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OPINION
OF CHIEF JUSTICE
MARSHALL.
The United States, } On motion for commitment. vs. } Aaron Burr, }
I am required on the part of the attorney for the United States, to commit the accused on two charges.
1st. For setting on foot and providing the means for an expedition against the territories of a nation at peace with the United States.
2d. For committing high treason against the United States.
On an application of this kind, I certainly should not require that proof which would be necessary to convict the person to be committed, on a trial in chief; nor should I even require that which should absolutely convince my own mind of the guilt of the accused; but I ought to require, and I should require that probable cause be shown, and I understand probable cause to be a cause made out by proof, furnishing good reason to believe that the crime alleged, has been committed by the person charged with having committed it.
I think this principle entirely reconcilable with that quoted from Judge Blackstone. When that learned and accurate commentator says, that "if upon an enquiry, it manifestly appears that no such crime has been committed or that the suspicion entertained of the prisoner, was wholly groundless, in such cases only, it is lawful totally to discharge him; otherwise he must be committed to prison or give bail." I do not understand him as meaning to say that the hand of malignity may grasp any individual against whom it has may be directed, or whom it may capriciously seize, charge him with some secret crime, and put him on the proof of his innocence. But I understand that the foundation of the proceedings, must be a probable cause for believing there is guilt, which probable cause is only to be done away in the manner stated by Blackstone. The total failure of proof on the part of the accuser, would be considered by that writer as being in itself a legal manifestation of the innocence of the accused.
In enquiring, therefore, into the charges exhibited against Aaron Burr, I hold myself bound to consider how far those charges are supported by probable cause. The first charge stands upon the testimony of general Eaton and general Wilkinson.
The witness first named, proves that among other projects, which were more criminal, col. Burr meditated an expedition against the Mexican dominions of Spain. This deposition may be considered as introductory to the affidavit of gen. Wilkinson, and as explanatory of the objects of any military preparations which may have been made.
I proceed then to that affidavit.
To make the testimony of general Wilkinson bear on col. Burr, it is necessary to consider as genuine the letter dated by the former to be, as near as he can make it, an interpretation of one received in cypher from the latter. Exclude this letter, and nothing remains in the testimony which can in the most remote degree affect col. Burr. That there are to the admissibility of this part of the affidavit, great and obvious objections, need not be stated to those who know with how much caution proceedings in criminal cases ought to be instituted, and who know that the highest tribunal of the United States has been divided on them. When this question came before the supreme court, I left the full force of these objections, although I did not yield to them. On weighing in my own mind, the reasons for and against acting, in this
stage of the business, on that part of the affidavit, those in favor of doing so appeared to me to preponderate, and as this opinion was not overruled, I hold myself still at liberty to conform to it.
That the original letter, or a true copy of it, accompanied by the cypher, would have been much more satisfactory, is not to be denied; but I thought, and I still think that, upon a mere question whether the accused shall be brought to trial or not, upon an enquiry, not into guilt, but into the probable cause, the omission of a circumstance which is indeed important; but which does not disprove the positive allegations of an affidavit, ought not to induce its rejection, or its absolute disbelief, when the maker of the affidavit is at too great a distance to repair the fault. I could not in this stage of the prosecution, absolutely discredit the affidavit, because the material facts alleged, may very well be within the knowledge of the witness, although he has failed to state explicitly all the means by which this knowledge is obtained.
Thus gen. Wilkinson states that this letter was received from col. Burr, but does not say that it was in his hand writing, nor does he state the evidence which supports the affirmation. But, in addition to the circumstance that the positive assertion of the fact ought not, perhaps, in this stage of the enquiry to be disregarded, the nature of the case furnishes that evidence.
The letter was in cypher. Gen. Wilkinson, it is true, does not say that a cypher had been previously settled between col. Burr and himself in which they might correspond on subjects which though innocent, neither of them might wish to subject to the casualties of a transportation from the Atlantic to the Mississippi; but when we perceive, that col. Burr has written in cypher, and that gen. Wilkinson is able to decipher the letter, we must either presume that the bearer of the letter was also the bearer of its key, or that the key was previously in possession of the person to whom the letter was addressed. In stating particularly the circumstances attending the delivery of this letter, gen. Wilkinson does not say that it was accompanied by the key, or that he felt any surprise at its being in cypher. For this reason, as well because there is not much more security in sending a letter in cypher accompanied by its key, than there is in sending a letter not in cypher, I think it more reasonable to suppose that the key was previously in possession of Wilkinson. If this was the fact, the letter being written in a cypher previously settled between him and col. Burr, is, in this stage of the enquiry at least, a circumstance which sufficiently supposes that the letter was written by col. Burr.
The enterprise described in this letter is obviously a military enterprise, and must have been intended either against the United States, or against the territories of some other power on the continent, with all of whom the United States were at peace.
The expressions of this letter must be admitted to furnish at least probable cause for believing that the means for the contemplated expedition were provided. In every part of it we find declarations indicating that he was providing the means for the expedition; and as these means might be provided in secret, I do not think that further testimony ought to be required to satisfy me that there is probable cause for committing the prisoner on this charge.
Since it will be entirely in the power of the Attorney General to prefer an indictment against the prisoner for any other offence which he shall think himself possessed of testimony to support, it is in fact immaterial whether the second charge be expressed in the warrant of commitment or not; but, as I hold it to be my duty to insert every charge alleged on the part of the United States, in support of which probable cause is shown, and to insert none in support of which probable cause is not shown, I am bound to proceed in the enquiry.
The second charge exhibited against the prisoner is High Treason against the United States, in levying war against them.
As this is the most attractive offence which can be committed against the political body, so is it the charge which is most capable of being employed as the instrument of those malignant and vindictive passions which may rage in the bosoms of contending parties struggling for power. It is that of which the people of America has been most jealous; and, therefore, while other crimes are unnoticed, they have refused to trust the national legislature with the creation of this; but have themselves declared in their constitution that "it shall consist only in levying war against the United States or in adhering to their enemies giving them aid and comfort." This high crime consists of overt acts, which must be proved by two witnesses, or by the confession of the party in open court.
Under the control of this constitutional regulation, I am to enquire whether the testimony laid before me furnishes probable cause in support of this charge. The charge itself has been
committed; and the testimony to support it must furnish probable cause for believing that it has been actually committed; or it is insufficient for the purpose for which it is addressed.
Upon this point too, the testimony of general Eaton is, first to be considered. That part of his deposition which bears upon this charge, is the plan disclosed by the prisoner for seizing upon New Orleans, and revolutionizing the western states.
That this plan, if confirmed by every overt act would amount to a crime, no man will controvert. But it is equally clear that an intention to commit a crime is an offence entirely distinct from the actual commission of that crime. War can only be levied by the employment of actual force. Troops must be assembled, men must be armed, in order to levy war. If col. Burr had been apprehended on making these communications to general Eaton, could it have been alleged that he had gone farther than to meditate the crime? Could it have been said that he had actually collected forces, and had actually levied war? Most certainly it could not. The crime really completed was a conspiracy to commit treason, not an actual commission of treason.
If these communications were not treason at the instant they were made, no lapse of time can make them so. They are not in themselves acts. They may serve to explain the intention with which acts were committed; but they cannot supply those acts, if they be not proved.
The next testimony is the deposition of general Wilkinson, which consists of the letter already noticed, and of the communications made by the bearer of that letter.
This letter has already been considered by the supreme court of the United States, and has been declared to import, taken by itself, or in connection with Eaton's deposition, rather an expedition against the territories of Spain than the United States. By that decision I am bound, whether I concurred in it or not. But I did concur in it—On this point the court was unanimous.
It is, however, urged that the declarations of Swartwout may be connected with the letter, and used against col. Burr.
Although the confession of one man cannot criminate another, yet I am inclined to think that, on a mere enquiry into probable cause, the declarations of Swartwout, made on this particular occasion, may be used against col. Burr. My reason for thinking so is that col. Burr's letter authorizes Mr. Swartwout to speak in his name. He empowers Mr. Swartwout to make to general Wilkinson verbal communications explanatory of the plans and designs of Burr, which Burr adopts as his own explanations. However inadmissible, therefore, this testimony may be on trial in chief, I am inclined to admit it on this enquiry.
If it be admitted, what is its amount? Upon this point too, it appears that the supreme court was divided. I therefore hold myself at liberty to pursue my own opinion, which was that the words "this territory must be revolutionized," did not so clearly apply to a foreign territory, as to reject that sense which would make them applicable to a territory of the United States; at least so far as to admit of further enquiry into their meaning; and, if a testimony of the United States was to be revolutionized, though only as a means for an expedition against a foreign power, the act would be treason.
This reasoning leads to the conclusion that there is probable cause for the allegation that treasonable designs were entertained by the prisoner, so late as July last, when this letter was written.
It remains to enquire whether there is also probable cause to believe that these designs have been ripened into the crime itself by actually levying war against the United States.
It has been already observed that to constitute this crime, troops must be assembled, men must be actually armed, and there are to be overt acts which are invisible.
Testimony of the existence of these overt acts, if there be any, must be in the nature of a vocal.
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United States has been divided on them. When this question came before the supreme court, I left the full force of these objections, although I did not yield to them. On weighing in my own mind, the reasons for and against acting, in this
rend the... information have been taken on the part of the prosecution; it is called I cannot doubt the practicability of obtaining it, and its non-production at this late hour does not, in my opinion, leave me at liberty to give to those impressions, which grow out of other circumstances, that weight to which at an earlier day they might have been entitled.
I shall therefore insert in the communication the charge of High Treason. I repeat that this is the least important because it detracts nothing from the right of the Attorney to prefer an indictment for High Treason should he be furnished with the necessary testimony.
information have been taken on the part of the prosecution; it is called I cannot doubt the practicability of obtaining it, and its non-production at this late hour does not, in my opinion, leave me at liberty to give to those impressions, which grow out of other circumstances, that weight to which at an earlier day they might have been entitled.
[Translated for the Phila. Gaz.]
ADDRESS
OF HENRY CHRISTOPHE, President and Generalissimo of the land and sea forces of the state of Haiti, to the army and people.
Light has just burst out among us, and thanks to a benignant constitution, the plots and conspiracies of which you were going to be the victims, have miscarried. At last a wise collection of laws suitable to our manners, climate, usages, has, if I may use the expression, come out of the chaos, to fix once more the destinies of Haiti.
In vain did my solicitude endeavour to...

In electing members to our General Assembly, a wrong idea is adopted in choosing old men, and little attention is paid to the abilities—age is the criterion in preference to young, brilliant and informed youths. I must confess, that men who were active in gaining our independence, and continue now in office, ought to bear the greatest respect—but I sometimes view with indignation, men who were inactive at a time when our country was in the utmost danger; step forward for promotion—and spurn at the appellation of a tory .—“True some excuses are offered for this inactivity; some were very deaf during six or seven years of the prime of their life; and after that duration, when peace and tranquility was restored, on the decline of life, were restored to their hearing.” A sprained wrist, ancle, knee, or any other slight wound, would prevent those who were unwilling to defend their country, from performing the duties of a soldier. But the characters otherwise inactive at that period, in the name of God let them be inactive now. Sickness and other frivolous causes prevented the exercise of some of our buckskins, for a period of six or seven years, and are now heavy men for promotion—and I announce with shame to my country, that we have been represented by men of these indignant descriptions;—and an old — who offers his services as a candidate this year, cannot acquit himself of the stigma. Be cautious fellow citizens—make a judicious choice. Jos. Martin, jun. Geo. Hairston, jun. Ben. Jones, and John Staples are candidates for the county of Henry—If good morals, talents, information, and with a spirit to defend the rights of our citizens, are recommendations worthy of your consideration, doubtless Martin and Hairston will meet with spirited public support.
A Citizen of Henry.
The following fact is worth a thousand arguments to shew the benefit of penitentiary houses. Our wheel barrow law has always been a source of vexation and expense, without having ever produced a solitary example of amendment in criminals; whilst, had a penitentiary been erected, the chance of reformation would have been greater, and the profit to the state certain. The labor of criminals in a penitentiary might reasonably be expected to be as productive as that of the manufacturing department of the house of employment in Philadelphia:—
It is understood that the profits of the Manufacturing Department of the “House of Employment” of the city and county of Philadelphia, amounted to five thousand dollars in the last year. Phil. Paper.
Lieut. Wilkinson who went with Lieutenant Pike to explore the interior of Louisiana, has arrived at New Orleans, having descended the Arkansas. Lieutenant Pike is to descend the Red River.
New Orleans, Feb. 27.
At ten o'clock on Monday evening last, Mrs. Anne Wilkinson, consort of Gen. Wilkinson, expired at the house of Bernard Marings, Esq. the head quarters of the army, after a long, lingering and painful illness, during which she displayed the most exemplary piety, fortitude and resignation.
TRIBUTE OF APPLAUSE.
His Excellency, Brigadier General JAMES WILKINSON. SIR,
The subscribers, masters of vessels in the port of New Orleans, beg leave to express to you through this channel of communication, the high sense they entertain of your services in the present alarming crisis.
Surrounded as we are, by suspicious or deluded persons, more than ordinary means are requisite to frustrate their nefarious designs, and though we deprecate military ascendancy in a free go-
vernment; yet, we consider it at this juncture, the only alternative to preserve the peace of the country, and maintain inviolate the real interest of the U. States.
In all your measures, Sir , we have seen the arm of power guided by the dictates of patriotism; and we are well convinced that the civil authority is set aside only because it is incompetent from the nature of its process, to avert the storm which was ready to burst over us.
That your exertions may be crowned with success, and your services meet the reward which they so justly merit, is the sincere wish of
SIR,
Your admirers and friends, Richard Stites, David Brown, Benjamin Bryan, Edward O'Brien, Richard Field, John Brown, Stephen Clay, James Stanford, Daniel Orr, Lloyd Jones, Benjamin Swinson, Samuel M'Cutcheon, Amariah Williams, Francis Pearson, Robert Swain, Thomas Stacy, Wm. Allen, Samuel Smith, John Pratt, John Cough, J. Symonds, P. Brown, John Richards, James Wilbrun, Philip Wilson, Jr. John Waller, Wm. J. Pigot, Edward Hunt, O. Bostruck, Thomas Churnside, George Chapman, Presalvia Waldron.
New Orleans, 7th Feb. 1807.
Richard Stites, Lloyd Jones, Wm. J. Pigot.—Committee appointed to wait on the General.
To Captain Richard Stites, Lloyd Jones, and Wm. J. Pigot—a committee of thirty-one masters of vessels in the port of New Orleans.
Gentlemen,
I receive with great satisfaction this testimony of your approbation of my conduct, pending one of the most painful and interesting scenes of my life.
The spontaneous offerings of a band of patriots, assembled at this remote point, from various quarters of the American union; of a body of respectable citizens, who, though personally unknown to me, have had an opportunity of witnessing my conduct, cannot be too highly appreciated; because they must be considered the genuine offspring of the breast, uninduced by management, and untinctured by prejudice or personality.
If an ardent honest zeal has impelled me to anticipate the tardy course of the law, for the salvation of the constitution, I hope the magnitude of the motive may extenuate the partial, personal momentary trespass; and that the decisive steps which have been forced upon me by a combination of imperious circumstances, may be preferred by every vigilant, faithful citizen, to a timid circumlocution, which would have put to hazard the safety of this emporium and a whole country.
I beg you, gentlemen, and those whom you represent, to accept my acknowledgement for your partiality, and my warmest wishes for your individual prosperity and happiness.
James Wilkinson.
IN
Senate
of
THE UNITED STATES.
FEBRUARY 20.
Mr. Clay submitted the following motion for consideration:
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, (two thirds of both Houses concurring) that the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states, which, when ratified by three fourths thereof shall be valid, a part of the constitution of said United States:
ART. XIII.
The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to controversies between citizens of the same state, claiming lands under grants from different states; nor between a state or the citizens thereof and foreign states, citizens or subjects.
Philadelphia, March 30.
GENERAL MIRANDA.
By a gentleman just arrived in this city from Trinidad, and whose information is entitled to the fullest credit, from his personal and particular acquaintance with the officers and other principal persons attached to the late expedition of Miranda, we have the following information: That general Miranda was at Trinidad when our informant left there—and that he was in daily expectation of receiving a reinforcement of between 8 and 10,000 men from England, under the order of general Tucker, and which were said to have sailed, but had been detained by adverse winds; that on the arrival of these troops, Miranda would immediately undertake a second expedition against the Spanish dominions of South America—and that it was the concurrent opinion of those qualified to form a correct one, that with this respectable force the general would be able to crown his enterprize with complete and speedy success. Miranda had been appointed to the rank of major-general by the English government. The failure of his late attempt to liberate his countrymen from Spanish oppression in that part of the world, was attributed wholly to the smallness of the forces with which it was attempted, as they did not altogether amount to 800 men. Great numbers of the natives, and those friendly to his projects, had frequently joined the standard of Miranda, but could not be induced to continue their fidelity, as they could feel no certainty of protection from such a handful of men, against the troops and threatened vengeance of the Spanish government.
A letter from Jamaica, January 24, says there had been a partial insurrection of the blacks, in the eastern part, which was quelled, after 60 or 70 negroes had been executed.
The British Blockading squadron, before Cadiz, consists of sixteen sail, having been reinforced by five sail on the 18th of January. In the harbor of Cadiz there are twelve sail of the line, French and Spanish.
If some folks were so much afraid of invasion as they pretend to be by Bonaparte and his cannibals, would there not be a fall in the price of farms—Would they not pack up their all, and be off out of the reach of the invaders?
If the clamors for fortifications really apprehend danger to the cities where they dwell, would they remain so contentedly there as they do; or would property in the most exposed parts of those cities continually increase in value, as it certainly does?
If a Navy is so necessary to protect our commerce as some malecontents affirm, how happens it that the commercial business is now the best, as to money making, of any in the nation?—Why do so many engage in it—why do so few leave it—and how are most of those concerned in it amassing princely fortunes, as their magnificent buildings, their splendid furniture, and their extravagant dress and living indicate?
T. T.
From the Hager's T.
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to lay aside the dress, they have hitherto worn, as they commanded neither respect, nor made any show in their present mode, and are to wear mass weeds; and our prelates actually wear them now, and are obliged to wear them on their breasts, the order of Maria in a golden cross. A great number of Catholic mass books have been printed in the German language, which are divided into hours of prayer, and which are now actually read before preaching, at the altar, in the Protestant churches, on the frontiers. The apostacy from religion is every where attributed to want of respect for the Pope; it must, say they, be re-established, and the pope viewed as the firstling in the kingdom of God. An universal union of religion, under the direction of the pope, was every where spoken of, and no person had, for fear of Bonaparte, as yet made any opposition. A new sect had also appeared, signifying themselves by a particular dress and by a sign, which every one wears on his hat, who actually deify Bonaparte.
FRIGHTFUL PICTURE,
Singapore.
Captain Lewis Alexander Sneyd, of the late East India Schooner United East India Company of New Orleans, who sailed from the Mississippi for Trinidad, in the island of Cuba, reports:
That on the 23d of September, 1806, at noon, perceived the land, being the lower part of Trinity; he made all sail, intending if the wind which blew from the S. S. E. continued to anchor at Cayo Blanco.
At 2 o'clock, a quantity of clouds appeared of various colors, which absolutely prevented the sight of land and reached the Zenith. The horizon, dreadfully dark, communicated its shade to the upper part of the sky; as it advanced, the horizon of the earth bore the same appearance as that of the sea, so that at 5 o'clock P. M. the wind ceased and he found himself becalmed, distant, nearly to Boca (Trinity river) 3 leagues to the N. W. At the same instant the horizon and sky presented the same scene, and he found himself between both. This was frightful, the whole of the horizon of a jetty black, pearly circles of a dark pale white, with flashes of fire; the vault of heaven or the Zenith, of a dark colour, resembling the horizon, the whole had the appearance of a frightful equinox, and the most gloomy night.
In this situation, the captain and crew did not see a single vessel by force, they resigned themselves to their fate, when once three quarters of the vessel being in the city of New Orleans, in the appearance of a vast ocean, out of a large water immediately in charge, the vessel was safe. Ex
northward had not yet ceased, when the wind shifted instantly to that part where the squall had burst. The rain and wind continued with violence, during one hour, they were obliged to run under bare poles before the wind. Immediately a calm ensued, and on every side the water poured down of the thickness of a finger until midnight, so that the scuttles scarcely sufficed for the discharge of the rain.
BONAPARTE AND THE WAGGONER.
The following humorous circumstance took place about a fortnight ago near Darlington: A man driving a heavy loaded cart, was called to by a gentleman in a gig, to “give way,” which he thought the carter did rather slowly. The gentleman was impatient, blustered a great deal, and at last exclaimed, “Get out of the way fellow; don't you know I am Bonaparte?”—The cart was immediately stopped, and the driver turning around, said with a broad grin, “Are you? I have long wished to see Mr. Bonaparte: I'll soon show you how I'll treat him.” He then deliberately overturned the gig, broke it to pieces, and gave the gentleman a hearty beating. The poor waggoner was seized and carried before a neighbouring justice, who declared he knew no law to punish an Englishman for troubling Bonaparte, or overturning his gig; but that wherever he met them, the prisoner had acted for the good of his country, and the gentleman must take the consequences of his folly.
[London Magazine.]
TRUST DEED.
Value of a deed acknowledged to the

Miscellaneous.
ODE TO SUSPICION.
BY
G. TRUMBULL.
Degener animos timor arguit - VIRGIL. Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind. SHAKESPEARE.
Ah! who is you, with haggard mein, That lurks in secret place unseen; Yet from the den where he is pent, Full many a wary look is sent;
Yes, now I know the monster well, Suspicion, progeny of hell! Of guilt begot, of danger born, And null'd in fear's grim cave forlorn;
And here under midnight skies, When the moon in the maid's eye flies; When the stillness of conscience feels, And the blood-hounds seem to be;
every other virtue. Our Saviour, therefore in delivering his doctrine for the instruction of the world, takes care to distinguish this duty, to assign it a principal place in his moral system, and to recommend it to our practice as of the happiest consequence to ourselves.
If we observe and consider our moral frame, we shall find that we are by nature formed to feel for the afflicted; that we are under a powerful determination, to the exertion as well as the approbation of mercy; and that if there be any part of the divine law engraven upon our heart in deeper characters than others, it is in this.
ON CARD PLAYING.
"Cards are but a passing scene, all the tricks That idleness has to amuse the wits, To fill the vacant hour, and to pass time away." COWPER.
A gentleman in company in-weighing against the prevailing custom of card playing, was requested to give his reason for it, which he did in words to this effect. I will said he, since you desire it, give you my reasons, first, in general, and then, in particular.
RANAWAY from plantation in Bedford County, five weeks ago, a negro man whose name is ORANGE.
He is 35 or 40 years of age, 5 feet, 10 inches high, and looks of middling size, will weigh about 160 pounds, went away with negro cotton clothes on, has one tooth out of the upper part of his mouth, and has a low voice when he talks.
ISAAC WADE.
April 2, 1807.
Virginia, to wit:
At a Quarterly Court held for Pittsylvania County, the 16th day of March, 1807.
Vincent Shelton, Plff.
vs.
John Davis, Elizabeth Duncan, widow of Benjamin Duncan deceased, Melinda Duncan, Squire Duncan, Anne Duncan, Abner Duncan, Julia Duncan, heirs and distributees of Benjamin Duncan, deceased.
In Chancery.
THE Defendants Elizabeth Duncan, widow of Benjamin Duncan, deceased, Melinda Duncan, Squire Duncan, Anne Duncan, Abner Duncan and Julia Duncan, not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the said defendants Elizabeth Duncan, Melinda Duncan, Squire Duncan, Anne Duncan, Abner Duncan and Julia Duncan are not inhabitants of this State;
A Copy - Teste
WILL TUNSTALL, C.P.C.
Notice.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of WILSON DAVENPORT, late of Lynchburg, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscriber, as the situation of the estate will not admit of indulgence.
WM. PRESLEY CLAIBORNE, Ex'r 10th Feb. 1807.
Trust Deed.
A Deed of Trust executed by John Franklin, for the sum of five hundred dollars, will be executed by him, by the Dwelling that tract of
GOUTY
Imported last fall by Brown & Rives
WILL stand the ensuing season, at my stable, in Amherst County, five miles from New Glasgow, at Twenty five Dollars the season, dischargeable by Twenty, if paid by the first day of October next.
Gouty
IS a beautiful Bay, ten years old, in high health and vigor, five feet three inches high, full of bone and muscle, fine points and elegant form.
Gouty
WAS got by Sir Peter Teazle (unquestionably the best Stallion in England) his Dam the famous Yellow Mare by Tandem, grand dam Perdita, by Herod, g grand dam Fair Forester, by Sloe, g g grand dam by Forester, g g g grand dam by Partner - Croft's bay Barb Makele - Brimmer son of Dousworth's Burton Barb Mare.
Gouty
RUN but three times, owing to an injury received in the fore leg.
In 1799, for the Derby Stakes - 3 years old - won by Archduke. 1800, for the Sweepstakes for all ages, with 25 Guineas added out of the Racing Fund - won by Gouty - beating Flugelman, Vivaldi, &c. &c.
New-Market July Meeting, £50 by subscription - won by Surcerer.
ROBERT RIVERS.
February 10th, 1807.
WILL BE SOLD
To the highest bidder, for ready money, at John Hook's Store, near Hallsford, in Franklin County, on Friday the 24th day of April next, four likely slaves, viz: BEN, about 38 years of age - YORK, about 26 years of age - SYLVIA, about 28 years of age - and JACOB, about 18 years of age;
Bowker Preston, Benjamin Booth, } Trustees. Franklin Cr'y, March 16, 1807.
Virginia.
At a Quarterly Court held for Pittsylvania County, the 16th day of March, 1807.
Obediah Owen, Plff. vs. Jesse Wilson, George Greenberry Wilson, Dfts.
THE Defendants Jesse Wilson and Greenberry Wilson not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said defendants Jesse Wilson and Greenberry Wilson are not inhabitants of this State;
GARRISON, D.C.P.D.
Advertisement.
FOR SALE five hundred & five acres of first rate Tobacco LAND, lying on Harris' creek in Amherst county, being part of a large tract formerly belonging to Col. Hugh Rose, dec'd.
ROBERT H. ROSE.
23d March, 1807.
N. B. On the above plantation there is a considerable quantity of Corn for sale. - For terms apply to Mr. Th: Woodroof of Amherst.
Notice.
To be sold to the highest bidder, at public auction, for Ready Money, on the 6th day of May next, in the town of Christianburgh, a LOT, No. 19 lying on the main street.
JAMES CRAIG, Trustee.
10th March, 1807.
List of Letters
Remaining in the Post-Office, Lynchburg, 31st March, 1807.
B. John Burter, Wm. Butler, Jones, than Burges, Waid Boateright, Alexander Baken. C. Nelson Crawford 4. John Clark 3. Mrs. Ann Curie, Micajah Clark. W. P. Claiborne 2, Daniel Cheetham, Archilous Crews, John Carter, Wm. Coop, Hoshah Catten. D. John Dabney, Thomas Dillon, Micajah Davis. E. William Edwards, Robert Fleming, Elias Fisher, William Frith. G. William Gregory, Mrs. Margaret Gwatkins, Miss Eliza Gwatkins, Mrs. Levicia Galtson 2, John M. Gordon. H. Moses Hurt. J. Capt. P. Johnson, Charles Johnson, Richard Jones, Thomas Jenkins, Rowland Jones, William Jackson. L. George Lambeth, Thomas Lucas, Meredith Lambeth, Esq. John Lester, sen. Wm. Lee, John Lee, Jas. L. Lambkin 3, Jas. Lee 2, William J. Lewis, Esq. M. John McAlister 2, Joel Mann, John Murrell, Mrs. Charlotte Messley. N. Henry W. Nicholl, Reuben Norvell, John Netherlands. P. Capt. Joseph Poinexter, William Pennock, John Pennock, William Pettijohn, Rev. Joseph Purcell. Q. William Quarles. R. Isaac Rucker, George Reveley, Edmund Reed, Anthony Rucker, Charles Reveley or James Tillford 3. S. James Shearer, James Smith, John Stone, James S. Clair. T. John M. Tilton, William Tolle, John H. Freni, Capt. Isaac Tinley, Caleb H. Turner, Richardson Taylor, Col. Charles Walisferd, Elijah Trent, jr. Thomas Tinley. W. Jesse Woodroof, Merit White, Simon M. Wills 2, Moses Wakins, Sen. Messrs. William & David Mason. SETH WARD, P. M.
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