Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-02-23

ence and mutiny, 70 thdtwithin an hoEr
after the above mentioned OF Iers were If
fued theie companies and y T officers had |
marched from the place {. parade. Capt.
Young who commsnded0ne of the Brit /
! oil companies led the way and the others
followed his example.
OF thele meafures III; Major General
and other o7icers at M. Boland's were
Immediately afterwards iEormed. He diff |
patched feveraI # thele Ulcers in differ |
ent directions 70 overtake the difobedient
companies, md order thin to return 10
their dut.. Col. Watersard Major Ra-
yer were in pu fat of Capt Carlton who
commanded the Balitown company and
| overlook them. The Col. ordered Capt.
, Carlton TO halt /; he continued his march,
and brandilhing his fVord In a menacng
manner, replied, :" Damn you, clear tae
road, OF | will iplit you down." Some
of Cartons men iaid TO them, " Damn
you, if You hurt him (meanns Capt. Carl
tom we will blow your brains out" The
Col. ther reqaetted Capt. Carlton to halt
that they might converie together, in or
der if pOfible, that the cauic of difcon-
tent mlght be satisfactorily explained-this
| was retJ ed, and the captain with his com
| Pany c4ttlnued their march homtward.
Gen. Swall afterwards dispatched one
| of his Aids Major Gaunet, and Captain
McCr:te OF the Whcalict cavalry, to Capt.
| CarltCn, with orders 10 return 10 his duty.
! They overlook him, ordered him to halt
I his Company, and return to his ltatlon III
I the inc. Capt. Carlton replied, i" that
/ the officers" (meanIng the field officers)
" lad neglected their duty, and left the
f, field, and that he would not, ana was de-
termined not to ttay there" When Ma
lor Glnnet, attempted to reafOn with HIM
on the iubjett, he ordered his men 10
march, part of them obeycd his orders,
f; the remaining part under the command Of
the Lieut.. (btiRg 70 ordered BY Major
| Ganntt) returned to their itation on the
! parade. Some Of the men wha followed
the CAPTAIN, advanced to Major Gannett
and opt. MCCrate, and brandilhiug their
armSoNcI their horle5 heads, obliged them
10 draw Their iWOrds in their own defence
and effect tier eicape, being convinced,
that both pDnuaion and remembrance
were alike Intellectual.
Q the lntlueaCc and mitigation OF Col.
BaitOw and Capt. Aiklns, who lately COM
mAndec the fame regiment and COMPANY,
the mIcOndutt Of capt. Hutton, his fub-
slterns and men, is TO be principally At.
tubuted. If thoie per1ons did not at firf
excite the ipirit Of mutiny they were cx-
tremely active in their tndtavors To H.
create and tpread il in every direction.
They advIted the captain il the preience
OF his men to quit the pande-many Of
whom, after hearing this advice, left the
ranks, and behaved fill more diforderly
than before. Capt. Hutton exprcllrd bis
reluctance 20 comply with the inclnations
OF his men, but laid that unleis the field
oihcers ihould tOOn return, he ihOuid be
Obliged to march them away his Enhgn
Nlr. Hunter, attempted tc pertuade him
% remain at his pot, he urged, I" Tbat ~
CoI. WaterJ bad treated fken zvitb dire
.LPe6'Jef t6at q00J no yea/o7 qVby they B0ud
1TeHE !6S JIeId officers end soz,ernnent 4vit5
ayrelfed," and warned he captain that
ms dIiObedence would cot Lir' money,
ana lu6lect him to military ceniure. This
eApotuIatIon had monentaty effe6-a
mort pauie eniued--to countera9 its in
huence, the adviiers to tbs diiorderly con-
duet, iucceistully renewed their exertions,
and Capt. Hutton, his flbalterns and COM
Pany march from the parade.
Col. Seavey, Major Page and Major
mefFiii VINO were ient in purluit, and
found that part Of the company had diE-
period, and that part we're marching I'M
der the command Of Nj. Hatch who act
ed as Lieutenant, followed by their Enfign
Mr.. Hunter. Capt. Hutton being in the
road little ditance fDn his men. was
ordered by Majors Page and Merrill to re-
turn with his company to their place on
the parade. Capt. Hutton refuGed, alIedg-
ing, that his men would not obey fuch
orders, and it appears that at this time
II was probably out of his power I'd in
duct them to return. They then left him
and went in purluIt Of Lieut.. Hatch, thew
rode up IN front and Major Page reuueG-
ed the Lleut@ant to halt his COMPANY.
Mr. Hatch mai NO reply, but continued
his march, MAJOR Page repeated his re-
quef, Lieut.. Hatch pricked the borfr II
MAYOR Page, with his fword and then at
tempted to prick the horfe of Col. Sea-
vey; upon which Major Page, Major Mer-
TIL and Col. Seavey, after they had pafIcd
the company, addretied Enfgn Hunter
who was marching in the rear he fop- I
Ped-the company marched on-Mai1r !
Page then converted with EnGgn Hunter !
and informed HIM that the conieonencr of !
dlfobedience would be injurious n him /,
A appears IN evidence, that aftertbis con-
yeIiation Mr.. Hunter did not again ioin !
The company.
Another of the BrhoI companies com
manded BY Capt. Morton, of which Litnt |
William Martin and Enfign Peter Cole
more were tubalterns, were, about the
lame time with the nthers cnrL.nL