The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-04-28

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! enjoyed the qualification Of intercourse with him
during his travels through the United States more
| than quarter of century ago
- Alexis Clerei de Tocqueville, great grandson of
Ine loyal ana phllosophic Malesherbes was born at
'erneul, July 20, 1905. Having completed his
legal studies at Paris, he was named in 1926 JUDGE
OF INSTRUCTION at Versailles and in 1880 Alternate
Judge. The following year he was saIacted ,v;tb
his friend E. G. de Beaumont to visit The Tfn;ted
States IN order to report upon the penitentiarv
system of the several States. The first fruit of bis
expedition was the Democratic en- Anaeriqte, which
he published in 1885. The work was received with
extraordinary applause. Royer-Coard described
it as ga continuation of Montesquieu" it had pu
merous editions, was translated into nearly every
European language, and in 1886 received the Mon
lyon prize. The next year, NJ. de Tocuueville was
elected to the Academy of Sciences. and in S4l to
a seat in the French Academy. With his Journey
to America, the Judicial career of NJ de Tocguevile
closed.
In 1889 he was chosen to the Chamber of Deputies
from Valogne, Department of La Manche retain
ing his seat until 1913, aiding consistently the on
position to the Administration of Louis Philippe
Inc January OF the latter year he predicted the
approach of the revolution, which actually broke
out IN the month following. The Department of
La Manche chose him its representative in the Con-
stltuent Assembly, where he distinguished himself
Dy his hearty reprobation of Socialism but other
wise sustained the Republic Gen Cavaipnac
during his brief administration, selected NJ de
Iocquevlile to represent France in the Brussels
conferences on Italian affairs On his return from
thls mission, he was reelected to his seat in the
Deputies, and the Sd of June lS49 received
from the hands of President Louis Napoleon the
portfolio of Foreign Affairs and advocated the oc
Gupatlon OF Rome, with all his powerful abilities
Inc peculiar views, on this subject announced in
the Presidents Message of October 81, led to the
resignation OF the moderate members of the Cabi-
net, NJ de Tocqueville among the number In the
Legislative Assembly the ex-Minister at once took
position on the benches of the Opposition On the
"a December, 1851, he was one of the deputies who
met 10 protest against the coup detat. Imprisoned
bo
at at Lperty; and finally withdrew to private life.
his latest publication was Eaucien Reqinac ct la
heno'"t.on, 1886 His closing days have been spent
In the South of France, chiefly at Lannes the scat
ol Loru Drougham's summer residence
BARBARITY on SHIPBoARD-One of the most bor-
rloe sights ever presented to the ewes of man. was
exhibited on the 3lst ult in the persons of two mn
tlated and nearly starved sailors from the Ameri-
can bark Sarah Park. This vessel comes freight
ed fd with /; 900 tons of coal, under the charge of
Ephraim Pendeton, master She arrived yester-
day, IN l6S days from Cardiff, Wales
IL appears, as near as we can learn the crcum-
Stances that about twenty days ago, while the YES
sci was at sea, two seamen named John Thompson
and W Illlam johnson, being nearly starved com
mltted petty theft of some biscuits. Being de-
tected, they were ordered by the captain to be oU-
ged and ironed. The hogging was of the most
brutal description possible to conceive; for the
naked backs and sides of the men were not only cut
up with iashes, but salt brine was thrown upon the
wounds and allowed to dry on; and this operation
was repeated number of times To add to the
horror, the men were ironed to the floor of the
hold and barely sufficient food given them to sun
port the almost extinct spark of life The present
appearance OF the men, with their backs striped
black and blue, and in many places cut through to
the ponts, their Shrunken arms and sunken eyes,
ana general cadaverous and ghosty looking faces
is frightful. No person can behold them without
feeling the blood boil in his veins with indignation
at the barbarity that could bring them to such
condition.
Pendleton,n not satisfied with having thus outraged
humanity, had the audacity yesterday to come up
IN clustering manner before L. S. Commissioner,
ana make a complaint against the for petty
larceny. Deputy Marshal Williams under that
complaint proceeded to the vessel arrested the
men and brought them to the Marshaps office, and
II was only there that their condition was discover
ed. Judge Hoffman, T. S. Dstrct-Attorney, Della
iorre and others, as soon they beheld the fright
lul looking objects, at once ordered the arrest of
fendleton, and Marshal Solomon at once proceeded
to hnd him. large number of other persons also
saw the men, and could not restrain their detestaton
ilad Pendleton been present, he might have been
In Danger. Among others present, was the second
mate of the vessel, who, in common with all the
crew, deprecate the foul deed. We asked him what
brought the men to this? He replied laconicay,
starvation and abuse" He himself had been com
PEELED to throw brine on the sufferers bleeding
wounds.
The worst of the story, however, has not been
tod There is now on board the vessel a lunatic,
who Is said to have been driven to that condition by
the same kind of treatment. 1t is further said that
one man was beaten to death the passage and
thrown overheard
Since writing the above Pendleton has been ar
rested. There have been issued against him two
charges-one for inhicting cruel and unusual pun
ishment upon Thompson and johnson, and one for
causing the death of Williams, the man who was
thrown overheard.
The examination of the case before the United
States Commissioner resulted in the committal of
Prendleton for the cruelty inflicted on William
Johnson John Thompson, Charles Brown, Charles
jackson, and Peter Nelson, and for the murder of
another ofhis crew, named Wiliams-AHa, Coii-
fOrnid, AprHl2.
From CHHr.-The following letter received bv
VIM. Bartlett, Esq, of New York, gives some
further accounts of the revolutionary movements
taking place in Chill:
VALPARAISO, March 15.-Business continues very
dull, and must remain until our political tron-
bles are over. How soon that will be- it is impos-
slble to predicate, The rebels in the north are
still in possession of Caldera and Copiapo. An
army OF about 300 strong is in the vicinity of Co
qulrnbo, and the Government forces have not vet
dared to give them battle; but on the contrary
news arrived here this morning that the Minstp-
rlallst general had retired to Coquimbo with all
his forces. and entrenched himself there. Another
general (Nldaurre) has been dispatched it is nm
derstood, to take command; as it feared that the
one now commanding (Chavis) is either coward or
traitor. 1t the opposition succeed in obtai1inr
any victory over the Mnsterialist forces in Co
Guimbo, we may expect to see the whole country in
blaze again. and it is not improbable that the op-
position, gaining force and prestige by a little
victory, may yet become formidable. We consider
that the question of peace and order depends al
most entirely upon the proceedings at Coquimbo,
and most devoutly hope that the rebels will get a
sound thrashing.
The riot here on the 2Sth February. seems 10
have broken out prematurely, having commenced
at midday instead OFF, o'clock, y. NJ. The pro-
gramme understood was sufficiently barba-
rous. One part of the rebels were to have assem-
bled near the building of the Railroad Company,
AlmpnGral- set Er..
another at the barracks in the Plaza Victoria
and fire these; another at the Palace of the
lntendente (Which they did set fire to- but
which fortunately did not spread, or our place
party at the buildings of the Almacenes Viscaes
or Custom House buildings, which were also to
have been fired. The effect of these operations
would of course have been to divide the attention
and forces of the authorities and to give the rabhle
mob an ample opportunity to rob, page, plumber
and destroy. large number of prisoners have
since been taken, but no more have been shot
since the morning of the 1St inst. and it is proba-
bic that Government will not now resort to such
extreme penalties against the miscreants
Mrs. Taylor, widow OF James TAYLOR, for whom
is claimed the original invention of steamboats,,
died recently in Scotland, at an advanced age. A
lady whose memory stored with the incidents
OF by-gone age she fond of relating her recOl
lection of the manners and customs of Ayrshire, as
they APPEARED in her early days. She met and
danced with Robert Burns, at ''teabalP' given
in the old Lawnmarket in Edinburg. Her hus-
band, James Taylor, launched the first steam
boat on Dalswilton LOch in October, l7SS; and
the authority of Mr.. Robert Chambers and others,
has been adduced in support Mr.. Taylor's claim
to the original invention, priority being claimed
for him over Robert Fulton by period of nearly
nineteen years.
The Washington Star contradicts the statement
that Mr.. John Savage has been appointed Secretary
OF Legation to BogOta. There is no such post un-
der this government. The law provides Secreta-
ries of Legation only for Ministers Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary-no for resident Minister'S
the latter being the grade of the mission in ques-
ton General Jones, of Iowa, the Minister will be
accompanied by his own son private Secretary.
| MORMON EMrGRATIoN.-A company of between
5000 and 1000 Mormon emigrants are expected
here about the first Of next month, on their way to
Utah. They will purchase their wagons in this
city, but the remainder of their outfit provisions
etc, they procure in Iowa city, from which place
they take their final departure for the trip
the plains. The company mostly English,
Welsh and Danes.-Chicago Democrat, AprH %.
John johnson was arrested in Cincinnati on Sat
urday for passing counterfeit i've franc pieces.
Frederick Hendricks his accOmplice, was arrested
on Monday he was getting on the cars for Saint
Louis. 500 in counterfeit coin was found in his
carpet bag. In a house occupied by johnson and
Hendricks about 81, 900 in coin found and
complete ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, dies mouds, bat
teries and chemicals.
The mail between Martinsburg and Hagerstown
has been interrupted by the high water The Poto-
mac has not been full for several wears. Very
little, if any, damage, has been done to the grow