Litchfield enquirer., 1829-03-26


 warm words between the British Consul, and others concerned in the arrest, and the gentle men who acted as counsel for Mir. s. he was discharged, the arrest having been illegal; but was immediately taken again into custody at the suit Of Mr. Parkins, "f London, for debt, and conveyed to the Debtors PrisOn. :" A scene of greater excitement and c"ntG. siOn," says she Journal of Commerce, has seldom been witnessed in court Of justice. The str0ng sympathy which was manifested in favor Of the prisoner. seemed to arise from the impressiOnthat he had been arrested and brought tO this city without regard to the
 forms of law,-that he had been severely
 dealt with, and that an attempt had been
 made, or w,Alld hc made tu deliver him up t0 his nccnsCts without first proving his guilt, hy conveying him On board ship in the bar. EhOr, and iranSporting him to England" Mr. | Parkins, ex.Shcriff Of London, at whose suit Stephenson is now in prisun, has made atida-
 wit that Mr. Buchanan, the British Consul, had informedk him, that he had instructions 1 from the British Government, aud intended
 to take Stephenson and fNrcibly send him
 back to Englahd," and that Jonathan Good
 hue, tO whcsa house, Stephenson was con veyed from the pilot hoak informed him that the British COnsul had taken him away, and
 '" intended to send him back to England," that be "had authority tO do so, and had a
 warrant for that purpose Obtaincd from one Of the magistrates Of th,s city"
 The above are the facts. us now before the public. If the statements of MT. s. are cor rect, he has been the subject of high. han ded outrage, that ought not to go unpunsh- cd. However guilty he may he, he IS not an out law. An attempt was made on Tuesday night, to arrest those who brought him from
 Savannah, but they cluded the vigilance of the officer, and having got on board and put to sea on their return, could not be over taken by the Custom House boat. The re- wards offered for Stephenson's arrest amour. ted t0 about S8,0O0, 9ls, BN Hau
 Stephensun is about 55 years ofage. He appears worn out with anxiety and fAtigNe, and extremely dsiected and miserable. Such has been his distressing anxiety, that for nine l weeks his linen had not been changed. Du ring the conversations which were had with 1 Jim on the night alter his arrival, he wept ve- " freely. and spoke with much apparent Q. motion of his children, but made no dscl0. sures with regard to the immense amount of money, which through his means, is so mys. teriously deficient. .as. t.
 F. s. The kdnappers, 1t is said, have oh. tained no part oe their expected reward.-- They were Overtaken by the Custom House boat. but having taken refuge within the iur;s. dictiOn of Nav w.Jersey. the process Of the SheliT was inoperatiye. The American, af. ter mentioning the affidavit Of Mr. Parkins, says, that t is n matter "of perfect certointy that neither Mr. Buchanan nor Mr. Good. hue, had any agency of any sort, In procu. ring the arrest ia Georgia of Stephenson, Or bringing him here" fars V
 Siave Tr0de.--Notwithstand all the el- forts hitherto made by the United States and Great Britain, f,r the suppression of this accursed traiIic--not twithstanding solemn treaties, and statutes imposing the highest penalties known to the law--.the trade exists may, AOurishes, with altnost as much vigOr as ever ln a late Report of the (LOnd0n) < African Institution, detailed ilst is given Of| he names of two hundred and eighteen ves- els, believed to have been engaged In the lave trade, in the year l8a7 and the mum. 'er of victims in that year, was ascertaincd q he not less than 120,O0O; of whom 10000 perishsd On the middle passage. and soon af. Ier their arrival at the ports of their destina- lion. More than eO,0OO In that single year, reaChed tho port Ri0 JAneIro. "We need not attempt description of this inhuman trAflic. The barbar0us cruelties which at. tend every step of its progress. from its com. ncncement in treacher0ns wiles tO entrap i,s victims, to its c0nsummation, by consgning them to endless and hopeless slavery, have been toO often and tho faithfully delineated tO need rrpititlon here. And this trade. + which has been confirmed by the practice of centuries, and is supported by its ministering to sO many powerful passions of our nature, ts not Co be put down hy force, 50 long as u place Q to be found for supply or recep- ton ~ slaves. Treaties and laws are alike tn vain. Rapacity and avarice will still find means to elude the vigilance,o hafIle the ef. | forts of benevolence and the friends of hu- 1 manity must mourn over the ineficacy of their exertlons."--N. Y. Com. wv
 ti@ Sa A DILEMMA.
 Tue AmsilmasoAs recommend the Legisla- tuFe to pass law, |. preventing M0so,s ofIl. ciatlng as juFy-man in any case where either raesy hNl0ngs to ths etessrnisy sshile che uth.l CT is not msmhers" and thr Masoms, ii ia said, ciaiming as they have right to do, e. | qual protection, desire that in that event inc Legislature shall pass another law preventing
 "an Ants-nsasOn officiating as jury man. in | any case where either party belongs tu ihe | fraternity of AMti.mGsoms, while the other is not menber.p As the case now stands it is obvious that the rights of Masons are uuife as much in need "f Legislative protection as those Of Anti-masons.- Utica Observer. Female Husb0nd.--The London papers cOntAln an account of A curio,,s discovor,