Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-03-26
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GEO. McDUfFiE.
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ID jag5iire stephs.ao,' H. lhs Gil cn'"''"n
go. uni, : which iii. man has been brought
neie lfou oasaanah, have d. epls tsc"ea 'h'
public ualnd lie arrived here, II sef'ns' yes
leiday ia The pilot boat oavanah, rom oa'""'
nah, in ldur sfays. Un arr'sms the Se,se' q"
cn,r,d of The battery aud communication wac
HAD a,th lie Brush Consul. a"d 'te aseh's o'
me DtrIsl, clcdnoi ;, and h. Was soou after ar
fes,ed. o. i;,ard ,hr vessel. for debt. b, the
hia, Co.'s, ttllr, llafs. Sncr which there
i,no ,iaee oil hin. Tie intelligence OF tue at
rival Of Siepnrnsob having sion become public
,tid suspiclous bcing entertained that ile had
be.n toreibly sr,zrn and brought hiihrr. CON
..dsraD.e ieiinent wa,s excited ~ft OF iiiOeas
.c,,,,, vas ann, ed iur aud oladined near Md
p,ptu. b, some 70 uutrers, on behalf of The pr
,oaei, aud the house OF a < n'leman. where lac
vas supposed 10 be detained. Was visited. but
4,a,ou, inu,ng him. 1bs m"fr'hg the fer
men, ncl e1isei. Ihe Btiiisi Consul aud lays
have BON Dcen served with "Tils I'll hhbeas COR
nus mhcn, husry,r. US YET have not produee''
the u i,m,.r. and Ita.,tlint. eNsfy variety OF
runor Is ailUat, tlntt lac las been carried off 10
attn iha, he i. placed. at any ra,r, beyond The
reach ui Aescoe : ia shot, ibata daring and
hiyhilaudrd violation OF The laws, COmmen ced
il, Gro,nla has been successfully accomplished
mere. ne bruer opinion, however, nov Is
that Stephenson viii br forth coming al one o..
tfocls before inc ,'cuidrr. vi "nhh and what
inen tanspner, we ala Al take Gaze To inform
our readers.
Niranmti,e. let u look calmly at the facts
as they are alleged 10 exisi IA this case "A
manis f.acIh, seized Ia, n distant siaie-bonrd
ani buried al board a vessel--bi ought hfher
eiandesIinci, --delnurd auder color OLA Jaw
4, a sworn Oil rr--and ,hen all trace Of him
a.. .fFtt.
he is uo,. die sht,in say, 10 his custody--nor
does he kl,os aughi ..iD'.n. fne la~ puts form
IL snn IL process CLAIM, hin'. and to ,indicatp
j, ms bcha,t. the common privilege OF evfsy
man, IL IA government OF laws, 10 be jagged b,
dne laas ilr il sill unGisco, cfed--n iiie II is
admitted ibr,e aie those, Within the reach aud
Jurisdiction OF me- Coutts eho do know where
hr i.--aod nlrielo e onsi stand III the ligm of
persohs resisting She ja.i authority OF thoir
Courts.
These We saw, ure thr facts. so far as a dill
genl t,.Qury has enabled rs TO verify them; an!
assuming ti,sm 10 he coirect, ask what secu.
rity is there iur the personal liberty OF any man
II such tnings " done with imp"niiyf No one
will susprct Us OF desiring 10 screen criminals,
Of TO excite Ia hehali Of guht, the compassion or
sympathy ofihe public. But We CLAIM that for
guilt ami iunpeence alike. there be but one rule
for proceeding aud ,hal---th- rule prescl bed by
The taw. IL Will br no Justification OF what has
occlfrrd-eyen though Stephenson be surIen-
10 day--- or ihe very concealneni and
mystery has been practised. and the con
Seluent Il Cent, even though tor one hour
only, and the law, by the agency OF nsoan mi
hiStf, is II hign msdemeanur.
The circumstances of Slept snsons SEIZURE in
',eorgis these: The deputy goaIer OF Sa-
Sannah, conceived the plan oi bringing him
here, IN order 10 "b' ain the reward, proGerrd
BY MIR. PEE li,ns, Of $500. He enlisted the
owner Ut The pilot boat IN the scheme, and they
two with others. followed Stephenson 10 n farm
Nose about tweny nj es hom Sarannaii,
where they found him, aud told him he must go |
With thea IL iuade 10 resistance; took FROM
MS pocket trenty lao doilG $. he had which he
gave 10 Lloyd, ms companion, and vas then
got into carriage, driven 10 and through ga
dnnah, embarked on board the boat. aud
ought hither. without being told where he
"ai gong ur what the authority Tor his arrest. !
Arrived IN ;he bay here. he made, 1t Is said, an
"'e'nptto destroy himself with pisloi-"hIch
vas prevented by the master of the Pilot Boat,
VINO then p,nioned him, and pinoned he was
wrought tefnre lhe British Consul here.
AT T, VI MIR. Stephenson was brought into
'ae Recorders room, by Mr.. Hays. and after
snor' consultation with two OF three genflemsp
VINO appear to act as counsel for him, the Re-
sp,oer stated that there appeared, TO be no e- /
:" process by which he was detained, and IN. |
folfedh there was any reason why he should
NOT be Discharged from the custody, of MIR.
u"ys' Noobjection being made, lhs Recorder
ueeiared him to be at liberty, when MIR. Sheriff
nav took him ia custody a, the suit Of Mr.. Ell
NAtfih Parkins, Of London, for debt.
MI, tmmei req ested PERM sfon TO state that
~. ~ stephenson had informed him that the Bri-
IN consul. had since his arrival here, treated
''h y" every respect with cvity and that. rs
"' as ne Knew, nad had no agency, in his arrest
Wv. W. transportation from Savannah TO this city.
doodhae
i"e counsel Of Stepheasons said. that what
~. mi sai be thought OF these declarations.
~ tSet was. that 8 TAX 40 truln