Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-11-03

cule &dCrlilon, q which was intended q
.RApidlv 6ellez,ed by him to throw odium
and contempt upon the company to
which he belongs, and on his proper Of
hcers. 1t is fully proved by the fame
witnefes, that he appeared wearing
pair of ipectacles of an unufual aze and
appearance, faitened round his head with
black ribbon or fomething reIembling it,
and It fully appears that fpedacles of any
kind are not ufually worn by him, nel-
ther were they fuch as could affft or re-
lieve the fight Of any perion to whom
1pectacles might be hecefary-and it is
very apparent that thefe were not inten-
dcd for any fuch purpoie, but were pro-
cured not to relieve the fight, and could
be only fit 10 decorate the forehead OF
\ Baab Harding, that he wore a ftraw
hat with yellow band procured for the
ocCafion-that over white neck hand
kerchief of the ufual kind, he wore a ban
danna handkerchief, 70 called, twifted up
to the resemblance Of cOrd--~that he
wore three wdiltcoats Of unulIiai and I'M
equal lengths, all of different colours, in
tuch a manner TO expofe them to view
as much as pofiible and to render his
appearance till more ridiculous and con-
temPtibe each waftcoat was confined with
only one or two buttons at the breait,
70 that they might ea6ly be blown about
by the wind--that having either very
long fufperders or none at all, his panta-
looms filled up his boots 70 as to make his
appearance awkward beyond defcription
and had it not been for the length of
his waiftcoats he mutt have exhibited at
ms walfband an appearance exceedingly
indecent if not obfcene. His canteen
was very awkwardly hung upon him with
a profuhon Of what is called quality
binding, which further decorated his
dreis with long ftrings or bows.-His
boots had been kept for a number of
weeks in his cellar in order TO contract a
mould which might render them fuita-
bic addition to the other parts Of his drefs
he carried what he called knapfack,
but which was rather bag, or pack of
mutual fize whimhcally painted and
marked No. LIN which was a very large
ialt fih feleGted on account Of its iize from
pile or ten qulntals, 70 large that the
tail OF the fifth appeared above his fhoul-
ders out of the mouth OF the bag-but
the Defendant will no longer treipafs up
on the patience Of the Court by continu-
ing this defcription. Heickens ofthc talk.
1t further appears from all the tefimony,
that this being on the annual May muiter
for infpe6tion of arms, the Defendant pro-
ceeded to the performance of that duty,
by ordering each folder in the company
10 advance leparately, and prefent thlir
arms to him as their commanding officer,
and that this latter order was given to
each private as he advanced, by d fer
jeant, detailed for that duty-and it is full
ly proved by the teltimony of Solsmon
Whitney, Nathaniel Chafe, Ebenezer
Noyes, Jofeph Maxwell, and as the De-
feRdant believes fome other wtneGes, that
inftead of obeying this order, he was wan
tonly diiobedient and guilty of another
direct and pointed infult. The Defend
ant deems it unneceflary to delcribe it.
1t is farther apparent from the teRimony
OF the witneiles, that this was not the
trf, nor even the JecoHd offence of the
kind committed by Noah Harding, but
that he had committed two other and al
mott iimllar offences in the courie Of the
lait year for one Of which he was put un-
der military guard, and marched round
one OF the iquareS OF the town, under
the Kogue's March. This puniihmcnt
was inflicted by order Of the Captain
or the company, under hope that
icnie Of fhame would reduce him
to decent behavior and proper obedience
to lawful authority. But it was vain
hope, as the whole of the evidence both
for the government and the Defendant
fully verlfics. This punifhment which
was thought at The time Efficiently fevere
had nc other effect, but to induce the of
fender to add iniult upon infult and it
was productive of threats that at the next
mufer he would, 70 NE his own exprei1i-
on, scout damn'der caper than he did be-
FORE" or appear ten times worie if pof-
tible than he had appeared before"-this
is satisfactorily proved by the tefimony of
Jonathan Lupd, Thomas Leavis, Walter
Hatch aud many other witneiIts. 1t
feems unneceiiary TO repeat that purfuant
TO thefe threats, and Gitrt gardtng the
well intended, and friendly advice of the
witnefies laft mentioned, and many others
which the defendant thinks il not necefIa-
~ to name TO the Court, Noah Harding
the Compliment did appear upon parade
on the fame fifth day of May, in the man.
ner which is attempted to be deicrbed,
but to Gelineate the appearance Of man,
who looked more ike deferter from a
mad houie, than any rational being, beg
gars All deicripton.
What is the mighty caufe which in the
opinion of Noah Harding fulfilled this
conduct on bis part why forlooth, Capt.
Ilney in march was overtaken by a
flower, and as It was not confdered prop
er to difmiis the company in the freet,
but to march them TO the place of pa.