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may proceed to trial and judgement sa if the
pufoner had regularly pleaded not guilty.
Art. 71. When a member (hall be
challenged by A prisoner, he mull state his
cause of challenge, of which the court (hall,'
after due deliberation determine the relevan
cy or validity, and decide accordingly ;
and no challenge to more than one member
at a time shall be received by the court.
Art. 7 z. AH the members of a court
martial are to behave with decency and
calmness; and in giving their votes, are
to begin with theyoungell in commission.
Art. 73. All persons who give evidence
before a court martial, are to be examined
on oath or affirmation in the following form :
You fwesr or affirm (as the case may
be) the evidence you (hall give in the cause
now in hearing, shall Imj the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
So help yon God "
Art. 74. On the trials of cases not
capital, before courts martial, the deposition
of witnefles not in the line or ftaff of the
army, may be taken before some justice of
the peace, and read in evidence ; provided,
the profocutor and person accufcd are present
at the taking the fame, or arc duly notified
thereof. v
Art, 75. No officer shall be tried but
by a general court martial, nor by officers
of an inferior rank, if it can be avoided.
Nor (hall any proceedings or trials be car
ried on excepting between the hours of eight
in the morning, and three in the afternoon,
excepting in cases, which in the opinion of
the officer appointing the court martial, re
quire immediate example.
Art. 76 No person whatsoever shall use
any manacing words, signs, or gestures, in
prtfencc of a court martial, or shall cause
any disorder or riot, or difhub their pro
ccedingf, on the penalty of being punished
at the diferetion of the fa id court martial.
Art. 77. Whenever any officer (ball be
charged with a crime, he (hall be arrested
and confined in his barracks, quarters, or
tents, and deprived of his sword, by (he
commanding officer. And any officer who
shall leave his confinement before he shall be
frt at liberty by his commanding officer, or
by a fuperiorofficer, shall be cafhtrcd.
Art. 78. Non-commiffionid officers and
foldicrs charged with crimes, shall be con
fined until tried by a court martial or rclea
fed by proper authority.
Art. 79. No officer or soldier who shall
he put in a.-rcll, shall continue in confine
ment more than eight days, or untiil such
time as a court mtrtial can be assembled.
Art. 80. No officer commanding a
guard, or provost martial, shall refufe to
receive or keep any prioncr committed to
his charge, by an officer belonging to the
forces of the United States ; provided the
officer committing, (hall, at the fame time,
nn account in ,iui
prisoner is charged?
Art. Bt’ No officer commanding a guar J
or provost martial, shall prefumc to relcafe
any person committed to his charge, with
out proper authority for so doing, nor shall
he fuffer any person t« escape, on the penal
ty of being punished for it by the fentencc
of a court martial.
Art. 82. Every officer or provost mar
tial, to whose charge prisoners shall he com
muted, shall within twenty .four hours after
such commitmenf, or as soon as he shall be
relieved from his guard, make report in
writing, to file commanding officer, of
their names, their crimes, and the names
of the officers who committed them, on the
penalty of being punished for difobedicnce
or neglefl, at the diferetion of a court mar
tial.
[To be continued ]
■— ihimmmiiM
Extras from a Nrw Work, entitled, the Je~
cret H'.ftory, cj the Court and Cabinet of
St, Cloud,
PARIS, Angurt, 1805.
Though all the B mapartes were great fa
vorites with Pius VII, Madame Lastitia,
their mother, had a viftble preference. In
her apartments he seemed raoftpleafed to meet
the family forties, as they were called, be
cause to them, except the Bonapartes, none
but a few feledl favorites were invited ; a
diftinftiou as much wished for and envied as
any other court honor.
Often, after the Pope had returned to his
own rooms, Madame Lastitia Bonaparte was
permitted to assist in his private prayers.
This lady, whose intrigues and gallantry
arc proverbial in Corsica, has, now that (he
is eld, as is generally the case, turned de
votee, and is surrounded by hypocrites and
importers, who under the mask of fanftity
deceive and plunder her. Her anti-chambers
are always full of priests; ind her closet and
bed room arc crowded with relicks, which
she collected during her journey to Italy last
year. She might, if she chose, establish a .
Catholic museum, and turuifh it with a more
curious colleftion, in its fart, than any of
our other museums contain. Os all the faints
in our calendar, there is not one, of any no
toriety, who has not supplied her with a fin
ger, a toe, or some other part ; of with a
piece cfaJhirt, a handkerchief, a sandal, or
a winding sheet. Even a bit of a pair of
breeches, said to have belonged to St. Ma
turing whom many think was a fansculottc,
obtain her adoration on certain occasions.
As none of her children have yet arrived ac
the fame height es faith as herfelf, she ,has,
in her will, bequeathed the Pope all relinks,
together with eight hundred and seventy.
nine prayer, bosks, and four hundred and
fotty.fix bibles, either in manufeript, or of
diffisrent editions. Her favorite, breviary,
ofed only on great folcmnitics, was present-
ed to her by Cardinal Maury at Rome, and
belonged, as it is (aid, formerly to St. Fran
cis, whole commentary, written with his
own hatid, fill the margins j though many,
who with me adore him as a faint, doubt
whether he could either read or write.
Nut long ago (he made, as (he tho’t, an
exceedingly valuable acqiiifition. A pricft
arriveddireft from the holy city of Jerusalem,
\ycll recommcndcd*by the inhabitants of the
convents there, with whom he pretended to
have pa (Tad his youth. After prostrating
himfelfbetore the Pope, he waited on Ma
dame Laetitia Bonaparte, He told her that
he had brought with him from Syria the fa
mous relick, the (boulder hone of St. John
the Bsptift 5 but that being in want of n*.-
ncy for his voyage, he borrowed open if,
from a Grecian Bilhop, in Montenegra, two
hundred Louis d'ors. This sum with ope
hundred Louis d'ors was immedi
ately given him; and within three
months, for a large sum in addition to those
advanced, this precious relick, was in Ma
dame Lsetitia'i poffeffiom.
Notwithstanding this lady’s care, not to
engage in her fsr vice any person of either sex,
who cannot produce, not a certificate of c't~
ajifm from the municipality, as was former
ly the case, but a certificate of Christianity,
and a billet of confcffion, signed by the cu.
rate of the parith, fce had often been robbed,
and the robbers had made particularly free
with the relicks which were fetin gold or di
amonds. She accused her daughter, the
Princcfs Borghefe, who often rallies the de
votion of her mamma, and who is more an
amateur of the living than of the dead, of
having played her these tricks. The prin
cess informed Napoleon ofher mother’s Irfles,
as well as of her own innocence, and {■(k;d
him to apply to the police to find out the
thief, who no doubt was one of the pious
rogues who almost devoured their mether
ln rne mean time tuc ponce was alert, to
difeover the person whom they fufpeded
of having stolen the relicks for the diamonds,
and not the diamonds for the relicks, Among
our falhionablc and new faints, surprising
as you nuy think it, Madame de Genlis
holds a diftinguilhed place ; and (he too is
an amateur , ana celieflor of telicks in propor
tion to her means; and with her was found
those milled by Madame Laetitia. Being
afierd to give up the name of him from whom
(he had purchased them, (he mentioned Abbe
Saladin, the pricft from Jerusalem. He in
his turn was questioned, and by his anfwcrs
gave rife to suspicion that he himfclf was the
thief. The person of whom he pretended to
have bought them was not to be found, nor
any of such a defeription remembered to have
been seen any where.—On being carried to
prison, he claimed the proteftion of Madame
Laetitia, and produced a letter, in which
this lady had protnifed him a biflhopric either
io. F,«UI« Okiq.Jjfllbn, iftr
son Napoleon for his liberty ; urging that a
pricft, who from Jerusalem had brought with
him to Europe such an extraordinary reli k as
the (boulder of St. John, could not be cul
pable.
The Abbe Saladin had been examined by
Real; who concluded, with the accent and
perfection with which he spoke the French
language, that he wasfome French adventu.
rer, who had imposed on the credulity and
At perdition of Madame Lsctiria ; and there,
fore.threatened him the rack if he did not
confefs the truth. He continued however
in his (lory and was going to be rcleafed,
upon an order from the emperor, when a
gens-d’ armes recognized him, as a person
who eight years before had, under the name
of Lanouc, been condemned for theft and
forgery to the galley’s; from whtnee he had
made his escape. Finding himfelf difeover.
cd he avowed every thing. He said he had
served in Egypt in the guides of Bonaparte,
but he deserted to xh« Turks, and turned,
muflelman, but afterwards returned to the 1
bosom of the church at Jerusalem. There
he purfuaded the friars that he had been a
pricft, and obtained the certificates which
introduced him to the pope, and to the em.
geror’s mother; from whom he had received
twelve thousand livres, 5000/. for part of
the jaw-bone of a Whale, which he had fold
her for the (houlder bone of a faint. As the
police believes the certificates he has produ
duced to be also forged, he is detained in pri
son, until an answer arrives from ourconful
in Syria.
Madame Laetitia did not resign, without
tears, the relick he had fold her ; and there is
rcafon to believe that many other pieces ot her
col led! ions worfluped by her as remains of
faints, arc equally genuine as this (houlder
bone of St. John.
LONDON, June 7.
The degree ofweaknefs to which his Ma
jesty’s eyes are fubjed, is happily very (light.
His Majesty, on Sunday last, came down
the deep flight offteps, which lead from his
apartments in Windsor Castle to the Terrace,
without the afliftance of any person, and
without having any one walking beside him. ‘
He now fcldom wears any (hades over his
eyes, 1
His Majesty’s fight has much improved
within the last few days ; and a proof of the
misconception of those who pronounced the
difordcr a catarad. . ,
June 14,
The foreign journals present a mess of
incongruous rumors, from which it is hard
ly polSble to colled an intelligible detail;
but one thing is certain, that Germany is
undergoing a complete change in its politi
cal conductions, which will tranfer all the
power and influence of the Germanic body
to Bonaparte and his allies! What further
o'ajefls sre in view, it is impoffibie to guess;
but so large an array as France now keeps
up, cannot be long unemployed.
June i 6,
General Fox is to have the command of
the Britilh troops in Sicily, and to retain
the government of Gibraltar—fir J. Moore
confcquently goes out second in command.
There was a report on Saturday, which
made some impreflion on the funds, that Mr.
Adair was going to Paris, from Vienna, in
company with M. D'Oubril, upon a pacif
ic negociation, jointly with Ruffia*
BALTIMORE, July 25.
The paflengers who arrived a few days since
at New-York, in the (hip Justin, from New
ry, brought with them upwards pf 22,000
guineas. •
Those per/ons , we may presume, do not
constitute any part of the unfortunate chil
dren of Erin which the “ enlightened and
patriotic Otis/’ on the floor of Congress,
designated as the “ wild Irish, who only
come here to work hard and live among ns
in that (late of peace and quietness, the ty
ranny and baseness of their own rulers denied
them at home." Poor, bnt honest, ind»f
try, in the ** days of our dignity/*
most a capital crime in the estimation of some
of our •well-born fouls , sprung, perhaps,
from a “ scoundrel iranfport,” who wing
ed his way aCrofs the Adamic for robbing
some One's henroofl.
An anecdote related of that truly great
man, Samuel Adam?, whose name will be
remembered, and whole virtues will beeftee
med when thousands cf the titled great will
have funk into an eternal oblivion, (hews
the tolly of an American, (at least) in ma
king pretinfions to consideration from the
goodness of his family ; a praftice censurable
in all countries, but in a republican govern
ment and among a republican people, detejl.
able —“ Virtue alone is true nobility," and
ftiould ever be the test of a man's greatness,
A person of the name of Adams, lardy ar
rived from Europe, Is' of courft, •wellborn,
waited upon Samuel Adams, to domonftrate
to him their relationship, and went on to
tell, •who was his father, •who was his grand
father, &c. See. The old man heard him
patiently for some time ; but when appealed
to by the Englifliman tofubftantiate geneal.
ogical fadts, replied—<* My dear fir, I am
content to know •who I am, without look
ing back into my family to know •who my
forefathers were. I care nothing about them
and have always been afraid, of investigating
their hiftory, left 1 might find out thatfonje
of them had been hung. Any adiions they
have done neither makes me the better nor
worse man. You may be a relation of mine,
for aught I know ; but go to my cousin
John+ —he will talk to you about it as long
_j|B you pi case."
1— ** —w-w-%4- -
government which knows no diftindlions-I
no ranks or orders in society. One labor
tag individual is worth more to us than a
thtufand dronijh lords. The one creates
property, the other difipates it. We are
net in that flare which, it isfaid, makes
(uch men eifeful !—We hope we never (hall
be. -Baltimore Evening P»J}.
f Late President of the United States.
NEW-YORK, July 26
Mr,. Ogden's Trial.
OnSaturdy, at 10 o'clock, the Circuit
Court of the United Stares met, pursuant to
adjournment, Prefcnr, Judge Talmadce.
Mr. Golden, Mr. Hoffman, and Mr.'
Emmet, each spoke about an hour in favor
of the Defendant. The Attorney. General
declining speaking in favor of the Profecu ti.
on, Mr. Edwards, on the fame fide, deli
vered a (hort fpcech—when the judge dia*.
ged the Jury. At three, the Jury retired,
and at four returned into court with a ver
didl of NOT GUILTY.
July 27.
Arrived, fchoo:>er Argus, Hanifen, 10
days from Curracao.
July 11, was boarded by a frigate and )
ordered to fleer N. N, W. for a French
fqnadron At 4p, m. was boarded by the
Le Patriot, of 74 guns, and ordered to fail
for the squadron of 6 fail of the line and 1
frigate, then in fight.
At 8 p. m. Le Patriot sent her hawser
on board, and towed us all night. At day
light, went on board Le Patriot.
At 7 a. m. the captain of the 74 and
capt. H, went on board the Admiral,
where he breakfafied; at 9 a signal was
made for Jerome Bonaparte to come on board,
who was second in command ; he came on
board the admiral and treated capt. H, po
litely and also the admiral and (aid they
were sorry to have to detain capt. H.‘ 4 or
5 days with the squadron ; at 12 capt. H.
returned on board. Staid by the squadron
all night. At 10 a. m, Sunday 13 1 h, the
Le Patriot hove to, and the captain afleed
capt. Hanifen to dine with him. At u
o’clock the captain went on board, and at
4 p. m. the capt. returned with plenty of
pork, fifh and fie(h bread. The capt. of
the 74 told capt, H. be (hould have every
thing he wanted and treated him with the
greatefl kindness, and (hould dine with him
every day while he was in the squadron.
The fqnadron had been out from France a
month. They were seen by Admiral Coch
rane, with four (hips and three frigates;
but he did not think proper to come near
them. Capt. Hanifen, at three on Sunday
afternoon, in a fqall, left the fqnadrcn,
without knowing where it was bound.
i
Prince Jerome and the admiral wer* very
kind to capt. Hanifen, and while at brcakf-if
tried to please him all they could ; the
prince expressed a wi(h to be with his*lady
and fays that he never can forget her The
squadron had been to the Cape of Good Hope
and the Braziles; they consisted of one (hip
of 84 guns, £x of 74, and a frigate of 44.
. 1 Avgust ».
POSTSCRIPT.
By the faft failing (hip Oliver Elsworth
captain Bennet, the editors »f the New. York
Gazette have received London and Liverpool
papers, the former to the i3th, and the lat.
ter to the 20th of June. They afford much
interefling matter, part of which is now
given—the reildne (hall appear in future
numbers.
By passengers in the Oliver Elsworth, we
learn that the most prevalent opinion wa;
that peace would take place between Great!
Britain and France in the courfc of tbefurn.
met as paciic overtures from Bonaparte were
under confideratior.
Lord Selkirk, appointed ambassador to
the United States, had taken leave of his
government to depart immediately for Atner.
ica.
Little or no alteration had taken place in
the markets except in flock, which experi
enced a trifling alteration, in confcquence of)
the glimmering profpcdh of peace.
L®rd Meiviile has been honorable acquit*
ted.
PHILADELPHIA, August i.
Extrait of a Letter from Trinidad, dated
July yh.
“ Miranda is collefling (hips and
troops here, to proceed on his expedition on
the Main. It is generally believed here
that he will fneceed, and a great number of
refpedtablc inhabitants have joined him as
volunteers. I understand this government
has ordered three (loops of war to cruize off
where he intends to land, so that they msy
give him assistance in case he fliould want
any ; and it is said that the government
has backed his bills on the Britith govern,
ment for bis expenses. It is reported that
he has received information from the Main,
that the majority of the people arc ready to
join him as soon as he can effedf a landing,
which he can ealily do with the reinforce
ment he will receive here, which I (uppofe
will be about 7 or 800 men.
Capt. Lewis has either left the (hip jot
has been turned off, but I believe the latter,
he is now at Barbadocs. The Leander is
now commanded by a capt. johnfon, of
New.ProvKlencc, and a fit mars in my opin.
ion, for such an expedition, as ha has com.
manded a privateer this and last war, crui
zing off the llland of Cub,;.
On the 28th of June, Gen. Miranda iffu.
cd the foiiowing p»uciamarlon :
Friends and Countrymen,
. The glorious opportunity now presents
itfelf of relieving from oppreflion and arbi.
trary government, a people who are wor
thy ol a better fate, who ought to enjoy the
bleffingsof the finett country in the universe
which bountiful Providence has given them,
but who arc (hackled by a despotism too
cruel for human nature longer to endure,—
Groaning under present afflidlions, they
hail with extended arms the Noble Cause
of Freedom and Independence, and call tpnn
you to (hare with them in the god.like acfion
®f relieving ycur distressed fellow-creatures.
Hasten then to join the standard of one
who has the happiness to- call himfelf your
countryman, and is determined to refeue his
country, and (hed the last drop of his blood
in promoting its happiness-; an objeift of
which he has never loft light for a moment
of his life,
“ There will be made a liberal diftribu.
ticn or land at the expiration of 12 months,•
according to the rank ; and privates at the (
instant of enrolment, will be entitled to
provisions and cloathing, with a quarter
dollar per day as pay, not fubjcdl to any
dedudfions.
<( And you, brave Volunteers of the
Illands, who have nobly come forward to
partake with us ouf honors, ar.d to (hare
with us our prefperify, hasten to follow
thole officers under whose care you have
already been trained, and who are impatient
to lead you on to vidtory and wealth.
“ The Gulph that Columbus firft difeover.
ed and honored with his p.refence will now
witness the illustrious adlions of your gallant
efforts.’*
POUGHKEPSIE, (N. Y.j July 15.
HORRID MURDER!
On Wednesday last was committed to the
,|arl in this village, Jesse Wood,, of rite
town of Fiftiklll, charged with the murder
of his own son, Joseph, A brother of the 1
deoeafed, (Hezekiahj was committed at the
fame time as an abettor. The circumftancc»
attending this awful tranfadfion, which have I
come to our knowledge, are as follows: I
On Wednesday, the coroner, Maj. Sayr*, I
was called to hold an inquest over the body*
It appeared in evidence,, that cn Tuefday |
last, the said Jcffe Wood, with his two son 1 , 9
Joseph and Hezekiah, had been at work i* 1
the harvest field ; that on their return horns I
towards evening, being some-what inrox:- ■
catcd, they got info a quarrel about some do- *
meftic affairs. The father (Jesse) entered 1
his house, took down a loaded mulket, and I
immediately went out; in a few {econch, B
his wife hearing the report of a gun, ran cut, V
and about too yards from the. house, found B
the dead body of her son Joseph, lying cn fl
the gjound, and the father and otl:»: • ,r I
