Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-05-24
Militnrn DeSbotisna.

ner. is plain statement OF AZ y, mace
10 one of the unfortunate victims who has
zen uniustly dragged to Sackets Hsrbor
under military arrest
:. IN The night succeeding the Cd April,
-, Austin, with party of about tor'y
:Hs, lipht dragons and rif1emen Of the U.
soa. ARMY, surrounded the village of A.
90. in Massena they en- cred the house
'ir,,r;,I n. Orvis, and seized him and VIII
o., % sea,on in their beds, dragged them from
~. .nn and confined them, with live others
t"'" corner of small room, their limits
!" 0s,ceeding eight by four Several senii-
~; ,,ere nlaced over them with orders II
-, nsssed their bounds to put them lmme-
s.,aiv To death. Lieut.. Austin or Wells
Iva, called upon Mrs. Owls for provisions
.ne. men. and she delivered them meat
io' III III ,be nresd she had baked they then
s" "1.red supper for the officers. &c. amount
civ or eight Mrs Orvls informed
ns m a, she had no b cad, aud at that late
Nv .o,ld not furnish them with supper.
h''. .nr..nt then cut down The sign post,
~ -, ,hs arm and burnt II, and when com
s,'s ,r,s made TO Lieut.. Wells, his ans Ser
l.ss +" Il is good enough Tor you, and At The
No, should tear your house down should not
ns slrpri.ed a, it--Cod damn YOU continued
Ie " your cap vii, be sc, the o'her way be-
ere six weeks. for before that time your hus-
h,na will be hung lie concluded by
,hre.,ning Mrs. Owls 10 Kick her ous OF her
awp house and when citizen checked
r;.u,enant Wells for hrs abuse he Was threat
.ned =, be taken to the Harhor-Fhe other
c;,,zens made prisoners by this military force,
- seized with The same violence TO tie
,anhsr Of thirteen, and on that and the mex,
Jav vvere marched under military guard
20 Hamilton, where five were liberated b.
a,5er of Alexander Richards and the rest
,n.rcbed 10 Grass River eleven miles :
whilst there, John Phillips, who ~ no, IN al
a.,,o, c;rcumstances, aad who hsd been Sc,
z,d whist absent from hIs home and march
ed away at a moments wsrning was attack
I'd with a rheumatic compliant winch rem
.dered him unable TO travel, and Ms he was
destitute OF money he could not procure IA
horse. He informed Lieut. Austin ct his
si,us ion, and that he could not proceed with
ON assistance Lieut.. AUSTIN, answered,
"by God you shall march, and II you canno,
teep ~ with he troops, l viii faslen you 10
the tell OF my baggage sleigh, and IN this
way | will drive you III y miles day One
with his sea, in a sleigh he had Brought a.
long with him, aud he was tnus embed to
keen 40 with the rest OF the troops and hose
in tl.eIs custody in their march 10 dc kaib
From the las. mentioned plate TO Sackeits
Hsrbor, they We Obliged TO hire horses o'
the drag pons al the moderate and ,edsonao.t
price of 10 cents per mile /; and l, is bul JUS
lice TO say that seargent Hayes, who CON
L. 4
m.nded The party from De kalb to S-cketts
Harbor, treated the citlIeus under his care
VIII decency and every reasonable 'ndul'
gence which his situalI on permitted.
Ai.er the party arrived at Ssck,t,s Hsr
Dor, the sergeant commanding reported INN
self 10 Col Pike, nd after considerable de.
l,y The CT, izens were ordered into the block
house under the pro, ost guard, where they
we're confined forty eight hours IN one fooTr
with ffiy six criminals, SIX Of whom were
sentenced 10 death and were in ron, and
the others charged with crimes OF sfnost
every description. On the second dlsy oil
their confinement, Amos Benedict, Esq dis-
trict attorney. called on Col Pike and e}re.
sened to him the impropr,eiy OF Keeping
ezens confined IN such situa ion lis an
swer was lhst if M. Benedict would be
SPONSOR Cor them, hat ,hey should not depart
without licence, he would procure them
better Accommodations. Mr.. Benedict &C
cording, became taeir surety. They then
sddrt sSed written request To Col. PIKE 70
be removed 10 comfortable quarters, ard
sent II by the sergesn, ct the quad, who re
turned with an answer tina, Col. Pike would
himself Gail at the guard house IN = lew mn
utes and give orders flr their removal, but
IN Hmm fac har L. a.1 the Colonel
until O'clock he next day, when the writ o
hsbess Corpus tav,ng arrived from uucs
and Col Pike finding hat The law would
wres them from lis euStOdy =, sent orders io'
their release.
thus were eigh, American citizens, sitei
Deing seized III yiolenl manner, ana dag
BED $50 miles from their homes, iett To ie
.urn as they could, at he bresklng-up d
wnler, when the roads were aimos' mi ass
able, without any charge having been eAhlb'
ned sgalns, them, ~ airy Examination or en-
qufy whatever relative TO lheir conduct
THIS is a plain unvs, nished statement OF
some OF the principal facts relative 10 this
Transaction, all of which can be supported by
ihe most indubltabie testimony.
The Ofts males the Difference AS we
hear from phllsdelphia Stephen Girrard has
been permitted to ransom his India ship,
is'ely taken by the BRUSH lying IN Dela.
ware Bay. l. is sad he paid one hundred
and eighty thousand dollars, aud that the
money was sent down pubiickly with the
assent or connssnce of Administration. l
10 MOI know that there is any great evil 10
Tue Country arising from this transaction !;
-bu, II IL Is not aiding and assisting 'hs en-