Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-06-16
Congress.

| SENATE.-Mr. Clayton made personal ex-
| plation, in answer to an article i'll the Union,
touching his course on the Nebraska bill.
The bill regulating the pay of deputy post
masters was passed.
The friends of the homestead bill gave no.
tice that they should insist on making it the
special order daily until disposed of.
HoUsE.-The House went into committee
on the general appropriation bill. .,
Mr. Brooks made speech on the Pacific
railroad.
Mr.. Mace will introduce bill amending
and explaining the Nebraska Act, and Messrs.
| Campbell, Benton, and others, will take the
| floor in denunciation of the fraud
Senator Slidell, i'll Executive session, to-
day, reported from the Committee on Foreign
Relations, proposition giving notice of the
termination OF our treaty stipulation binding
us to keep a naval force on the Coast of Afri-
ca, to assist in preventing the slave trade.
THE CHIvALRY RAMPANT.-A few days ago,
three or four Southern students made an out
rageous assault upon several police officers
in Boston, for which they were arrested, and
punished according to the law in such cases
made and provided. Of course, when the
news reached South Carolina, where the row.
dies come from, their friends were very mdig-
nant, and the newspapers evidently consider
it almost casus 5elH. Read the following,
from the Charleston " Southroa," and laugh:
We deeply feel the importance of action up
on this subject. at this particular time. We
must admit that our senses have been quick
ened not from the mighty arguments of inter
nal policy favoring this, so much as from the
abuses which Southern students receive at the
hands Of Northern men. A recent occurrence
we will cite, as we consider it an outrage up
on Humanity.
On last week, three or four Cambridge
students went to Boston on business. One of
them, on going into Aliens saloon, was in
suited by Yankee, which he only returned
with words, whereupcn the proprietor called
out for policemen. A ruffiau soon appeared,
and seized him, (the student,) violently SHOW
ing him from the room upon the stone pave
ment. Upon rising, with bruised face, and
hair matted with blood, his companions, who
We're in an omnibus near by, rushed to his re-
het As they approached, rattles were sprung
on all sides, and they We're knocked down
with clubs. AL were overpowered except
South Carolinian, about seventeen wears of
age, who exhibited the courage indigenous to
his State, by returning blow he had received,
Ill a manner so artful as to fell his antagonist.
This was the only damage done by them.
All were carried to the watch house togeth-
er, and trust into filthy cell, where they re-
manned an hour or two when they were hand
cutfe(l and sent to prison. On reaching the
jail they were dragged out, loaded with Their
letters, and saluted by the captain of the DO
lice, ordering his men, Ito use his own words)
to ''bri1g the animals along They were
placed in the narrowest cells and when ex-
hausted from excessive fatigue, they attempt
ed to sleep on the damp floor, they were
aroused by kicks from brutal officers With
out water, food. or any one to dress their
wounds they remained until the next morn
ing, when, with their letters, they were
thrown into the prison cart, and hauled along
the streets to the police court. After short
trial, two were sentenced to the house of cor
rection, one for four months, and the South
Carolina youth for months, to hard labor
The one with whom the row commenced, was
dismissed with live dollars fine. The fourth :
would not risk trial, but by the aid of
friendly lawyer appe led to the city court.
All were finally bailed out, by appealing to
the city court, with bonds of five and six hun
dled dollars each, which they VIII of course,
forfeit rather than risk of a trial before auoth-
er prejudiced, free soil judge.
To show the sp r.t that actuated Bostonians
| to this outrage, we quote the following from
| the daily Transcript, speaking of the arrest,
| it says cit is said, that all the accused but
one (the one released by paying S. ine,) are
| IRON the Southern States, which may account
| for the apparent disposition to punish North
| ern officers of the law, in manner similar to
| that exercised by their Kentucky peers towards
| Yankee schoolmasters.' You can rely upon
these fantS etrintlv tr,,o