Washington sentinel., 1854-06-07
Finale Of the Boston slave Case.


The following incidents Of the departure of
the fugitive Burns from Boston is from the
Boston Transcript, which, while it pretends to
give an impartial statement, has an evident
leaning to the side Of the yiolators Of the law
and the Constitution Hleiaaa sacIs5
Soon after the decision, Richard H. Dana,
jr., esq.,, Burns's COUNSEL and Rev. Mr..
Grimes, (pastor of the colored Baptist church,
had an interview with Burns, and took their
final leave.
AS Wendell Phillips and Theodore Parker
were leaving the courthouse, some one in the
crowd cried out, "There go the murderers of
Batchelder." sa be
4 During the whole forenoon, efforts were
made to purchase Burns, but they were unsuc-'
cessful. 4H
OF the volunteer guard of the slave in the
procession, the Atlas thus speaks: A body Of
some one hundred and twenty-five individuals,
1--WE cannot call them men,, who had offered
themselves to the marshal for duty, were drawn
up in the form of hollow square, in the cen
tire Of which was the poor fugitive, the United
States marshal and his officers. They were
armed with pistols and drawn cutlasses. This
body-guard was composed of the dregs of So
ciety; nearly all were black legs and thieves,
most of whom have been or oughtto be inmates
of our prisons"
The procession went down State street to
Long wharf at quick step, all the way receiy-
ing the groans and Kisses of the indignant peo-
pie, not the least emphatic of which proceeded
from the steps of the Merchants Exchange,
where it being high change great number Of
our first men were congregated.
Such crowd as pressed on the sidewalks Of
State street, we never before saw in Boston. AT
Commercial street, the procession turned of,
and proceeded down that street, on the back
side of the Long wharf to wharf. The sud
denness Of the turn, which could not have been
anticipated, cansed a great crowd at the corner;
they attempted no violence, but those in front
were pushed on by those behind. isl
As the column passed the commonwealth
Office, at the corner Of State street, the process
sion was saluted with q shower Of cayene pep
per thrown from the Commonwealth building
A bottle containing liquid, supposed to be sui
phuric acid, was thrown from the Common
aoealh building, but it struck the pavement
was dashed to pieces, and its contents harmed
no one.
Near the, corner Of Chatham and CONNER
cial streets q teamster attempted to pass the
line formed by company A, Boston artillery.
He was ordered back, but refused SO to do, and
swore at the military. One of the company
thrust bayonet into his horse, whereupon the
crowd pressed in to see what was the matter.
Probably, supposing that they intended an at
tack, Captain Evans gave the order to his COM
pany to fire. The muskets were crought to the
shoulders, when Lieut. Colonel Boyd, who &C
cidentally was near enough to hear the order,
countermanded it, and thereby prevented the
fatal result which must have followed. The
horse, we understand, died from the wound.
A horse belonging to q member of the, corps
of lancers, who was on duty in Commercial
street, was fatally stabbed in the side by some
unknown person.
The dragons had difficult task to perform,
as it devolyed on them to keep the crowd from
pressing into the street, but they discharged
their duty firmly and faithfully. One man,
named John M. Clark, from Vermont, being
somewhat excited, undertook to assert his pre-
rogatiye with more zeal than discretion, re-
ceived sabre wound in the head. He was
taken by the police to station No. !, where
medical aid was procured for him.
A gentleman connected with the evening
press Of this city, had been to the custom-house
on business, and was returning to his office,
when he was stopped by one OF the soldiers on
duty. He told his business, but was refused o
passage; he again attempted to move along
when the soldier thrust his bayonet at him. 1t
went through his shirt collar, and grazed his
neck, causing slight flow Of blood. At this
time policeman came up, and politely passed
the gentleman through the lines.
The marines on Long wharf were assaulted
with missiles thrown by the mob, bat the order
of I" aim' was effectual in scattering the assem-
blage. The artillery were soon after assailed
from new building, with bricks and mortar.
A detachment charged upon the building, and
cleared it of its inmates at the point Of the
bayonet.
Several arrests were made during the day
for disturbing the peace; among the persons
committed to. the station-house was William
Jones, colored, one of the witnesses for the de-
fence, and w. III. Bass the latter was armed
with pistols. s9
Burns was lodged on board the steamer John
Taylor, at L wharf, and taken directly into the
cabin, out of sight Of the immense multitude
gathered on the wharves and shipping. A large
number of sailors vented their Indignation at
the proceedings by most vigorous and long
continued groans and Kisses.
At 20 minutes past o'clock the steamer
left the wharf, and proceeded down the harbor
to the revenue cutter Morris, which had been
previously towed down to the castle.
The slave was attended by United States
Deputy Marshal John H. Riley, together with
officers George II. Coolidge, Asa 0. Butman,
Charles Godfrey, William Black, who were de-
tanned to accompany Burns on his passage to
Virginia. 9f
The cutter Morris passed the outer station
at halfpast four o'clock, and at sunset was ten
miles east of the outer station, with light
southerly breeze. s atis 9
In the evening General Edmands and other
officers Of the brigade partook Of a collation.
at the Albion. His honor the mayor was pre-
sent, and gave a sentiment complimentary to
the military, for the fidelity and promptness
with which they had discharged their difficult
and arduous duties.
The conduct of portion Of the military,
says the Chronicle, is open to severe censure
it was indecorous, unsoldierlike, unmanly, and
in some cases even brutal. Some of the com
panies, we are happy to state, conducted them
selves in the most praiseworthy manner, but
the conduct of others will tend, and in no
small degree, to bring odium on the volunteer
militia, and, unless they look well to their acts
hereafter they will fall in the public estima-