Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-08
The Fugitive Slave Case.

AT an early hour Friday morning, The crowd
commenced assembling ia the neiphborhood of
the Court House, and by ninel o'clock. the
hour of opening the Commissioners Court. All
the avenues leading to that building were filled
with great multitude Of human beings.
At z l-2 o'clock, field piece was received
from the Navy Yard and was planted in Court
Square, little south Of the easterly entrance
Of the Court House, and pointing towards
Court street. The cannon was kept in that
position until the time Of taking away the fugi-
llVe' with the exception Of a short interval, dur
ing which detachment Of ariilerisls went
throngh ne mullons of loading and firing,
(wlthout olscharging,) for the evident purpose
OF giving Information 10 the public as to the
speed and precision With which it could be-
fired if necessary.
Inc several companies Of Boston military,
(about 20 companies in all,) began 10 assem-
BILE al their respective armores al Z o'clock ~
the morning The troops marched 10 the ma.
rade ground on the Common, where ,6ev
formed into column, the whole under Command
of MAJOR Gen. EdmOnds.
Immediately on the announcement of the de-
clsiOn Of the Commissioner, Court Square was
cleared by the police. Of all persons who had
M special business within is limits.
Efforts were made during the forenoon To-
purchase the freedom of Burns, to be delivered
up on board the Cutter, but they fell through.
During the whole forenoon, Court and State
streets were completely filled with people. At
about noon, however, they were cleared bv the
police and military, and deiachments Of militia
were placed al the corners Of all intersectinn
streets. Many Of the stores and counting
rooms were closed. Two persons were ar
| FIR II
VIM. Jones (colored, who testified for The de-
fence az thee examination, and the other a white
man, named w. III. Bass. The latter had a
pistol on his person. The windows Of all the
buildings fronting on the line Of march were
filled with spectators. AT 2O'clOck the SQUARE
was entirely cleared, and the u. S. Marines
and Arlllerisls drawn up in front Of the door.
A body of sUme 1875 individuals who had Of
| fered themselves 10 the Marshal for duty, were
drawn up in the form Of hollow square, in
| the centre of which was The poor fugitive, the
U. S. Marshal and his officers
The procession was headed by the Boston
Light Dragons, followed by The IT. s. Ma
rlnes, body guard and artillery, the latter hav-
Ing with them their piece Of artillery. II
went down State street to Long wharf, at a
qulcksteP, greeted with groans and cheers.
The fugitive was placed on board the John
! Tyler, at the end Of Il wharf Her steam
was up, but from several causes of DELAY, the
John Tyler was unable to leave until about 8
IL o'clock, when she Joined the Revenue
Cutter Morris, in waiting in the stream, and
put the fugitive on board, and towed her be-
low the Fort. Deputy United States Marshal
John Riley, together with officers Geo. !.
Coolidge, Asa o.. Butman, Charles Godfrey,
and William Black accompanied Burns to
Virginia. The crowd was not permitted to
go down 1 wharf, and the various other
wharves in the vicinity were filed with peO-
pie. Long Wharf was especially 50, the tops
Of all the vessels at its end, as well as their
hulls, were completely covered with human
beings.
partially insane man, named JOnn M.
Clark, hailing from Vermont, received slight
wound on the head from sabre in the hands
of one of the mounted soldiers. A gentleman
connected with the evening press Of this city
had been to the Custom House on business
and was returning 10 his office, when he was
stopped by one of the soldiers on duty. He
told his business, but was refused a passage
he attempted to move along, when the soldier
thrust his bayonet at him it went through
his shirt collar and grazed his neck, causing
slight flow Of blood. At this time police
man came up, and politely passed the gentle,
men through the lines.
We are happy, says the Atlas, to mention
the gentlemanllke manner in which the ardu
Gus duties Of the police were performed during
the entire day.