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Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-09-10
Latest Proceedings.
THURSDAY, September 3.

The chief justice delivered his opinion
as to the proper processof az indictment
for misdemeanor OF the kind charged
gainst col, Burr the result cf which was,
after examining the laws Of congress aod
reviewing all the preeeden1s, that tke re
galar process was a capiss.
Col. Burr proposed reduction OF the
The sum IN which he had before given bail
70 suswes 10 the misdemeanor. He COAST.
desed his situation as widely differen, ttoai
wha, il was when The recognisaace was hrss
entered into. The verdict of the jury had
produced an important change. Added
to this there were other circumstances,
which he presumed. were well known,
Esupposed TO be an allusion TO his being in
custody Upon civi! process] which render.
ed it more difficult for him TO procure
bail
The chief j"stiee said that he had al,
ways considered the bail in which col. B
was bound to answer the misaemeaaor as
very high. Fo bind a man in six times the
sum which he would be boundlo pay under
judgment Of the ceart, for the offence
with which he was charged, especially 10
couhtry where excessive bail cannot be re-
CURED, always aapp-arcd to-hiE 10 be IN.
reasonably high, He iheiefere proposed
the SUN of five thousand dollars as sun
cient.+ under The present circumstance OF
col. Bnrr. He also mentioned the civil
process which was known to have been
served upon him.
Much difficulty and desul,ory argument
ensped with respect to the course which.
should be pursued. The counsel for the,
prosecution wished TO go On with the mo-
.tion for com mitmcn, with a view TO send
col. Burr TO the place where the overt act
was surpassed to have been committed -
This was opposed by the counsellor col
Burr, who contended fhst the court was
bound TO have decision on the, indictment
for misdemeanor before he could be trans.
fs.red-to a foreign tribunal. The coart
seemed ,oSexpress srongdopbtsnpco this
point. At length the chief justice deter
mined that he would proceed upon the irial
of the indictment for mssdemeanor, to-mor.
rowif col. Burr shoud be ready
Colonel Burr was declared by the court
! to be discharged of the Indictment fortfea.
son.
General Jonathan Dayton appeared in
court; aud Mr.. Wickhann observed that if
il was the pleasure of the proaecuases %
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FRIDAY, September 4.

Inc proceedings OF tEiS Gay comHepc
ed with an application On the part of col
Burr for ette production of an original let.
ter from gen. Wilkinson TO the president
of the United States, dated the 18th Of
Nov. 1906. and which letter was IN the
possession of Mr.. Hay, the attorney fer
the a. S.
The president having conided to Mr..
Hay the discretion of withholding such
parts IF tie said letter as were of conf.
dental nature. he refused to exhibit the
whole of 10 evidence. A writ Of
Subpoena duees tecum was thereu3on award.
ed, returnable Immediately, commanding
MIR. Hay 10 produce the letter. His re.
turn was in The following words:
Mr.. Hays return to the subbenG duces
fecuM.
/" hereby acknowledge service Of The
above subpcaa, and herewith return cor
rect and true copy of the latter mentioned
10 the same, dated 12gh Nov. 1906, cx-
cepting such parts thereof as are in my
opinion, not material for tne purposes Of
Justice, Oh the defence Of the accused, or
pertinent TO the issue now about to be JOIN
ed : the parts. excepted being .conhden,ially
communicated to the president, and he
having devolved OH ms the exercise of thai
discretion which eoasti;uionaly belongs TO,
himself. The accuracy of this opinion !
am willing TO refer TO the judgment Of the
court, by submitting he original letter to
its Inspection. l further certify, lin osder
to shew more clearly TIE irrelevancv of.he
parts excepted. .c any defence which Gao
be set up 10 the present case, that those
parts contain communication of the writer
concerning certain persons about which
opinion, or the fact OF his having commu-
.nlcated il, the writer, if witness before
the court could not legally, as conceive,
be interrogated, and abou, which no eyi.
dence could legally be received from other
persons.
GEO. HAY.n
The counsel Of col. Burr observed that
there were two modes Of compelling the
production Of the letter; either an attach
mens against Mr.. Hay. which would Be
very unpleasant process, or motion for a
rule :" that this prosecution stand be COO.
Z" sinued I'LL. hat letter be deposited with
7" the clerk; :" the latter would be resorted
to.
This motion produced an animated dis.
cuss,on which was not ended at half an hour
pas. 4o'cloek, when this paper was pu. to
press.
The grounds tasen by the counsel on
both sides viii be detailed in our next.
N B. 4 few minutes before o'clock, the
Chief Justice decided, that, under the Cir
scumstanees of this case, it was rot in the
power OF the court to say that fhe letter
should not be produced that the reasons
assigned for withholding it werenot sufficient,
and that if it were not produced, the court
must eithee take measures to. compel COM
pliance with Its process, or continue the cause.
With respect to such parts as were deemed
confidential, the court woula take measures
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| to prevent thea, Seine - - 4
yidlng that no donies sba,',s e pubic,
Iusc was TO be lI,ade of the ~ ee tsken,
If ea'l .a, e the net FL that it shoa,s
I !, ssa e : ana pat those persons
. Them j sss prfceedlngs were not Who
that letter: HI concluded Nb W. =, any pa.
the production bf this letter q 00serFlps
contribute to remove manv e e Court h;
ona az to persons said to b. en- nose SIS
gen, Wilkinson, which its supo saaaed /
tend to excite. pr,cssoa v
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-09-10
By THIS DAYS MA;
NEW YORK: Sen ,

ohn bateman, aua,ive If NJ.
New Jersey, was pressed oas ,f = 81
Ulysses. 90 her passage f,oa Fl. a y
:,D = and is now on board mi. rat
ir4ga'e Iason, at The qsarsp.,os " -
.'sisn is other impressed Annsr,,,,s. 0aae \
Captain Cochrane, tie Comma. (
the Jason, Came npto town On ss,, q
morning 10 his barge. acconu,n'' u'eg
TWO oGsers and eight seamcp. WA''. y
boar lay ashore six Ct the seafnea ;ns.
ont Of her, and effected ;heir .,. 'sup' y
The no little as,onishmea. Of the ,tn L, .
Of he party. @''''
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About 9 O'Clock at SATURDAY. :, :,

Abou, 9 O'Clock at Saturday roo,p;,.s
pi'otboa. Brothers, With III: eu,,omIs ns
o!srers on board, WAS de,aloeabv ivy sV' '
led boa, from the British brig ,ColraeS.a ' !
nov in the bay, apd had The crew ,,, see
ed on pretcnce Of. searchicg For oe,og @ ~
briggs mes, who it was said had d,,.,, w
He vas not found. The Ero,hs,, =.
threatened with being fred at fshe sbon,
anchor second time too near the Colnm
b;ne.
The same brig in the bay fred Al, b,,,
TO and boarded one OF the gun boats from
the eastward, on similar pretence.
Yesterday afternoon the British f,ir,,.
Jason, got under weigh from the qusIsp.
tine ground aad droppe4 down 10 Ii.
Hook.
The OliverE!lsworsh sailed from Live,
pool in company with the SaIiy, whchba
arrived at Boston; AID though our sdyic
es from Europe are no later than hossd..
tailed in the Mercan,ile Advertiser of Sa,
,urday, yet, having received our regular
files of London papers, L!oyps Lists add
prices currentto the i7;h Of July, we've
enabled TO lay before our readers variety
ct very interesting articles which have Ell
Their escaped the notice Of the Boston edi.
tors, or could not be admitted for w,o, Of
room. We have given this day she import
aut 79th bulletin from the Preach grand
army, supposed to have been Suppressed
and on that veTy account subject of much
speculation aod enquiry. We have also
added the a+ih. Oar aeiectioas Willis
continued to- morrow.
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seconded any representations he might
have made 10 the Danish court; and thus
Denmark would have had two formidable
engines employed against her at the same
time the menace Of sending an army
already on her froutiers 10 seize her best
provinces, and the power and influence Of
Russia acting ia concert with France.
Another view has becu taken of the ex.
petition. Il has been asked, whether
- I" had Denmark joined France with alt
her military msripe, this c0nnsry must
have been nndone if the Danish flset had,
Joined The French Undone We should.
not have been had the fleets Of Denmark,
Russia, Turkey, and even The cock.boat
squadron Of America joiaed France, Hol-
land aud Spain agains. as Y
! That our expedition has rendered peace
more difficult, we very much doubt--ot.r VI.
gor, promptitude, and decision, were not call.
culated, we should have thought, TO have
ssharpened Bonaparte's inclination TO continue
the war--and we confess we should rather
have Imagined that it would have been less
easy to have made peace with honor, had Wo
waited, with Vattcl ia our hand, till Ronaparte
had reused the north against us, and had
joined the Russian and Danish fleets in the
Baltic and the Russian and Turkish fleets in,
the archipelago. But the late ministers are.
always talking as if it were so easy to make.
peace, and as if the present ministers were
the determined enemies of peace. IF peace
be so easy to make why did they not make il
themselves they found they could not
make peace, though Prussia had not then.
been subdned, and Russia had not mate peace.
with the enemy But there seems to be a
strong dispositions on the part of their I*ede-.
cessors to blame them because they have
3theughtahat the best means Of Terminating
tie war with honor is to carry It on,nith VI
cor.
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Froni HE Bsston Rea1ertc.'y.a &

A new idea 1.-THE subject OF the rightof,
search for the persons of the subjects efsbel~.
ligerent on boapst neutral private ships. s.
Among the nunberless strong arguments
in faycr of tie right Of a belligerelt to take
out his own subjects, have never noticed the
following in any publication. am indebted
tor it to y learned frisnd+-It was conclusive
to my own n1ind-P erhaps the public will SO
esteem it. .
WHY isa belligerent authorised by law TO
enter neutral ships, and TO search Them for
the persons Of their e.icmles, and Tor their
goods?
Answer. Because By the la,y of nations bel.
ligercnts have right to the persons OF their
enemy taken in war, and alse TO the gosds OF
an enemy, after they are brought into place
! of safety ard condemned. A neutral has no
right to cover his flag property which a belH-
gercnt has right to attack and capture, and
which having captured becomes his own
1t is this possible right Of property which IS
the justification for searching a neutral
If. then, abeligerert can indisputably, by
the law of nations, search neutral vessel and
take ont of her, property Of atthirl person,
which he did not own, but which he las only
right to acquire, can there be "a doubt that
he has a right to search and take out his own
prorerty which he had acquired before (
ii he has right to search and take out the
persons Of his enemy over whom he has only
a qualified and conditional power, has ne not
a greater right TO search for and take out his
own subjects oyer whose services and lives,
he has, as it respects other nations, an abso.
lutte dominion and power.
IF MIR. Madison instead Of writing pages a.
painst the British obsolete claim to the honor
of the flag in the narrow seas, would answer
these simple queries ably, he would prove
himself greater civilian than. his pamphlet
on the right Of search would seem to. make
him. es
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{. =
NR. SSowDRx,
IN order to prevent the President
from any mistakes in forming his speech to
Congress, the redoubtabie col. Duane, en-.
peror of the Tammanites and of all the other
Jacobinical Associations of PENNSYLVANIA, sc.
&c. has issued his Imperial Mandate, pIefac-
ed in the following modeet terms, viz.
I" Congress assemblies on Monday next
e Among the many important measures TO be-
G taken ah. are the following:
g Laws apprepriasing 1000 pieces of brass
seartillery, &c.
Do. appropriating $4,000 sabres, saddles,
stpistols, &c. &C =
For the rest of his mandate / refer to the
Aurora of the goth instant, and beg leave to
add the following, which | presume were &C.
csdentaHy omitted by the colonel:
lst. As we are In future to have no Navy
and the object, no doubt, is to convert the
$4,000 cavalry into horse marines, inlordcr to
meet the enemy on the only element where
they are conae-at-able 100000 bladders, viz.
one for each foot of the cavalry, with $4,000
cork jackets, lest the men might lie called to
Gsmount for the assault, as occasion may re-
Gnire.
Cd. "A committee should be formed to en-
quire whether secondhand whiskey kegs or
hollow pumpkin-shells will form the most
econonncal torpedoes with which it is proposed
TO cover our coasts and har5ers.
Sd. "A committee to examine the old crust
of the. Mammoth cheese and to determine
whether it will be expedient and economical
to form two or more gun-koats thereof.
4tb. A committee to shew how much has
been sated 10 the nation BY paying off the A
and 81 per cent. stock at par, in preference
to purchase Of SIX per cents. at the present
reduced prices, particularly when the money
in the former instance was all sent to Europe,
to cure the English of all interested teelz'g IN
our favor in any future case of ministerial
outrage.
sth. "A committee to rcpor. saasfactory
Hroof that to hoard the menoy of the nation
is better policy than to keep it in continual and
brisk circulation even for any flu'fsoses. The
same committee are also to shew that all ma
tional and Internal eircAlatsns of money are
positive erhenditures, and that owing 20 the
misbchavior Of Europe towards us, we ought g
70 send back all the money, all the men, and
every thing else that we have ever Borrowed
from the other side of the Atlantic, add all
this is to be proved to be excellent economy:
6. IA committee to shew that It is infinitely
bettsr TO paySour debts to foreigners IN money,
than to do. the same in acres of our wild landsi
as the latt er mode would soon convert our ea-
cellent hunting .groands into nothing but mere !.
corn FIELD, meadows, &c. &c. till the price OF
!, corn and hay would be no object @ our Tar
( mers, and render our mere hants ana nechae
MICS too fat and too saucy to bear watn'
u. Al committee to show by actaM resu''g
from all the insurance companies 81 the IN
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-24

"a States that The toa taken inthe specie ships
rom La-yera-C ruz,. and in allthe British and
other adiudications, We have met with no more
Iosse8 in The a,nount than is just to indemnify
these foreign cruisers for saviag us from the
horrible, the most abominabIe expcncc of
guarding our own commerce, as we did the
years 1893 and 1929, and that 4 respectful
address to the foreign commanders bin our
station, with thanks for the many services al
ready rendered, and q warm desire fer their
continuance be at least tacitly conveyed by
continuation of CIR Asysi economy OF; the last
years.
800 EcoNo5a1cUs,
Several ofs.he Bri,ish prints il snnonnc.
ing the arrival of the Reverse, state The
exisience Of rnmnur shat,he Americah
government had required an answe TO their
representations within four days, and de-.
duce from this circumstance their .Asi;rs.,
ciGc temper. k may be satisfactory TO-
state that this rasaour is altogether un-
tunfoondsd. No such dsfnaed. HIS been
made, nor has any deRoi,e time been pre-
scribed tor receiving an ans wer ellis
true iha, Al spronpt anwes IS expectrd and
there can BE no doubt. bas thar if he Eri-.
fish fnIuisyry wish to rajatain a peace BE-
.tWeen.the two counties, a prompt answrr
WILDE given.
I aNalional Lutaz gsncerl
{ A proclamation from the Danish govern.
ment has the following irnportau. ceaeiasi-
on:
]. Ifihc English carry their bssenesseo :
far as 10 attack our cossts, they VIII find
the same courage and 'dev csicn 10 cur ti;i.H
iEens, asrkey experienced 10 1901. francr,
Russia, aad all Esrope will hasten TO our (
aid"
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GIssaabrta Dxlp altsrtfssr.
4 SATURDAY, OCTOBER a.

The schooner Liza and schooner Betsey
and Charlotte, of this port, have arrived at
Barbadoes.-Price of -four at Barbados. ten
dollars and half per barrel
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-24
JAMES S 4NDERSON 3
sAs; WIIKINsoN.

= Offers for sale yer'y lozv,
y. aogsheads MuscovadO Sugar
BAGS green Coffee
s aossheads well Favored Rum
pipes Cogniac Brandy
3 3 q issarter casks Sherry Wine
s Tennessee Cotton
md as isuakr,
ssassd assorsment of the best Wine
o. ~ Liquors, Teas and Groceries.
Yer 10. s. s. d
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-24
Vale PROPERTY for Snte.

|vTvO BE SOLD, in four distinct lots OF to-
8 getl1er, four acres Of LAND, contain
ING from one and a quarter acre to two acres,
Zach, most eiigibly situated without the terri
TRY of Columbia, extending III a right line
rom Gibbon-street to Great Hunting Greek,
ntersecting Jefferson, Franklin, and Grecn-
street, and bounding east and west on Fayr
cite and Payncsstrects.
A plan of the ground and further particulars
may be obtained by applicationto
James Patton.
June %. tawtf
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-24
JOSEPH RIDDLE,
Has feccved BY tle SHIP lillian. and Jchn,
from ,Livert!ool,
F AL L GO o D S,
Hc<NL~r o. 4agtss -z.it - n

WILLIAM MsMECHEN.
yNtarly opposite 10 ce77oM and S7KYxa7, en-
Noyal-streey, Is otcniag
A general assortment of DRY GOODS
L,IQ UORS and GROCERIES, ~
MI s. O.,
A consignment Of 10 bags prime GREEN
COFFEE and 10 pieces first quality Russia
Sheeting, which will be sold low for cash,
i October "a. eo.t.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-09-28
FROM THE U. S. GAZETTE.

A few days since was amufeI
by conversation with Pennsylvania
farmsr, who called on business. He
said that people in our seaport towns
had better opportunities of knowing
the recent affairs Of the world, and
asked what England and France were
so long fighting about ? l told him
for domiAion and power. He inquir-
ed Jtbs people were enemies, or If il
was only the governments ? I said i
was believed the people were not
enemies, only SO far as it might b
supposed there was wish to infringe
on rights or property.
Farmer.-WelI, am told We are
on the point Of going to war with
England, what is that about Our
country has derived great we1l-lt
b. remaining neutral frfj1ern re1y5.
and think we had better continue wy
endure some rubs from her insoleat
} lldFdt NCAiii4tdt-tCbS y WING 1DNG CTs
! than enter into a contest with pow
erfui navy, 70 please CIR friend Bone
bartc 1,- any J5.ly fl5r; especially as We
are told there i5not the least prepare
ton for war, citJer d1cnfyc u oflu-
fvc. told him if 4y45 ab.ut deferte.f
and tks ligtt q 5sarcb, aud our gov
eminent had adopted, il case az nee
essity, new system of warfare,
which was to suep-pd All intercourse
win her dominion8 and farve her
West India islands. This it was sup.
posed would occa ion complaints "a
loud, among her merchutsa auJ man
ufacturers, tA-t ,hey must " attend
Cd to.
But all this Is 70 take pl.ce r c,,-
Jmciioa with Bonaparte's in.e-a;o,7r
Of the trade Of every par, Of continual
Europe and their drrenl,l.la
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-09-28

Queries BY a Supporter ?f 1'1'e A''e-
rican Ground.
Why has all bCGnefs been fufpen-
ded for nearly three months, and
why have our merchants been expoC-
ed TO heavy and ferrous lofes
Why has the flag Of our nation
been difgraced, and our brave failors
expOied to wounds, death, and what
us to fome Of them 1U9rjE, DIsHoNoR2
Who were the real authors of thefe
evils, thofe who, BY policy as yet
unheard of, excited the animofity of
a nation not only at amity with US,
but deGring and offering to extend
and frengthen its connections with
US, or thofe who repealed new and
unprecedented attack on their rights,
which threatened their national ex-
ifencc I?
Is there any b0nsf nan in New
England, who would contend, that
while we call ourlelves neutral, we
have a right to enEf an Englilhman
born in l.ondon, who dejertcd iD our
o7un ports from the lhiP Of our friend
with whom we had Just 7sde q treaty,
Whit fuch lhip was claiming our
protection /?
Is there a 7yijf man, who doubts,
that if Great-Britain had fubmitted to
this, fhe would be ruined as a mara
time power
If there be Etc5 man, let me a1r
him, why, fnce 9ve haze fst up this
negv dgEfriue, three men deferted ia
Hampton Roads-nineteen Britiih
failors rofe upon a Gutter and bro'r
her into this land Of Hberty-GxH men
mutined aboard the JaCon as Goon as
ihe arrived in CIR 1Uater5-6ve then
fole the boat of the Columbine, and
efcaped to this afylum, and Ex men
who were employed to come afhcre
with dispatches, infanry delerted
at Newyork, while we hear Of no
mutinies and defertion from the
Britilh fhiPs in any other part Of TIE
world An anGwer is requefed.
CM e. Pa.
Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-09-28
@i8teIIdlTfoIs 5eirttiolls.
IMPORTANT TRIAL.

LNl I VI lLIANL L MIL.
We have commenced, and intend
fhortiY to complete the lnieruOn OF
the late proceedings at Halifax, on
the trial Of Jenkin Ratford. It is the
the policy, If we may Judge Of their
conduct, Of our administration and
their friends, to prevent the public
from obtaining a knowledge Of the
facts connected with the attack on
the ChelaPeake. We are not a little
furprifed that fome federalilts dilcov-
er difpoGtion 70 favourable to their
views, ana a nicely trimming doct-
rine, Of preterving Glence on the fub-
iec,, until we are put il poGefion Of
facts. Put III po1elIion Of facts
Who will put Us Id pohefion a
facts /? Will our government Z Hayc
not the American public looked with
impaticncc bat in vain, to their gov
trnment? Fran than ne can ct 10
facts. Months and months PATS a
way, and no inquiry is officially
made, no itatements officially appear
from Commodore Barron or any
other gu AFTER while the whole az
fair IS lutTcred 10 die away, impor-
tant as il is, or to BE- dreGld up in
any fhape that the views Dc govern
ment render expedien5.-Rrycrt5yy.
Minutes Of the Proceedings Of a Court Mar
tial afe~hIeJ and held Oh board hisMajef-
as AliP Beleidc. in Halifax Harbour, NO
va-Sce.a on Wednqfday, 36.h aug 1907
10 Try JcnIin Ratto-d. OF his Maefty's fhip
Halifax, for Mu;iny, Deiertion and Con.
tempt, as let forth in a letter from her
Commander, the Right Honorable Lord
lanes Town.henL
Pr.er-'Ihe Hon rsble Sir Alexander Coch-
rane, X. d. Rear Admiral VI the White, and
Second Officer in command At Halifax,
Preltent.
observation-disclosures, William Charles
Fable, Edward Hawker, John Erskiue Doug.
las, Philip Beaver, Nathaniel Day Cochrsne-
Being al tie captains of the rank Of PET y
this place
On the Court aiTtmbIing, at hal
Pait ten O'Clock, the ptdoner teing
brought torware, the evidence callec
over, and audience admitted, rc2c
the order adlre1ed to the PTeGdent
from the honorable George Cranhelo
Berkeley, ,ic--admiral Of the White
and commander ii chief al Halifax.
Nova Scoria, &c. dated the 18TH Of
Auguit, and he Preiidents order tc
che Judge advocate 20 otHc'ate as luch
when the members, ana Judge advo-
SAFE we're leysraIIy fwoTn, agreeable