Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-04-13
elsmeuts Of opposition to the admini'tra-
ton, throughout, the country, in solid col.
amn.
Men Of all partie, cOnceic. in private.
tina, 1t would be psriec. success.
Excitement at Concord Mass.
Attempt TO arrest =. II. sanborn-Rcs'
cued by the Citizens.

/ at'supt W htfta H. Nuhootu-nss-
cncd br the Citizens.
We take the following from the Boston
papers. in relation ,o,he arres. or rather
the kidnapping Of Mr.. SanbOrn on proc
GO from the U. :. Senate, to appear before
the Senate Investigating Committee. which
!. still engaged in the business Of trying TO
impliea,s the Republican party in the John
Brown insurrection.
"Mr. Sanboru resides in Sudbury street. n
.hor, distance from the depot, his school
and dwelling house being connected. Since
the agitation ineiden, upon the John Brown
raid he has been careful no, to 20 TO the
door Of his house In tho evening. lest he
might meet unwelcOms visitors On this
occasion he wa. lee. discreet. Immediate
ly ON reaching the door. Freeman. one Of
the officers, rushed into the entrance 10 pre-.
vent hi. retreat. and whis;lod for hl. asss.
ian,s. who Immediately closed in about
their prisoner, and Handwriting him on his
own premises. hustled HIN into the street.
The feeling manifested by the llberty.lOv.
INK citizens Of Concord. when the iutslli.
geneO Of the arre-, reached them. was akin
to the .piri, displayed by their patriotic
iorelathers In earlier times.
The boy, in Mr., Sanborn's school, seeing
the peril in which their beloved matter
was placed. acted a, scouts. and ran hastily
from house TO house, ringing door bills ard
arou.ins citizens. Men rushed to the scene
with elenShsd fists. some Of which contain.
cd effective weapons.
The women, like the mothers Of yo,e.
were fOremOs, In the tray, and by every
possible means worried the officers. Mis-.
sanbori seized an oticcr by hi. beard and
compelled him to r,linQuish hi, hold OF Sir.
Sanborn. NJ. Ann Whiting, daughter Of
Col. Whiting, approached Otscsr Tarle,on.
rai,sd his hat, and looked him steadily in
the face. said, Let ue zee what kind ola
looking man you are. You may come here
again some day, aud shall want to know
you :"
Mr.. George l.. Prescott seized the arm Of
an Official. beneath the coat sleeve Of which
a"billy" wa. concealed, and held on 10 !,
until Mr.. Sanborn was released.
Nothing bu, the assurance tha, = vri,
would b. obtained and Mr.. S,nborn r,lSa'.
ed IN legal vay, prevented tho eIa'pcra.
tel citizens frOn pummollins the officers
and rOscuins the prisoner. Several at.
iempu were made to attack tho officials.
one man raised hi. fist 10 strike. but was
restrained by citizen who observed his
movements. Another was on N. point Of
throwing stone a, The oGeer. but WAS ar
rS.,el in the attsmpt.
| The citizens generally, wi,hou, Distinct
ton Of parry united in .yura,hiriug with
Mr.. Sanborn. But three men weie found
who defended the course Of the officers, and
one of them was the Postmaster aud anoih.
er an ofheot in the Custom house. The lat.
ter vas roughly handled in the melee by
George Howard. Town Clerk, who laid the
democratic oEcial on his back in ditch.
3 The carriage Of the officer, was consider
ably damaged BY stone. and other missile"
one door Va. broken and the glass sba,ier-
81.
7 IL scen. that the officers had prepared
tb'm.clVe. with decoy letter, Tor when
Mr.. Slnborn came TO the door in answer
to the bell. the man asked him hi. name
and Immediately handed him the following
document. Outside Of the envelope !, WAS
addressed 40 = D. Sandborn, Esq, pre-.
sent" lts content. were 4. follows:
Sir The bearer. a worthy young man.
solieiis your Nd in procuring employment.
Help tin II you can. BrITrN.
I Saugu', April l, 1880"
However much men may dler abou, the
rrOpriety Of Mr.. Sinborn'- course in dlre.
g,rling the mandate. Of III. Senate Com.
ni,,ee. there will 10 great unanimI,y Of
feeling in regard to the unvi.e and uneall.d
for proceeding. OF the United States Mar.
shal's deputies ~ FAR a, can be ascertain.
ell. there is nothing in Mr.. Sanborn's
course or character 10 warran, hi, treat.
men. as a criminal escaped from justice. IL
was thi. sentiment which caused the rally
in hi. favor.
The matter Of ,hi, aires, was at once
brought before the legi,l',ure Of Massaehu.
seii.. aud fully debated. A memorial va,
offered and resolution, were presented. bat
the hour for recess, arrived before the con.
elusion Of the case. Mr.. SanbOrn was
brought before the Supreme Court upon
the ha5sa, eOrpu, previously issued. and af.
ter able Arguments an adjournment, took
place until the following day.
weglve below the ssGtcmcn, Of Mr.. San.
born.
CoScoED. Mass, April ). 1850.
II l.. O'Clock at night.
" To he cifi:cn, Of !Ma,'aelussiiI
81 have to inform you that cowardly
assault was made upon me this evening at
about quarter pas, nine O'Clock, in my
own house BY four or Eve persons claiming
to have authority to ares, me. The facts
are these
" ! came in from call abou, nine o'clock
and was sitting. IN my slippers, a, my desk,
when knocking called me to the door.
went down stairs. opened the door. when
small man entered aud said, Does Mr..
Sanborn live here?' That is my name.
sir. said At the same time putting ou, my
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