Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1798-11-20

odd lr;in day would rather wa,cl cs< al
uight, tlan tat iao0lI &c ,hrcwuiutot The
j.il Aye lodgcd ~ tavern, ahout four mjlss
ihor of A1iddlebury jail; the )owg men
watched ,ihe uext day We arrived At la
lace; there are two roads tu come irto II,
Que CONES uP iSraight to the ;al-houie, by
but two Or tlifee houies, tbs other IS cucui.
tous, taking aln,oR the whole l.ng;A Of the
little city IN its courie ! was foYrmoG, and
inclined 10 tax. the ueare.t road but the ecn-
Hsaaaa, b. that route, would iole 1!iare Of
the triumph; he ordered US in percmptoiy
tone, iat6 the circuitous road til ough the 81
". On The way from Rutland he undertook.
TO direct me, and fop me as to fpeaking, and
told me !hould not have the uie of pen, lux,
and paper. On Wednesday evening laa /
was locked upin this room, where now am !;
it is about 10 feet long by Il vide, with a
neceilary in oae corner, which affords itench
-abort equal to the philadelphia docks, in
the month of Augua. This ccll is the COM
mon receptacle for horlc-ihieyes, moucy-rna-
Nr~a, runaNay-negroes, or any kind Of f,lons.
| ere IS a haii-moon hole through the door,
iuiiicient to receive Il plate through, and for
my friends 20 look through and ip>al, to me.
There is window placed on the oppoite
lide, about 20 INCHES by 10, crohed by nine
iquare iron bars all the light have Is thro'
this aperture; no fire place in the cell, nor
is there any thing but the iron bars to keep
the cold out, ccnlequently have to walk
imattly with my great coat on, to keepcom-
I &,Ns-f ~,
On Thuriday morning lalt, anted friend
Tor his pen and ink, in preience of the iailor.
1t was offered me; but the TAILOR faid, It was
againit.his orders, | mutt not have it. The
MARTIAL paid me Witt on Thutlday evening !;
he examined the cell, looked onmy little table
to Zee what was there, but he found nothing
but Volney's Ruins, the late laws, fome Of
the Preiident's meilages, and a Lid of the Pc
tit Jury. | inquired of him, thenor before,
whar iituation | was TO conider mylclf in
with regard to the ufe of pen and ink9 His
anlwer was might uie them, but he mua
fee every thing ient out of the jail ; if |
conducted otherwife Cooking at chain that
lay on thee hoor) he laid he would put me
IN a Gtuation that could not write | ak
ed him what he meant by that He told me
| was at his diipo Il, and if I did not behave
like priloner, he would fend me 10 Wood
ttock Jail told him there would be one
advantage in that, lie would not be there al
ways, and | ihould getrido the fight of him.
On Friday, for the iirlt time, Two brothers
in law were admitted to come in to fec me-
Some of my friends expofulated with the
Martial on the fubjed ofdenyiug me pen an
ink; aud in the evening obierved "a man
hammeriag on the prilon door. You feem
much concerned about that loor, faid !,
there has fcarce been an hour Gnce came
here, but there as been fome perlon ham
mering at the door, or putting on new bolts
or bars. 1t is all ulelefs, fad | if with
ed to come out, they could nor hold me /;
and as do not, fmy lirhi S were marked by
Jingle thread, would not overfep it. He
replied, he was ony mailing up an advertiie-
mrnt. Next morning wien the houle was
very fill, heard fome perfon fep up and
read the advertisement on the door, it con-
tanned preamble concerning my having
complained that | was debarred the uIe of
PEI, ink, and piper, and declaration that
had leave to furnifh mylelf with thofe
things, and NE them as l thought pro, err,
figred by the Martial. AS foon as l could
get my eye on perlon that would go and
fetch General Clark, my friend and brother
in law, who is . member of the Legislature,
now fitting here, l ient one, he came, l de-
fred him to read the advertisement, and tel
me what ihould DO, confdering the treat
ment of Fitch, the MARTIAL. He fad he
would so and Zee Fitch, and fee how he ex-
planned the buGnels-he went to Fitch's
houfe but could not find him, fome other bu-
iinefs occupied him the ref of the day. ], next
morning, fcutfor numberof friends, who got
| admittance, g. after fome conversation on the
lubjeGt before the ailor, Sc getting IFS cxpla-
nation of the advertisement, that he confider-
cd me now allowed to write, without fubmit-
ting my productions to the MARTIAL, was To-
lemnly inyeited with pen and ink. The fri
ule made Of it, after line to my wife,
10 to write you this long prolix account OF
the fruits of this 6eiove4 Sedition bill. You
may remember that told you, when it was
paiiing, that it was doubtlds intended tof
the members of Congrels, and very likely
would be brought to bear OH me the very
frR, 70 it has happened, and perhaps 1, who
have been football for dame Fortune all my
life long, am bet able to bear it'll have
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