The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-02-22

Che reliable mru whom Wr had brfut able Ia
collect tho rruHsul and s1nr urBspaprr re-
lorlrrsi that hr Warren, a. thlatilna, ~ birh
wa about halipet l2.nturnrd ION tbs Nayy
lanlr and luipriRrd me that Vi had seen
tnmpplpre DoHnrat who said hf could nol
grant my request hat despatched what Of
lrrr J could spare, A. ask such ~ their
iuruds 10 remain - would assist, and 10 pro
cure all additional force possible, intending a.
usn the court house as q place nf detention;
that Mrluui also lrii,that rruNds uiurWrOrB
and nihrr Lel4n Ia P-liAeF 'sAs'1t tis estift
lnnm and 900 tlle passage way leading a. the
court house HAT went tD nur nt the Nee
srnPrr who bad charge Of the building and
desired lin a. have Rl the court house doors
CLOSED q soon o. ppsslbleWhlrh Were not nee
essary Tor usr,
That, a. or bcior' one oflock, Mr. Ebouo
ger h0yrs the mrssTngerof tie United States
Court wHs destafrhed 10 the City Marshal
whom h. informed that thu United States
marshal wanted every man he could send 10
keep tho peace in and about the Court House,
a. vhirh the City Marshal rolhhd that hG had
40 uilm H. bat would send them over as they
CAME w, That az about two O'Clock Jl tic
counsel had len except Mr. Charles g. ia.
Wis and q reporter, who learned was Rlilur
Wright, 0ur Of tho editors Ofthc Common
wealth newspaper that al tlie donrWis 0pcn-
I'd for them "a leave, which, opened outward
ly, the negroes without who had Oiled the
passage way on tho outside took hold u the
edges oftho door ASH oprned, aud then
struggle pnsurd between tho holders 0f the
dppr within aud ilrosc without That Mr.
Warren, the dcpuit immediately ran 70 tie
Guy M!rrhals office, bat not finding him IN
went lnNhc Mayor office, aud was informed
that that the Mayor had gone a. dinner, That
he then stsir'i a. th0sr in hiH office that iherr
wha mnh IN aud about the Court House and
called upon them "a send men tO help "a dis
pcrs H. That hc then returned 20 thc City
rNtuWtHf'Fdrloc, AMI found him ia LIS private
room informed him ofthc trouble Nv the Court
I il0tc, and asked him 20 scnd all the men ho
could furnish, aud whcthcr be- (Mr WArrcnl
fc0uld all hun 10 getting his mcn,to which ho
said llmf Mr. Warren could not assist him In
| the matter
/ That meanwhile, the struggle NJ the door
continued Tor some minutes, and the crowd
at uogrocs finally succeeded in ihrcing tho
rrr7r vrrr'r WYNN rITtIrr iN IN great numbers,
! ovcrpowor'd all the officers surrounded the
| negro, aud lic WIS forced by them through
thc d"or. down tho stairs and ont Of the side
door Of i'cCouT Houses thcucr through the
streets ~ The section whore most Of the ne
| Iroot 0fthc city reside, That officers were de-
/ spatchcl Ia pursuit, but have not succeeded
I IN finding hi present abode.
That from The timo Of the first notice %
the Mayor aud City Marshal, Immediately al.
Ter the arrc1 o. heretofore stated 90 the Civ
Ing of this deposition, neither ne Mayor nor
| the City Marshal hns appeared nor ha- n -ii,-
Gle officer uudor thoir direction Appeared, or
/ aided IN attempting To dspcrsc the moh,or in
Keeping the peace; aud that in my opinion
it was the predetermined purpose ofboth not
"a do their duty in Keeping the peace IN aud
nlout their Court llnusc; for the. City Mar.
ihal, WHOM requested hy Hourly s. lllllctt
ESD to dsrcr.c q similar mob, which had
COLLECTED about the Office Of lis father, a Uni,
ted States Conmi uioncr, during the excite.
mont in the Gratis" case, said that lac bad
orders not to mcddc in tho matter, ~ | an
informed hy the said llallctL--aud that the
City Marshal enyo q similar answer to Wat
son Freeman, Esq, who asked him, at abou
the same time, why ho lid not dispcrsc Nv,
mob, as | am informed 10y tho said Freeman