The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-02-21
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Z their best efforts to secure him trial by cour
martial in place Of summary dismissal
is not supposed, however, that this Will ne ac
corded him, as lie has, by voluntary publlca
ton, fully confessed his act OF lnsuboFdlha
:. ton. Tt seems that he wanted commodore sal
: ter to order him to Paraguay, notwlthstand
ing senior officer, lieut.. Page was alread
there. with United States vessel, and that n
came home because Of the refusal. It. Hun
ter's naval career has been somewhat ne
! markable one Twice has he been dismissed
7 from the service; once dismissed from TIN
| suuadron; six times court martialed, and ono
before a court of enquiry. He was first dis
. missed by gen Jackson, in 1880, for fighting
8 a duel with Mr.. Miller but was restored il
1881 or '32. During tile Mexican war; II vii
be remembered, lie was arrested for disobedi
ence to commodore Perry's orders, and, b.
sentence Of court martial, was dismissed th'
squadron. Soon afterwards, Mr.. Mason, ther
secretary of the navy, was induced to give
\ him command of the fancy, in the Mediter
ranean. While in command of that vessel
4 he was her acting purser, and, on the settle
ment of his accounts, was found short IN {
sum of eight or ten thousand dollars, and FOL
I that reason was again dismissed the service
/ Again his friends interfered in his behalf, anC
through the perseYering efforts, and by the
personal influence of commodore Stockton ant
senator Clemins, bill was engineered through
congress authorising credit to his account 81
the amount Of his defalcation, which, having
been thus wiped out, Mr.. Fillmore reinstated
him in the service, and he was given com
mand Of the brig cambridge. His last ex-
ploit-leavng the station assigned him with
out orders-is by the regulations, distinctly
punishable with death; and the lieutenant's
friends may think he gets off cheaply if his
name is stricken from the rolls.
Henry Wilson, esq, just elected to the y. S
senate from Massachusetts,, is native of New
Hampshire, and is about 46 years of age. He
went to Massachusetts in 1880, poor and friend
less, and worked as journeyman shoemaker at
Natck He took the stump in 1910 as the
stNatick shoemaker" in favor Of gen. Harrison,
and was himself elected to the Massachusetts,
senate in that year. He was several times re-
elected, and in 1850 was the president of the
senate Subsequently he became the leader of
the free soil party Of Massachusetts, and was
twice their candidate for governor. In 1858 he
was member of the state constitutional con-
pGIIIOll, duu ICCCHli1, SdVC Ill HIS
adhesion to the know nothing movement He
is now the successor to the seat in the .. S. sen
ate lately occupied by the hon. Edward Everett,
and atpresent by Mr.. Rockwell, appointed tenn
porarily by the governor. NY. Times.
On the other hand, the n. York Courier and
Enquirer says
General Henry Wilson cannot receive the
election without giving the American party a
blow from which it will noteasily recover. The
man is unworthy of confidence and intelligent
men all through the Union know it. He is as
complete specimen as we have in the country
of the characteristics principle-less, trading.
time-serving politician. A soldier of fortune
without conscience. an adventurer without re-
gard to consistency, sclf-interest has inspired
him, and artifce has been main helper A
supporter of Clay in 1914, a supporter of Van
Buren, and Adams in 1848, a coalitionist in
1850, a republican till October, 1854, and af-
forwards know nothing, his inquiry has been
for the shortest cut to the Office
Cossp1RAroRs. A trial of an interesting
case took place at Springfield, Mass, few
days ago. The Republican Of that place says:
1.-The persons indicted were Lewis Gibbs, /
Benajah L. Kingsley, Edmund Hubbard, Sd,
Samuel O. Hamilton and Almond L. Richards |
The indictment charged the defendants with |
and contained ten counts, alleging
conspiracy among them to blow up the metho-
list meeting house at Chester factories, to I
ourn barn belonging to David Cannon, of T
Chester. to disfgure, by shearing, two horses I
belonging to William B. Turner of Beckett, to |
lisfgnre anotherhorse of Turner's by painting,
Q burn barn belonging to Samuel Chapman,
of Beckett, to blow up the dwelling house of H.
D. Wilcox. at Chester factories, to attempt to
blow up his grist mill, to disfgure horses be-
onging to Henry Dewey. and by means of
hese various offences to hinder and obstruct
he enforcement of ;he Maine liquor law. The
methodist meeting house was blownup, and va
ious outrages. committed The trial excited
treat interest. and resulted in the conviction of
II the parties. =
An inquest was held yesterday on the body
If a negro named Sampson Richardson, a ma
i've Of Louisiana, aged SIS years. found dead
It No. 55St. Peterstreet. Verdict-s.commit-
ed suicide by cutting his throat with razor,
hereby severlng the caroted artery, while in a
itof temporary insanity Deceased belonged
Q the succession of the late Alexander Nc
AeeVeF, ana naQ Deen advertised tor sale on
he Goth inst He had deposited $1,000 with
ONE man to purchase himself and had lost it,
n consequence Of msmagement on the part of
ne man he trusted. and SO, it appears, he be-
anne insane. He could read and write, and
catered over his room were papers, in which
e had written his rawlings about the loss of his
$1,000. Before he committed the fatal act he
ook his best clothes from an armoir and wrote
n slate request that he should be buried in
hem. True Delta. ;
A cute female has been discovered in playing
he confidence game in New York, to con-
iderable extent. L appears that she preten- ,
led she was about to establish christian
ONE for the benefit of female servants" and to
make beginning, it is alleged she fraudulent
Y procured, OF forged, the name of Peter n
'ooper, among others, as subscriber to her
and for $500. Upon this start, she got sub
cripion from James Boorman for ST GOO, S. P.
'ownsend, (sarsaparilla) for fourlots of land, c.
Tanderbilt, $4,000, and from many others. She
ad printed document signed with the names