Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-01-02
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The trial of HUNrIEGDoE, for forgery, is still
going on at New York, 10 the Court of General
Sessions. The prosecution finished their portion
of the case On Tuesday. Me-. BRYAN opened for
the defence, and started at once with the plea Of
insanity. During Mr.. BRYANs address to the
jury, he made use of some very strange language,
and put forth the following astounding develop.
ments:
Charles Belden knew HuutiGgtons character
and whole career. 1t was be who tempted Hun
tington to these forgeres petted him, and smiled
approval on all his prodigslity. Charles Belden
has for period Of only five months established an
account at the Bank Of the Republic Of five mil
lions Of dollars.
"Tbese forgeries thus fcstered have amounted in
all to $2O,0O0OO0, an astounding sum Bedsn iE-
duced Huntington TO take into his employ one
Banker formerly an sttsche of the Beldeus and
| Harbecks, who was to act as spy.
"He alleges that Belden knew of all these forge
ries, and that the detection was purely Rccide
| Belden was known to be an accomplished gentle
| man, and at the same time the most avarIcious,
| grasping usurer among us. He became blinded in
bis cupdity, and the evil day cams before he had
| perfected his plans Of escape.
HE was not yet through with Hsrbeck. The
idea that he would take no more than legal inter-
| est was an astounding absufdty.
There was only halt million out Of the twen-
| ty millions OF forged paper, yet revealed. 1t was
/ forged In the very chain which contained Robert
Schuyler when he perpetrated his great mercsnsry
fOrgeries.
"rhe names of high and low were forged, and
there was no attempt at imitation. The nearest
resemblance in the whole mass was the poor imi-
taton of Phelps, Dodge and Co.
SLAVES RETUREING FROM the NORrH. IA some
what remarkable occurrence took place short
time since, the facts concerning which are as fol-
lows:
Mrs. Sarah Branch Of Chesterfield, Virginir,
emRnCipsted by her will two slaves, Caroline Banks
and her children, and Mary Francis, and money
was furnished them to pay their ex penses till they
could find employment They went to Boston
In October last Mr. H. Hardgrove, Of Richmond
was in that city, when he received a call from
Caroline Banks, who requested that he would take
herself and children back to Virginia, and into
slavery. She declared that she wanted master &c
protect her and care for herself and her children
and that she preferred slavery to freedom. She
found it hard to support herself and children
in Boston on the wages allowed to her for days
work. She declared that she had tOiled constantly
since she came North, but could obtain only a mis-
cradle subsistence. Mr.. HsrdgrOVe declined t
receive her as a slave. But she was determined
not to give up 60 A few days since she and he
children and Ter sister voluntarily appeared il
Richmond, and earnestly besOught gentleman
there to take them ss slaves. A Plies was pro
Vded for them, and steps taken, az their own re
quest, with reference TO binding them under tht
act providing for voluntary enslsvement. Thi
case does not alter the principle that slavery
wrong. But it shows, to some exten', the taC
that is acknowledged by we'll informed per5oLs
that the slaves OF the South are as general thiLl
better cared for than the common black IsbOrers OIL
the North, and that they have a more comfortable
subsistence, whilst they do not toll so uninterrupt
eddy nor so hard that the lie Of the slave IS ease
and more comfortable than that OF the free black
1t is fact touching the condition, not the princl
pie Of sla7ery.-Hartf0rd Times.