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SLAVE CA THE BOSTON SE. Revenue Cutter—The Excitement, &e., — &e., &e, {Vrom the Bos!on Courier, June .] ich tey irisich must exact geieral commendation from the itizens of Boston. ‘Ihe military have won new pnors by their forbearance and good behavior yes- i pe to the police too much praise cannot be war They were united in the preservation of rder, and they submitt: . with patient indifference 9 the many wanton insuits from excited persons rho know not what they did. ‘The military and the olice have intelligent vpivions upon the subject of ae excitement—many of them regard the tagitive ave lay a3 an odious enactment—but their duty ‘as to protect the peace and not to expound the Ww; and they did their duty and executed he ee ee pevple of Boston have reason aS > that 80 ample a protectin is within their reach for all purpdcs sand rat although irresponsible men mhy booseel Sie 4 Ten muy counsel vio- nee in Faneuil Hall, there is a foreo capabie of appressipg that violence. It is with infinite yp cilon that, in this tinal chapter of the histo of an testimouy to the manly self-possession of ice, and his depu- -arshal Freeman, the Chief of Polic: es, General Edmands and his command, and Col. ulany ond the United States troops under his com: ppb ihe receed with ihe details of the he incidents attending the remoys avs frm the cena aten ing the remoyal of the uring the morning—up to 10 o'clock— re quite free from Growite vee poacetul’ ney ere’ assen! ect. But comparatively few persons ¢ Bin Cour Ua and there seemed se, necessity for the demonstration which Mowed ; bnt the traftis from the country broogit fare numbers of excited people, and ‘at eleven }elock~the city presented a changed appearances jarge bodies of men were in motion, and the streets prough which the procession passed were com- petely thronged by men and women. interesting Details of the Readition of Barns, the Slave—Lhe Commissioncr’s Deelsion— | Incidents of the Mumary Escort to the The streets are once more free froin moh ih i moba——mar- ial law, which was for a time proclaimed, has Bean evoked—the laws have becn executed, and reflect- men and reflecting women canuct but be satis- jeG with the result of tie transactions of the past en doys. The duties have been arduous and often Nisagreeable, but they have been performed with a of impartiality, tirmness and protptness 1e incidents attendant upon the Burns trial? we | , aod everything wore a | | we personal and direct, but in THE NEW YORK HERALD. DAY MORNING—JUNE 4, 1854. Se ee en WHOLE NO. 6493. PRICE TWO CENTS. } men. Then into what hands shall its administration | is to be the pro- fall, ang in its administration what tectio i of the unfortunate mev who are bi withi tune, shall its administration be confi 0 pie Gy Niet or of that right in ethene ieee careless of the means given for its Ie | or dishonest in their use? {f any phe they are more cruel and wicked than the fe is const! tioned.” Thua these two fa and absolutely from my jurisdiction, and I a tirely und absolutely precluded from applying evi- ae to them. If, therefore, there ix in the case etidence capable of such application, I canaot ‘The third fact is the identity th ty of the part fo. me, with the Avthony Burns mentioned Tee record. This identity is the only question I have a sight to consider. To this, and to this alone, 1 am t. to upply: the evidence and the question whether the espor dent was in Virginia or Massachusetts at a certain time, is material only as it is evidence on the point of identi So the parties havo used it, and the \etimony of the complainant being that the Asthony Burns of the record was in Vir ginix on the 19th of March last, the evidence of the respondent has been offered to show that he wes in Massachusetts on or about the first of March last, and thereafter till now. ‘The testimony of the claimant is froma single witness, and he, standing in. circumstances which would necessarily bias the fairest mind—but other imputation than this bas not been offered against him, and from any- thiog that has bE pare before me, cannot be. His | cans of knowledge are personal, direct, and qua- slity.him to testify confidently, and he bas done so. ie testimony on the part of the respondent is from -Tmany, Witnesses whose integrity is admitted, and to whom no imputation of bias can be attached by the évidence in the case, and whose means of knowledge my opinion less full cts ave removed entirely m €n- i | “U. & COMMSSIONER'S COURT. Ble Cowt opened at nine o'clock. Quite a large amber of persons were present, and among the ranges we noticed Mr. Cooper, A. the United States Army, who ar aursday night. The counsel for the paper aay ing taken ee ane Ju Loring, at | minutes past pine o'clock, pronounce | vinion as follows — per THE DECISION OF COMMISSIONER LORIE. The issue. between the parties arises wader the ited States statute of 1850, and for the respon- nt itis urged that the statute is unconstitutional. Lenever this objection is made it becomes neces no Remred t om puerors of bo Statute. It pur- lo carry into execution the provision astitution which provides for the extradlgnec preons beid to service or labor in one State, and es- pine into another. It is applicable, and it is ap- led alike to bond and free—to the apprentice and e slave; and in reference to oth, its pu: pose, pro- sions ard processes, wre the same. ‘Lhe arrest of e fugitive is a ministerial, xnd not a judicial act, -d the nature of the act is nc¥altered by the means aployed for its accomplishment. When an officer djntant-General | din town on and the i rests a fogitive trom justice or vant) - red, the officer must” determ the ad Ye and use his discretion ond information the perpove. “‘Wheu ax arrost is made under this ptate, the means of determining : ‘¢ the ideatity are estribed by the statute: but when the means a dai’ theact done, "ministerial act. still a ministerial act. ie. staty only substitutes the means it providgs ing officer, and thus Ties Qanach Leh Hee banpose ot the ry the discretion of’ an arresti ves to the fugitive TM Se te ly law. J. extradition is the only tute ard determination of the id is the only irpoge of these proceedings under it, it secms to me hat tle objection of unconstitutionality to the fatute Vecause it does nor furnish a jury trial to the gitive, is answered. There is no provision in the hat the identity of the person ermined by a It has ives, sl th ever keen claimed pprer $ nor fig! om justice, and if it dees not belong to them it does lot Belong to the respondent. And if extradition is ministerial act, then to substitute in its perform- ce, for the discretion of an arresting officer, the fiscretion of a commissioner instr hy testimony Inder oath, seems scarcely to to a grant of hdicial power, within the meaning of tie United | tatea constitation. Ard it is certuin that if the | ower given to, and used by the commissioners of nited States courts under the statute is auconstitu- ional, then so was the power given to and sed Ly magistrates or counties, cities and owns, ly the act of 173. These ail were commis- joners of the United States—the powers they used ite were not derived from the laws of ¢ States, Unt vom the statute of the Wnited States. They were commissioned by that nnd that alone. They were commissioned by the lass instead of individually and by name, and in iis respect the only difference that [ean sce between he acts of 1793 and 1850, is that the latter reduced the nvml.er of appointees and confined the appoint- ents to those who by their professional traiming: should be competent to the performance of their duties, and who bring to them the certificates of the highest pen tribunals of the land. It is sald the tute is nconstitatioua!, because it gives to the record of the court of Virginia an effect beyond its constitutional effect. The first section of the fougb | article of the constitution is directory only on State power and as to the State courts, aud does not seek to limit the control of Congress over the tribu- tals of the United States or the proceedings therei ‘Then in that articie the term “records and pn proceedings” refers to such inte ties, and of ne- cessity con have no application to proceedings avow- edly ex parte. Then the first section inclates this record. it expressly dec! as to “reeords and judicial proceedings,” and that Congress shall power would seem to be precisely the power that Con- ae has used in the statute-of 1850. Other consti- jutional vhjections have- been urged here, which have been adjudged and re-adjuiged by the Courts of the United States, and of many of the States, and the decisions of these trinaals absolve me from considering the same questions further than to ap- ly to them the determination of the Supreme Beart ot this » in Sim’s case, 7 Cashing, 309 re settled by a course of legal lecisions w we are bound to respect, and which ‘we re; yinding and conclusive on the Court.” But arp jection has been raised to the record, 1 that it wescribes the escape aa from the State of Virginie, «nd omits to des it as into another State, in the words and substance of the constitu- Von. But in this the record follows the 10th sec- tion of the statute of 1°50, and the context of the section confines its ° 0 cases of escape from wne Stote, &e., into another, and is, therefore, in ractical ion and extent strietly conformable to e constitution. ‘This statute has been decided to de constitutional by the unanimous opinion of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, in ‘the fallee: argument and the maturest deliberation, and to be the law of Massachnsetts as well as and because it is ar constitationel law of the United States, and the wise words of our revered Chief Jnstice in that case, 7. es | 318, may well be re- ted now, and remembered always. The Chief ustice says — Slavery was not created, establisied or perpetuated by existed tLe constitution; it existed be t would Wf the constitution bad not heen made. The framers ‘the constitution could not abrogate slavery of the rights elaimed under it. * They took it as they found it, and re- lated it ton limited extent. The constitution, there- Zire, is not responsible for the origin or continuance of wlavery—ihe prevision it contains was the best adjust. ment which could be made of conflicting rights and selaiins, ond was absolutely necessary to effect what ma; ow be considered a¢ the general pacification by whiel ‘Darmovy and pecce should ‘ake the place of violenoe and war. These were the circumstances, and this the spirit prescribe “the effect thereof,” and this express | and complete than that of Mr. Brent. Then the testimony of the claimant and res onan isa conflict, complete and irreconcilable, on the question of identity; such a conflict of testimony is not unprecedented nor uncommon in judicial pro- ceedings. and the trial of Dr. Webster furnished a memorable instance of it. The question now is whether there is other evidence in this case which will determine this conflict. In every case of dis- pee identity there is one person always whose nowledge is perfect and positive, and whose testi- mony is not within the reach of error, and that is the person whose identity is questioned ; and such this case affords. The evidence is of the conversa- tion which took place between Burns and the claim- ant on the Woe of the arrest. When the complain- ant entered the room where 8 Was, Burns salut- éd him, and by his Christian fime—How é0 you OTs © CUES He saluted Mr. Brent aud by his christian name—‘How do you do, M: r Mr (To the appellation “Master” I ene Col. Suttle said, “How came yon here?” Burns said wccident had happened to him— be ne ee ae down at Rovkeit’s, on board @ ‘sse!—_got tired and went ts Uirin te vessel sister a yas oaetiad Mr. Suttle—Anthony, did I ever whip you? sir. Mr. Suttle—Did I ever hi where you did not wish to ‘aot bia os Lito No, sir. eae you ever aske not give it to you? Burnu_—No, cir. x ably Bit Red teany ywrriorory okie tipT wat pen ie and nurse yoo? Turne-—Yeb, sir. d me for money its operation ? Will those who call the statute merciless, commit it to a merciless judge? Hf the statute involves that right which for us makes life | Sweet, and the want of which makes life @ misfor- | those statute, for itutional, it remains for al Vicemen had a con, ready for the conductors of the slave. they would strip from the footie ae es to Court and State streets were gisa ded by armed | | godt ee > allevinel e best € security | men, und the persons au ts j ter 4 | think the statute ion the statute leaves him. Ast | mit violence eg aly cect te the allen may be well here Roxbury Artillery, Captain Burrell. American Artillery, ens Granger- guns. Webster Artillery, Captain McKenney—di guns, Poy State artillers, Captain Met aflerty—3/ guns Snieics’ Artillery, Captain Younz—36 guns. FIRET RECIMENT LIGHT INFANTRY, COL, ROOK. Fosion Light Infantry, Captain Rogers—45 g 4 New Englond Guards, Captain Henshaw—38 guns. ptain Wright—42 |—31 guns. {on Light Guard, ton City Guarda, Ju'cpendent Boston Warhington Light Guard, Cay Mechanic Iniantey, © Adsms—43 gaus, ss MAJOR BUBBA: WATTALION, r National Gurrd, Lieut. Harlow—31 guna, Union Guards, Captain Brown—4l guna. Sa Suards, Captain Hogan—3® guns. pe Of Independent adets, Lieut,-Col, commanding—80 gurs. This, we believe, is a corres Nt) rere t statement of the At two o'clock the Unite ptain Upton—i6 guns. ‘d States troops—m: and artillerymen—under Co}. Dulany, aed ‘ink from the Court Houge, and fell into rank in Court { square. The Marshal’s aids, numbering one hun- dred and twenty-five, armed with cutlasses and re- velvers, and under the joint commfnd of Capt. | Peter Dunber, Jr. and Sergesnt O'Neil, of the Cus- tom House, ( ‘0 served in Mexico as the body sev- vant of Gen. Pierce,»formed a square inthe ranks of Col. Dulany’s command. This body, though ci- viliang, was the most “war like” looking com; any in the whole procession. These men are members of toe homens Cie the “Buy State Club,” and ¥ appeared as ey Col i y “2 pBod ame ‘y could sustain any amount The slive, attended by the Ma Jobn H. Riley, his chief deputy, Geor; Aca ©. Batman, Charles Godfrey and William Black, next appeared and took their position in the “iollow fquute,” under the special protection of the “ Bay rshal in person, J. Coolidge, rence, and visited the ty did not transpire; bus at two o'clock it was an- nounced that the military, with the police, had opencd to the right and ‘left, and that they were All approach- closely watched by th & police. It to give alist cf the m ‘itary com- carriage. The Mayor, also, Kas slay Pica a le Mayor, dated eleven o'cloc! statcd that throngh all the oan upon the amest and tri ceived no order | With his duties as an officer of o'clock, at which time Meyor for sume explanati:. in regard to some | i doubtful point relative to the: ‘stent of duty im, d | an yee coed PP dd apenas “ey upon the General's command. The precise difficul- | sigued bis offee in view of danger. “This ther i 1 he reeeived an o1 ¢ mere loading of t! a presene ee Lrg mob, might be ufisloonre 9 ve them to aetlie. At an: , kive the sigters,if any pies reg! igi pine im i ys ‘¢ are authorised by Mr. Parker, the - sel for the clnimac', to say thet Burrs il be ent in Vitginia for a rensonabie period, and if any per- sons wish te purchaag his freedom there, they can co 80 upor rersouablé-terms, It was atated yester- tees ae x A bare were present inthe eourt cute ready to give $UZM0 us’ an ecuivalel Burns freegom; but Col. Suttle contd not be on, found. And now ® word of ad iti " censure the sworn administ: eon opm wriueng rators of th - During the excitement of the wk wen cruel thirgs have been said of thevoflcers of tae Law. ‘The United Strtes Commiswioner-has been ebarge:l ; in his abvencé and in his hearing, with having acted summarily, Murmurs, such as ‘ng justice no: food” — ‘no time”—“no rights”—"no accces to buisone ‘have been uttered by gentlemen from Me om better things Talat have been expected. It should he bome in mind that the Commissioner. has acted undera high judicial duty. He is awora to support aud maintuin all laws, however un they may-be,and to administer them imp: Law is ‘the monarch in America, as much 60 -as Nicholas is Emperor of Russix. Shake law, and: the whole political fabric is shaken. ‘The coun- fei in this case, who have been jeered at and fulted by inconsiderate persoms are also sworn todo their duty t» the Court, to the Fugitive Slave law, and to all parties who have cinims under,that law. It is as much the duty of counsel at the North ¢o putin-and present the claim of the claimant of the fugitive trom service, as it is the duty of counsel at the South to present the claim of a hier to his free» dem, ina “suit for freedom,” in a Virginia tribu- nal. If a law of the United States should be prac- tically nullified by counsel refusing to present. State” force. A detachment of the United States Ai tillery, under Major Ridgley, followed by a corps of United States Marines, Capt. Rich; the hollow square a second corps of United States Marines; the ficld Biets drawn by a span of horsegand manned by a letachment of six of the members of the 4th regi- went United States Artillery, under Lieut. Couch and second corps of United States Marines brought up the rear, under Lieut. Queen. As soon as the Tear guard had tarmed into Court street, the crowd attempted to follow, but the National Lancers inter- tevineis no i Mer be to follow the troops LaV i le Custody of ‘. ¥ hind Bea 1) e prisoner, Burns was not _Asthe procession moved, there was a concert hisses and cheers, and in State street the ‘abolition. ists stealthily evinced their distike in various ways. Packeges of 1ed pepper, mustard, bottles of vitriol, and band grenades were thrown at the Lancers an i other militia men from the Commonwealth building; but we heard of but one instance where: any suffer- ing was produced. The grenades did not explode. A package of pepper was thrown at Licut, Qucen fom the tet of the Merchants’ Exchange, but it fell hertlessly at his feet. Notwith-tanding these and & general hissing, the military maintain cquilibrivm, and marched through the ex setae declines Sette iy eae Te alien ES wide ties pare The wherves were crowded with people, the rig Something was said about asked it he was willing to go Yes he was. This was the testimony of Mr. Brent. That a conversation took place, was confirmed by the testi- mcny of Caleb Page, who was present, and added the remark that Burns seid he did not come in Capt. €now’s vessel, ‘The cross-examination of Brent showed that Col. Suttle said—-“I make you no promises and I make you no threats” “To me this evidence, when ayplied to the ques- tin of identity, confirms and establishes the | testimony of Mr. Brent in its conflict with that offtred on the part of the respondent, and upon the whole testimony my mind is satisfled, beyond a reasonable donbt, of the identity of the respondent with the Anthony Burns named in the record. It was objected that this conversation was in the nature of admissions, and that, too, of a man stypified by circumstances and fear, and these con- siderations would have weight haa these admissions Leen used to establish the truth of the matters to which they referred to, i.c. the usage—the usage, the giving of money—nursing, &c.; but they were used for no such purpose, but only as evidence in re- ference to identity. Had they been procured by hope or fear, they would have been inadmissible; Dut of that I considered there was no evidence. On the lew and facts of the case, 1 consider the claim- int entitled to the certificate from me which he claims. ‘The court-room was at once cleared of spectators, and the prisoner was removed to the room in the upper pait of the building, which he has occupied during his confinement. The Mayor was notified of the result of the hearing, and he at once gave orders to have Court square cleared, which was promptly performed by the police. STREET SCENE®—REMOVAL OF THE PRISONER. | It having been made known that the procession | was to pass through Court and State streets, the | Ndewaiks of those thoroughfares were soon thronged with men, women and children, and the house-tops and the windows were soon occupied with persons | anxious to witness the solemn execution of the law. There was a long pause in consequence of the di- vided authority of the commanding officers of the day. The duty of clearing the streets was imposed upon General Edmands’s command and upon the police, and the custody and removal of the prisoner devolved upon the Marshal and his aids and the going back. He was ack, and he said— streets were cleared and a passage was made, ex- tending from the Court louse to Commercial street. During the period from the time the decision was rendered until the removal of the slave, the greatest activity was discernible at the City Hall. ‘The Mayor, at an early hour, issued a proclama- United States troops. After many formalities the | ging o' jhe vessels in view presented a curious spectacle, and the harbor was dotted with sail and row-hoats. The Marshal, with his prisoner, got on board the stermer at twenty minutes of three o'clock. ‘The United States troops also went on board. After seme delay, occasioned by putting the field picve on howd the Mesmer, steam was got up, and at half- past three o'clock the boat was cast away, and sailed Girect for the United States revenue cutter Morris, which was lying off Long wharf. The prisoner was transferred to the cutter, together with Messrs. John H. Riley, George J. Coolidge, Asa O. Butman, Charles Godfrey, and William Black; the persons de- cd by Marsliai Freeman to see to it that the order \ mmissioner—that Authony Burns should delivered to his master in the State of Virginia— was executed. The cutter was taken in tow by the stcomer, and beaded out to sea. ‘The military now returned, the martial law was revoked, snd the streets were soon freed from the soups of angry people who bad obstructed them for many hours. Considering the state of the public feeling—the excitement occasioned by the murder of Batchelder—the outrages counseled by the aboli- tionists at Faneuil Hall and the Melodeon, the in- sults offered to the military at various points—it is almost miraculous that the day’s doings ended so calmly. INCIDENTS. There was an unfortunate occurrence at the cor- ner of Chatham and Commercial streets. A wag- oner had approached the military who were beers back the crowd, and his horse, being a little retrac- tory, did not stop. An officer of the Boston Artil- lery directed the men to charge, and one man, more impulsive than the rest, stepped forward and stabbed the animal in the breast with his bayonet. | The crowd cried shame, pressed forward, and there was every indication of an onset. Captain Evans ordered his men to fre; but Major John C. Boyd, who was on the spot, countermanded the order. This, perhaps, was the most unfortunate circum- stance of the day. On Long wharf, a rowdy undertook to force the military gnarJ. Le wos arrested by the police, and the moment that he was token into custody, he | dropped a bottle which he had concealed within his | coat. The bottle contained vitriol. He explained | that he was a “clerk,” that he had purchased “ink,” and that if the bottle contained vitriol, he | was unaware of the fact. After detaining him some time, the pelice discharged him. At eleven o'clock, Mr. Dan: fended by the Rev. | Mr. Grimes, called upon Mr, Freeman and. asked | that they (Dana and Grimes) be permitted to walls, side by side, with the prisoner, or with the Marsbdl, from the Court Honse to the transport ship. Tifis the Mershal courteously but firmly refused, whete- tion, notifying the citizens that during the day Major-General Edmands and the Chief of Police would make euch disposition of the respective forces mnder their commands as would best secure the peace, and that they were “clothed with full dis- cretiorary powers to sustain the laws of the land,” and celling upon “ all well-disposed citizens to leav those streets which it might necessary to clea temporarily, and under no circumstances to obstruct or molest any officer, civil or military, in the lawfu discharge of bis duty.” In the meantime, the U. §. troops. were reviewed, and the six-pound field piece, which was brought from the Charles- town Kavy Yard in the morning, was got in readi- ness, and the men who were detailed to it were drilled by Lient. Couch. The crowd in Court street looked on with interest, and some persons hissed cecasionally. The Hon. John C. Park dressed his office in mourning, and two or three persons on Court street followed his example. The Common- wealth building displayed three flags, dressed in crape,and @ coffin, with the word “ Liberty ” on the lid, was suspended in front. Other par- ties in State street placed crape in front of their stores, and gave signal indications ot their Shepproval of the fugitive slave law, Notwithstanding these displays, and the general excitement which pervaded the multitude, there was little disturbance, and but four persons were arrested for disorderly conduct. The first man taken into custody was William Jones, (colored,) the indi- vidual who contrived the alibi scheme, by which it upon Mr. Dana asked, authoritatively, “Do you take the yesponsibility of Laan this request 7” i Co,” was the response of the Marshal. Had Mr. Dana been permitted to have walked within the «© hollow square,” his political fortune would have Leen made lorever. He ‘would have proclaimed i' everywhere that his presence saved the peace of the city: Mr. Dana and My. Grimes were, however, iPr miited to-see the prisoner before his departure. Burns left in good spirits, When asked by one\o the persons who visited him during the morning how he felt, and_ if he wanted to Li home; he te- plied—“ Golly, don’t I wish I was within two miles of dore; I'd foot de rest.” The uniform kindness is the officers animated him during bis trial, and his ex- perience of his master’s past kindness rendered him quite hopeful for the future. He did not anticipate any ectal eruelty, and this he said over and over again he confidence which Col. Suttle reposed in him ii well illustrated by this fact:—After Jones had testi fied that Burns was in Boston on the first of Marc and so forth, Col. Suttle tnrned to a gentleman wh was sitting near him and said—‘There, I will a, | to put Toney on the stand, and if he does not testi that that fellow lies, I will yield all claim to him. ‘There is no doubt that Burns was anxious to sa | ' préfcssiovally a claim under it, a living law wou) made a dead istier, as much as if a Tab made it ne The lawyer is as_much bound to present.the legal evidence in favor of any legal claim, as a common carrier is bound to carry the goods of any one and every one, whether he likes him or not. The United States Marshal, too—a gentleman known in this community and distinguished for his urbanity and honesty—bas not escaped the maledic- tions of the delirious faction who have sought to tle the hour. He has.been villified in the street ond in the pulpit, but there is not virtne enough in his assailants to filch from him his good name. At sunset last evening the John Taylor left the cutter Morris, ten miles east of the outer telegraphic station (twenty miles from Boston), and returning left. Major Ridgley and_his command at Fert Inde- pendence, and landed Col. Dulany and his force at ea aw. Yard. Thus ended Surns' carcer in The city last evening was orderly, and, for the first time for many days, Court street and square were free from crowds. "It ia to be hoped that: this | state of afluirs may long continue, and that riots of all kinds may be er eee “without day.” In consequence of the time consumed by the re- moval of the yyisoner.. and the constant occupancy of Stute street by the multitade, business was al = ended 9p Change. Many of the Leticr in Behalt ox = SUcets were closed. tive Slave. Atthe request of my friends, Colonel Sattle and Mr. Lrent of Virginia, whose names have for several deys past occupied +o much of the public mind, I ite this. The exciting trial of the fugitive slave is Low over; the United States Commissioner, after mech research and deliberation, has given his de- Cision, ard the fngitive, Anthony Burns, is on his way back to Virginia. No man in Boston can fairly suy he did not have an impartial trial, and that he ably defended by counsel learned in the id full of zeal for their client; and that so far as sympithy co go, that it was not all on his side. In the name of my Virginia friends, | have to thank the citizens of Boston for the firm and be trictic manner in which they have acted during the whole course of this exciting trial. To the United States marshal, to the civil and military authorities, to the United States. District Attorney, to. his coun- sel, and to the citizens who took an interest in executing the laws of the land, in the name of Virginia and the South, Colonel Suttle returns his warmest thanks, The South will never for- get this act of justice ; and when I shall to my own State, I can say to Louisi that Boston is a law-abiding city, and that I have seen the rights of Southern men respected and fiumly maintained—that the order loving citizens of Boston, in the broad noon of day, executed the con- stitutional law of the land. The North and the South are connected by every tie of blood, of friend- ship, and of interest, and cursed be the hand that shall ever break them apart. Boston is a great cily, and in many respects the firstin the Union; it is the seut of learning and of science; she has sent out to the South and West many a noble son, and her davghters are now the mothers of Southern children. Shall a few inisguided men make odious the whole of this great city? No, never. To the disconsolate widow of Mr. Batchelder—he who fell in defence of the laws of his country—I have to say that the city of Alexandria willtake care of her. To the kind-hearted and philanthropic la- dies and gentlemen who actually subscribed and were anxious to purchase the freedom of Anthony Burns, 1 am authorized to eay, that after his return to Virginia, they can fulfil their benevolent wishes. To the gentlemen of the Boston press who have sus- tained the law, the whole country is deeply indebted. Yours, very respectfully, H. W. ALLEN, of Louisiana. Revere-Hones; Boston, June 2, 1854. Correspondence Between the President and the Officials at Boston. % (From the Washington Union, June 3 | Boston, May 27, 1854. To Tue Prestpent or THE Unrrep Srates:— In consequence of an attack upon the Court House last night, for the purpose of rescuing a fugitive slave under arrest, and in which one of my own guords wos killed, Ihave availed myself of the re- sources of the United States, placed under my con- trol by letter from the War and Navy Departments in 1#51, and now have two companies of troops fiom Fort Independence station in the Court House. Everything is now quiet. The attack was repuleed by wy own guard. Watson FREEMAN, U.S. Marshal, Boston, Maes. Wasninaton, May 27, 1854. To Warsox Freeman, U.S. Marshal, Boston, Mass. Your conduct approved. The law mast be exe- cuted. FRANKLIN PIERCE. On Tuesday last the following despatch was sent to Boston by direction of the President:— Passed a nervous Hayes, who wrote a note to » in which be ttement: attendant d trial of the fugitive, he re- which he conceived inconsistent the police, until M1 rder, which, Despatch received. eace with all the rmilita: i The force will be ‘suftierent, Sebeeeil tei day after t®morrow of the case. B. F. Hauverr. Yesterda: received: Boston 2, 185. To Sipney Westren:— igfenraula ps gitive will be remsved to-da_v. stot, and badly hurt. crowd if in attendance. and nomcerdus witnomes are be ing celled. Avot one*o'clock this morafng, three tinages wer found suspended to the flag staff"or: the Commo. the flowpg vames attached—dut Marshal Freemon chief of the Poston ruffians, sidveholers and ‘Mood bourde "—2nd “Benjamin F, Halistt, U8. DistrDtght orncy gf Attorney General to the Prince of Darke.’ 1804." THE FERLING AT MANO TESTER. Manonusrgr, N. 1%, June 3, 1850 The churc® bells here were tolled for an hour yest~ day, on receipt of the announcement tat Burns go back to slavery. ar ere a SSS Decision will be mrad Tani g The mayor will preserve the de Court adjourned. 'Y Mcrning tir following despatch was The commissiczi#r has grivited the certificate. Fu- Ample military and me now to apply it to the fucts of if pertorme impli im ii vo | police’ for f j ft t0 Be proved by the Claimant are threes. 72° | Pasles on duty, ard the order imwhich ty imareh- | of ‘et infsascas * Pughive ia ae execution | feign: Cok Cooke arial viper aT J. nthony Burns owed hitn service in Vir- ; A I fore, resigned his office of “ Captain o " BF. H inie. Major Gen. Clwands nnd staf. Detgato’brasa Wand. | oud Folive from this hour, IT AML” The ig’ eae eae A hata 9 a Rt ur, 11 A. Bf’? ji See et That Anthony Burns escaped from that ser- upto f Tight dragoons, under Mejor T. J. Pierce. | ing of the “ law” as well as aot ave a MURDERSE: TELEGRAPHIC. . ‘ venty-elght neg: ( pany A,) Captain Wilmar th, se. | Hayes, of course, will occupy a front seut at th ~ { MURDEROUS ABEAULT UPON MR. DANA, COUNSEL FOR | section 10, declares “shall be held, and: FPN PROMRNT OF ARTTRR ‘The wtatemens that the six pom roces. ; Boer nae {And conclusive evidence of the fact | Peston Artillery, Capt eevee: sion woe Hoaded, is untrue.” Golosel Dende eeey | richard Pana, one of ih sarki , service or clumbinn Artillery, Capt. Cas express arpera t 2, ‘a, one of ‘he counsel for Amth Bi ly son escaping is due tothe pasty in such kecors meee, | Washington artery, Caytain Whort 20, Caress anvem to the coutrary;: saying that if an | was knocked down int ia pina y ch record men- F, Capt [—40 guns. oe ie, thi he ottett last night with a «lung The examination of the elven een persona aststed for riot ld be found) the beneiit of | *! the worder of Lacheluw on friday siiglat of last week, is goingon in the Yoke Court to-dmy. A large —84. “Commissioner Loring, the ten dollars Jetrise af and disorderly, and .vould not leave Court square ne yesterday aft : 3 Bosvo: ; Vico Me ie ee — 1 Fes lay afternoon, the have been 9 con- a 5 ht | on half past one o'clocs*, Gen. Edmands aud Mar- exbanste Cong ta ironbomlge Graeme pectin, rig er ria Three Persons Probably Killed=The Mar derer Suspected, de. Aboct twelve o'clock on Friday night, two ser- vant girls in the employ of Mr. James Wickham, a¢ Cutchogue, in Southold town, L. I., were awakened by the cries of some of the inmates of the houses and on listening, heard repeated blows, as if some” body was being struck on the head, and also heard Mre, Wickham exclaim, “Nicholas, don't kill him, don’t kill him.” Upon this, the girl supposing that a oe was being murdered, got out of an ‘ic window and fied to t a tighbors, a a he uearest neighbors, and The house was immediately visit d, @ horrible spectacle. Mr. Wickham, ie ie ia merly a merchant in this city, and a Wealthy farm- er, lay weltering in his blood, his head-cut literally to pieses, and apparently in the last gasp of his existence, and when our informant left the scene he was yet breathing, although unconscious, with no hope of his recovery. Mra. Frances Wickhant, his wife, was dead, she having had her braina completely knocked out, which, together with her blood, was seuttered bout the room. Mra: W. was buy thirty-five years of age. A negro boy, about fiftse years old, who was living in the family, was also beat and cnt about the head to such an extent that te cannot survive his injuries; and he, too, ix in sach a condition as to be unable to give any ao- count of the desperate murderer. The deed was committed with a post axe, an implement used for the purpose of holing posts for fene Front the cries of Mrs. Wickham, which were heard by the servant girls, it id suspected that an Irishman, News rrou*Ttras Is.any.—We have received | #08 name is Nicholas Dane, and who had been in ult. The Standard of the 28th of April eays:— Notwithstandivg the quantity of rain J which fe bee the week .teceding our Tast issue, owing rs the alt in heey being well covered with jiekle, and to better at Salt Cay, our stock as been greatly insreased juring the pesent week. Our export bas been’ 27,000 bushels. We might state the probable” quantity on hand now to be 160,000 bushels, namely, Grand Turk. 3,000, Salt oe 60,000, Gockburn Harbor, 20,000. Price 18¢. tolske., and falling. Export duty $c. i, On the 13th ult. that paper say The demand for salt this week has been #1 ; the quantity exported being only 7,724 bashes! The rain during the week has caused the price to take an upward tendency. Probable quantity on hand within the colony, 127,000 bushels- Price 194c. Papers oss "resident Inglis arrived at Grand Turk on the 11th ult., to assume the administratio: ¢ govern- ment of the colony. inane Rover _ The Failure of the Currant Crop. We recommend the following statement, which we have received from an entirely reliable source, to the attention of the benevolent portion of our community. It will, we feel assmed, suggest to those who are always ready to led’ their aid in relieving the distressed, some expedient. for afford- ing some relief to the-wants here described: — CRITICAL AND ALARMING SITUATION OF THE IN- HABITANTS OF ZANTE AND CEPHALONIA, IN THE IONIAN ISLANDS, _ Events of the .most. painful nature are ocewring in these sunny and once happy islands, and misery in its worst form is preying upon their industrious ge berescions ing population. ‘his is the fourth year that the current crop, the eta pe Of thicse inlandia, how failedd-andl the mae good quence of this failure is the destitution of all classes, high and low, rich and poor. ‘These industriow | agriculttwiists, who have been poor at best, | ine yet ee fk cehie bad yeas $a.coune: tacks called to suffer, their condition would compara tively easy. To destitution, hov the lat troubles in the East have added searcity, and this circumstarice renders their condition still more distressing. These islands are dependent on Russia for their grain, and on Turkey for all other provisions, From these ports all exports are now either prohibited, or rendered impossible by the unsettled state of the country and the immense ar- mamen‘s which absorb all availubie provisions. The eneral stagnation of business also, which must fol- ow such a state of things,adds to the number of the sufferers as well as to the poignacy of the suffer ing. In short, these poor people are vow suffering allthat penury, war and famine can jointly inilist wpon mun, Such an accumulation of evils is seldom the lot of ene community at one and the same tin ‘The po- sition, however, of this people, is rend still more critical by the fact that these evils are of such + na- ture as do not admit of any immediate relief. Not only theie appears to be ho escape for them, from their present painful position, but their circumserib- ed situation, their own internal condition, as well as that of the neighboring continent render its con- tinnation fer along period of time most. probab! With them no telegraph announces toa wealtiy neigh- bor the wants of a dying community, no railr add pours plenty from the fruitful Weset—their condition is destitution and misery, surrounded by the scoreh- ing sands of the desert, with the future looking more dreary and dark, if possible, than the present. Despair stares them in the face, and all they can do is to compose themselves and wait for death to re- lieve their sufferings. Court of General Seasions. Before Recorder Pillow. On Monday the June term of the Court of Genezal Sessions opens. The calendar for this month is considered light, compared with former months. We give the fol lowing ¢alendar, through the politeness of Mr. Whitmore, the clerk of the city prison:— Grand laroeny.....++5+ 18 Burglary y 4 orgery. 3 False pretence 3 Kobbery .. 1 Abandonment... 2 Embezrlement 1 Felonious apsaul 1 Receiving stolen good 2 Malicious misehie 4 1 1 2 38 Drarn Cater BY AN OVER Dosk oF LavbANUM.-—Coro ner Hilton yesterday, was called to hold an inquest on the body of Matthew Johns, captain of the ship South ‘ctou, on bowrd said ship, lying at the foot of Fulton ‘The vessel, it seems, arrived at this etreet, North river. drinking frolic, thereby tremens. On Priday of jaudanum, and commenced to take sinall doses for the purpote of producing relief; but not having the de Fired effect, he took a muels larger quantity, which caused his death. | At about 11 o'clock on yesterday morning he was discovered in his berth in a dying condition, and be- fore the arrival of @ physician, be died. Deceared — a native of Fngland, and about thirty years of age. An in- bag meet an attack of delirium Wasnrnaton, May 30, 1854. To Hon. B. F. Hantert, Boston, Mass.:— What is the state of the case of Burns? Stoney WessTER. Boston, May 30, 1854. To Sipxey Wenerer:— ‘The case is progressing, and not likely to close till Thursday. Then armed resistance is indicated. the trouble of a trial, and would have consented return with his master, on the morning after the ar rest, but for the advice of “friends.” Burn’s discovery was in this wise. He had bef his departure, pledged his heart toa young Richmon ¥ bo * He imprudently wrote to her brother of ii whereaboute—his business and his prospects—i $n which the constitution was made—the regulation of | was hoped Burns would get clear. As the police hlavery s0 far ax to prohibit States by law from harboring | were tal him through square, there was | that he was ready to “marry sister Ann,” as, in Tugitive slaves wns an essential element in ts formation, | much shouting and hissing, and Burns asked one of | the simplicity of real love, he styled the object of iy vecamer eee posal iy aighert | is attendants what it was all about. ‘The officer re- | bis worldly aifections, He Tents 80 faras te say that ‘Prosperity of all the Stated In this spirit, and ttn tines } plied that the police had Jones in custody. “ What,” | he wasin the em; oy of he i; Pitts of je le ‘views steadily in prospect, it seems to be the duty of all | raid Burns, dat nigger dat told such big lies about | street, Boston.’ e lotter fell into wrong hands, Judges and magistrates to expound and apply these .pro- | met Jones was arrested for ing a crowd | ard the result ia known. ‘visions in the constitution and laws of the United States, 8 bound toobey | ordered to do so b he laws cf the United States, to consider and regard them. It is said that the statute, if constitutional, is | square for di were brought | was feund uj ‘and in this spirit it bebooves all and cruel. The like char; inet the act of 1793; and Chief Justice Parker, Massachusetts, made the answer which Chief Ja Shaw cites and approves, vi te is @ harsh one cr net, " * Whether the it is nt for us to de Trire.”’ Tt is anid that the statute Iq ao crve! and Sobed ial it ebyuld ayt be qacwuied by govd Tee hans officers. William H. Bass | now or formerly of sturbing the peace. A loaded pistol pee him. John M. Clark, of St. Johns: | bury, Vt., who in attempting Court street, was. arrested, sabre wound fi one of the Light Artillery ine: He woe tehen to the hospital. The South taco ar | on Merchants’ row, and refusing to clear out when | dolph, was arrested in Court refused to ‘ fall back,” and persisted to break through the military line in ter receiving @ severe ve no complaint on their part. tod was vorcmmia Pitepalricls We wy dru ty aioth cpu ‘We have expressed a general opinion of the g: , , behavior of the military and the police. The part which the United States troops performed under their discreet officers—Colonel Dulany, Major Ridge- ly, Captains Rich and Young, Lieutenants Queen, Witeox, Baker, Meck, and Couch—should be forgotten. The duty to them was novel, but there ¢ police bave bad a “bard time” of 't since night of last week. From the moment of Cowmst Mousg to tbe ow ~ + Frida) But two city companies on duty. The marshal has all the aimed posse he can muster. More will be needed to execute the extraditiop if ordered. Can the nece a, Gop of the city military be paid if called ovt % e Mayor at the marshal’s request? This olone will prevent a case arising under second section of act of 1795, when it will be too late to act. B. F. Hacer. Wasnineton, May 31, 1954. To B. F. Harterr, U.S. Attorney, Boston, Mass.:— Incur any expense deemed necessary ty the Mar- shal and yourself for city military, or otherwise, to FRANKLIN Pierce. insure the execution of the law. On the same day, the President ordered Colonel Cocper, Adjutant General of the army, to repair to Boston, empowered to order to the assistance of the United States Marshal, as part of the posse comita- tus, in cave the Marshal deemed it necessary, the two companies of United States troops stationed at New York, and which bad been under srt fer the | forty-eivht preceding houre, ready to | aber xenon ey : quest will be held on the body this day is Dean Cavern ny Faruxa prom 4 Betiping.—Coroner Withelm yesterday held an inquest at the Tenth ward station house, on the body of Lawrence Ringhoff, a native of Germany, aged thirty-rix years, whose death was carised by #ecidentally falling from & five story building, thereby fracturing his skull, caustog death in a short time after. A verdict to that effect was rendered ve 1s CANADA.—We are n bgt iv y are completed, single track, Cauca. The following is near the mark nt Weetern eee rand Trunk, Montreal-to Toronto to Barrie... Montreal to Lachine Chippewa to Queenstown, &e. Rowe's Point to Montreal... . Moniresl to Hemingford, Pytown to Prescott. For! Erie to Pariv......see+ceees K chmond, or Melbourne to Quebec often asked how in popular | the Royal Standard, of Turks Island, to the 13th» | | | \ | i | port on Saturday, a week ago, from” port Talbot, Wales, |!) Voplond, ince whfett time the eapiain bad been ona | it, decease’ purchased an ounce | fhe employ of Mr. W., but-was discharged on Wed- het ee paspetrator of this horrid deed; but » traces of him had sibel been found up to yesterday It is the opinion of the intabttants that he sought to be reveuged upon Mr. W. for discharging him, and .determined to murder his whole family. He sometime since desired to marry one of the servant girls; but, ow her refusing to have him, he swore Vengeance against her. Nothing in the house was carried away, which indicates that revenge in- stead of robbery instigated the monster to the per- etration of tits horrid crime. He will not proba” ‘bly long elude the officers of justice. ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THIS AFFAIR. James Wickham, formerly of the firm of Wick- lam & Corwin, grocers in this city; and who had’ vetired on a farm at Cutchogue, L. I., was murdered last night at his residence, together with his wife anda negro boy. The affair has created the Breatest exeitement in the-place, as it is the first murder that has taken place in. the township for thirty years. ‘The murderer is supposed to be Nieholas Dane, an Ijahman who had worked for Mr. Wickham for two or three years past,'and who left his employ only a fow days ago, and was last seen about the premises the night befare the murder. This man is abont six feet high, large boned, round shouldered, high cheek bones, red face, and no whiskers ; generally walked very fast ; usually or with him a silver watch.aud a steel guard cm The instromentw'th which this horrible deed wae perpetrated is calied p post axe, which was found yesterday morning upon the premises, ‘with blood. and hair upon it. : are entertained for thelr recovery. “the opyect:ar-— the murderer seems to have been robbery, but in this the fiend was foiled, as the two servant girls whe leptin the upper part of the house, hearing the cries of murder proceeding from below, escaped from a w'ndow ont upon a back shed, and alarmed the neighbors. The murderer, upon going to the girls’ room and finding they had fled, escaped from the house without plundering. The persons alarmed by the girl were Joseph Corwin, Wm. Betts, and Dr. Carpenter, who came immediately to the housa; but the murdarer had fled, leaving behind him his hat, which has beem recognizad a8 belonging to Nicholas Dane. Tracker of blood were left from the fcet of the monster as he passed out of the house. It seems that after his discharge on Wednesday, he hung about the pre- mises, and made use of threats towards the girk Ellen for not marrying him, attributing her refasal to the advice given her by Mr. and Mrs. Wickham, On Friday morning he left the house, took his trusk, and went to Greenport. There he left the trunk, and on that night is supposed to have walked back to the residence of Mr. Wickham, a distance of about ten miles, broke into the premises, and no doubt intended to murder all in the house, and would lave accomplished the bloody deed had not the girls been awakened by the cries of Mrs. Wickham. Up to the latest account no arrest had been made, and it was supposed that the murderer was secreted im the woods, or, perchance, making his way towarda New York. The inhabitants, however, were out in full force in pursuit, and no doubt the monster will Le captured. -He is described as being six feet im height, broad shoulders, black hair, inclined to cur?, high cheek bones, and a fast, rolling walk; chewa tobacco freely, and is about twenty-eight years of age. We are indebted for the above information to Mr. John Martin, of River Head, who came to the city last evening to notify the frienis and relatives of the deceased, Personal Intelligence. orierdeck@ and Jady, Philadelphia; M rel | siten, X. ¥.; Rew. dames Carleton, Bs imore; E. Pi ge ton, Eeq. and lady, New Hi ‘horles Cady, Meri fl Tea B. . nine, § Maine Finda, , Re on cr, wore auong the arrivals at the Cooper Hous» torday T, Kendall Carter, New Orleans ; Col. Magraw, Califor- Mr. Charles AM. Setu and party, Philadelphia; J. Roas hown, Weshington: A. R. Dodge, Minnesota ; Governor tr Wicorsin: G. W. Fletcher, Aspinwall; J. B. [ucoln, Vexas, were anang the arrivals at the Astor oure yeaserday DRE ARTUP mpton --Prineo Jerome Bonaparte and ron. Cordon Bennett and servant, Now Vork: yoabel and four chidren, Mrs and Mr ¥ Bell, hearer of despatches: Mrr Shefield. N H. Mie © Le Baly Mr ond Mes D ig and two obit: Gren, Mt © G Wilson, arg. two olildre Migs White, Mise Taihault, Mr Bornabal, Tene Tot dow ro Miseek Bornatial and servant Mr Rud Mra M foor children and three servants, Meaud Miss. weryt, MreG A Portick two children a Wy fey, Mrs Horner, C4 1 WP See te, A Rogeenturecr, D Bell, M Di Be nt Mee Boned RM ‘ ‘opm MS ‘sig, Mew Neury. 3 re. Mre Worme, Mies M Scexene, Wises LF Van Buren and five, rand Mrs Go ‘an. | cher, J Gore leur, J Heryfeld Joe Kellogg, A Barbey. 7 Hachet, L Borqne, Mr Meinor’ J Poi leird, B Lecraio Keonever, W JT ehitdren, Mise Sar we tit, W Gerken. Mr. M Of which If years since not ae er ahek ren We Incernational Journal oe ag oe Voegly, 8 Ye Naval Inteliigence- he Wileou. % ‘The sloop of war Cyane, Capt. Geo. N. Hollins, has Pee Fa completed iepaise at the Brovalys Navy anditis) pos pater ee expecied will leave in a few daye for Morfelk, to jolq } Sctenoesy fC toy ¥ ig) © Berhwensy ewes Noh oan se GuReeeae py Medtyhy Waele, be