Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-04-05
Fsom THE Fs1pERfcKTowN Herald.
COL BUFFERS TRIAL.

COL BUFFERS TRIAL.
| THE well known and established repd-
tation of the officer implicated The honor
able interest In his behalf uncun6ned even
| by the limits ofparty distincton-and ava
riety ofindependent circumstances, have
all conspired to produce in an uncommon
degree AID to keep alive general attention
and. curiosity in every part OF the anloh
rs to this case, OF which it. IS at last IN our
power to announce to the pubic complete
and authentic statement BY recurring to
orr journal fer December last, It VIII be
found that on NI onday the92 IS OF NoVem--
/ her. the General Court Martial ordered Tor
ff5e trial of Col Z. Butler assembled IN this
town; that the court, Of which correct
list was then given, proceeded to business
on the "Wednesday following; that on
Monday the. stu If December, the stestl-s
monv having been gone through with and
closed on both sides, Col. Buffers defence
| was delivered to the court: and on the
next day, Tuesday the 9Th, the court con-
GUIDED their determination. he long ~
| terval Of suspence for more than three
I noaths which have elapsed since the court
| decided, without the sentence having been
| made known, or the proceedings returned
| .by Gen. Wilkinson, the arrestnG officer,
! and commander in chief, to whom they
/! were transmitted, induced Coi. Butter VINO
+ has waited the intermediate while at TINS
| Mace ana at Washington, to apply to the
secretary ofwar on the subject, froIn whom
{! he derived the information on which we
| are now permitted to publish. Before pre-
! senting the defence and the sentence OF the
| court, it seems proper, however, and more
agreeable, without regarding ne order OF
| time, first to offer Col. Butler'sletter to the
Secretary of War, which led to know
| LEDGE of the sentence, and the correspon-=
! dence which followed in Immediate con-
nection.
Cry OF. WAsHrNGToS,
Fe6ruary %, 1904.
The lapse Of time that las taken place
since the close Of my trial, at the town OF
| Frederick, has laid me under the necessity
Ct once more addressing you On that un-
pleasant subject.
In your favor OF the 10Th Of December
| last, YOU. gave me to understand, that |
| might expect return OF the proceedings OF
my trial in twenty or twenty FIVE days from
the date. Sixty-ave days have passed off
! Without my having received any further IN
formation whatever. Thisunexpected de-
| lay in the PRONUNCIATION OF the proceedings,
has added much TO my impatlehce. lis
true, sir, my situation may xciteno great
degree of.sympathy, yet it certainly DE-
rnands attention and justice, which IS all |
seek for. Then permit ne. to request OF
| YOU to state my caseto the president OF the
United States, as cannot suppose, that he
| can be in possession of the merits Of my tri-
| al, and suffer such aload ofinjuries as have
been heaped on me, to remain so 1oag I'M
removed. tits now nine months Since my
! arrest took place at Fort Adams on the
NIissippi, from which post | was ordered
| to the state of Maryland for trial, and after
| having performed ajourney OF upwards of
fifteen. hundred miles in the heat Of isum-
| mer, my trial was put off from the 10th Of
| September to the Goth November, which
delay ! bore without complaining, and |
now appeal not only to your own feelings,
sir, butte the feelings OF every man Of sense
and honor, to say if the treatment which I
! have received since the commandments of
that business has not been such as the prin-
ciples of honor-and the laws ofmy country
will notsanction.
/ am with respect,
Your humble servant,
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