Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-04-01

The types of Mr. Duane wee never throw
into the street, nor was he ever lodged in
guard house. What was stated by Mr.. Duan
| was to this effect, that under a color Of hospi
tally he was seduced from his own house Il
that OF the governor. general, and when he ar,
rived there without suspicion, in the house and
IN the presence of the Cover or general be
was surrounded by body of Lepoys, who had
| been concealed IN an anti. ch amber and under
their guard was conveyed to fort william,
where, after being detained there in charge of
| three centinels. who were in his presence char.
ged to take his life, il he offered to escape or
| make any resistance, he was ON the third day
marched under the guard Of full company oil
British grcnadie-s to the waters side, and con-
veyed in charge of another company, put close
prisoner on board an armed vessel, and CARR.
ell TO Europe. That all this was done without
ANY accusation or charge preferred or made
known at that time or to the present moment.
He was not permitted 10 collect any part o. his
property, which was not. inconsidsrable and
that even OF the monies due him, which excee.
ded $4,000 rupees, he was never permitted to
collect one dollar value and that when In
few years afterwards, he endeavord, through n
gents, to recover some part of his property
and the debts due to him one agent, resident
was menacec with destruction for attempting
10 collect debts fairly due, and which the debt
or would have cheerfully paid and that the
property thus lost exceeded in valure 10,000l
sterling. That the seizure OF his person, in.
dependent OF the treachery of the manner, was
aggravated by the wantonness OF the tyrannical
circumstances under which it was perpetrated,
inasmuch as that Mr.. Duane had publicity ad.
vertised bIs standing and moveable property
| for pub ic sale, to take place on the LIST day OF
January, and had publickiy advertised propo-
! sa;s for work, :" On the Colonial Policy in
| ASIA" TO be published at Philadelphia, and
| had, as was we'll known, made arrangements
for leaving India in the Hercules, capt. Delano,
an American vessel then lying in the Roughly.
On the score OF confinement, unless it was
| thu circumstance of the centinels around him
there was nothing in his treatment which could
have been uaoec ming to person of higher
| pretensons or rank-the place of dete ntion
was field officers quarters, and the table
| furnished weuld be considered sumptuous any
where but no person was permitted TO speak
| with him, without the Intervention, and in the
! hearing of commissioned officer. The injury
therefore, consisted in the wauton ruin of the
! fruits of AN homo rable industry, acquired with
in the knowledge of as respectable a society as
1 sny earth, by whom he was, and by those
| OF whom survive, he continues to be esteeme d
| in the tyranny OF the preparation, when it
| WAS notorious that he was on the eve of the
sale of his property and Of his departure for
! the United States in the menaces of des-
| tructipn against those who were so generous
as to Undertake the recovery of his property.
| Mr., Duane was landed in England, and OBJ
| iiged to subsist and pay for his cabin, not of
| means provided by his oppressors, but opon a
| credit board the ship, IN which he was pr,.
| soner; credit lnle1 on no other basis but
his character AZ the place from which he was
| thus lreacherourly hurried away; but which
debts he did pay afterwards in England. For
| those injuries ie Could obtain no redress nor
| indemnity, either at tse boosted tribunal M
Eag'ish law, nor from the magnanimity of the
East India company To whom faithful repre-
| sentstiol OF the facts was presented, and who's.
| nhu nee vas such over the bJasted free pres.
| SIS Of England, That statement of the case
/ could not inl access to any ne wspaper in Lon.
.on. An otier indeed made to Mr. Duane
bv lord Lucan, of an introJuctio to NJ. Henry
! Ddnd.s, tn at the head of the board of cor.
troll with intimatiop that upon making some
disclosures the whole value of his properly des
! troyed weulI he ma lie good to HIM Mr.. ID
was not ii ted for such PURPOSES, and preferred
misfortune to dishonor--by dec inin, the intro
duction, asd the honor of any further visits to
this worthy lord.
| SAVANNAH. March %,