Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-06

Will SurpaSS the great Dali given by the city
authorities to the japanese.
From the Milwaukee Free Democrat, August 1860.
The Peoples Writ Served-The United
states Bastiie Stormed!-S. Nj. Booth Set
at Liberty!
AT exactly quarter past twelve O'Clock to-
day, the first day of August, memorable in the
annals OF history as being the anniversary of
freedom throughout the British West Indies.
ten noble hearted men, with strong arms and
liberty loving hearts, armed with the con-
seriousness OF doing noble act, and minister
ing to the freedom of one who for Just five
months to-day has been held in bondage by the
slave power, walked up the stairs in the Gus
tom house, and liberated S. NJ Booth from
confinement. The thing was handsomely
done, and the prisoner, under the escort of a
few friends walked over to the residence of
L. j. SALESMAN, his brother-inaw, on Second
street, where large cOncourse of people soon
gathered, many of them congratulating Mr.
Booth upon his escape from the kidnappers,
who have SO long held him i'll their power.
Not many minutes had elapsed, however
before our worthy United States marshal, Je.
hu Ii. Lewis, was seen making his way through
the crowd, inquiring for his prisoner While
some unteeling persons tainted him by asking
If he knew which ward he was in, others as
sured him that his prisoner had escaped-had
LETT the country. And i'll fact, as the marshas
vigilant eye detected carriage driving off on
back street, he started off on a dog trot after
it, desiring, no doubt, to catch one more
glimpse Of the benign looking countenance of
Mr.. Booth, as it faded away in the distance
Fearing, however, that he had been sold, ," he
tackled ship, and came up near the house, in
front, where he presented a complete picture
OF despair. The wind paytully whstled
through his silver hair, his eyes looked like
two peeled onions, and his long thin legs fair,
ly trembled beneath the weight of his body.
although remarkably attenuated and gaunt.
The consultations Of the shareholders gospel
was administered TO hin; by few of his adj.
miring friends, who ought to have been
ashamed to be seen conniving with him for
the re-capture OF the prisoner, and amid shouts
tor Booth and liberty, which fairly made the
kin ring, mingled with groans deep and
loud for the marshal and his whole kidnapping
crew, we left the scene of actien to throw this
brief sketch into print. Three cheers for the
peoples writ of haDeas corpus, enforced over
the heads OF a timid, delicate judiciary A
rumor is current upon the streets that Mr..
| Booth will speak at four O'Clock this afternoon
| from the steps of Mr.. Salsman's residence,
| Second street. The marshal says, in all the
| simplicity of childhood, that he will "be id
| if he knows what to do"
| OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE REsCUE.-The
| following account OF the rescue of Booth from
| the bastlle was sent to our Office from the Gus
| tom house, and gives an account Of the trans
action from an official and democratic stand
point. 1t was evidently designed for the gov
ernment organ, the Enquirer, but as that paper
declined the offered copy, we lay it before our
readers
AT halfpast twelve to-day, Booth was res.
cued from the government bastile by party
of Kansas desperadoes. When the marshal
and all his deputies were to dinner, except
Burke, whose eye never slept, man came up
| the stairs with card Of admission to see
| Booth, and while he was examining the card,
some five or six Others came running up stairs
led by Daniels, the pensoned mnion of the
state, who presented large revolver to the
breast Of Burke, and swore if he opened his
mouth he would blow his heart out, they, bur-
glar like, being prepared with keys, unlocked
the door of the room i'll which Booth was i'm
prisOned, who was ready for journey, and
walked out, and the ruffanS pushed Burke in,
locked the door, and put out Up to the time
| OF writing, the fugitive had not been retaken.
From the Detroit Daily Advertiser, Aug. 3d.
The rescuers and the rescued very deIiber-
ately marched out of the custom house, down
Wisconsin street, and across the river to the
house of friend of Booths, all the way car
| rying pistols i'll their hands On arriving
there, carriage was in waiting, in which they
entered and DIR We off long before the marshal
| knew the bird had flown. Hundreds saw him
AZ he passed along Wisconsin street, but they
supposed he had been legally discharged on a
writ of habeas corpus, and so gave no alarm
MIR. Aikcns informs us that the marshal
heard on "Wednesday evening that Booth and
his party had taken the cars eighteen miles
from Milwaukee, Tor La Crosse lie is proJa.
bly, bound weSt. Considerable excitement pre-.
vailed in Milwaukee over the bold and success.
full affair, though almost every one, even the
government officials, seemed relieved that he
was off their hands, and many were rejoiced
at it. The affair seems to have been admira-
bly, managed, but nobody is believed to have
participated except the five personal friends of
BOOTH one of them professor Donels, and
another Mr.. l. Grange, both very rabid abo-
ltiOnists, as all the others were. The marshal
will probably make show, ut least, of desir-
ing to recapture him. But it IS doubtful if he
succeed.
| SALE OF AUToGRAPHs.--A sale of auto.
graphs Of noted persons living, or recently
dead, took place on the 18th ult. in Paris, but
the prices obtained were low. Autographs of
Chatpuuhriond and Iacordairp went ar N