Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1806-08-11
[Wzole No. 4s3.

uHCndIgcu. WcHL 10 INC piilou
intending to make the hift of pri-
feuers, according to promife, Mr..
Cook being abient, and not thinking
II prudent to remove the prifon-
ers without his aGitance, the buff
nels was DELAYED. | was at the
Jail three times in the courfe Of
the day and evening the laf time
Mr. Cook had returned, and while
we were. converting, on the fubjest
of removal, Mr.. Comftock, deputy
iherifF, prefented debtor for COM
mitment ]; informing us that the per-
fon was to be confined II clofe Jail
This circnmitance prevented, at that
time, the contemplated [hift,- tho
Mr. ComItock did not deliver up his
prifoner till next morning I; Ga1r
qrbicb, notwithstanding all the cla-
mour, and. complaints in z Re Y'Hasjf,
there has tssn 10 vacant roam IN tie
jail
/ On the Tuefdsy following, Mo-
fss Seymour, ssEfq invited ME to go
with him to his oHce,-te telling me be
wanted 10 TAX opey Qleoyr'5ftadfiaa,--.
and made fonie remarks refpeaing
the feelings Of people about Oiborn's
confinement with criminals .'At the
office we met Gen. Skinner, and
deacon Lewis. Squire Seymour
Informed the gentlemen, that "he
had invited me down there to talk
over that 5ufnefs y Upon which the
deacon Immediately role, ard went
out of the room, remarking, SIX
q0saH 20 ard cal IN them faikS."-
The deacon very foon returned, IN
company with Seth P. Beers and
Jofeph L. Smith, Efgrs. when the
fubjeG Of Ofoorn's confinement vas
again introduced at the fame TING
Mr.. Smith preiented me one Of the
& C7mmanir6tioa5," as they pleafe TO
itile them The Object Of the hrlt
I" COMMUNICATION" was 20 requet,
or rather to deri1ad Of me, that Bail
fhould be taken for Selieck Olborn,
and he be permitted to have th- lib-
critics Of the prifon yard ; claiming
that he ought 70 be conGdered and
treated as Deter, and not as
criminal II told them there was no
need of writing any thing on this
fubje6t converting i over ~auld
have aniwered as well Squire Sey-
mour obferved that "hc told theni
to put what they wanted to ttate OH
paper, and then there would BE- 10
difputes about il that if they did
not, we fiouId be certiGcating about
1t ext."--f remarked, that the
" Com intimidation" was NOT figncdt
and fuggcfed that their names had
better be put toit They replied, il
would make no difference. then
afked Gen. Skinner, deacon Lewis,
and Efd. Seymour, if they meant to
be confidered a Committee, for the
purpofc Of addreMng me on the fub-
Jet One Of them replied in the
affirmative.
They were told, rsPsFizg Cifgyts's
b7iag a CRIMINAL Or DEBToR, tbdf
az tbsy rqde ii a quelfim I 1u9uld Kirk
OF II, and corJi4it The opinion AID advieF
of E,as >5tfoyries, ard my fi.nd5-af-
turing them Of an anlwer in few
days. The next day ! met with Id
oay;sb Sf,6ag and JGs5a Garfield,
Efqrs. and put the qu-fion 70 them;
they both agreed tbdt ooaid nj take
Bail far Oeoyti /; thar he food COM
mitted as a CRIMINAL, and not as
DkBroR, and that if he wanted to
Be releafed, he mutt give the bond
required By the Court zgreeably 70
bis fentence and that the Ceurt,
and not the Sheriff, mutt take the
bond. | ALTO obtained the opinion cf
EEBa SterFag, Ell, of Salifbury,
Tames Gould, Aaron Srtitb, and III
nas Bsnsdi7, Efqrs. Of ibis town, al
of 4ub0m cgrrrd nth tie etbFr genfis-
men tn stiaion, that | was.not author
lied and had no power 10 take bonds.
,5quirc Ssymsay himfelf, after having,
at my xequeIt, confdeTed The quelt-
ion, gave it as bis opinion, as
man, not as nagitrate,") thai Z
couA nst fale Bsrdf j5r q.
The fubfance Of the feccnd
-ss Communication" was, that q OF