New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-03-11
Singular MARINE COURT MIRTIAL N
CHARLESTOUN, MASS.

Cant. Jabez C.. Rich was recently tried by 8
Court Martial at Chareetown hass:, the proceed
ings commencing the 25th and ending upon
the Goth ult The Cont was composed Of the follow
ing ofic N of the Marine corps Lieut.. Col. John
Harms, President; Capt. Henry b. Tyler, Breyct
Major G.. H. Ttrrett, Breyet Major jacob Lelln,
Breyet Captain VIM. A. T. Maddox, Brevet Captain
Robert Iansil aud First Lieut.. Israel Sreen; The
Judge Advocate wss First Lieut.. John Z. GrssOn.
The accused was assisted by Purser Levi ID. Slamm
as his counsel IN defense.
The Boston Post says, in account Of the case,
that the charges of which there were two, alleged d..
obedience Of a lawful order and treating with con.
tempt a superior officer. The finding OF the Count will
be Interesting to military readers, to show how far
superior military officer control the private quar-.
ters of an inferior officer. Brevet Lieut. Col Dulany
commanding the barracks AT Charlestown, VINO CON-
planned to the Secretary of the Navy and upon whose
complaint these charges were preferred, claimed the
right 10 exclude particular washerwoman, IN the EN-
pOy of Capt. Rich, from not only the barracks, but
from his own private quarters. Upon this poot this
Court was convened.
1t appears that Mrs. Livos, wife Of marine, tho
woman alluded to, was, by an order of Lieut. Colonel
Duany dated Feb. 5, 1856, excluded from coming
within the precincts of the barracks in consequence Of
her Indecent and disgrsceful language.
The defense held that the first charge Of dsobedencc
of lawful command is dlsprOved. To the second
charge of dsobedieDce on the 9TH of February the de-
fonfe that he was then under suspension and
could not have Obeyed disobeyed an order. lie
states that it has not been proved that Ms. Livos Wis
tied bis quarters at the time charged by his order and
further lie cites from the evidence of Commodore
Stringham Commander of the Yard, that Mrs. Livos
should not have been excluded from the private quar-
tiers of the accused and that the officer occupying phi
vate quarters alone responsible for the character Of
the person he may employ about his premises.
Capt. Rich, in bis defense, says: The unrelenting
ourse pursued against tins poor woman, extending
through this long period, taking from her the employ
melt by which she earned her bread-by excluding her
rom the barracks, the accused makes bold TO say,
inconsistent with bis notions of humanity. He could
net therefore, subordinate and respectful he claims
to be to bis superos become willing participant in
the persecution of helpless woman, whose only offense
TO have been that she would not labor for less
than starvation prices. He is confident that the sound
Judgment of the Court will not, by any finding it may
make, justify the issuing of order, by any officer
however high Lis grade which in its operation invades
be sanctity of Juniors household, trenches upon hi.
rights man, Ofiends his dignity an officer, and
repudiates and condemns the great maxim of the CON-
mon law that ones house is his castle.
The finding Of the Court-Marshal has gone on 70
Washington, and cannot be known until promulgated
by the proper Government authorities.