The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-04-05
TELEoRAPuIS DEsrArcmxs.

DosroS April L 1851.
At late hour last night fugitive slave. named rho-.
Sims arrested whlc passing Endicott street by
Deputy uated States Marshal assisted by members Of
the police and watch lie ut first supposed that he
arrested for drunkenness lat ~ ne reached the
Court House the true na,sre OF the case
made known. VIXEN the cry &C kidnappcr was
raised and the prisoner dres knife aud stabbed officer
BrgLman in the groin lie however, safely loIscl
in the Court House. At about 10 o'clock. an ab,i.
tion lawyer, named Ssml X Scwcll met Deputy
Marha Ra,y in the street, and so violent ant
abusive, that he sen, to the watch house,
whore he remained for an hour Late In the
night Fletcher webster. Es,I., found a watchm,n
ringing the hell tf stones Chapel and Eupppsing an
aaiin had been raised by the ab1tonst In order
TO collect "a mob he ordered the watchnnn to d.sist
Mr. Webster attempted 10 drag the man from the r,P,.
and afterwards assaulted him The uheer called for
sistaBcc. and Mr. Webster taken to the watch
hcuse, and thence 20 the jail.
This morning the Court House completely surround.
cd by Marshal 1ucy and his police force who ha drawn
chain completely about II. There u large cr,-i
ab III the place, few ~ whom black Sims /,
th city about the eth of March last lie 4 20 years %
age and has wife and several children in savannah
The examination Of the fugitive slave "a
ihis forenoon a nine o'clock before Commissioner o. T.
Curtis seth J. Thomas appeared fnr clamlnt-hs u -.
Robert Rantou Charles q. Loring, aud !, v sevcl f'r
the fugitive.
The complaint was then read alleging that Sim e-caa.
cd frtm James Potter rice planter. Chatham county.
Georgia the 22l February last several dep ,.itiuns
knew Sims the slave Il james Potter some dspp,d
that sims had confessed that he the slave 0f Potter
ard ao that his mother had acknowledged that bJth
she ard her rc the slaves of Potter
Edward Iurnctt testified that he lived In Savannah;
that he knew Thomas Sims, the prisoner at the bar
SINS had worked with him at bricklaying had toll him
that hc the slave a Potter; alo heard his mother
ny that shc and her the slaves of Potter.
John Bacon the agent Of the owner. testified tia,
he had known Thomas Sims well for long period o.
years; BE- has resided In savannah and the slave
James Potter had lived within sixty yards of hi mo
l84 a
10 his work positive that Sims u the man. have
the mother q Sims pay his TO Potter IN Sine
presence. There was one other witness but his test
mony not put in.
Dcfendant's counsel prayed for delay until Tue.dty
but the Commissioner only granted postponement e.
twenty -four hours The counsel for the defence state
that they believed Sims t. be free under the
laws Of Georgia.
The case was then adjourned until to morrow and the
court house cleared. Sims remains In room In the
house fitted up for such emergency and Tar
The police guard tho Court house hut few blacks are
to Nc Sims has II i said wife and children who
FREE in Savannah and who are about TO join him.
The ~ Fletcher Webster brought bsfure the
police court and he bonds appear week. to
answer to charge u assautng q policeman The SUI
prcmc Court have just refused to grant writ Of hBrs
corpus In the ease OF sims
THE ABoLTTIoNIsTs CALLED 70 rifE RE crE.
BosroS. April i-i30 = NJ
The following notice has just been issued from the
Commonwealth ONCE and posted about the streets:
PrrIic cMsrrrSe-Krn~arprRs ~ B,sroS. -.
Men of Boston! One of fellow citizens va lst
night seized by slave hunters lie inmos imminent deNdg
peril the citizens Of oston aud its mel eihborheod ar "
nesty vited TO assemble. without arms IN fr1nt ~ h
State House At half asst o'clock, r. NJ 20 consult tor he
public good"
The crowd continue large about the Court House aud
the blacks begin to appear In considerable numbers
THE sNTr-rroIrrvF LAW MEETING SPEECHES or
TtH coSsriRAroRs, Hrc.
BosroN. April 4-9P VI.
In the Legislature ,e-day the following petition was
presented -
That the use of the State House yard be granted to
the citizens ~ Massachusetts, to hold public meeting in
the afternoon 10 take into consideration the arrest ~
citizen Of Masehwctt under the operation oe the tu