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SUIRTERVILLE., S.. Cop DECEI
Correspondance of the Marcury.
g 11havm, Nov. 25, 1851.
John S. '.t'hrasher is notw in solita
ry contiueinet at the Mor o Castle,
in a small dark duinge'on, on the t ight
hand side of the entrance to the
ustle. iHe is there un'ler sentence
of eight years to wo rk inl chains at
Ceuta in Africa. The Government
?vill probably hurry lim1 off ly first
essl, which will be by the Spanish
teamer Caledonia, on the 4th of )e
cemiber. Ihere els on1e of the most
htrocions acts that has ever been
Committed in modern times hv a Go
Vernnent on an individual helonging
to another Government, who are at
peace with one another. An Ameri
can, whilst in pursuit ,if his business,
is arrested, confined in sihi t:ar v conl.
finement nearly three weeks, i'- .hen
brought up for trial at a denm hea.d
Court Martial. The ease, as inole
out by the Queen's la wyer. is read to
a court of seven mhilitary oll ers, who
are in a room above, wIilst the pris.
oter is below under a guard if sol
diers; after the read'inz, the prisomer
is ordered to he brought up, and
without hearing a word that has pass
ed, is asked, what have von to say
6; for yourself? Ills reply is . I do
not even know-of what. i aml accused
-I have not been allowed a lawyer
or counsel to. sce the charges, so as
to prove my innocence of all and eve.
rg charge against mee, which is entire
ly against thl h s..of this country
against-tie treaties wth myxo. unatrv
against justice and liumanity, anl
therefore I solemniy protest ai.aiunst
:court and all the proceeding
me, and deannail that, I have
oSltIhal1 be .mjide au l'nnit-I.
+ " * =charges against Ime and to
my minoee. At this he was
auitlted: by the President of the
Court, Brig.Gen arg.es, inl the nost
-overbearing language, :'nul orlerel
A back to his dungeon; and a few days
after, the Fiscal conies to him anI
roads the sentence approved by the
-Auditor of War, because the '"c ini
'nal'has not disproved the accusations,
l&c.''-also, by the Cap tains General
because the Auditor ot war has ap
proved it. Thus an imuiocent man,
an American, is sacrificed in part, to
appease the vengeance held against
every American. 'l'he sentence is
eight years hard labor in chains at
Ceuta in Africa; and to pay the cat
of this suit, or to be held until paid.
. Letter of J. S. Ta rnMla hr.
IN A DUNGEON OF THE l'UNT.A CASTEi,
hAV.mA, Nov. 21, 1851.
To the Gou~rnmeznt of th' LUnitl tates vi
America and to myfeWolwt.e-utryien :
An Ameri zan citizen, deprived of
liberty and denied justice, respect
fully begs leave to lay before you the
following facts and appeal
Upon landing from the steamer
Georgia, on the 16th of October last,
I was suddenly, andl without previeous
accusationi, arrested and taken to the
office of the Police. Oni searching
my person, and that of a gentleman
who accompanied me, no g apers or
letters or any kind were fohnmd upon
either of us. We were then taken
to the hotel where I boarded, accom
panied by the chief of police, who
demanded to be shown may room. On
ascertaining that I had no room there,
we were taken to my residence, and
all my papers seized. Thme gentle.
man who was nmith me, was then put
abfiberty -myself and all may books
ar papers were taken to the resi
*donce of one of the Police Cotnmissa.
ries, whore fo'ur days were ocCmupiedl
by the government interpreters in
reading my letters.
On the 21st of October I was
thrown into a dlungeon of the city
prison, and~ all connaunienationm with
~,my friends stritctly prohiibited. On
the 25th I was retmoved to may rmes
Ant dungeon, and the Fiscal of the
millitary tribunal made its a ppearance
and began a judicial examination.
On thme 26th this was continued, and
then I saw no one until the 4th inst.
when the questioninug was prtoceededt
with--and on the 6th I was again
tos*ed, and ,finaiby intf~fr d tt
f wg caued o Trason. A t the
same tme, I was reqluiredl to *5eloct
one from a list of oilicers that was
presented to me, who should conduct
ny defence. Not knowing any of
~ hem, I chose at randoum, supposmig
hie woulti consult with mon amnd mny
legal advisers, as is usuanl in such
casr~ISC Id egard to my defene On
the 7th inst.. . was, for trhe i
tnWe al%& ed to see 3)1y fent
to consult with them as to the best
course to nursuc.
I cet'rred with our Consul, and
lie passed several conmunicationis
in tiy behalf to the goverment here,
all of which have been utterly dis
regarded and not replied to. On
the 11th, I un as iniformed that I was
to be brought up the next day for
sentence. I immediately wiote to
my ni'omain ial dei'ender to come at
uneo to consult with Rme, and to bring
with II lum the proee'dings which are
i writing. lie repled r'erba/lly that
hle would come inl the aftern'ioou.. JRe
hit nit comie, aid I extended at
ricee a protest against the proceed
ins, allezin ag that I had nlot been{
hlear'd , anti that neither iy'self1 nor'
myiv legal advisers had beeniconsultel
for a proper defence. I sent this to
tIe 'resilent of the Military Comn
miission that night, w.ho refused to
receive it, saying that it could only
e admuitted~ by. the Captain Genierai.
T1he Amieriean C.nisul, M1r. (Nel,
1s solon :Is infio rmed of this, pro
:eeded to the palace, and protst ed
*gainiist sentence being pronounced,
s I had not been heard in defence.
In the lmlorlilig liy nomial
leRelder camne to my prison to iniform
ne that, he had been allowed by the
ourt, onl tWe'ftyfourI(I' hwurs to
,r. pare my1 dif ence that /w /!d bcen
>'eIapj'i. d till that )it(ileni't e'.rani)in
h'e jI-eceding!/s, Chiche are vo/l
intilius, hnl timt Withit anl hour /ie
na ut ret urn then to the Fi'jcal.
Ja the 12th I was taken before aj
lourt Mlartial, con posed of a li- 1
!lier (.eeral aild six Ullicei ci'
le :Aruy. The testimnony pro
ysrt,diga wvereI .srend. bef;d ;::
ro'0ught into court, which is c.'n1trlarv
u law, and to eustomi, anid htl
)roughit in, I was asked arhat Ihad
a say to thte rcharge~s agalinst mell re.
lied1 that 1 hadl not b'e'en f1urnis'hed
('i/h a cuy <' the eLhd're$, that I
aiid bwen denied act',e'ss to t/im pe','
edings ant tr.tinwn,, that ml,
i.Utinal d/'eende''r 101 nirtl/wr con-l
ulited trimth mae .ve re'ith myl cuanser.t1,
tnl I no.W asked tlhat :yV o't'tl.it an!d
dli I/w late tdm'itted. I leas toll by
he Presidelit of the ('Curt that it
hould be conside-red.
I was rem'iandiied to Imly dtingeon,
learid notliin g 1ilu)e of the h o edi
ogs itil to ay, when I have been
rmtally notified that, I have beens
oentencedI to t itht years ' Iler,
nI Chins, at Ceuta, in Africa, wit
aynLit of evs:s.
It is unneces'ary fi me to enlarge
utponl the i:netrop~riety oft bringing"
ie Lef.i e a Court Martial in a
Lilmie of pi'ofuntd peace, or lthe
injustice of senitenling ie w ithlut
a hearimg; on the uttte' conlten ipt it
iteLrnati'nl :{ law, civil righs, aid
treaty stipultli .iS, inl Imly trial; i
iuponi the w..ilitiL disi egard ill this
maliinner of proceethnlg i the cil
:titutiu anti rules of the ve'r
Cou'rt which has assumiied a j
tried m ie without a cimelt, anid has
seteced~' meii withlout defence.
Th'le G overlinent that has the.
power anid the will to commilit these~
acts is beyonad the r'each of. r'easun;
auid myi) only resource is t' up-~
peal to the pihysical poner' of
our'Ol ow Gov.ermnen~t for' that prlo'
teetion w.luhi its 'ioruial power ha1lis
not been~ abtle to extend over meiL, anid
to ask froma liy fellowcountrymI en
such couniteniance as will encour age
the Executive ini the miaifestations of
fi irmness'5, and~ cary somei appre-Ii'
eL'ationl ofl nativonal i'igh ts anid niationial
duties to the hiear'ts of' the un-'
scrulllous rullers oif Ctuba.
1 sholemlly allirmi thatt I hav'.e niJee
had aiiy connRec tionI withi thle parities
wh ich have inivaded this Island; and
that the only grounds foir hatred to
1m1 on1 the pait of the GJoveirnmenit
antd Spanish por1ltioil of the poplaion 1.1
hecre , arec that I ami an Amencrican;
that I refusied to abjure my national.
ty one year simee, wheni reiu ire byl
this Gov'.ernmenc~t to do so, 01' to
ibanidon the business I was thien eii
gaged inl; that I succoured so far as
I wa .s able those of' tiy unfortuniate
counitrymnen who were capthives herec;
and that in the CouRt I hadil the ini
lepeiidelnt sp ii t (they call it auid a
2ity) to r'ely upon my innocenice anid
my r'ights as aun Amer'ican citizen.
lhnving beeni dield justice, 1 now
usk at the hands of' the AmRericain
Qoveriiment and the Amierican
people that libeorty of which I am so
~iiuit~ovsly deprived, All theo
horror'oof the~ Spanish icl arce
bcl'urc one, and my only hopes arc in
the symnpathlies of' my countrymen,
anti the prompt action of ourNa
tional Gocvernmnent.
J. S. T1IIItASJII .
Journal of the Senate
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We alluded recently to the hill of
which Mr. Poppenlhcimi has given no
tice of his intention to introduce into
the Hlouse of Representatives. This
will only be one of a series of meas
ures which we presume will be offor
edi in the Legislature, in counter-a'c
tion of the Legislation in the North
obstructing the recovery of fugitive
slaves. Our attention has been call
ed to a bill introduced by J. It.
Campbell, laq., at the last session,
but which, fioimu the want of time,
was made the special order for Mon
day next. This bill provides for re
eliiation on the property, of any
kind, finuld within the lint.its of this
Stats, helonging to citizens or inhabi
tants of any other State wherein ob
struction is made to the recovery of
any fugitive slave or slaves escaping
frotm South Carolina, after demand
has been made upon the Executive
of such State, and not complied with,
for the surrender; of such slave or
slaves. The right of creditors in
possesion for advances inatle on such
property, are protected in one of the
clauses in this bill.
This description of reprisal profes
ses to be within thoiprovisiun of the
constitution of tho United States.
Mr. Poppenhei:n's bill countervails,
with regard to those provisions, on
the admitted lrinciples that the vio
lation of a compact on one side re
leases the other. In relation to Mir.
Camphell's bill the foi-m of retalia
tion varies fr~om that which appears
on the tace of Mr. Poppenheitns
pro ition for rclress, but Yul'u
sals. Whether the property of the
citzens of the offeiling State is ta
ken, as in 3r Campbell's bill, after
compliance with certain legal pre
reqluisites, or access is denied to any
Court within the limits of South Ca
ro'inta, for the legatl recovery of delts
tlue sAcIh c'tizenis, they both find jis
tification in the law of reprisal. 1De.
tweeni the seizure of property and
the cotliscatiun of debt, or the deni
al of its reeuvery by law, which is
the same thing, there can be I Cs.
sential distinction, although there is
no frm*t:d1-1 or express Violation of the
(onstitutionzt in one of these modes.
W hich shall he adopted may become
a qulestiol of expetdienc, . if there is
a choice between thtem.
We only steak in relation to the
prinip/ it of 'Mr. Popjpenheiml's bill.
not havit.I i set its hletail. ]But it
is evilent that all remedies of this
character are in r'ealit v beside, and
nlot withil, the (Co tsttitituti, hwU ever
Silt ron tded y i Ie al forns. The
partv rest i ng to them) lust be pre
p11111po5sed to st:Iti I in the relation of
tat eis ubic h fill back oin the prinei
pieS of the' ilterna ti nall code-on
the ru's ofA imuiimtabtle 'iglt ati Co
equal justice. It is tla conitetliation
of these rules that Ipl'opeity is i eci
pro'ally protected, whether under
Federa l e 'nipact 'ir Na tion~al trteaties.
The lf-zmthiti'i1 of' both is pub~lie' faith.
This violate.l in eithler sidle andt spo
l iation en C suesd, ti12hi aw of' reprisal1
s 'eps ini to redrless theC wroing and
re~StoreC ((polity to' the pris
The Ipretsentt deifectivo comnin
schl ds stem of' this State has beeni
a su j lit of copi int fr maniny yearis;
and not a f'ew are tof opinion ' thait thie
aiii nual apprIoprtiat ions imadeI foir this
ob-ject are but a waste of' the hountty
of theC State. W\ithouit ptre:hteig
to dleterinttte this questin, we are
free ti contfess our belief' that a better
could lbe dlevise'd, if' proper attention
un s givent to thte tnatft'r by the Le
cisla turei. A wa re-that manyii impor
tant intert'is are' to be adjutsted dul
ring the present sessioni, we yet be
lieve that sdllnethling like r'eformn
ighI t bc ini tiatd w'~ , whw tih would
aiftetr, by w hiebi a syvstemt of' education
conanenit uateiti to the ntecessitties of
the y'outhi of' uhe State uight be pecr
manent~itly'~ established.
'lToro is no reason whyv South
Catiroliuna should bte behind her sisters5
itt hter commont~l school facilities. -
heis the equatll of atny ini her ar
ran gemenits for' thoirough editcationtil
purposes~', arid ahead of' near'ly all in
tholse intituttions~ adapted to'military
instruction; and whereore should aho
he Inatad ini that system of popular
inistructin, whicht i he it *nbstricts
lbut little froin the nockct t~f thb inii
vidual tax-payer, will aggregate an
nually a large and potent sum, and
confer incalculable .advantages in so
cial position and intelligence ul-on
those who are now either destitute of
needful instruction, or whose patents
are struggling with desperate ene:
gy against poverty and want to give
thea the education of which they
themselves had] been deprived.
To give efliciency to any system,
a permanent fund should be created,
the necruing interest on which alone
would be devoted to that purpose,
and this fund should be increased
with all proper rapidity from year to
year. How to raise this fund is a
subject for. thought with our legisla
tors, and a little attention could not
fail to develop a satisfactory plan for
the attainment of an end so much
desired. Taxation for the specific
purpose would operate lightly on
each citizen, and yearly additions
from the profits of the bank would
very much facilitate the accumulation
of the requisite amount. Of course.
the results for several years would
not be very striking, but so long as
they were progressive they would be
satisfactory to the tax-payers, as
great future benefit could be antici
pated; and the incipiency of the or
ganization would afford time and ex
perience for the adjustment of details
of the greatest usefulness.
We are satisfied that a sum little
larger thtan that now annually fritter
ed away, under an approved modern
adjustment, would be of vast advant
go to the youth of the State, if the
is 1 t which marks the ex1
al
answer to say that the present sys
tem is the best adapted to our sparee
ly populated country, and that the
proper attendance in many localities
could not be had to justify the em
ployment of teachers; for we would
rnswer that in our cities, towns, and
villages, and other well peopled vi
iiages, the first schools might be
opened the entiro year; and then, in
other places, for portions of the year,
and such portions only as would be
ldapte1 to the accommodation of
children) as to their leisure from farm
ur other labor. Such difficulties
have been surmounted in other
States, and there is no good reason
for supposing them insuperable here.
We leave the subject here, and
invoke to it the attention of those
members of our Legislature who aim
rather to be useful than great, and
promise them that a memorv to be
coveted w ill survive the projector of
a thorough system of common-schocl
educatiti in Seutlh Carolina.
The Next Conigres
Will no doubt, like all the past,
be itale up of many incongruous
materials. Whether the cognomi
nlwil descriptions of it. as given by
sume laborious qjuidliuiC, in the fol
lowing paragraph, will Iroperly re
1p1 esenit its mioral qjualities, is mnatter
of doubt. At all eveunts, it suflices
to sho)w how aissortedl are the materi
ails. If it takes all sorts of people
to make a worl, it may be assumed
that all sor is of animals must be em
played in making a Co'ngress, whlieb
is very apt to become a menagerie.
lIn color, then, the members w illbe
"' Gray, Green, and Brown, with
consider'ablL White. It will have
tromt K entuceky, alone,(for building,)
WoStone, (Cla y, and a Mason;
and the lbouiso will contain such use
fuil hand icraftsmien as a Miller, TIayv
lor, Carter, L'uller, Chandler and
Mliner, together (for its amusement,)
with a 1Iarper.; and to furnish its
game, a Iowler, and llunter. There
is a I hinter, also, in the Senate,
which boasts, too, of its Cooper,
Mliller and Mason, and, of course, a
Smaith. The elements are to be well
ixed in the compositian of the bo.
dy, New York fuirnishes Wells,
lIrooks, and Snow, and New I lamp)
shire supldies llbale ! There will be
something good to drink at the capi
tol ; for Virginia selnd(s Meade, and
Missouri, Porter ; and to eat, New
York sends a Fish, and Iowa a HlennI
Musie, too, fronm two Bells, besides a
CampBell, and though a ropublican
legislature, the Senate will have one
King, and the llouse, to, beside a
McQueen, and a supplfof Gentry,
and one GayI.ord. *T offset 'g
much nobilitj Tennessee throwsi%-a
Savago,1 ptt~ rthi Carolin an Qt
law and ''X4dger., There 'will el
all -eepealrn
a Senator Mdn-gt3 i
whose chiistian fimt in
Vermont ands Missisip h ,
have a Foot 'tiere, but ' "
balanced by the Mbi~bhc
sends."- (Iarlc lo Znh
Suntual Forsbeu t
That house will be ke
moil where there is no tel
each other's errors,
to failings, no ineeki u
juries, no soft .answcrs t, u
wrath.. If you lay a sig of
wood upon. the andirohs :
fire to it, it will go out; ju . ,
other stick, and they villhbdty'4
a half dozen. and you will 4 a
grand conilagrhtion. There."
er fires subject to the saute eon44 at
If or.e member of a fami -
a passion and is let alclhe e
cool down, and possibly be agfl",dk
and repent. But oppose e
temper, pile on the fuel,dr $ gt
other members of the -group, a
one harsh answer be folio *d
another, and there will soo
blaze which will enwrap th si
its lurid splendors. The
Philip enry understood
and when his son,
mentator, w
lines to the r
" L~r ve
You nueiur ib tghe
if one Kpeak fire, t'other wi
coine; -
Is one' prcvoked ! be t'other sot
dumb."' ~
So thought the hen .,
Dowper,-of w
als health by olose
ne day, like a kindiear ous
wife, she went into his lib fis
bsence, and gathering up al.. ,he
manuscript notes he had been. igti
rears collecting for his dictionary,
threw them into the fire. lWhpn he
ame home, she told him. wbistbe
iad done. Assured of the ei
Live which had prompted heir t:.this
ict of Vandalism, his only.reply t#p
ter was, "Woman, thou hast pued
Lo eight years study more ;' 5 ,
This it must be confessed, is carry]
ing meekness about as far as fies.an4
blood can ordinarily be expected Itei
go. But even a less measure of this
ruality would be found a greatisoda;
five to these ebullitions of plsion
which ruffle the serenity of houiso
holds. Allied with a sound judgit
and with true affectiun, it wouldmini
at shutting out from the circle sucli
topics of conversation as were.knowq
to produce an irritating effect upod
any of the group.
The same spirit would restrain i
family from pushing a question, od
which they dilfered to the point .og
peremptory decision. It would ad
monish them when the ice was begin!
ning to quiver and crackle, and show
them where they must stop, unIes
they meant to break through ig '
are too nany who refuse toisete
at least to heed, these indicationI
and whom nothing will arrest botan
actual plunge into the wintry.w~ye.
They will, insist upon their point it~
such pertinacity as to bring do at.
length that terrible ','ou sh ,
"You shall not," which i'n .cnjo~
life is as freezing as a bath in Decem
beLr. H appy are those atilies Yhore
discussions nrerer reach this cris'is.
It is said that in the businessmteet.
ings of that exemplary Christian No.
eiety, the "Friends," there is no io
ting. The Clerk gathers the lie*s
of the members from their observa'
tions, and frames a corresponding
minute, which unless excepted ti,'
stands, without a vote, as the act of
the body. This is a safe principle fef
househiolds. The opinions of those.
who wear the purple can usually be
got at without a vote, and
sometimes creates a din'erepeooft
inig, where there was simpy a N~
sity of sentiment.- -Dr. Boardii
To 'THE YoUNG LADIes.~#I- A
foun~d that the ni'en whaje
the most fond of the ladies,irho e~
ish for them the highest repeat
seldom the most popular with ti
Men of' great assurance.
tongues are highly hun u&
words supplf tho plae r~tt&'
place comphm~ent, i~n the 'i
regeet fOa wengrileads to rpko'~x
is' sullydiatteut action, and'M
gret~istance is au sttiken by *ifa