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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