Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-08-27

respectable connexions. Athis trial, some
difficulty was experienced in obtaining an
unbiased jury, from the general detesta-
ton of the diabolical deed The perpe-
tration of this highest of offences, was
clearly proved upon the prisoner, BY the
unfortunate girl herself and several other
witnesses. The jury retired but few nj
nutes, and returned with a verdict of gull
ty. On Thursday last he was brought up
to receive the judgment ofihe court, which
was pronounced in most solemn and I'M
pressve manner by the hon. Judge Old
am, who ordered the execution to take
place on the 25th instant.
Duvall, Davis and Thruston for COM
plainant-Gwathmey for prisoner.
John Davis s. Danl. MERCER, have been
condemned at Nassau for piracy, in having
taken the Contradiction of Baltimore, sold
her cargo, and converted her into priva-
teer. They were to be executed on the
18th ult. A true bill had also been render
ed by the grand jury against Gen. M'Gre-
gor, for aiding and authorising the afore-
said piracy committed by Davis & others.
We wish, with all our hearts, success to
the patriots of South America but we sin
cerely hope that every act of piracy may
be punished, and the nefarious practice at
once put down by the cooperating aid OF
all nations. [Franklin Gazette.
The state Bank at Trenton, the North.
ampton Bank, and the Farmers Bank at
Reading, have stopped specie payments,
The notes are now so far deprecated that
no sale: of them are made.
cows.
Farmers are not fully aware Of the pro-
ductiye value of this animal. If well ted,
and suitably treated, they yieldan immense
profit to the owner A late English jour-
nal states the annual produce, clear of ex-
pense, from single COW, in milk and but
ter, at 4Ii. IS lid equal to $3.50.
The Courier ofthe Oronoco, just recei1-
ed, gives very circumstanlial details OF the
operation of general Bolivar, and general
St. Ander, commanding in Cassanare, from
May down to very late. II was generally
believed that general Bolivar, by moving
to the eastward, had contemplated moving
into the center of New-Grenada, and dis
lodging the royal agents. By these advi-
ces it would seem that this rumor was a
russo de guerre, and that instead OF taking
that direction, he bad formed plan of CO.
operation with general St. Ander, who
commanded the republican force in Casa
mare. The movements of Bolivar very soon
produced an ala I'm in the royal camp, and
Morilio abandoned the position which he
had taken in the early part OF the year with
so much Boosting, on the Achagua. As
soon as Bolivar had opened his coElnuni-
cation with St. Ander, the latter operated
on the royal force then at Pore, with so
much success, as to compel the royal ge-
neral to retire upon the mountains which |
skirt Tunja !; and in the precipitancy OF ms
retreat, left behind HIM about 400 Vene-
zuelians with their equipments, whoJ joined
the republican standard.
The details of those movements are very
interesting. St. Ander selecting favora-
bic position, sought to discover the disPo'
sition of the enemy for a decisive battle, and
in the overture made several prisoners:
the royal general retired into the Businesses
of the forests and St. Ander seized upon
the occasion to detach column of infan- |
try to occupy position which The royallsts
must pass, and cut of bis cenvoy--it APP
pears that in this enterprise, ST. Amber
succeeded, ami the royal army
was driven to great extremity.
A position or pass in The mountains was
taken with its garrison, and the three Eu.
ropean officers in command. st. Amer
had determined to keep up an incessant
war, and give the royalists not
an hours rest the royalists retired with
great dexterity, though under the greatest
and particularly from de-
sertions and the want of subsistence. st.
Ander acknowledges that it was in his
power to bring the royalists to action Oh
one occasion, but the policy of the cam.
paign had been previously determined to
risk nothing and that guerilla war was
that best adapted to the circumstances