The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-11-24
FL0GGING IN THE NAVY.
I'd. Era.

ding fogging in the navy and commercial ma
rine, prohibits only flogging by the cats, and
in no other way
This is Geographic despatch, and may not
tell the truth. If it does, Judge Curtis has
made new law; Congress never passed any
law like it. Mr.. Hale labored for years to
bring about the entire abolition of flogging in
the navy, and he was opposed by the mass of
the conservatives in both Houses
':was the practice Of flogging not the sub
jec. of the cat o nine-tai that occupied the
attention of Congress. Mr.. Badger would not
have expended so much satire and logic against
the motion of Hale, if he had dreamed that
all it meant was, to substitute fOgging with a
belayng-pin, ropes end, or cow-hide, for the
venerable cat o-nine- tails.
If Congress should pass an act prohibiting
capital punishment we suppose Judge Curtis
would instruct the jury that it prohibited the
taking of human life only by hanging, but not
in any other way
The indictment of Deputy Marshal Wyn-
koop, for his attempt upon the life of Bill, a
fugitive from slavery, at Wilkesbarre, Pennsyl-
vania, will present for adjudication this ques-
ton: What amount Of brutality may United
States officer practice an the recdpture of fugi-
tives lt is desirable that this point be settled.
If the life of fugitive is of no value, the fact
should be known. If, ON the contrary, it has q
price, let it be established Let US know what
the rights of the slave are, if be has any, and
also the rights OF the community, and the dig
tates Of humanity and justice, if these things
have not become obsolete. 1t would seem, how
ever, that they were regarded as obsolete at
Wilkesbarre, when Bills pursuers were firing
at him, and the people of the place were look.
ing on, like pitltul cravens, never lifting fin
ger, while man was shot down before their
eyes-N y Tribune
We presume Judge Grier is of opinion thai
no more force was used than was necessary
and legitimate. Is not the Tribune afraid O
an indictment for intimating q contrary opin
ion! By the way, we understand that Mr.. Gil
dersleeve, the "Abolitionist," who was 80 cour
teousy alluded to by the urbane Judge no
having proper respect for high station, ha
addressed him letter, which that exalted
functionary doubtless considers highly imperti
nent The presumptuous individual has gon,
80 far as to publish an affidavit from Mr. But
Ter, Of Wilkesbarre, made before Justice Bur
rows of that place, deposing that he saw
Judge Grier two years ago at Washington
and that he (Grier) said he would hang Glider
sleeve if he could ever get hold of him." Nh
Gildersleevc fancies that this affidavit may en-
able the public to see that the Judge is no
exactly what he ought to be, not dreaming tina
it will be accepted as an evidence of the sterr
and sublime sense of justice which should ever
illustrate the Supreme Bench
~ We have since seen Mr.. Gildersleeve's
letter, and will publish it in our next.
THE WEAKNESS PRoDUCED BY SLAVERY
A correspondent laughs at the clamor raised
by the Union about the alleged intention Of
Great Britain to Africanize Cuba The aboli.
ton of Slavery in the West Indies by transform
Jog the natural foes of England into its fast
friends, has given her decided advantage over
this country which embraces within its borders
some three millions of natural enemies The
chipairy, he says must understand this, and this
is why we have submitted to England in the con
troversies about Oregon, the Canada Rebellion,
the Northeastern boundary question, and the
Fisheries: it was q sense Of our own weakness,
produced by Slavery, that made our Govern
ment 80 yielding.
Mr.. Mareys Letter-Another correspondent
quotes the following extract from Mr.. Marcy's
letter "His (thc Austrian Consul's) agency in
that affair (thc kidnapping of Kozsta at SMYRNA
at its commencement was clandestine. This Of
course implied consciousness on his part that
the act was indefensible." Oar correspondent
wishes the Secretary to say, whether this re-
mark is applicable at home as well as abroad
IL it be 30, then he asks: what are we to
think respecting the almost uniformly false
pretences and clandestine measures of slave
hunters, in making arrests of alleged fugtives 2"
The Secretary having said that the act Of out
lawry against Kozsta by the Austrian Emperor
absolved him from all allegiance, our CORES
pondent also is DESTROYS of knowing whether
the outlawry of a slave as we see sometimes
proclaimed in Southern newspapers absolyes
him from all allegiance to his master?
Our correspondent seems to have overlooked
the fact, that the Truths Of the Democracy,
represented by such men as Messrs. Marcy and
Gushing, are precisely skin deep-or rather go
no further below the surface than the pigment,
which determines the complexion Of a mans
face.
c. G.. ArHERTos, who signalized himself
when member Of the House Of Representa-
tives by procuring the passage Of what is
known in history as the Anterior gag" died
of paralysis at Manchester, N. H., on the 18th
instant.
LEGISLATURES OF MISSISSIPPI 1t is stated
that there is in the new Legislature Of Missis.
sppi, Secession or State Rights Democratic
majority Of twenty-five, which will prevent the
election of Mr.. Foote a. the United States Sen
ator, and secure that of Col Davis or friend
Of his.
WIscoNsis.-The Democratic ticket has
Nearly all the Wing candidates
had declined, and the Wings and Free Demo
Gratis supported an independent or peoples tick
't 1t is believed that majority of the people
has voted In favor Of the Maine Liquor Law
The MARTHA WASHINGTON CAsE.-The
Jury on the famous Martha Washington case,
'n trial at Columbus Ohio brought in a YER
1ict on the l4th, of mot guiltv as IN all the