The North-Carolinian., 1850-02-02
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.4buse of Ladies' justly Rebuked byn,,
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I We noticed in a short paragraph last Saturday,
| the Gaming given to the English Charge bv an
American Consul We have since received the
ofhclal account of it. 1t is so good that we give
| the partic ulars. The following is Mr. Potter,s
account Of it, which is verified by other letters
LIMA. Dec. Is, lS49.
| On the arrival Of the steamer at Gala O
on Sunday last. repaired to this city,
the steiner being obliged to lie bv for
five days for the purpose of coalinc. and
myself and family. After seeing them
comfortably Y lodged, | walked out. in com
pany with the feIlowpassenger, to sec the
novelties OF Lima. On returning to the
hotel, | met with gentleman who advised
me to hurry myself, informing me at the
same time that great intlignitv had been
offered my wife, in my absence. by no
less parsonage than the said Henry Ste
phen Sullivan, the English charge to the
government of Chill. On reaching the
hotel. | was informed by General Herrera,
OF Chill. Mrs Mickie. his daughter. aud
James " h'tehead. esq. an English mer-
chant OF Valparaiso. that, shortly after
had left, the official in question arrived
s.
and. in the most rude and insolent man
ner, ordered my wife to leave the rooms
which had been assigned to US in person
by the Iandlady. claiming them as his by
previous engagement. Mrs p. appealed
to him in the most earnest manner to wait
until my return, to which he paid no earth
~ attention, but continued to inform her.
in the most insuient and supercilious man
ner, that the servant of the hotel would
find other lodgings for her. Alone. with |
her child in her arms. she fed to the room
OF General Herrera for protection. Mrs
M'ckle (his daughter) discovering the dis
tressed condition Of Mrs P, accompanied
her to the rooms which Sullivan hat: for
chilly entered. and besousht him to let Mrs
Potter remain until my return but she
found that her app, ais also were equally
unavailing. Mrs MickIe then immedis-
tely went out and sought the assistance
Of Mr. Whitehead, who came at once to
Mrs Potter's aid, and demonstrated, in the |
most energetic manner, relative to the un-
gentlemaniy course he was pursuing, i'm !
ri"r'ng him to desist until my return. and !
faceo+t,1 ~;.J.>te-tho >.....i.i h..
was treated with equal contempt. In adj
dition to the objectionable and unheard
Of brutality which marked his course. he
capped the climax of his arrogance by
marked in French, :. You must take this !
common cook.'' This remark was heard
by General Herrera, which he Immediately
to his daughter. By this
time the news of the extraordinary conduct !
Of this functionary had fire d every one who !!
heard it with the utmost Indignation. l
FASTENED to his rooms. and was informed
that he was not in. A short time after. |
called again, and he was still not in. 1t
being now late in the evening. removed |
my lodgings to a hotel in thes' Plaza.
The next morning repaired at an early
hour to his apartments, and called upon
this man to accompany me to General
Herrera's roo'n, for the purpose ofexplain
ing his extraordinary conduct in the pre-
sence Of the general. He refused to do SO:
and, with the most deliberate assurance
you can imagine, he observed to me, lit is
you, sir, who must apologize to me-"
Finding that he was not disposed to make
amends for his base conduct resolved
to show him that, at home or broad, an
American knows how to chastise the inso-
lence of a blacksuard. by giving him
Gaming in the presence Of about twenty
persons, who had gathered around in the
mean time, many Of them. too. his own
countrymen, who, to a man, remarked,
8. you have given him what he richly de-
serves.'
With high regard, remain. sir, your
Obedent servant.
Z. w. POTTER,
United States Consul at Valparai SO.
TO the Hon. John NJ. Clayton,
Secretary Of State Of the United States.
LIMA, Dec. IL, l849.
Dear Sir: I am in receipt Of your favor
of this morning, and have taken due note
of its contents.
AS an Englishman, I feel much srieved
that necessity and truth compel me to bear
testimony against countryman. and mat
countrvman a representative OF my "a"o"
at a foreign court.
You ask me to inform you OF w!at mas
come under my own notice regarding the
insult and indisnity offered to your vile
nv MIR Sullivan at the French Hotel"
6urin. your absence on Sunday last. l
shall. therefore, refrain from noticing
what have heard from other eyewi
nesses, and confine myself to such facts
as can answer !or before God or man.
On the day in question. was sitting
in Gen, Herrera's room, at the said "French
Hotel.' when l was suddenly called by
Mrs Mickle. the generals daughter, to 60
and protect Mrs Potter from being insult:
ed by Mr. Sullivan, who, she said. had
taken possession Of her room.
! attended the call instantly. and on