Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-05-29
Prom ,hc Ho-,vu Daily Advertiser. May !d.)

AN INFAMOUS CASE OF EXTRADlTlOS.
| Yesterday morning there sailed from this port II
splendid packet ship, Loarug the noble name o Daniel
Webster, which fy belongs TO 70 fine vt-sel. let
80 many fine ships gail out OF our harbor That
tho render may inquire why wa make this dcpar-
ture tho occasion for such conspicuous notice.
| Among ibe crowd Of humnp beings on board that
proud vessel was one poor woman, with sn infant
daughter. Her passage and that Of her child were
mid by the rich and powerful commonwealth Of Mas
sachusctts. She left our free and happy shores un'
willing and reluctant. She went away Against her
own free will! constrained by force Of tie civil au-
,ortts Of the State. Her cries she begged not 10
be thus cruelty banshed, wers we are told, most
pteou- and such to cause the accidental witnesses
0f the scene to burn with indSnEt''n
The offence Of this poor woman, Tor which she wa
thus violently and ignomniously expelled from Mas.
sacuse:ts was the fact that she was born III Ireland
and il called Il pauper. Her infant daughter, who
unronscinu,ly siares her mothers sad fate, - ma
five Of the Commonwealth oi MASSACHUSETTS,; but she
too parakrs "f that hard !ot {" poverty "hcN IL 'l"
been r.scrv e for Massachusetts 10 make CRIME, md
n crime which Massachusetts pGn.Shes Cs no Other
crime j. punished in America, by observation-disclosures
i.hment from ones native laud.
The name ot this victim 10 Know. Solhhg int"le'
rance WA. Mary Williams: md her infant, Bridget
/. but n lew weeks old. About paupers perhaps
more. were sent away a. the time, IN tue same
vessel a, the expense Of the State These facts we
learn from illnesses OF the scene una from otheF
certain and authentic SOURCES III ihiorHalioh.
Our renders are aware t.t there exists upon our
,stuc book law which authcrizes any Justice @! the
Peace upon complaint by g warrant directed to and
To he executed by any constable or any otner person
th.r. d. .sirred to cau.e any pauper 10 be removed
ont of the State to any place be- oud the sea where
he belongs, if the Justice thinks proper. and be may
hs courrEient~ renoved and also that. drpender-
l.. Of this provision of the law practice has arisen
hy which the Commissioner oi alien Passengers I'm
dertakes even without the warrant of Justice OF tho
Peace 10 send back paupo in cases in which inc sees
III and pays The expeusrs for money i'll his hands be-
longing TO the Siac treasury.
On account of the temporary absence OF the Con
missioner OF Alien Passengers and none OF the gen.
cn,un IN his office being Possessed Of the facts we
are unable TO state which ot these two mctho Is wns
employed the pTctext oi authority for et"ctnS The
rendition OF the unfortunate creature. who sailed yes
,erdnv in the Daniel Webster nor can we .nte by
what Justice OF The Peace if uny, the warrant was
issued But ths facts :hnt they were sent away and
thn the State paid their passage and that the pitenus
cries Of this poor with he" child were srcIi as
10 attract the attention of the bysGnders us she was
bed gu board the vesse-tle.e facts we have certain
ly s.r.rtanel,