Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1801-11-02
THE LETTER

Navy Department. Str+ \,
THE "a Of Cougrefs for he bet,sr &C., y
ment Ct tie Navy Of he United STATE. i.
clares, that no Perlon Of the ravy. nan sr.s.
aritone's On board a prize IN pain Of fscb ~
iihmert A. Court Marlial bail ad;n4o.
In the stoT & ing cafe, among feusral' unT
portrait iniormal al legations, there * $50.
Of PLACE exhibited aea;na Cspt. Little. ana
was for he tfil of this charge princ;o,ll,
th.t The Court Martial was confi,uted M,
oaly the homer Of he nation, but the b.rorc "a
this officer, was deeply implca.e sad ihe,s.
fore, called for luh a !0iemn inveRiqatar
In this uial, u was the COVE -nment that MA,
the party protecting. The priionets were orlv
a The Informing witneis II \ eriHinal prote.
eulion. Thefe Priloners. in legal corssapla.
lion. are not, r.! Eer were they II lie conien.
plation Of g0Ver ment, conidered parties.
They could nor havebeen ~ any degree bsne.
flied by fen ence aeaihft capt Little lssaa-
Court Martial i not competent 70 dscrsra
reGoraticn Of any property alledesd "a have
been pllaged. i only compe.sa, ia l5cha
trial TO pats fentence of acqultsl Or runiA
ment.
The evidence ad iecei il this trial clssrly
proves. thai the piiEiRers I'll board tie prize
bav been piHgg,d Iii apparent, thar watch
Is, rings ma buckles, ronllfuing part IF The
drei o the prif1rers lave been Pillsged fom
them by Time psiIons bsi0ngne 20 tie Boaer
hiaa.c thar thefe articles, at the lime 1t TAX
inv IL ~ were not deemed. even BY hs peFio
who took Them, lawful prize that they were
not reported to he officers IF tbs htmi aiY
Court as prize, 70 <. adjudicatrd ard con- ismu
| Cd that they have not, Il my ims foce been
produced and. that 10 kind Of lliff4dnrY
information has Jet beea given refpeShng hem.
| But from the face Of the prJcegdugs d nc
| Court Martial il does appear, thst the arde.s
Igued by { pt. LIT Z. were P>rfsdlY corT.3
md legal; that he was nos IL any deafee,
/ pa " ID this mean ard fiigtaeelul Fiilsg- 9nd
| thar the charge apainft hun as no esi enc,
poGtive or prrfuniptive, % luppmt i |, there
| foe, do approve oS The ist'enee Of s6aui.lAs
pronounced BY the Cert MEpal II i tr'sl'
RI. SMiTf,
Sreraav ~ l5s Aa'-
THE. aforegoing are tree ccpies IRON t's
originals on 6le ~ he Navy Dspartmsat
On. w, COLDSBOKOUGi1
The cLozsa fosf q often dilcloisd y tns loa'
doa ADD writings OF. the pt clent admin aii'a'
has never been more viible than inhs ls''s' o.
Mr.. Secretary Smith on the iubgtt q ssApa'a
LirrLE's honorable scquittah lultead 81 c hi
ioicice A. one wonld fpp " an American o ~.
retaary ofthe Nsvywoula AZ The sSq71la' ~.
ncritcrious comYDaadeT tom the mott n''-
mous charges Fl would fssm, becauls sae n.
lumniators we're Frenchmen, that he Sfcie'.,I
a lsbored t. find Languages ~ eAPIe', HI .nd
appointment hat hg was nEt conVle'eo 80
IS he could notin face Of ths honorable &c. n,
IF he Court fix the aigms 81 = PllaS ~
Capt. LIrrLs, he very adroitiy tfdfs'r' III.
intam Us charge tothe gallant lhiPs crew 4, H.
BsPon. Thus are our brave tars Fevarael
The Secretary FIJI Mary aimfs that III LII
Of the charges aganf Cap. LrrrlF WeFe ~,
we'd. Such being lie cafe It was his guy n
have approved the fentsnce in as honoIa-s
manner ss he could Innead IT Which NE H.
him tcboiEg and rescboiEg he French caa'se'
plage, as warmly a. II he we're tie atffa'rY
fbs French Mzyy. In the rame Of duy aA-
honor. what has the bold aHerton cf the SER
tary that American feamen have bsen gun, "
I" MEAN AND DlSGRACEFuL r.
LACE" to do with the imple aa ct aPPV.
hating a fenterce which declares Cap, ~
rLEs innocence What has the one, u e''.
true, 10 10 with the other? Would not iuea +
charge, made at lurh time ard IN iuth o'sn.
ner. appear to have come with mole conAN1'el
from Citizen CLEMENr, than from 20 AnleI'-'',
officer to whom the honor Of our saliaes issn'''
Is committed cs" -sf1'f.t