The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-07-04
tQusiion' put TO the caief, b, NJ nm 3,

Questions put 70 he caieE, By M gv,
u l. Where uas the Law g.,
0 lake The life Of a Chirf ofthis Nn,i.' "'aas'
should sell The land of the Nation Nj 10
Tie consent OF tie Nation f? 'i'"oat
A. On the west bank Of the OIL.
gee, at the time The land belonged = ~
the Indians. - 'nem,
q !. Had the Agent directed =.
MI VI intosh, Would you have done ~ F"
a. We would not for he vas nv,
ll'Ie for thai purpose. f''eea
Y D. Did any white person knowi,,
a. 40 one but james Hutton. VIM.
3orn ana raised III the Nation, and Gu
interpreter. % ~
q. /, The Chief who commando H.
party that executed Mcintosh was 81, :,
be told Mcinto-h's wife, or any 'a "I
person that the. Agent directed HIM ,..%
so? "''i 10 DO
A. No; and that he did mol beIie,.l.
men had done So, nor had he heard .. 49,,
ihIn5 about II. Aud the Chief, aft, ~
ms what Chilly M'Iutoah had said ,,5','
10 Their shooting at aud pursuing him -
me river, coniradlcted il, and said ,b,'.
neither snot at nsr pursued hin in .l,ne;!
made 40 exertl"ns To catch him.
(HereJoHooS The signatures ofthe C2;eC,
WAsnIHGToN, june 25.-I is n,ll;,1,.
announced that Corn odur. Por,sr
been arrested, with Il Notification - ''"'
pare himself for Il trial befor, a c,,,r, ,.''.
tai, to be convened at the NAVY Yard -
this city on the 9Th Of the next month
One OF the charges, on which ne IS ,bus
arraisLed, Is reported TO be, for nn,c
hctr like conduct, in having made pobl,-
ca'i"n embracing the proceedings IF lb.
'ate Court OF Inquiry, and transmitting ca
PIES thereof To the President oflhe Tni,rd
STATES and Secretary of the Navy.
rom court composed of enlightened
officers OF the Navy, Commodore Porter
can, we presume, have nothing to apIEe-
mend. with regard TO the Foxano AZ
lar, which Is supposed to be the snbjrc.
OF the nam chatoe against him, pubic u.
l'inion Is as tar as we can discover, CHAR
~ VI his tasor, aud the Court " i'll do him
justice. With regard TO the publication
which the Commodore has thought II p,o.
per to make, whatever we may have lho't
OF It as matter of policy, on his part, We
had no expectation OF It's being made tue
subject OF a charge against him, there being
no rule of service, that we have been abL.
To find out, which furbds an officer from
defending himself before the public, when
he has been arraigned before it, as wen
by public recall, as BY the conductors vt
public journals, who rtloiccd al HIS recall,
and expressed wish that Ire might be
E" made an example of 1t appers 10 US,
however, pow the case is to undergo So
Tenn Investigation before a court, that It
IS material 10 an unbiased decision, that
the press shonld abstain from animad,cr-
slo0s calculated only to initiate the parties
10 the controversy, and induce decision
from passion or feeling which should be
due to truth and reason alone. Commas
dore Porter has done what be belle, ed 10
be his duty the Executive Officers have
done what they believed 10 be th.lrs II is
not TO be supposed that any personal feel
ing has mingled in transaction of SO scr-
Gus import aud great conseque nce- twill
Re time enough to make the merits of the
conduct OF the accused and the accuSers
the subject Of commrnt when the pend
ing trial shah be made known. That
result j" III not depend upon our wishes, nor
even public opinion, bat upon the evidence
which shall be presented to the Court,
aud lhcir decision thereupon.
Nat Intehsgencer.