Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-02-12
Prom TIC Ne1o Orleans Gazette 81 Dec. so.
To the Public.

CAIN the aterni,on of nas.feilaw citizens.
fiswag unfortunately been sufferer IN
sise eaa Urinary scenes now exhibited IN
this ,ern.ofy, tue just56asasisn q nay osva
cnsragter, forces uss 10 detail q series or
srvrf,gs, too public 70 be doubled sas SO
new Is tie ;istosy CO cur country that taey
viii Not obssia easy belief at distance,
and eau scarcely BE- realized by ,aose who
daily bsnold rheu.
a dictagogia power assumed by the
commander of al American arrny--she
military arrest ot ciiisens charged with a
s.ssi fleece the violation Of the sanct9.
aSy vi Justice, sy ars; entering II with a
compliance, and thea dragging fhe accused
isom IS bar; az attampt 70 oyefasYe by dc.
nuaclaIions, those uho dared profession.
ais 70 assert tae a1saar.;y. of,s,he laws j;
me recorded unblashiog avowal OF the
sm2l2ymeni Ct talilsssy force Is panlsh q
CIV! oasnce thg hardy menace al Pesss-
yerIg lnshc same eoe. sc ana ihe assert
dbat anc9edible -co-opera,ion of the so.
prssae exeeaiive IL the c5GatFy, in these
proceedings. are CIRCUMSTANCES that must
command soenuon, ard excite The CORES
p@ndiag sensimenss Of grief, Indignation
and contempt
My primary oblecs. however, IS my own
exerlparion from charge solemniy nsade
against rae 10 the heariug Ct hundreds, al
tbs bar, where my reharacter Is my only
support, aud BY a maa, whose, situation
ought 10 give weigh! 20 his asseT'ions. IN
she performance of ;hissueeessaty but M.
initiating task. shall be obliged o speak
OF nysrf ard Of ny Affairs vita = parti
eulari,y th..' VII be tsdcos. and woaid be
impfoper, Ii il werenot necessary tor my
defenee.
About three years previous TO 'Eepre.
sen, period, | lsf, tbs ely Of New foSk
whsss abandoned every thing that eaoltd
bind mesio a eoun ry, sae friends OF nly
cary ,oash, ;he coulpanisans OF my rapssr
years /; a pumerdps ard aheeaorate faral
Is; children iron wtsom | had never b en-
Sc arated, aoa @hpn lAe tendefese aoe
most melancholy recoiie nae EeossE'
ed aoabiy dear 10 my heart. leis thsEe
every thing bat fortune Circumstances
unnecessary 10 repeat nat involved '1se
conssderahsysin deb. and an unssiiiks &c
count with the u. S. 30 whan | was pro-
b by indebted between so and 40 GEO del.
lars, rendered ii more necessary ihas
should taake.some saerstiee to 90 jasilce TO
my eredItovs, rather than eSonsrate QlyseEi
by the means which ths lsw prosid d tor
neisons in my sitdation. / reslgded ~ no.
norable and she most lucrative osice IN the
stare ,asd / embarked for tnls place IL
u. &C mbsr. 1903: arrived 10 February.
folIaw;ug, having made 40 assignment Of
a large landed properly for the beneGt ct
nv creditors, aad brought with me only
sum Of abou, one hundred dollars, and
slstser Of credit for one thousand more, iar
pished by my bsother, to wnotn an. sill
indebed fer the amount these naeans
were nearly exhausted before the opening
of the courts. AS soon as could conn
mence the duties of aay profession, ia.
der,oGk them with industry and aeal,. add
soon found ha, by perseverance, sloa!d
la a lew years be enabled 20 attain the OBJ
i.c,s searesl ny heart The payaaent OF my
Sebts, and the return to nay family and
frisnds. The profits OF my profession
were invested in lands, because their GER
tain increase Of value promised a sPeedier
Accomplishment of my wishes. About
two months since, that e.ppy period seem.
ed to approach had exoaerated a very
valuable and extensive tract OF land, from
all lneumbrances, aud had pointed It out
TO the officers of the treasury as the means
Of .liquida,ing my balance with the paoic'
had sold plantation to Mr.. Davis,
which alter paying an incumbsance on nat
and another ,ract, lett me his mortgage ios
the so.n of IL 1000 dollars payable one hall
10 ooe and the other half Ia two years,
ard I was on the point of accepting oHeGs
VI hioh ware raads. me for she sale or ane-