Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-12-31
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Extrect IF d Letter from Ksa!ucsu.

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you, only that The legislature have .hoS -
proper to Yepeal the charter Of the 5apI
thing notto be found in the annals Of /
ttory,i: will certainly put stop to any n
!, lie institutions in this state" :
Iss The following intelligence is said to h,
been received in town: ssthat bo1v
eight hundred indians had assembled ~
De;roit,s on the British side of the S,,ss
land seatin belt of Red and Black W.,
PUN TO the mandiag officer there. n
militia nave been called Cut, and j. isle,
led that they are not adequate 10 the d,
gency." (9asL31bJ
An unfortunate differences prevails ind.
territory of Upper Il ouisizaa, brtw,.
the governor (gen. Wilkinsoa) aad Ii
Judges Lucas aud Easton) Of The Gep,s
court. II seems the governor had con-
missioned James l.. Donaldson, ESQ !
district attorney, busihePwas refused pA
recognized BY the court, after repea.sab
procuring his commission. Ihetgtsnds
ry took the matter 10 consideration, anldn
monsuaied against il and have liksss
brought forward charge against onss
7 the judges fEasson) fore iadling, Partiss
larly in the case OF a poor snan by til |
name Of David Fine, residing near III
river Merrimack, WHO has 8 wife and
seven Children. and whoni the sail
Judge Easton did, (says the grand ,,iuy
is some time in tue month Of May last, VI
>ing then Judge OF the territory Of Ioas
lana, under the most Fraudulent pre,eness
obtained from, deed for about 600 acre.
|of,land, without giving him any considen|
ton for The same" When the court found
that the grand jury were going to examine
Witnesses to establish this fraud agains|
Easton, they ordered the Jurors out Of,
convenient room. wherein they sat, ani|
compelled them (21 In number) to sit sn|
room of dimensions scarce sufficient n
contain their bodies, being no more than
feet by and an half feet Some of .h.|
Jurors actually tainted in this confinement
It seems it was owing 70 a detection Of
Easton's netarious. practices by genera
Wilkinson, that the court was SO inveterats
against his appointment Of district attorI
ney. The harsh conducs of the court 70
the Jury, however, did not break the spri4
of the later. who have published a fuH
representation OF the whole affair to tk
world. [Repub. AdV.l
The only difference that appears to exist
between the Democrats and Federall''A
trtla,ive 70 the late Presidential Message
is simply shis, that stle democrats are pre-
pared to daub anl sedisen, every thing thai
comes from Mr.. efeya0n or any OF hi
active and Influential parsisans; where's
the federalists, en- every occasion, haS'
examined the merits Of his political con-
duct, and though they have found llstlsa
i be praised, that little has not gone unre'
warded BY. their appreciation nor ouSa'
|ssheir investigation of BIS errors, howeve
severe it May, in some instances have been
have proved Improbable to him. The k
deralists, are indeed, his true friends ;;thsl
have uniformly pointed oct the road y
which he should walk, and recommends
course Of conduct that would, not tan
leading him to that proud and lofty sml
nence, from which the treachery Of a'
Calender or Duane couldpossibiy hurih, !,
They have in the present instance, fFans!
acknowledged, thar his Language and on u
views appear 20 brighten, and to approa',.
nearer and nearer TO the principles au y
.enets of'the Washington and Adams Az ~
minissrasion; still, however, they conteno
that he approaches the hal|owed temple
federalism, either wnhsfear or reluctanc i
that onspoints wherein the feelings OF y. y.
whole nation are alive, aud on which w.
interest Of very large and perhaps :"
weaithiest part OF the community are m =
teria!ly concerned, he is indistinet, lnaeA
mite, and lukewarm. The injuries amor !,
suits which the country have endured' !
a! -, 49, e;,ar,, noseihle shane have ar0uss'