New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-30
;. Letter ;.' from TIL: jefferson Sutherland.

To HORACE GRrkLzy. ESQ Edit7r Of the Tribune:
Sih:-A friend has called NY attention 10 The
fact that in article purporiing TO be letter from
correspondent nj Quebec, Canada, who signs lis
name FHnto'ae. published in the Tribune on he 6ih
ot S.p'en5er, l6i3, tvo ill., No. l23 | am charged
directly with having betra, ed Edward A. Theier in
hIs Ell ri 10 escape from the Citadel at q Qncbec IN
1855. Tins charge may lie found in The 9Th para
graph OF The article; where il will be- seen coupled
with expressions OF mae nancy, which could come
forth, as should hope from lips no other place
than Quebec or from under the rowning bastions Of
some other fortress o the monaco fch upon whose
territories The sun never sea.' The charge iy I'M
qnailh~diy fdise-as ii was well known 10 each of
the political prisoners who confined in the Cit
ade al Quehec al the time of lhellcr's escrpe-aud
as /; has been established by legal proofs and cvi-
dences, without my agency or requ.sr, beiora n
Court Martial composed of 90 officers OF the 2uh
battalion GrenHdier Guar''S and the 2nG battalion
Codsirram Guards oi Her Mtj-siy's Hous hold
Troops. | had not heloce supposed thnr there was
20 mlch malice towards me remaining in ali Cansda
al this GlN-nOT eau account Tor beng thus iiheled
with 80 much ma'ignancV nmd undrr urdinar,
cumsIauces should tsise 40 Other srps tor rcdfrss
III tie case than that Gf gong difect!, before a
! grand ury with ccmpaiu,-w hich shall he n.
cour-e Tor nil future time. BIt | happen 10 know
thar Ns,u wrr, in the Western ra- ui the State II
| the lime the lbrlous article referred to was pub
! shed, and therefore could net have superln'end-d Il
| Il insertion IN the columns u: the Iribune-uud a.
| from known entire wUGt of provOcatIOn, | cannot
suppose YOU 10 have been the author OF the article,
| | therefore give YOU the opportunity OF making me
amends for The wrong d0Ec, by publishing, with
ibis, the following copy oi statement which was
| put nIo my hands while Yet prisoner IN C1nada.
10 enable The-r 10 escape from the Citadel Of
| Quebec. by which means he avoided transportation
to Van Diemen's and | allowed myself to be de-
|
might have euuyedl Tor several montns and nhen
| 10 DC iacnrce1nttd az Bi0ck fine tar Ics WetkS,
| or having been ubHtrOr and adviser OF lhelierS
escape. But for this, lain no credit 10 myself.
| The course was my own--it was due 10 seli-abd
| should have pursued the sane towards even a
more miserable man than Edward 4. 1heller.
iusm. 49, li sIH e'pfi,'.JlEF H JEFf&asoN SUTHERLAND
THELLER Contrndicted by his Feliorr- Prisoners,
and FASroME's' Charge Rebutfed
| CoRSwALL. U. G. May 70. 1879.
''The undersigned, citizens vi The United Sares,
now detained rs prisoners by the British Govern
nent, and being about 10 he released by the SAID
Government, and 10 return 10 their country and
friends, having in the newspapers several fa-e
and malicious statements, said To have been made
by Edward A. Theer in relation TO the circum'
stances Of the imprisonment OF the SAID l'heller with
Gen Su,h. rIand. w. w. Dodge and ourselves, III
the Citadel of Quebec, and o ihe escape OF the said
/
Justice To ourselves, as well TO Others before
parating 10 make and subscribe the following stale
ment ui frcts
"On the 10Th day of June, 1888, the undersigned
prisoners of State 10 the British Government, with
Others To the number nf ten individuals in all as fol-
lows: rh: Jefferson Sutherland, VIM. Wallace
| Dodge. Abraham w Pntridge, Chnucey Parker
Benz min F. Pew, Nathnn Saith, Spur" rhayer,
hr,ou Il. Culver. Henry Hull und Edward A.
ThrlIer, arrived at Qrbec, an" wer- placed IN c1;,-
ipemenr in Cas- uiu,ed R""m No. 5, oi the Citadel
Soon afirr our arrival nj Qnetrc Fn.ler cOmncn-
ced corr spondrnre with cerain individuals resi-
ding III Ihc i,; his etiers heimg transmitted by u
Sergeant " hu had The imnirdHte charge Oi the
room, in which were confined. Some Time dur
ing the latter part of July Grn Sutherland accused
Ih-lirr of having written letters 10 persons IN me
city traducing him, aud made crmplnint 10 Captain
! Chisholm adjurant uf The COdstream Guards, o!
the fact und requested that lhellrr should be debat-
red from sending out letters containing matter dero-
eatory 10 him, Suiherland and Capt. Chisholm en-
rsged that no such der1satory correspondence
shouId he carried on. Nevertheless TheHer con-
,ipued writing and sending out letters through the
a.encv of the Sergeant us usual-and with even
more impunity Than before the complaint was
made 80 ,,,,o,,.,, 70
escape had been proposed, or taied ot6y 1hefr, or
am Others Of he prisoners. But afterwards wien
i, y,s nercrlved that Fheerha the Sergeant cGm-
nlt4l, under his control, far as lie transmission
of ie,ters was concerned ii was proposed 10y some
nl tc rr.sunrrs that attempt should he made 10
ei.c, their liberation by escape aud about ine lUth
Of August Ii plan WAS agreed upon by Gil oi he pr
souers Thelier being appointed to carry on me cor
resnoudeuce which was necessary 10 have the proper
nrranDements made for escape out ui The cour-
trv aer nm esrSss from the Citadel had been effect
eil ami a programme n he proposed attempt ~
cScepe rds cyaica up IN nritaRS 6y heH. SINNER
Inud and approved Ui by MI OF The other prisoners
| nrdIu IA ia
inns prcs ranlne had been proceeded with, ana while
s,il in prccress nt completion, Gen Sutherland WAS
ro,ficd b, the Chs; Seer taly ol Her May sly uo
y.rnmen, in anada, OF the recrrtcn oi an oTdrr
! from The Home Government ior Gen Sutherland
;bern,iou from prison; but that the Lieutenant Go
yetnor OF Upper Canada would not consent 10 hIs
release ill he had given security in the sum of
! $4,000. not again 10 enter any o her Majesty S
| Domiuions.
..On the Goth OF August, immediately after the
communication Of The ahove-neh'I"ned fnci9, Nen'
! Sutherland was removed from room No 3-Where
we, with the Others of the prisoners. rcmuDed-io
nnulher par of the Citadel. Al the Time, Ihci-
Ter WAS not fed thai order had bee sent out from
the Government in England, directing his (fheI!er 81
| TRANSPORTATION 10 Van Dtmen's Land. Previous 10
his fhrer had been among the mosi backward OF
the prs o,ers forwarding The measures Tor an es-
.n. Inn, MS soon as he ceived the information thai
h. was Ia he sent to Van Dieuens Lard, he became
one Of the anxious that the measure "r escape
should he proceeded with. la pursuance ot 'he
plan agreed upon and in accordance wiih the pro
! cramn,e drawn up hy Gen. Sutherland. bar IN ne
Srs,e n, one of our windows was cur OF lhls was
completed on or about the I'd OF September; bu! on
accoun, of The uutavurnhe sln,e o' the weather. no
attempt made 10 escape by any OF III" PRISONERS
III The nighr Of the l4in oil September, when hel-
Ter. Dodge Hull Parker and Cul.cr escaped out oi
the CITADEL, and 'rheiler and Dodge succcrded IN
Getting ssie 10 lhc United STATES; and Hull, Parker
ard Culver re recsptured and brought back
sWe would t,,rtherce certify and Stale that the pro
ccedinss of rhellrr aud Dodge, sad al ;he uIler
prisoners 10 effect their escape from the Citadel,
ere IN exact accordance with the programme pre-
viously drawn up by Gen. Su,hsrland; and that he
was il: our room and saw The bar in the CRATE wher
partl, cut oi:-and that he WAS also one day on the
Bastlau which looked down upon the window iii
which the bar OF the CRATE was cut, and saw Pew in
the act Of Severng the bar with
I've do further certify aud state that Gen. Suth
erland TO tn knowledge OF each oi the unders sned
was slii, acquainted win all oi The measures pro