The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-26

OF lnVentlhS iatirlCal tale at the eH-
pence of the military character, they
could hardly have ipre1d the ia'iS OF
fiction TO fuch wild di(tance from pro-
priety, as We are now fairly iteercd by
the helm of faas. Cowardly, perFldl-
Gus and iavagc, as the attack OF George
Hay was, he !cems to find a fortunate
fell il this rulFian Olborn. He truck
a man, TO be tuge, who was older than
hirnielf, a man, with whom he had
courted aGuarrel, and againit whom he
had no fair caufe of Provocation. But
Hay did NOT itrike : man, whom his
iuperlors had appointed as his precep1or-
If he truck Calender, from bcbiHd, itill
he gave the blow wirh his own hand.
lie did not transfer the pohible danger,
and the certain punithment, to lubor-
dlnare ahatl;n. When called upon by the
laws OF his country, he did not try
TO ikuil behind the name and the guilt
ola rhird perion. With that tpecies OF
courage which coniifs in impudence,
ne boafed Of his performance. He
told che court, thar it was needless for
them 10 call wicneiIes. He acknow-
lodged the charge. fIc declared, in
the newspapers, that he ihould never
alter his opinion; that he lhould never
think he had done wrong. 4 coward, and
a lcoundrel, he has been pronounced,
by the unanimous voice of mankind.
As tuch, he is dcre[ted, and begins co
be avoided. But till he is NOT 70 bad
as Oiborn. Next winters felton, OF al
iembly will bear witneis 20 conhdera-
Die Reduction Of HAYS emoluments at
the card table and there are not ma
ny young ladies' in Richmond, who will
be forward 10 take hand with him at
Leo. But Gill, he is not 70 bad as OF
born. Pertons commencing fuit will
nor be impatient for the advice of a
lawyer, Of whom Judge Roam has pro-
nounced that he is without fcience, and
without Principle. They will not hat
ten 70 coniulr a man, as Ignorant, as
he is barbaTouS, Il man, Whole total
unacquainrance with the 6rft principles
OF law, as well as OF courage and hui
mainly, has made his name a common
jeff from New-Hamplhire TO the
Natchez. But fill, Counielior Blud-
geon is not 70 bad as Olborn.
II the assailan1, Murphew, had been
tried by court martial, it is not likely
thar he would have been found guilty..
The court, or at lealt the officers of the
regiment, feeG, 20 have been accom-
Plices othis crime. The affordino him
rations and pay, while in prilon, was
an act OF robbery on the military cbeR.
In England, the fellow would have been
reltrl6ted to the county allowance for cri-
minals. Butlwhy fhould We mention Eng
land, country, where a fcene like this
was never heard OF, and where, from
the character of Britifh officers, it could
not politely have exiited The circum-
itancc Of lying in wait for Mr.. Baron
1eems evidently TO thew thar the officers
felt themielves in the wrong. The court
ofinquiry held by the officers upon Mr..
Otborn, refuied, it feems, to hear his
exculparory evidence. This is blof-
ION OF The newly Aedged doctrine Of
AInorole Opener, OF Peter Carr, and
of the GRAND PROMP TER, thai
truth c@aat be gjpAp ~ ev:denes. For luch
retuial, the whole court martial, with
Otborn at their head, lhould have had
thelr ears cropt in the pillory, ana their
ihoulders logged at the carts tail: 1t
ieems toolifh TO have fined Mrrphew,
Ince be cannot pay the money and
the wretch, or wretches, who pufhed
him on to the commilfion Of rhe crime.
cannot DC fuPPoied to have as much no
oouF as to pay it for him. Thirty nine
'aihes, and zen years at the wheel barrow.
would have approached much nearer