Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-05-31

Witt Clinton, he did 50 in the simplicity oil his
soul, and, as we are inclined to believe. at the
at the suggestion of friend, whose advice ne
took as to what sentiment it would De suitaDe
for him to offer. He meant no mischief. But
it was the uglest dose with which the festal cups
Of any poor Indians, or other heathens, was ever
drugged at any Symposium. The late Mr..
Coleman gave highly favored account OF 1t ut
The time, in the Post. For effect he ascrlbed To
the General an intention which, as we have
said, we do not believe entered into his mind
He represented all the party as erect ana "atteh-
tive to the godhke man." as, glass IN hand, ne
was Forthcoming with his bit of patriotism. which
they all took it for granted would be "St. Tam
many who drove out the Federaists. as st. Pa
trick did the Snakes, and did the Indians, =
or {" The Great Republican Party, consisting OF
any such people as will make me President. -
But. woe and alas after flourishing his poculum,
the godlike man gave as his toast De WITT
Clinton, Governor Of the great and patriotic
State of New York whereupon, according to the
tenor of the article referred to, all the sOi-dtsaM
sons of st. Tamnany present. we're struck
aback and abashed, like the guests and attend
ants at BeshaZzar's feast, when the unearthly
hand tracedin phosphoric characters. on the wall,
the awful and not understood warning But they
had to swallow the dose, thong it had more bit
tiers in it than wine. The veteran sachem of the
Bear's-Paw Tribe, who presided at one Of the
tables. half sufocated with an effort to make the
fluid glide with lubricity over his larynx, stuter
ed cut in agony Let--it-go-d down, Let
-it-go-down, Gen.-tle-men. And so the
toast was drunk; not drank, as the Regency
presses have it.-M T. Commercial advertiser.
-sssHae9a.-
Trial for Piracy-The trial Of Godett, IN
dicted for having been concerned in the murder
and piracy on board the brig Orbit, commenced
in Boston, on Monday morning, and was not clos
ed until about dark on Tuesday evening, when
the Court adjourned. At O'Clock the Court open
ed again; the jury came in, and the foreman stat
ed that one Of the jurors was not satisfied in re-
card to point of law. After brief explana.
ton By Judge Davis, the jury retired, and in ten
minutes. returned with verdict-GuILTY.
The trial of Collinet will take place on Thurs
day
The following statement of the facts, las CO.
pied from the Boston Courier) is from the testi-
mony of the principal witness on the part of the
government.
'.The man supposed to have been murdered,
was Samuel, otherwise called Samuel NJ. Wood
bury, master and part owner OF the brig Orbit OF
New York. The other owners being New York
Mercantile firm.
The vessel sailed from that port in the summer
of 1928 bound ultimately for the coast of Afri-
ca. The last regular advces left her at Bahia,
in Brazil, at which port the witness first shipped.
She sailed thence on or about January 18th, 1880,
and arrived on the African coast after a voyage
of about forty days. Here some months seem to
have been passed in trading at various points
along the coast, and a considerable quantity of
Ivory, palm oil, and other articles on board, in
Guiding some hupdred Spanish dollars and five
bottles of gold dust. At Cape Coast, Captain
Woodbury. discharged his chief mate and one
man; at Whydch, the second mate and two 9TH
ers; being the whole of his original crew with the
exception Of William Strike, and of the other
witness just named. The Orbit commenced her
return voyage tow ards the last OF July, and the
affair in question took place on the night of the
9th of August. About week previous to this
Bowen says that he heard it first spoken of byCo-
lInet, who used certain expressions, on one occa-
sion concerning the policy of numbering Wood
bury and taking the vessel and the cargo. At
forwards, he heard Godett express himself to the
same effect, saying among other things; that he
thought the proposal good one; he himself had
wife and child to take care Of; and share of
this money would enable him to "live like gen.
teman."
"On the night of the 18th, which was very
dark, the Captains watch consisted of one of the
Italians called Joe, Strike, and Collnet. The
other watch was Bowen himself. the second the
Italian and Portuguese. The Office of the latter
seems to have commenced at IL o'clock, when
the captain. who had been at the helm, left it IN
the hands of Bowen, and threw himself down on
the starboard hencoop of the vessel, to sleep; hav
ing previously directed Bowen to wake him il the
wind should breeze up much, and ordered the
first watch to 60 below. This was few minutes
past midnight
The first who made his appearance on the quar-
ter-deck after this, was the Portuguese, (of the
second watch) who came aft and looked into the
pinnacle at the compass. Bowen asked what he
was doing there. "Never mnd!" said the Por-
tuguese. - hope you are not mad;" or something
to this effect. He then retired and Bowen heard
him talking Immediately after with some person
unseen and unknown. He returned in few mi
nutes to that part of the quarterback, where the
captain Law asleep. and struck several blows with
an axe in the direction of the coop, and as Bow
en- suppOses. upOn the captain, the latter making