The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-01-05

out light or afr, and that under the Inc,
and during the hotteA part of the day,
the party, whoto characters had all been,
calt beforehand, and with oashs and i'm
precationss United on Immediate al
milton. his he reiolutcly refuled TO
grant, but With the fame breath again
inrreated them 20 take his money, and
leave him unzaoleited, a propelai on
his parr which was ttroogiy leconded BY
Mr.. Parterion, rhe fourth mate Of the
flip, With she additional afiurance that
he, sheir officer, would be aniwerable
for the plaintiff ffpplying all Q them
with fPnits, OF the Hips arrival at
scgrtay Neither 70 be Won by intrea-
ties, however, nor inrinlida5ed by threats,
the gang -lnimctiareiy began 70 fierce
open the door; bur NOT tucceeding IN
this 70 eadlyas they expected, they ali
with one accord &ent OH deck, as il on
Pufpoie Tor farther orders and ffcfn ia
itruStlons. MIR. Raymond, the third
mate, accordingly, detired lonte OF diem.
to go below, and TO take the door of
the hinges, and iilggcted siia1 others
might make their way in at the pofr.
While one party went down wirh the
carpenter for tke !irIt Of r}efe purpofes,
a tailor of tbs nanie ct Edwards, was
let down the iide OF the ihip, brapdif,ipg
naked cutlais IN che haad, while he
held bludgoon in the other. Bv the
aiiiitance of the latter weapon, the plan
riff s port, which he Was cot failor
enough TO faGen p optily, was lifted up,
and Edwards itretciling the ARA which
held the cuElaiZ INFO she cabin, made
t4lrutts fhc.rUi{h IN every direction.
winch MIR. Nav Tor fore tinae carried
~icE his iWordj and though he could,
sr ti,is period, with great cafe, eitkeg
have {fabbed CT ihoe his aiIailanr, he ai,-
ttfaiaed from doing hin, any injury. In
deco, the piitols with which he hasi arm
I'd ilirlltclt, and which he now fred of,
in hopes approaching himfe!f from fur
ther ou:ragcs, were loaded With powder
only. No fooner, however, were thry
soth discharged, rl1an Edwards made !
mslp into the cabin, his aGociates at the
iare,e- infant rul,ing in al the door.
The whole arrnsd gang now preifetl
round the plaintif, al after preffine
&le WORD from the only hand he had 10
hold one, tore ard dragged him apon
deck. There he olung lotne rIne to
the Poff ot the puddy door, and feeling
1o.hoPcs Of projection, but the contrary,
sgorn the fifti and tllird mate who were
ni}on deck, called out in the mott anxi-
nilS manner 10 the captain of Eiic hin.
@i'c, from the unfortunate circumference
oil tf!e door Of his apartment being fi,ut
al the moment, Joined 60 the grear noif1
which prevailed without, heard morning,
as he afterwards declared, of dis appeal
70 his protection, which otherwife, there
could be no doubt, from his difapproba-
ti9n Of the proceedings when informed
81 them would not have been mace III
vain.
Such was noH the agitation Of the
Plllntitf s mind, thar he actually made
Al atEctnPt,ro eicape from farther OUT
rage, by throwing binIclf overheard, /
and woQid have affected his fatal pur-
pole, if it had not been for the active
humanity Of his friend, Mr.. Patterfon.
Bp5 neither the pain he had already IN
eiergore, nor his evidently prcferriug
desash irfif TO farther indignity, had the !
cffeef Of procuring him any reipircor re-
lcaie.- fSe was torn from his hold, ]
@iragged along the quarter deck 20 che
waite, and forcibly fx'd in the boar,
bali full OF filthy water, which lad been
placed here for the bufnefs of the day.
lis eyes being bandagcd with dirty
napkin, Gauteous competition of tar
and pitch was rubbed over his face, and
eeken of again By the means OF a ruity
hoop, 3trVing tie pnFp0ie Of razor