New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-26

great stress, as proving my revolutionary Pur-
poses
4" Ii proves nothing" said |, IN reply; nave
been collecting documents from all sides, ana
this IS one can prove from Vienna, that when
there, / read works on the other side Besides,
even if it showed my political sentiments, 1t does
not a, all prove am IN a revolutionary compton.
And furthermore, old revolutionary pamphlets,
which no one reads now except the historical In
vesiigator. are the very last things an fnTrsssry
would carry about with HIM ="
'"The reading works on the other side was
| only natural in an educated man," said he.
then yentured to ASK What would not be
suspicious IN an American In the view OF the
Austrian authorities 1t was suspicious to
visit men of the Hungarian party, and only
sham TO visit those of the other. IL was rev.
olutionary If one read books on one side, and
and proved nothing good If one read them on
| the other"
Il am not here to argue" was the reply.
Every slightest thing which the Auditor could
! find to make out case against me was eagerly
grasped.
| had been visiting a gentleman IN the neigh
/
! one of the leaders of the Hungarian party IN
! ls4s As ! was going away, he gave me his
! own card, which | could present as card OF IN
PRODUCTION to his relative, now residing IN Eng
| land Being in a hurry, | merely wrote down
on the card the address in London and dropped
| it IN my pocket This was all eagerly caught at
| by the prosecuting officer
| alt was not a common card-for then, there
would be no pencil marks upon 1t. 1t was not
card of invitation for there Is nothing SAID OF IN
PRODUCTION on it. 1t is the secret cover OF plot
| Confess, Sir, what there is under this Beside,
why have YOU visited this family y
! reoled. that had had a letter Of introduce
ton to the gentleman, and | wished especially to
see something OF country life and of FARM on
! Ppset7 And, as for the card OF invitation, 1t
! could not be thought a crime, when the gentle
man himself had been allowed, by Government,
20 go to England to visit his relative.
! At the close of the examination, some SIX
hours in length, came the charge against me, IN
the following words: You are member Of The
! Demccrqtc Vercin, (Jnion) and employed by The
| Commute, and an agent Of tyhezy and Csefs'
here IN HpqgEy, for the purpose Of spreading repo-
iut,orary mornen's ~
As itappeared later, the onlypossible evidence
which they had for this charge, besides what IS
mentioned above, were the words had uttered
in the hotel. The two men opposite US at table
were members of the Secret Police, and had re-
ported Immediately that there was an American
IN the city who "spoke as If acquainted with
UJhazy'
| beg the reader to consider the whole mode
Of this examination, as showing the spirit OF the
Court toward the accused IN this case. y
stranger is suddenly summoned before secret
Cont. He is not allowed to hear the accuSa-
ton against him. He knows nothing OF the tes-
tlmony re is permitted no advocate nor friend
must defend himself on question, perhaps OF lie
and death in a foreign language. The exan'ha-
ton is not that of magistrate searching Tor the
probabilities of an offense, but of an inqu stor,
determined to entangle and to punish
After this examination succeeded some others,
unimportant, and then the long, weary, almost
hopeless days of Imprisonment. | saw that
every effort would be strained TO punish the
American | knew that was completely IN the
hands of men with whom justice and mercy
were no object, and far from any aid from the
nation, which in me was attacked
might lay for months, years, rottlng In that
dull prison The sense of injustice, OF indlgna-
tion at such a mean reprlsal for the generous
sympathy of nv countrymen added themselves
TO the many and desoate feelings which come
over man in such situation.
However, resolved at once on the only means
for nv dellyeIance, and this was, to communl-
cate with our Embassy IN Vienna. This was
difficult, as we were all closely watched and
every letter by mail would certainly be opened.
From the extraordinary sympathy OF the people
without, however, ler my case, at length sue
ceeded and as have since learned, this proba-
bly, saved me.
For three days after my examination was
closely locked up, with my two companions, but
after this, allowed the privilege of walking an
hour IN the court with the other prisoners.
made repeated attempts to obtain hearing with
the MAJOR, in order to express my sense OF my
treatment, and at length, after nearly three
weeks of Imprisonment succeeded as 1t was ne
cessary for me TO see him, IN order to draw my
money.
He asked, what wished with him
II WISH" SAID |, "to report myself to the
Court Martial with respect to my treatment
here, through this whole case, beg you to re-
member that the matter is quite as serious one
for YOU Slr as Tor me. You have suddenly, on
mere suspicion, arrested me, free American
citizen, travelling with pass, under the protec-
ton of your Government and my own. You have
treated me like a felon. You have shut me up
with men whom the Austrian Government re-
CARDS as the greatest crimlnals-some OF them
even yet under sentence OF death. You have
thrown ne into most filthy quarters, where my
whole body is eaten with feas"-[and, as | said
H. L LareA my I'm hefnre him all hlOtc ned and