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(Concluded from our last.) , ;
Gentlemen, [ come, armed with the«e
•tr.boritie*, in the case of Tullidge v«
‘Wa4«* My Lord it appeared the per*
non seduced was thirty years of «#e,
tnri long absent from home ? yet, on
motion to aet a *ide the. verdict for e*-’
oessive damages, what was the
•j Chief Justice Wilmot 1 «• I regret,*',
••id he, “ that they*Wefe not greater;
though the plaintiff s loss did not amout
twenty shillings, the jury yrere right
In giving ample damages / because,
•uch actions should be encouraged, for
©xaoinle's sake. Justice Clive wished
•hey lad given twice the sum ; and in
•his opinion the.whale Bsnch concurred.
There was a case where the girl Was of
mature age, and living apart from her ,
parents Here, the victim is almost a
child, and was neyer for a moment.sep
arated, from her jjjlfbme* Jfgata, in the
case nF u Bennett against yilcott,** on u
similar motion, grounded on fche appa-.
sently overwhelming fact, that the mo
ther of the girl bad actually ssnt the
deleftdattt into her daughters bed Cham*
her, where the criminality’ occurred.
Justice Builer declared, ** he thought
shepureni*s indiscretion no. excuse lot*
She culpability” There
was a case ufjiteral connivance—here
will they have |ihe hardihood t , to hint
<jvehbt« suspicion l Vou all must re
member, Gentlemen, the case of our
own countrymen, Gore, against
•whom, only lhe other day, an English
jury gave * verdict of aiooi. damages,
•hough it was proved, that tffe person
alleged to have been seduced was her
self the seducer,go »ng even so far as to
*hrow gravel up at the windows’ of the
4ef#ndant ; yet Lord Elenborlugh re -
fined td disturb the verdict. Thus you
■nay see I rest not on my o«n pr jofless
•nd unsupported dictum l rely gupon
grave decisions and venerable authori
ties ; not only on the indignant denun
ciation of the moment, but on the delib
erate toncurcnce of the enlightened and
t&c dispassionate,
I see my learned opponent smile,
if tell him, l would not care if the books
ver|#n absoiute|blank upon the Sub
jpfet. t would §then make the Jluman
Jfeearf’my authority-.! would appeal
tb the bosom of everygman who hears
tne, whether such a crime should Jgrow
unpunished intd a
innocence should bo
of a brutal speculation. What dama
rs should you give here, wkpre there
nothin to excuse—where there is ev
. ery thing to aggravate 1 the seduction
■was deliberate, tt was three'months in
progress,ate victim Was almost a child
it ivas committed under tfcfc most al
luring promises 4 it was followed by a
deed of the most dreadful cruelly ; bin
*bove all. it was the actot,a|mau com
missioned by h»a own cbuUtry# and paid
by this for the enforcement of the laws
and the preservation of No
man more respects than Jdo, the well ,
earned reputation of the Brifcsh army*
“ It ts a school
Where every principle tending to 1
: honor. ‘ ‘ V, . / l
Is taught—il followed ”
feut in the name of that distinguished
jfevmy, 1 here solemnly appeal against
«n act which would blight |its’ greenest
|aurds, lane leave their troph-.es pros
trate in the c ist. Let them war, but
V e it nqt on domestic happiness ; ‘tet
ahe/n invade,’ but be their
‘limits LivicliU; let thr> achieve
ATHENS
ATHENS, 7HURSDA7 APRIL 10. 1817
; ’ .U* v i *-• ? ;■ v«,:*4
y,} -* * A* ■ - -t ***** „■ ’^-><*l.■ fif*
lint b: o?Veip moralv innocence,
and virtue.—l know not by what pallia*
tion the defendant /means to mitigate
th’.s enormity—will he plead her youth
it should |have been her protection.—
Will,he p ! ea i her levity! l-.-deriy the
Act ; bat even werfi it true, what is it
to him ! What right has any man to
speculate on the temperature of your
wives and your daughters, that he may
defile your bed, or desolate vour habita
tion ! Will he plead poverty ! I never*
knew a seducer* or adulterer, that
did not, What 1 shall the seal of
filial obedience upon which*ltie almigh
ty Pareut has affixed his eternal fiat, be
violated witri impunity by blasphemous
and selfish libertinism.
Gentlemen, if the cases I have quoted
palliated as they were have been hu
manely marked by ample damages, Ire
should hive considered that before.
.But is poverty an excuse for crime!
Our law says he who has not a purse
to pay for it, must suffer in person’
It is a most wise declaration ; and for
never hear such a person
plead poverty, dhat ray first emotion is
not a thanksgiving,that providence has
denied at least the instrumentalliy of
wealth to the accomplishment of his
purpose. Gentlemen, I see you agree
with me. I wave the topic, and lagain
tell you that if what I know will he his
chief defence, were true it should avail
hipa nothing* He bad no right to spe
culate on this wretched creatures levity
to ruin her, and still less to ruin her
family* Remember however, gentle*
men. that even wretched child
been indiscreet *t is not in her name
we ask the reparation ; no, it is in the
name of the parents, her seducer
bear, broken ; it is in the Jname of that
misery whose sanctuary he has violated
it u in the name of taw, virtue, and mo
rality / it is in the name of that coun
v try, whose fair fame foreign envy will
make responsible for this crime ; it is
in the name of nature’s dearest, tender
est, sympathies , it is Jin the name of
all that gives your toil an object, and
your ease a charm, and youi\age a hope*
I ask from you the value of the poor
man’s child.
When Phillips had conctiided, a
burst of applause proceeded from the
the auditory, in whiph the Bar and
Court warmly joined*
CATJM&ivitS Creighton, the Plain
tiffs daughter, was 16 years of age on
the sth of this month j she was the fe
male seduced, and was the only witness
examined Tor the prosecution; The
plaintiff* was a slate merchant, he had
lately been in embarrassed circumstan
ces. his family consisted of nine child*
ren. The defendant was about So
years of age, and a lieutenant in the
41st regiment, quartered in George’s
street barracks, |Dublin* ./he witness
wits walking with her little sister, of
four years old, on the bank of the ca
nal, beyond Portobello in June last;
and, let: the first time, met lieutenant
Townsend, who rccosted her, and asked
permission to see her home* This she
refused, parted from him. and returned
home ; she saw him about a week af
terwards in Nassau street ; they saluted
but md no further onamun cation at
that time. .Between this period and the
month ol August, Miss Creighton
scarcely|e%er went 6iit without meeting
and walking with the defendant ; and
she swore, thht at these interviews he
constantly spoke of marriage, and ex
pressed a determination to make her
his wife* On the evening of Sunday,
the I st of Sept* last between spven and
eignt o’clock, she was goiug to Abbey
street, in company with the little sister
already mentioned, to borrow fome
books, sfe tset the defendant who
caught her hatidj asked where she was
going, and, on being informed said he
could g,ve her books and tfiathe wish
ed her to see his apartments, which ,
were to be fear’s that she might ascer
tain whether they would answer for
then* residence when they should be
married* Having satisfied herscrup es
anuTnduced ber to place firm “reliance
on his honor, he finally prevailed upon
her to accofgtjpany hi :> to his rooms io
-silent barracks* where the
GAZETT E.
She returned
home that: night, bus left it the next, as
the solicitation of the defendant, with
whom she remained until tht following
Thursday, when ber father having dis
covered where she was (for he had been
kept ignorant all along of her intimacy
with lieutenant Townsend; applied to
the commander, of the forces, lord For
bes. Ihe defendent becoming alarmed
jn consequence of that application at a
late hour in the evening, turned her
out into the street, and abandoned her.
His apology for thus |cruelly treating
was, that his lawyers informed him he
had acted wrong.
When her Reducer informed her of
b’s pnrpose she remonstrated, but in
vain ; in an agony qf distress she be
sought his mercy ,* she reminded him
that she was his victim g that under a
promise of marriage, which she believ
'■ ed he had seduced her from her fathers
house ; and she could now only look
to her seducer for protection- To this
appeal to the defendant’s compassion,
he by an oath saying By
J. s she should continue no longer in
His apartments'* It was then past nine
o'clock, i-tne drums had beaten, sbe
wept bitterly, she became distil ?
she had no alternative left- A captain
Hill, of the same regiment saw her cut
of the barracks and threw a 51- note
into her lap—-She proceeded from
George's street to her fathers house,
but was afraid to ask admission ; she i
returned again to the barracks to im- !
plore the defendants protection until
morning. She prevailed on one of the
soldiers on guard to deliver the defend
ant a message telling him she was at
the gate and praying him to shelterher
for that night only—he refused her so
licitation- ,
Injthis extremity of suffering she pray
ed to the almighty to direct her, and
she again went back to her father’s
house, where an old woman, who was
preparing to go to bed, opened the door
and let her in- From that period she
continued to live- -under the protection
of her mother- Her father had never
seen her since. * ,
The Defendant set up a defence, in
which he attempted to prove, that the
unhappy girl had been g ui | tjr of
acts of levity previous to her seduction ;
but in this he failed, notwithstanding -
she underwent a cross examination of
at least two hours, during most of which
time she wasin tears, and excited great
pity and compassion,
: Verdict for the plaintiff— Damages 7501
and cost*. | : , ‘.,:
Extract of a letter from colonel Rtch
ifdM. Johnson to his friend in Scott
county, dated January ,9th.
“ Dear Sir—We have receiv
ed in Kentucky, that one of our
citizen soldiers has lately return
ed from Indian captivity, and
has given information that a
number of oUr fellow-citizens re
mam behind in the same situa
tion, captives to the Indians, and
that our neighbour Fant, the
musician, was near Quebec, held
as the property of an /ndian in
the British service, as a musi
cian* 1 have seen the president
and secretary and most of the
members from Kentucky, who
have taken an interest in this
thing. Col. Monr oehas made a
communication of these facts to
Mr. Bagot, who will fovthwijth
furnish, ail the facilities in his
power to release Fant and oth
ers from their present condition
by calling on the loqjd authors,
ties in Canada. Besides this the
president will employ a special
messenger totraverse, the wili-
those un-.
fbrmnate captives who are depri
yed of liberty’ by riJsHafcja«g
lives la defence of their coun*
»y.
Argus,
MEW MrmST&R TO E MQL -f.VO.;
It is reported that the United
•States sloop of war Hornet, cap
tain ZfaUar l,is now making pre
parations to carry out anew min
ister to the court of Sv Jtmes,
and to bring home Mr. Adams,
who has been appointed secre
tary of state. The New York
Gazette states, that 3 young gen
deman, bearer of dispatches for
Mr. Adams, had arrived in that
city, and was to take palsage in
the>'H3rnet. We Understand,
from another source, that the
bearer above alluded to is Mr.
Daniel Pope Cook, •>. ~
« • % UaXiimort Patriot.
; rui.
The honorable Augustus
Stanhope, lieuten 1 tof the 1 2 1 h
dragoons,, was tried before a
court martial at Cftambray, Sep
tember 523 1816, for ganblirg
with lord Beauchamp 1.1 youth )
whom he enticed and overreach
ed, winning 80001 of him at
cprds~he was found guilty, and
sentenced to be discharged iron*
the army, wh c!i sentence was ap
proved of by the prince regent,
and carried into effect.
e \Lnquircri
A chimney-sweepar'a bpjr had swept
the chimneyata barbir’s sh xp tn L. bn
don, and wh»le he was tying uji the f »ot
some of the j.ou_rnfeym.en who , were at
work in the shop* being. inclined to ex*
ercise their wit on tne poor huh amoifg
other questions asked him, What trad*
his father followed ? to which the, bo y
very archly replied—What trade ? wny
my father was a barber, and I might
have been a barber io<yj biit. tb tell yoa
the.truth, / did not like such a black*
guard business.
a Spanish Poet, describing his passion
says, that in thinkiqg of his mistress, he.
fell into a river, where the heat of his
passion had inch an effect on the water,
that it bubbled up, and boiled live fish,
iasomuch that those who came to t ke
him out, were diverted from their ol*
ject by the delicacy of the fish, which
were swimming about.ready cooked.
A Porter going to a Mr. Blast's houi*
one day with a load upon his back, said
to a gentleman he met in the Haymar-
Pray, your honour, can you tell
me where Mr. Blast lives l * ** Mr. Blast J
Blast did you say,” replfed the
mar.. “ \ti* Blast your honour says
the porter : thu odd connection of words
thoug It not intended to give any offence,
so irritated the gentleman, that he no*
only give the porter inform
alien -bu£ rage gave him a hearty
h»s cape. i
Norfolk, March 18
An officer of the United
States’ Mavy, Who was on the
spot when me affair took place,
auiho riles us to lay, that the ac.
cottnt of the “ t racasbettveen the
British and Americans at Mefii.
na,” which took place on the
16th September tali; copied in*
to pur paper a ay or two fines,
is£* w« then believed stio be,
no 5 .