Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-06-16
CRIMINAL APP IAuPER EM1-


The manner in which. paupers and
criminals are officially sent to this country
i, illustrated, and in the most unblushing
manner, in q late number Of the English
Times. One Salina Salter, aged II, was
brought before the Aldermen at Guildhall,
for the nineteenth time. about six weeks
ago, for disorderly conduct. Mr.. Wealth
erland, the Governor of the City Prison
at Holloway. attended and handed in
officially a written accoun Of her history.
Such a disgraceful record is not often
read, but it is simply the mode of treating
i, and her and the United States that we
have anything to do with. After being
twelve times in that institution, and five
times sent to Bath, and each time coming
back worse than ever. we have this writ
ten report officially presented: "At length
she consented, at the suggestion OF the
authorities, to emigrate to America. and
an outfit was procured for her. An officer
accompanied her to Liverpool and saw her
safe on board the vessel. The girl eluded
the officers Of the ship. and concealing
herself in the last boat escaped to the
shore. On the goth Of November, 1865,
she was again dispatched to New York,
and this time reached her destination.
She worked her way back across the At
lantic and again appeared. The city
magistrates have done all in their power
in this unhappy case. Gentlemen OF the
medical profession have pronounced her
sane at present, but that her violent tenn
per will eventually derange her mind"
The Alderman said that this was the most
extraordinary case that had ever come be-
fore him. He would send her back for
seven days to Holloway, not in the hope
tina, i, would do her good, but that kind
friends would devise some means Of re-
claiming her. The prisoner was then re-
moved to the cells below where she kept
up q continual kicking at the door until
removed in the van.
Thus is this lone girl Of seventeen sent
across the Atlantic, under the charge Of
the officers of an emisrant ship that sailed
from Liverpool on the 18th Of November,
1865, for New York. The Governor Of
the Holloway prison avows that the au-
thori,ies there have twice tried to do this,
and once accomplished it, and now the
city Alderman has sent her back to the
same men, to give opportunity for new
arrangements of the same kind. Here is a
girl Of eighteen, possessed by every vice
and the beginnings Of the worst forms Of
depravsd insanity, sent by the public au-
,hori,ies, under the most dreadful and
corrup,ing auspices, to this country. The
Captains and officers Of vessels are set to
watch the miserable wretch that she does
no, escape. But she does escape, and,
when caught, she is again and more eFectu-
ally subjected 10 the same treatment. II
remous,rance is made, Earl Russell will
tell US that he is very sorry, but there is
no law that will reach this case. and il 10
no, probable that the British Government
will make any laws to prevent this viola
ton Of international comfy. In this case
the facts could very easily be traced home
to several of the guilty parties, of whom
the most criminal is the Governor of the
City Prison. Mr.. Weatherland. But it
can be easily traced at the eustom-house
wha. ship and wha, Captain sailing from
Liverpool on the 2s,h of November, 1855,
brought her to this country, and also what
vessel shortly before that had her entered
as a passenger, but the vigilance Of whose
officers she eluded. The Of these
ships and their officers might be thus
identified and punished in an exemplary
manner on again setting foot in any port
of this country. We hope that this sub
ject has already caught the eye Of Mr..
Adams, and formed the subject Of a strong
remons,rance and demand for the discon-
tinuance Of such a course. q.