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rtot, is an example dangerous to the
rights and liberties of the people ; that
can only view the conduct of such
men as an assumption of power hostile
to our constitution, intended to suppress
the public sentiment ; and that they de
serve the just reprehension of freemen.”
Having thus disposed oi the militia,they
proceeded to the tri 1 of judge Dorsey.
He was accused ot high crimes and mis
demeanors, first, in taking measures to
44 suppress an apprehended riot se
condly, in derogating from the authority
ot the new court ; thirdly, in obstructing
the execution ot their order unon f.n.
ther Martin; and fourthly, in causing sc
veral members of the court to be ar
rested ior a riot, and bound over for tri
al. The court unanimously pronounced
him guilty, and adjudged him to be
41 mobbed'' in his own house on Monday
evening the 9ih inst- Hut the execution
of this sentence was also obstructed.
On that evening Mrs. Dorsey and her
children were removed from home, and
the house filled with men, arms and pro
visions, prepared either for siege or as
sault ; in consequence of which the new
court made no attempt to execute their
sentence.
In this state things stood at our last
advices from Baltimore. Whether the
oil or the new authorities will prepon
derate, remains to he determined. Our
good wishes, however, cannot but attend
those worthy patriots, who in one day
effected the conviction and punishment
of those traitors, to effect which the
w hole energies ol the government have
been for six months exerted in vain.
Extract of a letter from a respectable
gentleman of the county Derry, Ire
land, to his friend in Pittsburgh, dat
cd,
“ Moneyguigy, August 13, 1807.
41 You have, undoubtedly, heard of
the great conquests made by Bonaparte,
in Prussia, Russia, and all parts of the
continent, as also of the peace lately con
cluded between the continental powers
and the French; all which gives us rea
son to think that the French will invade
us immediately. . I he newspapers in
forms us, that they arc making every
necessary preparation with that inten
ti >n. Bonaparte iht< nds putting his
long promised threats in execution1, and
I understand that the French army
wishes much to fight the British on
their own *gr6ut><h—«ln common with
all our friends, I very much dread the.
Jiotrors of war. We have every reason
tb expect distur' ances—jur unfortunate
island is once more declared to be in a
state of insurrection, and martial law
proclaimed thoughout the whole king
dom. Nothing but disputes, quarrels,
and parly business, reigns throughout
the north, and many other parts up the
country. 1 he orangemen have become
a strong party in the north, and there
have been several dreadful quarrels be
tween them and the Koinan Catholics in
the counties of Tyrone, Antrim, Ar
magh : n 1 Derry. One happened in
Maghera, at June fair last, to which I
was an eye witness. All the yeomen
were armed with puns, bayonets and
swords—the Catholics with spades,
shovels, pitchforks, &c. The quarrel
lasted for many hours and a great num
ber of both sides, were cut and mangled
in the most shocking manner. About
the same time, the orangemen and Ca
tholics fought in many places upwards,
1 he Catholics are determined to be no
longer in terror or dread of them.
There is no such friendship hospital
ity in our country as used to be—as
these party affrays are dividing the peo
ple. The clergyman is at present view
ing the crops in Ballynascrecn parish,
and it is the opinion of several of the
host informed men, that the tvthcs will
this vear amount to 3,GOT)/, though it has
formerly amounted to no more than
750/.—I know persons, who formerly
paid hut 5.9. who have been raised to 2/.
4a. others that have paid but 13.;, 6d.
have been raised to 4/. and some that
formerly paid but two guineas, have
been raised to ten guineas, and so on.
Country leases are much augmented,
and from this you may judge of our pre
sent situation-A rupture with Ame
rica is much dreaded at present, and the
universal wish is, that it may end in no
tiung.' [Commonw.
Lexington, November 3.
About day break on Friday morning,
Mr. Hunt’s Duck Manufactory was dis
covered to be on fire ; and before the ci
tizens could be collected, the fire had
got such head as to bid defiance to any
exertions to extinguish it. The books
and a few articles were all that could be
saved. Mr. Hunt estimates his loss at
ft*teen thousand dollars. Fortunately
the direction of the wind was as favour
able as possible, and no other damage of
moment was sustained. But had the
wind set(.towards the thick settled parts
of the town,it would now exhibit nothing*
Tiiotc than-a heap oi ruins, owing, to the
scarcity of water.
WHEELING,
1 hursday, 20th November, 1807.
11 appears mat the unwarrantable
practice ol taking seamen from Ameri
can ships of war, has not been confined
to the English. The following articles
shew that the French have also been
guilty ol it. It has been said, that one
part ol the American people seem too
much inclined to submit to injuries
irom Britain, and that others are equal
ly patient with respect to injuries from
France. II the former part of this ob
servation be correct, the fact that but
little notice has been taken of these in
stances of seamen being taken from our
public vessels by the French, is a de
monstration that the latter part is not
less so. These cases are not so atroci
ous as that of the Chesapeake, because
not attended with so much violence ;_
but they assert the same principle._
The following account of the first case
is copied from some remarks addressed
to congress in a late Washington City
paper: the other is from a Boston paper
v> hen the Hornet sloop of war went
to LfOrient, we had five French sailors
on board, who had been naturalized,
and who haa been in our service for se
veral years. A French officer came on
board the Hornet, and sieze'd these men by
force, (then under the protection of our
flag) and carried them off.71
“Boston, November 3, 1&07.
Major Russel,—There is now in
this town, a sailor, who asserts, that he
was horn in Dunkirk,and who sailed se
veral voyages in American merchant
vessels, voluntarily enlisted on hoard
the United St ites it igate Fsssx, at Ma
laga, served on board about 7 months
was then drafted on board the United
States frigate Constitution, H G. Camp
bell, I ,sqr. commander, served on board
about eight months, was while on hoard
the Constitution, laving in Cadiz Bay
I demanded by the French Admiral fto