Five or six people--including, if I am not mistaken, Mr.Higginson himself, certainly including Joseph A.Howland, a well-known Abolitionist and non-resistant, and also including Martin Stowell, who was afterward indicted for killing Batchelder, a Marshal who took part in the rendition of Burns--were complained of before the police court, and bound over to await the action of the grand jury.

The grand jury returned no indictment, except against one colored man.
Mr.District Attorney Aldrich was quite disgusted at this, and promptly _nol prossed_ that indictment.

And so ended the famous Butman riot.
The Whigs were in a minority in Massachusetts after the year 1848.

But the constitution required a majority of all the votes to elect a Governor; and, in the case of no choice, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Executive Council, and the Senators from counties where there had been no election were chosen on joint ballot by the members elected to the two Houses.

The Whigs were able to carry the Legislature, and in that way chose their Governor and Lieutenant Governor, elected Councillors, and filled vacancies in the Senate.