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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1903-05-07
FROM CRAB ORCHARD.

corrr-pof ience oi rh, HIs Stone Gsp Posse
CnAu Os.sAal. VA. April 3n-Nour
correspondent went ou top OF ihe Big
hiaeh Mountain Wednesday, and as I
reached about one quarter ot mile oi the
top thc SNOW and ice covered the timber
aud che snow was tuo uchcs dccn ou thc
grouud aud che log was so thick could
uot see ovcr siN feet before mc, 10 con-
tiaucd this vas Ull late ir the evening
aud SNOW hurries came an day, while in
che valleys around 10 vas neasl, clear 10
reminded me Of the l0th parallel of north
latitude where the sno~ line touches the
casth.
The b q. Ballard Thrustou COMPANY g..
having some new coal openings made on
their Glover Fork land
Nc T.. NJ Carmicai. surveyor. has re-
turned home aud Mr.. Rex is on Glover
Fork surveying now.
Messrs r. NJ Cooper 4 Sou and ID. e.
Mckinney, the two merchants here. both
have a nice stock OF goods nov M
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blew gale all day. lis a strange season,
SO runs the rroyerb.
Several Of our farmers lost heavily in
fencing FRIDAY from forest fires. which
~ere at large, owing to the high winds
prevalent all day.
Messrs. J. Estes Cashion (pianah's joel
and y NJ. Webb, with the Northern Coal
& Coke Company, came in Saturday from
the western part Of the county 20 spend a
day or two with their better halves"
Owing TO the late season. and the rough.
ness of the weather but few Of our farm
ers have planted ANY corr. All indics-
tions point TO a bad crop wear, but the
usual acreage viii he planted.
Prof. J A. Webb, who is teaching a
normal at the Burg. went 20 Big Stone
Gap Saturday to have his eyes treated.
There vas serious shooting ARRAY on
Head OF Thornton TUESDAY night when
William J Bates and Francis Adams fred
upon III Lucas who WAS passing along the
road. Lucas was "scampcd" an around.
One shot rrazed his abdomen, and a sec
ond pierced The crown Of his hat, but
luckily he escaped. The story goes thai
the men were at outs, which resulted %
shove. Al any rate the trouble is not
s vet settled md everybody predicts a fatal
2 clash hctwccn che factions one OF these
b dave The matter OF a grudge has bccu
growing for some time.
& Aunt Sslle Webb Adams, aged %
b member of iho remarkable old Webb
q family, of this place, walked down from
Head OF Milestone Friday 20 Dee preseat al
O. the funeral meeting on Pine Greek. Aun
q SALLY is yet fairly preserved. aud porhapi
b. there are yet several years Of life iu stor'
for her.
To- Aunt Betsy Anderson. aged about n
- years. died thc first of the week 40 be
g home near Baker, above here. She hat
lived an cNcmphhcd Christian life ant
d, died rejoicing in the faith.
O A Young man named Ncwton Chisenha
r was killed az Rockhousc SUNDAY hy
man hv che name OF Thomas, who mad
o. bis escape, The murder was the mos
. diaholcal pcrpciraied u many years an
, We hope our good citizens will make ever
effort iu their power 90 capture 1homa
aud give him thc full "icttcr OF abe law.
/. We are informed that Johu Narriso
, Mullins. Who was reported Killed in ~
., Louis some time since. bias lately come {
Elkhorr aud taken bis -hcttcr hale wit
him. They viii reside at some point j
. thc west. Burpi>I.
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HE WENT TO HEAVEN.

Squire William Carter died 10 con-
sumption Tuesday night He was
buried Wednesday a few Sundays
before his death he went of in a
trance and on reviving told his friends
that lac had been TO heaven. lie
told them a great deal about heaven.
and how st Paul laid his hand on
him and told him how many stars
he was 60 have in his crown. lie
said he had come back 10 stay a lit
tie while with them Scott County
Leader.
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Holds Up A Congressman.

Al ike cad % iac campaign. writes
Champ Clara, Nissouris brilliant con-
gresham. "ir0ui oser~ork, nervous teE-
Sion, ioss OF sleep aud constant speaking
] bad abeot utterly collapsed. A. seemed
,tat AZ the osrsas az ny body we're oui
of cr3et. box tasee bottles of Electric
8itiers made mo al sishs| iis the best
ai-areuad a,sdiei1e escr sold over dsug.
eisi's eoanterr Over worked. ran-doVn
asen and seal, sicAiy ~osisa gaia spisn-
ID Ae@ith and vitality from EiectriS Bit
sers. Try them Only Jpe. Guaranteed
~ Dr.. J. ". Kelly dfaKsist -
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ALL MINISTERS should rene

ALL MINI STEERS should remember
We give liberal quantity Of Longman &
Martinez Pure Pants, toward the painting
Of Churches, parsonages, or institution
supported bv voluntary contributions.
Nors: Have done 80 for tveusy-seven
years. Sales; Tens OF millions Of gal
Ions. painted nearly two million houses
under guarantee TO repaint II not salts
factory. The paint wears for periods up
to eighteen years. Linseed Oil must De
added to the paint done in two minutcs) .
Actual cost then about 81 - gallon.
Samples free. Sold by cur Agent, J. ".
Kelly. -.
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ReveaIs A Oreat secret.

10 IS often asked how such startling
cures. that puzzle ihc hest physicians. sue
Effected by Or. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. Here's the secret. 10 cuts
out the phlegm aud communicated mucous,
and lets the ii!e-giviug oxygen enrich and
Nitalizc the blood. II heals the iuha med
cough-wora throat and lungs Hard colds
and stubborn coughs SOON WELD TO DR..
kings New Discovery, the most miallihle
remedy Tor all Throat aud Lung diseases
Guaranteed bottles sec aud 81 90. Trial
bottles free at pr. . " Keiiy's drug store
-
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stand LIke a stone Wall

Between sour children and the torturcs
Of itching and huruinE eczema, scaidhcad
OF other skfn diseases. How uhr. hr
usiur huchlu's Amica Salvc. earth bel
greatest healtf. Qnickest cure Tor lictts.
Fever Sores. salt khtum, Cuis. Burns or
Bruisef lnlaNitic for PILES. 2sc o.
nr } " krilr's drug store. %
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Seven Thousand Acres of
Pittsbnrg Vein of Coal.

wAsHIxcroS. Pa. April 27.--The
most entexsive deal in Wasl'ir gton
County and the most extensive in
Western Pennsylvania for several
years has Just been consummated
mere. 1t consists Of 1900 acres OF
the Pittsbnrg vein Of coal lying in
West Bethel and Amwell townships,
known as the Lone Pine block, aud
il passed from the hands of the farm
ers TO Pittsbnrg, New York aud Phil
adelphia capitalists. The average
price paid for the Territory was 500
an acre, the total transfer Of money
being slightly over 100000.
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NOTICE

For $S.50 we will send you the
Richmond Daily Dispatch and the
Big Stone Gap Posi- one year. or fos
$50 we will send you the Twice-a-
Week Dispatch and the Posr one
year. The Dispatch is "a splendid
State paper aud il you are not al
ready subscriber YOU should take
advantage Of this offer at once.
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Misses Etts Bnckley and Clara
Kidd, pretty young ladies ot Ft.
Blackmorc. were in town yesterday.
returning from delightful visit o.
friends az Big Stone Gap and East
stone Gap. They paid the Herald
office pleasant visit. and Miss Brick
ley subscribed
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ANNUAL MEETING
German Baptist Brethren.
BoIlefortfno. Ohio.

The Norfolk anl wssteru Rai~ay viii
sell exeursicn tickets Nav - 60 June 3.
tickets limited 70 June6. BY depositing
tiekei Nith agent Beliefontine. Ohio. cv-
tension can 10 had 70 June 80. 1903 No
fee required On Nav s9th through ears
viii be roa from stations on Shenandoah
VALLEY Division ana from Roanoke. Write
Tor rates
". B. Brvtft. NJ. Z. hnAce.
G.f A. T. z. A.
Roanoke. Va.
june
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FROM SERGENT.

eeussseeAsaes = ~ nx sseas Gao resp.
skscs>t. ny, Nay t.--xsy came IN
like VOLTS binding sse~ siorie 90 che
nsrsisE 81 she let. A cold sssth wind
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AND DEPARTURE Oh
TRAINS


17""17FI1E" = NH7HNIIIVi
lCcnral tlme.I
No. 81, iasscn ser daily Lave Louisville 20
a.. arrives hiE Stone dsp .lu "a. m
so. sd, Passenger daily Leaves Bis SI..r HE
.i. B.. no. arrives az BONNEVILLE o $50 a. 1.
hig stone Gapand Poweits VALLEY
STANDARD umel
r. a. Ayers. Pres't.
a. b. Eaton. Superintcnd nj.
0rsaasL oFstoss BE SfoSr Cav. Va
tiarsiei iils for freight and passeues9 aa,.-ra
between tsf South Atlantic A Ohio and Jon. -s.I'rt
Nashville Railroads AMI toe furnaces oi lar p
Stone Gap iron CO.
Trains leave The iatermout hotel a. ioiiacss
fori-- a \ train. goias east. .....--... t.a b
- wcst......-.. q %
q" VaNs.W train. going sorfh .. flNa
-" uurtl.... 40 D.. e
For further Information regarding frelslt arf
psssengrrtra fc, apply 10
=. }. Ayers. Sec,
AYffa tuiltiug. NIa Srnss Ca Sc
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STEAM LAUNDRY
WINCHESTER, KY.

This IS one Of the most complete
aud up-to-date Laundries in the coua-
try and always does frst-class work
). ". Kelly is agent at Big Sioas
Gap. Basket leaves here TUESDAY
night and returns Saturday morning
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AuTrLE ABOUT
EVERYTHING.
Short Pungent Paragraphs Of
interest to Everyone.


There are 40 .eoo persons IN the manci-
pal service Of New York City.
IA ounce Of keep our-mouth shut is
worth pound Of try-to-sqasre yourself.
Canadian trade With Great Britain has
increased over $1,000, 900 In the past year. 4
In spite reeen, disturbances. the Trans !
vasl exported s3S, 49,, 9l5 Of gold in 1867
The Ne~ York postofiee receives $500
letters a DAY which are known TO be mis-
directed.
Ringing Bros circus has two teams Of
xebras broken 10 harness, the first ever
known.
An improved machine for sealing en-
vclepes has been invented by man 10
Topeka, Kan.
/ The population Of ireland, which hfty 4
Years ago was over e.OlD,ooo. is nov less I
I than i.sVu 900.
Remember postage stamp is no good /
I n torn in two even Do you do stick the I
pieces side by side
The Calico priuters' association Is one |
/ Of thc biggest trnst- ia England IL in
cludes 63 different frms.
lfyou want 10 see a fuur, picture hunt
up photograph Of Yourself taken twenty
os thirty years ago.
Join ihe Don't Worry" Club Then
plan and think aud work, snd you will
lead a happier aud more useful lille.
Europe has ave rcigning princes Who
are over eighty Yeats old, and nine others
vho are more than seventy.
TODAY even the tbickest hide can he
tanned hy chemicals in three hours. It
used 60 take SIX 20 eight mouihs
n the hoy Who cxclaims. Just NY
f... "A !. -
mY iaziucss, or "jusi my inatieution-"
The naval expenditure Of Great Britain
THE wear BE- 10 be $i52.2s1 $40, 40 in-
crease OF SIC. 900 900 over last year.
The largest hairspring in watch is
four-hundrcdths OF an inch iu diameter
and about ninc-hundredths Of an inch Ia
: length.
Sir Thomas Upton can rest assured OF
ono thing There will not he enough
vind 90 hiou bic mast ~tor ihe race
comes o.
The FIRST bicycle works in Japan are
about io Dee STATED hva syndicate oi
eighteen Japanese hnsucicrs With cari-
tai ui $50 Ur0 mon.
SIR Froior. Machow. of Kustiaky. Rus
sia. who BEL nov - years of age ia thc larc-
= rst human being in fhe world. he b.
icct % inches boa height.
DID ,an ever know Of an instance in
Iuhirh oarr, hrirod an, onef no. ID
Iro,t... .,.rr ,-d ,on all tnov Qua
Hives win l.c short enough az
...,.... A.. ...t.,..
semrtuou. fare lu public places whcr'
tleir children get crusi- 40 home.
Paris .s said 90 be fhs riranest CITY ID
bio u.rlf T,cr, nornin- aunO mai.
mad OnU f.rlslr. sra,errcrs. divided inf.
Ili4 hrfeaaes. turn out to perform Cd,
= f.f.fof fIc ranftaf
BON houl, tvo-ihisds fun of broker
e'uc, 900 opp with whisky. Cork tight AND
r sud sci 900 warm place. THIS makes az
excellent general purpose glue, quick day
ing and VIII Keep ior 1cars.
The husiness of mining ofcrs ctccIlcn
fcids tor .,o.re mon to Or, their fortune
..
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CONFEDERATE VETERANS
New Orleans. La, May 70. 20.
n and %.

VERY low rate excursion tickets via
Nav 1921 Inclusive. limited 90 mar -
but by depositiag ticket Mill joint agent
aud payment Of sos fee extension can he
had 10 June 18th. 1898 Through Pull
man slcerer-. dining ears, meals a Ia
carte. Additional Information aud rates
cheeriuiiy furnished.
W Z BKVnL.
General Passenger Agent.
mas 2l
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appeared, white and trembling In every
limb. He uttered only one word the
Russian for gendarmc. and as they
heard II the same odd look Of fear came
into tho eyes Of every man and woman
In that room, These people It must be
noted. were all ease-loying ana law
abiding, of the class, indeesd. that
would a. soon have thought of jump
ing into the Newt MS of meddling with
rolitics-politics in Russia spells dang
err None the less, the mere fact OF
there being gendaTme at the door was
evidently sore shock to their nerves
The Russian mobiles are certainly in
n most painful position; still, wheth-
err the blame OF this can Just he cast
either on the Gear or his ancestors Is
another question. They themselves
have not a single doubt ON the subject;
all their troubles date from the day
when Alexander H., by freeing the
serfs, robbed them alike OF their pres.
uge and their wealth, they declare.
From that time they have been going
steadily down In the world, they say,
and all through the fault OF the Car
liberator against whom they are never
weary of railing. for sweet reasonable
ness is not one of their marked charac-
teristlcs, and they fail to see why
serfs should not alwfNs have remained
serfs. They forget, however, that they
received compensation when their
serfs were taken from them: forget,
too, that II they chose to waste in riot
Gus living the money they received the
fault was their own, not the Cars.
That their poverty, the fact of their
being overwhelmed with debts, has
much TO do with their loss OF influence,
is true enough, of course; but, after all,
their poverty and their debts Ia the
present are but the natural conse-
quences Of their reckless extravaganza
In the past. Besides, their loss of in
iiuence Is due to other causes as well as
to their poverty. II they have been
ousted from their proper position in
the empire by men socially their in-
feriors, II is, in a measure at least, be-
cause these men have more brains than
they have, are better educated, moro
capable, and, above all, at once more
Industrious and more alert.
For this, at least. no Car can rea-
sonably be held responsible. Were
Nicholas II. to do tomorrow what they
are clamoring for him to do-make n
clean sweep of his present advisers and
high officials, and install In their places
members of the old noble families
the result would be chaos in the state.
1t is, perhaps, but natural that his
mobiles should attack the Gar, should
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tween the insurgents and the police,
known as the BallinRarry ARRAY. To
one Of penal seryitude for life. and
some fifteen years later he was par.
donod and allowed to return home
from Australia, TO which he had been
deported. Some eight years earlier
the Chartist leader Frost was Indicted
for high treason. hut had the capital
sentence pronounced against him com.
nuted, and was afterward pardoned.
Indeed. the last cases of execution
for high treason were those of t. so.
chilled Cato Street conspirators in the
year 1920. who II may be remembered
were arrested when about to murder
the members of the cabinet. a crime
vhich was to be followed by the assas.
sination OF King George. They met
death on the gallows. but were sparnd
the ignominy Of disembOweling, be.
heading, and quartering. Nor Is there
any instance OF these barbarous praC.
tees being reSortcd to In cases OF high
treason In Great Britain since the
eighteenth century. There is small
prospect Of the member from galway
| cling cut up
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ANCIENT LAW STILL ON THE BOOKS PROVIDED
HORRIBLE RESULTS FOR HIGH TREASON
DRAWN AND CHARTERED AMERICANS
REGARD THIS CRIME

and so. too, do acts of warfare and re-.
hoilion by British citizens against tbs
established government.
Lyneh's Status. ~.
Owing to the peculiar wording Of
these amendments Of 1918 and 1870
doubt prevails Us to whether the par.
ticular offense Of Arthur Lynch has
been specifically included therein. il
that Is not the case ne could only be
tried under the act Of 1851. in the reign
o. King Edward III. and. inasmuch
~ the abolition of the drawing ana
Cuarterlng merely relates to those case1
OF treason covered by the amendments
al 1SiS and 1870, the member for Gal
way will be theoretically speaking in
danger of these penalties as result
Of conviction.
II Is probable. however. that the
court will deal lenientiy with the for.
iaer colonel of the Irish Transyaal bri.
sdae, and that no advantage will be Ia.
ken of the terrible barbarities provided
by the Act Of 1851. under which he has
been tried.
Ahf liSN Nllhl WI NNt Nlldlst VI HlEu
treason In England took place just
twenty years ago. when MacLean was
tried at Reading by a court presided
over by Lord Chief Justice Colerldge,
assisted by Baron Huddleston. for
shooting at the late Queen Victoria as
she was leaving the railroad station at
Windsor. He was acquitted on the
ground of insanity. and ordered to be-
Contined as n criminal lunatic at
Broadmoor Asylum during Her Maj
osty's pleasure"
The indictment against him was for
high treason, which must not be con.
founded with the so.called treason
felony for which the Fcnian dynami
tiers were sentenced to penal servitude
for life in 1887. Previous to the case
oC MacLean there was that of william
Smith O'Brien. MP, who was tried for
high treason in September. lSiS, at
Clonmel. in Ireland, found guilty of the
charge and sentenced by the lord chief
justice to be hanged, afterward be-
headed, and then quartered.
The Queens Mercy.
The Queen, however, committed this
terrible sentence passed upon the
leader of the sanguinary encounter be.
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reproach him with doing nothing for
them; none the less, the would spend
their more more probably were they
to try to do something for themselves
to try, too, to do something for him
FIR in some respects his position is mre
painful even than theirs; for he knows
that they are disloyal, seething with
discomfort, and knows that, with all
their faults, they have good reason for
their discomfort, as they are undoubt-
eddy suffering from wrongs which he
ought to be able to right and cannot
To right them would need a Peter
the Great, and Nicholas II was not cast
in the heroic mould: he Is only a good
natured, well-meaning sovereign, as no
one knows better than himself, At the
present time he is completely in the
hands OF the Tchnovniks; all letters
addressed to him they read before he
does; all applications for audiences
are subject to their approval. Thus he
knows precisely what they wish him to
know, and not iota more; fact that
renders It easy for them to thwart him
when his wishes chance to run counter
to theirs.
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COL.LYNCHNEEDNO NOT FEAR DEATHFOR TREASON

TERED to affect to ignore their identity,
merely Withholding from them those
tokens of regard and courtesy accord.
ed to those of Cyonje's officers and men
who were either bona fide Beers or for.
eign soldiers of fortune.
This shows conclusively that tho
inglsh government would have in.
fnitely preferred to leave Colonel
Lynch unmolested. and IL Il has caused
his arrest and is bringing him to trial
oil n charge of high treason. II is be,
cause his election to parliament as Ma
tionalist member for Galway rendered
li'impossible for the authorities to at
feet any longer ignorance of his viola.
ton of the statutes against high trea.
ron in the conflict in South Africa. In
fact, they have had no alternative bur
To proceed against him.
Methods Of Trial.
High treason in war time in the field
Is, according to the prerogative of the
british crown, dealt with by means OF
Guurt-martial In times OF peace there
are two methods by which II is tried
where the proceedings are sometimes
preceded by Impeachment by the house
{! lords, or BY court composed usual
" Of the lord chief justice of the realm
md jury. II the offender is a peer OF
the realm he has, of course, the right
10 demand trial by his peers.
Impeachment is resorted to in cases
1 shassa m Rtt1nrtt fg "a 81 n a
high government official, or a great
Gignitary of the realm, and is resorted
to only at the instance of the house OF
COMMONS, which acts as prosecutor, the
houx of lsrds combining the functions
ut bdge and jury. The course which
Is about TO be adopted in the case Of
Colonel Lynch is trial by the lord
chief justice and n jury.
England's statutes on the subject of
treason data back to the year 1851, one
Ct the clauses thereof defining as high
treason adherence to the kings enc
nies in his realm. giving them aid and
comfort in the realm or elsewhere
nnd the penalties provided for the pun
Ifhment on conviction comprised burn
Ing at the stake when the offender was
u woman. and where men were con
Cerned the hanging, cutting down be-
fore the extinction of life, disembowel-
r.ent and ACKNOWLEDGMENT, the head
End the four quarters Of the body re.
naming at the disposal Of the crown.
In the subsequent centuries the laws
OF high treason were added to in
manner to comprise all sorts of Of
lenses against the sovereign and
against the state. King Henry VIII ac-
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expense of the British empire, of
which he is by birth citizen He.
therefore, is from legal point of view,
On offender against the laws OF high
treason, laws which. while of ancient
origin. as far as Englind Is concerned,
are altogether modern In the case of
the United States.
Whether the British government is
Use or judicious in applying them to
Col. Arthur Lynch Is open to question.
For in the first place II Is calculated
II endow him in the eyes OF man. with
sort Of halo of political martyrdom,
while the legal procedure in connec-
ton with his trial is of such ponder
Gus and costly character as well as so
rarely employed that II suggests the
use Of harpoon in spearing a minnow.
The British authorities have, however.
bad their hands in measure forced by
the action of the Galway nationalists
II elocting Arthur Lynch to represent
them in parliament, and II Is more than
probable that II he had not been re-
turned as a member of the Home Rule
ldI'S III lHe nOuSP OI commons, ne
v ould have remained unmolested. and
no notice would have been taken of the
fact that he had borne arms agains'
the English flag in the Boer war.
Other Cases Cited.
Indeed, there we're In the conflict
two or three dozen Instances. II noC
more, of men among the Boer prison
ers who were recognized, not merely
az Irishmen, but likewise as full-fiedge1
Englishmen, some of them former Of
flcers of the British army and navy
who had come to grief and who had
drifted down to South Africa and to
the Transvaal, where they had taken
service against thei. own country
There were five of them among the
Boer prisoners imprisoned on the
Island Of st. Helena from the time OF
the surrender of General Cronje until
the close of the Boer war.
But although the English authorities
10th at the Cape and at St. Helena were
thoroughly aware of their antecedents.
end would have been justified, both
according to the rules of war and the
laws Furnishing high treason, in bring
ing them before court-martial and in
sending them to the gallows, they pre-.