The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-02
Fugitive Slave Excitement in Nebrnskn.
THE TERRITORY INVADED BY BLACK REPUBLICAN
BORDER RUFFIANs FROM IOwA-THE FUGITIVE RUN
OFF.

Fugitive Slave Excitement in Nebraska.
THE TERRITORY INVADED BY BLACK REPUBLICAN,
BORDER RUFFIANs FROM IOwA-THE FUGITIVE RUN
From the Dakota City Herald, Dec III
Our usually quiet city was thrown into state Of in
tense excitement on Wednesday evening last A Mr..
Peter Durand halng from Alabama his appearance
in this place about ten O'Clock in the forenoon Of tina, day.
and took at the Bates House During afternoon
he walked down towards the river and returned back
again about five O'Clock, having in charge William Philips
a colored man otherwise known as Niger Bill aud Who
tits commended has resided at Sergeants BufIs-a town
directly opposite here on the Iowa side Of the rverfor
nearly three years past Durand claimed that the negro
was his property, having escaped from him little better
than year ago and having the proper papers, obtaned
the assistance OF Deputy Marshall Crockwe in eecting
his arrest The negro at the time he taken on
sandbar in the river in company with Captain HOLMAN,
engaged in procuring load OF drift wood. The Marshal
brought the negro to the Bates House and was
to Omaha. To this the Marshal would not assent nor
would the citizens allow the Negro 60 step further,
until an examination into the matter had The negro
obtained tho services Of Judge lockwood eminent and
able lawyer, but, unfortunately slightly tinctured with
enthusiastic than discreet were running here and there
drumming up the "friends of liberty" and abjuring
them by all they held sacred TO resist any attempt re-
move the negro, even TO the bitter end But the citizens
Of this place love law and order well liberty and
promptly rowned down all demonstrations Of mob vio
an armed aiion mob, from Serseants BUNS. en,ered
the town and surrounded the hotel This was about eight
Scocs IN ,a the evening and the as ns|au our citizens
gro We are happy 70 state that the demand prompt
ly checked by few who more conservative and
shrewd than the rest After consulting together few
mens they announced themselves willing the result
Of examination and TO "e& law have It's courscD
but insisted that tho trial should take place immediasey
Durand felt confident Of establishing his claim 70 the
negro, and believing they would offer serious obsruc-
tons 70 fair investigation consented tho Arrangement
When all things ready the Marshal In whose charge
the negro remained started with Bill for the commission
eT's ONCE He had hardly reached the opsn air whom
he was ruthlessy seized by number Of stawart sbol-
roniss and the negro from his grasp brute force
and was then started for the river through the darnes
on keen run.
The that ensued battles description. Such jeers
such howngs such opprobrous epthcts and sangunary
threats now followed, II lot 70 witness
before The place e better than pandemonium for
an hour. "Slave hounds" "fanatics," 'styrants,"
"traitors" "servle TOOLS" claw breakers" were tho
situations passed and recprocased; while "brng
"tar and feather him. "you'll hang ike Brown -
rssounding all Sides These with horrible com.
mnging Of blasphemons oaths and mprecations made
the night hdeous and every grated violently on tho
Severa Of citizens who endeavored 70 restore
order were knocked down. but seriously in.
jured
We protest. ,usly and energecay protest. against
like this. cannot live here without being subjected
TO periodical black republican raids will take up our
bed and walk To those Of citizens who sympashzed
aided and abetted the abolition cohort wo ay they can
make capital, political otherwise out Of this anati-
cal dem0nsr alton. Tbs place should not be Oberlnised
by the devoees Of that hybrid theory the other de Of
The river nor must We have scenes enacted here 10 out
Ferry nsurrecon We have respect for tho law
70 remain silent when h ruthlessy trampled by men
processing 70 be Christians but whose acts argue them 70
be baybaFians.