Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-02-17
SUPREME Court Of tie u. States.

Mon on inc motl0n tor a writ OF habeas
corpus in the case Of Erlck Bollman and
Samuel Swartwou,.
Chief lussice Marshall delivered long
and elaborate opinion,io establish the right
OF the supreme cours, IN virtue OF Its APP
pcllate powers, TO grant writs of habsas-
corpus, and concluaed his remarks BY de-.
clafIng tina. the court granted the writ ia
phs present instance.
MIR. ,ustics Johnson dissented from the
opinion Of the court, and delivered his
reasons of dissent; when were principal.
~ founded on the idea that tae right 10 Is.
sue wriss of habeas corpus was amons tbs.
original asd not appellate powers of ourts,
aad that consequently in this case the su..
presns court dad not possess authority 10
allow ii.
s, Mar. Iahnson observed that Que of his
brethren then absen, concurred with him in
oPluloH.
We understand .ha. he referred soju1ge
Chase.
The justices present, when this case was
argued, were Messfs. Marshall, WASH
3inglon, Chase, Johnson and Livingston.
MIR. Gushing was, from indisecs;lion, alb.
sent.
Mes-rs. Marshall, Washingtou and Ii.
viugsson, therefore, concurred IN the OPT
Mon; and Msssrs. Chase and Johnson
disscn,sd from il.
Monday was then fixed for the return
CT the writ.
Ia our paper Of yesterday, the follow.
lag, being the sth article OF the Decree OF
the French government, declaring Englaad
10 STAKE OF blockade, was emitted:
.s. The commerce of English mer.-
chandize is prohibited. Al merchandise,
the pro5uce or manufacture Of Eaglaoc or
her colonies, is declared 70 be good prize"
Brig Seaman, arrived at New-Ycrk, leltat
Alscsiras, snip Ann, OF this port, from fal-
mouth for Leghorn---had been carried IN, IL
ber..ted and to sail the first wind.
General John Smith has been reelected Sc
nator Of the United States for New-YorA, for
tie next term
'Eae Paris papers contain heavy dcnunciati-
.cns agsynst Great Britain; and hint that size
WILSON be left alone in tue contest.-We
small therefore not be sufprized soon to hear
taat France has concluded treaty With Rus.
STA
Capt, Getty, ofthe ship Edwin, from All
cant, arrived at Boston, Informs, that he Was
boarded of Manga, by the British ship Of war
lhunderer, and was informed ef tie loss OF
tho Athenian, captain 5eTesiord, of64 guns,
on the .Esqlirquers, near Cape Bon, in the
Mediterranean, lii October last |; only l44
men and officers saved, s45 drowned !; the,
two cutters full OF men founaered alongside
the ship, by the chains Of the a1aasts all coming
bpthe board, soon after. ship struck, the
launch Aoated from the booms, and the prin.
cipal part in her was SAVED, but the captain,
unwilling to leave the ship as long as there
was man alive on board, refusedto SO i'll the
launch, and persisted with the rest on board.
Our papers from Connections mention
great damage sustained in different parts OF
the state, In consequence OF the heavy rslr
experimentation the 8 LIST ult. aThe ground be-
ing frozen very hard and the rain uncommon
ly heavy, all the water which fell was preci.i
pitated iHto the different runs, riyulets anes
rivers, and in. consequence OF this they were
swollen beyond example. aEhe whole of the.
wooden work of the new and handsome bridge.
across the Hoafatonic at Stratford, was carri4'
ed off bodily, the whole Of the wooden work.
of the lengthy toll-bmge from New-Hayen to4
East Haven also shared the same, fate, toge:>
Their with the upper bridges on Mill and Dra-y
.on. Rivers. Several bridges on the Hartford
and New-H aven turnpike are also destroyed.
Two mills in the vicinity ofNewH Haven were.
torn to pieces by the torrents, and several
others considerably damaged The damage
sustained in the country by the destruction Of
lille and hriJres IL represented to be very