The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-11-13
From THE WHIG, Nor. 4
REWARD OF MERIT.

-'"''o'' "NeTe fDey ougbf 10 oe-o1 TIE rdNorUg.
The fox ran long-bur was eaugh. at laR." A
CERTAIN Chief Ju0ice iniuted the nation, and derac
the bcaeb; bat at length was branded with IRE.
movable infamy.
onu the events of yeerday ye,uozea my fceptie;fm.
mad dihel'eved the adage, Tox eetnii eR vex DEL
i now Dow with tu,l faith its authority So wheln.
ing was the popular voice yefterday evening againit
"ei0H and the aceobiees of traitors that not ELre
was urawn' or s,ire be dydron, reia the .n.enet
o"P'aytu ny republican popuaee, for lueh charac.
ters' Aven our peace loving MAYOR (It is Eadl
uttered hmielf to float with the current which he ;;
Uain endeavored to Rem
IN eoneYucnce ri notification contained in a hand
p''i' which was circulated in the forenoon of yeaer-
DAY an '"1'e sOneonre Of citizen. afeubed ar F.ls
Font about O'Clock, where Eifigies of four choice
'pFhs we're prepared with coniummatr toGe. and
VIC p'''n Oh each ditmguhed by All afpyefriaie
motto We fha take them iiuyiy
The bra worthy thus labelled
~ Ii tins trial ihoud terminate as the government
"ih'--but tins is not yeevanf TO the cale--I with
t" near AN areument--l am willing to lear council
on that point"
Second,
II pi"'iinate the Prefdent, and drive Congrefs
into the Potowmac"
Third,
A'as are ehemGry and bag pipes come to this (!
Il can't diltingula nan from a bOyE."
Fourth
My innocent perfecs,ed frend-We take no
extract but trom-mola!ies. My friends, the victims
OF governmental vengeance"
HE TRAITORS thus defignated:
Batckt yoi6 miles, ard 5une round qyib Hy;,o,"
were conveyed deeently, amidN the E,je conduct of
respectable aii=hblage of citEens--( hated trail
TORS yer Ped human frail.y ito their lat fad end
~ la'tice to the eHIet5, however, we mul obCerye
that they behaved with iilence folemnity, and de-
ii'ure cehea""r which (let US hope) befpoke genu-
ie repeutace Tor the heinous crimes they had CON,
mttrd LaLb, Brandy Bottle was 70 affected with
'e pr"ipet before him., that he absolutely collaos-
Gu ara tainted TWO o. three times the Journey TO
the gailo"9; but was each time revived by well tim
Cd and weil-2pp!ed braady. On rho whole ALTHOUGH
they were rudely, Gndeed | thought Elvagei,) in
iui'ed by the black Langan, they returned not an i'll
"oIu' nor an angry look. Eternity was before them;
and they were Gient, awful and yeveyen.iak
he hang'Eg e ferrous buiineis Cod knows y was
executed like an lriih funeral, night by aassbeap
ana right happy are we in recording, emphasicaily,
that not 'Hgh igfaaee Of Af0,dt~ bappenod fran be-
gh"H"g to end; although the proeeion of citizens ira
veried' and travered again, the principal areets in
Baltimore There were iome very vinegar afpeeis"
and iury faces to be iure, foe doors and windows
friends.
We are told Of an extraordi binary phenomenon which
the execution ct lawyer Brandy Bottle prefented He
Was icare-'y hoi!tea the F" fatal tree" when his
whole body, (Which had been long 70 eom5vai6ie that
IT was only kept from burning TO tindsrs by Geoyeut
h~'yf"ig) absolutely blew up by Goqsaneous e,,rbnc
ne" oh what Is manor what is human life I
he had been about TO adrei the croud and pronounce
his dying fPeech" when he was hurried off TO thar
" bourne" which bounds all return
Chief Iuifice Nj * the Ou;d Fp,n.ro-:
when aiked AT The foot OF the galows, (by the p,ieN
whether they were guty of freajon, dixie YooA the
coiner0 they did No, DENY IT,"
As tor BunderhaiIet-hs fsae mockd all time"
he was forever hient and forever fad" He Ut
tered not word at his death--athough he was very
garrulous IN his life time His tqsitu,niiy was very
properly dcribed the effect of the awful fcene lpon
i man of weak nerves
lPectator has promfed to furnili us with the two
dying iPeeehes OF the two matter fpirits :" taken in
thort hand at 5he foot of the gsIows Till we o,,
'1fm we mutt iorbear to give much more of the pro-
eeeangs OF that evenu day. Eventful let us call it
"hlen emblazoned in fams5, the hatred of treafon,
winch the people Of Baltimore expreed on thar me
morabe oecaiion Let US hope that IN. Cacred fire of
Pa'riotilm lighted on that day, will expand in blaziug
magnitude and warm the whole Uaian
Our IS not the drunken triumph of a mobbi(h rab.
o'e H Is the heart; eonisling fccitation of freemen
VINO thus brand wichaa!ble iniany traitors 70 their
country aud the 6siyay, of the laws the peryerter
OF reaon o this end, the qobsls eeyezsoav Syyey
es-to obtain enquiry by the conGtuted authorities
OF the government into JUDICIAL nr..ssvcr,n,1.
ana procure the NECESSARY pur6cation of that 6.ge
a" 0OTF That iueh glorious end may be the reiult
Is 'e unanimous prayer fevery bone citizen of thefe
Rates.
We have not time nor to notice the ealy7si,, and
H/o""Sa/eori which circulated 70 freely yen erday a.
h'oig the friecds OF BUry. The aIs now leotchd d.
ana even lcorthed that It can DO no 7oyoag"
10 ruth we ought to ak pardon of our readers for
'his lame iketeh OF grsaf triumph We fel, all the
dliheuty OF o,r CHtiaJan O'Brail4s6aa when he was
aked to deierIbe battle He very properly obferv-
cd that 10 much was doing every where chat the1e
was no telling what was done aay where The Cnh.
jeet, we confes puzzles us bv its extent and inner
lance. We ihall touch it again.
"VlVAT RESPUBLiCA."