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Eight dollars per annum to Subfcri
b-1 s refuting in the city of Pbiladei
phia. All others pay one dollar ad
ditional, for enclosing and directing;
and unless some person in this city will
become answerable for the fubfcr.ip
tion, it mud be paid Six Months in
advance.
INSURANCE OFFICE.
Hll lubferibers beg leave to inform theircommer
►rlends in particular, and the public in grncralj
an office for the Insurance of Shipping, i*
opened at No. 95 South F-o- t-ftrc et, where a
oi. the;ubiic palOrpnflf;e is T f £tu |v folir.ied.
N. fc? J. FRAZIER.
icb 15
For /ale by the jub/crtber,
At Portsmouth (n.h.)
THE HULL
iM&ks NEW SHIP,
80 feet keel, a 7 i-ibcam, |» f^ et hold. 5,10
l>etw««» decks*; aSout u° to,,s > wirh nafts,
*ll the carpenter's and fmithN work com
pleted ; bsiilr cf ijood found feafoaed timber and
plank bunched in November. 1796, and ha> been
"'■" ell taken care of since *liat time Further par
ticulars may be known bf applying to Messrs.
Wharton & Lewis, Philadelphia, to
THOMAS THOMPSON,
dec-ember 21 3i*w.tf.
For Sate,
The Schooner,
SISTERS
IS almost a new vessel, carrici between fix ami
7 CO barrels and fails vemarkalolv fait, wheu loaded
draws about 8 or 8 1-2 feet water, (he it in com
plete order, having allthe fails that can be used to
advantage, the greater part of them are new. In
(hort fhemay be sent to fea-at a small Ejpence, and
in three or four days notice For terms apply to
Jehu Hoilingstvorth, & Co.
No. 47, Penn-ftrcet.
frh. 6. L_
* For FREIGHT or CHARTER,
to any part of EUROPE,
The Swedish Snow
J|§|gM M A R I A
Hans Olof Kocic, commander. •
/f remarkably good vessel, about ISO tons bur
then. A freight to Cadiz, or any part or the
Mediterranean would be preferred. Enquire of the
Captain on b«ard at Vine-Street Wharf*
dec 17 §
Ship Broker's Office,
And Cdmmijfton Store,
No. 119, South front StrffTi
Next door to she Cuftots House.
T ""HE Sub/criber, encouraged Dy rhe advice of
X his friends, offers his service to the public
as a Ship and Inftirance Broker. He propos
es buy and fc II veflels and every thing relat
ing thereto—matters of veflels and others
in entering and clearing at the Custom-House,
procuring and (hipping freight,,fettling Inltlr
jnce and all other mercantile accounts, and
have on hand the peceffary Blanks and Stamps.
Papers in foreign languages translated, and in
formation given in general mercantile matters.
—From a knowledge pajned-by long experience
of every branch of business he hopes to be ufe
lui to thoie who pleafc to favor him with their
commands. SAMXJEL EMERT.
2aw
BovetnVer 10
Madras Handkerchiefs.
An elegant aflortment, just received,
And ior Sale, by
ISAAC LOTDy
Next to No. 44, South Wharves.
diw
feb 7
To be Let,
A Tloufe and three Acres of Land,
Fleafantly situated at the Falls of Schuylkill
enquire at the office of the United States Gazette,
feb. 7 5
Wharf and Stores, For Sale.
HAT valuable F.ftate about 71 feet'j inches
iir A 1_ _ J _ .1 "i* -■-* *
J- on Watir flrcct, hounded 011 the north b
SafTafrafi flreet, and extending into the ri»cr De
Jaware,ert which are erefied very extensive dors
and wharf in good repair—plenty of wite'r for tht
largest fliips tn lay at the wharf.—in every r fpeA
n capital fituatiow for any hulincf' requiring exten
in rc.il estate, that will produce a handsome in
come. ■.'
<Ali'o, sundry valuable Ground Rents, well fe
curcd m the city, and of such amounts as to be an
olj.v c t pjri'oß desirous of inverting money
in that v, p.v.
1-or further particulars enquire of the fubferiber,
JOHN WARDER,
'io. icS, north front street.
Notice.
TO BE SOLD,
Or exchanged for property in or near Phi
~J ladeipbia,
\FARM of one hundred and forty two acres of
Land on (he road from New-Port to Lancaller,
Of near I.ondon Grove.Meeting Houfe,Chcfter county,
Farm House was formerly used as a Store and
• 'ivern, for further information apply to CHARLES
WIKfRTON, at his house No. 136. South Second
er cct
feb. <B.
A quantity of Raffia Hemp
Cordage and har Iren
4J hogftieads Tallow
il Erittxcias
Checks kc il* -CAii.-*-
Now landing from the Blip Four Friends, Capt.
Hubber, from Hamburg, at Jeffe< afld Robert
WaloV wharf, and for Sale by
. THOMAS 5c JOHN KKTLAND,
Who have on handy
Crates of Karthsn Ware
Cannon and Ccirror.adcs of various sizes
Dry white I.ead
Gaiisand Pift©l# affortec! in caf«s
Gum Mint? in kfgs
Ships' Mufkers
Claxec of a superior quality in cases of 1 to 3
dozen each.
fcb. 13
'list received per ship jfunp, Cap:. Wallers,
from Hamburgh,
Crcas a li Morlaix,
Dowlas, whole pieces
Do. halt d«.
Brown Platillas.
Also on band,
Rufiia Hirfs Hair, curled and uncurled,
Do Dick nai! rods,
Brandy 4tl» proof, and
Kice, Forfalehy
ISAAC HAZLEHURST S< SON.
feh. 15. daw
dim
CHINA GOODS,
Juit received per the ftiip Ntw-Jtrfey from Canton
BY ARCHIBALD M'CALL,
At his Store No. 187, south Second (Ireet,
An assortment of Teas of the firfl
qua iry,
White and yellow nank;en»
Caff-it, (!lk umbrella?
an affortmeilt of china ware,
at)d a variety of SILKS, consisting of
Black and colored L.utellring
do. do. ftttins
do. do. fetifhaws
do. do. silk handkerchiefs
do- do. fevring frlks
Black Taffeties
ALSV,
12 pipes of excellent Madeira Wine,
Richard Bayley is? Co.
[> ESPFCmU.LY inform the public that the
IV Retail Buflncft carrisd on by thsm at their
Jan. 24
All Persons indebted to tht
above firm and those to whore chcy are indebted,
will pl«;aCe tp apply to John Wnri esidcs & Co.
or the fetrlement oftheir refpe&ive accounts* who
are duly empowered for that purpose.
- ' ' R'wha/ d Bjyiiy §s* Cc.
WILLIAM BOXNAR,
RESPIv 'ITULLY informs his friend* and the
public, that the above Store will be oj'ensd
by him on Monday the 4'h ef February next,
with an affortmer t of
DRY GOODS,
Suitable to the season, w iich lie flitters himfelf
will meet the approbation «f those \vh« honor him
with their favor.
j* 5 .* 19. §
NOTICE.
THE Public are cautioned not to trust any of
the people belonging to the SwediSi Snow Maria,
on my account.
dec t
To be EXCHANGED for property within thirty
mi'es of the city, or to let on ground-rent forever
Several valuable building Lots,
In Philadelphia,
Enquire of William M. Bidtlle. ne. 147> Chefnut
ftreet.
Nov. 11
TO LET,
"r'HE large House in Souchwark, lately occupied
* by Mr. Henry Mitchell ; apj>ly to
Isaac Wharton.
|»n. If
BY THE SUBSCRIBERS,
14 four pound Cannon, different lengths,
5 Canonades.
JOHN NIXON & CO.
December I. j
Joseph Thomas's Creditors
are hereby earnestly requested to furnifh tkeir
Accounts duly attelied, as foen as convenient :
thereby to enable the Afiignees to form an idea
of the ilate of his affairs ; —and all those indebt
ed to said Thomas, are required to make im
mediate payment to either of the Subscribers.
SAMUEL W. FISHER,") Assignees
WILLIAM BUCKLEY, > of
JOHN HALL. 31- Thomas,
dec. 31. dtf
The Cargo of the Brig Fanny, J. Brufen
berg, master, from St. Petersburg,
—CONSISTING OF—
-89 Bales Hemp,
1634 Bars Iron
11 Bales Ravens Duck
3 Ditto lluffia Shewing
FOR SALE BY
Pratt {3* Kmtzing,
No. 95, North Water-itreet.
■jaw^vv
WHO. HAVE ALSO FOR SALE.
100 Bales Ticklenburghs and Oznabrigs,
100 Ditto Hefliins and Rolls,
Creas, Brittannus, Patterbomes, Bielefield
Linen, Checks and Stripes, Brown. Holland,
Bunting, Sail Twine, Turkey Yarn, Hair Rib
bon, Tapes, Bed Ticks, Hog's Bristles, Port
Wine, Claret, Salt, Roll Brimstone, German
Steel, Slates, Yellow Ochre, Window Glass,
Pearl Barley, &c. &c>
f(b 7
1 UW3W
BY JOHN WARD FENNO, N° 119, Chesnut-STREET:
PHILADELPHIA: TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUART 26, (799.
..
AND FOlt SAL K
—viz
fit lor immediate use,
Ham Ohf Kotk, master.
5
FOR SALE,
FOR SALE,
NOTICE.
Hemp Iron.
TV bite Oak Logs—-or
White Oak nted.
■ '
MtOPiiiAtS, **'
will mR XKr ir^.n,
On or before the loth dity of March,
For the Delivery, -
To the Corporation of the C ityof Philadelphia,
or their a(/s:;t at any part within fiid City
of liw WHOLE 01 PAHT of
104,000 Feet, runiutig uieafure, of
WHITE OAK LOGS,
InMngths of ten" m twelve feet,
Or of the fame of
tO G S,
Bored into jjWs, cou«teihorcd .Mil tipped,
under ;
14,000 feet tp mcafure 13 tnchaf at, the thickest
end, if bdred, 4 i-i i'iich pjpe/
16,000 Let W mcafure I a t'h4 thickest
drot
end, if bored, 4 inchpip*
64,000 feet to measure 11 inches at the thickest
end, if borc4> J ifich,.sipe
104,0£0
The Logs malt be (trait xnci frse from (hakes
and kno(» • no faulty logs wifl oi) Sny account lie
received. Those who deliver propofaU for bored
lops, are requited to m aldcra iht price at which
they will deliver tJ«« lojft unkorci, in c4(e it.ftould
b« found f rvftr to bore them ift Iphia.
Proft>fals in writing will i>y
S. Henry LatrfQfo ; Engineer.
~ •* 'ftrect
jfie firtl Hottle frolu Wirhet-Ilrcct.
feb 8
Bricks Wantetl.
- , -WILL Se R'ECEIVFJ>,
Gii or ; b<rf»re the ijft day of the Jirefent month,
Totlve•Corporation of the City »f Fhilatlttphin
or their agent—on any part of Uhcfnut-ftreet,
Gfcorjjeiftreet, Uroad-'ftrtet, or Ccntsr-
Sqyate, between th? Schuylkill and
Center-Square, as fhallbedi
re&cd, the wHubt, or
taut of
One Million of found, hard burned
BRICKS.
No Sammel or piace Bricks will he received—
One half of this quantity be required to be
delivered before the lift of March nrtit—the other
before the Ijth of May. If is (Mired that the
proposals may mention the Yard from which the
bricks are intended to be dcliv red, and that they
be feat in writing to
B. Henry Latrcfc, engineer.
So%rh ' v, 'el It h, street
the firft hoi
feb 8 '
JuJl Received,
By the (hips Juno, Walt, rt, and Four Friends,
Hubi>: r, Irdro Hanbjrg,
AND FOR $a L£,'
Ct. vhi-ntS*f
-460 pieces 6-4 quadruples fiiehas
35 do. 8 4 do.
139 io. crea»a la Morlaii
34 do. 9 8 coutils
3 do. 4-4 do.
44 do. 6-4 guiogat
250 40. Ruflia fail-dutk
10 pipes Bicarlo wine
IS hrgfhcads French branrfy
80 do. claret
100 cases, at 4 (Jbz. bottles each 7 claret of fuper
liß do. at r do. do. do. J ioi quality.
Also on Handy
II bales ticklcnbtftgs. at »•? to iS'cents pr. ell
li do. Wcfer littnen, at 16 to oo cents pr. yard
I box paterbornes
5 boxes hollow glass ware
5, calks P.uliiabri-let (firft quality)
Erick & Lewis Bollmann,
no. 100,. Spruce ftrett
fcb. ,13
For Sale,
Deliverable at Norfolk,
A CARGO OF
Honduras Mahogany,- jk Logwood.
February 9
TEN or twelve Tons, Clover £s* Timothy
Of the firft quality.—-Apply at No. 43,
jan. 8.
Copper Warehouse,
Late ALEXANDER BISLAND, fc? Co
No. aoi, Market-Strixt,
ROBERT KID,
HAVING purchased the Stock of the above firm,
Solicits the pationage of the public and thrir
friends; where they may depend on being served on
the very best terms with the following goods:
A "'eneral afTortmeiit of Copper Bottoms
and Sheets, for Copper Smiths and other purpofei,
Pig and BtrLead,
Block Tin and Crowley Sieel,
Tin in Boxes, and Brass Kettles in Nefti,
With a large and general aflorimerit of Ironmongery,
feb. 16. ° lw w&fif
John Dobbin,
BOOT SHOEMAKER.
RESPECTFULbY informs his Friends and
the Public in general that he carries on his
biifinefs at No 99 South Second-Jlreet, nearly op
posite the Merchints Coffee house whore gen
tlemen maybe f\ipplied in the oeatefl and bess
manner—he allures ;hufe who may pleal'e to fa
vor him with their commands that 110 attention
or exertion on his fide shall be wanting to render
him worthy of their encouragement.
N. B. Orders received will be ptindlually at
tended 10.
November 5
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the Eflate of Will
iam P.kys ham, late of the city of Charleston,
and formerly of thi- city, mariner, dcceafed, are
requeued to make payment, and those who have
demands, againlt said Eflate, will please exhibit
them to ' ROBERT HEYSHAM, Adntr.
Philadelphia, fell. 6,17951
*aw3w
PROPOSALS
FOR ,>UI VEHl'Mfc,
For terms apply to
PHILIKS, CRAMOND, & CO,
For Sale,
a r,
UNITED STATES 1
-its. >
Captain Thomas Lewis, J
a general Court-martial,
held at the city of Trenton, on Satu tday, the
twentieth of Oflober, one thousand i'evch
hundred and ninety weight; purfivant to a
warrant from James M'Henry, Esquire, Se
cretary for the Department of War, to in
vcftigate, try, and determine upon, certain
charges and fpecifititiwns, alledged against
Captain Tliortias Lewis :
The following- members were present, viz.
Captain Marios Ford, President..
Captains. Lieutenants.
■Gcofgti Ingerfoll, John M'Lellan,
James Stille, Theodore Meniinger,
Samuel Vance, William Wtifon,
Walter L. Gochran..
The frifaner challenged Lt. George W.
Carniicbsel, Jlnd the Secretary at War, in
licti a£ him, appointed lieutenant Ebenezer
Mafly.
The court being fwoni, jprocefpcd to bnii
lefs, anj tlie charges' as r-xln'oiuo. try wjajor
Fhoniai H. Culhiny, wtre lend, and were as
Philadelphia, "j'dy io, i 9 .
" Captain Thomas Lewis, of the anny ct
the Ui.ited States, is hereby ordered in arrest,
on the rotfcSviWg tlkifges, vis.
For bfefcaviiig in u Jcandalous, and infa
mous manner, such as k unbecoming an offi
cer asud- a gen tie limn*
ift. In writing me a note on the 18th
jnflant, containing these words, viz.
" For your villainous interference against
a just claim, which \ lud before Congress, I
Sm determined to punish you 5" thereby
falfely insinuating that I had been guilty of
villainous condutt : in a ftvle as ungentle
manlike as it is falfe.
id. In refuling' to demonstrate, that I had
interfered, as dated in the ahove note, after
Thad denied the fatt, arid called on him to
prove it ; and
this city, on this day, that major Cu filing is
a paltroon, and no gentleman, or words to
that efi'ett ; all which, together with such
Other fpecifications as may be given in before
trial, will be fully proven by
Mr. President, and
Gentlemen of the Court,
Having twen citSrgecf you
by major Culhing with " behaving j, r- /< ititia
hui and infamoui manner such as i» unbecom
ing an officer and a gentleman," I avail my
felfof the inefiimable right of being heard in
my defence. Major Cufhing'« right to order
my arrest, I shall not dispute ; but it is, never
theless, rather Angular that he fliould have ex
ercised it in his own cafe, where no public ne
cessity seemed to require it; and flill more so,
that in addition thereto he should appear against
me in the various charadlers of party, accuser,
and witness : but this mode of proceeding
may, perltaps, bed accord with the major 7 s
idea* of fettling his personal altercations, and
if so, I envy him not his feelings# My conso
lation, though of another kfndj I Gan aflure
him is not left grateful to me, namely, that
whenever an article of war evidently intended
for one objefl, is artfully perverted to answer
another, upright and impartial judges Handing
between the accrtjerand accuftd, will arrest the
(baft that, under the pretext of publx good, is
aimed at the ruin of an innocent individual,
and intended to avenge the quarrels and satiate
t.,e passions of a malevolent accuser.
The ift article of the 7th fetfion of the arti
cles of war provides for the " punilhment, by
arrejt, of such officers as shall nfe any reproach
ful or provoking fpecches or grftures to anoth
er." And the leth article of the appendix, for
41 the punishment by dismission from tervice of
whatever commissioned officer (hall be convidted
before a general court martial; of behaving in a
fc&wUalous and infamous manner, such as is un
becoming an officer and a gentleman," And
luch is the zeal of my accufer'fnr the public good,
or the grovelings of a man fraught with malice
as to induce the attempt to apply the latter arti
cle to a cafe, which, under 110 given circum
stances, could be fairly extended beyond the
former one.
iawt-f
It was forefeen that, in the course of events,
personal altercations must, as is the cafe in all
armies, aril'ebetween officers which might lead
to provoking speeches, or gestures from one to
another. And the punishment for a/1 offences
of this kind is> provided for by arrtjl under the
firft article of the seventh feflion already men
tioned. These provocations might be attended
with a greater or less degree of aggravation,
and the duration or severity of the arrest wa3,
doubtless, intended to be commensurate with
the offence. But it is conceived that when, by
a positive law, a fpecific kind of punishment it
attached to a fpecitic clal's of offence, that pun
ishment, and no other can be infli£ed ; more
erpecially when another kind of punishment is
fpecifically attached to another clal's of offence
designated by the fame law.
Whether the reproachfol language mentioned
in the firft article of the seventh feiflion be ad
dressed in writing, or uttered verbally, cannot
it is conceived, make any material difference, or
if it can, the only confeqnence must be an ;n
---creafe of the duration, or the severity of the ar
rest, but it can afford no just ground for apro
fecution under another article of war, obvious
ly intended for a different clati of offence, wlyeh
by and by, beeonfidered.
In proof of this, petmit ire to observe that
although similar pruvifiqns to our own, or near
ly so, are to be foutid in the military tlodes of
mofl, if not all civilized nations, it was rcfer
ved for the fertile genius of my accuser to dis
cover that the fafeft way of fettling a personal
altercation is to consider provoking language,
though provoked by injury, andXcmdatous and
infarorus behaviour, unbecoming an officer and
a gentleman, as the fame thing, and then to
get rid of his quarrel »nd hii by liav
nig hira dtfirifled the ferrice for behaving in a
5
Geo. W. CSrmicliael.
T. H. CUSHING, Major,
iff Regiment of Infantry
in the l'ervice of the Uni
ted States.
DEFENCE.
lets Ja'o'U» anil infamous manner, unbecoming
an officer and a gentleman. This might, it'll
true, be a very convenient thing, which could
not have escaped the discerning eye of my ac
cuser, for men of a certain description of nerve,
but to the real lildier, uhofc Ajelulgs are alive
at every insult, and to whom honor is dearer
than life, it would be worse than death- In the
mouth of the former, and I dare fay my accuser
calculated upon it,_ it at u!d put tltis answer to
every claim of fatiifaftion for inl'ult adcUd to
injury—" Awj» fellow ! why talk to me cf
lat:*fa<flion !—Von are not my equal. lam a
soldier and a gentleman ; you are neither. (Vou
have been difmtiled for behaving in a fcartda
lous and infamous manner, unbecoming an of
ficer and a gentleman while the latter must
tamely fubrtiit to the galling indignity from a
coufcioufnels that the lentence of his brother
Joldiers had authbtifed it.
1 ftorn to nuke asy pther appeal than to your
just ice and ifdom ; but I beg you to consider
that if my actHfer's conftruftion prevail, tine
day or osier some poltroon may be found artful
and bafts enough to place any or all of you in
thu Situation';' and Ihonld that be the. cafe, I
leave yon to jodge what your feelings muff be.
. r " ( h. e contrary, the wide and important
diilindl-jWif ton clearly ind flrong y mwked-'bjr
the articles of war, to be mistaken, Be attended
toby those who arelmoft inttr -lled in its preser
vation, provoking' will meet with pu
nipinierft fufficiently itvcrr. t! t e brave
will prelfcrve his ho-or untainted, -tikl gone but
his interiors in spirit arid fc/Wier like coudufik
will lament thjt he i; not difmiiTed the lcrricc
with and infamy.
Before- rising my obicrvctions on this head I
must tit al!c,v. Ed in add (hut in oil armies, theri
are Hiaiiy brav*
cowards. Hrave men know how to fettle ibelr
perioral without troubling courts
martial, and oth'ersget rid of them as well as
they cijn. But till now, no one ever had the
: addi-efs to call on a coart-martial to take a per*
fotiiil quarrel offhis hands,and fettle,it for hi in
..-.under an article calculated for-the scandalous
I and infamous. Hence it is fVr to conclude that
\ the attempt is ai unwarrantable as it is novel t
' fmcemy aceufer is notthefirft man who would
have been glad to have got rid of a quarrel and
an antagonist in this way, if it couldhave been
legally done.
But my accuser has not thought proper to
ground his charges agailift me on tie si, it arti
cle of the seventh feflion of the artiol.-s of war,
but on the aoth fe&ion of the appendix, with
the hope of having me difmilfcd from the ser
vice tor scandalous and infamous behavior, »n
---becoming an officer and gentleman. It therefore
remains for me to refute this charge, or fink
under it.
" Whatever commissioned. officer," fays this
article, " fliall be convidled before a geoWil
court-martial of behaviag in a fcandnloiisand in.
Jamous manner, such as is unbecoming ~n officer
and a gentleman shall be difmifled the Cervicp."
Being prosecuted on this, and na other article,
it follows that if a convielion tikes place, it
mnft be for a violation .»? < his, and no other
article, and that, in cafe of ifoUviStun, the
court can talie noaftrvictfttg oirc»tn!t»n«es into
confidcration in order to mitigate the punish
ment, and render it sorrefpondmt to the of
fence. But, on the contrary, the, sentence
malt inevitably he a dismission from the fervicr,
for behaving in a scandalous and infamous man
ner, unbecoming an officer aad a gentleman.
The qucftion therefore is not whether my cori
dudl has been ftriaiy juftifiable, or blameable
in a certain degree, but whether it has been
iucfc as to involve a violation of this article. And
if it has not, an abfoiute acquital mult aecelTa
rily follow.
It is difficult to conceive any just principles on
winch the terms fcandaltm and infamous could be
applied to any part of mycondudl in mycontro.
verfy with major Cu(hing. But it is easy to con
cede how the terms of an article of war may b*
improperly ufsd and rpplied to wound the feel.**,
of one officpr and to gmify the resentment of ano
thcr.
Ihe term " fcuniaUus" imports conJuA opmU
vi!c, wAfag.tiou, The term " infam,J'
imports publicly bnanJea with guilt, openly censured
mUriety */ bad cbaraair, ignominious, stigmatized'
Both terms .mply conduct groisly imn.oral and
wicked ; and when conne&ed with the remain
der of thefentence, " such as is unbecoming an of
ficer and a gentleman" were evidently intended br
ieoiigrcfb to defoliate persons difgraceful to the ar
my, unworthy the society of gentlemen, and dc
lerving ot d.lmiffion from the company of all hon
neft men. W.ll my accuser have the hardihood to
fay that I am a person of this dcfcription > do my
judge, believe it ? Will my accuser venture to fay
thatl am not, at lead upon an equal footing with
bimfelf i Did-henot acknowledge to c-iptaiS Tav
lor that I was a gentleman ? Does he, after this
believe Itis charge anamft me to be true i And
does he, after this, expea my judges to fay in
contradi&ion of his own acknowledgment that
my behaviour has been /«.,«» and wfomnl, un
becoming an officer and a gentleman ?
lVrfonal controversies reproachful' or provokinc
language have, as already observed been provided
for by another article, and if it were conceded,
or proved that 1 had acfted too hastily, or , on re
ceiving information, which I believe to be true
had used improper terms to major Cufting the'
highest pumfhment would be but an arrcfl.
1 beg it may be understood, Mr. President, that
these oblervations are merely intended to (hew
that an attempt has been made to prevert the arti
cles of war to an improper purpose : and that my
accuser's eonftru&ion of them wouy be inadmifli
bleiven though there were neither jullification nor
excuse for my coßdud. It will, however, I trust,
appear that I am not in this predicsment : and that
with soldiers and gentlemen who have feelings
which they will not condemn in others, I fiiall
(land ftriilly juftified in my conduit towards Ma
jor Culhing.
I wis informed by Lieutenant Strother that
about the firft of July he was in company with
Thomas Davit, esq. member of Congress from the
state of Kentucky, and John Clopton and Anthony-
New, efqr's members of Congreft from the ftatc
of Virginia, at tha lodgings of the t'aid New ana
Clopton, when a conversation arose r fpeflingmy
claim beforeCongrel'sfor extra pay, r. aid decamp
to the late general Waynt, when cu.nmander ia
chief the army of the United States : That these
gentlemen exported their l'urprile that the faii
claim had not passed in the "Senate, which from
the Datare of it, and the character of the claimant,
they supposed would have been done without de
lay or difficulty : that he, (Mr Strother) replied
that he fufpecled feme persons wh > had been my
enemies in ths army, had taken pains to fraflrate
niy claim, and that he named major Thomas Cufli
ing of the army ol the United State» as one of
thoflf persons ; and dated as a reafont'or hit belief
that a quarrel lud fornurtjr taken place between
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