Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-09-19
THE MILITARY CASE AT POLAND.

FROM THR PORTLAND GAZETTE
he case OF Lieut.. HObai t, al wbic.I we hint
ed III our last, came on for examination on
tuesday, before Judge Paris and, after a
patent investigation of the facts, which oc-
cupled day and an half, lie was ordered TO
recognize tOr MS appearance at the Circuit
Cont OF The United Siales, next to he holden
al Wlscasset, IN the sum Of $1,000 on the charge
OF granddaughter. The facts which appeared
IN evidence, as we understand them are as
follows : On Tuesday the 22d ult in the after
mon, the soldiers of Fort Preble were ordered
on iatlsue duty. TO discharge a vessel loaded
win wood fOi the fort. NJ Donald, the deceds-
Ell, soldier IN the company, was intoxicated,
anu declined going out TO work, and made
some disturbance iu the barrack. Lieutenant
hobart, OF Major Brooks corps, the officer OF
the day, went III anu ordered him TO 20 out 10
work lie was insOcUt aud still refused tie
othceT thenStTuck him, as one witness testified,
wilh hts hSt, on tie side, as he lay in his bunk
d"u afterwards struck him several times IN his
own room, with cane. The man then went
no"n TO the wharf TO work, A new difficulty
mere arose from Tic Obstindcy of the soldier
Ibe officer again logged him with his cans
Dni, not being able 10 overcome his insolcuce
and pcfvorseness. he ordered him TO be ihken
lniO The waller and duCked he was durked
tuFee times before lie was brought out. Afier
THIS process he wassent to the black hole and
confined there until pext day. "Wednesday he
was unweIi, and In the Doctors hands-Thnts
day he was Oh duty, and again drunk ; FRIDAY
morning he was on parade, and apparently in
toNicaled, aud AZ o'clock lie was placed un-
der guard, and so kept until / o'clock when
lie died. During the morning he made 10
complaints OF pain but appeared half drn1k
and cia2y. No serious bruises were discover
Ell on his body after death. The witnesses gen.
orally agreed that tie deceased was a Gard
drnkeT, and bad been intoxicated most of the
time for the fortnight preceding his death
Tie fiOggiUg of tile officer was unnstifia BILE
and Illegal, aud the facts in this affair cast no
small degree of blame upon the officers of the
garrison, Tor The unwarTautable and continued
drunkenness which this case developed. His
death may be asCfibed 10 a combination of
causes. His drunkenness would not probably
have carried him off so soon nor was the Hog.
ging alone sufficient for that purpose. But
these, with the confinement in wet clothes, and
without renewing the stmulant TO which ne
was accustomed, operated together TO pro.
duce the catastrophe, which has been the
cause OF so mach excitement, aud so deeply
wounded the reputation Of The implicated Off.
Ger. Tie public mind has been TOO much in.
Hamed IN this Transaction by misrepresenta-
tons. These the examination has materially
corrected but the influence of the corrective
does not extend as far as the Injury of the
faisehood; " for Falsehood will nv from Maine
to Georgia, while Truth is pulling her boots
on"
Goshen IN Y)Sept. i.-.On Thursday morn.
ing last. a nau by the name OfGibert Horton,
abont ~ years old, OF the town Of Monroe,
WAS broUghtio Goshen gaOl. charged with
having committed a murder 20 years ago.
a great variety Of particulars ~ relation TO
THIS affair are already iva circulation, and we
deem 1t no Infringement Offhc rights and priv
ileges OF any OF the parties concerned 10 pub
iish TIE most correct statement we have been