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'I; represented, would fubj^& a man to
' thi- recognizance. He allo contended,
that “ officers ofjußice” meant judicial
officers only.—And, therefore, he insist-;
cd as these indictments charged Mr.
Crofwell With writing words descriptive
of the particular conduct of f. Jefferfon,
'who cannot be called a judicial officer,
'this authority could not bring him with
in the meaning oT the words in the Stat
ute. As to the authority, Hawkin's
pleas of the crown, he denied, that be
cause the author of an oblcene seditious
book, could be bound for his good be
haviour, that, therefore, one charged
with a libel might. The cases; he said,
were extremely variate- Ihe firft was
evidently al^ys an offence contra honor
te^- I'he last might not be. For,
in this very case, although b, the ftri&
application of Mi. Spencer's doctrine,
that "the truth cannot be given in evi
dence," Mr. Crowell may be coavifted i
df a libel on Thomas Jefferfon ; yet,'
'if the charges in his publication arej
true, the publication of .hem, so far
from being contra honor mores, wa his
sacred duty, and must be beneficial to
the public.
But, laid Mr. Williams, every Sen
tence adduced in support of the motion,|
is taken from some elementary writer. ;
Such writers draw the general outlines
of the law, without defending to par-,
ticulars. And on questions where such
important confideratibns are involved ;
where the real freedom of the press is
attacked, and the rights of a free citizen
threatened,the court mould be cautious,
how, by the loose di^ta of general writ
ers, they are drawn into a difeuffion,
which, sooner or later, they, will with
to blot from their records. If the prin
ciple was found, he alked, why the At
torney-General, whose Situation must
have naturally led him into the widest
researches on fubje^s of this naturejh^d
adduced no adjudged case to support it.
The time had been, he said, in Eng
land, when party raged with violence ; %
when internal commotion Shook the
kingdom to its center, and when the
court and bench had uriited in every
art, in every invention, to Shackle the
press and quell the murmurs of fadion.
If this is law, if this principle could bei
endured, would it not,he aSked, in thole 1
times of turmoil and persecution have
been difeovered ? There is, indeed, said ;
.Mr. Williams, one case in which the I
dodrine advanced by the prosecutor
was recognized.. He alluded to the
case of the seven bithops. Three of the
judges declared it the law of England.
But, in the language of Lord Camden,
commenting on this very case, “ this
adjudication only serves to Shew the
miserable Rate of affairs at the time.";
It was an adjudication which even in
those times of persecution and uproar
was viewed with horror by every honest
man in that community. And Judge
Powel, the only honest judge on the
bench,entered his Solemn protest against
the decision. He firmly dissented and
thus refeued his reputation from that
gulph of infamy which swallowed his
brethren, as Lot refeued his body from
the flames of Sodom. 1 trust the time
never will arrive, when, in freaking of
this very case, any one can apply the
fame observation to this honourable
bench. The inference is strong and
irresistible, that no such law ever did
exist in England. But, said Mr. Wil
liams, I will not flop here. Although
the very ground which the public pros
ecutor has himfelf chosen, totters be
neath him, yet I will adduce some au
thorities decisive of the question. He
then produced a book entitled, " A di
gest of the law of libels," and from the
4.lft page read the following :—" No
man can be bound to give Sureties of
the peace for these reasons, " because
there is no authority of even ambigu
ous hint in any law book, that he may
be bound—because no libeller in fa<ft
was ever so bound—because no crown
lawyer in the most despotic times, ever
infixed he Should be so bound, even in
days when the press swarmed with the
most envenomed and virulent libels, and
when perfections raged with such un
common fury against this species of of-.,
fences ; when the law of libels was ran
sacked every term ; when iofs of ears,
perpetual imprffonment, banishment,'
said fine's of toand 20,000 pounds were
& common judgments in the star
chamber, and when the crown had o,j
pened an uncontrolable authority over|
the press." He then cited 2d of Wil./
Ton's Reports, p. 166, the King against
Wilkes. He dated the case to b^that
Mr. Wilkes was committed to the lower
for a libel, on a warrant issued by Lord
Halifax, Secretary of State. This war
rant was the fame in effeft as to all the
purposes of the present case as an in-,
diament. Mr Wilkes was brought in
to the court of King's Bench on a ha
baes corpus ; and there a motion was
made that he be recognized to keep the
peace andbe of good behaviour.. This
was opposed on several grounds ; but
his counsel contended that no man mere
\y charged with a libel,before conviction,
could be thus recognized. ;
That court, although difoofed favor
ably to the prosecutor, and opposed to
Mr Wilkes, were unanimous "against
the motion. And the chief justice Pratt, 1
afterwards Lord Camden, in deliveringl
his opinion, uses the following strong
and conclusive language :—" / cannot
find that a libeller war ever bound to find
.furet, of the peace in any book whatever,
nor ever war in any case except one, to wit,
the case of the seven bitheps,where three
judges said that surety of the peace was
required in the case of a libel. Judge-;
Powel, the only honest man of the four,
di(Tented§ and I am bold to be of bi^
opinion, and to fay, that case is not law ;
but it thews the inferable condition of;
the date at that time. Upon the whole,
if is absurd to require surety of the peace or
bail in the case of a libeller,.and therefore,
Mr Wilkes must be discharged from
his imprisonment—whereupon there
was a loud huzza in Weftminfter-halL" ;
He then read an extia& from the
speech of Mr Fox, in the British parlia-[
ment, in the year 1791. Enumerating
the dangers to which the press was ex
;pofed in England, he said, "in the
present enlightened age, he certainly
I had no reason to fear that previous re- ;
ftraints would be attempted to be im
posed on the press. The -good feufe of
the times would not brook an imprimatur
or previous securities of any kind for
good behaviour." Hence, he said, it'
iwas obvious that in England no magif-
Itrate would dare to attempt What this
court is called on to execute.
Here then, said Mr Williams, is an
end to the question. To the loose diffa
of elementary writers, I have opposed
authorities precisely in point. 1 have
opposed authorities which no art, no
ingenuity, can evade. And, said he, is
this our boasted liberty, and is this the
republicanism about which we have
heard so much clamour ? Is this, "1
monument of the Safety with which er.
for of opinion may be tolerated when
reason is left free to combatit ?" When
federalism is dead ; the sedition law no
more, and repuhlicanifa triumphant,
Shall a republican prosecutor dare to urge
a restraint on the rights of a freeman,
von the freedom of difeudion, which no
crown- lawyer, in the mdft despotic
times which England has ever known,
ever dared attempt against the mod ab
je& Dave ? Or shall a court of justice
carry into execution those malignant
, Schemes of persecution which thatprof
;Ccutor may dare to frame ' He called
;on the prosecutor, thus pointedly and
; conclusively refuted, to forbear his at-
Itempts, and in a free country to permit
the press, that holy palladium of our
rights, to remain free and flourishing.
Mr. Williams then dated that this
recognizance would operate as a re
ftriaioQ of the true liberty of the press.
He defined the freedom of the press to
be, a right to publish what any one
pleased, without any previous restraint,
being answerable for such publication.
But, said Mr Williams, this recogni
zance would effectually banish Mr Crof
well from the profeffion he has chosen,
and deprive his family of bread. He
is now called on to enter into a recog
nizance,himfelf in two thousand dollars,
and his sureties in one thousand dollars
each, upon each of the indictments —
Thus he will be bound in eight thou
sand dollars, to be of good behaviour.
•To forfeit this recognizance, no breach
of the peace is necessary. Any atten
ding to the breach of the peace, is Suf
ficient. Should, then, Mr. Crofwell
in pursuing his profeffion, fay any
thing, however true, tending to dero
gate from the dignity of Thomas Jef
ferfon ; Should he simply state that Mr.
Jefferfon isa deist, his recognizance is
forfeited. Nay, Should he faithfully re
present the flighted mifeondud of the
most inferior officer in the community ;
or, if a member of this bar was guilty
of the infamous crime of swindling, and
he should reprefen; his condu& to the
world—for either of these ads, though
when convi&ed by a jury, no court
would impofc a fine of five dollars, he
would forfeit his recognizance, and be
fiddled with the enormous sum of 8000
dollars. Is not this a reftridion of the
press ? With this recognizance hanging
over his head, would he dare to per
form his duty ? NoI he would dare to
publish nothing, left the eagle eye of
the prosecutor might search out some
phrase which some court would deter
mine to be libellous. He would Hand
ton the brink of aprecipice ; and, while
speaking the truth, and performing his
sacred duty, be might be plunged heal
long to ruin, without a trial by jury,
for the smallest possible, offence. This,
I Mr. Williams contended, was levelling
all diftindions in punishments. For the
smallest possible offence, the person re
cognized must fuffer the fame severity
of punilhment, as for the most attro
cious slanders. There was neither jus
tice nor reason in such doctrine. That
all libels from the most trivial to the
most heinous, should receive the fame
punishment,, he contended, was an ab
surdity which ought to be, and he had
no doubt would be fronted out of court
by every honest man on the bench,.
He contended, that the jury was en
titled to judgeof the extent of a libel.
The trial by jury was guaranteed to
every citizen. Butif this do&rine pre
vails, the court takes from the citizen 1
that sacred privilege,and places his fate' 1
in the hands of every roagiftrate. Any|
magistrate had only to bind over a fuf- (
petted printer, and in process of time,
to declare his bond forfeited; and what
ever the nature sf the libel may be, the
printer is ruined. And, said Mr. Wil
liams,fhall we be told that this is no re
ftri&ion of the press and of fair discus
sion? It is laying the axe at the root
of republicanism. It is doling every|
avenue of information.^ And if the at-I
tempt m*ts the fanttipn of our courts J
Ido not fay too much when I speak myl
folemn* convifticn that the strongest
bulwark of human rights is gone for-|
ever. Our governors, our magiltratys,
may trample or every right, and the
eye of honest qnfure will not dare to
expose their crimes. Peculation, per
secution and immorality, may hasten 1
our country to .he great tomb of all
republics, and so one will dare to check
their wild carter. The power of ju
ries are affumec by magistrates. Those
magistrates are appointed by the " pow
ers that be," They may become the|
creatures of pover. Every magistrate
, will become, iniffea, a licencer. Noth
ing must be pibiifhed which might
chance to meet (is disapprobation. And
thus the old Rai-chamber policy, at the
very mention g which liberty Judders,
' is renewed in me plenitude of its defor
mity,in every village in thq community.
Against dodrines pregnant with such
confcquences, he conjured the judges
to make a resolute hand ; nor to fac
rifice, at the Ihrine of party spirit, the
vidim which the attorney-general had
already bound and prepared for the
altar. Mr. Williams here closed a.ve
ry able ind eloquent argument of an
hour and an half, and was followed by
Mr. Van Nefs upon the fame fide.
[To be Continued.)
SEVENTH
Congress of theU.States.
SECOND SESSION.
House of Representatives.
, Friday, Jan. 28, 1803.
A letter from David Humphreys refpedting
presents made to. him by the Dey of Algiers,
and the King of Spain was referred to Mcffrs.
Jones, Dana and Elmendorf.'
Mr. Euftis reported a bill to provide an addi
tional armament for the prote&iop of the fea
toen and commerce of the United States, which
Was read twice.
.Mr Davis presented certain Resolutions of
the Legislature of Kentucky, refpe&ing the
otclu fion of New-Orleans, &c. which was read
and referred.
ftTbffe Refoliations bave already been publifcd]
The. military Peace Eftabliihment Bill, was
read, and ordered for a third reading on Mon
day, ——o
, „ MONDAY, JAN. 31, 180 j.
The committee of elections reported, that the
Delegate from the North-western Territory is
entitled Aill to hold his feat.
Mr. Dawson presented four Resolutions on
the fubje& of Indian Concerns, which were re
ferred for Wednesday next.
A bill for authorifing, the sale of a piece of
land belonging t& tbe. N^vy Yard in Salem, to
the Salerp Turnpike Road company puffed.
, Mr. Bayard presented a resolution to indem
nify the citizens of the United States, for losses
by French seizures, and whose claims for indem
nity were, renounced in the late .treaty with
France. On motion to take up the resolution,
it was negatived, Noes 45 —A,es 39.
After some time fpeot on the Fatent Bill,
which was eventually recommitted, the galleries
were cleared, and the House remained with
closed doors until "four o'clock, when they ad
journed. ——o
TUESDAY, FEB. I, 1803.
The House, in committee, took up the re
port in favor of allowing to John Holland a re
dadipn of duties on goods damaged by fire,&c.
which was advocated by Messrs, S. Smith,
Griswold, Euftis, John C. Smith, Bacop, and
Jones, and opposed by Mr. Randolph ; carried
—Ayes 62.—The House concurred therewith,
and directed a bill to be brought in.
A bill was reported to prolong the continu
ance of. the Mint at Philadelphia, five years,
&c. which was referred for to-morrow.
Mr. S. Smith observed, that in order to al
low the fulleft time to obtain information of the
public fer.timenc, he mould not call for the re
port on diferimiqgting duties until the fecend
Monday in February.
Mr. Huger offered a resolution for an a
mencment to the Confutation, by which the
Legislature of every state shall be obliged to
divide the States, refpedlively into as many
diftfias as there are Senators and Representa
tives in the Congress of the United States from
the States tefpedb'vcly, and that in each of those
diftridts an Eledor for Ptefident and Vice-Pre-,
fident shall be chosen by those who are qualified
to vote for Representatives in Congress. The
resolution was referred to a committee of the
whole on the state of the union.
Mr. Newton presented a petition from the
Chamber of Commerce of Norfolk on the fub
jedt of diferiminating .duties'.
——o — —
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2, 1803:
The bill refyecling.csnfuls, vice confab, &c.
puffed to be engrossed.
Mr. Bayard again called the attention of the
House to his resolution on the fubjedt of French
spoliations, that jt.ffiauld be referred, and a day
named for its consideration ; and as it had been
Voted down without any reasons assigned, he
should call for the yeas and nays, He hoped
gentlemen would so far at Jeaft comply withl
the forms of justice as to fuffer the case to be}
.considered, whatever may be their ultimate de-j
cifion upon it. The yeas and nays were taken, |
Yeas 65 — Nays 26 ; when the resolution was
referred to acommittee of the whole, and madej
the order for Monday week.
Mr S. Smith gave notice, that he should call I
up the fubje& of diferiminating duties on Mon
day next—(not Monday week )
The bill to prevent the. importation of cer
tain persons whose admiflion is prohibited by
certain laws of the State governments, under-I
went a lengthy discussion in committee, from ;
which it appeared that great enormities hadl
been pradifedby the French Governors in thel
Weft-Indjes,in procuring their disorderly blacks
to be fmugglcd into the southern States, and by
that means very much endangering the lives of,
the inhabitants and the tranquility of the Un
ion. The committee rofe,wichout going thro'
the bill and obtained, Ic^ve to & again.
CJMUtWJ>a.-g-^.-— <-^» WwST ~| C .-^^. ^..^
United States. ~
——
. . PHILADELPHIA, FEB 4.
Notwithstanding the milk-and water measures
the administration has drought proper to adopt
refpeding the “ ecclufity, of the port of New-
Orleans ; the language of the people, on theoc
;cafion, is dire&ly the reverse; and instead of-
I waiting a year io a Iruitlefs negociation, at the
I ° f 2 °™° d ^> *” d permitting thel
. French to effect a looting there; they would'
l upon New Orleans as a guaraotee-of the,
Irestoration of the rightsthey enjoyed' by treaty.l
I The language of the Weftern People to Con-1
graft is, “ From yau,afcfablcd Reorefentatives, 1
do we demand that yoav^d f^z^ the happy
moment for securing the pefreffion of America
to our posterity ; for eufuripg the harmpny
and union of these States ; for removing all ob-
Irocles to the future progress of our settlements;
for excluding from out vitals the rodfl. active I
anddapgerous enemy that ever before threat-I
ened us; for gaining the affections of your wef-I
tern.citizens by enforcing their rights'; by ref-|
cuing their property from ruin. ' Gi+e us net|
room to peftion your courage in a case where
I courage is tculya Virtue; tadoubt your wisdom,
I when the motives to decide yo.pr cotidal; arc
so obvious and forcible. .ft iron i CT , c bat ;
command us to rife as ope man, and strike."
— —j.
BOSTON, FEB. 1,.
FROM ROTTERDAM.
Yesterday arrived at this port tfe
(hip Alnomack, Capt. Cleveland, in 41
days from "Rotterdam. Through the
politeness of Capt. C. we have been
furnifhed with a tile of Rotterdam pa
pers to the 2,h Dec.
Capt. C. informs us, that 12 trans
ports, chiefly American veffeis, and 2
frigates, were lying at Helvoet Sluys,
waiting to receive troops on board for
Louisiana; that the Commander in
Chief, Cen. Vi&or, had arrived at Rot
terdam with .his suit, and that it was
expeded they would depart in the course
of a month or fix weeks..
,From Gibraltar. ..
Captain Duplex arrived at NfyYork' from
Gibraltar, informs, that on the 19th December,
the old Royal Battery on the top of Gibraltar
Rock, on the land fide, walsfet bh fire by lighl
ni"g> au ^ burned with great fury till,the arcxt
day. During the night tha Faroes exhibited an
awful and grand appearance : the veffi Is in port
appearing as4f illuminated. Capt , was.in
fohned, that 120 men were eraploye+rhe whole
time in attempting to extinguish ' the Favres, but
in vain ; the whole battery was destroyed
Captain Duplex also infarm^that the, U,
nited States frigate Conftcllatibn, Captain
Murray, was to fail for the United States in
two or three days after he left there. 'The fri
gate Adams was going over to Tangkrs Bay
The Chesapeake was at Leghorn on the i6tb
of October. The John Adams failedfrom Mal
aga up the Streights about the 13th December,
The Tripolitan ship at Gibraltar, had been
seized for debt, and difmanded. Capt.D. bro't
out dispatches for Government.
0 — —
Ornthe 17th Dec his Excellency John Hal
ket, Governor of the Bahama Islands, issued his
Proclamation, allowing foreign vessels to import
the following articles into the ports of Nalfiu,
Exuma, Turks-Bland, and St. George, as well
as in British bottoms ; viz., corn, all forts of
grain and pulse, flour, bread and rice, every
species of faked provisions, cattle and live Rock
of all kinds, and all forts of lumber, until fur
ther notice. —o—
—
Tbefollowing is an extrafl of a letter from a gen
tleman in Tennessee, to lie friend in RReigb (N C.)
" The conduct of the Spanish gov
ernment in (hutting the port of N. Or
leans against American commence,con
trary to the Spanish treaty, has great
ly ,eaafperated the people of this coun- ,'
try. The mechanics must become'
bankrupts, and the farmers get nothing
for their crops.
“ The merchants of the town of Nash
ville purchased upwards of 300,000
dollars worth of merchandize and pro
mised to make remittances this winter
in cotton. All the merchants in the
country had entered into the life en
gagements —their views are all derang
ed by this, pernicious conduct of the
Spanish Government. The people ap
pear disposed to remain quiet until they
lee what the Government of the United
States will do.
“ Should the Government of the U
nited States not ad properly and de
cisively, the people are determined to
arm themselves, descend the river in
their boats, and force all opposition.
In this project there will be an union of
the people of .Tenpe/feeL Kentucky, the
Xe-rth-WeHern arid ,Miffifippi territo
ries, which will be a serious thing in the
United States ; Ido hope the United
States will declare war immediately a
gainst Spain ; if they do not, they will
necessarily have an intestine commo
tion." —
Extract of a letter from Cbarlflon, {S. C.) dated
fan. 36, 18Q3..
“ On entering thh pore I was aftoniffied at
the quantity of Shipping that lined the wharves|
throughout, the town, and the flags of the dif
ferent nations that were displayed here. lam
told that on the 10th inst. there were 100 fail
.of Square-rigged vessels in port, besides 60 coaft
!ers from the other States; and so great a dc
|mand for rice that the price had risen to gdolls.
I per 1001 b. at which price every calk is caught ;
I up as soon as it comes to market. Cotton is now I
the principal produdion of this State, and h^sl
been in great demand; the present price is :6|
a 16^ cents for upland, and z7i a 2fi currency
for Island. Large orders for this article are come
from England, and some considerable Shipments .
are making to France. The rice goes, princi
pally to the North, lay Copenhagen, Germany
. and Holland, on account of the merchants of
those countries who have font unlimited orders
for 16,000 calks."
— —3
Gen. Mulenfeldt, is appointed Gov.
Gen. of his Danilh Majetty's Weft-In
dia Islands, in the room of Gen* Wob
derftorf, who has resigned. This ap
pointment has given great fatisfaftion
to the inhabitants of those islands. . 1
.LIGHTNING.
NEWYORK, E^b L
A letter from New-Bruufwick, :NJ.) G. W'
at 3 o'clock on Thursday last, fays,
“ Melancholy to relate, tlus day at t^i
o'clock we had 'd violent florm of rain, hail, t.r.d
foow, attended with thunder and lightning,
which Struck the steeple of the EpifcopalChurcb,
it took fire, and is still burning. The windjs
violent from the weft, which threatens great de
;flruaion to the town. The Church will been-
I tirely loft.", )
jßy the Pilot Boat Ulysses, arrived last night
ifrom the Hook, we learn, that the schooner Pa
ragon, Jackson, from this port to St. Croix,while
lying at the Hook on Thursday afternoon dur
ing the thunder and lightning, was struck, and
one man killed. Another was so badly wound
ed, by the lightning,that his life is despaired of.
The Eriglifli flrip Medway, Potts, for Ma- ,
deira, lying at tire Hook waiting for a fair wind,
1 nasalfo Struck, and one man wounded. After
f the gust, in the aid of heaving her anchor, She
I parted her cable and went to sea.
I The pilot-boat Ulysses, being at rhe Hook,?
I was also Struck with lightning, and Mr. Ogden
% and one of the lads were itunned, but recovered
without injury.,
0
BOSTON, FEB. Is.
On the 3d inst. at Gloucester, in the
back part of a pasture, the lightning
broke upon a rock about 12 feet in di
ameter,&thefameheight above ground.
It split off* from the tocka flab about;
12 feet long, 6. broad,, and 3 thick.;
and rent it to prices—some of the frag-„
ments were thrown to or 15 rods from
the original rock. The large rock was
penetrated through the centre to the
bottom —the lightning then separated
into 3 branches, puffed off in a South
easterly direction ; tearing up the earth
3 feet deep, and throwing out rocks
which lay in its way, to the distance of
several rods ; Some of the rocks were
near a tor . weight. I'hefe branches ter
minated abruptly at some handing wa
ter at the margin of a meadow. A
nothcr branch burti cut at the fouth erid
of the rock, and took a Southerly route
along the margin of the aforefaid meaa
dow, for 40'rods, removing everything
which ft^od in its way, till it reached
the water also. ^ fifth branch took a
northerly dired@i,' marking its way
Superficially in a.lefpequuc manner,
gouging out a path about an inch wide
and half an inch deep ; in its way it
palled over some rocks, which were
nearly on aleve! with the, furface of the
earth, marking its path over'thofe rocks
with a pale white, and leaving a light
dust of the colour of theafhes of a (egar*
In its way it palled over other rocks
much in the fame position, without lea
ving any track at all. This branch
continued on in a zigzag manner, till
it reached a large rock judged by fpec
tatorsto be of 3010ns weight,it penetra
ted under this huge rock, and raised i^
out of its bed 4 inches : it then took a
westerly courte to another, large rock,
tearing the ground all round it, and
here it fper.t,itfel£
The near est house to this feene of ter
ror was about 200 yards off. In it
were ten persons fitting in asocial cir
cle. The concussion of the air was so
great as to firike them all into silent as
tonishment ; it threw the father of the
family involuntarily un his feet ; ail
the rest kept their feats ; and he at firft,
supposed them all lifelefs statues till the
i mother broke silence and said, “ The.
i endrf all things is come I" others groan
ed ; but after a little reflexion they
found that, none of them had received
essential injury.
—
. DOVER, FEB. it.
On Thursday the 3d inst. as Mr. Wra
Graves of Brentwood, was travelling
fromNewfield to this town as he was pas-
Sing thro' a piece of woods in Shapleigh
about one o'clock*?. M. the Lightning
Struck three several times viz the firft
time it Struck about three rods from
him to the left, the second, about the
fame distance to the right, he was much
terrified, and set his horse out at full
gallop, when a third flaffi of Lightning
Riuckjuft before him in the road, so
near that it knocked both him and his
horse, to the ground. Mr. Graves,
however, fortunately escaped unhurt,
and was able t@ pursue his journey.
The last London papers contain a report that
tpe vast city of Conttantinople was nearly de
stroyed by an earthquake, the 26th October hftj
TO NATUR ALISTS, ~
An OX isnow for Shew in Berwick,
England, widen is fald to be the largeft,'
handfomeif and matt wonderful Ox ev
er exhibited in Great-Britain, or per-/
haps in Europe. He Hands upwards
of nineteen hands high, is twelve feet
; in length, eleven in girth, and weighs,
upwards of four thousand seven hun
dred and Sixty weight. I'his furpriz
ing animal was bread by John Spottif
wode, Esq. and is called the Spotlit
wode Ox; the present proprietors gave
ifor himfx/e„ hundred and eight, dollars.
I There's an Ox for ,our money.
I . $ 0- ,
l English prints state, that a yougg woman of
the name of Carver, housemaid to capt R.Pcar
fon of Greenwich hospital, proves to be the
daughter of the late celebrated capt. Carver,
who acquired avast trad of country in the back
Settlements of the United States. This has been
faithfully guaranteed and preserved by the In
dians for his legal representative, who is at
length indisputably difeovered in the person .of
the above young woman. The land is fufprfed
to he worth £IOO,OOO Sterling.
0
Two large beds of CoaLhaye lately
been difeovered on the bar.L< ■the fen
ritan, in New-Jersey, between Lew
Brunswick and Amboy.