The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-31
miscellaneous Items.

miscellaneous Items.
In the Board of Aldermen on the 10Th Alderman
Williams offered the following order =
That his Honor the ,yor be. and ne Ia hereby
instructed to notify Hon. Peleg Sprague, Judge Of
the District Court of the United States. to discon-
tnue the of any OF the OF the Court House
on Court square as place OF confinement for any
fugitive slave, or any person charged with being a
fugitive slave and that lie alo he direote to order
the United States Marines, now stationed in said
building, to be removed from thence . that the
proceedings of the State Courts may not be inter-
rupted, and that the same be attended to forth
with.
table; and the vote was taken as follows =
Yeas-Aldermen Durham, Drake and Munroe-3.
Nays-Aldermen Williams, Washburn and AL
len.
The Mayor gave his casting vote in the afhrma-
The Boston Times publishes the following letter
from John @. Whitter:-
A1EssURy, 2stb Fifth month, 1854.
In thy paper OF this nornig paragraph, stating
that at meeting OF cor, liens in Boston, doci
ment read from rendering All fcr the liberation
Of the victim 81 the Fugitive slave law. A. tue
paragraph stands il m GIT b. inferred that ~as Ia ia
Of the extreme 70 have been proposed
to the meeting and only notice Tor the opportunity
OF saving that couuseng resistance have
always and all occasions deprecated \, aud bsye
in Boston TO abstain from eyon 'hs appearance Of a.
That feel indignant Al this outrage that looE
with horror upon the Fug Ie Slave Law, Snd deeply
sympathse with its victims need not say. But re-
gard all violence vii and self destructive, ant
nesy desire that the friends OF freedom aud humanity
may be preserved from Il; and my voice could reach
my colored friends especially, wonld cay n calm, be
patientGod rules and oppression cannot forever
J. G. WHITTIER.
At halEpast 5, the Worcester dele CATION, having
had fun enough for day, got board the New
York steamboat train, where they forthwith raised
another disturbance. The train WAS stopped near
the engine house. and conductor Pratt put out the
ringleader. The fellow looked at the bullgine il
he had some idea of making an attack on that, but
concluded to vent his ire on Waterman Phillips,
who stood near. Finding himself only second best
in the contest he drew u knife, which Phillips
wrenched from his haad. This pngnacious indivi-
dual will probably make his appearance again to-
day. 1t is said very large delegation from Worces
The following persons were arrested yesterday
afternoon for disturbing the peace and resisting
officers daniel A. Judd, Of Watertown. formerly
of the Boston police; Samuel Fillebrown, of East
Cambridge; Joseph Wyman, OF W0bnrn James IL.
Fowler, said to be Cambridge law student.
The woman Hincklcy, who we have already no.
ticed reappeared in tue morning and urged IN vain
her right to admission inside Of the Court House.
She left apparently disguised with the officers but
returned in the afternoon, ard after VAN urging
of her suit she sat down on the Court House steps
and projected to read volume which she brought
with her. At the dispersion OF The crowd she be-
came violent in her behavior and carried to the
lookup and detained about two hours and vas then
released. She is apparently very re peotaee lady,
and evidently acting upon plinciple-she would
make no promise "a to her future behavior on her
release.
1t is understood that in case the fugitive Burns is
rendered up to his master, lie will be carried South
in revenue cutter, and that Lieut. Norris is pre-
parirg for such an exigency.
Caleb A. Webster, "A street preacher, of Cambridge,
was arrested about half past three o'clock p NJ, FOR
practicing his vocation in Court square, thereby
contributing to the excitement already existing
ct that time and place. He was released about Z
o'clock, and departed for the clsssc shades Of Cam
bridge, after giving out notice that he should preach
again in Cout square.
correspondent of the Enquirer who halls from
Fort Smith, Arkansas, and dates from New York
sends 10 us dollar for the benefit of the widow
Batchelder. The money shall he applied t, her SER
vice, and it is to be hoped that the example OF the
giver will be extensively initiated by those who
concerned in the affair in which he sacrificed.