The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1802-12-01

OF every iscCieS OF vice and crime, That
the human Inauguration can conceive.
The patronage which few gentlemen,
IN order 10 promote their own ends, af
tord to you, IS the only apology which
any mortal can offer to the public, for
iniulelng them with the odious name of
James Cbselbam
fhall theTefore regard you ar pre-
kent, as having from the Clinton family
a Paiiport OF refpe6t, luch as may
entitie You to receive and anfwer few
queiticns that il,all put 20 you, without
either degrading myfelf, Or iniuring the
feelings of che iubfcribers to the Virginia
Gazette
You al1ert that am, next 10 Callen
der, the yileit of all wretches, and the
mott abandoned of all hnners. Pray
IN what re(pe6ts Mention fome facts
OF a6tions OF my life, TO confirm your
aifertioRs.
You declare that am an Atheif.
Pleaic to coudetcend upon ione fenti-
ments that have exprei fed in the tribes
which have written, that will warrant
iuch an a6crrion.
Having done this, you will oblige
me aao, by giving candid safwers to the
following qucttions reipe6ting yourlelf,
as by proving The rc1tirude OF your own
life IN any r2tPcdt, you will add coniide-
rably TO the degree of belief, that NAV
peDi8ly be given to your charges againit
me.
LIT. Was or was not your father hung
Tor aorie Healing at Lancaiter in Eng
land, or was it Tome other perfon Of he
fame name, Granger, or relation Of
yours?
ID. Did not your brother BENJAMIN
apply toJohn Douglas of Corlars Flock,
few months fnce, and demand from
him certificate thae your father was
not hung : Did the fame john Doug
iais decline or give certificare +? If lie
gave one, produce It,
Cd. Was you carried aboard the ,lip
in which you embarked fromI.lvcrpo)I,
IS chtft Of Of dry goods; or did y>u
walk On deck boldly, aud pay your pr
fage
18th. After your fathers death, did
you change your name from Cbestmas
TO Cbsefbaas; OF was your name always
Cheetham?
5th. Soon after your arrival ia New
orl<, were you and your brothers pub
hclY taken before the fitting nagifrare
on charge ofbreakiag peoples doors,
or was It Z malicious reoor- thar 80
ProPagatcd againIt you?
6rh. Was your brother BENJAMIN
once ilnce his arrival obliged 70 End
bail, cn an acclliauou preferred agaiof}
him Tor le,ting fire TO his neighbours
houiei or was there only a Ealte rurDor
to rbarpurpo{e F.?
,7th. Dare You deny that you forged
letter in my name, in the narrative
which you and DenniRon pubEAed
againie col. Burr?
Ssh. Dare you deny that yo,i reo,ef
edMt,lSeorgeEaron TO propagate a ma
iicious ilander againf col. Burr, inform
ing him ar the fame time that il wopId
aililt your cauic
9th Have YOU any conception Of the
perlons who ltole Bronfon's Ieurrs9
w na1 Puniihnent is due TO lettcr fral-
ing! Ought letter breakers 20 be hung
logged ar a carts tail like Billy Dam
Ter aitrlde on pole like the Calcutfa
organ, or paraded through the tree as
your brother .Iohn was at Manch.I{er
OF What Punlihmenr would you deyjle
tor !uCh q crime;
70. When you diocd with MIR. Tef
ferion, lait winter, did you acquant hin,
char you was the purcf patriot and molr
innocent man alive Did You tell him
thas your father was never hung, tba.