Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1807-03-13

and Hughes.
Judge Wortman, and Mr. Bradford,
printer, are among the persons arrested
by virtue Of the decvees Of Wilkinson. ?.
>.~r-~ More Aryests. g..
Saturday night last, . man BY the name
OF Peoples, (of Ken.ueky) was arrested
6y the military, On suspicionpf being a
nurrlte ! Il scenes that he was little
Intoxicated, and ,avowed himself to be
one Of Bufrs party, Showed his epaulet
and said he held captains commission.
He IS now confined and we suppose win
be shipped OF in a few days.
~ January I6. ;.
Gen, John Adair was arrested on
Wedaesday last, and zen. away about I
o'clock next morning.
We have 10 apologize for the late Hour
at which the Gazette appears to 'ilay.-it
Is owing TO the repeated arrest Of James
NJ. Bradford, one Of the Editors Of the
Orieans Gazette, BY the military, and
the employment Of three persoas from
this ONCE on military duty. =
The same cause, added to the distract.
ed situation ofths city, prevents our tax.
ing further notice NJ fhis moment Of the
above and other military arrests, which
have taken place for few days past.
January ~. 49,.
The alarming state Of public concerns
at this moment, rendering Il Impossible
to conduct the press with that freedom
and independence whit& ought ever 10
characterize it. the editors ofthe Orleans
Gazette are under the painful necessity
ofinforming their patrons, that from this
time until the troubles which Il present
agisa!e the public mind, ars q m end,
It win Cease ID be political paper
The publication indeed would Be entire.
y suspended, was it not . duty We owe
our commercial friends, to continue il
ssmi-weskly, a. an Advertiser. Should
any Important foreign matter come to
hand. our readers shsH speedily have il
in an extEa sheet. Commercial and Ma.
rine Articles win be thapkfaily received
and We win endeayor % make our PAPER
amusing, by well selerted Miscellany
--Burwe cannos deceive The worldly
the eferiatisn sfa free press, when tdbes
:. : January %.
The tollowipg has been handedu. BY
4 friend q part Of the presentpnen. made
by the grand. jury, At the hte topeniur
ofths hyperion court Of this territoryi
At session Of the Supreme court of
the territory Of Orleans, holdea q the
city hall Of the city Of New. Orleans ON
Saturday the 24th Of January ID the Year
ot our Lord 1907, came the Grand Farv
IN and for the said territory and made
the following o. -, +. ~
PREsENrMENT-.5
"1n addition to the bills Of Indictment
now preferred by the Grand Jury Tor die
sity and codity Of QrIrans, they feel
themsrlses imperiously called upon 10
present Is I most dangerous and alarni.
ing evil, de late unprecedented exerris.
Of military, power. id this city. they
have seen with no lsss establishment than
grief, the laws and the, civil authority
Prossrated before 4 military fores-They
have seen the citizens ofshe u. States,
and ct this territory, seized pp66 and
imprisoned by that force, and deprived
Of the benefit Of that great bulwark of ssi.
gil liberty the writ Of Habeas Corpus.
Nav more: they have seen the general
commanding the American Army here,
come'before this honorable court, and
openly ayew such illegal arts,. and de-.
clare that he would psrsesere in ,hsm,s
and to this grand jury the same general !
has acknowledged the cemmissions Of
.neh aets, and sought to justify them BY
Ailsdg'ns that they were previously advi-
BED or approved By the goyernor and twos
d The judges Of this territory. Whoever |
his adversaries were, We hold such Id. !
pies under existing circumstances, as a |
:otafdereliction Of al regard TO the con. |
and Laws Of the, United States, !
md q: s.riking.s the ysiy foundations Of
:ish liberty. We enter not into the
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