Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1814-12-19

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prefiding at another Court Martial, 70,
med for the trial of another of his abb
compeers Lat year, he diftinguifhe
himfelf by ordering his brother Hull i
be thot, but nat killed. What he will d,
with his brother Wilkinfon,. we do no
know. Van bladder is in fair way I.
be tried patriot for he has been, an,
is likely to be tried as often as the Def
imported /" feventy fix" man that evel
came from the goals Of Europe-no, ex
coping even Simon Snyder's aid de-camp
Col Binns. We hould be grati6ed te
learn, whcthes the Field Martial 6ts il
judgement on his fellow eulp,ts-sGcUy-
we mean. -4.-.- ar, '.-ssrfeS sU~1 6h. Il
would add much dignity and insereft .tc
the occaGon, particularly, BY recalling
to mind the gallant achievements which he
has accom- pliihed, with that garment
on his back. We presume, as Dearborn
performs no ether active service than
that Of trying officers, the government
have appointed him Commander in Chief
for that cxprels purPofe. If 70, we think
dizzy lhewed the fame good feufe, as a
couple of litigious perfons did, who being
about to entcr into copartnerihip, for the
purpofc of bufcbering in cempary-in the
tirit article ofither agreement prsVied q
jet ofAybtra.5rs to Istte all dyputes bstaueen
them Com. Mirror'
7ud.ciat DeciJfM; Some ti1,e fince Mr. :.
Payne, Of harvard Unworthy. was pro
ceeding in the hage to the iDilitution Of
which ne was a member. Mr.. Jones.
as cuitom houic officer, United upon
fearching his trunk Payne diltindly ins
,imated to him. tina, if The cuitom houfc
officer, without producing authority,
broke open his trunk, he ihould break
open thr cuitom houie officers head
jones made the attempt, and Payne
Knocked him down. A prciecufion was
com nenced, on which deci!:on. was had
al the late term OF the Suprems court
in Hiilsborough county, ia favour OF the
defendant he cour, is laid to have
given che opinion. thar , caitom hpsfe
officer could not. without fpecial war.
rant granted for the purPofe, legally make
learch on any perfon or his trunk, with
out his content. Whether the verdict
Of the Jury was founded on this opinion,
or Oh one OF their own, that the head
of fuch an officer was of no value, and
the breaking of it no offence,
is matter Of conjecture.
[Cenesrd GAG.
Another action was decided at the
fame term Of the Supreme court. in
which "one Of the honorable council =
was party. A MIR. Aufe, returning
from Vermont to his home in Weare,
hired boy in Hillsborough to carry his
trunks to Dcering The boy and the
trunks were foon mifling After confid-
cradle fearch and anxiety, he got The
track Of his property. which was reitorsd
to him, and then commenced an action
againit the hon. Benjamin Pierce, and
John M'Farlahd, whom he fuipetted o.
being concerned in the (we will lind al
foft word as poiible) the illegal Jeiznrt
of his trunks. Ii iesms the trunks were
iufpetted of containing fmuggled goods
and were hid from the owner, in one ny
place and another, till that great man 2
eAqom bog)e sEcer, could be procured to
examine them. The Jury. NOT having
the fear OF the culfom hcuse OF the ceun.
cillor before their eyes. found verdict Of
puihy arainlt the defendants, and aheiled
damages for the Plaintiff in the fun Of
one hundred and eighteen dollars.
| | 1t is singular TO discover what strangs
idea. occupy the mind. Of some ofou'
eountry men. llis with many, an opinion
q a, the constitution canno. be broken, tx-
cept by the pa'ty out ct power. Ever,
remotsstrance and GxhOrtation from those
who oppose The predominant, party, is pro
nounc, d demonstrations. hose who mis-
manage the government are interested II
keeping up thus cry, bscause Il diveits thu
public all.niien from themselves. Man!
a,e induced 10 believe. that tho conAtitutio'
is pc, iec,ly sale in The hands ofthe goscra
mcn,--,hst all restraint is 81 itseli uaconsti
tutional.
/ Thus, il appears, that against powe