Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-01-07

bA;n,r .xn;rsd. the troops were embarked
:, 4oaret rbe shIDnlaa. and went out and
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board the shiPPihS. nc aesaeA W<'ss ! g
ported to nave oeen very ,ssseie' s'sia t'e
slaughter imlnsnss on os,tia sues nas'iS'sis
OF the wounded uiac1 troops iisid oeeh sent
TO Gonalves; several french white people.
had been permitted to remain unmoiesled
At the Cape. Gen. Dessalnes was pfsPaF-.
Ing to 90 against Cape Nienoia IA oie, aIlli
the troops would Be ready 70 inafcaIn few
DAYS.
a motion was made on Thursday last, ijy Mr..
7. Randoigl,, N the house Of Representatives, for
amounting committee to eneIire into tie judi
cia conduit Of the Hon. }ndge Chase, and ~ ret
port or the pTopfiety OF psachng him. Mr..
Randolph said that he wasindused 10 this nsasare
IN consequence OF his having heafd gentleman
from Pennsylvania, during the last session, stale
in The ccul sc Of debate, senle circumstances res
pecting tie official conduit OF the Judge WITCH he
lhou ut should be made the grouod ofihpeach-
nei., add thar, exclusive OF this intornatto;', ne
was hiaiself IN possession OF some acts which had
cone within his personal observation, but which.
he did moi think proper TO mention inhs place.
One Of The demorratical members Hoped that the
gentleman from Virginia. OF thegentleHSan frol'
Pennsylvania, would state wtaf these facts we're,
for that be could NOT reconcieit 10 hls mind to
vote for al eaerlgy which was TO ground an iE
peacnens, u.less the facts alluded 10 were sPe Gil
Really stasd
Mr.. S5nysie said chat he had heard $ ame person
wlo Was ptesens al the trial Of one OF The West
err insurgents, some years ago, that When Mr..
Lewis and Mir. Dallas, the council Ter the de-
teadant. were about 10 address the jasy, on be-
half oftheir Cliaat, Judge Chase direcfd than 10
copfne their Arguments to the fz75, and not TO the
azvi, respecting tseason--that himself & the rest
of the court had considered it their ricuiar pre-
7lnce TO decide on the law---and that they had
already agTeee in their explanations on this point,
wlach would be delivered ie their charge 10 the
Iarv. The Consequence of this, said Mr. Smile,
was thar the council did 90, speak; and the man
was condemned, and had like TO have been hung,
bn; y as pagdooed bylthe Executive. rAere Mr.
Smile sss down, pur bis hard 10 bis neck, and
locked around with some degfeS.of exuitasion as
mnchas to say, if this IS not Suiilcientto inpsach
him, what the devil is?]
Mr.. GFiswol1 SAID that respecting the right
which the bench nighr have 10 c5nfne tie bar
within certain latitude, III their observations to
the Jury III criminal cases. various opinions were
entertained by various p5rsoas. Some legal CHI
racers were eclined to thpk that Tx bench couf
not limit forensic discussion to any particular
point. bur that they had the right Of dcscantrp
not only on the fact, but on tic law arising from
the fstt, to tie Jury, While others were Of o
pnion, that the observations fthe bar on point.
80 law s,,st be addressed 70 tile court oniy. Mr.