Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-12-18

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o Wbs. was his central cha'asser! A.
3 i nat is : resy delicate question Unfor.
tunasrty fer mai ar Bruf he bad Dot msnY
fsiers'sri,hfr anDag be citizens or fileers.
Chief Justice What was The character
Of ,najor buff SO a man OF truth Ne
yer heard II called IN question.
Nar. III Rae. What was general charac.
serbeforr the arrival Of general W. as a
man If Integrity and truth. say ms Se-
neral character, for never willeeqoire 90
70 every particular &C, Of a mans lasss
a cannot say. DO rot know how he
was esteemed as man ef integrity Sx.sa;h. {
] never heard il impeached, bur think shs
grnesal had more friends than he. lk9ow
Re was ot liked "a tie comman6autof the
post. What kind Of position IS Geld
Water, Is TIA desirable ore?a shorghs
il the mos, desirable enc Il ever saw, as to-
healthiness. wood. water, and the canse-s
nisoce with which provisiors end military
stores might be collected. oWsre YOU
PLACED there for the accommodation OF the
troops as FOR any military operations! A
Tat place YEAS selected for -cansonment;
ard for iha, purpose ii is.the most eligible
ever sew. @ Whas is judge Eastor's
general character? A Ii Is rot good. q
Did naicr b. accommodate judge Essiou
wish quarters in the garrison which had
Leer furnished TO the major by the public?
A kIes did. Wheat speak ct maje- Brua
RS NOT good commandant Of posi-, !
mean a.to his not agreeirg with the ofh
GERS. AS to his military skill ! say
nough'.
Gols Henry Gather was called 10 and
in,errcrated as to ths character and con
3.,ct &c =. lR.., &c l4.-iAs, H. niasion.
ary war.
cal Gather. As to msjer Beua's SECS
;ro n the continental service, he was very
zvonug vixen ne entersd into II; he wss
very active, brave, rnterprizing cfhcer;
he WIS sundry times bsdIy wounded, Ind
as 5000 as he Was shle always returned 10
I tio.y; be stood very high among the off.
GERS.
Mr.. Mcrt;a. Was his reputation high
afncrg The officers? He stood high
With The cH;c-ss Of she highea grsdes. par
-ticulsrly with general Ohio II. Williams.
colonel Smith, and there's. Of The Geld Of
fcers
Mr.. Martin. As TO his character Is
private life !? AZ frequently met with him
10 the society. of Cireinpa,i and oever
heard asy thing Illegal against him His
charscser, as far as have ever xnewn or
heard. has always stood fair.
-INaior Byuf was never arrested, or
ever repsimaodsd duringtae whoic course
of the revolutionary war, and services
since; bot on the contrary have had macy
Aas,erirg ,hiugs said to and Of me through
out my military life. till gen. Wilkinson
differed with me. CAPITALS Richmond, the
officer who sieued the charges and solicited
my arrest, I considered as my fsiend----
he was al nv houpe almost every day be.
fore The ircops moved 10 Cold Water, and
al, terms of Intimacy ii'l the moment of
my arrest. AS 70, any disagreemens with
4 the officers of he garrison ST Lopis, !
had none. except about duty wheel ar.
rived the garrison was 10 the most wretch.
ca order. Mt sn ofscer understood the tna-
ruei or artilleryexercise. They did not even
know icw 20 post the men 10 the pieces
or the priming aud loading motions. l
therefore kept the officers 10 close duly,
end il was for that cause, il any, that they
complained and were dissasis6ed--sne
iohabssn,s noticed and applauded The diff.
ference ia the police aud appearances OF the
msn. Respecting the French, bad no
peysonas difference with any one of them !;
porsiid ever irjure any 10 their person or
property. If | was unpopular with Them.
& II 80. have arose from some obsrrvatiops
rasy have made abou, anseds,rd con.
csas;ons sad snsveys ina. took 10 the pub.
frsrsuIent grants works. The judge,
ssils-ssy commsndanss ard lawyers Except