The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-04-11

pamphlet of 26 pages, much too volumiaea
Tor publication in newspaper; but we have
prepared an abstract Of II which we hope viii
crafty our readers. The firsi letter fiom {
Barron in June was as follows =" Sir, have
been informed, in Norfolk, that You have said
that YOU could insult me with inlahnity, OF
words tn tina, effect. If you have said 50.
you W II 10 eoub, a.ow il, and shall expect
to hear from you' Com. Decatur replies,
after making preliminary observation -
A" Whatever may have .fltongla or soid "a Tie
pery frequent and free CONGREGATIONS LJcs
had respecting you and soar conduct, feefe
very thorough conviction HAL | never could
have been guilty OF SO much egotism as to saw
that could insult you or any Other man. with E
impunty.' Thus ended the correspondence
for The present, but in the month Of OcioLer
Com. Barron wrote 10 Com. Decatur, coni-
planning that he bad sent heir former CORES I
pondence to Norfolk. '>that he had tsuutinglv :
observed that he would cheerlully meet hius
in the field and that his oppressive conduct
TO him, situated "a he was, was unbecoming
an officer and gentleman !" and he obscv-
I'd that under all circumstances, he considered
Decatur the challenger. and himself entitled
o all The privileges of the challenged. Com. j
Decatur in bis answer, after recsplulaiing the
former correspondence and the lapse oil time
which bad interviewed; justlfies himself hom
serving on the court martial which suspended (
Barron after the Chesapeake affair. and notices
he subsequent transactions Of that officers
life. which led him 10 The opinion thai be
L 4 l. L. I'll. n
w. He discams having invited him TO the
field. am expresses his d,sspprobaiion Of the
custom Of duelIing To this Com Barren
again replies and answers the charges which
had been exhibited sgaln-i him, with personal
feeling lend gives bis reasons for bis absence E
from the country during the war. He says.
. he considers him as having thrown down The
and tina, be has no hesitation in &C. g
coping it," Com. Decatur again writes 10
support his former statement, and cnltradlcts
those adduced from The other party and con
cludes. !" have now 10 inform you, that "a
hall pay no further attention 10 any commu.
nicalion you may make to me. other than 8
direct III 10 he field" The call came--wso
ODE ed-and DEcATuR was its victim.
The fo'losging Is a AZ Of Toan Officers sez
lhc tospn Of Portland, chosen al The last annnd
tcsa meeting IN Starch, vq-
Selec,men.-!saac Adams, Joshua Richsrd}
son. Benamin Ilsley, Woodbury. Storcr, Jun.
Mark Harris.
Trea,uer.-S Samuel Trask,
Collector Of 7'ares.--Joscph NJ. Gerrish,
assessors DANIEL Cobb, Joel Hall, VIII
ham Swan.
Inspector Of Police Seth Bird,
School COMMITTEE Horatio :Soulhgate, 81
non Greene.f, William Chadwick, Jcd
Hall, John Mussey. Jun. Rev Ichabod Md
,Is. Rev. Thoma, B. Rip'ey, Rev. Psifus
Ten Brock. Rev. Thomas J. NarJock.
Orerseers Of tie Poor Mark Harris, vi
.iah Dow, Ruiu, Emerson, fezraIah VIM
low, Pbiaehss Varnum. Philip Greedy, Jul
Williams.
Consta5les.-- David Pease, Peter H,.
Smith Cobb, John 3. Scott. Ns,h'l. i.ion.
Healh COMMITTEE. John Coe, SANE
Weed. Samuel Aver. Lenuc Weeks, Ju9
Seth Bird. Stephen Pslten. John Pennd
William M'Lelan. Thomas merrill.
sarveyors Of Bounds, .Shiasies, &c. -Daa4
Cobb Euoch Lowell Anse, lewis, jan
Huse, William Cspen. S niue .ody. Eo'@
Morse. Parker llsry, Theopb..''s Carer.
,er Bag,ey, Smith Cobb. Samuel Bk"f
10, Libby, John crockett, Hensy jones.
han Howe, S,meon Hall, E,siiok ssau
Thomas Chase, Thomas bsiey, Le~is -
.on, Joseph Lane. Friend Loring pss3
IIerrck. Nathaniel Bradford, HARRISON m
zer, Zenas Libby, Lemuel Rice, J"aii
Sparrow, William Moulton.
Surveyors IF -Mahogpny. Berj,mio
ley, George Clark, William Haskell, kss
ben Sawyer.
Fence V,exers.- David Ross, Ds~
Mountiord.
CALLERS IF Hoops and Stapes - ames Y
Samuel Chase, Anthony Knlght JOSEPH
Weeks, Jabez Clap, Nathan Hubbard,
c Mountlord, Darrell Walker, David
iams, Royal Williams, Daniel A. Smith
Tgthing'nen.--llorstio Sou'hgaie, N,ce
Jorne, William M'Lellan, Thomas d..
Joseph Mariner. Lemucl Dyer Eooch Y
II, Edward Howe, Joseph Owen Re1
Cross, David Ross, William Douglass.
Fire Wayk.--Robert Ilsley. Samuel
xer, Jesse Rivhsrds, Joshua Richardson
', SAWYER, joel Han, Phinehas Vamum.