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that, Padue, asserts, that the woman, was very violent, and he could not make her leave, which caused him to chain her (as if the same force employed to do that, was not sufficient to eject her), and he called in others to ask what to do with her.

This case I referred, by letter, to "Mr Hopkins", Esq, J.P.; remarking, that "according to the Plaintiffs statement of the brutal and inhuman treatment she had received at the hands of Mr Daniel Padue, he ought to be bound over to keep the peace, and recognized to appear before the next Grand Jury, for indictment".  I also begged to be notified of the time appointed for the hearing, when, should I find it impossible to be present, I further asked that I might be notified of the action had; and I concluded by saying, that "should this gross outrage not meet with prompt attention, I will have to report the facts, and request that Mr Padue be taken into military custody, until the properly constituted, Civil Tribunals are ready to try the case.  At the same time I took particular care to explain to the Plaintiff the whole proceedings that should be gone through with; admonishing her strictly, not to listen to any overtures of compromise; and I likewise requested her to keep me advised of each succeeding step in the affair.

Some five days after, I learned, casually, from a certain Constable, that he had in his possession "a warrant for the arrest of Padue; and also another, obtained by the latter, for the arrest of the Plaintiff."  Hearing nothing further, and being too busey, Registering, to visit Mr Hopkins, on the 18th Inst. I addressed him a note requesting to be informed what disposition he made in the case; the letter still remains unanswered; in the mean time, neither has the Plaintiff