Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-19

countervall the impeachment Oh tneI
veracity founded on loose hearsay
reports. Nor does it seem to be 9
thing of much moment, in relation
to the present question, that Strobel
in consequence of imputed miscon'
duct, was dismissed from employment
by the lieutenant governor of Nova
Scotia, and afterwards endeavored &c
obtain money from Mr.. Champion
The fact remains that he had held a
commission in the British Foreign
Legion, and that as it is clearly proved
and not denied, he maintained as a re-
cruiting officer, and, for considerable
period Of time, association, personally
or by correspondence, with MIR. Cramp-
ton.
The employment Of Strobel by
MIR. Champion, their long association
in the joint work of recruiting In
the United States for the Foreign
Legion, the distinction Of her Majes-
ty's commission of captain in that
corps, conferred on Strobel, would
seem, at least to deprive Mr.. Cramp-
ton of the right to deny his credibili-
ty as q witness.
But there is larger and more
comprehensive class of consider
ations applicable to this particular
question. For a period Of nearly
five mon!hs-that is, from about the
middle of March. 1856, to the 9th
of August, lS55-the peace and
order Of this country we're disturbed
especially in the cities of Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, and Gin
cinnati, by the unlawful acts OF nu-
merous persons engaged in raising
recruits, or in being recruited, for the
British Foreign Legion. They were
supplied with ample agents. They
obstinately resisted and set at naught
all the efforts Of the !ecal author
tiles of the United States to put a
stop to their proceedings, nor did
they desist until they received or
ders to that effect from the British
government in the month of August.
The recruits thus unlawfully raised
in the United States during all that
time were conveyed to Halifax, and
there enrolled in the Foreign Legion.
All these acts, as well as their lille
gality, were notorious. Long before
the trial of Hertz in September, and
of Wagner in October, they must
have been brought to the particular
notice of Mr. Champion, the British
consuls, and other agents, by prelim-
mary judicial inquiries, which took
place both in New York and Phila-
delphia.
In consequence of the steps to
that effect taken by me on the 22d
Of March, the proper instructions
were issued on the 25d, and prosecu.
tion commenced in Philadelphia on
the 30th of March, and 10 New York
on the 5th Of April.
AS example of the character of
these proceedings, their notoriety,
and conclusive legal effect, what
occurred in May deserves particular
notice.
Al New York on the 18th of May,
number of persons-namely, God
freied Wachter, Wilhelm Schumack.
er, Julius Parkus, Oscar Cromey,
and Andrew Lutz-were examined
before Commissioner Belts, on the
charge of recruiting for the service
of Great Britain. Eminent counsel
were employed by the parties accus-
ed, who argued that no offence had
been committed, because it did not
appear that any valid contract Of
enlistment had been consummated.
But this ground Of defence vas over
ruled by the commissioner, who,
though he discharged Wachter for
defective evidence, committed Lutz,
Schumacher, Cromey and Parkus
At Philadelphia, on the 25th of
May, three persons, Hertz, Perkins,
and Bucknall, having been arrested
on the charge ofillegal recruiting in
the service Of Great Britain, applied
to the Circuit Court of.the United
States, by habeas corpus to be dis
charged from custody. The presid-
ing Judge, the Hon. John K. Kane,
on examination Of the evidence taken
in the case before the commissioner,
found that the proofs we're sufficient
to bring the acts Of Hertz and Per-
kins within the conditions of the
|law, but not so as to Bucknall. Ac-
|cordingIy. the latter was discharged,
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