Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-04-13

issued by Judge Hoar. Their names, given
after long time and reluctantly, were Silas
Carlton, ------ Coolidge, ---Tarleton, and
- Freeman. There were two or three 9TH
ers whose names / have not learned.
Fifteen minutes after | was handcuffed,
standing in the street, Freeman read me a
warrant, signed by Vice President Breckin-
ridge, for my arrest, with an endorsement
from McNair, Sergoant-at-Arms of the U. s.
Senate, authorizing Silas Carleton TO seize me-
How he did il have said. People Of Massa-
chuseits, act as il seems TO you best in this
case +. b. SANBoRN.
CovcoRD, April 4.
10 The Editor Of the Boston Journal
sent you last night brief account Of my
seizure by band Of ruffians claiming some
authority from the United States Senate, a
body which has no power to make arrests and
handcuf free citizens in Massachusetts. To-
day wish to add some particulars, well as
] could note and remember them in the hurry
and confusion of the whole matter.
Earlier in the evening one Of these men had
visited my house, and finding the door unlock
cd, had gone in, and being met by the servant,
told her that he had an important paper for
me, and as she understood him, it was some-
thing about situation. ! was out at tho
time, aud was told Of it when | returned
How long the ruffians had been looking about
town ! do not know, but am informed they
nad been here some hours, probably watching
ny footsteps, in which honorable employment
they were aided, as | am told and believe, by
Joseph Hoibrook, sometimes called Colonel
HoiJrook, an officer in the Boston Custom
House. residing here, and Charles b. DdUis,
Postmaster of this town. These neghbors Of
nine, with one of whom formerly boarded,
lave, as | believe, assisted in committing this
outage Some weeks ago, the person calling
himself Carlton was here as a spy, and made
us headquarters at the post Office.
| at first offered no resistance, but when the
,audcuffs were put on l refused to go, not
,aying heard any warrant, or seen any sigma
ures, or been told the names of the officers,
the nature of my offence, so far as / can
ecollect When they dragged me into the
pen air, without allowing me to put on my
ioots, overcoat or hat. / cried Murder, and
esisted with my feet as well as ] could with
our stout men holding me. They dragged
to the carriage, which had been brought
,p by fifth or sixth confederate and at
empted to put me in. ! broke the side Of
! he carriage with my feet, and my sister sez-
ng one Of the rufiians, they dropped me on
]
/ n, but my sister whipped the horses, who
tarted, and foiled them again. They were
/ trugglng with me and her-ive men against
man and a woman--when the neighbors
anne running to my aid. The ruffians still
tempted to kidnap me, but they soon found
| hey were overpowered. Then, and not till
/ then, did they read their warrant, in the
/ treet, by the light of lantern, while | stood
nandcuffed and half clothed, in their hands.
This must have been fifteen minutes after my
irst seizure. Further particulars will give
hereafter. F. b. SANBoRN.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
-GaHant conduct of Mr.. SanJorn's Sister. A
terit for he arrest of The United States Of
fcers.
We have several different accounts of this
attempted arrest, from which we compile the
/ following additional facts.
/ A little before nine o'clock last night, a
1 young man named Palmer, while passing an
bid barn near the residence of Mr.. Sanborn,
heard some loud whisperings and shufIiings,
which attracted his attention as an unusual
! thing. On proceeding a short distance he
'ound pair of horses attached to a covered
arriagc, and tied to the fence. His suspic-
/ ons were awakened that some mischief was
{ Y.
they did nothing about il, and went to bed
About Q o'clock a man named Freeman
went to Sanborns door and rang the bell,
''auborns sister answered the call. Freeman
'sked il Sanborn was in and on being told
that he was, said he bad letter for him and
wanted to see him. His sister turned to 90
n TO speak to her brother, and as she went
he heard a low whistle On turning again
hhe two or three men in the entry way
who Immediately seized Mr. Sanborn and at
tempted to carry him from the house. His
lister resisted to the extent Of her power,
md Mr.. Sanborn used all his power in en-
! cayorng to escape from the hands of the
/ Ulcers, who by this time had got the hand
uhs upon their prisoner. When they got
m to the door the sister stopped her resis-
ance and screamed at the top of her voice
nd alarmed the neighbors, score Of whom
we're soon on the spot. BY the time they got
here Sanborn had been dragged into the mid
le of the street, without his hat and in his
tocking feet Sanborn at this point held up
is manaclod hands over his head. and shak-
I 1g them said "Citizens. look and see what
be United States Senate have done for me-"
/ Ills remark made great sensation among the
crowd and matters began to look squally for
he u. s officers In the meantime mes
eugcr was dispatched to ring the bells, and
oon they were pealing out the alarm upon
he evening air. The crowd was momenta-
Ily increasing.
Mr.. Sanborn's sister seeing the crowd sur
rounding the officers and her brother, and
that she could do no more service there,
reized the whip from the carriage and began
belaboring the horses in good earnest, but one
Of the men took the whip from her. She
then jumped into the carriage TO prevent her
brother being put into it, but she was taken
ont with more force than politeness, having
her clothes torn in the struggle.
While the writ of habeas corpus was being
prepared as stated above. the crowd stood
round the officers and gave vent to their feel
ings in Kisses, groans, &c, calls more en-
phatic than complimentary, such as these
are the men who struck down Charles Sum
ner" &c. One of the officers turned round
and made some kind Of threat to a bystander,
when he was Immediately seized by the waist
and pitched headlong into a sandbank, and
/ Immediately half dozen men were piled on
/ top Of him. While they were still waiting,
Mr.. Sanborn was got back into his house.
Mr.. keyes, his counsel, went out to the Off
Gers and asked them for the key Of the hand