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CHAPTER XXI.

It woull seem hardly creditable were I tc sta*e that
while his commercial adventures in tin's direction were
so unprosperous, and culminating so unhappily not only
to his prospects but to human life, and that Samuel G.
Ogden was suffering quite sufficiently for any mistake
he had made, that the United States Government should
take a part in the proceedings. Yet so it was. The
ship " Leander " had barely time to gtt outside cf San¬
dy Hook, when Nathan Sanford, the United States Dis¬
trict Attorney, commenced legal proceedings against
Mr. Ogden. He and his friend. Colonel W. S. Smith,
were both indicted by the Grand Jury, April 1, 1806.
He was held to bad in the sum of $20,000. Samuel
Gouverneur was one of the sureties, and Mr. Ogden
himself was one. Mr. Gouverneur was a son-in-law of
James Munroe. Mr. Ogden employed as his counsel
Thomas A. Emmett, Cadwallader Colden, and Josiah
Ogden Hoffman. Mr. Smith was first tried. The trial
commenced before Judge Talmadge — July, 1806.
The following jurors were sworn. There is a lot of
my old merchant names among them : John Sullivan,
John A. Fort, John Rathbone, Jr., Lewis 0. Hammers-
ley, Oiurland Babcock, John P. Haft', Goold Hoyt,
James Masterton, Schuyler Livingston, Henry Panton,