The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1804-06-27 00:00:00, page 2

Ford yfi Intelligence.
NEW-YORK, June in.
The letterdxig of the (hip Pin from Green
ock was brought to town yefterday morning,
and we had the plcafure (after a long dearth of
European intelligence) to receive Greenock pa
pers to the K5th April, containing London news
or the Kilt, from which we have (elected the
molt important articles.
We have nothing further refpefting the fitua
tionof Moreau aud Georges, excepting that
they are both dated in the MonitcUr to bcjick.
From Greenock papers to the 2 5th April, rrceti
ed at the Office of the Mercantile Adxcrtifer.
LONDON, April 17.
The journey of Madame Bonaparte, mother
of the Firft Conful, to Rome, at the prefent con
juncture, is a circuiTtftance which may give rife
to various conjectures, efpccially as (he was at
tended with aftrongguanl, and teemed in fuch
hade that (he would not flop to receive the con
gratulations of the public functionaries.
According to letters from Paris, an add refs ]
has been prel'entcd to the Firft Conlul by the
Confervative Senate, praying him not only to
to a me his fucccflbr, but to take upon iiimfclf a
higher title than he has yet a (Turned, and to make
the fame heriditary in his family.
The Gazette tie France of April ad, fays,
“ The public funds have riicn jince the day on
which the Senate in a body prefented an addrels
to the rirft Conful, though the object of it is not
exactly known.”
Toe preparations for invading this colintry
are now in fuch a (late of forwardnefs, that the
attempt may be expected to be made in a very
fhort iirne.
April 20.
We this morning were favoured with a note
From a gentleman who has juft cfcaped from
France, hiving left Dieppe on hoard an Ameri
can Ihip homeward hound on Friday laft, and
landed on the coaft of Dorfet from an open boat
on Monday* He ftates, that the army encamp
ed along the coaft: of Picardy have began to ma
nifeft great difcontent at the delay, which has
taken place refpefting the invafion of this coun
try, which they have been aftured three feveral
times in the courfe of lix months would certain
ly be put in execution at a given period. The
middle of November was the firft time mention
ed, the laft week of January the iecond, and the
third the middle of March, lince which the ac
tivity of the preparations ha6 confiderably re
laxed, except in wiiat regards the exchanges of
troops, above twenty battalions of whom our
informant affilfcs us, were ordered into the in
terior during the period of his ftay on the coaft,
which was about a fortnight. In regard to the
rumours of infurrettions, See. in Paris, he fays
they arrive daily ; and though perhaps altoge
ther unfounded, they are generally confidered
as ftrongly expreflive of the willies of the peo
ple, which are every where explicitly in favour
of a peace* with England.
In the concurring opinion of many eminent
medical men, we have had an opportunity of
confuting, there is in the proems verbal in the Mo
niteur internal evidence to prove that General
Pichegru did not, and could net commit filicide.
The nioniteur account alledgesthat he made ufe
of a piece of wood, which “ be turned as often
he thought neceflary to pul a nop to rclpi
m the haturt of a tburiiiqmL.therefore, acted
know very well that to have produce’#'?! men
that manner it would have been neceflary Yl
hnveincrcafed the force and prefliireof the tour
niquet, and that the greateft degree of force
would lave been neceflary juft before the refla
tion of life. In the fame manner, to exauft an
air pump requires an incrcafing degree of force
as the pump becomes more and more exaufted.
Now how can any man fuppofc for a moment
that General Pichegru could apply this increaf
ing force when his own ftrength muft of necef
fity been decreating ? And as the greateft ex
ertion would have been neceflary when he muft
have had the lealt, it remains for the Moniteur
to ihew how it was poflible for him to deprive
himfelf of life in the way deferibed. Medical
men, therefore, in London, whatever the phyfi
c:ans and furgeons of Paris may be forced toaf
fert, have no difficulty in declaring openly, un
queftionably and pofitivcly, that another man or
men muft have put Pichegru to death.
April L'l.
Our readers will remark, that no anfwcr ap
pears to have been returned by the Swedilh am
ivdfador to M. ralleyrand’s letter, tranfmitting
the correfpondence attributed to Mr. Drake.
Wo have rcafon to believe, from a circumftance
which we fliailrtate prcfentlv, that the Sivedilh
Government will not authonle itsambaflador at
Paris, to imitate thecondutf of moft of the other
ambafladors in that Capital. The King of Swe
den was at Baden when the Duke D’Enghein
was kidnapped : he was oh a vifit to hie, father
in-law, the Elector of Baden. At the violation
of the independence and territory of the Electo
rate by French troops, a id at the feizure of the
unfortunate Prince, he exprefled great indigna
tion, and immediately font over to the imbafla-j
dor here, Baron de Silverhjcim,a proteft, couch
ed in very ftrongand manly terms, againft that
infamous and barbarous tranfluftion. The Swe
difli ambaflador has received direftions to deli
ver copies of it to all the foreign ambaflador3 at
the court of London, and we hope to be able to
lay it liefore our readers to-morrow or next day.
We underftand that it is of confiderable length.
This proteft does the greateft honour to his S\ve
dith Majcdy.
.. „ . rCourier.
Ycderday morning, Mr. Sparrow, the MefTen
ger, arrived with diipaicbcs from the Courts of
Vienna and Munich. We underdand that he
bring# advice of Mr. Drake being about to re
turn to Britain from the latter place.
f Star.
It was lad night reported at the weft end of
»he town, that Mr. Drake ha# been given up by
the Elector of Bavaria, and is now a prifoncr in
France. Wc hope this datement is incorixtt.
. [Packet.,
The report was again rumoured ycderday, of
an inl'urreftion having taken place iu Paris, in
which the Chief Cvnful is faid to have iod liis
life. It was brought from Morlaix in a Blip that
left that port on 1 tiurfday lad. It is certainly
premature.
By the Hamburgh Mail which arrived yeder
day, we learn, that a great part of Switzerland
is in a date of mfunedion again rt the Conrtitut
ed Authorities. The abfence of the French
troops was made the Jignal of revolt. In the can
tons of Berne, Solctirr, Argil, Frevbnrp, &c. the
temerity ofthe infurgeut* has reached the high
id pitch. They every where prevent the people
from taking'heoathof allegiance to the twwCon
ftitution. In the night of the »sth ult. fome o*
the difalteltcd fc-t fire to the Cadlc of WadeuBi
arccl, on the Lake of Zurich j and the lad lot
tos date,that the Landcmann, unable tw fetid
tin. torrent,had foiicitedtlie return of the French
•a. my.
The Journal of Milan, fays, the expedition
which was intended by the Toulon Beet is poft
poi ed.
The Ei.t:h fqitadrcn, in the'l'cxfc!, rt wasru.,
moured l. i. morning k»s failed. Their force
there, Was known to coniilt of only four line of
battle (hips, with fome fiualler Tellels and fixty
tranfports. Ifthis intelligence lie correct we Hat
ter ourfeJvcs Admiral Thoruborough will give a
good account of them.
BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS.
April U>.
Mr. Drake’s supposed Correspondence.
Lord Morpeth faid, that he trulled die houfc would
rxcufc him for deviating a little from the rules of de
bate, and particularly as the fubjetS, upon which he
would occupy a fniall portion of its time, wu« one in
which the honour and chnraiter of the country were
materially involved. He alluded to the foul imputati
on that had been endeavoured to be cart on the (»o
vcrnment and its reprefeiuative, by a recent publicati
on in a French official paper. To the ctrcurelhince of
that tranfa&iun, he thought it beneath him to advert, <
as long as they had been confined to the foul and malig
nant pages of the Moniteur ; and while they only
tended to dcmonffrute the rancour of the French Clo
vemincut, he thought it was the bell and mod dignifi
ed courle to treat them with fdent tcoril. But the pa
pers purporting to be a correfpondencv between the
Britiih Envoy Extraordi.riry at Munich, and a perfou
refiding at Paris, have been officially communicated
by the French Minillcr to the different Ambaffadors
in that city, and the honour of die nation has been im
peached upon unlubdantiated fads,improbable in their
nature, unproved, and, he confidently trulled, not to be
proved. To thole communications acknowledgments
had been made, of foine diverffty in their tenor, but
mod of them certainly adopting and fan tl idling, in a
greater or ieller degree, the foul reproaches that had
been call on the Britiih character ; and in the degraded
Hate in which the greater part of die Courts of Europe
was placed, the Reprefentative of the Court of Rnflia
was the only one of the Diplomatic Body who did in
his anfwer exprel's any doubt of the fadd. Some of the
Ambaffadors to whom that communication was made
did certainly go to very extraordinary' lengths in their
replies to the French Minifter, and fuch as lie lhould
Barthelemy, the banker, continued tinder ar
rvft, but vyasexpeited to be liberated.—Ilis ar
rclt was in confequence of his name being on a
hill of exchange taken from one ofthe Cunf'pira
tors.
The Dutch admiral VerhtieJ, wasal Flufliing
on the nth April, preparing anotiier divilion of
his flotilla for fea.
.• All the Ihip-rights at Rotterdam and Amllcr
dam have l>een lent to Flufhing, to make fume
alterations or experiments in the conftru<5tk>n of
the flotilla there.
The French are Rated to have fdxed'the pro
perty of Brilifli merchants in the free city of
Frankfort.
The king of Denmark has demanded a month
ly tribute of hoo dollars, for allowing the Kng
li.'li mails to pafs through his dominions to Ham
burgh, to commence from the- period they were
tirft landed at Tonningen. The Dutch poft of
fice at Hamburgh, which has the riirc&um ofthe
Rnglifli correfpondcncv, has contented to pay
this film in future, but has declared its inability
to difeharge the arrears.
Utters received, via Harwich from Holland
ftate, that amongft other preparations for the re
ception of the invading army, the Prene.b have
peremptorily demanded the pofreflion of nearly
fevtmtjr houfea at Utrctch, befufei which an en
camptnent is marked uut in that neighbourhood
hope Would be found to delerve the cenfure of the dif
ferent powers they reprefent. He particularly alluded
to the ;uiIwer of the Representative of a Power who
had fprung from the fame fource with oui felves, whole
language was the fame,and whofe intcreds,he traded,
were not oppofed to each other. (A loud cry of hear !
hear J) He was forry to fee fentiments fo derogatory
fre.ni the honour of the Britiih charader, received with
fuch pliant facility, by the Refident of a Power that
di'iuld have known how to appreciate our national cha
racter ,in a more friendly and favourable way he had no
motion to make, but he thought it incumbent on tni
tiiders, either to difavow or exculpate Mr. Drake, and
to prove to Europe, and to t^ie world, that they have
not “ pointed the dagger of the alfaflir..”
Tlie Chancellor of the Exchequer—“ Mr. Speaker,
I rife to exp refs my unfeigned obligations to the Noble
Lord for alFordingto His Majedy’s Madders an oppor
tunity of repelling the fouled and mod infamous
charge that has ever proceeded from a Government
claiming to be confidercdas apart of the civilized world;
a charge the moll unfounded and diabolical, urged by
a Government the mod fauguinary and tyrannical, for
the foie purpol’e, 1 implicitly believe, of giving a colour
to die commiffion of crimes the mod heinous and attro
cious that have ever difgraced and blackened human
nature. As to the imputation that the authors and per
petrators of that foul crime have attempted to throw
on his Majedy’s Government,it is aluioft beneath their
dignity to conuefeend to refute it; but 1 think it my
duty to date to this Houfe, and to the civilized world,
that no authority has been given, that no indruCdions
hrve been tranfmitted to the Britiih Minifter at the
Court of Munich, to engage in or undertake any thing
that was not driftly confident with the mod fcrupulous
obfcrvancc of the rights of nations, aud what perhaps
is paramount to them, the duties of humanity. After
having faid thus much, l hope it will not be cvpcded
of me that I Ihould fay any thing more in reply to that
mod falfe, fcandalous aud malignant imputation. As to
ded;'VlrOT.9.nc*cnCi* *° tne *>ODle l-orci has aliu
until fome cummuni5fflSto enter uP°n that fubied
from the honourable perfou whohV.K* been recc,ved
attacked iu it—a Gemlemau of wnufeaC?iiSfi(^^r
haps, think as highly, and aai certainly as folicitous as
the Nohie Lord, or any one in the Kingdom, can be.
I have ]> rfedl confidence, that the tv.orc the particulars
of his condutft are enquired into, tlic more apparent
will be tlie propriety of it, and the vilenefs and falfe
hood of that (as I have the bed grounds to fuppofe)
moft impudent and infamous fabrication. As foon as
His Msjcfty’s Government lhall have received the
communications they expedl from Mr. Drake, the No
ble Lord may Ik* allured they will not fail to adopt the
moft eftetftual meafures for uffming and maintaining
the honour of the country. I muft again exprefs my
obligations to the Noble Lord, for affording me an op
portunity of difpdting the anxiety of the country upon
a fubjedt, the honour of its Reprelirntative, for which
they entertain all that laudable jtalouly that befits a
great and high minded nation.”
! Rr the Juno from Dublin, arrived at Ntuv,
j York, we have rceived a further fupply of fo
| reign papers, but the intelligence they furnifh is
not later than already received.
A Dublin paper of April 19, mentions the.re
ceipt of news by an arrival from the continent,
dating that the court of Denmark had taken
much offence at the conduit of the French, who
had reinforced their army on the nortl'i bank
of the Elbe, were dill tranfporting imneufe
quantities of ammunition to the Duchy ofI.au
I enbiirgh, and had formed magazines in the
neighbourhood of Altona and Hamburgh. In
confequence of tbefe latter meafures, the maga
zine within the Danifli territory near Altona had
been feized, and the Danilh troops on the fron
tiers of I.ubec and Lauetiburg, hail been order
ed to refid any territorial violation or encroach
ment.
Mr. f. Morrifon, captain or mate of an Ame
rican (hip lately feized atHourdeaux, in eonfe
quence of fome informality in her papers, had
arrived at London via Rotterdam, after fpending
feveral weeks in Paris in fruitless endeavours to
obtain the liberation of his fliip. It is dated that
the barriers of Paris were clofed every evening |
at half pad fix o'clock, after which no perfon i
"'•<« permitted to pafs. The road* to Bred, |
Boulogne, and Lyons, were particularly guard- !
e<l, and none differed to proceed without fpcci- *
al orcLr. I
for 400.CCX* men. The houfcs, it is fuppufcd,
are intended tor the officers.
The prefcnt ftatement of the Britifh naval
fofee Amounts to one thoufand eight hundred
and feventy-four veflcl* of different delcriptions.
Prom the admiralty return of March 15, it ap
peas, that there w«nre only 169 inen Ihort of the
vote of 100,000. It is p re finned that there
were on the 19th of April i’ooo over the num
b-r.
PARIS, April 8.
On the Pth of April, the commiflary of go
vernment appeared before the tribunal and fpt -
eial tribunate of the department of the Seine,
fitting at the palace of juftice in Paris, and re
ported.
That he had received intelligence from one
of the judges of the tribunate, wliofc office it
was to prefer articles of accufation againft
Georges, Moreau and Pichegru—that the latter
had, on the preceding evening, committed fili
cide in the prifon of the Temple. He demand
ed that the tribunate take the filbjett into their
immediate conlideration.
A committee was accordingly appointed to
inveftigatc and report agreeable to the general
ufiige in fuch cafes ; who having vifited the pri
fon, and heard the examination of the keeper,
ordered,
That the body of the Ex-general Pichegru be
infpeited by fix of the moil eminent phyficians
and furgeons of the department ; and that they
certify the enuie ofhis death.
Being carried tothc Temple, and having there
taken the oath preicribed by the law, the laid
phyficians and lurgeons unanimoufly declared,
that being conducted by the jailer into the cham
ber which had been occupied by the ex-general
they found there upon a bed, a corpfe which
they recognifed to be tnafeuline ; that the body
appeared to be that of a man between -to and
WEST-INDIES.
KINGSTON, APRIL 3fl.
It is mentioned in the London p ipers that
four Eaft-Ind’amen, namely the Lord Hawkf
bury, Airely Caftle, Duke of Mofttwfc are now
on their way to the Weft-Indies, for the pur
pose of carrying out to Ceylon two of the black
regiments. The late disturbances in Ceylon
have rendered it necefl'ary to fend reinforcements
there to deft'iid Ourfelve*: and it i« thought that
thefe regiment*, which have been found fo dif
agreeable to the Wcft-Iiufia colonlfts, may be
extremely ufcful in the war ajpiinft the King of
Candy.
45 years ct age ; his height a metre ana 78 cents
metres ; his hair a dark brown, arched eye
brows of the fame color, forehead large & bald,
clear blue grey eyes, long nofe, thick, fl.it at the
end, and hollow atthe top, &c. That after ha
■ ving minutely examined the faid corpfe, they
remarked a circular impreflion on the neck, a
bout the breadth of two fingers, and much mar
ked on the left fide ; that the flrangulation was
efledted by the help of a cravat of black filk,
which had been twilled fo tightly round the
neck with a flick, as to have produced death ;1
that the face was livid, the jaw6 locked, and the j
tongue prefled between the teeth ; that the ex
tremities were cold, the mufclcs of the fingers
and hands very much contradled ; that in their I
opinion, the corpfe was that of the el-general •
Pichegru, and that he committed fuicide by j
ftrangling himfelf.
The pcrl'on of Pichegru was identified by ten
citizens, to whom he was well known in his life ,
time, who were feverally examined and made !
oath of the fadt.
The foldiers on guard near the chamber where j
the fuicide was committed, the keepers and j
turnkeys of the prifon were then interrogated as ]
to what they knew of the circumftances atten
ding ithut (excepting one who had heard du- !
ring his watch about 3 o’clock in the morn
ing an uncommon coughing as of a perfon under
preflure) they were entirely ignorant. The
turnkey who had waifed on Pichegru at fupper
in the evening, and had locked him up at to o’
clock, depofed that he had kept the key of his
chamber in his pocket front that time until 7 ui
the morning, when he went into the room to
light him a tire, and had found him irt the fixati
on above delcribea.
• ■■ ■
FRENCH ARRESTATIONS.
A late number of the Courier de l.ondres favs,—
fn» iclivny w oui . umci raiutj wiuiin tueie
two days, is truly aftonilhing. We hear not of perfons
fccretly kidnapped or carried off no one could tell how :
the work is now managed openly. The civil and mi
litary authorities are all eager to lend their afliliance to
the Officers of the Police. Men are arrefted without
diftinciion and without precaution. People are feized
in the public walks, and in the Coffee-lioules, but none
arc fet at liberty. Some are taken up becaufe they had
cnnfpired, and others bccaufe they might confpire.
The Cegiflators are fpics, the Tribunates accufers, the
Senators Ihirri.—There is in thefe refpeftable bodies an
eagernefs to prnfetute the conlpirator3 which mull be
extremely flattering to Bonaparte. Thofe who are a
fraid they Ihouhl he fufpe&ed of fome attachment to
Moreau, declaim on the extraordinary moderation of
his affaffms. They fay, “ Why was he not tried and
executed within twenty-four hours ? Why not follow
the diftates of that infpired fentiment, which points out
thi* courfe of proceeding ? The firft emotions are al
ways the heft, and ought to be our guides. Why
fhould we be expofed to the difguft perhaps to the dan
ger of feeing a man reftoredto liberty and fociety whole
min we applaud ?” This fa, indeed a very disagreea
ble truth. Such are the lentimentsof thofe who for
merly prided themfelves in being admitted to the com
pany of General Moreau. An exception however
muft he made in favour of Lanjunais, who, in the fe
•cret fitting of the Senate, made a very energetic fpeech
in favour of his illuftrious countryman. Cambaceres
could not reprefs his anger at this boldnels.—“The mif
take into which this indifereet apologift of aflaflination
and treafon had fallen,” he declared to be a public cala
mity. All the Senators tool: a part with the fccond
Conful; and had he not moderated their zeal, they
would have waited in a body on Bonaparte to requeft
the exrlulion of a non who dared to exprefs a doubt of
his juftice and infallibility. I
GERMANY.
STRASBURGH, MARCH 28.
The corvette Geographer which failed from
France the 27th Vendemaire, year VIII, (l8oi)
with the corvette Lc Naturalise, is arrived at
I.drient the 3d of this month, (April,) with a
precious collection of curious objects of Natu
ral Iliftorj. Captain Bandin, who commands
the expedition, having died at the I fie of France,
the captain of the Milins frigate took charge of,
her from that colony, which lie left the 21th
PrimairC laft.
1 lie Grogrttphe has landed at I.orieut 73 li
ving animals; viz. 25 mamates, 17 birds, and
31 oviparous quadrupeds. The principal are
two apes, three ouaris, two mongoris, varieties
of the monkey tribe, one tiger, two iioncfics,.
one wild cat, three panthers, one black tygi r, |
two cat-mice, two kangaroos, two porcupines,1
two (tapes, two guotis, one zebra, one fccrc
taire (In Cap, five royal parraquets, two African
wild geefe, two crowned pigeons, omc oft rich,
two caffawariesof New Holland, one of Moluc
ca, three water fowls, (fulica porphiro.)
agg—gJP-iL^-. ’W ■_ »J
Domestic Intelligence.
TRIAL of GARDNER TRACY.
E Jit or of tie Lu>:f. >gbn >-g h Gaxettey for the pub.
li utivi of a libel agcuijl Morgan Lesuhy Efq.
- LANSINGBURGII June a.
At a circuit court held in this county on Tucf
day la It, before his honor judge Thompfon,
came on the trial of the editorof this paper, on an
indictment for a libel on Morgan Lewis efquire,
chief juftice of this Hate. The imUcftmcnt was
found at a court of general feluons in October
le.lt, and wax? removed by certiorari irto the l'u
preme court.* The words fet forth as libellous
on the record, were extracted from a publication
in this Gazette of the iiad Augufi la ft, dating a
decifion of the chief fultice on the trial of 11.1
ry Crofwell, accompanied with fome remarks,
and were a* follows:—“ The judge (Lewis) on
the trial refufed Mr. Crofwell the privilege of
producing his witnellcsthe following words,
but which did not appear upon the record con
cluded the fenter.ee—“ declared that he would
not fufter them, were they prefent, to open their
lips, to prove the truth of what Crofwell had
written ; exprefsly charged the jury that it was
entirely immaterial whether the libel was true
or not: that it was not for them to coufider
whether the words amounted to fuch a libel as
ought to be pumdieu : that whether the motives
of the defendant were good or bad was wholly
out of the queftion ; that if the jut*/ was fatisfi
ed that Crofwell was the publifiier, and that the
inuendoes were properly proved, they mull
pronounce a verdict of guilty.’' The other
parts of the publication contorted of oblervati
ons ra'urally arifing from a reflexion on the
confequenccs which would neceffarily refuit
from fo alarming, fo dangerous a do&rine. The
whole was a republication from the Ulrter Ga
zette.
The publication being admitted by the defen
dant, his honor the judge remarked to the coun
cil, that as the law relative to libels had not yet
been fettled by the fupreme court, he was at li
berty to be governed by his own opinion. He
then obl'erved, that although a different decisi
on had been made on a late trial, he ihould per
mit the truth of the words fet forth on the record
to be given in evidence*, not as a j unification,
but as an item to {hew the intent of the defen
dant ; and Ihould fubmit generally to the confi
deration of the jury both the law and the fad.
Foot, diflrid attorney, who was prefciit at the
trial of Mr. Crofwell, was then called on as a
witnefs, to prove the truth of the publication.
I He refufed to be fworn ; and on bting quefti
■ oned, it was difeovered that the only excufe was,
that he had not been fubpoenaed. To lave time
and the trouble of making a fubpxna, histefti
monv was relinquifhed ; and Mr. Van Vechten,
the defendant’s council, offered himfelf as a
witiufs. He dated that he was prefent at the trial
of Mr. Crofwell, and that the chief juftice refu
■ fed an application to podpone faid trial, for the
; purpofe of giving Mr. Crofwell time to procure
! a witnefs to prove the truth of the publication
i for which he was indided ; and declared that
; he would not permit his witnej/es to be /worn,
! were they in court. 1 Ie alfo produced a copy
j ot the cafe made for the fupreme court after
' the trial of Mr. Crofwell; from which it ap
peared that the chief juftice di-uged ihc jury,
; “ that it was no part of their province to enquire
| or decide on the intent of the defendant ; or
: whether the publication was true, or falfe or
malicious ; that the only queftions for their con
fideration and decilion were, whether the defen
dant was the publilhcr of the piece charged in
the indidment; and fecond, as to the truth of
me Miuemu ea ; that it they were fatisfiedasto
thefe two points, it was their duty to find him
guilty.”
The truth of the words upon the records be
ing thus proven, the diltrid attorney moved for
leave to read to the jury the whole of the publi
cation from which they were extracted. This
was objeded to by the council for the defendant,
inafmuch as the puplic profecutor had been at
liberty in the firlt in fiance to feled the materials
for the indidment from the whole publication ;
and it would be paying a poor compliment to his
underftanding or integrity, to fuppofe he had fe
leded thofe which were the leaft libellous; and
that asthedetendant had not claimed the privilege
of reading any part of the context, to explain
what was fet forth on record, the public profe
tffior ought not to be permitted to do it. The
objedion, howtver, was overruled.
ivir. van Vechten then commenced the de
fence ; and in an argument of confiderable length
pointed out to t! e jury the important confequen
ces involved in the queftion fubmitted to their
decilion ; that it was for them to determine
whether the proceedings of our courts of juftice
might with fafety be publifhcd ; whether the
conduit of our public officers was to be ffiieldcd
from the public eye : whether the liberty of the
prefs was to be preferred in this country ; whe
ther a printer II; on Id be punifhed for publilliing
the truth. lie contended, that as from the na
ture of our government all its officers were a
menable to the people, were in fait their fer
vants, it was necelTary, it was indifpenfible, that
their proceedings fhould l>e publifhcd, that they
might be known. He dwelt at fome length on
the importance of the trial by jury, and urged
the neccffity of their refilling every attempt to
encroach upon the privileges. He alfocoulcnd
ed, that as the publication in queftion related to
the official conduH of a public officer, its truth,
which had been fully proven, ought to be con
fidered as a complete juftification. His whole
argument was, as ufual, clear, ft rung, eloquent
and impreffive.
Foot then bawled at the jury for fome time, and in
his nlis?l way ; hut as he hiinfclf applied to his haran
gue the epithet “ bi.uvoKKiNo,” it would, perhaps,
l»e ungenerous to fubjell it to criticifin. He however
attempted to perfuade the jury that the words on the
records were falle ; for that the refufal of the chief
jullice to allow Mr. Crofwell the privilege of produc
ing his svitnelles was not on the trial, but on the dif
ruiiion of a preliminary queftion, before the jnry was
(worn. But we feel difpofed to pardon him for this
pitiful quibble; foi had he not availed himfelf of it, he
muft have remained fiient.
H:s honor judge Thomnfon then addrefled the jnry
-—and in a very impartial and perfpicuous charge ex
plained hit ideas of the law on the fubjell of libel*.
He dated that in his opinion the jury were confined in
their enquiry to two points} 111, whether the defend
ant was the puhhfhcr,and whether the iuoetidoea Were
proved; 2d, the intent, whether inrocent or malici
I le repeated his opinion, as before given, that
the truth of the publication ought to he confidered
merely as an item to fhow the intent; for there might
hr cafes, he faid, in which *hc truth of a libel would be
no jollification. Such, fi.r inftatice, were thofe jei
▼ate libels which publifhcd the natural defells of an
individual, and which'ought to be confidered the more
malicious for being true. He however fubmitted both
the law and the fall to the i onfideration of the jury.
He adverted to the diftinction attempted to he drawn
by the diftrift attorney, as before mentioned, and
flatcd it fo be immaterial, ns he confidered the prelimi
nary proceeding alluded to as forming a part of the
trial; and ohfervrd, that he had no doubt hut that the
words let forth upon the record were ftihftanttally true.
In the rourfe of the charge, he declared to the jury,
that altheugh his opinion differed from that of the
chid jullice, dill he believed the Luce to have been go
vcrneJ in hie decifeo, on the trial of Mr. OoiWll. t.v
she b'ft niotivtt, ami from the fulled conviction o» i»*
corrcChief*.
I he jury- retired to their room, and in a few minute*
returned with a veruid of Nor cuitv,
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
By the following lilt of the fenntors of the li
nked States, it will he lcm at one view at what
period the time of Li vice of e.ids wiil expire:
Mr. Baldwin
Brown
■ridtuns
Andcrt'on
Cocke
Dayton
l'litry
Franklin
Hiilboufe
Nicholas
Olcott
Smith, Vt.
Smith, Md.
Pickering
Sumpter
Venable
Wells
Of theft whop feats are vacated next fpring,
ftt-tn are republicans, viz. Baldwin, Booki«,
Cocke, FI lay, Franklin, Nicholas, and Sumpter.
Theft lenators being all from republican Hates,
wili either be re-elected, or other republicans
put in their places ; lb that the republican inter
elt in fenate will lofe nothing by the expiration
of their terms.
Ot thofe whofc Pats arc vacated in March
next, four are feilcrulillr, namely Dayton, Ohott,
Pickering and Wells. Of a republican btiug e
leetcd in the room ot Mr. Dayton, there is no
doubt. Mr. Olcott, from Ncw-IIampibire, will
probably be fttperccdcd by a republican. Mr.
Pickering is from Mafiachufctts, and as that Hate
is from the mifrule of the EJfex Junto may pol
fibly be re-appointed. Delaware is republican
in a general election ; the fedcraiifts having a
majority in two of the three counties, kctppol
feffion of the legiflature ; and lhouid no refor
mation be effected there the enfuing ejection
(which, however, is Hrongly exptded) will pro
bably appoint the ex Judge Bajfct in the room of
Mr Wells, who intends retiring from public
life.—-The federal ftrength in the fenate wall
therefore certainly lofe one memLer, probably
two, and perhaps more ; and all that they lofe
being gained by the republicans, will eonfequci.t
lv incrcafe the majority in that body, which al
ready iijixtern ; there being at prefent in ti c
fenate twenty Jive republicans to ni/n tVdc.al
l^£* [Trenton True American.}
The fchooner Charlotte, Taylor, arrived at
Charlelton, (S. C.) the 7th infant, is days from
Bafletere. Captain Taylor Hates, that'Marti
nique Hill continued to'be llockadtd by the
Engiillt.
BOSTON, June 14.
Ycfterday a motion was made in the Houfc of
Reprefentatives by Mr. Fly, of Springfield,
which he obtained leave to lay on the table—it
was prefaced with a preamble of fome length,
and concluded with a rel'olution to the following
effect—That the Senators of thidMUte in the
Cuugrefs of the United States, he mil rutiled, to
propale an amendment to .the Federal Cunftitu
lion in the 2d lection of the ill article.
'I he object of the refolution is to curtail the
reprefentation of the Southern States for their
black population.
Capt. Daw’fon, of the lliip Milfillippi, who
left Liverpool on the 18th April, contradicts the
report of the relapfe and de-,th of tt•«_ king, re
ceived via Baltimore. He Hates that a report
prevailed, at the time he left Liverpool, that
the French were preparing to go againft Den
mark and that the Danes had raifed an army of
one hundred thoufand men to oppofc them.
CCbarleJfoH Courier."]
AUGUSTA, May 21.
The Indians have eonfented to have tile line
of the lower diHrid of the late ceded territory
run, agreeably to the treaty of Fort Wiikinfon ;
confcquently the commilfioners and furveyors
w'lll commence that bufinefs in a few days.
It is faid that a treaty is contemplated to be
Ixirtly held with the Creeks, by which au ex
tenfion of territory tbthis Hate will probably 1 e
acquired.
'1 he commilfioners appointed to fix on a fuit
able fite for the town of Milledgeville, it is faid, -
will immediately piocecd to make choice oft! e
molt eligible fpot for that purpofe.
Mi Fuinel, the tragedian, took leave of the
ftagr on Friilav evening lafi ; on which occafi
on he performed the part of Zanga in the Re
venge with great applaufc.
f JY. York Mcrn. Cbrou•
NO R FO L Kt ytme 23.
7 eferday the trial of CW nr. An, for the mur
der and robbery of the unfortunate L’Orient,
came on beftre a crowded bench, as well as m
full houfr, in the Borough Court, and uotwith
fantaug the able and great defence made by bis
Lawyers (Meffrs. Lee and Wirt) be was unanb
mot./ly remanded to the D if nil Court.
Owing to the late Kefs of the hour at which
Greenlaw’s trial chfed. Smith’s (who is con A
dered as one of Greenlaw's accomplices) was ad
journed to this day.
•<?!K-,W,'JJ..-1-" — --1-1 - •—!-U«
Medi ter vane an Passports.
NOTICE is hereby given, that it has been
deemed expedient to change the form of
the Mediterranean paflport iflfued to vcfTtls of
the United States; that from the Rth day of Ju
ly next, thofe of the new form will he iflued at
the cuftom houfes to every veffel, for which ap
plication may he made on a compliance with
the terms preferibed by law and furrendering the
former paflport of which fhc may be pu drift'd,
if any, in which latter cafe no fecn will be requi
red for the exchange : and that by an arrange,
ment agreed upon by the Bartiary powers w ith
whom we are at peace, either the old or the
new form of paflport will be fuftu ient to pro
tect the vc lie I s of the United Stales, from cap
ture until the 111 of July 1805, after which the
old form ot paflport will 1m. unavailable and the
new one alone in ufc.
Department of State, )
2nd of May, 1804. \
The printers of the laws of the United Slates we
requefed to insert the above in their Gazettes
twice a week fur the space of fix months, and the
(.olleclors oj the cufoms to keep topics of it p‘f A
up in their offices.
June, 9.
TO RENT,
And immediate poffeffon given,
rl HE HOUSE lately occupied by Mr. Willi
X am Nimmo, dcceafcd.—For terms, apply
to ROBERT M‘KIM.
June 27. wnw
Mr. Bnekcnridrc
Bradley
Annitrung
Condit
Buticr
Jackibn
Logan
Ptumer
M.'.clay
Smith, K. V.
Slone
S::.ilk;, Ohio.
Potter
Tratry
Worthington
ll'biit .
Wright.