The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-09-07 00:00:00, page 1

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Vol. 7.] ItIClI.MOND, FRIDAY, HEP 1 EMBER 7, 1810. [So. 35.
(Ip“ Published by Thom is Ritchie, nearly op
finite the Globe Tavern, Richmond, Virginia.
rTT- CONDI'l IONS .-—Five dollars a year, tc
fie find annually in advance. Those who wish tc
fie c.nstderetl as annual subscribers, must hereaf ter
designate it at the time gf subscribing, otherwise
their papers will be discontinued at the expiration
iff the first year.
1 -’JSJgJUJ _ —l -L . ■ ——1 . jra
FOR CORK,
THF. SHIP POWHATAN,
’ CAP TAI.VPO Y'fHRF.SS. ,
>T o sail in about three weeks
Tor passage, only, apply to the captain on board
tit City Point, or to
JAMES k JOHN DUNLOP.
Petersburg September. 4. 2w
1\lr. Gaardm having preferred a situation on the
Hill for hit establishment,
r I^HE SUBSCRIBERS can with pleasure *s
1 sura their triends, that the business of the
Academy, whereof L. H Girardin, D. Doyle and
John Wood, have at present the administration,
will, from the 1st of September next, be conduc
ted by them with the co-operation of Mr. Cru
solles, late a teacher in the College of Baltimore j
ft French gentleman of great acquirements as
well in Classics and Mathematics us in his na
tive tongue.
The advantages resulting to youth from this
association will be of great consequence to the
inhabitants of Richmond and its vicinity More
» ime and attention will be applied to English,
Latin and Greek Classics—the fees lor Tuition
■reduced to a reasonable standard, snd the mind
ne directed to useful and early practice, as well
»s Theory, fr Mathematical and Mercantile stu
They will limit to that number which msy ap
pear most reasonable to the parents and them
selves : the teachers will he equally responsible
in their departments, excepting the French
leacher, whose hours of attendance will he limit
led.
In discipline, the same order and harmony
ihall be j»reserved in all departments, that have
6>r nearly three years been kept up by 1). Doyle
in his department: it shall be neither indolently
i.«x nor tyrannically severe.
The prices concluded on as most reasonable,
twill be,
For English, including History, Geography,
Jleiles-Letters. Bookkeeping, and Mathematics,
per quarter— g 8. j
For the above with Latin and Greek langua
ges-? 10. - !
For smrll Classes in Spelling, Reading, Wri
ting and Grammar—? ('»
This establishment will have in view utility,
ftot ostentation ; and its object will be to give
that knowledge of the English Language, of the
Classics, and of the Mathematics, which will
■considerably facilitate the completion of a colle
gi »te education.
It must be apparent to all, that, whereas the
English, Latin and Greek classics, as well a*
.Spelling, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, and
for th(> most part, Geography and the use of the
Globes were taught solely by D Doyle, for near
ly two years in this Academy, when the school
wis numerous, that when an additional teacher
nf equal capability is added, the number of pupils
limited, and the fees for tuition much diminish
ed, there can be little doubt of a respectable and
Jailing patronage.
D. DOYLE.
R DA BRET.
August 14 tf
AV ALU ABLE TRACT OF LA HD FOR
SAL a —Will be sold on the premises, the
T7:h day of September next, the LAND wliere
on.the late Colonel William Nelson resided, ly
‘lug in the upper end of King William County,
and contains by survey 1J00 acres ; this Land is
-well adapted t<> the culture of Coni, Wheat and
Tobacco, it will be laid off before the day of sale
5u convenient lots, so as to suit those who may
•wish to purchase. The turn a of sale will be
nne half of the purchase money paid in 12 mon*hs
lrom the day of sale, the oilier half in two years,
tlie purchaser giving bond with approved securi
ty, and a dopd of trust upon the Land. A good
r.ie will be wade by
CHARLES C. PAG E,
A'hn'r tiuih the *jiU annexed
August 10. tils
LAND AND MILLS—The subscriber be
ing authorised by Mr. Spotswood Lips
« >i»ibe, offers lor sale, Three hundred and forty
Jive acres o/ LAND, lying in Henrico county
Vibnut six miles from Richmond, on Weslham
Creek, between the three-choped and river roads
•—the improvements con-ist of a small Dwelling
<>f four rooms. Kitchen, Dairy, Meat house, a
garden and yard well inclosed ; a Saw and Grist
AJill, all recently built — About thirty live acres
<if Ibis Land is in cultivation, the residue a
hounds with excellent building, and other tim
ber ; twenty live acres of prime deadow might
Be bad at a small expence of reclaiming it.
The premises wili be shewn to any person in
clined to purchase, by Mr Edmund West, (man
•siger) on the Land, and the terms mad© known
*>y
THOMAS TAYLOR.
August 7. tl5ihS.
VALUABLE PROPERTY—FOR SALE —
In pursuance of a decree of the circuit court
of the U. Stales, for the Virginia district, pro
nounced at the Nov 1809, session of that court,
!>ctween Wm Kunk<dl ik Co plaintiffr, against
Thomas ivi Deane ami others, defendants, and
^between Scribia Scrophslt and Starman, pil’d*,
and the same defendants :
\Vill be exposed tn sale, at auction, at Ca Ira,
the county of Cumberland, on Mondavi tlie
£JT»h(hivof Auglut next, that valuable MEN
GHANT HILL, usually called tlie Ca Ira M ills,
Tobacco Ware House, Tavern ami other L ts of
'Ground at that place. Also, all the LANDS at
sir near Ca Ira, consisting of 2000 acres ami up
wards, which belonged >o Juncs Deane, Thomas
iM Deane and Francis U Deane, or to either of
*h*-m, on the 2<Jih day of March, 1801 Term* oj
*:de, ten per cent on tlie purchases to be paid in
*Kish~»A credit of one, two and three years for
the residue ot die purchase money, tn bear inter*
gstlrom the day of s de—th-i purchaser or pur
♦ •baser* giving bonds, with security, to he ap*
Vmved hv the undersigned commissioners, or
the one that may act, and also executing a deed
of trust upon the property so purchased, for se
curing the payment thereof, at the pel rods afore
>xni Previous to tin* day ot sale, the land will
divided into convenient lots to suit purchasers
C COPLAND, > ,, ,
IV. c. WILLI A MS,) om rt
•uiy 17. Id*
) Tl>e sale of |Ik» shove mentioned propir
1 y, is unavoidably pintponrd rill Wednesday the
l fi.h if n 't' myiiUi, »; wfc.ch lime it will cer
isiiily Lkcp . . f.
C COPLAND,
W. WILLIAMS.
A;tj;v4 if to*
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE—Tin
wihscribcr will tell, and give immediate
possession, of tout well known est.de, called
j Blenheim, situated on the south west mountains,
, in the county of Albemarle, containing by late
; surveys, two thousand eight hundred and ninety
! acres : this Land is peculiarly well adapted to the
growth of Wheat and Tobacco, and considered
equal in fertility to any adjacent thereto, is
about six miles from Milton, from winch place
there is an easy navigation for batteaux to the city
of Richmond. On the premises isa large comniodi
ous dwelling House, winch, from the elegance of
its situation, and other advantages, makes .it a
desirable residence fir a genteel family. It will
be sold entire or divided, to suit purchasers_
Further particulars made known by Captain John
Harris, Alb.-marle county, Mr. James Faiton,
Alexandria, Messrs Macdonald and Ridelv, Bal
timore, or j ROSS,
Who wishes to sell Land in the counties of
Culpepper, Fauquier, Spotsylvania ana Caroline,
also Houses and Lotts, pleasantly and advanta
geously situated on tne Hill and Mainstrect, in
the town of Feelericksburg.
Fredericksburg, Virginia. May 1 tf
r|MVENTY DOLLARS REWARD. Elop
A from Mr. James Sniito, about tlie mb'
dieot M iy last, a slave, named SAM, who ha:'
been employed for sevefal years past in that gen
tleman's Bake-House.
SAM is about twenty four or live years of age,
low of stature, and not very bulky ; of youthful i
appearance, a dark complexion, a countenance
with an incessant smile, approaching to a grin,
and thereby discovers a fine set of teeth, which
he is not a little fond of shewing He i.; slow of
speech, and when spoken to suddenly or quick
ly, stammers and hesitates exceedingly.—Uis
clothes not recollected.
Some tune in August last, a note was given
him by the Subsciiber, (who then wished to dis
pose of hint,) to look-out for n purchaser_h
merely pur|»>rte<l the terms;* to any person re
siding in Richmond, or it’s neighbourhood
And as he has the uote still in possession, he
will probably, under ptetenre of seeking a mas
ter, endeavor thereby to fcuect hts escape out of
the State. ....
All masters of vessels non others are, there
fore, forbid, at their peril, harboring or carrying
him oft'.
The above reward will l>e given, and all rea
snnuhle charges allowed, if brought hack in safe
ty to
, JOHN KING.
Richmond, July 10. tf
LAND FOR sale.—By virtue of a decree
of the Superior Court of Chancery toe the
Richmond District,—will be offered, fur talc at
the town of Caira, on Vtonday the 27lh day of
August next, that valuable TR ACT OF LAND,
belonging to the estate of Feterfield Trent, dec’d
containing by estimation, 783 acres lying iu the
county ol Cumberland, on Willis river and ad
joining the town of Caira, for the purpose of
raising a sum of money therein mentioned, due
and^ owing to the estate of Alexander Trent,
deo’d. the contiguity of this land to the town of
Caira j where there is a Merchant Mill, which
will no doubt, in a short time be in complete re
pair, and consequently will require a large quan
tity of wheat, he. as well as a tobacco insqiec
tion—and being at the head of the navigable
waters of Willis’s river, render it one of the most
desi-eable tracts oflsnd in that part of the coun
try. Added to these, the land is of excellent
quality, and well adapted to the culture of to
bacco, wheat, corn, he.
Previous to the day of sale, this land will be
laid oft in lots, and sold to suit purchasers—and
the terms of sale liberal, only one third will he
required when the deed is made, and one, two
and three years for the balance ; Bonds and se
curity will be demanded, secured by a deed of
rust if required by the COMMISSIONERS.
July 20. tds.
CO* The s *le of the above mentioned propertv,
s unavoidably postponed till Wednesday the 26th
ol next month, at which time it will certainly
lake place.
August 21._tds_
AT a Chancery District Court, held In Wil
liamsburg, the 15th day of July, 1809
Rebecca limes, late Rebecca Lewis, Fltff.
Acai nst
Samuel W. Sayre, administrator with the will
annexed of Phil p I, G.ymes, Mary Grymcs
Sayre, an infant, heir and devisee ofthe said Phi
lip L Giymes. by the said Samuel W Sayre, her
gu mlian, assigned to defend her in this suit, and
Judith Giymes, widow and devisee of the said
Philip I,. Grymea, . Defftt.
THIS came came on this day, to lie heard on
tli« bill, answers, exhibit.-;, examinations of wit
nesses, and the report of master commissi
oner, Coleman ; and was argued by counsel, on
consideration whereof, the court, confirming the
said report, doth adjudge, order and decree, that
unless the defendants do, on or before the third
Tuesday in August 1810, pay unto the plaintiff,
the sum of nine bundled and forty-seven pounds
fifteen shillings and four penc* • with interest on
seven hundied and seven pounds six shillings,
put thereof to be computed, ..tier the rate of six
per centum per annum, from the first day of Oc
tober, 18'<8, till p.,ui ; tne ,defendants, Mary
Giymes Sayre, and Judith Giymes, and their
heirs, and all persons claiming under them, he
from thenceforth barred and foreclosed, of all r"
quily and l ight, to redeem the truct of land in
the county of Gloucester, mentioned m the inden
ture of mortgage,filed an an exhibit, made the
ninth -h-y of July, 1781, between the sod IMirtip
I.. Guy tiles, JUid the plaintiff ; and in ca-.e ol de
fmlt in the pat ment of the s.iid principal money
and interest, at the time aforesaid, that Peter
Wyatt, Thomas B ytop, Tlmmas B. Fox, Tho
mas Muse and Wd'iatn A. Ungers, gent, or a
ny two of them, after giving three weeks previ
ous untiee, in one of the Richmond newspapers,
do expose to public sale, by t Motion, for ready
j money, tim TRACT OF LAND, in the indeii
tore tifoies’id mentioned, and out of the proceeds
of thus de, p»y unto the plaintiff (lie grid prinoi
pal money and interest, and the cost by h -r ex
pemled ir, the prosecution of this suit, slid the
surplus of (he proceeds of the sale, if any, after
deducting the txpences attending thereon, pay
onto the » ud del minus, ami n, ik» report there
of, to the Court, in order to a fin d decree.
A C.,fy
ANT'Y, RO HER'] SON, c c
OCT to tlie aSovu Herree— Will b~
told. to tlic l..jf' est bidder, for re r y money, on
Thursday, flu- 27th da> of September n \t, on tin
premises, 10?/) <tcr*s of I.AM). I. i„>r in < e tip
per part <d Gloucester county, th" l-**.«r.V.■ • mk
rivet'—thi* I.anti is well adapted to the growth of
coin, wheat and tobacco.
I’fcTEIl Wl ATT, A
THUS. BAVTOP, f
Til os, Ii i* ox, r Commit it,
THOS. MUtK, I
.. Wii A, MOGiuKS.i*
(Rupees let- Co. tVui. * f. fit
CITY OF RICHMOND :
The Commissioners appoint.**.I by ah ordi*
nance, of Pfc said city, entituled, “ An Or
dinance, to carry mlo ettcet the act of Assembly,
entituled, “ An act to reduce the width of certain
streets on Shocks Hill, in the city of Richmond,’*
tu employ m surveyor to ascertain the original
bounds of all the streets and squares, which were
laid out by the late Win. il)i'u, Esq fitc. having
made a report, according to the directions of said
ordinance, U» the Common llall of said oily, at
their stated meeting, in this month In pursuance
of a resolution of the said Common llall ; No*
tice is hereby given, that the Common llall for
*aid ci'y, will, at the next slated meeting, pro
ceed to consider the said report.
N SHEPPARD, Ci'k. C. H C. R.
_August 24. _tJ i M Sep.
IN pursuance of a decree of Cumberland
County Court, we shall proceed on the lath
day of September next, on the premises, to s; il \
tract of LANU lying in said County, whereon
William Hudson,ilec’d, formerly resided, on the
following terms : The porch .sor shall pay the
commissioners itie cost of .suit, ami tire cost at
tending the sale, in ready money, fv the b.lance
of the purchase money : bonds and security will
b** required of the purchaser, p.table in twelve
months horn the day of sale. Possession will
in; giver, the 1st of j muary next.
THOMAS R HACK ITT }
THOMAS GORDEN. C Crmr'a
NORTON GOOD MAN 3
Ahgr.vt 14.___ tp4w1t
DATENTEl) Harrison county LANDS Tor
A SALE—In pircelsof front 500 to io.000 a
creseach. Also LANDS in Russel county, in si
mil • r tracts, to suit purchasers.
Property in or about Richmond, would he ta
ken in exchange for the above. Enquire of
D. DOYLE, At the Academy.
August 24 vy f
1 HE BROAD ROCK
JOCKEY-CLUB RACES, will commence on
Monday* the 24th day m v-piorntier next
The first day, a Wheat Sweep Stake for three
years old Colts and Fillies, running Tnile heats ;
entrance 50 bushels, half forfeit, 7 colts entered’,
subscription closed. Also, will be run for, the’
same day. mile heats, an elegant Stiver Cup,
worth g 120 i free for all untried 3 and 4 year
olds’, running mile heats. To this there are four
subscribers and 5 or more to make a race—sub
scriptionto close the 20th of September.
The second day, the Jockey Club Purse of 500
g—4 mile heats.
The third day, the Proprietor's Purse or g200,
3 mile livala.
The fourth day, a Sweep Stake for 3 year old
colts and fillies, running two mile heals, entrance
100 g, half forfeit—to this stake, there are 8 sub
scribers and closed. The weights of those r«
ces will be agreeable to the Fairfield Jockey
Clul) weights ; the money for the Jockey Ciub
ami Proprietor’s purses, will be paid up lu the
winners by the proprietor of the livid As this is
the first race of the present club, the int-mltcr*
are requested to attend nt the Broad Km-.k Tav
ern the evening oftlie first day’s race, for the put
pose ot forming rtdes and regulations for the go
vernm-nt of the club.
1 he following toil will be collected at the gates
each day :
Four wheel carriages, j gg
2 do do g 5g
Persons on horse back, u 'is
Do on foot, 0
JOHN WORSHAM,
Pnprie'nr of the Field. 1
N. B. Any person wanting booths on the fee
field, will apply to maj. Bull, who will act tin-me
in my absence. j _ \\r
August 31.__ 6.\t
!^OR SALE, on Thursday, the tiist of Nov.
rni*-M th«* premises, in Loudoun county, the
'l PACT OF LAND, on which the late Judge
Jones resided ; consisting of about 2000 acres
It lies on Little River, ten miied from Leesburg,
and 35 from Alexandria and George*To wn ; is
remarkably well watered ; hs.s at least 60 acres
wed set with Timothy, and 300 adapted to its cul
ture ; has 2 merchant mill* in its neighborhood,
the farthest not more than two miles distant, and
the turnpike from Alexandria, passing through a
corner of it.
A» the Land was accurately described, in a
former advertisement it is unnecessary to be more
particular in this. It will be divided into lot* of
different dimensions, to suit those who may be
inclined to purchase A credit of one, two and
three years will be allowed—the purchaser giving
bond with approved security, attd a trust on the
Land, to secure the payment
JAMES MONFOE
Albemarle, August 31 tds
Mercer County, Kentucky, July 29, 1808.
\T7 HERE \S, about 20 years ngo, I lent to
vv Davi« Petty, of Halifax county, (now Pitt
S) B ania,) Virginia, the sum of thirteen pounds
two shillings, to purchase a Tract of Land of 500
acres, m Kentucky, of a certain Wm. Bivweroi
Virginia-in consequence of whi;h, the said
U’-ewer assigned his right, in said land to m , af
ter which, I assigned the same to the said Felly,
in order that the patent might issue in his name ;
which business l transacted merely to oblige said
Fetty, as my brother in Itw—therefore I caution
all persons from taking an assignment, or pur
chasing said Land horn said Fetty, as I consider
myself now ays bound to make good the same,
should any be lost.
IS HAM PREWETT.
August 31._w3wfl
I -c * virtue or a deed of trust, executed to the
15 subscriber#, in the city ut Richmond, on the
25th day of April, 1803, by Edward Carter Stan
turd, then of the Ciiyof Richmond, now of the
city of Washington, to secure the payment of a
debt, due by said S'-innaii!, to Higginbotham h
Co. surviving nartners of Mr Credit?’, Higginbo
thuru & Co—Will be sold, to the highest Didder,
li.r ready money, it Casper Flcishcr’a Tavern, in
the city of Richmond, on Friday the 28'h day of
September next, the following SLAVES, viz : —
A worn in named Sally, her t wo daughters, Fan
ny mid M -.n.i, sml their increase since tlir date
ol the lru#» deed» or so in my of s-aiif Slaves as
m iy be itifiicieut to raise the" turn doe on said
lru.it, and the exp nccs attending the sale. Wc
will convey to t he purchasr r or purchasers ot »aid
slaves, the t ile v» st«. 1 in us as trustees.
RICHARD ANDERSON, >
JESSE HIGGINBOTHAM,5 r,ut,et
A"gu#t 31. 4vv
}1 V >' K POOI. S A f .T — Fur sale, 2(F/0 »ut»li*
J (Ns Liverpool Slit, oil boird the U ig Nan
cy and Mary, at Bermuda Hundred.
JAMESC ANTHJNY
AiHrust 28 3,v
1 » ICE—/hr nh)~formam all ptrtont vibett
i rv-r, from tmp o ’US' the bo imen under tny
t'oul. >n br/oV n< hack tonh from Richmond o<
rti'W'u"? nr I roi.i not be rrtpousib.e lor any loir
ml.nned thereby.
■ WARNER LEWIS.
S'f'ttmbcr 4t
-ggt—'* * —i- i-iassj-?-1—1— ..—
ANOTHER FEDERAL OUTRAGE/
OR TI1K
REIGN OF TERROR REVIVED!
Mn. Thomas FlktcHkr, a native of
Great Britain, who left that country in the
year 1793, and became naturalized in this.
I was on the 10*h inst publicly whipped,
! ("without having had a trial J by a rubble in
the Town of Providence, headed by the town
Sergeant, and acting under orders from the
Town Council!
By a law of the State of Rhode Island, it
is provided, “that if any person shall reside
.in any town in that state, not having a legd
settlement in that town or s*ute, and shall
be likely to become chatgablc to the town,
or who shall in the opinion of the Town
Council of such Town, be a person of bad
fame and reputation, and an unsuitable
person to become an inhabitant thervof, it
shall and may he lawful for the Town Cnun -
Ci I of such Town, upon complaint of one »r
more of the Overseers of the Poor of such
town, to order such person to depart from
and out of such town, within such time as
the Council may appoint. And if the per_
son so ordered, shall not depart within the
time appointed, or having departed, shall
return without leave frwm the Town Conn
cil, such person shall be fined, not exceed,
ing seven dollars, and in default of paying it,
shall be publicly whipped at the discretion
of the Town Council.”
It appears 'hat William Earned, one
ot the Overseers of the Poor of the town
of Providence, complained to the Town
Council, that “ Thomas Fletcher having
no legal settlement in the town, was likely
to become chargeab'e to it ; and that lie
was, moreover, according to information,
turbulent and quarrelsome.”--Me there
fore requested tne Council to examine said
Fletcher, and to order thereon as they might
think proper.
Air. Fletcher was accordingly ordered
before the Council for examination :—when
it appeared, that he landed in Boston from
England in the year 1793, where he mar
ried an American woman, by whom he has
eight children ; that lie is by trade a nar_
row weaver, at which trade he then work
ed in Providence, and by which he support
ed his family.
Auer this examination, the council order j
ed that the said Thomas Fletcher and his
family he rejected from the town ; and that
Boston in Massachusetts is adjudged to be
their place of legal settlement. They fur
ther resolved, that the said Thomas and fa
truly should depart within a fortnight. Mr.
Samuel Ogden then waited upon the Town
Council, and requested, in behalf of Mr.
Fletcher, that lie might be permitted to
remain until the fall, upon giving bonds,
as lie held the lease of a house and g mien
spot in that tow’n, which would then expire:
at which time he would gather in the pro
duce of his garden and depart. The Coun
cil refused this i eaannable request, and on
ly granted him a fm her time of fourteen
days-At the expiration of this time, Mr.
Fletcher did not depart. Whereupon the
Council issued a warrant to the Town tier
geant to levy ar.d collect the fine of seven
dollars ; and in default of payment, to seize
the person of Mr* Fletcher, and publicly
inflict upon his naked bark seven stripes;
after which to conduct him nit of the town.
The Town Sergeant accotdinglv proceeded
to lav hand upon Mr. Flecher; and he
not paying the fine in ready cash, the of.
ficer did not make a return to the council
of the goods and chattels, (as usual) which
could be seized to-satislv the fine, but in .
stantly dragged him into the streets, and
in the presence of an approving, but info,
flawed and malignant federal mob, had him
publicly whipped ; and then removed him
j out of town from his family !
The disgrace that was intended for Mr.
F. fell altogether upon his inhuman and i i
cobinical persecutors The villainous ac
was detested, and the laggatnoffins wh
planned it, hooted by every nnn v/!ir>.,e o.
;pinion was of any consequence. T’-is uri I
precedenled outrage on the light of citizen
ship, will stamp with indelible infamy, all
who weie engaged in it ; and must cal;
forth the abhorrence of every friend to the
Constitution, and to the inviolability ol per. i
son.
Mr. r returned the same day ; when the
coum.ll issued another warrant ro the Town
Serjeant, directing him to bring Thomas
Fletcher before the council, to answer the
crime of returning to the town which con.
tamed hi a family ! The officer made re_
turn, that he was unable to find him, he
having probably recieted hinnelf. The
| council then ordered the Sergeant to appre_
hend Mr. F. whenever he could Jiml him,
and commit him to Bridewell !
Ther is exhibited another specimen of
that intolerant spirit of persecution which
characterised iv- eralisrn in *98. That ma„
iignani sp rit, which would not only imprf
son, whip and banish, but would guillotine
and hung all whose disposition led them to
support the principles which secure equal
and exact rights and juslMe Is not tins
conduct of'he Town Council a flu'r.ntvio
lation of the constitution of the fji S._
What article recognises the right of any '
corporation or b My of men. to order a cut I
sen to be publicly whipped wub„at * r,.Rll" 1
I tr and legal trial and conviction by jur y ? i
I hu hci us ilt4>fi Mr. F. that he
likely to become chargeable to the town, is *
wholly without foundation ; as he has nl i
way s supported himself and I imily with !
great ease, by his trade, at which he could ;
t .mi between four and five dollars a duv._ !
His manufactures were sent to New York •
from whence he drew his money, which lie :
spent in Prov idence to the amount of fifteen •
dollars a week.. It has been said by bis pf.!
emies in attempting to extenuate their vile i
conduct towards him. (which, however, it
'rue would be no ex'i-nuaiion.) that he did 1
not treat his family well. This falsehood !
has been refuted by ttie father of bis wile,
a very respectable man who now lives iti]
Nor'h Providence, and who liar testified in j
FieWhei% bchalt btfote the District Cor.n -n
[lie s ates that Fletcher provides well for
his family, and is a good husband an l fa
ttier; and also tiii>t lie considered him at
tached to ti e Constitution of the U. S.
f his lattei at tide is ptohably the great sin
which hi.sbioiight upon hiiu the futl vvciglit
ct federal persecution. Had heheen attach
ed to the British Cons'.iiu'ion, and a revi*
lerof our own, iie would have sti-ul high jh
the estimation of these men. Messts. Jt-htv
Smith, Chailis Sn.itn, Jofih Lasvll, Caleb
Alien, Joiin Merry, Fonn< r Angel William
Clarke John Smi'li, 2d, Eie;ztr VV; ; plev
Pardon Haw km* Samuel (Jgden. J h An,
gell.jr. Darnel Bravtcn, James M Oloey,
John Newell, and Francis Newell, juhabi.
tantsof Providence, have also tesi.fi <1 'hat
Mr. ¥ letch'-r was an industrious, peaceti
me. quiet citizen; that they h. d iK.vef
seen, nor heat d of any disturbance or d spute
in his family ; hut on ihe contraVy there al„
ways appeared u mutual fondues-a*.iu g; od
understanding ; that in their opinion, he is
a useful manufacturer, and does c* mo tnd.
more ready money for his b»b r hen any
one men in the town, or fierha/is the tuute.
I fiat he does not make use offh ul orptofane
language, but they have often heard him
check tff»°c who do :—that they do not be
lieve him to he a riotous or disorderly per*,
»°n ; nor that lie is 1 kely 10 become citing
sble to ibis or any odier town. That in his
intercourse with them they have always
lonnd him honorable and just in his dealings,
n.d prompt in his payments ; and they oe
lieve him to be an honest man-” 1 hese are
the very words beat ing the above nieminmtl
signatures. Other inhabitants of Providence
have also ‘es tied to his coriect and or*,
tlerlv cm duct.
i lie ; barge of his being r> disorder’- per
son, probably arose from tl e toll w ng cir*,
crmstatices. — M . F. sometime ago was
committed o Bridewell !>y Wheeier M ,rtin.
against every principle of riiih’ oi aw, ior
talk, og loud to a man m > he m&i kr- vv .om he
supp . ed chok ed his child om oi a - nn I sum
of money. For this preceeding of Martin,
Fletcher had threatened to prosecute him._
On lilt* 4 li July last, Fietchey was !:t:k ng
about his imprisonment m the bastile. (.is
lie termed i ) and m ade manv observations
nil the federal party, in front of a Mr. Ab in’s
house. Mr. Aborn ordeied him away. ——
Fletcher disputed h;s • u'honty, alledg g
that it was the comn o high way, and h. ,d
a right io stand tin re Mr. 'Aborn then
flushed and kicked mm, and Fit .cher in re
urn gave Ahum a blow which k ocked hint
down. Mr. Aborn is the brother in I w of
Richard Jack-on, jr the feeler;.! c r <’ . ate
for represe nt. !»ve to Congress, a d al of
the Council Clerk. The Council c.h;k;
has declared that i was n * for tl is Usr ect
that he was proceeded against, it was im
mediately a.;er this transaction, h wt_ver,
that theOverseer m >de his complaint, iit
which F h tchtr is *;..d to be, According '/>
information, turbulent and </uurreiBome,
and Mr. Aborn wa? examined before the
Council, and confessed he was '.hr first that
used violence. This h waver is not stated
.m thereco. els of the Council «
Mr. r. bemga man of open di* position
wmild often speak his mind upon public af««
fail's.-This was offensive to the fedora..
lists (’hosecrrfer loving souls) who had lo
been seeking to broach a qua re!, that the/
•right have a pretence for laying hands upon
Him lie has always conducted like a good
citizen, and no charge was ever exhibited
against him for a breach of anv social or mo
ral duty. We would ask these ,'fcderu'inlH"'
whether it U n t a palpate violation of
h Constitution to takt ac >zen & nublickly
wjiip him without a fair trial by jury ? If
it is not, h< v may by tin* s tmr i ule, hung u.
person without trial. If the case had been
reversed, wc should neve* ti \e heard the
list ot the “jacobinica! proceeding” Uut
j>erh ps h demists in this p.rr1 of the conn _
‘ty think they have an exclusive right 'o
domineer over the Constitution, and voxhioC
ami nvhifi whom they please, not only wuli*,
•>«/ trial but without criminal ,y! Put, it
ill be said bv many, that Mr Fl Thor
■oust have d m soino'hing amiss, >r he womd
mt ha \ e been treat* d in so bat barn, s a man
ner Yes. he h.-.s spoken hu-lly in behalf
t the present ad.ninistrntir n ot he United
'-lates and‘that is treason and sediiiru *g mst
•hr would he g.eat and mighty mm t Pro
idence, and by no means tone (oir’-at.d {
Sucii proceed ngs although ihev may be de
coded by a tew of the warmest t arty ni^n
Cannot tail to u rl. m ........... „
on the com iderate ofall partie._Tlier
would not be tolerat'd in England, evtn a
guilist un individual who hail become ctboox
»<»us to government, but the w!v !e com to u,
mty would consider theii r gh’.a and privilel
ges assailed. And shall an American ciii~
zen. because he n'ay have become obnoxi
ous to a few individuals in a town, be fined
wi hout law, without a trial, upon the mere
suggestion of an,overseer, an l whipped foe
reiusing to pay it f And will the commu
nity look on and see without emotion every
thing that is sacred in principle and in 1 ur
thus prostra ed and sacrificed at the sin me
ol party ? li so, let us resign all on tensi ns
to freedom, and submit . urse-ves »»> lie
y oke of one ty-rant, who • r he privilege of
tynanizing ever us himselt will protect us
agtinst tin. e numerous petty ty ran s whose
pitiful malice nothing is too insig. fic.tnt to
escape.
We understand that Mr. Fletch-r has
filed an action in the Pisiiict (’ouriol he U.
S ate* next to be holdeii af Newpoit in ()c
’”her ensuing, against the Town Council of
Providence*, for tht* unprecedented outrage ;
md it 19 expected imu he w II iec<ver he a
vy damages.——r^ert friend to the right#
ol citizenship, and to iiberabty and tolera.
•on mu-,i hope that these pp'ty tyrants w.ll
in future be depr-ved of theii power to in
ju.e. The friends of Mr. FI trher in hi*
town, are determined to see. him r ghte.i »
they will pursue the alfs-r, until justice it
obtained, and tin injured ci,it,>n roc ives
some kind of redress for the outrage us and
aggravated wimin, which ho has sudcreJ,—«
bunion Chronicle.
We have before us in a ft. I. paper, the
affidavit of Mr. Fenner Angell. of l’rnvi.,
der.ee, sworn to before Samuel Brown E a
Justice of I’eaCe ill that place, When irf.
he s’ates, that ue “ heard Ywong St /