The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-04-13


on he refused to go, not having heard any
warrant nor seen any signature or been told
the names of the officers or the nature of his
offense.
"When they dragged me into the open air,
without allowing me to put on my boots, ov-
ercoat or hat, cried murder and resisted
with my feet, as well as could with four
stout men holding me. They dragged me to
the carriage, which had been brought up by
the fifth or sixth confederate, and attempted
to put me in. broke the side of the car
riage with my feet, and my sister, seizing one
Of the rufians, they dropped me on my feet
again. Again they tried to put me in, but
my sister whipped the horses, who started,
and foiled them again. They were still strug-
CLING with me and her--fve men against a
man and a woman--when the neighbOrs
came running to my aid. The ruffians still
attempted to kidnap me, bat they soon found
they were overpowered. Then, and not till
then, did they read their warrant, in the stree,
by the light Of lantern, while l stood hand
cuffed and half clothed in their hands. This
must have been fifteen minutes after my first
seizure"
After the habeas corpus had been served
and Mr.. Sanborn had been unmanacled in
his own house, word was given out that the
L. S. officers would be arrested for assault
and battery, when they took to their carriage
and left suddenly for Boston. They were
pursued by officers with a writ as far as Lex
ington, but were not overtaken. 1t is said
that democrats were quite as active as repub-
licans in the rescue of Mr.. Sanborn. and the
feeling of indignation at the needless out
RACES and insults with which his arrest was
attended was common among all classes
Only three men of the town manifested any
sympathy with the officials, and one of these
was the postmaster and the other a custom
house officer. In the melee the latter was
roughly handled by the town clerk, who laid
him on his back in ditch. The boys of Mr.
Sanborn's school, Immediately upon his ar
rest. ran through the town, ringing the door
bells and summoning the people to the res
cue, and women as well as men turned out
One Of the citizens, Mr.. Rufus Hosmer, was
so much excited by the affair that he was
seized with apoplexy and died during the
night.
The Case in the Supreme Court.
Mr.. Sanborn appeared before the state su
preme court in Boston, Wednesday morning
Judges Shaw, Bigelow, Metcalf. Merrick and
lloar on the bench. and Samuel +. Sewell
John \. Andrew and John S. Reyes of Con
cord appearing as counsel for Mr. Sanborn
The points raised by Mr.. kcyes were, lst
That the sergeant at arms had no power ou,
of the District of Columbia. where Congress.
had jurisdiction, I'd, That the precept being
directed to him by name, he alone could
serve it. Sd, That the sergeant at arms can
not by law deputize his powers to any o,he,
person.
[. $. attorney Woodbury. replied that tn.
Senate was the sole Judge of the question a.
to whether its powers had been exceeded b,
its deputies. 1t had right to regulate the
process of its officers. The only real Ques
ton was whether the Senate and its officer.
had any power out Of the District of Colum
bia. If they had not, it was clear that ne
power for contempt could reach any man il
Massachusetts. He cited instances OF tn,
exercise of this power and decisions of tn,
supreme court that a process for contemp
may be served anywhere in the United States
After further discussions of all these point
the court adjourned to 81 o'clock in the af
ternoon.
The Decision Of the Court.
Chief Justice Shaw rendered the opinions
of the court in the afternoon. He briefly re
viewed the circumstances of the case. Stain!
it presented no conflict of authority betwee
the executive of the United States and :h
executive officers of this commonwealth A
to the first point taken by Mr.. Sanborn'
counsel, the conrt was not prepared to sa
that the Senate could not have its precept
served outside of the District of Columhi