The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-07-27
eln1ldeat q RszolationalE History.

Ine following interesting narrative
Egivsb b. Misk Lynch ia eonnsctoaNw vii
misrepresentation d. position for telisfi
rahs Housssoft Representatives. tTterpe
ntiiinner was sameJ William H.. Wieg:
lRl700, when South Carolina, was a
Gmoss ossrrun by the British anu tories. an
rihe safety of Charleston was ,serionsl
EInenacedsG Gov. Ruhedge, who exercised a
tCommander,in in Chief .diciatorial power
swilh q wisdom avid jasIice.ReVer surpasse,
iissued a p~roclsmatiun calling on her CHI
z4ens to- Iaiiyao The defence of th9r me
1ffepolis. Al his invocation thousands o
Ehefsans rushed 10 The rescue. But, afiei
"a gsilaat resistance, want and starvation
scompslled a capitalization. Among de
yprisnnefs.was lhesgrandia,her OF the peti,
itioner. who at various shines during The
struggle had served withggallantsy and dis
n~inctioninvthe scause Of bis country, both
sin SoplhsC Carolina and lhe, siege-of Savan-
tnahs aim Georgia.
The prisoners were placed on their pa.
sr6le, aRd Gader The article Of capitulation,
whilst they abstsiaed fram any infraciion
of us terms, their property wan to be ex
sempt1rom hgsry or con6scatiun.
About this time the celebrated execution
of M4jar Andre took place, .nnder the
tstern aud infexibie sense ofjiustice of
Washington.
Assoon as the execution Of AnGre took
Hlaee, Lord Rawdunrdetermined 10 execute
nhe lirst officer of his rank which the
Brit,sh made prisoner. Under the capt..
nlahon Of Chatles,oa, 1.-THE gallant and an-
fortunate Hayne was a prisoner, and was
ahe eelseted victim Of retaliation. He was
ahe uncle df the Hayne whe, as the cham.
pion Of he South in his memorable COR
test with Mr.. Webster, acquired a renonwn
aiiile inferior To that of his great antagon-
ist.
1t seems, when brought out FOR execu-
zion, Major Wigg, The grandfather Of the
petitioner, stood at the foot Of his .gallows.
and indicaled agrief the could not.conceal,
and an Indignation he could not suppress.
Poor Hsyne met his fate with the hero.
ism which marked the conduct of Andre.
Major Migg attended TO receive his re.
mains. Hayne and himself, bosom friends,
had married sisters. Haynes execution
created a great sensation, n touly in South
Carolina, but throughout the continents
young and beautiful widow in despair, a
large .eircle az bcressed friends, and dre
glorious promise Of one Of the finest men
South Carolina ever produced, nipped in
die bud.
Immediately after This bloed. thirsty exc.
cnhun, Gen. Greene openly announced
ihsi the FIRST British officer Of Hayne's
rank who was taken prisoner, should, in
retaliation Cor the execution of Hayne,
pay The forfeit NJ HE life.
No sooner was this annunciation made,
than Col. BaiiUur, wnv commanded the
British forces in The occupation Of Charles
ion, ordered farty If the most distinguish.
"a citizens Of South Carolina, then priso-
Aers OF war under parole, in hose %conine-
1eat on board Of the bIson ship sioop-sf.
war Pack Horse, and distinctly aoli6ed
them dhaa they were HOSTAGES, and that in
case Of the exectiOn Of one Of His Mates
tvs subjects. OF on the perpetratiea Of any
acts Of barbaUty towards the Loyaiisrs of
South Carolina, they should swing. You
may vel suppose whai al excitement this
produced in that Colony; nor was The deep
sympathy felt for The prisoners in any de.
gree diminished BY the fact, that in reply
10 this. threat they addressed a letter 10
Sen. Greene, then commander i n.chief in
South Carolina. earnestly soliciting him
mol Tor one inslant 10 pause in executing a
iuss act Of retaliation for thu murder Of
Hayne, as they were prepared to meet
their tate, and only regretted they could
not render a more signal service in the
cause af their country.
In the then stale Of public feeling in
South Carolina, Col. BalCour, probably ap.
pretending tia, she Pack Horse would be
carried by a night attack, and the prisoners
rescued, ordered her round 10 New York.
On her voyage, when off Cape Fear, the
prisoners rose, and, by an act of valor I'm
surpassed 10 naval annals, captured the
Pack Horse, and carried her into Beaufort,
North Carolina, by which. in regaining
their liberty. they terminated their charac.
Ter and service as hostages.
b was during his confinement that the
estate Of the grandfather of the petitioner
was. devastated, who was regarded as a
leading spirit among the prisoners, aud
probably wrote the letter to Gen. Greene,
which. with his known conneclinn with
the deceased Hayno, marked him as an
object Of vengeance. An expedition was
fned out from Charleston, which sailed
around to The OketIy river, one Of the
streams Of the Southern borders If that
State, landed at the plantation of the pc.
t%itioner, abducted about one hundred of
bis slaves. seized his crop, cattle, stock and
every species Of movable properly on The
plantation, and what was not Susceptible
Of removal was wantonly destroyed His
slaves were carried to 81. Augustine, Flor.
ida, and 10 The end were lost 10 the owner.
In this expedition Major Wigs was The
only plantation ravaged. Il is commended,
n%Otlonly on every principle of justice, but
BY we'll recognized rules in the law Of ma.
iions,.as applicable to hostage, the Gov.
eminent Of the United States is bound to
make a compensation. The former ex-
pfciily predicts thar where an enemy in
Gdgrdntt beto' devasiates the properly of
q hostage during the time he is held as
such. his countre 10 bound to indemnify
him fully for bis loss, as by their act he
was placed in such situation as 10 be in.