Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1810-07-16

tfie1nea., vas it .lf DGitrin A ei ia.i t4s+iffn
Toad, he evening before he lsf ihisto~n fe
IN time, ~ all ~, thar iine FIR | lay is 10
~ poilt tiion ryl-f. aud | arl very poi W
iaid Noie was endo-ied by iaid ..ortng WIKI
refpect 10 the Notr Egnedby William ParEous.
il never was in my pulie liOn. thar know ".
hut p-csume Cape Todd took II, ~ Y he rock
the Others. There was ALTO imall Note sya,afh
Capt James X Noble, which Capt Todd rUok
at TIE fame time, Ne took the Notes acaioF
Anmi r. Mitchell aud Son. &c.
Queition by Mr.. Charles LcYinc Did
direct you 70 de!iver tc Capt. Todd anv othes
Notes, than thule which concerned The owners
OF the Schooner Phebe Or her voyage [?
Aniwer, Yru tod re 20 ceilver ID Notes
70 Capt Todd, as be had power and partic-
ulariy thote, thar related 20 the Schooner Phrbe.
QueltioR, by Mr. Cutler Attorney TO David
Elder-Do you know whether Capt Todd was
part owner Of the fchooner Pllthe, or was
he any wsy concerned in her voyage ?
Aniver, cannot atelt TO il. Mr.. I.orinp
never told me that he was, bur he Mr. T0ddl
appeared to know all about the bufneIs
Queition by Mr. Ioring-Did YOU not an
deritand, when directed yoa to give up thefe
Notes Of Ammi z Mitchell and Son. and Ma
than Oaks, to Todd, that they were to Re
gwen 10 them On the iettlement Of the voyage
Aniwer, | undertood il TO-
Queltion by Mr. Cutler, Do YOU know
what became Of thefe Notes ]
Aniwer, faw laic Notes, in the hands of
isId Todd iomewhere moi far from the middle
OF Taft February mean the Notes Egned b.
( Ammi r Mitchell and fon, for about one
hundred and Seventy dollars, ard one lipned
| by Charles G. Mitchell, for about Forty dol
lars, and from converfaton, had with food.
| have no donht but he had the other Notes
| and further faith not.
| SAMUEL B. CUTTER.
Which was fworn 10 before Ammi r. Mitchell
Juitice OF the peace 04O,um Urn, and Jaco;s
| Mitchell Jnlfice OF the Peace.
July III.
Sd. The depoGtion of Ber;a,riq Arzes. Frc.
including. a fecond advertisement in the hand
| writing of faid Loring, as follows, to wit.
I" 10 THE PUBLH.o
WHEREAS, put an advertisement in the PERI
land Gazette of the 9th inf. in its exprefTion se
meaning, tending to irjure the reputation IS
| David Elder of Bath, iaying, that fuadry
Noes were Stolen from my chamber, and
which advertisement was without foundation
in truth, and that 70 the beft Of nv belief.
the holder of faid Notes became iuIly by
them, do therefore hereby recall and eors,4ases
the exprsiIion and meaning Of f4id advcgs.fe-
ment.
Benjamin. Ames of lawful age teflify ard
fay that the advertisement lsfi above iniert ed /,
addreiled to the public, was written in my
preience on the 9th inf. by Charles Loring,
who at the fame time faid, that he was per-
fectly willing 70 6gn IL, and hand il to he
Printer of the Gazette for publication. Before
however, hgning il, he asked me, If what he
had therein iaid, respecting the holder Of laid
Notes would OF bar him, faid Loring, from
calling on fad Holder, TO account how he
came by laid Notes, anfwered, that in my
opinion il would axe no fort Of difference
respecting the information, 70 he obtained
from iaid holder but fad Loring, NOT being
perfectly latished, went immediately out, aud
on his return, faid he had been 10 Ezekiel
Wbhr71n Fig for advice On ths fubjecg, WHO,
az Lo,iag Eiasslf faid, informed him, that Nhar
he faid Loring, had written ia laid lafi ad-
vertiiement refpecting the holder Of said Notes
fhould he PUT his name TO it. would bar him
faid Loring, from obtaining ans information
from the holder Of faid Notes refpectinr
them and therefore for fbis 9a and tLis yra-
'oa afsHe, be iaId, he was unwilling 10 lign
what be had written, IS above, nctwilhnand
iEg it was All true, and wha. oiherwiie, be
fhould be wiling 20 Puhifh
Quefion, by David Elder Whaf has Charles
I.orirg Eaid to yon iioce his advertisements i'm
the Portland Gazette Of the 9Th inf reipecf-
ing thofe Notes, he therein rePFclented to be
ftolen.
Anfver, lie told me faid notes had been In
the Poaedion of faid odd by bis, faid Lor-
iDgs direction and as his agent, that he kne-s
not how faid Todd afterwards difpo!ed "a
them but in .aAe courie on conversation win
faid Loring on this fubjec:, Ne informed me,
that ne had written TO Todd refpectiny izycl
Notes, who informed him, faid Lorlng, Ivy let-
ter, that he, fad Todd, had returned iaid
notes to bis, isid Loring's clerk but wht,her
they were, ar were not returned A. afOreiaid.
he knew nor. BENJAMIN AAFS
which was iwofn to before William Wfleeyy Juf.
tice Of Peace Jnsy 3th, 1910
The pubic will execute the urde-fgred
when they coniider the importance Of protect
iFg an honeft reputation and ditclohng thu
conduct Of william. DAVID ELDER
July Is, 1910.
THE iubfcriber hereby gives public notice
20 AZ concerned, that ihe has been dnls
appoinsed arl has taken upon bcrlelf The
tfnit Of Al Executriz Of the ea4se Of