Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-12-23


In our last we stated this unfortunate Shipmaster
mad been sentenced by the Supreme Court of Rot
terdam to Ave years Imprisonment unjusy,
as all think, who have any knowledge othe circum-
stances that have lead 10 this result
The circumstances Of the transaction, as they
stated in a communication sgned Dg all tie
American ship masters then in Rotterdam, to tie
number of ten, addressed 10 Mr.. EleeEer, the
American Charge d'Afiares ct the Hague, were
these. An American sao- named Peter, bad
been on board the ATLANTA FOR an hour, making
a disturbance among the crew. lie went ashore,
but shortly afterwards attempted to come on
board again, being noisy, and evidently intozi-
Gated. The ma:c objected to his con ng on board,
and an alteration ensued between them. IN
this state of things the captain came on deck, and
after inquiring into the state Of thugs tod the
man he must 60 shore. What followed is
thus described in the communications above men
toned:
1.-THE Captain then said, you must 90 on shore,
which again the man swore he would not do,
the Captain then kicked at him-hc dared the
Captain to come GA shore and fight swore at him
and called him all sorts Of names-thc Captain
then came deck and took capstan bar, and
slid it down the stage towards hm-but it did
not hit him; the man picked up the bar and
struck at the Captain several times The Cap
tain then took another bar and deieuded himself,
md at the same time caught the bar held by the
man, wrenched it from him and flung it upou
deck--he then threw his bar at the man Git did
not hit hm,) and he fell from the stage upon the
gunwalc of boat lying nde meath and hurt hIm
badly. The Captain Immediately sent fot
doctor In about ten minutes Captain Hatch
was taken TO prison
Capt. Hatch used every e@ertion, pc 'sonn''y,
in recovering the man fom The water after his
fall, and giving him relief to the time he was
rested.
This took place the 18th of June last. Cep-
tain Hatch was confined in close prison. and his
friends were not permitted to ho'd an7 commu y
cation W tn him. The man some da Is ate wards
died of the wounds received ia his ,all. Ga the
Goth of June meeting Of the American ship
masters in port held on board the ship Meta
mora, at which it was resolved to send commit
tee of their number to the Hague, with IA repre-
sentation of the affair TO the American Charge
d'Affaires, and to solicit his intefpositon, and
also, in case Capt. Hatch not released, to
make suitable representations Of the affair TO our
government.
The following is a copy of letter recently re-
ceved at Boston, by respectable mercantile
house, from their correspondents in Rotterdam,
giving the intelligence OF Capt, HIS unjust SEN
tence.
ROTTERDAM, Nov. 5, 1S4I,
We exceedingly regret at this time TO be under
the necessity 10 impar to you that The hope we
then entertained for Capt llaichs acquitta has
since been frustrated beyond measure he having
been sentenced by the Supreme Court at the
Hague, TO have the sword swayed over his head and
10 endure Imprisonment for the term of6ve years.
The most eminent lawyers are equally surprised at
this awful verdict, and since there no higher court
to appeal 10, there remains only to impIore the
Kings mercy which has been done, and is support
ed by many respectable inhabitants of this city
What the result will be cannot be anticipated but
should the petition be rejected either wholly in
par we shall not fail 10 contribute TO ease Captain
IIaich's hard fate, as much as circumstances will
admit.
DEATH OF HON. THOMAS DAvEE This
gentleman died at his residence in Blanchard, on
Saturday the 18th inst, of dropsy, He was the
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