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ward of $500 was offered for his arrest, and
while the U.S. Officials were waiting for the
vessel to arrive at her wharf, some members of
the Vigilance Committee, personating U. S.
officers, entered the vessel at South Boston
Point, and placed him in the early express train
of the Underground Railroad, and he is now
safely out of the reach of the blood-thirsty
slave-hunters. This proves that if the slaves
cannot take care of themselves, they can take
off themselves.

"The Personal Liberty Bill" passed by an
overwhelming majority; a re-consideration was
had and an amendment made, which provides
that no officer who may, under the laws of the
United States, issue any warrant or process, to
grant any certificate under "the fugitive slave
act," or to serve the same, shall hold any office
of honor or emolument under the laws of this
Commonwealth, and any judicial officer under
the Constitution, or the Commonwealth, who
shall continue for ten days, after the passage of
this act, to hold the office of U. S. Commis-
sioner, or any office under the laws of the U.
S. which qualifies him to issue any warrant or
other process, to grant any certificate under the
acts of Congress known as the Fugitive Slave
Act, shall be deemed to have violated good
behavior, to have given reason for loss of pub-
lic confidence, and furnished sufficient ground
either for impeachment or removal by address,
This amendment has been passed in the house
by a vote of 230 years, to 43 nays—also con-
curred in by the House. There was a rumor
afloat on Saturday, that Governoer Gardner had
vetoed the bill—this is not true. The Governor
may veto it, but it will be paying "too dear for
his whistle," to do so. He has taken an unfo-
tunate position against the sentiments of the
people of Massachusetts, and the Gubernatorial
chair, in future time, will be out of his reach.—
Massachusetts, as a State, is now decidedly
Anti-Slavery, and if a man occupies a high po-
sition by the suffrages of the people, he must e
an anti-slavery man. Judge Loring is now
morally dead. He has been tried and condemn-
ed, and all that has saved him has been the
clemency of the Executive. The Personal Lib-
erty Bill, if it becomes a law, will remove him.

S.