Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1804-08-16


will be tried al Special Court.
NEW-YORK, Aug. A.
The Cofonef's lrqucft, tummoned to. en-.
quire into the ciIcumitances OF the death Of Gen.
Hamilton. agreed on thuriday evening (as VIC
arc informed) to the following verdiet -
That AARON BuRs, Efq. Vice. PreGdent
OF tie United States, !, i,guil,y Of the Murder Of
ALEXANDRA HAMILTON; ard thar William r.
Van Nes, EfQ. Attorney at iaw, and Nathaniel
pendleton, Efq. Councillor at Law, were accef-
faries thereunlo. -.
Auguf s.
Capt Mooiehoufe OF ihe brig Ontario, whe-
arrived at this port ycRerday from BafIa,erse
(Guadaloupe) has fsrored Us with the following
extract from the log. book of the fhip Mary OF
Bsltiuaore:
son Sunday, July ia. IN ia,. ~, "a, long.
IN, 30. in fight OF the fhip Almy, Snow, Of
Baltimore, ipoke French privateer mounting
fourteen guns and q 50 men, who had captured
the fhip HoPewel, SifTon, and brig Rockland,
Atkins, both of New York, and ient them for
Gusdaloupe. The privs,eer boarded the Hope
we'll after a ccnieit Of about half an hour, in
which the boanwsin was wounded, and the fu-
percsrgo ard FIVE fcamcn killed. Ia the engage
ment with the brig, capt. Atkins was danger
ocly wounded by a fhot through the body. and
bad three Of bis ieamcn killed. The privatccr
hsu ten OF her crew killed and conlderabie
number wounded"
The fhip Little Cornelia. capt. Harrifon,
from Rochefot for ihis port was captured on
Monday evening OF the Hook by the Brtifr
fhip of war Leander. and ordered for Halifax.
She wa' laden with brandy, the vefiel and cargo
were owned BY Mr.. John Juhel, of New. Ycrk,.
an American citizen.
AuguR. 9.
The ihip Eugenia. which arrived at this
port lait evening from Bourdcaux, was captured
on Saturday off the Hook by the Britifh nip Of
war Leander, and o'derded for Halifax. On
Monday fhe bore away for N. London with the
wind at S. f. TO procure fupply Of fails and
provihons. She reached New London about q
o'clock on Tsetday morning, having an AG~rr
can pilot or board. The captain and mate wcpt
on fhore and the cufom houfe officer, with q.
men. going on board. retook her, without any
reaaance being made by the prize matter:
Capt. Low arrived at Baltimore.
mI5 days from Paint Pstre, (Guad.1
iyorms, that 4 or S days before be fail.
ed, a bip and a brig, belonging to New-
2ork, s0ers brought into Poinf Pefre BY
a French privateer brig Of IA guns.
7be Jbip bad IS guns and SO men. The
brig Joxgbf fbe privatesr baJf an hour.
7be @ip on Iesing THE brig engaged fed!
IFS /oon al fbs privafeer bad boarded
the brig, and carried Der, Jbe purified
THE .@ip, and took her without firing
gum! Tbe captain, and fzoo of fbe
bands of the brig, spere dangsroajQy
s00nnded, and fve killed.; fbe erezo
scere put in elgls confinement. Orders
arrived from BaDaferrs fseo days before
capt. L. /alsd,;fO keep them elo,siy con-
fined nnnI further 0rdsrs; and it soas
feared they soould all be executed for pi-
rdey. The /sb'r Snake-in-fbe-grafi s0as
condemned.
The barbor Of Nezv-7ork, eonfinues
to be bioekaded BY Brityb Bips of soar,
sObe commit the mat i1/aienf and an-
heard Of dtpredafiou on Our neutral
right evenir our .os0n prfein7s. Thefe
outrages mutt have an end-As sse
anticipate, fbe Exsemive sffbs Union is
pwiaisg energetic msaIxres Of repara-
fien.
On fbe ala Jxy iaa, hbe L5ip
Guardian, Hunter, from Londondtrry.
arrived soifb pe0sngvs. When with
in the Hook and in FIVE fathom water.