- | tle Pig She if they substitute violence for reason. | he truth is, there is little sincerity among the | leading men of the free soil faction. eir tongues | iid harp, but their hearts are callous to all but | ‘elf And that principle is but a miserable pretext | that will permit money to subsidize the law—that | | would murder a white man to screen a negro from {a repo instituted and recognized by the | } founders of the government. { | For speaking outin vindication of the law, and | its strict maintenance, the Mail has been stigma- | tized as ©, pro-slavery organ—an intended reproach | which has not the weight of a feather in the scale of | | duty. It ought to be understood that the Mail is | | the organ of no sct of men or petty party. Like | | the sun, it rises from the horizon to the heaven of | | truth far above cliqueand faction,to dispel the mists judice and the fog of falsehood, under what- ¢ it may assume. 1 all good, intelligent men, North or South, | ve regret deeply the existence of sluvery—it is an evil deplored even by the recipients of its counter- balancing benefite—yet it is an evil not of their own choice, and to be remedied least by a resort to force, Sncendiarism, mobocracy and murder. There isa field for the exercise of true benevolence this side of the marked children of Ham—among our own brighter and purer Mig, race, whose faces grow paler by yg e are not negro-haters—for the race, their character and condition, we entertain no other feeling than that of kindness, pity and ccmmisseration. The African cannot excite our hatred no more than he can command our admira- tion, and our own self-respect forbids that we should eo far outrage the very Instincts of nature as to volun- tarily place ourselves on a social equality with ioe upon whose front_God has inscribed a dis- inction. But other men, with more of the animal than we aspire to, profess different sentiments. We have those among us whose apparent delight it is to go down a link in the great scale of creation, and plant themeelves on a par with an inferior race. Instead of shedding their sympathies about the hr and aching hearts of oppressed white men an women, they battle, brutelike, for the nominal rights of the negro, who in his highest state of cult ture can never climb over nature's barriers to equall- ty. Such men as Theodore Parker, Wendell Phil- lips, and their coadjutors, despairing of distinction inail legitimate avenues to eminence, seek notoriety by outraging common sense,and comeing upon the very law that protects them. Are they beyond amena- bility to the law of the land? John v. Cluer and a purchase every - fugitive slave has been further Monday: next, at 11 o'clock A. M. serpents te ‘ou are requested to come down and lend the moral weight of your presence, and the aid of your counsel te the friends of justice and humanity in the city. Come down, then, sons of the Puritans, for, even if the poor victim is to be carried off by the brute force of arma, apd delivered over to slavery, you should at leash he present to witness the sacrifice, and you should follow him in sad procession, with your tears and prayers, aa@ then go home and take such action as your and your patriotism may k Come, then, by the early on Monday, and rallp n Court square; come with courage and resolution im your hearts, but with only such arms as God gave you. ‘THE MAN 18 NOT BOUGHT | HIS STILL IN THE SLAVE FEM, IP The kidnappe: ood, both publicly and in writ 6 kid iT val well him for $1,200, "The sum was raleed by Boston citizens, and offered him. He then claimed mere. The ba in was The ki breaks hie wy the U.S. Commbslones advised i roumans Hong e im to keep it. oH mich vem guard acaleaell iies.} a a, aes the slave Ceca ee ae every man atten: |. Remember, Monday morning at 11 0’clock. nen An extra despatch of yesterday noon says:—“At the West End the colored O hes le have just held = secret meeting, and passed, it is said, a series Sof resolutions to liberate Burns, at all events. A doca- ment was read from Whittier, the poet, at Am- herst, tendering any aid, by money or muscle, to this end.” We have good reason to doubt the au- thenticity of the statement. A paragraph has appeared in one of the Sunday papers, containing statements in connection wita the names of Messrs. Thomas B. Curtis and W. W. Greenough, which require correction. They were not appointed to nee the purchase of A but were desirous, for obvious reasons, that ne should be liberated before midnight on Loughe, They have never had or sought an interview Colonel Suttle. The delay which occurred with re gard to the purchase of Burns, &c., was understood’ to have arisen from questions of legal costs ;_nor ia it within the knowledge of Mexsrs. Curtis and Greenough that any officer of the United States government was disposed to defoat the negotiation. On Sunday morning, about half-past two o'clock, as Hon. Ben). F. Hallett, and his son, Henry L. Hale lett, Esq., were passing up School street, in a Re vere House coach, they weresurrounded by a gang, of negroes, who were about to commit violence upom. their persons, when an alarm was given. The po- lice reliving, she negroes fled. None of the scampa were Last evening we inspected the arrangements of the United States Marshal in the Court House. The troops from Fort Independence, under command of Major 8. C. Ridgeley, and Lieuts. C. B. Wilcox and C. A. Mack, were quartered in the United States District Court room. The United States Marines, under command of Lieut. Col. Dulaney, with Capt. J.C. Rich, lst Lieut. Henry W. Queen, 2d Lieut. A. M. Baker, were in the Grand Jury room, detach: ments of the latter pres, guard duty through- out the building. large force of the Marshal's assistants were in various parts of the Court House, and all seemed in readiness for ati attack, of which, however, no fear was entertained. The Union Guards remained on pre at the City Hall, aud the other two companies of Major Bar- bank’s battalion—the Sarsfield and National Gaarde —were at their armories. They will be relieved this morning by three companies from the Light Infantry regiment. Several persons were arrested during the day for assaults, none of which were of a serious character, Atone o'clock this*morning no persons were im feecttaroe of the Court House, except the officers on dut [From the Boston Post (hy brid-coalition hunker), May 50.) RESISTANCE TO LAW. The scenes which have occurred in this ci 5 struggle between law and anarchy—the terrible deed: of ve come upon this community like than- oer 1851, when the hall of invaded » when seit age tee ed a ands of the Ts, al it of carnival, But another case oo occurred, when the law had its course, and, in obedience to a constita- tional marccinery the slave was restored to the son who ed his service. From that to the delivery of Sims has been the theme of the mos¢ violent harangue that fanaticism could invent; and it has been accompanied with the resolve that » Fee slave should never again be suffered to go m Boston. On Wednesday the arrest of Burns took when some of those who had constantly written spoken this traitorous sentiment,who scorn the obli- gations of the constitution, and who had openly avowed the purpose of arresting the Jaw appl to the city authorities for the use of Hall. The authorities well knew the character of the ap- plicants, their seditious opinions, and knew the | pet ont which they proposed to hold s'mertng. ey knew that these fanatics were determined resist the law. Yet this hall, which once by free solib politicians had been shut on Daniel Wel wes promptly thrown open on such a request. Marshal man, whose office it is to keep Burne in custody, took ample precautions to guard the Court from outrage. He employed spectal police; and while allowing Burns every facility for consul tation with his friends, he determined to discharge his duty to the law. The city government, how- ever, prohibited its police from aiding the marshal, and the word went through the city that this off- cer would be left alone to preserve order. Some of the morning journals contained the inflam notice for the meeting, and one, the Com: was filled with language which we waat terms to characterize in its true aspect. Its appeals were hellish. Placards, too, were to be seen at the cor- ners of the streets. Yet not only was no movement for preserving the public peace made by the city authorities, but the lamentable moral effect of these Megatron: meats give assurance to those dis; to unite in a mol 6h tH ox et With such reports of the Simecitlon ae the city police, is it etrange that Faneuil Hall was fillee— crammed, we should say? At first the was orderly—but speaker. after speaker su each other in giving uttergnce to fanatic, bad, bold, im- flammatory appeals, and the meeting warmed with the intensest excitement. There was no up of purpose. The fugitive slave law was pro~ nounced no law. Resistance to it was openly ut 5 a forcible rescue of Burns was openly sendin, oy ry tion of the abolition pl was yon Te nd as the reasons were given for this, each it they wanted now was action. Were there no ent? Was it not manifest there was violence and? Was word sent to the Mayor? But the speakers went on with their { Sober citizens would hardly credit tation of the lamentable scene as material was poured into the cauldron, at every addition, The excited the natural law of mobs, and its work of destruction, bad men who conducted the | lay until to-morrow. “T iil { l i host of his confederates, who are still a grade lower amon; the cohorts of ri , Tapine, mutiny and mor- der, have been arrested ,and are held to answer for their rebellions conduct before a legal tribunal. | The same voice of justice—the same regard for the reace of the community—demands ti Theodore Parker and Wendell Phillips be arrested as acces- ories to the murder of Batchelder. But for their | unmitigated harangues blood would not have been spilt, nor the disgrace of murder by an infuriated Let them be arrested and tried for murder, and let justice make an example of them that will serve to quell the spirit of insubordination in Massachusetts forever! Let the law be sustained till the remedy for ite ‘grievances be consummated in repeal! [From the Poston Atlas, May 24 During yesterday a considerable nam! of peo- le were assembled tn Court street, bat a» dista rh- mob stained the eseutcheon of the commonwealth. | | throngh the hall, and it had raised the spirit pale and | ite r. It was beyond their control. or fanaticism, or rascality, may "pF but other agencies must be evoked | flagration. One exclaimed that an | Court House had me! , when a tock place, and the when, fully prepared perate work, rushed to Court square. no mob, but they made one. The attack on “ the Bastile of Boston”—the words | re the sere gen oa commenced. heavy joist, knives, pi the fA were armed. proved himself equal to the occasion, and with his assist ants, using clubs, succeeded in eee ee those who had burst into the —— arms were used freel; the rioters. Pow escape. One of his aseistante was giahbed. and plai: