Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-01-05

peace aud friendship with the United
States and all her citizens.
Charge I'd. Leading and commanding
the Lower Greeks in carrying on war
against the United States.
Specification lst. That the said Robert
C. Ambrister, a subject of Great Britain,
which government was in peace and amity
with The United States and all her citi-
zens, did, between the first of February
and twentieth of March, 1918, levy war
against the United States, by assuming
command of the Indians 10 hostility and
open war with the United States, and or.
dering part of them TO meet the army
Of the United States and give them battle,
as viii appear by his letters to Governor
Cameron Of New-P Providence, dated goth
March, 1918, which are marked A, B,
C, and ID, aud The testimony OF Mr.. Pc
Ter e. Cook and Capt. Lewis, of the
schooner Chance.
BY order of the Court,
/. M. GLASSEL, Recorder.
To Which charges aud specifications,
pleaded as follows, viz.
To the first charge and specification
Not Guilty.
To the second charge and specification
-Guiity and justification.
The court adjourned to meet tomorrow
morning at O'Clock.
FoBT ST. MARKS, 28th April, 1918.
The court met pursuant to adjourn
meHt.
John Lewis Phenix, witness on the
part of the prosecution, being duly sworn,
stated that, about the 9Th or Glib of April,
1918, his vessel and himself having been
captured by the prisoner, and he brought
to Suwaney prisoner, there was an alarm
among the negroes and Indians, created
by learning some news from Mickasuky,
at which time the prisoner appeared ac-
tive in sending orders and sending de-
tachment 10 meet The American army.
The witness also stated that the prisoner
appeared TO be a person vested with au-
thority among the negro leaders, and gave
orders for their preparation for war, pro-
viding ammunition. &c. And that the
leaders come to him for orders. The
prisoner furnished them with powder aud
lead, and recommended to them the
making If ball, &c. very quickly. The
witness also stated that the prisoner occa-
sionaliy dressed in uniform, with his
sword; and that on the first alarm, which
he understood was from Mickasuky, by a
negro woman, he put on the uniform.
| The witness further stated, that, some
time about the Both March, 1918, the
prisoner, with an armed body of negroes,
GA in number, came on board his vessel,
and ordered him to pilot them to Fort
st. Marks, which, he stated, he intended
10 capture before the Americans could get
thereAthreatening 10 hang the witness if
he did not obey.
Cues. By the Court. Did you ever I'M
derstand by whose authority, and for what
purpose, the accused came into the eoun-
| try?
AnS. l have frequently heard him say,
he came to attend to Mr.. Woodbine's bu-
siness at the bay of Tamper.
John j. Arbulhnot, witness on the
part Of the prosecution, being duly sworn,
stated that, some time about the 23d of
March, the prisoner came, with body
of negroes, partly armed, to bis. fathers
store on Suwaney river, and told the wit
ness that he had come to do justice to the
country, by taking the goods and distri-
butiDg them among the negroes and In
dians-which the witness saw the prison.
er do f: and that the prisoner stated to him
that he bad come to the country on Wood
bine's business, to see the negroes right
led. The witness has further known the
prisoner to give orders to the negroes,
and that at his suggestion, party was
sent from Suwaney to meet the Americans,
10 give them hattle-which party returned
on meeting the M ckasuky Indians 10 their
flight. The witness also testified TO the
following letter, marked A. aud referred
to in the specification of the I'd charge, as
the writing of the prisoner:
(A.) From Robert c. Anbrister to
Governor Cameron, dated Sahwanee, near
ST. Marks Fort, March 90, 1918. Stating,
al the request OF the chiefs, thatthe Amer
leans had commenced hestilities with them
TWO years ago-tnat tettefs iiad Deen sent
to his excellency but no answers received
begging for powder, ball. cannon, &C.
that the Prince Regent had told Francis,
in England, tina. Gov. c. would supply
them with ammunition. That the Ameri-
cans were advancing, and that he Am
brister) had sent party to meet them.
Peter B. Cook testified, that the pris-
oner took Arbuthnot's schooner, aud with
an armed party Of "a negroes set out for
St. Marks, to obtain Arbuthnot's goods at
that place, and stated that he would COM
peI the commander TO deliver them up.
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