Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-01-10

AN EEdIIsHMAN's OPINION OF GENERAL But
LRR.-Goldwin Smith, who has just returned 10
England, while here visiting the Army of the
Potomac, wrote a letter to the London Ne~s'
from which We make the following quotations
III saw, with the greatest interest, the negro
troops encamped close to the scene Of one OF
their most gallant exploits, the s0rming of the
entertainments on New Market Height. There
can he no doubt, think, that these men are
now the acknowledged and respected brethren
In arms Of the whites. This, TO give the Beast
as well az the devil his DUE, is the work ot
General Butler. That mans 8 iullOmtable energy
and iron will (quahties wIltten on his face
more plainly than On any face ever hehsldi
nhless II be the portrait of Cromwell nave
crushed all the obstacles that utuud in the way
Ut this great mova and social revolution. =
fsryo as h5srtds gropea,5! the bRyonet shall be
their liberator-is the motto of tbs medal he
has caused to he struok iur the negro sDliiers
aud he has made this motto q practical truth
VIII mol attempt TO anticipate the calm JUG
uent of history in an hour Of passion by uls-
guessing the eontfesertei pats Of his career
"Io ine he seems u be ia n points good aud
evil, the moiel oi - revolutionary ehiTI lie
was the hrst thoroughly to grasp the liea OF
the revolution being fulfilled by this virtual dc
sir1eIioh Ut slavery lie IS the first, as you see
~ hls New York sperch, l0 announce in brna
terms policy OF amnesty aud oblivion. Liko
DAIion, he has walled straight on his hlll
way, fearless Of danger, aud somewhat reckless
OF opinion. do nil worship revolutionary
characters. | hate the element from which
they spring, as | love the calm progress OF
regular Improvement. But revolution has
come aud suspect that in its melancholy au-
mails Butler will occupy a broader and perhaps
less odious page than is commonly supposed
A Cosvrcr STJRY.--At tue Gloucester (Eug.
land) assizes, George Seaman, otherwise Joseph
Rossiter, described az suhoolmaster, plealed
guilty TO an indictment for ieloniuualy being ut
large before the expiration Of sentence of
transportation for II term OF fifteen years, pas
sed upon him in 1856 aud also to two other
indictments, which charged him with sacrileco,
aud stealing various articles from the Wesleyan
chapes Of ilanham anl Stapleton, On the 9th
Of October last and the End OF November lust
respectively The prisoner read an elaborate
history of his life in thu penal settlement of
West Australia, and complained bitterly that
the cOlOnists would not mix with the oonyicts
socially. lie stated that he set up a school
there, but even his pupils and their pareHis
would not acknowledge him in the street. lie
alluded to the Wretched life 'pOor" Robson aud
"pOor" Redpath were leading IIa stated that
he had tried TO get employment 10 various
places, and that when on board, ship it had been
discovered that he wRs convict. The sailors
called bin "lag," and nailed his ticketof.leaye
TO the mast. Since he had been in England he
had tried 10 get employment in various ways,
but he had failed he had been in the union,
but on Inquiries being made as to his parish set
tlement he got discharged. His lordship, in
sentencing him, stated that by a curious coin.
cidenoe this was The third time the prisone had
come before him for trial in the same court -
The first lime was when he was quite boy,
aud was charged with highway robbery, when
he was acquitted. The second time was in 1856,
when he was sentenced TO fifteen years. trans
portaton His lordship added that he must
bear in mind that it was part of the burden and
punishment attached to the conviction for crime
that society should turn their hacks upon cTimi-
nails, aud refuse TO receive them as men of good
character are received, and that it would he
bad thing for society ii such men as the priso-
ner had termed "poor' Robson and ''poor"
Redpath were held in the game light as honest
men. HIS lordship sentenced him 10 fifteen
years penal aervitude.