Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-01-25

,,,s Considered as an attack on
1as ia''s Man v Of our nation, Mr.. ] by
&c Orc ursa' who have received Offices from e,
Those 9 a Immediately Mr.. Grymes, who
Kin; anu a.s,ef attorney, entered the lists a
IS the s 1norsa,an, and asserted, that 1t was
cans. ~ oan fact, that the gentlemen con-
asell gu t or the defendant were disafiseted
s~sf, a i, 70 the government, and were
aad nossAs anxious to stir up the people by
therelo'.ed of assertions and inslnuatlons.-
such Gnu :; Who presided stopt Grymes,
jddge 1 slons could not satisfy Workman,
bqt 'l a,ansjdered himselias directly pointed
uhc so a4'aeEsd bv Grymes. He immedi-
at allo 49, end said that the assertion was a
a sttssasb cod whererpon, issue'beiog joined
ials .h;s no;nt, an appeal w1s made-not to
on ' so,,1t nor to the peop!e--6ut to KIND
TIE s sv,r revenge: for Immediately coun,
o. nc Grvmes thr. W two inkstands, tlled
''.,.b The fatal liquid, at Workman, who
s slno =, and saved his bead, bat the INK was
aou 'sSs'd oyer all the lawyers, even those
esa.'s 80 rrotecees of the President. Judge
T Ms then interposed, and bound the two
. n. to appear the next morning. to
sssw ca,,sr why an attachment should not
M .s se re- fore tie meeting OF the court
issl, nsxr mornins, Workman challenged
VI g. 70 meet him, armed capapee, to
Ia n. DISPUTE according to the rules OF
sb;ralrv. which is in fact the common law
. .s.S:. country Gryrnes declined the COM
~ !, So saving that he could not think Work
80. ~, was entitled to geptlcman's satisfac-
ton. .a.a,+ -
h,eore. Workman appeared and read
written sn.eeh, which was a very handsome
.ooloyy for MS conduct, particularly as re-
aarl.d anv contempt Of court: but his no.
nor sfter complimenting him On his correct
gensr,l conduct, told him he must SO and
1--we with the sheriff, in the Clubhouse, eight
hours, and pay hne Of twenty-five dollars.
Workman retired to his penance. IN about
an hour after, Grymes appeared, and by
his counsel applied to the court to have IN
tcrrogatorics filed, as he intended to purge
himself of all contempt, by swearing ne did
not intend to offend. The Judge told HIM,
that sach proceeding was not necessary IN
case where the contempt was commisted
under the eve of the court, who IN such
cases were fully Informed of the facts, and
J could JUDGE Of intentions. Now Grymes
intended only to put the evil day altar OFT,
as the court was to adjourn on that day, and
the Judge was determined to shop him
aohs b2kts. His HONOR therefore, alter
half an hundred apologies, told Grymes
that he also mus, tarry eight hours in prison
and pay twenty-five dollars. Grymes beg
ged him in most moving speech, that the
record should he blackened by statement
Of the whole shameful business, in order
that his friends, his countrymen, and MS 60
ysrnment, whom he represented, Che might
have said, m;srepresented,) might know all
the circumstances, and Judge with propriety
ofhis conduct. The judge refused, and
told Gymes to get him to the prison; and
off the little fellow went,
Now,you must know people thought
GRIMES deserved much more punishment
than Workman, but Grymes was an officer
l appointed by the government, and that
weighed much with man who has been
made great by the same process. Thus
ended the affair, coram juice