The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1825-07-21
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The following are The chsrses against Com.
Pouer
The frn chssge is disobedienee Of orders,
and eondu:t unbscomipg 40 Office the Spe.
cihcstion alleges ths' Captain Porter, IN VIC.
!Aing the terrilory OF HIS Cs holic Msjes'y,
the King Of Spsin, by landing troops, Ia
hoslile usnne', md by committing divers acts
Of hosuii'y ihefe, acted in conu sven,ioo o!
ths Copsli ulion Of the United States, and OF
the law, OF Nations, as well as In opposition
10 mis- inst uctioos.
The second cha &c is-Insubo d'ns,e con
duct, and coEducs unoeco omn ng an officer; and
the vsriors specifications embraced 10 ,his
charge, sllege that he has written and sen,
letters Of e di,rcspcoIiul character to the
President of The Uoit.d States and to tho Soc.
rets'y Of the Navy, by which he has violated
the espect due from officers TO the Nesd OF
tho Department, and has derapged the disci.
pioe Of the Navy: that he has published a
pamphlet OF he proceedings, before such
publcstion was authorized by the Executive;
has given 10 the wurld partial snd incorrecr
state Men,s Of the pt toceedioss; aud has also
published official communications to the GO.
vernment, and correspondence Of aD sfical
character, ard otde. and ,n,tructions which
he has received from IN, Department.
WAsuIScToN, Jolly 70.
The Naval Couu Ms,ual yt.,e.d day fn,sh.
cd The exsmnstion Of. Witnesses IN segs 4 10
the Fpxsrdo sffil, and adjourDed ct an early
hour 10 give an oppor unuy 20 'he Jodgs hd.
| yocate TO collect aud arrange the documea,a.
| rytesumony rels'ing to The cha,ge against
canimnds Porter on that ground. The
/ othe, charge, OF inAubof fdinalion and unsfli
| ce,iike coDduc,, has Do' yet been touched
July l3.
The Court met az half past teo .his morn.
| ing, when he Judge Advocate tesd .und y
| doc umcnts IN supgou Of the ist specification
Of the second charge, for iniubordlnsr con
! duct, IN writing certain letters to The Navy
Department, end Tor publishing tho Esmpbie
| by Com. Porief When The Judge Advocate
concluded, the counsel Tor tho accused, NJ.
| jones, tose and -tsted shat no conceived the
| charges info NAL end unsubstaniiaied, and, 10
| his opinion, construed no offence : the coun
sci mex begged leave OF The Court 10 be PEI.
mitted to state his obj :ctions, 10 morrow, oral.
is 10 this teques, tho Couu, (sfier il had
! been cleared 70 consider The poios,) objsc,ed,
but granted the counsel uniii to.mo,i CIV, TO
produce 10 zv'ivag his defence of The LET ,pe.
ciiicsiion, contained in the I'd charge. Ad.
jou'ned until 10 morrow.
II !, underwood that, when the trial Of
Com. Pdr,et, now pending before the Naval
Couu Martial, Is closed, the Cou't will con
unue II, siuings to embrace Tho trials Of
Csptsias Slewsu aud Sinclair, Com N spdsn,
Carter, end L'eu,eossl Huhlef-on charges
10 be :hen snd there preferred.
Judge Provost, who had bsen ordered homo
as ma'e'iaI srness 10 The case Of Commo-
dore Stewart, is, we understand. since dead.
The trial Of Isaac D. d. hA for the murder Of Fran.
els Baker in Kentucky has sg ain been postponed
the next Harrison circuit court term, not jury.
man having been obtained
Deaths in Charleston, Is q m the week ending Ju.
. ). z3incIuding Of diarrhG. 6, country fever 3,
lmaii pax 2.
Al Philadelphia. D. G.. Tees, has been sentenced
TO the states p.Ison "a years for forgeries.
dsmDed on eight Indictments
Madame lturbide and family, have left New York
Tor Phil~de'pha, in ~hen oy they intend to reside
permanently.
The deaths in New.york during lie week ending
on ssiu day, 9ui inst were Ito. viz. 35 men. "a
women 80 boys, snd 81 g,rIs. The deaths during
the week ending on saturday last, lG7, VIZ; % men,
50 wos.en, SO boys and IS girls
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