Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1850-11-06
BOSTON MULTIPLICATION.


account of the Fugitive Slave Law. Indeed, all
Massachusetts, with the exception of Daniel Web
stcr and few Of the faithful Democracy, appears to
be arrayed against this law, and determined in the
first place to evade it, and in the second to repeal it,
If possible, at the next session of Congress. We
copy The following articles from the Boston papers,
showing the nature Of the excitement and its extent
FuGITIvE-sLAvE EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY. There
was some slight commoton in this city yesterday,
in consequence of the issuing of warrant for Will
liam Crafts, and his wife Ellen, fugitives from Ma
con, Georgia, claimed by person named Hughes.
said to be ailor. and acting agent of the
of the Crafts. The runors in circulation yesterday
in relation to the affair numberess, but the facts
we believe to be as follows:
Mr.. Hughes applied to Judge Sprague on Thursday
for the warrants, and they were placed in the hands
of George Devens United States marshal, that night,
or early yesterday morning. 1t was known to Crafts
and his friends that an agent was here in pursuit of
him, and his determination was resist seizure and
for that purpose he armed himself, and professed
wait for the officer and agent, at his residence in
Cambridge street, where he also has small shop, in
which he worked as cabnet-lnaker. In the course
of the forenoon, however, his friends prevailed apon
him to retire to the house Of one Hayden, in Southac
street. In the course of the day both houses were
reconnoered by persons in the service of the agent,
but there attempt to enter and make an arrest
In the forenoon E. G. Loring and s. E. Sewell,
retained by the vigilance committee general coun-
sci for ngitives, called upon Judge Sprague at his
chambers. and nterrogated him, specifically, wheh-
he had issued any warrants, and. if so, against
whom. Judge Sprague declined giving any reply
other than to say that he regarded such warrants
standing upon the same ground as all other warrants.
and therefore that he not at liberty to make any
disclosures in relation to them before they had been
served. He also declined to answer whether he had
or had not issued any warrants. At one time there
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made himself conspicuous at the corner of Frank
lin avenue and Court street, by harangung the as.
sembly, and advising them to resist unto the death,
if any arrest should be made. Considerable crowds
were also collected in Ann and Cambridge streets
about the middle of the day; but, open meas
ures were taken towards serving the warrants, the
excitement died away during the afternoon.
The FUGITIVE SLAVE EXCITEMENT INBOsTON. Y es-
terday afternoon, towards night, the excitement about
Court square and Court street had subsded, and the
only place of excitement, apparently, at the west
part Of the city, where William Crafts, the fugitive
against whom warrant was generally understood
to have been issued, was qnartered.
At noon yesterday it was advised by some OF the
particular friends Of the fugves to issue circu-
lar to be round all the fgitives in the city.
circular was subsequently issued generally circu-
Three fugitives about to be arrested William Crafts
supposed to he one! Be the alert! No time to
be lost! Friday, noon, Oct. 25, 1880"
During yesterday afternoon crowds continued to
collect in the western part of the city, in expectation
that some demonstration might be made. We un-
derstand that the United States marshall Mr. Devens.
endeavored during the day the assistance of
constabes, and other officers of the city government,
in making arrests, but was generally refused. One
of the constabIes-a good-lookng. able.bodied man
said that than go in he would leave the city,
and 60 out to Porters and board and let the parties
"settle their own hash.' Boston Times.
lBy telegraph to the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.]
BosroN, Oct. %.
The FuclrlvE-sLAvE EXCITEMENT. No arrest of
fugitive slaves has yet taken place. and the city is
quiet, although ncendiary handblls posted about
the streets. VIM. Fl. Hughes, of Macon, Georgia,
who to reclaim Crafts, has voluntarily given
bail in $lO.OOO to answer to charge of slander in
stating that Crafts gnilty of theft in stealing
himself and clothes. Knight, who was arrested on
Saturday afternoon for slander, came here on his
to identify Crafts, whom he had employed in Macon
The vigilance committee has been increased to
100. G.. G. Loring and other leading lawyers have
volunteered to defend any fugitive who nay be ar
rested. Crafts remains quiet at his house in Souhae
street. The houses in this part of the city barr
munition.
The HOUSE OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE is HIS CASTLE
The Boston Journal states that, on inquiry Of the
marshal, Judge Sprague has intimated that the pro-
cess for the arrest of fugitive slave is in the ma
ture of civil process; that in serving it an officer viii
not be justified in breaking open the other outer door
any dwelling-house; that every dweillng-house II
the castle of its occupants. This protection, how
ever, is confined to the dwelling-house, or house
where person sleeps and not to his place of bust
1t is also confined to the outer door. Ii this
is left open, if the marshal is admitted within It
he may break open any inner door.
Thus it is that the laws and Constitution of th'
II * nd foof I,
one of the most enlightened cities in America; ant
lawyers are found mean enough to advise the arres
of master claiming his slave, the ground that h
had slandered the slave in saying he had stolen him
self! As the Washington Union well says: !
LAWYER who would advise such an arrest must be a
ignorant of law as he is lost to all sense of Profes
sonal duty. The words imputed to the witnes
would not be slander if uttered thousand times T
say that they would be is as absurd as to charge
man with slander for saying Of another, He is ga
of nsurder-for he murdered mad dog"
The houses of the ugitives in Boston are, seems
"barricaded, and plentfuy supplied with ammun
tion." The wronged and outraged Shareholders q
the South look to the President of the United State
to enforce the la,os HigA times. indeed, when runa
way negroes, protected and fortified in the bosom
sovereign State, too strong for the laws Of Cor
gress and the Constitution of the land Who ha
any thing to say about Southern disunionists
and South Carolina 6 notification From the bo
tom of our heart do we hope that the vile fanatic
and their natural allies, the Freesoers, may be ovs
thrown and crushed in the contest now going on, an
the Union come forth unshatteIed and triumphant
bus while we hope fear also, for It is apparent th'
the deadly poison is circulating, more or less in
Norhern veins, and that the madness now trevai'in