Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-05-31
Case of C0D,ain Lcry.


1t is said that the Court Martial upon second hear
ing of the case, have reported the same sentence
viz that Captain Levy be cash'ered and dismissed
from the service. For what offence MidshPman
Anon, the very officer who reported The boy Ihomp
son to Lieutenant Sharp Tor mimicking him. states te
the Court
81 did report hoy The representation of Passed Ashpmar
Doyle He told this hoy had mimicked me III giving an order
the time who standing on ic laboad SIDE oil tr coop
na the boy saw HIM shortly alter being my deck
saw him brought deck minutes after lie was told
lay over gum think s hands were seized am moi posi-
that. His paniaoons taken down. then ei,
was standing the vel, al that time Immediately anal
Capt Levy used the expression he would make parrot q" hun
MIdshIpman Davenport states, cine Captain had
him seized up to gun forward OF the safboard gang
way-had his breeches taken down, and some lar ap
Piled TO lis posterors. He sent man forward to gel
feathers, but DO not recollect whether he got any OIL
not.
One of the witnesses testes, that cit is customary
in the Navy 10 fog both on their backs, but boys with
boys cats. have been in ship where saw boy:
whipped on the naked poseriors-the Vandaa.
A correspondent of the Petersburg Statesman says
lha, "wheher Mr. Tyler will approve it or not, cannot
now be ascerained. Public sentiment IS decidedly
against this sentence and il has been asked, 1t com
nander be dismissed from the service for resorting
little badinage in ridicu!e OF needless boy, what
nshment would he adopted for guilty of the mos
shocking cruelty and Of drunkenness: Captain Levy
is man who has risen from the place oil an apprentice
on merchantmen 10 his post commander lie ne
yer entered mIdshipman, nor did he early enjoy
the Establishments Of elegant society. He, therefore
was never popular with his brother officers, who, IN
some cases. aristocrac in their feelings, as 1t they
were scions Of the English peerage In the qualities
of humanity towards The men und-r his command, and
neritorious service Captain Levy is excelled by few,
any, of those who assa HIM Should the sentence oil
the martial be approved, hope public sentiment
will effect the captain restoration to the service
1t appears 10 u.s. that the transgresson of Captain
Levy is infinitely too slight for Tie punishment. II
was piece of badinagc, which is TO be visited by the
extreme penalty of the Court. We hope that Mr..
Tyler will not sanction this act of injustice,
as we humbly conceive it 10 be. Captain Levy has
been cruelty prosecuted by the press They have
hunted up, and arrayed against him the several prose-
cutions, which he has undergone before Courts Mar
tial. What Justice is there in this denunciaton Be-
cause he has undergone the sentence of Courts seve
raj years ago. lie to be punished over again for
the same charges' Those sentences past. Can II
be any thing but the spr. of persecution which would
revive them Let the charge about Thompson stand
upon its own mcri,s-and what though Captain Levy
be unpopular with several officers in The Navy, is he
therefore be denied justice upon the present occa
sion : Is he TO be offered up a victim to their
sentmenti We trust to Mr.. Tylers justice TO screen
him from the extreme rigor of the Court Martial.