Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-03-09

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relieved and the one WHO lucceeded,
having no in(ru6tions with regard to
the writ of habeas corpus, | lerved
another upon him he told me that
he could not receive it upon which
| informed him of lis nature and left
1t ia the guard room.
When 1 returned tt town, was
informed Of he generals oratorical
and patriotic fourth to the rrtGrn
made to writ Of habeas corpus, as
ttated BY Mr.. Livingaon in bis ad-
drtts to the public and now that |
notice that addrels, [ beg leave TO ex-
prels my entire coDvi6ton Of the in
nocence OF that gentleman. | mott
lincereIy lament that his generous
efforts in my favor hould have again
dlIturbed the iUbhding malice Of the
general and b,uih for humao ma
ture itlelf, when fee the guilty
hand prefent the Poifoned challce to
the unofending lips Of innocence.
tie Bext morning, fteady To nv
duty, and not in rhe leaft diicomrof-
ed by the generals denunciatlon,
finding that 10 return had been
made to the habeas corpus i'll the cafe
Of MIR. Swartwout, and the iherif-
having Informed me that he had
twice called at the generals for the
PurPofr Of ferving il, bat had been
refuled admittauce, applied to Judge
Workman for an attachment. tie
directed the fherif TO 60 once more
to the general and inform: him Of the
nature of his buGnefs.
On the fame day, after dinner, as
if il were the necefary con(equence
0 performing my duty, captain Brad
i'm, with troop Of horte, arreiteI
me by virtue of an order from gener-
al Wilkinfon, unfactioned BY any civ
il authority. After drink z a glafS
Of wine with me, he aIked we whcth-
er would conhGer myfclf as under
arrth, and was about to diimits his
troop requetted him to flew me
his orders, and having peruied them,
told him that an Illegal order, was
no order, and that could not confid.
er myfelf as under arrcG. alto ex
preGed a with shat he would retain
his troop, obterying that | thouid be
unwilling to ihed Iii. blood, but that
| was prepared | then remarked to
the troop that / was unable to reGlt
them, and after a few minutes | was
conducted 10 the generals quarters,
where | found Mr. Ogdea who had
been fent there 1hort time before.
The general never condcfcended to
Witt Us, but as he Pafci by averted
his head, as if afraid TO meet the
looks Of thofc whom he had injured
here upon he ground floor, in place
Infected by rats, we Paded the night
together; and the next morning BE-
fore fun rife, il order to prevent any
generous effort from being made for
our refcue, We were hurried acrof,
the river, to the milerabc thed, which
bad juf before been occupied by MIR.
Owartwout.
Upon my arrival there, | wrote
two notes one addrefed to Mr.. Phi
lip ZONES, and the other to the coll
leaor of New-Orleans the former
contained this unpardonabla lentence
as it reg wds myE.lf, internally all
is we'll, and | enjoy tranquility Of
foul which is truly cnviable }" and
the other concluded with tbs follow
ing words, " if you have ever enter
tanned a favorable opinion Of me,
requef thar you viii retain Il, for
pied c n,yGtlf to come out in The fun
fhine Of integrity" Thefe lstrers, I
am convinced, were never delivered,
and let me add, that | never received
MI. Livinslton's note or the fupplies
which he was 70 good as TO pat UP for
me.
Here we learnt that MIR Swlrt-
wourt had b CT removed down The
river to iort "a. Philip, the preceding
night No PerIon was permitted to
Witt Us, and even The common offices
Of nature could not BE- performed
without the fuperlntrndenc@ Of x
corporal and 6e a men Wei
continued there about week, when