North Carolina standard., 1850-11-02
BOSTON MULTIPLICATION.


account Of the Fugiiise Slave Law. Indeed al
Massachusetts, Nth the exception Of Dan;el Woh-
ster and few Of the faithful Democracy. a2pears n
be arrayed against ahis law, and determined in n.
first place to evade it, and in the second to repeal it
II possible. at the next session of Congress. We
copy :he following articles from the Boston nane,.
showing the nature of the excitement and its extep,
FUGIrIvE-sLAvE EXCITEMENT IN THE crrv Tho,o
was some slight commotion in this city yesterJsv
in consequence of the issnRg of a warrant for VII
liam Crafts, and his wife Ellen, fugitives from NJ
con, Georgia. claimed by person named Hughes,
said to be Jaior ana acting as agent of the master
of the Crafts. The rumors in circulation YESTERDAY
in relation to the affair numberless but the f.o
we believe tobe as follows:
Mr. Hughes applied to Judge Sprague on Thursday
for the warrants, and they were placed in the hands
of George Deyens, United States marshall that NIGHT.
or early yesterday morning. 1t was known to Crafts
and his friends that agent here in pursuit of
him. and his determination resist seizure; and
for that purpose he armed himself and professed to
wait for the ofheer and agent, at his residence in
Cambridge street, where he also has small shop in
which hesworked as cabinet-maker. In the course
of the forenoon however, his friends prevailed apon
him to retire TO the house f one Hayden in Southac
street. In ne course OF the day both houses were
by persons in ts service of the agent,
but there was attempt enter and make an arrest
In the forenoon f. G. Loring and S. E. Sewell,
retained by the vigilance committee as general coun-
sci for fugitves called upon Judge SDraGue at his
chambers; and lnterrogated him. specifically, wheth-
er 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 as
standing upon the 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
was large crowd the courthouse, and one white
man made himself conspicuous the corner of Frank
linz opG0 L
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.
Boston Post.
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE EXCITEMENT IN BosToN. Yes
teday afternoon, towards night, the excitement about
Court square and Court street had subsidized and the
only place of excitement apparently, the west
part Of the city, where William Crafts, the fugitive
against whom warrant was generality understood
to have been issued, was qnartered. otf s.
At moon yesterday it was advised by some OF the
parti Sular friends of the fugitives issue crcu
lar, P be sent round to all the fugitives in the city
circular was subsequently issued, generally ciTcu
lateds and reading follows: To the rescue!
Three ngitives about to be arrested William Crafts
supposed TO be one Be the alert! No time TO
be l3st! Friday, noon. Oct. 25, 1885,"
Dbring yesterday afternoon crowds continued TO
collect in the western part of the city, in expectation
that some demonstration might be made. We un-
derand that the United States marshal, MIR. Devens.
favored during the day the assistance of
conSables, and other officers of the city government,
in baking arrests, but generally refused. One
of the constabies-a good-ooking, abe-bodied man
-said that than go in he would leave the city,
and 90 out to Porter's and board and let the parties
IS settle their own hash." Boston Times.
[By telegraph to the N. Y. Journal of Commercel
BosToN, Oct. %.
TIE FuGITIyE-SI.AyE EXCITEMENT. No arrest Of
fugitive slaves has yet taken place, and the city is
quiet, although incendary handbills posted about
the streets. WIN. Fl. Hughes, of Macon, Georgia,
who came on to reclaim Crafts, has voluntarily given
bail in $4,000, to answer to charge of slander IN
stating that Crafts was guilty of theft in stealing
himself and clothes. Knight, who was arrested on
Saturday afternoon for SANDER came on here on his
own private business, and was called on by Hughes
to identify Crafts, whom he had employed in Macon
The vigilance committee has been increased 10
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 Sonthac
street. The houses in this part of the city are barr-
caded.' plentifnlly provided with arms and am
munition.
The HOUSE OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE HIS CASTLE.
The Boston Journal states that inquiry of the
marshal, Judge Sprague has intimated that the pro-
cess for the arrest of fugitive slave is in the
of civil process that in serving it an officer will
not be justified in breaking open the other outer doorof
any dweIling-house; that every dwelling-house is
ever, is confined to the dweliing-house, or house.
where person sleeps, and not To his place of bus-
ness. 1t is also confined the outer doors IL this
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 the
country disregarded and tampied under foot, in
ohe of the most enlightened cities in America; and
lawyers are found enough to advise the arrest
Of master claiming his slave, the ground that he
rad slandered the slave in saying he had stolen him
,elf! AS the Washington Union well says: GA
awyer who would advise such arrest must be as
gnoant of law as he is lost to all of profess
;onaI duty. The words imputed to the witness
would not be Islander if uttered thousand times. To
ay that they would be is absurd as to charge
nan with SANDER for saying of another, He is guilty
If n,urder-for he murdered mad dog"
The houses of the fugives in Boston are it seems,
barricaded, an6 plentifully supplied with ammun-
ion.'' The wronged and outraged Shareholders of
he South look to the President of the United States
enforce the Antcs. High times. indeed, when runa-
way negroes protected and fortified in the bosom Of
sovereign State aretoo strong for the laws Of Con-
press and the Constitution of the land Who has
my thing to say now about Southern Z" dsuniouistS
md South Carolina qualification From the bot
ON of our heart do we hope that the vile fanatics
md their natural ales the Freesolers, may be over
brown and crushed in the contest now gong on' and
he Union come forth unslatteIed and triumphant
,ut while we hope wefear aso fo:it apparent that
he deadly poison IS circulating more or less, IN all
Northern veins that the madness now prevailing
larpe portions of the Northern people is des-