New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-27

tl;s cd; ,os t,appaction Cox nnd his mini0ns were
accompanied by Capt. Morey of the Jtb Regment'
EXcelsiCr Brigade, who bad ben appointed fioNor''
Marshal of the Town Of Port Tobacco ana VINO ~
that capacity had enjoyed free intercourse win me
inhabitants. The result was al intimacy WIN toA
aud some Others whOre nance appear emong Tue JUG!
in this case lie accompanied Cox RON ron io-
bacco aud stood by his side when be .ushed ni'n
he Taubs and struck The soldiers Capt. Mofry ioie
il the same cariuge with Cox, md al ough he
doubtless did not anticipate the result lie ehcon'ngeu
Cox ia attempting 20 dwg out Lis negro. hofty q
~ psthIes with the slaYe-ynllGrt~ bfjbf LoA
beaten; before the fight be lad offered to obtain
lis slave for Cox. Tie battalion marched on III
nightiall. Meanwhile, Morey bad coouseed tie de-
fe4ted chyalry T. retire, Gnd at for Tim ai GER
ain point distance ~ the rear. Under co'eroi
g. e darkness, aud by false pretext made TO aliaI
lie rurIicion of HE lieutenant, who had promised
protection 20 the negro for bis soryces, Morcy to"h
lck 10 t1c rear between to oil uCn, MA cb, Tim
10 the place lie iguated where Cox and his oomfaoes
were in waiting, and delivered him 10 lie master.
How many miles he was compelled % walk aIier
Cox l viii not presume 10 GAY, nor ~ 10 OF eon'e-
quenee. One thing is certain: Cox and his oNertcer
beat TIE negro after getting him lone, and he Il t0
D.neGiqte oj{.r Me beotDfg. The story OF tho
Jury and doctor, that be drunk the dsy he was
captured, il a lie; | saw him upon tie narcu---aw
he Ioor old man, when tie Regiment can 10 . bal,
crawl away under rec on tie roadside, md With
anxious face watch 20 zee whether he was pu sued.
What DO the larry mean by saying that he lived on
less food md poorer than be bad been hceusiohen
to- ard died from A" e. DosHrs aud etctemffI p 10
ttey iLsi1oaie that lie fared poorly willie win ne
regiment, and was hard worked while &c icg as
gulde2 Nhv then did he not leave aud 60 bhcs 20
il "iaduigcat" muster Where did JACK get the
vhi.kv which created tie "eSciienent, which, ae
the Jury cav, helped bin ON 10 his drnthf chNi'
ieuge that Jury To repeat their liho 10 the presence
of M, OF the 9TH Regiment: al excitement Would
be Ia-ed without whisky.
The lary were evidently reduced 90 straits ana
" Ben. fan.ln, the Justice! hard up' ior testi'
mOuy when they admitted tic evidence Of slaves 10
make ont their case, aud relied upon It for sub',4n
TIA ING their stcry sltse Testimony l. not admissible
IN law-why did they take il m this case Wa II
taken at all
All the truth told by that jnry composed Of
"twelye OF the uost uprigb citizens OF Charles
County, il contained n one single ohuse OF Their
mint" The conclusion is correct, tie premises
f.lse all fal.e II was the " excl eneni' OF ~
uumerciful whipping, aud the " exposure for hours
lied by the hands to the de0h post.
50 true is il, and 40 well known, that Jack came
70 hs death bv m treatment, dat movement Wa
begtu al the time by several officers which oonten-
ulated The arrest Of Cox and appeal ~ the law,
aud 10 test the question whether the ylhnd Slave
Code would shield such "a villain aud refnse 10 iun
ish such outrage against e. mmon bum ~ pc
s,use the victim happened to he only n "cha''eL
Aud this wa, DULY prevented by circumstances Of
duty ps' INK them at too remote distance 70 pfose-
cute err purpose. "
/ The enpsnnclng Of the Jury was "A screen behind
which Cox hol,ed 10 ide The evidence Of h, baIbar
"; WHY If Jack d,rd natural death, aud Cox wa
not frightened was Jury cslltd to Ill on the death
of a sf1re1 n " Ben Franklin" tie "Up tgff
idfvmen. or any other supporters u 'ave-murdefer'
IN Charles County defire the public to have know
led OF fuuLer revelations in that lile they are nj
hand, and can be gwen, for the hall has not been
told IA
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