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TRIAL OF COLON'LL liLkii.
1 EDERAL COURT.
1< ICHUoso, Tuesday , /unr 9.
Present tin; ( hikf Justice of the Ui.i ed
States, amt Cyrus Griffin, uistiict judge.
it will i>e iccoilecicU, tlml on V eili.esday
list, tlie 3.1 inst. he grand jury we.e adjourn
ed over totlii day m two o’t lock, .it the hour
o; ■ iiree, all tin meiuouis aj ~eaieii, ati.t their
r, i lies being c..iic<t over,
Mi-. ll\y ob ■!.;■, eJ tint it was proper for
l.i n to thiol in the i ‘dii't, tli.it lie had leceivcd
■ iOn the. into hi tt hi i expecting i tbei.d \\ i.*
).; i- ill, ex< cot wli.il Was coni,lined in a Not*
1., ji .;no * (tlic 1 i .jiie Ledger) rc< atied by the
m b ot this inoi'tii g; a par.graph in wlii, li is
si i'c ,t ii avia ■ 1 nai at (lied nine in 2 7 days
f uni S ■'.-() leal:-’ ; and ill U at tl.e depaltuie
oi tlie ve>sm i... ii the latter ph.ee, wittcii itiiist
Ji lie been a!). it ine 1 III) oi i tsi month, gener
al Wiiiti isoii was stnl i t Ne v-< irltaii., and
nothin;.; was said as to his inten ton oi leaving i .
Tnete iveie i;em emeu on the .p.nid jiny just
{ ini Norfolk, who ivoufi lx; ah eio st„te whttli
rr the i foi n.iiimi migh !>c rc ied o . or not.
II • sii I tli t lie hid r. mii.lentlv expe led gen
eral Wilkinson here b'din e this lime ; but that
ho mi hi line been led into tiie mistake bv
tie ii rin iti iii leseived horn .Mr. Minikin, as
t, the pis ,11’ .s which the express Ii nl ni.ule
when he >rv t e rites engcr on l.i, n ,to
■v- ) !r ii . It wis p issilile tli din tlie lat
tei ‘>ut of his journey, ho might not !bic In in
able to move wi h as mm h rapidity as upon
his ti.st e inr,; out. Rut fiooi a knowict.gc
>e fret that i enerul Wilkinson was at New-
Oral ms atth.it ti ne, his hopes item much
r. ioi. er. th t he would certainly he lime. 1 lie
exp"i si ‘vi.., Igo directly to him, and he would
h in not Ii i.; odo hut to pupae for nis jour
i v"i tiii. place. lie wished the subject
mil*lit lie postp tied for ale v davs. lor the
s. of economy, for the sa’ce of'hat justice
which is due to the public and to the accused.
I ■ Imped that no objection won and he made to
Ibis course. He wis sorry, indeed, to make
the rC'i'iest in the piesence oi’tlie grand juiy,
iviio h id id ready manifested so much patience;
but (or tire reasons just mentioned, lie hoped
i; would bv granted.
Mr. Martin retd an extract from a Nor-
folk pipe one day later in its date than that
tele, ed to by Mr. ll, iy, which conveyed in
Substance the same information.t
Colonel Ruhr expressed a wish that i
mi .;lu not he interned from any thing s. id by
bis worthy ft tend, that he Was aveise to the
measure proposed.
I'lie Cim.r Justice, after asking whether
it was conjectured lay the gentlemen on tidier
bide that the grand jury would be wanting he
lm e 1 hursd.iy next, adjourned them to to-day
at eleven o’tlock.
The grai and jury having retired, colonel Burr
observed that ne had a motion to .n .ke, to vv ten
it was necessary to attract the attention ot the
court. ]he President, in one ol nis messages
to Congress du nig us last session, h„d men
tioned a letter lioru general \\ ilkiuson to liini
soll, dated the 21st ol October, us containing
inpoilaii information. llt it letter hail not
yet been published ; and circumstances in the
run se ol tue proceedings l el.itiv to his case
mi ;lit requite it to be produced as evuleno in
hi, tuvor. Moreover, attempts had been, and
might again lie made to infer ho ii cc 11. in cir
cil nstanccS, conclusions that his in eii tons
we e oiimiual. It might be necessary, tlicro
-1 >ie, to produce the ordeis of government to
the oili, ets of the army and navy, rela ive to
his case, lie had seen the orders to the offi
cers of the navy, which directed them to bum
and destroy his property. 1 lime was no wav
t i proc re those documents, but by re pi ii ig
the attendance of the President of the Uni ed
bt.hes by a w it of Sib/nr hi duces h cum ; ii
■winch the pipers demanded should be men
ti, ini'd.
On this motion of colonel Burr, a desulto
ry conversation ensued. Mr. Hay deduc'd
that the government was vvihiug to furiiidi all
the eu leave which could be obtained from
those or horn any other papers in its posses
si.in ; that he would consent to write to the
President and other public officer- for copies
ot the documents desired; and, upon receiv
ing, would lay them before the judges, who
mi lit determine whether they were propet to
be introdui ed as evidence or not.
Colonel Burr and his counsel doubted, how
ever, whether those papers would be produced,
unless compulsory process should lie issued,
and insisted also tli it the original and not a c -
/*/ of general Wilkinson’s letter was necessary
to answer their purpose. The court doubted
its power to issue a Subp/r-.a ducts tecum . to
command the attendance of the P. evident of
the United States ; and said that an argu nen*
w is needful to satisfy it upon th it point, which
argument, it is expected. vviU take place to
morrow (this dav) and no doubt will he mote
than usually interes'ing and important.
The court adjourned until to-morrow 11
ok lock.
• Vos rot k. June 5.
XV*<• (top pref- to announce that a gentleman
hi. m't arrived here tro n New . ‘rlean, afte- a palTjge
of VS it iv,. aid fav tha’ jrm-ral Wilkinson was a
that ei-y wh nhe le f t i,a nt that he did not hear it
laid that he imen ted to leave it Ihortly.—L> oor*.
■f June S.
A pent eman who came p'f*ngerin the lehr. Hin
nh. fro N, w-Ot’ran-, h>u■ tto Halt.more, infer no,
that on th • I'h ultimo genera W’i kinfon i< at that
p,’• ii perf ,9 heahh. a>d that he did not appear an
fr.” a i eio ear-th ‘pace. Foi, this
j; ve t and fei m iifthr , ene a! and J not purpolc attend
itjj ,ix. burr t tua . —lLaAia.
/DVIRAI.TY CFFTCB, April 19.
Captain Doni.elly oi his majesty’s ship Ar
dent, uiii.ed this morning, with disputchc
liom te,r aUiuiiul Mtening, commanding a
squadron of his majesty’s snips in the Rio ut
la fiaia, of which tne lollowing is a copy ;
Diadem- off Montevideo, 1 eb. 8.
Sir—l have peculiar sa'islaction in congra
tulating my lords commissioners of the admi
ralty on the captu,e oi Montevideo as well
j from the in i por at ice of the conquest, as limn
the honor which has theieiiy been acquit ed by
his inajt ty’s arms.
Imiiiediaicly on he arrival of kiigadier gc
neiul n Samuel Aut hiiui'y otf M.iuoiiado, it
was determi ed to invest this pi ce, and liuv
ing assembled our foiceotl lie lshualot i hues,
and descent w -> ellei ed on ihe 16,n tilt, near
■ Carreta Point, wl.it Ii is about seven nii.es ti
the e istw.iid ol tin ttiwii. Ti r cue v had
assembled in consider blc munhers, ami wnn
sevetal piecusoi aft.liery seemed t.ete.t u.ii.ev:
j to oppose our progrt ss.
I he navigation of tlie Rio de lit Plata, with
i the strong b.eezcs whicii vve have expeiienced
! forseveial wei s, r;;nd(Med the landing ol our
j li - ops and assis ing their opti atious, vei y dim
cmt. but ih p'lai e chosen was happily adapted
to ailow tlie invi tegve- e.s- under the dilec
tion of captain H.u dvm.iii- to appioat h so cu se
as to command the beach, and notwithstaiicn g
the weather thieatencd and was imlavourab.c,
the soldiers all gi t on slime without a ‘ii gie
-c.< i* ! ent oi any ki'*'l. and were in possession of
the heights befoi • six o'clock, viitli suco ti.ings
a. tile a/ - eral vva.')!e(l.
On the l'Jlh, tne aimv moved forward, and
us an attempt toharrass the lear was expec ed,
i directed bo .t.s to proceed close along slioie
to icon out far, and b: ing off any wounded men
whilst covering vessels were placed to prevent
the enemy Ironi giving annoyance, and I had
the happiness to hear that all the suffeiers v.tte
brought • if in despite of well direned effiui:
to dc.-troy them. In the evening 1 approached,
with the fleet, off Chiu Bay. near which the ui
niy encamped, within two miles of the ■ ity.
1 h(I landed about 8,)0 sc mien ad royal
maiiiies, under the command of captain Dor
othy, to act with the troops ; and as 1 saw no
advantage could icsuh from any dibit ~l -,hi .s
against a strong fortress, weil de tended on ail
points, and which from the sh diowuess of the
Water, could not be approached within a dU
latii e to allow shot t< be ol anv u,e, I tisposed
ol the s putdron so u r to prevent anv escam
from the harbor, as well as to impede a com
munication between Bolonru and Bnenns
Ayres, and contiued my whole attention to
~i, e eiei y possible as istance in forwarding the
siege, by landing guns ftom t’ne iic.e ofbatlie
nips, with aniimitii ion, stores, p ovisions. and
every thing required by the commander of the
forces.
I ne distance which the ships lay from the
shore, with tlie almost constant high v. i ids and
swell vve had, and the ,ieji way every thing
was to he dragged by the seamen, up a heavy
sandy road, made the duty excessively labu
imu ■ The squadron had aimost daily 1-100
men on shore, and this ship was often leu with
only 3d men on boaid.
I'ne dclence made by tlie enemv, protr-.veted
the siege lungci than was expected, and leiiu
ced our sun k of powdei so low, that the king’s
ships with alt the transports, and what all ei
ot merchantmen hud lor sale, could not Ik.vc
furnished a turthcr consumption for more man
two days, when a practicable breach w.is for
tunately made, and on the 3isttnst. early in
the mon ing. the town and citadel were most
gallantly carried by storm.
In a convei -a cm with the general on the
preceding day, 1 had in ale nucha tiispoai ion
of the smaller vessels and armed boats, us ap
peared most iikeiy to answer a dcsi, u pui [)o.-,c
and so soon as fort Saint flihip was in pos
session of the B i.ish troops, lit-itt. Win. .Mime,
with the armed launches, mourning id guns,
garrisoned by 70 men, which surrendered with
out any resistance, although it is well adapted
lor defence, and might have given considerable*
annoyance. A very tine frigate, mounting 28
guns, was set lire toby herciew, and blow*
up with m awful explosion ; as also three gun
boats but the other vessels m the harbor were
saved by tlie exertions (/four people.
It has been much the custom to speak light
ly of the resist.nice to be expected horn the
Spaniards in this country ; and with confidence
of the facility which has been given to naval
operations, by a prior knowledge of the river ;
but the battles lately fought, prov e the lorme’
opinion to be erroneous, and experience evin
ces a’l the information hitherto acquired had
not prevented the in ist formidable dini ulties.
The conduct ofihe r.apt iins, officers, seamen
and royal marines of the ships and vessels which
l kept with me for this so; vice, has met witn
my entire app.obulion.
[ l'iiis gazette then gives a list of the ptizes
taken at Montevideo—they amount to 57. A
mong them are three ships from CBto 30 guns
each—four from 10’o 16 guns each—the lest
are Indiamenand merchantmen.]
H y Charles Sterling, esrj. Kar .Idmiral of the
White , is"-. C7V. and Rngsdic'-Iruei al Si--
Samuel .l.i -hmutut Lieutenant General com
manding in Chi f.
A PROCLAMATION’.
N the fortress and r.itv of
Montevideo have been taken bv assault, vve be
ing de irons toevidneethe mildness of his Bii
tanic majesty’s government, and actuated by
humanity towards the distressed, do hereby
invi e the inhabitants of ontevtdeo and its de
pendencies. to return to their several avoca
tions, assuring them of full nt otection to their
petsoiisj pi uviucd they behave lutnuseives as
good subjects and citizens, takir
me Oulu ot allegiance to ids Bin i.mc n.a^es,
‘l'ue private pi ope. v ot individuals, yin
aims, and other Wuivike weapon, exctj.tcv.
,hall be respected, unf ss it appeals on It.
consideration that it has been l.auauieni.
obtained, to injure goveiinnent or itie Caj
tors.
1 he inhabitants may freely profess the holy
Roman Catholic itugioii, and every propt
espect shall be p id to the ministers ofthi
gospel, provided they confine then selves u
tl’eii sacied i.nty, behave as becometh gone
and do not endeavor to the
n-inds ot the people against his liiitain.ic nn
jesty's goveiiui.eiit. Ail property belonging
to the chinches, colleges, monasteries, founda
tions, and other pit! ,i< institutions of that him.
‘hall remain fice and unmolested, provide)
the ground on vvhu h it stands is not uctuallv
teqniic-ci for any fortifications that may he ruiv
ed for the velet cc ot the town or place.
‘I he magistrates, until further orders, shai
rr iitiivue to exea ise their several functions a
fi r as regards tlie police < 1 the titv and its dis
t-ic*. subject, however, to such alleraliotis ant
amendments, as the general commanding i
chief may think j roper to oiiect ; but such
ciimes as affect the governn ent, or the s.d'etv
of the forti ess, will be amenable to martial law
The different taxes and duties, levied by the
magistrates, to remain until further ouleis.
ai.d to be collected by them in the same man
ner. and applied to the purposes as heretofore
Passpci . w ill tf* granted, and every encou
ragement given to such pea rons as are dispo
sed to supply the city with the production oi
the country.
Coven under our hands, at headquarters.
Fort St. Philip, this 3d day of February, 1837.
CHARLES ST EH LI sC.
S V ‘.L LI, AUCHMUTY.
NT'AY-YURK, June 10.
Captain Ri!ev, of the ship Two Maries, ar
med yesterday in 38 days from Ixevvry, in
hums us, that London papers to April 23th
(which he took with him, but which he gave
to the commander of an English armed vessel)
cont..ined some additional accounts of the
mov ements of the grand armies up o the 3 i.
Ihe French impe-ial bead quarters were stilt
at Osterode. Marshal Massena had moved
forward ten German mi.es with the tight wing
ot the grand army. i\o general battle had
taken place since that ot Eyluu B< th armies
continued to receive powerful reinforcements;
; nr! the emperor Alexander was on his way to
t ike the c> nm uni of his immense armv.
which, it was said, amounted to three hunched
thousand men.
J'T.e 12.
The ship Eclipse, hns arrived at Philadel
phia from Hamburgh, which place she left the
33 of April. We learn by a gentleman who
arrived in town last evening from Philadelphia,
that the captain of the Eclipse reported that
there had been another general buttle, between
the french and Russian armies,and that Bona
parte had been wounded.
Vienna, April 2.
The ("mm Gazette of y esterday, contained
the following- aiticte telative to Turkey ;
** Admiral Duckworth having passed nine
days before Constantinople, and the negotiation
between bis Britannic majesty’s ambassador
Av buthnot and the Poite, having been broken
off. the English fleet put to sea suddenly, on
the morning of the Ist of March, and directed
it •> com e by a northerly breeze towards the
Upper Dardanelles, as il wishing to gain the
Black Sea, bit. suddenly shifting, made s.il for
tiie .via mora. The Turkish fleet, which is
returned from the Bosphorus, joined the new
ly equipped vessels which were in the arsenal
of Topliona, and is gone in purs.it of the I ng
hsh squadron, to tlie number of from 15 to 20,
under the ordeis of the aptuin Pacha. The
crews are almost entirely composed of Janis
saries.”
1 his is all the Aulic Gazette has published
to this day ; but private letteis giv e later inteiii
gence. One ot these, which hasbeen received
at a hanking house, is expressed in the follow
ing terms :
“ The English fleet, intimidated by the for
midable preparations of the. Porte, which had
oeen dnected by general Sebastiani, ambas
sador of Fran e. warmly seconded by the
French offi. ers, quitted on the Ist of March
its station be lore Constantinople, for the pur
pose of returning to the Archipelago It re
passed the lower Dardanelles on the 3d of
Match ; and appears to be on anew cruize on
the coast of Tenedos.”
Finenstein, 3d April.
\Ye have received official intelligence from
Constantinople. Every thing happens for the
best. Ihe English have completely miscurri
rieil. and have been obliged to repass the Strait
of the D udanelles. The porte exhibits an ei -
ergv which has confounded the Engli-.li and
the Russians. Alonittur,
Constanhsopt t, 3d March.
The important events which hive passed
within the view of this capital of the Empire of
the Crescent, are of a nature to fix the atten
tion of all Europe ; their favorable issue, the
retreat of the English fleet tinder admiral
Duckworth, which has repassed precipitately
the strait of the Dardanelles, ought to have, in
the present situation of affairs, the greatest in
fluence on the military operations which will
render the vear which has inst commenced,
the most celebrated perhaps of all that ancient
or iTuxiera history has made us acquainted
with.
FRTNCH GRAND a'rvV.'"’
SIX 1 Y SEVENTH BULLETIN.
Osterode, Alurch 24.
On the 14th inst. at three in the afterm on
ne gauiron of btiaisund, taking advantage of
. log, n.ude a sonic with two thousand inian
;y. and six pieces of cannon, in ouet to carry
icuoubt iliiowi) up by general Duj.as. ‘ihe
cCi.uLt, viin*_ii Was open, without palisades
ud without cannon, vv„s defended by a com
pany oi \ onigeurs, ol tlie 4th line,*(light in
.uiitiyj under captain Banal ; thev te isterl all
ne attempts ot me Swedish biigude. lif eei,
jweoish soicierx teachen the pal a|.et, but there
* unci then oeath. Ail the cncim’s atti uij is
.vete equally liuitless. Sixty-two dead homes
4 the .mvv tots wete buried at the foot of the
. edoubt. It is supposed that 12u weiewoiin
.ed, and 50 wete madeptisoneis, though tiiete
vide m mote than 150 n.en in the leiictibt.
•Teverul Svieoi sh officers vieie found anaag the
.tead, distinguished by their military decut a>
ions, J his instance of bravery has attracted
iu; emperor’s attention. His majesty bus
ent tluee orders of the legion of honor for the
companies engaged. Captain Dtiver, vviio
commanded on this weak redoubt, highly dis
inguished himselfi
uo tlie 20th, Marshal Lefebre ordered the
biigude. under general Schram, to cross over
iroin tlie island oi Nogut, in theFiisch Hass, in
order to cut off the commu ication between
Duiitzic and the se . 1 hese ordei s were car
■ icdtmo execution at three in the morning.
I lie Fi us.iaiis vvtie routed, and 300 of them
leu into our hands.
At six in the ei tiling the garrison cf Danf
zic sent out a detachment ol 4000 m,Ki to re
take the post ; but they weie repulsed with
the loss of some hundieds ot ptisoneis and one
piece oi cannon. General Schram bad under
his command the 2d butta.ion of the 2d rei >
nient ol infantry, and seven Saxon battalions,
who distinguished themselves. The emperor
has sent tluee ordeis of the legion of honor to
be distributed among the Saxon officers ; a:.d
tmee mote for the privates, subalterns, and
tiie major who commanded them.
In Silesia, the ganison of Niess has made a
soriie. but fell into an ambuscade. A regimei t
ot W i item berg Cavalry took those troops in
flank killed 50, and took 60 prisoners.
I he winter in Poland seems to have resetr,-
bled the winter in Palis, that is to say variable.
It treezes and snows in alternate succession
However, vve have the good for une not toh-.ve
any sick in the army. On the conttary, all ac
counts agree, that the Russians have a great
number sick. The army remains tranquil in
its cantonments. ‘I he woiks which compose’
the tetes dn pont ofSiercch, Aiodlin, Praga,
‘.aiienburg and Marienweuler, ate every day
becoming more formidable; and the maga
zines a e organized, and every where receiv
ing provisions. Three hundred thousand bot
tles ot Bordeaux wine were found at Llbing ;
and though each bo’tie cost four francs- the
emperor paid that ptice to the merchants,
and ordered the wine to he distributed among
the army.
I he emperor has sent the prince Borghcso
upon a mission to Warsaw.
SIXTY-EIGHTH BULLETIN'.
Os erode, March 29.
On the 17th of March, at three o’clock m the
morning, the general of brigade Lefebvie, aid
de-camp to prince Jerome, passed near Giatz,
in his \v..y to Wunchelsburg, with three squad
10ns of light horse, and the Taxis regiment of
light infantiy, when 1500 men with 20 pieces
of cannon, made a sortie for the place. Lieut,
colonel Gerard immediately attacked and drove
them back into Giatz. after having taken .00
soldiers, several officers, and two pieces of ai
tillery.
Marshal Massena is gone from W'illeshrrg
to Ortelsbourg, and forced an entrance there
for the division of Becket’s dragoons, which he
has reinforced with a detachment cf i omh
horse. There were some Cossacks at Ortels
bourg, at and several attacks were made,in which
the enemy lost 20 men.
General Becker, as he was coming to resume
his position at Willenber, was attacked b\ 2000
Cossacks. An ambuscade ofinf. nti v was found
ed, into which they fell, and lost 2000 men.
On the 26'h, at sin the morning, the garri
son of Dantzic tn de a general sortie, which
proved very fatal It was repulsed on all sides.
A colonel named Cracaw, who had a command,
was taken with 400 men, and 2 pieces of can
non. in an attack made by the 19th regiment cf
chasseurs.
As for the rest, there is nothing new.— T/,©
lakes are still frozen ; though theie is some ap
pearance of the approach of spring.
BOSTON, May 29.
On Wednesday the gentlemen chosen to
form the legislature for 1807-8, assembled at
the state house. The senate made choice of
honorab'e Samuel Dana, as president, and J.
D Dunbar, esq. as clerk. In the house, the
honorable Perez Morton was chosen speaker,
and C. P. Sumner, Esq. clerk.
Yes'erdav the committee appointed to exa
mine the votes for governor and lieutenant go
vernor reported, that they found for governor
The whole number, 81 504
Necessary to a choice 40 752
Honorable James Sullivan had 41,954
and is ihosen.
There were 325 scattered votes.
For Lieutenant Governor.
Who’e number 79 438
Necessary to a choice. 39 719
Honorable Levi lit rein had 41,745
and is chosen.