Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-09-21
Circuit Court. .Ritbnloilo.
Trial Of Col. Burr.

| RICHMOND, SEPT. 4.
| The following IS Mr.. HAYS return made
| thr day 20 the writ Of su5beHS duces fecuDl
! " hereby acknowledge service Of the al
! bOve sub gqa, and herewl return 2 correct
: and true copy Of the letter mentioned il the
same, dated 18th Nov. 1906, eXceptn 2.
! such parts thereof as are in my opinion not
material for the purposes Of Justice, for the
( defence OF the accused, OF pertinent to the
issue now about to be rmed the parts ex-
| cePted, beng conhdentlaiN communicated
TO thePresident,&n having deyolyed on me
| the exercise Of that discretion which SO con
stitutionaily belongs to himself The accu-
racy OF this opinion am willing to refer 10
the .judgcmcE, VI The Court, by submitting
| the original letter to its inspection / fur
| Their certify, IL order TO shew more clearly
| the IrreleyancN of lie parts excepted, To any
defence which can be set up in the present
| case, that those parts contain a orfmunica-
| uOn OF the opinion Of The writer concerning
| certain persons; about which opinion or the
| fact of his having communicated ii, the wrl-
| Ter, if q witness before the Court, could not
| legally, as | conceive, be nterrogateL, and
about which no evidence could legally be
| received from other persons.
GEORGE HAY"
Col Bur's counsel observed, that thew
had two resources for compelling the pro
duction Of the papers, viz. 70 Nose t1r IN
| attachment against Mr. Hay or thar thc
prosecution be continued until the letter Be deEq-
| ereI.-They preferred the latter. Mr.. Hav
| declared, that he would rather 90 to iail
than surrender the letter.
An animated discussion ensued The
Court decided, that it was not IN its mower
to say, that the letter should not be Drodu.
| ced that the reasons assigned for with
holding it were not sufficient and that If
| it were not produced the Court must either
| take measures 10 compel a compliance. or
continue the cause.-With' respect to such
parts as we're deemed confidential the
Court would take all necessary measures 70
prevent their beng made public, or an i'm
proper use made OF them-The Chief ms
tice concluded by repeating that the produc.
ton OF the letter might contribute to remove
many OF those suspicious which its SUPPRESS.
ion would infalliably excite.
Mr.. Hay said, he should consult Gen
Wilkinson, and he hoped lie would consent
to the production Of the letter. under the
restrictions mentioned BY the court
The Marshal was instructed n enm,,o,
Jury, and Monday was fixed for the tr;aI
Of Burr, for misdemeanor
Mr. Burr has been discharged from tbe n.
dictment for Treason.
The Attorney Of the u s. has entered !
nole brosequi on the indictment found against
Gen. Dayton for treason. He has pleaded
not gully to the Indictment for msdemeanor
NETWORK, SEPT. 9.
Yesterday boat from the Column
blne, with an officer and FIVE men.
went on board the pilot boat Brothers,
off SaadyHook. The moment the Of
ficer got on deck, the men pushed off
with the boat and made their escape to
the shore.
The Indians in the Mississippi threaten
hosullues, two Americans have lately been
Killed by them near Natchitoches.
The British Parliament have voted an AL
dltional sum Of 10000 pounds sterlino. for
services rendered the public in the diScov-
cry Of the Cow-Pox The whole amonnt
gwen by government to doc Denner. is
$4,000 pounds sterling.
One object of the British expedition i
sad TO be to prevent the Danish feet fall
ing into the hands of Bonaparte.
An explosion Of $4,000 lbs. of powder At
Luxembourg, has ruined upwards Of 200
families. = 0OO
The United States frigate Chesaneake
ana two gun boats, which latelvleft Noreolk
proceeded to Annapolis, from whence on
the Ith INST they sailed down the bav-
Destination unknown
The U. ). schooner REVENGE, with
dispatches for our Ministers IN Fn~-
land was spoken, on the 18th AupuSf.
IN lat. 48, 81, long 90, so, then oTt 7
days'-Wlth any thing like fair wind
she must have reached Falmouth. 81
some other port in the English channel
IN live or six days.-Cent.
= man Of the name of Edward Don.
nelly, has lately been committed 70 oaoI
IN Pennsylvania, on the charge IF nav.
ing killed his wife, who was Dregnant
md then burnt her in order 70 cancel
| the hoIIid deed.