Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1818-12-29

tnrsble court please, | will make few
femarks upon the second specification, and
here close my defence. In proof of this
el,arge, the court have before them the
egidence of Handy, Cook, and sundry
Istters purporting TO be written by myself,
Il different individuals. May it please
he court, what does Cook prove? Why,
sl.at / had ten kegs of powder at Sahwah-
s,ee; let me appeal to the experience Of
Ibis court, if they think that this quantity
q powder would supply one thousand H.
dams and an equal number Of blacks,
more than two months for hunting? AS to
ne letters named 10 this specification,
nav it please the court, the rules Of evil
dence laid down in the first part of this
defence will apply with equal force in the
ufesent case.
1t remains now, may it please the court,
ID say something as to Hambly's testimo-
ny-and, may it please this honorable
ro,,rt. the rule laid down in this case, as
ii hearsay evidence, will be found with
out precedent. A strong case was stated
BIZ an intelligent member of this court, on
lie examination of this part OF the evil
dence. That is, would you receive as
testimony what third person had said,
wbo, if present, you would reject as IN
competent? Apply this principle to the
present case. Could an Indian be exam
he'd, on oath, in our courts Of judicature ?
II. then, the testimony of savages is in-
admissible, Hambly proves nothing.
Here, may it please this honourable
court, / close my reply to the charges and
specifcations preferred against me, being
fuIly persuaded that, should there be
cause Of censure, my judges will, in the
language of the law, lean to the side Of
mercy,
Here closes the trial of Arbuthnot-
We shall give an abstract of the trial of
Ambrister.
Indian WarJare.-The following letters
are published 10 Nashville paper of the
18th ult.
Extract Of a letter from Col. King to COL
Butler, dated
PENSACOLA, Sept. 10, 1918.
Sir: have the honour to report, for
The information of the Major General, the
arrival of Capt. Boyles, with his rangers,
Do the opposite side of the bay. Instead
of beating up the Escambia and Yellow
W alter Swamps, in the first instance, the
captain Judged it most advisable to move
direct from Fort Crawford to the Chocta-
hatche, where he destroyed Holmes
Town, and one other village, but neither
Of them appeared to have been very re-
Gently occupied-the last sign he presumed
10 be at least ten days old: he, however,
found large quantity Of corn and beans
growing, which we're consumed by his
men. The captain has brought with him
rs prisoners, men, women and children,
staken at different places, and reports to
have killed three warriors, Creek, a
Choctaw, and a Uchee.
From the information received from his
prisoners, Capt. Boyles is induced to be-
lieye that there are considerable number
of hostile Indians in the Swamps of Yellow
Nv alter. He will proceed in search OF
Them tomorrow after which he is in
structed to turn his attention to the de-
struction of party of Indians that infest
the Federal road, and which the militia
ION duty at Fort Dale have in vain sough!
after.-Capt. Boyles, 10 his expedition to
the Choctahatche, has displayed consid-
Aerable share Of perseverance, enterprise,
and good conduct; and | beg leave to
Srecommend him to the consideration of
zthe maior-general as an active and effl-
cient partizan officer.
Il PENSACOLA, Oct. IS, 1918.
3 Sir: Capt. Boyles returned to this
place on the 18th inst. having been
wounded in an affair with party Of hos
tile Indians near the Choctahatche.
He reports that on the 9th inst. ne leit
5 his boats in yellow Water, aud with
detachment Of % men, on foot, pursued a
party of Indians whose trail he had DIS
covered. He overlook them on the 9th,
about five and twenty in number, attacked
and defeated them, killing four, wounding
many, and making some prisoners. A
large quantity OF ammunition aud all their
plumber fell into his hands.
The following morning, just before day,
4 the party defeated the day before, suppos-
ed to have been reinforced, attacked him
in his camp; but he succeeded 10 rePuls-
4 ing them with loss, notwithstanding one
half his men fled at the first onset, and
were never again brought into action. In
this affair the captain himself received a
masket ball in the side, and had one of his