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AFFAIRS IN BOSTON.
We are gratified to learn from the Boston news
papers of the latest date that all attempts on the
part of disorganizes and fanatics in that city to
incite the people to a breach of the peace, in conse
quence of the arrest of the slave Sims, have most
signally failed, and that the public sentiment is such
as to warrant the belief that the Constitution and
Laws of the country will be faithfully sustained. The
arguments of counsel in the case hare been closed
before the U. S. Commissioner, who has reserved
his decision till to-morrow. The subjoined ex
tracts from Boston papers show that the excitement
consequent upon these proceedings is even less than
has been represented in the Telegraphic reports : I
Law ok ho Law.?The question whether the laws of the
United Siatei can be executed bete is now brought to a prac
tical issue. The case now pending before the United States
Commissioner, in which the surrender of a fugitive slave ia
demanded, agreeably to the law enacted by the late Congress,
will bring tbis matter ta a palpable and dtcisive teat. Aa the
evidence in favor of the claimant appeara indubitable, and ia
hardly called in question by the counsel on the opposite side,
the only p int to be settled is, whether the law shall take
iu course, or whether there shall be open resistance. The
temper and disposition of the citizens, aa manifested thus far
in lelaiiun to the matter, are most com uendable, and afford
every assurance that violence and disorder will be promptly
rebuked, and the authority of the law supported by all decent
people. 'J'be efforts of tbe mad fanatics to stir up sedition
and riot among ua have totally failed thus far, and we see no
reason to apprehend that they will receive any practical coun
. :enince in this neighbothood.
[Boston Courier of Monday morning.
The Fcoitits Slavs Case.?The examination of the
a.leged fugitive slave Thomas Sima was commenced before
Commissioner Geoboe T. Cietij, on Friday morning.
Chain* and ropes were placed around the Court-house build*
ing, and there they still remain. Within the chains, up to
Saturday night, a large posse of police officers were stationed,
and no person was allowed to enter the court-house unless he
had bu-ine*s t i transact in the Couits, or was a member of the
Bar. During the day and in tbe early part of the evening of
each day there were small gatherings of people in Court
Square and vicinity, but no manifestationa of disturbance
were made. Those who viaited the apot did so evidently out
of curiosity, and merely tarried a few moments to see what
was going on. On Friday, ia the afternoon, the Garrisonian
Abolitions a held a meeting of those opposed to the enforce*
ment of ti.e Fugitive Law, upqn the Common, and inflam
matory and exciting appeals to the small numbers assembled
were made by Wendell Phillips. The meeting adjourned to
the Tremnijt Temple, where it continued in session until
about 8 o'clock that evening. In the Temple the numbers
were about 1,000, and they were addressed by Rev. Theo
doie Packer, Kev. Mr. Colver, one McClure, and others.
The meeting adjourned, with the underatanding that they
were to meet at 10 o'clock Saturday, around the court-house,
expecting to meet there delegations trom tbe country. Such
meeting* ure denounced by all law-abiding citizens. On
Saturday f renoon qui'e a large number gathered in Court
Square, bu. there was no excitement. They were only look
ers or, thus showing that the inflammatory appeals of Wen
dell Phillips and Rev. Mr. Colver to the p%s?ions the day
previous had produced no effect whatever. Wise and pru
dent counsels prevailed among the people?even the colored
citizens did not adopt the ill-timed, injudicious, and unlawful
counsel which had been declaimed to them. On Saturday
night nothing occurred to disturb the pence of the city. Yes
teiday (Sur.daj) it rained copiously at intervals, and all with
out was quiet and repose.?Boston Atlas of Monday morning.
The Fcgitive Case.?The inflammatory speeches cf the
fa a ical Wendell Phillip*, Na'haniel Colver, Tbejdore
Parker, and others, of which they have unburdened them
selves within the past three days, seem to have proved an en
tire waste of brra'.h. The love of order which distinguishes
the citiz-ns of Boston has not been in the least disturbed by
their insane efLrta to create a mob, and its consequent results
in the streets. Instead of following the vociferously pro
claimed advice of such men, to "blockade the streets and
every avenue leading to tbe court house," the People seem to i
have preferred to keep on " in the even tenor of their way," j
and leave tbe officers of tbe law to perform their duty without <
molestation or annoyance; for during the evening and ni^btoi
Saturday, arid throughout the day yesterday and last evening, |
" tbe streets and every avenue leadirg to the court-house"
were entirely free and open (o the public as on any day of the
year, unless days of public celebrations are an exception.
Tbis morning there has been no more excitement in Court
Square, or in tbe vicinity of the court-houae, than there was
on Saturday, and, in fact,* the excitement appears in a great
measure to have subsidtd. McClure, Phil] ps, and others of
the " ^ igilai.ee Committee," were walking about, in and out
of tbe court-house, evidently chagrined at seeing tbe " streets
and pvenues leading to the court-house " open and perfectly j
free for public travel, rather than being blocked up by a law- '
less mob. Besides the officers on duty, not more than one j
hundred and fifty or two hundred persons were in Court
Square at any one time during tbe forenoon, and among these
only a very amall number were blacks. The City Guards,
Capt. Thompson, were at their armory during Saturday night, '
agreeably to orders. Yesterday morning the Guards were re
lieved by the Masnchusetts Volunteers, Capt. Poore, who
rtmiined on duty during the da? ; and last evening tbe Vo
)un e*rs were relieved by ^he Washington Artillery, Capt. ,
Bullo<k, who retrained on duty during the night.
. { Uoston Journal of Mtmriay tvtning.
The Sues Case ix the T,egislatchi.?Quite an exciting '
debate took place in the Senate on Saturday, od the preae-u
ation, by Mr. Keyes, of the petition of Thomas Sims, now
in confinement, charged with being a fugitive slave, asking
tbe Legislature to pass a law giving ?ower to thd Supreme
Court to issue a writ of habeas corpus that he may have a
trial by juiy, on the question of his freedom, "[which was laid
on the table;) and in assigning Friday next as tbe time fur
the consideration of Mr. Buckingham's report and bill con
cerning sla*ery, and to protect personal liberty. In the course
of tbe d?b ite Mr. Buckingham said, " be did not tbirk that
ihe'e was much excitement abroad, though the Chief Juatice
of Massa busetts had to creep urder a chain to get into his
own seat. If a discussion should arise upon the bill, he
should say but little, for the report contained about all the ar
gument wh en be could offer. He did not frame the bill, and
perhaps he should not v??te for all its provisions without fur
ther advisement, for he had no desire to come in conflict with
the Constitution of the State oi the United States.
[Button Transcript of Monday evening.
The Agitators' Meetikg.?We notice that some of our
out-of-town contemp raries are disposed to regard the mob
bish rareting* which were held on the Common and in the
T.mjle, on Friday, as an exponent of public sentiment in
B jston. Tatre could n<>t be a greater mistake. It was only
an tbulli i^ n of the same kind of passion and lawlessness to
which we have been subjected in Boston for many years, from
the same men ?Boston Travelkr of Monday tvenine?
T.ia Agi ratohs.?The schemes of thes? men to breed
riot and disturbance in the city btve thus f*i totally mitcar
ried. All <he inflammatory harangue* of the Abolition Con- 1
?entim failed to. produce the show of knife ofptotol, though
the talk of the* thing* i? still kept up by :lrC bedlamite por
tion of the agitator*. The chief anger whr^ now possesses
them, arise* from the discovery they have r.jtde that they |
have u'terly failed to gn public op-nion on their aide. Their
appeal* to the mob?pint, their intubated incitements to re- ;
tiatanc* igainit the law, hate Ve?n received by the commu
nity with perfect contempt. Mo?t unquestionably the supre
macy of the law will lie maintained by the great body of our
ciusena. f
The last desperate movement of the diwrgari-iers it an at
tempt to collect a mob in the street* of the c.ty on Friday,
the day when't m expected the tuguive ?i.ive case will be
finally disposed of. Fur thia purpose tbey bave tent forth
inflammatory addresses to the people, calling ujnr. ihero tj
?'come by thousands " and present the ex-cu'.ion o* the law. I
What effect t;ii? b?se and wicked attempt to di?iurh the pub
lic pesc* Vv II have up"n the deluded multitudes who believe
in abolition bravery, we will not predict; bttt one thing i?
ce-is?ii), whatever pernou# do come with such an intention a*
j? indicate] abo'e, w:ll find people hete lul'y prepared to
trke care of them. A* to tlte leading agi'a ora of this city,
??fy body knows that their courage in talking is equalled
M.ly by their cowardice in ac ion. It la only their dupea who
are U?rly to do any ini?c'.<ief ?Courier of 7 hurtduy.
" Tun CooftT?Hocaa i* Ch?ir* "?Thia has been a topic
of discussion in vsriooi quarter* for sorre days past. B'onie
jmople have affected Rfea. anger at this precautionary atep to
protect the peace on ihe part ot the Major aod Aldermen.
Grave Setmtort: have ate oped from their high etbiuence tu in
I quire into ibe maiUr; sdemu judgrs have demanded reason*
and authority for such "obstructions and ihe police have
i been beaet in (he atreet by acoidiog women. Chief Justice
' Wills tent Sheriff Eveleth to the Major and Aldermen to
j kfcow why the Court building waa enclosed in chains, and
: they deputed Solicitor Chandler to anawer that it waa for the
protection of the general peace. Mr. Chandler further in
formed bia honor that the court-houae waa the corporate pro
perly of the city of Beaton, and that the Mayor and Alder
men, aa county commisaionert, bad power to erect barrieraon
auch occasion* aa (he preaent. He alao raid that the City
Authorities had no deaire to infringe upon, or to interfere
with, the fundiona of the court*; but, aa conaervatora of the
public peace, they felt it to be their duty to keep up tbeguarda
J to the court-houae until the abatement of the preaent excite
' meat. The Judge, after regretting that the Mayor and Al
dermen had not seen fit to confer with him upon the subject,
aaid he waa aatiafied with the Soiicitor'a explanation.?Ibid.
Thb Wbit or PaaaoviL Reflitiw.?A writ of reple
vin waa placed in the banda of Sheriff Eveleth acme daya
ago, by which it waa intended to take Sima oat of the cuato
dy of ihe United Statea Marahal Davxaa, and, the latter re
fuaing to aurrender the priaaner. Gov. Boutwklx. directed
District Attorney Pabkbb to give a legal opinion upon the
aubject. The writ ia laaued under the law of 1836 entitled
" An act to reatore the trial by jury on queations of peraonal
freedom," and ia returnable to the Court of Common Pleaa.
Mr. Pabkkk haa inbmitted a written opinion deciding against
the power of the Sheriff, aa Sima ia now situated, to arreet
him. We understand that Attorney General CLirroan is to
give hia opinion upon the aubject at an early day Ibid.
The Abolition Papus iiid Asitatohs invite with sig
I nificance and earnestness a great multitude of their men to
be in Boston on Friday. We truat that the frienda of Law,
of the Constitution, and of the Union, will be ready to aua
tain order on that day, and every day hereafter in Boaton ;
and if riot, rebellion, treacheiy, massacre, dare show their
hideous features, they will be crushed to the earth never to
rise again. The public peace and welfare have been trifled
with long enough. The contemners of civil government
have become insolent, dangerous, under extreme toleration.
The peace and aecuiity of the city require that the lawsahould
be fearlessly enforced. If a contest muat come between order
and anarchy, let every worthy citiien be prepared to meet it
as becomes him. Violence, treason, death, have been in
voked. Let those who invite such agents to the contest feel
upon their own heads the consequences of their infamous
course. If the knife is to be drawn?if the torch is to blaze?
if force attempt to supplant law, the struggle, once .commenc
ed, will be terrible in its progress; but who can doubt the
final result? The triumph of legal authority and the con
dign punishment of its violators ? The crisis is an important
one ; the people of Boston, we believe, are prepared to meat
it .?Boston Post of Thursday.
Mors "Instructions "?At what passes for a "town
meeting" in Plymouth on Monday, Col. Davis offered re
solves instructing the single representative to vote for Buck
ingham's nullifying bill. They were passed 127 to 7. Their
binding force may be estimated by the fact that Plymouth
gave seven hundred votes for Governor in November, less
8 .?Ibid.
SIMS 8ENT OFF TO SAVANNAH.
By the latest accounts from Boston, per Tele
graph, (received at the moment we go to press,) it
will be seen that the judicial officers have stood
firm in maintaining the law, and thakthe fugitive
Sims has been shipped off for Savannah. There
was no disturbance.
FREAKS OF PHILANTHROPY.
A few days since the papers contkined the account of the
death of a man in Boston jail, who had been put in there for
some paltry debt. He was a man cf education, a graduate of
one of New England's colleges. Yet be was a white man,
and a merciless creditor enforced, not the fugitive law, but
the law fur the collection of debts, put him in jail, where he
lingered, and finilly died of consumption in the felon's cell.
We heard of no rescue, or attempt at rescue.'
On Saturday the telegraph informed us that a black man
named Sims was arrested, charging him with being a fugitive
slave. There was danger, not of hia being put in jail and
lingering as the white debtor had lingered, but there was
danger of his being sent back to the South from whence be
bad escaped, under the provisions of the fugitive law. This
case excites to madness the men who had stood by and seen
the white man die in prison for debt. They fly together. The
country is alarmed. Meetings are held in the neighboring
towns, and resolutions are passed denouncing the law under
which this arrest is made, and oiler ing their services to release
all black men by force of arms, and to trample the laws of
the Union under foot to accomplish this purpose !
Here is consistency, for you ! Reader, what do you think
of it J-m. Ohio State Journal.
FROM OREGON.
The California journals notice the reception of
advices to the 22d of February. The extracts given
are of little importance.
The Legislature had adjourned, having establish
ed, as was expected, the seat of Government at
Salem, in Marion county, the penitentiary at Port
land, in Washington county, and the university at
Marysville, in Benton county. The Governor,
however, refused to sign the act.
Col. Beverly S. Allen, from Tennessee, one
of the Commissioners to treat with the Indians in
Oregon, had arrived. The Board, consisting of
Gov. Gaines, Judge Skinner, and Col. Allen,
was fully organized, and would proceed at once to
its duties.
A letter from Linn city, dated February 21, an
nounces the return of some mining adventurers from
the Klamath, who had been very fcucce?sf"!. Tiife
result, it was expected, WQul'i be a large emigration
for the mines. 6
We have accounts from the Sandwich Islands
t to the 28th January. Hon. Luther Severance,
; with his family, had arrived and taken up his resi
dence on the Islands as United States Commission
i er. He presented his credentials to the King on
\ the 17th,accompanied by an appropriate address, to
; which the King replied.
The rumor received by the previous steamer that
1 there had been serious difficulties between the
Hawaiian Government and the French Envoy is
not confirmed. On the contrary, every thing seems
to be going on well between them, and th?e difficul
ty will no doubt be amicably settled.
The Polynesian notices that a shock of an earth
quake of unusual severity was felt at Hawaii about
the middle of January. No particulars of the dam
age had been received. v
FROM CHILI.
The New York Commercial Advertiser gives the
following late intelligence from Chili, derived from
Valparaiso papers to the 25th February :
The, Presidential election takes place in March. The
Mercantile Reporter tbinka that Marcsl Moktt will be
the auccewful candidate. It repreaenta him as a man of
talent, and well veraed in public affairs, having been Minia
ter for several years. He ia a friend of education, and haa
proposed a plan o< publ c instruction, modelled on the system
of the United State*. The principal opp wing candidates ate
Don Eitiiwiii ai d Gen. Cava, who are both aupporled
by the oppoailion or Democratic perty, which, being thus di
vided, stand* but little cbance of success, tien. Cruz is a
much esteemed and veteran aoldier. He was engaged in the
war of indej>eudence and with Peru, and has of late been com
mander of the army of the South.
Tbe R> porter repreaenta the affaira of the country as being
in a proaperoos condition. The harvest has been abundant, ex
ceeding in quantity tbatof any previousyear. Tbe ailver mines
of Copiapo yield a daily tncreaae of that metal. Tbe re
ceips from these are eatimated at three hundred thousand dol
lar* a month. Tbe receipta of the cuatoma have surpaaaed
those of the previous year by two hundred thousand dollars.
The internal debt, amounting to one million and a half dol
lars, ia being gradually paid.
'I he railway from Copiapo to the port of Caldera will be
partly completed in July next. Materials of irou and timber
were on band sufficient for tbe preaent purposes. Tne track
bad been laid for several miles, and cara were running upon
it for the conveyance of materal*.
Tbe survey of tbe route from Valparaiso to Santiago haa
been carried already about fifty miles, to which distance a fa
voratile line has been otxaji.ed
Tjie American frigate Karitan waain Valparaiao Bay, and
would probably a?;l in a feur daya for the North. The aloop
of-war A>/. Muty't war also there.
1 lie Uritiah tri^ate fort/and, flag-ship of Admiral Moaxa
ht, arrived at \'alpar?i?o on the 8th March. Tbe Asia, flag
ship of Admiral Horkhx, sailed for England on the 13.b,
after^Lavinc l>*en on the station nearly four years. She bad
I on board 9,270 ou .cea of gold. The Dmdalua had been
I ordereil to take in twenty montha' provisions, being destined
for behring ? .Mrsra in search of the Plover and other vesaela
cor.n-cted wi;L feu Join franklin's eipeditioo.
California intelligence.
We observe in the late intelligence from Cakfor
nia little indeed that is calculated to encourage
emigration to that distant State. Business was ex
cessively dull, and goods of most kinds selling at a
sacrifice ; the labors of the miners were impeded
and generally rendered unprofitable for the want of
rain ; and the increase of crime had become so
great, and its perpetrators so daring, that in several
instances the people, disregarding the forms and
delays of the law, had deemed it necessary to take
into their own hands the administration of justice
upon the desperate criminals. In other respects
the newspapers contain little that is new.
The 22d aad 23d of February witnessed a tremendous ex
citement in San Francisco, which for several hours was ex
pected to result in the elocution, by the populace, of two
men named Stuart and Wildred, noted scoundrels, who
nearly murdered a Mr. Jansen, a highly respectable merchant
ot the city, and robbed him of $2,000. A meeting of the
citizens was called, at which several of the wealthiest and
most influential of their number presided, who selected a
jury, gave the priaonera a popular trial, with the intention of
carrying the verdict rendered and sentence imposed into in
stant effect. The jury disagreed, and tha people, becoming
worn out with excitement, dispersed without attempting the
rescue of the accused from the officers of justice.
The Alfa California of February 23d has the following in
reference to this affair :
Yesterday was a day of excitement, such as has not been
witnessed in ban Francisco since the celebrated Hound trials.
The people, who had previously been aroused to a sense of
their insecurity from the frequent murders and robberies oc
curring in our midst, followed, in a large mass, Stuart and
Wildred, the men who were arrested, charged with being the
robbers snd attempted murderers of Mr. Jensen, to the Re
corder's court-room, where they were to be examined. The
examination commenced about two o'clock. As it progressed
the people began to gather thicker, and occasional bursts of
indignation were heard from them. They were in that state
that they wanted but a leader to bare done aJoMat any thing
they had been called upon to da. By the time the examina
tion waa closed for the day a crowd of several thousands bad
gathered around the Court-house, and the Recorder's room
was filled. At the moment the court was adjourned the cry
of " Now'a the time" waa raised, and a general rush made
for the prisoners. Benches, desks, and railings were broken
to pieces, and the prisoners would certainly have been taken
from the room bad not tbe company of Washington Guards,
who bad been parading during the day, rushed in with fixed
bayonets, and, mounting the desks and benches, drove the
people away. Still there were loud cries of " bang 'em,"
" lynch 'em," " bring 'em out," &c. Tbe Guards poked
their bayonets at the people, and the people retreated, many
of them swearing vengeance on the military. The room was
finally cleared, and the prisoners taken below. When the
Guards came out they were hissed and hooted at as ihey pass
ed into their armory. A great state of excitement now pre
vailed. Tbe windows of tbe armory were broken, and much
damage might have been done, when Capt. Bartol came out
and said that the Guards had been called upon to perform
their duty, and that they had acted in obedience to law ; that
on Monday, if necessary, they would march out and assist in
banging the two men on the Plaza. Capt. Bartol was very
loudly cheered, and Sheriff Power*, mounting the balcony,
addressed tbe crowd; which now begsn to grow cooler, and
before dark dispersed. A number of persons were arrested
by the police for riotous conduct, but were, we believe, re
leased again.
There is no mistaking this general public feeling of indig
nation. Tbe participants in this exciting affair were not
rowdies, but the majority were our best citizens. A feeling of
insecurity is entertained by %ll, a feeling that the laws afford
us no protection, and a determination to take matters in their
own hands and make an example. Let nothing be done
rashly tlet satisfactory proof be given of guilt before punish
ment is executed, for tbe bitterest sorrow that the heart could
bear in fulure life, would be the remembrance that through
the instrumentality of any of us an innocent man had been
conaigned to an ignominious and violent death.
As an example of public feeling, we publish the following
notice, which was in circulation in the form of a handbill yes
terday :
" Citizens of Saw Francisco.?The series of murders
and robberies that have been committed in this city, without
the least redress from the laws, seems to leave us entirely in a
state of anarchy. ' When thieves are left without conaol to
rob and kill, then doth the honest traveller fear each bush a
thief! * Law, it appears, is but a nonentity, to be scoffed at ; I
redress can be had for aggression but through the never-failing
remedy so admirably laid down in the code of Judge Lynch.
Not that we should admire this process for redress, but that
it seems to be inevitably necessary. Are we to be robbed and
assassinated in our domioils, and the law to let our sg
gicisors perambulate the steetj merely because they have fur
nished straw bail? If so, let 'each man be his own execu-1
tiouer.' 4 Fi? upon your laws ; they have no force,' All I
those who would rid our city of its robbers and murderers, I
will assemble on Sunday, at two o'clook, on the Plaza." j
About dusk, a much larger crowd gathered around the City I
Hall, and organised themselves into a meeting, appointing {
Wm. D. M. Howard, Esq. President. The meeting was'
addressed by Judge Tilford, Judge Morse, Mayor Ueary,
Samuel Brannan, Esq., and others. In the noise and confu
sion that existed, a committee of twelve men finally were ap
pointed to consult with the authorities, and guard and protect
the prisoners till ten o'clock to-day. Mr. Brannan then ad-!
dressed the people, and told them that if they (the committee |
of which Mr. Brannan was a member) did not deliver up i
these prisoners at ten o'clock to-day, they might hang him.
After the appointment of the committee, the greater portion
of the crowd dispersed, and the committee met in the clerk's
office of the Recorder'? co?rt?
TWe AUa California of the next day continues the recital
fts fdSows:
Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, a large coflCOUrse of
people had gathered around the court-house for the purpose
6f receiving the report of the committee who had been ap
pointed the night previous. Mr. Brennatt> from the commit
tee, reported to the citizens that the prisoners were safe, and
asked that the prisoners might he discharged ; which was
done. Remarks , were then ttude by Mayor Geary, Judge
Parssns, Judge TiVford, and others, all of whom uiged the
propriety of cfcltt ariA cool action, and of the trial of Wildred
and Steart by the proper authorities ; which sentiment ap
peared to meot wfth general dissent. By eleven o'clock the
crowd gathered around the court-house must have amounted
to six thoufcahd people, who were as oiderly and quiet as so
large a bo3y can be.
Mayor Geary proposed that a committee of twelve citizens
be appointed to sit with the examining justice to-morrow as a
jury, and that their verdict be final. This was negatived,
and it was resolved to proceed to the trial forthwith. A
judge aod jury, clerk, and sheriff were appointed, and, after
a long examination and labored argument on both sides, re
tired, and after considerable deliberation reported that they
stood nine for conviction and three in doubt as to the identity
of the accused.
The tumult was very great during the absence of the jury
from the court-room. Judge Spenoe, Mr. Coleman, and
others, addressed the multitude.
At midnight the crowd had somewhat abated, and num
ber* teemed disposed to adopt the recommendation of Judge
Shepard, and await the investigation before the legal tribunal.
About seven o'clock, and previous to the return of the jury
from the house ui Mr. Jausen, a crowd of people gathered
on the plaza, and placing themsolves under the command of
a man named Howard, proceeded to the station-bouse, with
the express determination to take the prisoners. When they
arrived there, Malachi Fallon, Esq , mounted the balcony,
and implored them, aa Uw-loving citizens, to await the deci
sion of the jury. Their better senses prepared, and the pro- ,
ject was abandoned. In the mean time the Irial was in pro
gress inside, and the excitement rising to a higher pitch with
out. After the jury had retired, a party entered the room,
stating that they would wait for the verdict but five minutes
longer; when, if it was not given, they would break into
the station-house. A strong police force was stationed in
front of the doors, and the cooler ponion of the assem
blage were determined that no violence of that kind should
be allowed.
Daring the arguments of the counsel much excitement pre
vailed, and the windows and doors of the court room were
broken dewn in the attempt to effect an entrance. Thero
seemed to be a large party outtide, who were determined, at
all hazards, to take the prisoners, although this feeling was
not participated in by the majority of the citizens.
An English gambler, Frederick J. Howe by name, waa leas
fortunate at Sacramento city. Having shot through the head
a Mr. Charlee A. Myers, an industrious resident < f thst
place, who interfered for tbe purpose of putting an end to a
quarrel in which he waa engaged, tbe c tizens aaaembled at
once, tried Rowe upon tbe charge of murder, convicted him,
and in five hours after the commission of his fiendish act,
hung birn in the presence of an assemblage of several thou
sand persons. It is a fact worthy of remark that tbe pro
ceedings, both in San Franasco and in Sacramento, war*
conducted by men possessing in tbe highest degree the con*
fidence and respect of the community.
In relation to the?e trai.sKtions, the Alta California re
i marks :
" It wdl be difficult Lr j eo^c in the Eaitern 8tate? to ful
I' ly realize oar condition beret They will, therefore, probe
' bly condemn by wholesale thie summary mode of arraign
'' ing end punishing for a most heinous offence. But they
4 should recollect lhat of late our larger town* have been more
? like ? penal eeitlemeot without penal lewe then a civilized
* community. We have here the scum of the lasar-houaea
' of Europe and Australia, regularly formed gangs of despe
* redoes, who would ae readily burn the city snd murder aato
? eat. 80 well-drilled are all, (hat it ia next to impoeribld to
4 detect, or if arreated, to prove any thing againat them.
' Lynch law is not the boat law that might be, but it ie bet
' ter than none, and eo far as benefit is derived from law, we
' have no other here."
Another shipload of convicts had arrived at San Fran
cisco, and tbe event created considerable indignation.
Two steamboats, the Santa Clara and the Hartford, were
burnt at the wharf of 8an Franciaco in the night of the 3d of
March, and three of the crew, who were asleep under the
cabin of the former, perished. Tbe next morning about a
dozen houaee were burnt These fires are attributed to in
cendiares.
Los Angelos has been the scene of two murdera, the first
that of a Sonorian, nime and circumstances of death not
known ; the latter a young man by the name of H. M. Ntx
xo, late of New Orleans.
Three tbieves being arrested at Foster's Bar, in tbe very
act of stealing mules, one of them was shot; the other two
were taken and hung by the populace.
Judge Sallus bad been murdereJ at Napa, in an affray with
a man named McCauly. The difficulty arose from a legal
decision made by the Judge.
Tbe Sacramento Times says, on the authority of a gentle
man from Redding\? Diggings, that a large number of miners
have perished in the snow upon the mountains in that vi
cinity, a heavy fall of snow having covered men and mules as
they were crossing the mountains.
J. C. Holmes, Esq,, a lawyer of some eminence, commit
' ted suicide a few days since. Pecuniary embarrassments, it
is said, piompted to the act. He belonged to New York.
Business is far from being active. An invoice of printing
materials, which cost in New York $2,500, was sold on Sa
turday last for $1,500. This branch of business is extend
ing rapidly.
The same pleasant weather prevails as during the winter,
and almost universal health prevails. A funeral is a rare
occurrence.
Preparations are making for erecting public buildings at
Vallejo, the new seat of government. The next session of
the Legislature will be held there.
The news from the mines furnishes nothing startling. The
principal movement is towards the Klamath and 8cott rivers,
and Trinidad, the depot of this region, is increasing asrspidly
as Sacramento in its palmiest days. A large company is
operating at Gold Bluff with some success, though the papers
are very barren of particulars.
The Alta California notices the reception of very rich spe
cimens of auriferous quartz from the vein at Gross Valley,
five miles from Nevada City. This vein was bought at a
email cost from the original claimants by Dr. Thompson,
Messrs. Ellsworth, Kelly, and Delano. They then hired fif
teen or twenty men, and by mere manual labor, breaking the
quartz with hammers, obtained gold enough to pay all ex
penses, and in ten days made over $20,000 clear. In one
instance a piece of rock, 25 pounds weight, yielded $200.
They have, in adJition, thirty tons of rock laid up ready for
labor. Three or four machines are about being put in opera
tion in the vicinity. The ledge can be traced for miny
miles. The quartz is found from ten to thirty fdet below
the surface.
A genuine ruby has been found in a piece of quartz taken
from the " Union Quartz Rock Mountain," four miles from
Nevada City.
The Indians have not yet been brought to a treaty, although
the Comm'ssioners bold out hope that such a result will speedi
ly take place. The Commissioners are encamped on the
Mariposa. They had had interviews with some of thea friendly
tribes, who had promised their good offices towards effecting
a meeting between the commissioners and the hostile chiefs.
These had all withdrawn into the moun'ain fastnesses, whence
they make occasional incursions, driving off cattle, and some
times killing a solitary miner. A volunteer force of some
two hundred men is collected and stationed in the neighbor
hood of the passes to the m mntains, awaiting the result of
the attempt to negotiate. A writer in the Stockton Times
expresses the belief that no treaty of peace can be made be
fore the Indians have ftlt the force of the strength of the
whites, and a determination is manifested by hostile move
ments to exterminate them. He says:
"I may be mistaken, but in my opinion this is going to be
a general Indian war from one end of the State to the other,
and has been plsnned for months ; and the prosperity of the
State and towns for the next year depends on the manner in
which it is managed. The miners are collected in small par
ties, scattered about, and if they are cut off or driven in the
towna must suffer, as they are dependant on the success of the
mining operation."
| The Sacramento Transcript records a skirmish between a
party of miners and the Indians on Silver creek, near the
| South Fork of the American river. . The whites came out
i of the fight unharmed, killing three of the Indians and cap
? turing eight head of catle.
The Courier says that the efforts fflade by the Legisla'uve
I to elect a United States Senator in place of Col. Fremont
j have proved ineffectual. When the Convention first met,
the prominent Whig candidates were Hon. T. B. King and
I Hon. John Wethered, and the Democratic candidates were
1 Col. Fremont and Mr. Heydenfelt. Mr. Wethere l finally
1 abandoned the contest, and it was narrowed down to the three
others named.
After nearly 150 balloting*, the Convention, finding it im
| possible to make a choice, adjourned till the 1st of January
I next. King had the highest vote on the last ballot, but lack
ed aix or eight votes of an election. Heydenfelt was the fa
I vorite of the Democrats. Fremont, who commenced with
; only a half dozen votes, gradually increased in strength, until
before the Convention adjourned his vote equalled that of
Heydenfelt. On the last day the latter withdrew, and Col.
Weller was substituted in his place, who received exactly the
vote before given to the withdrawing candidate. A good
deal of feeling exists on the subject, and the senatorial ques
tion will enter largely into the next political canvass.
On Sundsy 23d of February, San Francisco was in a tre
mendous state of excitement on account of the anticipated
execution by the populace of two noted scoundrels, Stewart
' and Windrrd, for nearly murdering Mr. Hanson, a respec
I table merchant of that place, and robbing him of $2,000. A
meeting of citizens was called, several of the most influential
and wealthy men presided, and the prisoners were given a
fair trial by jury. The jury, however, disagreed, and the offi- |
cer of justice look possession of the culprit*. At Sacramento
City a similar afftir occurred, but the offender did Dot escape
to easily. Frederick Roe, ? no'ed gambler, rbot through the
head a Mr. Charles Myers, for interfering to put an end to a
quarrel in which he was engaged. A meeting of the citizens
was called, in which the moat prominent and influential men
took part. Koe waa tried, convicted, and in less than five hours
afimne commission of the crime he was bung in the presence
of an as?cmblage of thousands.
Uunnt'os waa still dull, and thearrivals at 8an Francisco of
foreign shipping had greatly fallen off*within the last fortnight.
The minere were doing very well throughout tbe State, and an
increaaed amount of gold was expected to be taken out during
the coming season. There bad been but little rain in San
Francifco, though the interior was more favored in this re
spcct. Tbe market ia overstocked with a variety of articles,
which are selling for less than cost.
Fo* tub Worlii'b Exhibition.?Messrs. Stillwell, Pren
tice & Evans, merchants of this city, have in their posses
sion a lump of pure gold of unique shape, weighing upwards
of fifty-one ouncea. It waa dug up a few daya ago in the
town ot Sonora. One of tbe firm intends to visit England
on tbe occasion of the World's Fair, and exhibit it in the
Cryatal Palace.
IxniAfta Killed.?By recent intelligence from the Kla
math region, we learn that four Indians were shot by some
packer* a few days ago while on their way to Trinidad, Irom
the forks of the Klamath and Trinity rivers. One of the
same party waa shot last winter by tbe ssme packere, and
probably tbe remnant of their tribe ia doomed to share the
same fate.
Moktx Dr.ALias Roctbp ?The citizcn* of Coloma,
roused by s>me outrages perpetrated by a Freneh monte
dealer, turned out en matte and banished all gamblera from
the place. Tbey escorted them out of the town by force, and
warned them not to return again.
Califohhia Mixbrals?Major Whiting baa shown us a
great variety of mineralogical specimens, which were collect*
ed in Lower California, which surpasses any thing of tbe
kind we ever saw, and which only corroborates the opinion
we have formerly expressed, that the resources of California
scarcely begin to be developed. Among the specimens were
gold, silver, copper, cobalt, ruby, and other stones which we
were unable to classify. One felt to the touch very much like
Castile soap, with a strong sromatic smell. 8ome of the sil
ver epecimeus weie splendid. The silver was in quartz,
which appeared likfl sto*ll bubble*, of transparent whiteness,
and it really glistens with mineral. There was a variety of
other sped men ?, which we could not with certainty determine
to what claaa they belonf, and leave it to more experienced.
mineralogists. It haa been snggested that thia waa Holomoa'a
Opbir, from which he derived the gold and precioua alone* for 1
the temple. We are not of that opinion, but ventura to aug-1
geat that the temple atood here, and when it waa burnt with
all ita wealth, the rich metala, its amber, and ita precioua
stones, may have fallen into the lap of California.
A California Liok.?We aaw on Long Wharf yester
day a large and beautiful specimen of the California lion. It
is of a whitiah color, over two feet in height, and meaaurioft
between seven and eight feet from tip to tip. It waa killed
some time aince by Capt. Martin near 8ancelito, and haa been
carefully stuffed, wiih a view of sending it to the States.
Octsidb Babbabiahs.?A son of the Celestial Empire
and an " outaide barbarian " amused themselves yesterday by
getting into a fight on Sansome atreet. The outsider rather
got the best of it, owing to the length of the Chinsman's
tail, which, catching hold of, he caused him to revolve around
him, as the earth doea around the great luminary of heaven.
Gaxbliro Extbaobdihabt is Bar Fbabtcisco.?It has
been found more profitable of late by the skilful sporting men
of 8sn Francisco to pl^y in private, where merchants and
mercantile agent a can participate in the excitement without
exposing themselves to the censure of three wbo are opposed
to gaming. In one of these private rooms, a foreigner com
menced playing against Faro, and after losing all he had,
(over five hundred dollars,) he propoeed to the dealer to
pledge his wife for one hundred and fifty dollars worth of
checks. The dealer said he would like first to see the securi
ty for the stake; and the man instantly departed, and in about
half an hour afterward, while the dealer waa aitting alone
smoking a cigar, iR walked the foreigner with a pleasing
| looking young woman, whom he offered in pledge for the
amount before named. The checks were dealt out, the game
proceeded, and the foreigner again lost, upon which he de
parted leaving his wife in pawn for the amount; and so she
remained for several days, until her depraved partner raised
the amount to redeem her. The woman was either hopeless
ly ignorant of her rights and the laws of the country protect
ing her sex, or as depraved in her nature as her companion.
Farming ik California.?Many persons have left the
mines of California to follow agricultural pursuits. A large
number of farms, from ten to one huadied and fifty acres, have
been put under cultivation. Barley, onions, and potatoes
are the staple productions, while the raising of poultry is be
ginning to attract the attention of those who take pride in
seeiing and tasting the wing of a duck or chicken. This is
the true mode of establishing the permanent prosperity of the
country, and introducing order, peace, and the domestic vir
tues. A population living upon the soil, and deriving thefr
subsistence from it, will learn the necessity of practising, for
their own comfort and protection, those social virtues which
cannot be expected to be found in the mere adventurer.
GENERAL 8COTT AT CINCINNATI.
v Major General 8cott, who is now in the West, accompa
nied by Adjt. Gen. Jonbs and 8urgeon Gen. Lawson, on a
tour of official duty, meets a cordial greeting, as might be ex
pected from his military reputation and the rarity with which
he has travelled in the Western country.
On his arrival at Cincinnati from Pittsburgh, on Monday
morning last, not less than ten thousand persons were assem
bled to welcome this distinguished officer. About nine o'clock
the steamer was announced by a salute, and the crowd rush
ed precipitately to the water's edge and the surrounding boats.
As the steamer approached, the tall form of Gen. 8corr, in
full military dress, was observed standing forward on the
hurricane deck. His appearance was the signal for an out
burst of enthusiastic welcome.
The General advanced and raised from his head bis mili
tary hat, which was responded to by long, loud, and vocifer
ous acclamations. After recegnising the enthusiasm of this
voluntary reception from the people, he proceeded from the
boat to a hack, and was conveyed to the Burnet House, fol
lowed by an immen|e crowd of citixens eager for a sight of
him. After a few moments' repose, he was called upon the
terrace to receive the congratulations of the multitu4e who
were there and desired to see him. He advanced, and briefly
and pertinently thanked the citizens assembled for the appre
ciated evidences of approbation and favor by which he was
welcomed.
Gen. Scott and the gentlemen forming the Board of Com
missioners were to remain for several days in Cincinnati and
vicinity, for the purpose of consulting upon the advantages of
that region for the establishment of the proposed Asylum.
Me. WEBSTER'S IMPROMPTU RECEPTION AT
SPRINGFIELD, (Mass)
We loarn from the Springfield Republican that for an hour
previous to Mr. Webster's arrival at that place people bad
been gathering at the depot, and when the train came in, not
less than a thousand persons had gathered to get a look at
one of "the best abused men" in Christendom. When be
made his appearance, he was greeted with cheers upon cheers.
The Republican says he looked extremely jaded and worn,
and showed that he badtbeen and was still suffering from phy
s'cal indisposition. After dinner, however, be made his ap
pearance on the balcony, and was greeted with a spontaneous
and heartfelt enthusiasm. Mr. Webster said :
Citizens of Springfield : This pleasant interruption of
my journey from the cares of public business to the quiet of
home, affords me, I assure you, the sheerest gratification.
I am glad to see }our faces here to-day. I am glad to meet
you. I feel that I am in Massachusetts, that I stand on Mas
sachusetts ground, that I am among Massachusetts men. I
feel that I am at home. In other days I knew your thrifty
town of Springfield. I knew your public squares, your streets
of shady elms. I knew your neighbors, Mount Tom and
Mount Holyoke. They remain, but all else is changed.
?New buildings and newfacea are seen on your thoroughfares,
and yet I feel that I am not changed in my feelings toward
your people or the people of Massachusetts. I have as great
a desire to serve you, as strong a wish for your welfare, and
as warm an attachment to your interests as I ever had at any
period of my public life, in the various responsible positions
in which you have placed me.
The cloud that has darkened the political horizon has pass
ed by, and what we now want, and what all the great inte
rests of the country need, is peace. We wsnt security in the
prosecution of business and of enterprise. We want protec
tion?I do not mean it in any technical sense, slthough I
should rejoice most heartily in such an adjustment of the re
venue laws as would protect our business and our labor?but
I mean it in that broader sense, to be found in mutual confi
dence, mutual regard for law, and a universal disposition to
consult the highest good of the whole country. It is for this
end that I have labored, and shall labor. I am now on my
way home from some months of arduous toil in public busi
ness. I am going to my farm, to Marshfield. I am going
to snuff the sea-breeze, and seek for reinvigoration and for
rest: but. before I pass, allow me to re-assure you of the high
gratification which this brief interview has afforded me. Yoti
have my beat wishes for yourselves and for your families.
The speech was greeted with hesrty cheers, as were its va
rioua sentiments duriiig the delivery. Mr. Webster was
condccted through the crowd to the train in waiting, and the
cars moved out of the depot amid long and heartily given
cheers.
Among those engaged and mingling in the d<fa>onatration
were men of different parties, numbering many lesding Demo
crats of Springfield and the towns around. There was no
thing in the whole movement that smacked of party at all.
FROM HAVANA.
[corrxspoh?xrce or the sr.w tork express]
Havana, Mabch 31, 1851.
Since my last, a thousand rumora have been afloat of the
disaffection of the troops in the interior, of arrests, of th? ex
pected invasion, &c. I am satisfied that there have been no
arreats made that may be attributed to political motives. As
to the disaffection among the troops in the interior, not much
can be said, but here the troops are faithful.
And now for the "invasion." It ia known in town, and,
in fact, all over the inland, that the Captain General has in
formed Commodore Parker, of the steamer Saranac, which
vessel is now lying at anchor in our harbor, that he had re
ceived positive information that Lopez &. 4Jo. would make a
descent upon this ihland within thirty daya; and as about
fifteen days have elapsed eir.ce the Csptain General received
this news, we may soon be on the lookout fur the "pirates."
They are aaid to number from 2,000 to 2,800. The Captain
Central very unwisely made this statement to Commodore
Parker and officers publicly, and the consequence is that
the whole island is in a great state of excitement and alarm.
That the Captain General has received this information there
can be no doubt, but we do doubt its correctness : the Csp
tain General, however, undoubtedly places full reliance on
the correctness of the information, from the fact that be has
requested the captain of the French war steamer "Mogador,"
who was about leaving this port, to oblige bim by remaining
a few days longer. It may be true that a parly ia on' its way
to invade ibis iiland, and it may effect a landing ; but there
is no one so ranguine as to bel:eve that such an invasion will
be successful*
BY TELEGRAPH FROM BOSTON.
Boston, April 7?2 P. M.
Tit Fcsititb Slav* Cask.?City Muibil Tcmx ?u
arrested this morning on the suit of Jno. Randolph, a negro,
for arresting and searching said Randolph for concealed wea
pons. Tukey gave bail in the sum of $1,000 to answer the
I charge.
An attempt wa? made this morning to get time out of the
hands of the United States Marshal by virtue of an act pf
1836, relative to the personal freedom of parties, but the
Marshal (Mr. Dkvixs) refused to give Sims up.
Mr. Rabtoul, for the defence, addressed the Court this
morning. He took the ground that tbe fugitive slave law is
unconstitutional.
After hearing his argument, the Court adjourned the case
till 3 o'clock in the afternoon, wheu they will render their
decision.
The city continues perfectly quiet, though lsrge crowds are
collected about. The military hold themselves in readinesa to
aaiist the civil authorities at a moment's notice. The impres
?ion is that Sims will be delivered up to his vaster,, and con
veyed from here to New York under military escort.
The Abolitionists caused the arrest this morning of John F.
Bacon, the agent of Sims's owner, and of De Lyon, on a
charge of conrpiracy to kidnap. They promptly gave bail in
the sum ef $5,000.
Boston, April 8?P. M.
Mr. Rahtool haa again applied to tbtf Supreme Judicial
Court for a writ of habeas corpus in the caae of Sims. Justice
j Shaw will give a decision this evening.
The argument of the case if nevertheless proceeding before
the United Slates Commissioner, who is expected to decide
he matter in the course of to-daj.
Another meetiog in opposition to the fugitive slave law was
held in Tremont Temple this morning. Horace Max* pre
sided. A large majority of the meeting was opposed to vio
lent resistance.
Boston, Ap*il 9?P. M.
The Governor has directed the Attorney General to advise
with the sheriff in relation to serving a writ of replevin upon
the marshal in the case of Sims.
In the Senate of this State a committee of seven members
have been appointed to inquire whether any State law for the
security of personal liberty has been violated by any 8tate or
city officer, and the freedom of any individual of the Com*
monwealth thereby endangered.
This is a new movement of the abolitionists, and results
from the refusal of the sheriff to serve a writ of replevin on
Sims, for assaulting the officer at the time he was arrested.
They thus hope to detain fcim, and give further time for agita
tion, under the cloak of trying him for a criminal offence, such
as tbey have repeatedly urged upon all in bis situation to
commit. The committee are now sitting. i
The argument alluded to in the telegraph despatch of yes
terday as having been made in Court by Mr. Rahtocl, was
before the 8upreme Court of the State, in favor of granting
to the slave Sims a writ of habeas corpus. In the afternooQ
Judge Shaw delivered the unanimous opinion of the court,
refusing the writ. The argument of the case was then re
sumed before the United 8tates Commissioner. There seems
to be no reason to doubt that Sims, whose identity as the slave
of Mr. Potter has been, clearly established, will be remanded
to his owner.
Boston, April 11?P.M.
An application was made last night to Judge Woodburt,
by Ckarlxs 8umhf.il and other Freesoilers, for a writ of
habeas corpus, with a view to get the slave Sims out of the
custody of the U. S. Marshal, that ha may be held to an
swer under the State law for having assaulted, with intent to
kill, the officer who arrested him. Judge Woodbuht grant
ed the writ. Marshal Devxnb then brought Sims into Court,
and made return that he held him on the warrant as a fugi- >
tive as well as on the warrant for assault, but stated that he
had not brought him into Court for trial on the latter charge,
from considerations'of public duty. The defence then asked
fjr delay, and the Court granted them until 3 o'clock to-day.
| Mr. Curtis, the United States Commissioner, this morn*
ing delivered his opinion, sustaining the fugitive slave law,
and remanding Sims to his owner. He is now in custody
of the Marshal awaiting the decision of the Court as above
mentioned.
Boston, April II?3 P. M.
The committee appointed by the Senate to investigate the
conduct of the sheriff and other officers in relation to serving
the warrant upon Sim*, met this morning. The sheriff testi- .
fied that the marshal had refused to allow the warrants to be
served except by force. The Mayor testified that the city
police were employed in keeping the peace, and not in re
straining Sims. He had also called out the military to assist
in maintaining order, but refused to say, when a?ked, whether
they were to assist in escorting Sims to the cars. In the
House this morning Mr. Curtis, of Boston, moved an in
quiry by the Judiciaiy Committee as to whether the Senate
had not, in appointing the investigating committee, infringed
on the privileges of the House ? Mr. Cushiho supported the
motion, and it is now under discussion. [The House finally
refused to entertain this as a question of privilege.]
Boston, April 11?12 P. M.
The habeas corpus case came up before Judge Woodbuht
this afternoon. The same discussion as heretofore arose.
Mr. Thomas claimed that it was his right to appear solely ae
counsel for 8ims, holding as he did the certificate from the
Commissioner remanding Sims to his master, as 8ims now
stood as regarded his master in the situation of a ward. Mr.
8xwall replied that that might be law in slave Stater, but
not in Massachusetts. Judge Woodbuht asked 8ewall if
Massachusetts was not a State of the Union which recognised
the institution of slavery. For his part he thanked God that
Massachusetts was still a 8tate of the Union. [Great applause
in court room?Marshal called loudly to order.] Mr. Sum
ner then argued the case at length, and Mr. Curtis
rejoined.
Judge Woodbuht then proceeded to give his opinion. He
decided that the warrant was legal end that the Marahal acted
properly, and, taking the circumstances that surrounded him
into consideration, he was juatified in the course he bad pur
sued. The offence charged wae certainly serious, one striking
at the root of all eociety, (alluding to the resistance offered by
?8ima to the officer.) It is a resistance to law, and should the
officer fail to prosecute it he would be highly culpable, espe
| dally at this time, when resietance to law and assaults upon
it* officers ire to freely counselled in certain quarter*. He
concluded by remanding 8ims to the custody of the Marshal.
The usual affidavit that he fears a rescue has been made
by the agent of the claimant, and probably such force will be
detailed of police, military, <kc. to carry 8ima out of the
State, as will render an attempt at rescue impossible.
City Marshal Tcket, in his examination before the inves
tigating committee of the 8enate this afternoon, said : " I
' have not been ordered to aaaist in taking the prisoner away,
' excepting in the general order to preserve peace. I think
4 it my duty thereby to aee a prisoner conveyed beyond the
4 line of the 8ta!e. I think our presence will prevont a man
' from being killed. My men have no weapons, suchr as fire
' arms or knives. Last night we put awsy all weapons in a.
' safe place. My men, however, have drilled with arms loan
' ed thrm by the United 8tates Marshal. I don't think wea
' pons will be needed, as some fifteen hundred or two thour
4 sand persons have volunteered in preserving peace. One
'hundred and fifty caulkers, tkree hundred truckmen,acom
' pany of firemen, besides merchsnts, bank directors, trades
' men, mechanics, and many wealthy and respectable gentle
' men, have offered their services. I understood that a dud
' ber of countrymen, excited by inflammatory appeals, were
1 coming to town this morning armed with pitchforks, tee ,
? and 1 had my men posted reedy to arrest them wherever
?found.''
There have been a number of inflammatory speeches maJe
to-day. The mee'ing of the abolitionists held at the Tra
mont Temple to-day wa< rather 4amo ? no incendiary speeches
were mide. The city to-night is very mueh excited, but net
the least disposition to resist the law ie perceptible. In tha,
crowd about the Court-House scarcely a negro can be leen.
Boston, April 12?A. M.
The jlave Sims was placed on board the brig
Acorn, at four o'clock this morning, to be conveyed
to Savannah.
Sl'.HOOJL BOOILS of every deseription tor sale by R.
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