New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-24
TIE FOREIGN EyLIsTMEyr cor

The trial Of Edward H. Perkins and Ch.r,.. -
charged with eDlsing soldiers for the Crn.s Wa -,
gun J. PhlsdelpbIs on the morning of the <0S w
The frs, witness called was Captain Sc-iot -
officer Who engaged IN the business Of $50
ana who conveyed q larse body OF mea "a ~,
scodn. He fully implicated the British MinSs,e
Champion, in tbs matter. The witness reoeiyaiE
orders from the Minister personally and ose her IT,
arranged the plans and mode Of enlistmeoi -
The witness, s.robel, testified that newas bonn m
Bavaria ana that be had served In the Bsysr.n ar;
lery service and had served actively during ne revo
luton Of 80 in Baden h. compelled 70 le,ys ~,
service in consequence OF the revolutionary party o;n
defeated, ana rrP-ir.d 10 Switzerland and thenre
Travelled through France and England until ISL, IA
May 1851 he embarked al Havre for America \.
remained several weeks in New Yors and thea wen.
on 10 " ashngton and gpI employment IN the Coa,t
Survey Office; he WAS there Until 1852, wbeG be went
with the expedition 10 Oregon, under Gov. S.eyeus
apd tbtbCe 10 Minnesota. ia September lsj3 CAM
Down 10 81 Louis and ioiged Col. Fremont on Ns
Winter expedition 20 San FrSocisco about tb4 (;Fe..
Pacific Railroad; he was Assistant Typographical En-
gDeer TO Col, Fremont; he Jeff San tranci-co in hay
lssi crossed the isnmus came back with The lai.Ans
to Kab-ss; thence he went ~ Washington agaln and
finished the maps for the works OF Col Fremont weot
10 Missouri anu returned 10 asbington, where he wa
employed in the Pacific Railroad office, ~bcre he "
naileu i, February III rhe erd OF January AS. be
saw aud received from Mr CHAMPION, the Briii.h Mn
ster AZ Washington, the reply On beng told 20 mar.
rate the whole saioo and not detached paris
the ritutss said ha; in the conversation Mr. Cfampon
said that many people vera ont OF work IN Newfork
and other places and IL woul5 be 70 raise
men for the foreig legion, which the English Par
lian.eLt Lad a.rCed TO Tsanlz6; that Mr. Ifamptea
believed such 20 be the case cut at that very moment
he had DO orders from the Home Government "a 10 any
thing ia the matter bur that be would LEI witness know
o. soon as b. received any communication from home;
few days after that conversation, about the 18th Of
FebruaIy witness received the following T. er which
was produced In Court, from Mr. Champion:
WssHiscTO>. Feb !, te5S
SIR: viii reference ls'e conversation am low SHE
you precise norusou 10 regard tie .abeo, %
which re-'eo remain sir yooT mort oeete"i s-rysnt
Mr. MAJ SIsOBsI. JOHN =. CRAMPrON.
After receiving the letter, witness wen, 70 ieo Mr..
CHAMPION the next moru0g; Mr. G. told hm hat he
had received letters from no me- and that he willing
to raise men here in he Jurisdiction of Toe United
States for British foIoi-n legion, which should be
established either In Nova Scotia or IN Caneda; but
he was bot sure at that time whether the nald depot
should be at Halifax in Canada, and he obliged
10 make arrangements VII the Governor Ge"eral OF
Canada AZ the same time he gave witless cssor OF
iEtroduc ton 10 the British Consul in NswIork, Mr.
Barclay, in which Mr.. Champion stated thai witness
was alreaOy aoquaiI ted with the matter, or hat Mr..
y. might receive him aid talk about 10" subject
spj thai witness should II axe preparations m New.
York for getting mem that SIR. Champion, a. me sauna
time told witness that he would send messe igor TO
the Go.osnor-t;eu eral of Canada to arrange mat
tiers about a cepot or place where the men re-
oeiyed fom the | hted States could be sent witness
W, nj 10 New FORK and delivered Mr.. Champions let
ter 10 Mr. Barclay and remained there several weeks
for the return OF the MESSENGER The meas niger re-
turned, and was sent egciu, but no undeIs'sn ding
could be MADE between sir Edmund Head, Governor.
Gen ersl of Ca ada and Mr. Champion, because during
that time the Governor of Nova Scotia had deceived
orders from England 10 commence new depot AZ
Halifax, to Try and get men for their service from the
Urued STATES. During that time witness came back
to Pbiadt lphia tie 10Th ~ l1th OF March, 1885,
and there armed from friend named Dr. Beale who
nos regimental surgeon in the foreign le,ion ihS
Mr.. Hertz had received leters-one from Eogland,
ana witness supposed from MIR. Champion, and
that Mr.. H. had spoken to DIR. b., and told him he was
able 10 procure HIM comm sion in the fore legion
Witness then went TO Hertz and had conversation
with Hertz about this matter at Mr. H. Office No 6s
South Sd st.. he renamed with MIR. h. IRON A. NJ
10 3 F. 81, during which time he saw men having
seen the ertisemeps come in and write their mes
down in book aid agree TO enter the fore legion
at Halifax; witness at Mr.. Herzs an saivertse-
ment (which was pr0duoed) offering to ihoie who
might enlist in the foreign legion bounty OF 20 stef
ling or $50.
A German bill printed in Detroit was shown witness,
but Mr. Remsk objected to its contents being siven IN
evidence.
general transaction, which does not directly affect The
persons trial 1t like the letter of Mr.. Cramp-
ton, which read short time previously, and wa
a portion Of The general narrative.
The traDslat IN then read, and ia subsl lnlaly
the sane as the other proclamation for recruits.
Witness said they had received mere than no men;
they gave them cards and told them they would DO
ready 10 start on Sunday, the 25th of March 1885, in
he steamer Delaware, in the morning, for Ne York;
hat in the presence Of Mr. Hertz, the men were told
hat there wss foreign legion now tabisbed a.
Halifax, and that Mr. II. would send them to Halifax
10 enlist in the foreign legion.
Mr.. Nandy Ike here asked the witness whether BIO rec
objected the names Of various persons who composed
bis company when he replied that he remembered the
ollowiog beside 90 whose names he did not
recOneci; +. l.. Carrier, Jacob BrsnnDg, frederick
Fuse Hugh Kien, Fred Ferdinand Bestandx, En-
manuel trnhur Edward Kollun, Carl Muhenhauson,
John Sch@fold, Petrus Paus, John kGlOmua. jacob
Blecher, Foley Worell, Rudolph Chas. Roth, Peter
Ropert Ed Dobeller Jacob Roth, Pierre Felatue, Jo-
sepO Pernell Gustsve Pro he, Gunther Leopold Meis
baum Wilhelm Heinrich, Karl Altonberg, Karl bar.
thold, Johann Bavmerter, +. Ulrieh started from
here with about seven,yhy or seventy siA men and
two officers, Lieutenant Essen and Lieutenant Shu-
man, on the steamer Delaware, to New-York came
TO New-York in the morning at O'Clock aud lett my
on board the boat, ~ was not furnished with
means enough, 90 had received only some money
from Hertz, had received tickets aud 81 ~ go on
10 New. ork and was there to receive money
O. Was thai money given you for the purpose OF taking
this company on A. Certainly; aad was TO receive
further means III Newly oEk 10 take the men on TO
Halifax; went to see Barclay, the British Cynsu at
New.York and when 90. there Mr.. Barclay sent me
20 Delmonicos 10 Mr.. Howe; the Hon Joseph
Howe at that time agent from the 3ntish Govern
mebt in this recruiting business in the States be was
living al Delmoncos; saw Mr.. Bucknell, no. Howe;
he told me should be prepared viii means Is early
as poesib!e before 10 clock; had TO divide the men
in different taverns, ana keep them together there ior
three days at last l was furnished with h'kee ana
means 10 start with there men for Boston, where an
English brig, the America, was waiting 10 receive us,
ano take Us on board 10 take US 20 Halifax Mr. Hertz,
in the presence of Mr.. Bucknell, told me tbs, ana
Mr. Tumbul; Mr.. Howe or Bucknen % be ap-
piled to- 10 lie, me have the necessary means 10 go on
with the oompsny Ireceived this money IN Ne--fork,
through Mr. Hertz at the beginning of the day, saa
before started some from Mr.. Bucknelj zen New,
York on the Stonngton road, and came 10 Boston;
arrived there about in the morning with all tle men,
and found this brig, the America, ready 20 @he
Ia on hoard nnl bring us 20 Halifax; ] embarked ny