The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-28

resting sermons reported in our columns. We
trust, however, that, in lieu thereof we will
have to chronicle a large amount Of coatribu-
tons collected for the benefit of the suffering
citizens Of New Orleans
AN ADVENTUROUS COIoRED GENTLEMAN
ROMANCE IN DARKEY REAL LIFE.-Some week
or two since we were honored by the receipt of
communication. forwarded to US under date
Of" Carthagena State Prison. June % 1853"
and over the signature Of William G.. Hauce.
This communication we published at the time.
The writer affected to have once made the &C.
Guaintance of the editor of the HERALD while
boarding at the Franklin Hotel, New York.
and Hnnnnsed that he had thnrAfa-n ann,a' .i;e-l.
claim towards our sympathy. Butt appeared
that since those halcyon days. this colored child
had been child of chequered fortune One
portion Of that interval Of time which had
elapsed since the era to which be referred, had
been spent by hin,--according to his account
in the honorable service of his native country.
on beard the o. S man-ofwar Columbus seven
ty-four, then cruising in the East Indies, under
The broad pennant Of Commodore Biddle. Sub
sequently he had established a hotel in Pana-
ma, which be had designated the New York
Hotel, and had there ministeTed to the
physical wants of his patrons and in his
great interest for travellers had relieved
many Of them of considerable quantity Of
the root of all evil. Next we find him, &C
eording to his own statement, the proprietor Of
caravans OF mules crossing the isthmus from
Panama to Cruces, in which occupation he
found many opportunities, no doubt, of prac-
Using his philanthropy, by relieving travel
lers of super-abundant quantities Of luggage.
Then he had the misfortune Of giving NOR
tai offence to the benighted natives, igno-
rant or regardless of his vrtuous principles;
numbering one of their countrymen, his compa-
MON in shooting excursion, and the afianced
of his Tife's sister. His Hotestations OF limo
cence were Of no avail TO him in the presence of
the prejudiced tribunals If the land bnt unfor-
tunately there were no witnesses to testify to
his having actually committed the homicide.
Still be was detained in prison much to his dis
satisfaction and chagrin at being thus debared
from gratifying those instructive tastes which
we have before ascribed to him. ChaGng at his
confinement, end eognixsnt OF that great poet-
cal truth that the bondsnan who would be free
must himself strike the blow, he effected mis-
escape, although at the sacrifice Of one or two
Of his guards; but on his arriving at San Fran
cisco the confoundedly obdurate members of
the vigilance committee refused TO receive him
as q nan and brother and actually delivered
him up into the power Of the New Gransdian
authorities. Not satisfied with their former
persecution Of This miserable martyr, they had
him tried fer this last accident to the keeper.
when he was found guilty, and sentenced TO ten
years labor at t,e mines.
Such is the outline Of that romantic history.
edited by VIM. G. Hance himself, and which
Autobiography we spread before our sympa
thetic readers short time since, in the hope Of
having bis case taken into consideration by the
Secretary Of State and his release demssded
from the government cfNew Granada.
But 10 every great and truthful picture there
must be o Considerable amount Of shading. VIM
g. Bance, probably from the natural predilec-
ton Of bis race for the brightest coloribg dealt
exclusively IN thai line. and did not admit
single tint which might detract from or reflect
shadow upon the spotless purity Of bis chsrac-
ter he represented himself az q man Of high
thoughts oDd noble actions, whose very virtues
had been made tbe means OF crushing him. Not
milk. some Of the early Christian martyrs, the
heather among whom be dwelt recognized not
his holy and benevolent mission, b,t copspired
against him, coscocted charges wherewith 70
accuse BIN and finally cast him into prison
from whence, as If by miracle, be escaped
while a deep sleep bad fallen upon bis guards
But the Olive Broneh, religious paper, print
co in Boston, the name Of which s Significant
Of peace and good will and edited moreover,
by reverend divine, assisted by a literary
LADY, and another gentleman collaboration,
has supplied the complement to the picture
aforesaid which William G. Hancs had left