Star.
London, England, 1829-01-15 00:00:00

TRIAL FOR MURDER IN CORSICA.

Francis Feracci was recently tried at the Court of
Criminal Justice at Dania for the murder If two per-
sons, so far back as the year 1821. The circumstances
of the case were of a singular nature. In the ye .r 1821
I the town of Cone, in Corsica, was exposed to a species
of civil war, which occasioned the gi retest alarm in the
couatrt ; bands of armed brigands held possession of
the country, and inspired terror in the or-airs el all who
were not connected with them. The Government, to.
put a stop to this, had fin bidden, or.der pain • f dealt,
any Corsican to carry arms unless tier y had been regis-
Wed. Tu enforce this order, the Gown, notiesit s t out at:'
timed force, which wits augmented by a number of the
inhabitants of C toe who a ere opposed to he banditti,
'and who pursued them day and n g'it. Orr night or
the 21st of November, 1821, an ogagerovnt inok place
between the gensdarmes, a.si ted since' f the
in' abi-
tants, arid a ntimher of brigand.. After sonie.tirtie the
Utter were compelled to irsan,lon the scene to contest.
leasing one of their wounded comrades in the !rants of
the gensdatmer. The lacer conveyed the wounded mai,
to a cave in the vici:rity, where they lett rat, 111 the
custody of some armed men. The •bragands- were not
slow in getting reinforcements, ribs! returned in search
:of their wounded cortyamon. After some time they
entered- the taw. and (owed their friend, who was have
ing Ms wliutrds dre,sei by a gendarme and two natives
rat Cone, ane of. whom was the brother of the present
prisoner. The brigands tired their muskets, killed the
too men on the spot, and 'severely wounded the Ben-
d arme. They then conveyed their wounded comrade
away in triumph. The news of this I.atal event spread
clue greare.t cons craoion in Cute, and at the sortie
time excited great indignation, and a determination to
MAIL reprisals on the beigantli. Ti:e daughter or one
of the Ist igauds hastened ter inform her grandfather, an
old M-411 aged 75, who was at work in a garden near
horns with her brother, a young la .1 not Mai the risk
they ran. AU Om: endeavoured, by cr roods, to
tr-id the armed men, and were hurt ing to a place of
~.fetv,when two ar met men appea-e.f and ordered them
to stop. The boy threw hitn,elt at the feet of one of them
and begged they would not punish him for' the
faults , f :cis father; and the old 111•111 declared that he
*tad had nothing whatever to do with the disturbances,
and ih:refore entreated that they would not injure him.
The assassins, however, instantly presented their pieces
and filed, and killed both the old nom and the boy. In
lie mean time, however, the girl had succeeded in
escaping, by descending i.ito a ravine near the wood.
The girl aseclated that these men were the poisoner
Feracci, the brother of the man killed the day
belt): e, and John Louis, who soon after left Corsica.
The is:ismer, W. kept out of the view of the police,
then formed a band of armed men, which were oppo-ed
to the brigands. The existence of these bands of armed
men had greatly compromised the pe.rce of the country;
and u the.Oovernment had not then a sufficient hear
in the country to put them down, they entered into.an
agreement a ith the heads of both parties, on the con.
dire .n that they should expatriate themselves,-and safe
conducts and pifijons were issued. A great number
removed from Corsica, andrseace was restored, which
has not since been disturbed. The pris.iner, who aas pus
.sensed of one of the:* letters of protection, soon seta ned
to Corsica. and devoted himself to his domestic affairs.
The rnagiStrtcy, bliatiter, on hearing the events above
related, otdered_ him to be arrested in the or nth of
September last. The prisoner on his trial denied that
he was one of the assassins of the 22d of September.
He also produced the protection whiCh had been give',
to him by the administrative authorities.. The girl
above-mentioned persisted in her statement. Other
witnesses declared that they had seen him near the
spot on the day in question. and he bad heard him
boast of having committed the,murders with which he
was charged. • -
The Court held that-the protection which the priso-
ner had ptodoced•.was not sufficient to prevent the
course.of justice one charge of murder.
The prisoner was found guilty, anclaentenced to the
punishment of death. He has appealed from this
judgm nt.

folfrwing is an extract from the art;cle on the
American Taal, in the number of the I diubsarah Re•
vieto. containing the letter of Mr. Jefferson, just pub.
lisheJ: '
" That the parent Tiriff can be allowed to regn.
late the commerce of America for any very length-
ened period, is what we do not believe. It was
carried by extremely not row majorities both in tt e
House of Representatives and the S nate ; anJ 11.,1
'ezci:ed, more especially in the S .uthern St t .s, as•
rim eme degree of dissatisfaction. Iti opponen n-
tend, that in imposing heavy duties, oc.t for the
;tke of revenue but of protection, Congress has ex•
.ceeded it. powers, and violated one of the fund c-
me.ntel principles of the (7onstitufon. Whether this
be teally the case it would be presunsutrioris in us
to attempt to decide. We may, hoivever. observe.
that Mr. Jefferson took this view of the matter; and
in a letter to Mr. Giles, written after the passing of
the tariff el 1824, has espressed himself very Vitofik
lr .isideed on the subject Ceder the power, .said
this tooly distinguished patriot and statesman, ' to
regol.ste commerce, they (Congress) assume indefinite.
iy -that also aver agriculture and manufact sues ; and
call it re: 111460 n, too, to take tt.e carriinA. of one
of .these hrAnches of industry, AA Slid, tor•, the trio t
&messed, and put-them into the pockets of the r,thers.
the most flourish ng of th -so all.' And after br.sfly
noticing some I f the objectionable pi .ceeshigs of
.Congress, M.. J.fferson adds, ' Are we then to
stand at arms? No! thßt. mu-t be the Let re-
armee, not to be thought of until much longer
and great suflerin • s If every infraction (.1 ac- mp.ct
of so many parties is to be rwitsted at once as a eis.olu.
lion of it, none can ever be fanned which would last or e
year.. We must have patickice and long enifirente,
then, with our by three, while under delusion. 6,ve
them time for refl coon aortexonience r f consequences ;
keep ourselves (Virginia and Vse southern Sates) in a
situation to profit by the chapter of accichnts, and se.
torr.te from our companions only when the sok al.ir.
natives left are the dissolutorn of our union with them
or sulimi.sinn to a Govern., ent aithrtut limitation of
[rowers. Bets een these ton evils ae must make choice;
'here cars.le r.o h sit:dim; i.ut in the .mean time the
Stales cairltirto irdreeiery material usurpa•
trim on tl.eir sights, to denounce them as they occur in
he most perm' t.ny tel to protest against them, as
wri,ngs to which our present submission shall be consi-
dered, not as acknowledgment or precedent of right,
but as tempori.y releing to the lesser evil, until their
aecumulatiot shall out weigh that of separation.'
Tfii-, if any thieg can, ought to make Congress
passe in the hazardous and desperate career on shieh
it has entered. Strong indeedmust have been the con-
viction of the inipolicy of the An.e,ican system,' that
could hive induced Mr. Jefferson to delate that a dis-
•olution of that confederation, in the formation of
which he had bottle so • distingaished a pant, would
be a preferable alternative to a toleration of ti-e evils
that must spring from it. So solemn and impressive
a denunciation sin not surely be disregarded by Con.
gresss; and trust, at any rate, have the greatest public
influence. It cannot be said of Mr. Jeffes son that he
was actuated by selfi it or factious motives. He was one
nt •he f..uire!ers r.fhis country's Constitution, tviderstood
hen io:tetests, and was anxious only for her welfare. The
le ter containing this truly important paasag,e.was not
a public one ; it was a confidential comnionicition to
an it.t;mate 'fiend, disclosing the undisguised senti-
ments of the writer on a vitally important question;
nor had Mr. Jefferson the least idea that it would ever
see the light. It is idle, therefore, to consider, as some
individuals here have done, the vituperations of the
tariff at public meetings in America, and the vehe-
ment attacks made upon it in a large part of the public
press, as the mere exasperations of the iroment. The
t Ms in which Mr. Jefferson speaks of it show the deep
and profound impression that the p licy on a hich r is
founded had made on the soberest and ablest Wive-
-409.

NEW YORK.

FROM Tug NATIONAL INTILLIORNCRR.
WIN KED.% GOES.

INTERVIEW AT LEAVE-TAKING %Ira Tilt PRESIDENT.

imagine yourselves in one r f tte stist-ly rooms oon-
intinica mg with the Hall of the President's mansion.
The vatniture of the ap otment—w hich, en such an
occasion, would natutally be noticed—th. nib not
sumptuous, is sufficiently decorative to befit Reinb-
lic,n dignity. The otnamental hangings. the ea( pet-
ing, the mirrors, the tables of nimble slab, the cen-
tral chandelier with its sparkling lustres, the si fax,
1,,,14 mahogany chairs, with seats of crimson damask
are pe•ceived to comport with good taste, all
yet not to offend the strict maxims cif jddictous aim-
pl;city. On the f °ming the hearth; which,: on
this occasion; is beheld blazing with the Council fire,
the eye fixes upon a noble, full-length or:, ait of the
Faber of his Country, who looks down upon the
scene w.th an aspect of mild and patern4l majesty.
At the bead of the audiencoroom stands the First
Magistrate of the Republic—a Republic which now
numbeis within its borders 13 millions uf shaman
beings,. in the enjoyment et the wisest laws that ever
blessed a free people. On the President's right hand
we distinguish the Secretary of War, and /hound,
several others ef our mine .t public funciPmaries,
a few of the Senatori'arid.Reptessitatives .cf- tee
ple, end the Governor of the twitory which cool.
prebends in its limits the •fi us and wanieling
tribe, the entree of whose Chiefs • is anxiously es.
pectni .
The deputation at length arrived. Preceded by an
ineipretet, our.grim guests, in full feather and paint,
filed into the apartment, and, stalking one by one toit:11
President, grasped 'his hand with rude c
Nothing daunted by his presence, or the gaze ot.his
.ttenJants, they next moved in silence to the sears as.
signed them. ,
Refreshments were pissed round'; 'and it was Wane.
what whimsical to see Madeira sipped froisscotilass
by these stern-featured visitors.
< Business succeeded. An eldthief stepped forth into
the centre of the room, with a long unct uth.pipes in his
hand, which, after a brief ceremonial not precisely inlets
tigible, he brought near the President, and waved truer
his head. It was the calumet of teate.-• Holding it
then before him, and printing to it.he began an harangue
in slow guttural tone-, accompanied with much earnest
gestate. He spoke in short paragraphs, an Indian of