Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1811-04-22


Justices political exrriions out Of bis
iown county. If have made any, |
have one of the greatest examples in
America TO support me--vix Your
horNr's elet aeeriag visit TO Durham
lin 1910.
Were you not SO great man, !
should .lnost question the propliety OF
your presiding at caucuses IN your own
county, when candidate for Office, and
for thrus,iug federal gentlemen out Of
doors, who hsc been invited to attend.
You ask fit is my practice to de
eide on hearing one party, and it SO,
whether it would be any trespass on
Justice to have me removed ."-As to
the former my neighbors are the best
Judges and as to the later, it the
would be Gov. Of Moiae had The pow
CT, | doubt not every Fedssslisr would
5s speedily removed.
! To your honor's ingenious oatechism
concerning the log-book and manifest,
would observe, il is my practice To
take no, only the ideas bu. words of de-
ponents, so far as dramatically render
led. The sailor doubtless meant the
clearance, when he mentioned the
manifest, but this mistake of his, will
not clear your honor, as you have not
denied land here [ give your honor
credit one PROMINENT fact in the afii-
davit. Your honor srac,ice in taking
afhdavits will presentlysappear.
Whether loglhook is not required
on entry, since The non-importation law,
, / leave for merchants * custom house
lotiicers to decide.
This can say, never wrote an af-
fidavit or deposition, when the deponent
was net present; and never commanded
any man to swear to one, written in his
absence.
| understand your honor is correct in
Saying, Allen left town in days after
[ saw him, and after he had received
his advance pay, and doubt not, as your
honor observes, I" kept bad company
and had bad advisers" IS it is known
he visited at your honor's house by par.
Iticular desire, and was ordered, as is
reported, to make oath to an affidavit
previously prepared, which he refused
TO sign. Whether the terrors of your
honor's threats, land majesty has many
terrors) or the temptations of your
honor's pusse induced him to flee, are
/ questions, on which the inhabitants OF
Bath are divided in opinion.
! Lest your honor should still doubt,
(when no other person does whether
Capt. Foote received orders to make a
false report on entry, | will give you
another affidavit. If this does not con-
vince, | will give you third /; bus this,
Think will be sufficient 70 induce you
= to recommend TO. the owlnee of the Hu.
ron, 10 take Capt. Fo9,e at his word,
"and deprive him OF his employ for
ever"
AFFIDAVIT.
I, FRAScIs HUsroS, OF Bsth,. in the
county OF Lincolh, TESTIFY and say, thai
was a sailor on BOARD the brig Huron, be
longing TO Mr.. William King. Of Bath,
which entered at Boston, from Demsrsra,
on or about the J2th day oi March last
Before we were up with the Fort, sil The
pilots being on oil the piIol bost, Fpbrarl
Small, ths I'd male, went on board TO take
care OF hSr. a pilot crms down from town,
and hslird rs rs the boat passed the brig.
lie cnquircd from what place we came
1.-The piIot on board answered from pema-
Fsra. IL passed us 10 tlte beat, Of which
small had the custody, and took cha, ge ii
her. Small then hAIied the brig and SAID
he had a letter from, Gcnera al King A boat
Sss thcn sent BY Capt. to0te 10 brirg him
III board AFTER hE came on beard, he came
20 tie tore cas- IL a told tie crew, before
the mast, thai gen. King had put on board
the pilot boat Mat last came down, three
} letters with orders TO give one 10 each of
lie pIIUJ heats tbst vniohtrer boat first
spoke the brig. t-c Cat. Jntbht have let
Ter. az Capt. wss then 90 tie quarter
deck, Win the pilot, anG jeremish Allen
wss at helm. When We were hailed At
me Fort, capt. Fcote said we were IS days
from Demsfsra. After we came TO An an.
clor, tne frst mate, VIM Clifford, came
INTO tie half geek, and told Us, ii any enqui-
rtes were made, we must All say we rad IS
days passage answered, could 10, say
that. lie then went on deck. l then SAID
TO Jeremiah Alien and Edward HartweIf,
that would not tell lie about il, if any
one epquired about our passage About
half an hour afterwards, when The crew
were in the steerage, ami the captain and
first mate were in the cabin, Capt. Foote
called To Us. aud said, if any person enquir.
ed how long we had been out, to ssy 43
days. 1 Tis,le answer, that had already
declared | would not tell lie. Capt Foote
said Damn you, did not snip you to report
the vessel / SAID know that arr neither