New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-17

avoid an unpleasant necessity sometimes forced
upon us: will not b. our fault should Ne be com
PEELED TO -pesk again.
We are little uneasy in our minds for the fair
Athenians who dwell on what remains of the three
fold Mount that has not been removed and cast
into the sea- We are concerned lest the presence
Of that too-captiyating captive Capt. Townsend
the unfortunate mariner whose enterprise Lieut.
Mafft so il-nsturedly disturbed, may not be too
much for their peace Of mind. Pirates were sl-
ways interesting characters in books, whatever
they might BE- on quarter decks; and since Slave
trading has been erected into piracy, We do not
see Why the romantic interest attached 10 the old
Friends of the Sea should not be transferred to
the newer adventures in the only line left open to
the fiery spirits of calm world. We are appre-
hensive lest Capt. Townsend may put forth his too
great skill in csptiyation, or Slave making on the
COASTS of Massachusetts, Bay well as of Guinea,
if the half be true that the Boston papers tell us
of the charms Of his person and his presence. We
trust that the fair enthusiasts will remember that
this fascinating prisoner is but kind of breret p
rate after all and not yield to the Illusions of too
face imagination. which would picture him
Conrad or Cleveland.
The Boston Post simply says that Capt. Townsend
% gocd-looking and gentemanly appearing
young man;" but The COuritr warns up TO an
unusual degree of descriptive eloquence in its ac-
count of his looks and demeanor. "Cnpt. Town
- send bears himself well in the position in which
"he finds himself placed The noble Captain
has evidently that greatness of soul which is equal
to all the accidents of life and the csprces Of for
tune. He has fine intelligent c0untenance,
"and gentlemanly carriage. He has brown hair,
=. and fpwing whskers of n lighter shade, and in
personal appearance is We'll got. up every way
1t is no wonder that it adds, in view of these ST.
fractions that " he has good external points for
Z" hero of some new romance of the sea, without
" imposing too severe task on the imagina-
ton of the writer" We agree, for once, with
The Courier, and would recommend the Captain as
the hero of his first novel of the New World to Mr.
G.. F. Il. James, whose success in this career We
yatioinated the other day. He is obviously
marvellous proper young man, and by no means
one of those Unlocking ruffans who carry their
title TO the gallows in their very faces. Ii would
be the hight of l.breeding TO hang up charming
u person, such model of good looks and discreet
behavior merely for the slight effort hr made to
unite the benefits of Foreign Missions with the
cOnveniences of Domestic ones, by conveying the
objects of the benevolence of the former within
the sphere Of the operations oi the latter.
And We do not think that he is Ill any violent danger
of ceryical fracture this time. 4 ses-attorney
Ike him will find no difficulty in finding plenty OF
land ones to help him out Of his trouble. We can
see. in our minds eye Mr.. Choate himself, shaking
lis .horrid hair" ike comet, over the case,
snd perplexing not monsrchs bat District .ittor-
news with fear of change the greatest fear
,hs, can befs them. And what with the perplex-
ity Of the District Attorney and the example set Ia
Judge Clifford by his predecessor for the purgation
Of ury boxes, il will he strange il Why ol escape
be NOT opened wide enough for the gallant captain
snd his whole crew "a sail through. with topgal-
lsnts SET and al sails spread. Ii things should
come 70 the worst. ard a Bos.On jury should be
found capable of convctne so engaging snd attract
i've cuprit. we cannot but think that there will
h. hahn found for his wounded spirit in the Gilead
of the supreme Courtroom at Washington.
Surely. il is not to be- believed that tribunal
which has discovered that the Missouri Compro-
mise was unconstitutional would BE- left in such
iudcisl blindness rs not 10 that the laws sssinst
the slaye trade are SO too. And in the last resort
the ousity of Executive mercy need not b. strained
in ,be least 10 extend 10 such as this, but
would drop as naturally as the gentle dew from
heaven ON the brown locks of this injured sea-fsrer
All this, on supposition that he will be brought
70 trial st su. Tie Post shakes warning finger
at Commissioner Loring-not The Commissioner
Lorinp. we believe, whose accurate knowledge Of
the intent of the Fugitive Slave law and his
;n,repia execution of il have elevated him 10 the
bench of Claims at Washington before whom
our smisble friend has been brought for his
preliminary examination. II suggests very
pretty point OF law as TO the jurisdiction, and
threatens the Commissioner with serious posi-.
bilit;es. if he should happen to make mistake
in the premises Ii reminds all concerned that.
by the law of Congress providing for the trial
Of offenders spprehended upon the high SEAS or