Jenks' Portland gazette., 1804-08-06
Portland Gazette.
MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1904.
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ton, mutt ncceilarily be intcrciting to his bcreav
sd country. We Nase, therefore for the infor-
nation OF our diitant readers who are daily ard
of inqueit, that icveral circumstances have con-
CURED 70 procraainate the verdict
Wilton, one Of the boatmen, who took Burr
to tIoboken, was on Tuefday ait, committed TO
briJewell by the coroner for refuiing to be iworn
as witoefs. !" Wiiior," iays the Citizen, els
but the teoi Of isGc:om kravsy His refuGpg to
be fworn ih cvs that hecould q tale .ayod that
would, indeed hnr,oav up the to1i."
M l.. Davis, who boats of his intimacy with
Mr.. Barr, and who prcsrnds to know much a.
bout the buEnef was alto com mitted to bridc-
will, FOR refuGns {atter he had taken the oathl TO
zntwer the quetions put to him by the coroner.
The following is taken from the Citizen Of
this morning. If the circumftance be true. it
mutt, indeed fill with horror the mot sbandontd
heart
1t is nndertcod that Davis exprened himielf
fbs n'erniag afv the atn -vo4nd 40us gvsa, i'll the
following words lie was highly eiared and
fpoke9in an air Of triumph.
" Yeiterday afternoon, lays Davis, (meaning
the stie,n;sa q tire day on ubieb tie snd
s0es t4agbtJ l and fevcral Of mr.. Burr's
friends paid him a vidt. You may depend
Mr., Burr's ad-v-ifh good Aot ! After we
had drank glafs Of wine, continued Davis, MIR
Burr remarked by way of apology, for firing a
little below the breaft that had it not been for
fnoke, or momenrary niil, or iomething Of
that nature which intercepted his siGonh< @Sald
6auv laaged fbFjaH esal71 in fSs centre Of General
hnmilen's heayf!! Such according to Davis,
who fad he heard the remarks, were the rcnec-
tons of Mr.. Burr: he ihot two or three inches
below the deGgned mark the bali did not pierce
the centre of the heart, and for this the accom-
plifhed Mr.. Burr owed, to his fpriehtly young
friends by whom he was furroundcd, an apol-
ogy Merciful God, what mutt be the feeling
OF the man, what his defpcrate purpoies
lE,sm PbiiadsItha, Jay 90.
Mr.. Burr.-Report fays that Burr publicly
walks our city, that he relides with public Of
6cer, that he is viG,cd by fome Of the firit Of
fcers in the fate, and that he is preparing
chariot or coach Of the iirit chop, in which he
means to Witt mod Of the ttates between this
and CharlcRon.
/" II Ia msd< ds Hsyn" The late riot Of the
backs in in Philadelphia. appear to have CT ea-
ted fome alarm in that city. about 400 ne
groes aAenbled icverai nights fuce.iively iniur-
sd the perions Of ieveral citizens; threatened
to murder others; and faid they would how the
whites " St. Domingo play" The ringiezdcrs
have been ap?rehended. -Ntsytst A1ec.
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"a From M;dale5ry, VI. 1slyII.
On Wednffday the 17th ulr. miniicrs and
people, from various towns, aIcmbled at Brid-
port according to previous appointment, to pats
two days IN (pecial religious worlhip. A itage
was buit in the open air for the accommoda-
tion Of thofe who took an active part in the ex
erciics, and tcats were prepared for the audi
cnce. Thc,aAeu,bly was numerous, at the leaf
calculation conGiting Of three thoufani
On the laa day in the afternoon, there
were number received into the Church
at Bridport, and the facrament was administered
to eight hundred ccmmunicants. The fcene
was peculiarly folcmn, and these were evident
tokens of the Divine prefencc. There have
been more than thouiand added 20 the differ
ent branches of Chriit's Church in the, weaern
part of Vermont iincc the late awakening has
prevailed. sos
BosroN, AUGUST &.
The Britiih Aoop of.war, Lily, captain Comp
ton, was captured on the I4rh of July, in a.
bout lat 3;, lon. 70, by the French privateer
La Dame Ambert. The loop purfued the
priyateer; but the latter Com mepced the
action. The Britilh veAel Was dlablcd ear
ly in the engagement by the uncommon fucccls
which attended the difcharges of grape and Lam
grage from the French cruizer. The loop was