Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1812-08-17

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War-bazgk," and words to this effect.
This noise Get in motion many men
and boys in the Street, who called,
I" W-be,e IS he-let as jre him." Col.
Turner very naturally accelerated
his pace, and as il is not pretended
he was impeded, and had but ihort
.diitance TO walk, was very foon in the
houfe Of Mrs. WARREN. When he
entered the door, one or two peFloAs
aimed their feet at him, aud they have
no evidence, that the indignity was be-
fore offered him. The tumult which
is faid TO have lated for hours, and
which was not even he I'd by many
families in the neighbourhood, in
itautlv cea(ed, and the collection Of
people, great part Of whom had not
feen Col TURNER, difperfed,
This spontaneous expreiIion of diff
gulf, was the mere impulfe Of the
moment, and can hardly be faid TO
have had longer duration. Enter
tanning as they 6ncerely do, the mott
% ugh detetation Of every fpccies
iosmobbilh turbulence, they are an
wiling to urge any thing, that ihall
have the appearance of an apology
for it, even in their own townfmer.
But it ought 10 be recolle6fed, that
the War bears with heavy preilure
OH the inhabitants of this town, that
Ia great number of them are deprived
lof their ufual means of fupport, that
llome have recently ,futained great
loiles by capture that poverty with
its haggard village, flares them in the
face, that Col. TURNER not only vo-
ted for War, aud all the meaiures
that produced it, but wrote a letter,
that was groiS infult upon the mfr
fortunes of his conltituents ;-that
the irritation awakened by thefe cir
cumitances was increafcd by an abu.
Eve publication in the Chronicle which
branded their regular and peaceable
proceedings to obtain mitigation Of
their fufFcrings, as having their fource
in " PRINCIPE # ta6fi5a and t9ryJfn )"
and perhaps the recollection OF thele
powerful ezcitements, may furnifh
fome alienation Of momentary devi-
alton from the path of duty.
A respectable federal gentleman
called upon Col. TURNER, and after
understanding that he was not hurt,
afured him of his perfect fafety, and
that the gentlemen cfthe town would
difcountenaneS all riot and tumult,
and offered TO tarry with him the
night, if he was under any alarm.
What took place the next day, we
lhould not have thought worthy Of
notice, had not the iullices of the
Court attached importance to it, that
it does no. deferve. While the Juf-
tices were on their way to the Court
Houfe the inhabitants were return
ing from fui town meeting aud
young man thoughtlelsly faid "fbsyc'5
The man NIB pgfed foy 7var. Oh ibame,
wbsre is fby bhzlB J" and dozen boys
as thoughtleisiy claPPed their hands.
The gentlemen pretentinttantly inter-
fered, and iiIenced them and that is
all they can find, that can be coniru-
ed into an infuit upon the Court
II having been lated that an aflem-
blage was collected for the purpoit
Of diliurbance II is proper TO OBJ
ferve, that had The Court opened at
the ufual hour, the iuftices would
have palIed the fire, is while the in
habitants were in town meeting, and
Of courle met but very few Perions
but, by being an hour later than COM
mon, they were met by large con-
courle Of people iua returning from
their meeting. he Court ueRt Oh
Nth their fimS7i9ns" without diltur
bance, or as we believe, the fear Of il,
infpcEed their docket, and after ft-
ting nearly an hour, adjourned to 3
O'Clock. The jntices chen conven-
ed again, excepting Col. TURNER
who after dinner peacrably returned
honey and to the aitoniihment Of all
pretent, adjourned the Court to the
fourth I'ueiday in September. fCol.
IURNER, or any one Of his an5ciates,