The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-07-07
Law, while was Deputy U. S. Marshal,
SAM'L. HAZEL, Ex-Dep. Marshal.
To Jobn p Rurr n w Danea

DAM l.. nALZELL, E4-Oop haTSlal
To John P Burr, N. w. Depee
We do net consider it necessary to make
any remarks upon such testimony as this;
it is of the first character, and speaks for
itself, especially this of the gate-keeper of
the prison:
PHILADELPHIA, June Z, 1860.
l attended the door of the prison at the
time when the colored men were there,
charged with murder and treason. / re-
member your visits; you came almost eve-
ry day, bringing something for them. Ire
member you once brought wagon loaded
with clothes. As was gate keeper, l
noticed these things particularly.
JOSEPH WATT,
Late Gate-Keeper of Moyamensing
Prison.
To John P Burr, N. W. Depee, w. d.
Forten, DIR. Bias, of the late Special Com
mittee.
He "knew who employed counsel"
Let us Sc if the counsel know by whom
they were paid, and if this Committee
"who raised money professedly to defend
men regularly provided for" had anything
to do with it. Permit us to say, however,
that we do not wish to deny any of the
good Offices prepared by the Pennsylvania
Abolition Society, the Anti Slavery friends,
Or any body else, but simply to give
proof of that which was done by ourselves.
Having mislaid the receipt of Mr. Brown,
Sr., counsel, we addressed him note re-
questing new voucher, to which we re-
ceived the following answer:
PHILADELPHIA, June IL, 1860.
GeuIemem-I have received your note
Of the 9th inst, in regard to the case of
the Christiana Prisoners, and answer at
once from memory: In that case in which
l was concerned for some twelve or fifteen
Of the defendants, / have no recollection
of receiving any fee except the sum of
two hundred dollars, which / understood
was raised by the Colored Peoples Com
mittee. OF this sum paid fifty dollars
to r. P. Kane, Esq, my junior colleague
The Abolition Society, to the best of my
remembrance, paid no part of the sum, nor
did | receive any sum of money from them
in relation to this case, although it occu-
pied several weeks Of my time Allow
me further to say, that / never received a
farthing from any man upon the question
Of Slarery, Respectfully yours,
DAVID PAUL BROWN.
To John P. Burr and N. w. Depee
We have appended the receipt of Mr..
Pierce, and we hold vouchers for all the
money that passed through our hands, and
would publish them but for the space they
would occupy.
Received Philadelphia, January 10,
1852, of Messrs Burr and Forten, Com
mittee, fifty dollars fee for professional
services in United States, VS.. Samuel Will
liams, WIN. S. PIERCE.
Received also, October /, 1851, twenty
five dollars for professional services in said
case, WIZ. S. PIERCE.
To Messrs. Burr and Depee.
Now, Mr.. Editor, having laid before
your readers the committees report, pub
lished some seven years since, with addi-
tional vouchers, certificates, and receipts,
all of which they might have shown then,
and certaily would. only most of the par
ties interested, outside of the committee,
requested them not to use their names in
connection with the Christiana case, giving
as reason that although the United States
government was now defeated, there was
no telling when it might return to the COM
bat, maddened by its severe s-esti-
mated at $70,O00-to wreak vengeance
upon all those who aided or assisted in
comforting these most anjustly prosecuted
prisoners. One gentleman, in whose house
had been put by the committee several
parties to board, pledged them never to
use his name without his permission, stat
ing that one of his dodgers had escaped d.
rectly from his masters custody whilst the
latter was sleeping; and hence they were
compelled to suppress the names of nearly
all of those in their report of 1852, which
is now appended as corroborative evidence
of the manner in which they performed the
duties they were appointedto fulfill. Feel
ing that we have said all that is needed in
behalf of the late special Vigilance Com
mittee, we take leave of this subject for
ever, sorry that, owing to base and malig.
nant Misrepresentation, we have been
compelled to occupy SO much space in your
valuable paper and tax the patience of its
readers; but we could not do less, as we
have been slandered, inSatlted, held up as
decei0ers-as belonging to committee
without valid existence, protesting to OBJ
tain money for persons already provided
for-agents in begging speculations, per-
secutors and prosecutors one with
whom we have had no controversy, and
who, writhing under the unerring and en-