Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-02-28

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The judgment of the court was De.
livered by Chief Justice Marshal, onsa.
turday last. The Judges we're Of op.;
Mon, that though Congress had tile pow?
er to lcsislate in the case, and 10 make
the offence punishable under the admiral.
ty jurisdiction given to the judiciary in
the constitution, that congress had hot
exercised this power in the act of 1850,
for the punishment Of certain crimes a.
gainst the United States, or in any other
law. They were likewise Of opinion,
that though congress had clearly autho.
rity to invest any Of the federal courts.
or court martial, with cogrizance Of
offences committed on board Of ships Of
war of the United States wherever thew
might lay--,et as the act Of 1890 in
speaking Of pace within the exclusive
jurisdiction of the United States. eyi-
IDENTIFY referred only to objects ;mmova.
be and strictly ,erritoI iaI-such as Tort,
arsenal, dock-yard &c. and as by the
navy mu'iny act the crime Of murder
was punishable b. court marital, only
when committed out of the limits of The
United States, the offence for which he
prisoner was indicted, was not cngniza.
bic in the Circuit Court.
The consequence is, the accused can.
not be srnteaced in the CIrcait Courk
for the crime of which he has been tounf
guilty, anil the judgment against him
will Of course be arrested.
From the Bal imore Federal Republican,
THE ALABAMA TERRITORY.
Whether the French settlemem in A
lamaba is designed for the purpose Of cul.
tivatlng The vine, as reported, we think
may admit of doubt. More than 81.
months ago we expr essed su.picion,
that something more might be intended
than met the ear, in the settlement of
that territory. That men who had for
merly distinguished themselves in the
field Of blood and slaughter, men who
are compelled to fv from their rative
country and to seek security in this, men
whose habits have been always averse to
the dull pursuits Of civil Iite,--should
immediately settle down rs good and
quiet citizens ard cultivate the vine. may
be true-they may, by the operation Of
some unknown. some megical power, have
been thus suddenly converted from war.
riors to Arcadian swains-5ut such o
process without the operation Of magic is
utterly incredible. At the head of this
e,tablishment.ifrsport sT>aks true stands
he name OF Joseph BoHaparte, the ey.
king OF Spain. Now il may be thai the
mild ard peaceable republic Of which he
IS now citizen, the simplicity of our
maniers. and The happiness we derive
from just administration of our excel.
lent Constitution, NAV have completely
cured this ex-mrnarch of all attachment
for crown. He may hold the hustle,
the pomp and the parade Of Royal courts
IN utter abhorrence,-a change which if
'thas been brought about, we must again
denOmina'e wonderful. Now in oppo-
sitiOn TO such liberal concessions we
should presume that the settlers Of the
alabama terri.or, did entertain in fact
different ideas from those Of The peace
full cultivation Of the vine. That terrific.
~, when purchased by these emigrants,
would firm a sort Of rally.ng point where
the French einigrants and all others dis.
contented with the present posture Of
European affairs, might assemble. They
would there meet with spirits congenlal
I" their own. and they might very soon
be able to ascertain their numbers ard
the strength of their resources. These
numbers. and these resources wsuld he
Increasing efry hour. 1t will hardy
therefore, I'VE think. be deemed incredible
that something more is intended than
expressed, when we consider that the
provinces Of Ferdinand have undergone
a revolution, when we know how snIi-
Gus European odventursrs are TO mingle
in that controversy, and when we rc-
member that the crown Of Ferdinand
once sparkied upon the brows of king
Joseph. The question is whether the
snanish provinces Of South America, in
their adherence Of the present Spanish
monarch, would not consent TO put them
selves under the protection Of his former
rival -Exiravagant as this hypothesis
may appear, ii is net so extrsvagant as
many other revolutions that We have wit
messed in the present age. VIII" world
have believed that republican France
would so soon Of her own accord have
settled down into monarchy! Yet this
change has taken place, long before tie
allies had pretended to dictate 10 that
country the form Of government The
South Americans have been born under
a monarchy, and Ill their HABITS have
been averse to republican. In The a.