The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-04-17
TAKE NOTICE.

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IN aatt weeks paper, Under the head Of
6rifi@, ,faeo6ins, there was i,ated IN acc,un+
or the cool barbari;y of WilIiar, p;,t &C.,
tam Psrtons, whom he did nor like. Tn
preceding narrative places the 3 ritifh qov.,.,-
Tnent III az; o7poGre. light. 1t sbc@s tha.
even as the diitance Of twenfv years g.
me cemu'iiion of his crime, Brir;fb oa;r.r
Efefieant - d No'''Dfon
!" ito much concern we perceive ,ha4 the
ieac,si government has notalways deierv.d
'niias encoEAinm. In fumner, ZOO. corr
mooofs ruxton engaged with French f.;
gafe' IN the hear of the aStion, Samuel St.r-
Fet rnr one OF the common iailors thro,oh
the boty. tie wsoee nome an account of H.
lengag s1ienti and with me rDnit in;,n;,,hIs
IimPudence, the aGaGin boaitcd of the ,,,,,rdnr
h's letter, with his name affixed, aocear.d
In ali the newspapers. And the Ern,,;,,..
9bf Frelps6 Beforr Us, &c. &c. fool. NJ NJ,
conduct with all the horror which it ,;ers ~.
ded,
MIR Adams was highly cenfured BY the he.
mecrats, oecaufe he did nor bring this ruf5ar
to trial. Nothing of fuch an infamous na,iIrt
has ever been heard of in the Britifh navv
during the midft OF battle. And pray VIA,
IS the situation OF an american feainan, If he
may be ihot like a inipe, or woodcsck, b.
one OF bis own ohcerss An ACT of corarei;
expreiiiy forbids the puniihrnent of a fSilor,
,ll nc has pait a trial, ard received Sentence
John Adams promoted Gxteen of bis fiiendc
TO Office of additiona! federal Judges, with
iatarles, which, to be furc, was IL. mai, Oh
Jffs5of tsFo thoufand dollars piece. Their
adyeriaries, having vaulted into tbs isddle cs
authority, are now kicking them out again;
and many worthy people believe that ms ex-
puiioh puts All end 70 the federal conftitution.
Quefe, Was nor the blood of Nsale ryar.
Vey Of equal value to him with n fslar, OF two
thouiand dollars to one Of thefe iixeeen j,id-
gesf Is not murder, and Especially GIch COW
ardiy, fuch wanton murder, the moG horrid Of
all crimes1 If the federal contribution is yet
ao9ue gyonn2, for what rea(on has not Sarnu
81 oterret been tried, fcnfenced, and hung
Whca Mr.. Jsferton got into the chair.
we did expect that Samuel Sterret would b.
turned our Of the navy. Bar noswithRand-
ling the very numerous difnjiHionS and re-
duceicns, no fIch thing has been thought Of
!. h'si'e courlS of iait year, Captain Sterret,
lfelL in with TripoIltan corfair; he fought
ahd eook her. The prchd@n. wrote letter
iof thalks fos his galiahtry; and as Mr. Tef-
ferionhaa never heard of the murder Of n ealc
Harvey, his conduit or this occafon, is high.
lily conuendabie. On the, 7IG of December,
the lerate lent j ucfaee to the houfe Of re-
preicnasiyes, in which they refer to captain
Sterret. They propote a fet of refolptions,
that we're faid 10 BE- drawn with much fDirif.
and inwhch they requcit the prcGdcnt to pre-
icnt tie captain with gold medal with Giita-
Bile euhle61s. The representatives altered
shis rcdal into fword; and we preGme
that il has by this time been, or that il very
ioon vii be ptcfented,
Governor Wall was hanged, &c aforeCa;d.
for I'll, murder of ArnArong. His lady Is
facr 70 ford Seaforth. She is allied &c, the
duke Of Norfolk, who ranks as the very firil
peer nEngland. She is connected with nanv
other aoble families. But al this could not
fave her hulbaud from the halter. A privv
council was tch on PurPofe, and the kings
pardon was finally refufcd, Compare the
Jussice Of the Britifh priyy council with the
barbarons negligence, The marked contempt,
OF Jaitice, which politics the journals Of an
American corgrefs.
fn tory had made 70 much noifc in the
newspapers, AID produced Guch general d.
quit II the common men Of the navy, tina,
Sterre, IL he bad felt himfelf innocent, uun
have d'man1ed his trial. But in truth il Is
imPoii5ie that ne could have been acquitted.
Wnna Britilh iailor difcovers improper
tefnub in trnc Of a6tion, he is hurrictl of
deck, md tired 4; cifurc. ibis correfpoads
with uificc and humanity Cftizens Of
Amerrai lcs us hide our faces, when we
think # tlr conuaa.