The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-11-27
BY EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS.

Two O'CLOCK. A. NJ.
Our express rider has Just arrived from White
Plains, Weschesler county, distance OF n miles,
which he has rode in 50 MINUTES, carrying the YER
diet OF the jury in the OF Sullivan McCleester,
and kensett, exclusively for the Herald
The jury returned into court at few minutes be-
tore 10 O'Clock at night, with verdict OF man
slaughter In the fourth degree against all the prison
ers, and recommend them TO the mercy OF the
court. They were absent about three hours and
half
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF National TROUBLE
The recent slave case in Boston has created ter
rible flame in the Souh, as far as heard from. The
following are extracts from the Norfolk Herald -
BosroS Nov Is, 1912.
Since my last notice of the Slave Latimer the excite
ment which grew out of his and imprisonment
without warrant or other legal process, far from abat
ing, has been continually on the increase penny pa
per- entitled the "Lamer Journal and North Stsr'
started few days ago, under the management (among
others OF William +. Channing of the late lamente
Dr. Charming the object of which was, to its
language 'o give uterance to the alarm and indignation
soi 1t was published at the office of the Boston Courier
and circulated by thousands both the City and country
Under this and other kindred Influences the excitement
had become SO extensive that probably not less thai
people would have come together to await the result of
the trial Monday if the had been taken
out of Court by the voluntary the caiman. and his
agents believe il would have impossible TO carry
Lamer out OF the city slave, it would be pluck
an angel out of Heaven Not less than 500 people had
made arr angemens 20 from Lynn alone TO tend
the trial, and hundreds ready flock in from
other places; while the great body OF citizens
moved with sympathy for the fugitive and with ndgna
ton against those who had illegally arrested and detained
him.
This general excitement and agitation together with
certain legal proceedings impending the heads of the
shareholders the sheriff and jlor and a well settled
conviction that farther eff TT TO obtain their victim
slave would be useless brought them to TERMS AMI they
last night set the prisoner free the pa OF $500
to part Of the expenses incurred by his and
IMPRISONMENT No cent of this, however will go to
Gray the claimants but it will all be meeting
only part of the expenses Of the officers GRAY has
spent nearly $780, bees his time for Viii b he have
only this consolation that he has been the of
ating an excitement unexamped in Boston, without oh.
tanning his victim and thus rendered it morally
that fugitive slave is here he be in any
place this 81 OF heaven The sheriff thai he
had done wrong said he heartily sorry that be had
been induced to have agency in such Transaction
and hat no fugitive slave should the threshold
of our Jail while it remained under his control The
jaor also protested that he would never be concerned
again in such business and in consideration of these
promises, Lamer and his friends agreed prosecute
them Tor false Imprisonment, any Other charge
nected with the transaction Austin, also, the counsel
for Gray declared that this should he his last
and they all agreed that not officer in Boston could be
persuaded, by any means TO engage in such case =
Austin furnished Latmer with free papers and sur
rendered the power OF attorney for the OF his a
hicted wife. sll .f
The following are the comments of the Norfolk
Herald on the above:
ABoLITIoNIsM TRiu,pa,sr-Tur CoSsr,rrr,ox Avn
THE FIGHTS OF THE sourHnRN STATES rRAMPLEp IL
THE DUsr, City OF BosroN Our towns.
man Mr. James b. Gray, returned home yester-
DAY morning, alter long, harrassing and expensive
attendance on the course OF Justice ca in the la,p forng
city OF Boston, in the hope having his runaway slave
Geo Lamer restored to him; but all to no purpose He
has been deirauded OF his property by mcckery JUS
tee and forms olaw twisted and contrved TO defeat all
his efforts to obtain his just rights.
Mr. Gray's case brings the "vexed question:, between
the north and the south to its utimatu His slave elop.
ed from him, and he pursued him to Boston, where he
an n-nin cnIf I'm r.
ershp according to the express authority of the Consti
tuition he had right to take him away without further
let or molesation. But Ho He withheld rom him
upon some frivolous plea which TO have been inves
tigated on Monday last but in the interim the Sheriff
VINO was well disposed at first to support the Constitution
and do his duty eirlcssiy Undated and overawed
by the fanatca spirit which ruled hour and he gave
orders to his deputy the Jsor mo had the slave charge
to release hmaddng that he released by such
an hour, he would dismiss him. the jaior iro his office
The slave was thereupon released and longer under
the control of his nasterupon the plea that the Jail be-
onged to the State and be use hold prisoners
committed under the laws Of the United States without
special permission, which would be granted N this
case.
Thus then, the compact between the States has been
violated by Massachusetts and if upon application
by the party aggrieved TO the supreme the Uni
yea Tor redress against the State of Massachusetts
TO The full amount OF his loss and image claim shall
Federal Will b. 'aa all sss an
purposes dissolved III what called States'
par erceence eau with mpuny send their emissaries
into the slave States to seduce their slaves away
and then afford them protection and y resist the
rghtful claims of their there no power in
the Federal Constitution to enforce redress the obra
tons Of the compact will he no longer binding and go
vsrnment admitting OF such abuse would be more obi
thaa the worst kind of cpotism II needless IN ad
hat the slave States would hold this blessed Union hal
lowed a 1t is by all that is dear to the heart of the patriot
as DUST IN the balance against their ryhs The Quxote
OF Boston may exult in their triumph Gfay hut hey
have not counted the cost And say with deep con-
cernfor we are peacefully inclined and have the dpo
son 10 love all our brethren in all parts of the Union
that this wrong done to JAS Gray NOT be
tamey submitted to by the citizens OF the South As one
man they will rise and demand redress for it and secure
~ Tor Their property for the future This Is not an nd
vidua matter which may be compromised h,ished M
1t the case OF every saveowner in the Souh-At are
ineres ed in itall will feel the necessity imposed on
them to take prompt and decisive action in premises
Nov on nerer the time tor them TO act Any change in
preerenceo that condition when the guarantees of our
glorious Constitution under which this Union has hereto
lore so happily fourhed can be nufci by the laws OF
assachuses or the nsurrecionary proc ceilings her
czens, with impunty. Away vita the paltry political
issues and contests of the day until this momenos ques
ton is settled lHI ~