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Interesting trial*
COVET OF GENERAL SESSIONS—SEV-YORK.
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A young woman of a very prepossessing ap
pearance was put to the bar by the name ot Re
becca i almau, charged with having stolen one
muslin gown, sever 1 other articles of icinule
wearing apparel, two pair oi gold ear-rings, a
gotd thimble, and sundry tiinkets, said to be of
considerable value, the propeity of one John
George Fi.zgerald. At the mention of this
man's nnne a general curiosity appeared to he
excited, and the court enquired who he was;
but not receiung an answer to its enquiries, the
trial was permitted to proceed.
The only evidence called to prove the felony
was a Mrs. Barron, with whom nea. ly two yeats
ago the prisoner lived in a state of servitude.
Mr. Fitzgerald and the witness had occupied
apartments in the same house ; a tender attach
ment. originating probably in sympathy (their
a< piaintance hating commenced in prison) had
fm s. me time subsisted between tnein, and the
witness stood high in his confidence, fie is a
t,..d0.r from this port to the Wes’-Indies. Pre
vious to his last voyage he deposited Iris trunks
in the care of Mrs. Bari on. 1 hey had not
been long in her possession before she began
to suspect that one of them had been opened,
although no marks of violence appeared on it,
and the lock was uninjured. She knew not
why these suspicions were entertained ; and
still less why she fastened them upon the pti
souet, whom she had always iouiid to be tcry
honest, and whose fideli v she had often rewar
ded. To satisfy herself, she procured a black
smith to open the trunk, when her suspicions
were confirmed ; she missed die articles men
tioned in the indictment, although Mr. Fitzge
rald had not given her an inventory of what the
trunk’ contained, nor had she an opportunity of
knowing whether these articles were ever put
into it. Mr. Fitzgerald soon afterwards left
Isew-Yorlt for the West-Indies ; but Mrs. Bar
ron had not communicated to him either her
discovery or her suspicions, lest it might em
bitter the moment of separation, of itself suffi
ciently afflicting. The services of the prisoner
being no longer necessary after Mr. Htzge-
Talu’s departure, she was discharged without
her wages, and at the time oftiial Mrs. Barron
continued m her debt. In due course of time
Mr. Fitzgerald returned. On the day of his
a< rival he flew on the wings of impatient love
to console her widowhood. In a lew days af
terwards, when the first transports of pleasure
were beginning to subside, Mrs. Barron related
to him the adventure of the trunk : but the
prisoner had then left the city, and no intelli
gence could be had where she was to be found.
A few weeks ago, as Mr. fizgerald, at the
door of Dyde’s ho'el was enjoying the beauty of
the neighboring scenery , the prisoner (secure
in her own innocence.) passed bv him. He
seized her, took her into the hotel, and accused
hei of felony. She directed him to the piace
where her boxes had been left, and lie took an
officer with him and made search, but none of
the goods alledgec! tohave been stolen, excepting
two gold rings, were found in her possession.
She acknowledged to have been at the house
of (we believe') a Mrs. Hardy, who also gave
her testimony : and, on examination, a hand
kerchief containing some “ little bits of calico,”
a piece of unwrough muslin, a small slip ot
gauze, and a few other articles of equal value,
was picked up. No marks being upon any of
them (except Y. Z. upon the handkerchief,
which Airs. Barron swore was Mr. Fitzgerald’s
private mark') they could not he identified.
Mrs Barron in the course of her examination
gave her testimony with a masculine confidence,
and endeavored to enrich it with highly
wrought figures of rhetoric and all the embel
ishment of a saucy and audacious eloquence.”
1 he counsel for the prisoner (Sampson) sar
castically supposed she had been reciting poe
try; for hisown part, notwithstanding all the
attention he had paid her, he confessed she was
above the level of his understanding; and he
imagined the court and jury were not a jot wis
er than himself. He explained, as well as he
was able, the circumstances she had related ;
and in summing up to the jury, presented an
odious picture of the mora character of the
witness and of the prosecutor, and the probable
motives by which thev were actuated in the
prosecution; drew a comparison between the
the latter; and appealed to the judgment of
“twelve wise men” whether they could con
sign to the state prison at hard labor, for a term
of years, such a woman as the prisoner at the
bar, on evidence so exceedingly weak and so
palpably mq cions.
r l he jury, by their verdict, manifested their
opinion, that a person who enters a court for
the purpose ot seeking justice, ought to do so
with clean hands. Without a minute’s consul
tation they pronounced the prisoner “ Not
Guilty.”
When this virdict was recorded, the young
woman claimed ail the articles produced as the
property of her husband, and the court ordered
them to be restored to her.
Sir Francis Burdett made a grand tiiumphal
procession in London, June 29. He rode on a
car about 12 feet high, and surrounded and fol
lowed hy tens of thousands, paraded through
Several streets to the Crown and Anchor Ta
vern. Places were hired in the houses on the
Streets through which he passed, and thu ap
pearance nearly the same as at the funeral of
Lord Neison, the whole route being ornamen
ted with arches of laurel, fl igs. &c.
The company who dined with him, at the
Crown and Anchor Tavern, amounted to more
than 2000 persons. The bill of fare consisted
of 400 fowls, 200 geese, and every thing else
in proportion.
1 A TAEL#,
S,having the Land hure.'s oj:hc Different S'atfdns
of hitrifie.
Nations. Men. Coft.pcrann. per month.
I-lance, 6. J.OOO £7 B.uUO,OOU £5,500,000
Russia, 400,000 62,000,000 5,166,666
AUstlia, .320000 42,0(0.000 3,500,000
Prussia, 24,000 3,000 000 .aOOoO
Ln land, 180,000 2 7 000,000 2 250, 000
Denmark, 80,000 11,000,000 916 666
Sweden, 75 000 9 000,000 750,000
Holland, 45 000 6,500,000 541,666
Spain, 140,000 19,000,000 583,333
Portugal, 60000 5,500,000 458,333
Annapolis, 60,000 5,500.000 458,333
Turkey, 300,000 59,000,000 3,350,000
Total, 2,284.000 307,500,000 24,724,997
America can turnout abuiit live or six hun
dred thousand men, with which, she has no
thing to fear from any army in the world.
Is. B Ihe above are all standing armies, S<c.
and their expends \tdien in actual scrviie.—
1 Quison a Id a1 iy yiav •
.Norfolk, August 28.
The Troop of Cavalry, under the command
of captain R. B. laylor, were yesterday, by ge
neral orders, discharged from service. The
iorce now in actual service is composed of cap
tain Nestle’s Artillery, and captain Reed’s
company of Princess-Anne militia, under the
command of major Newton.
They have many strange reports at Halifax,
that keep up the apprehension of a war—Such
as, that Moreau had made his peace with Bo
naparte ; that in the event of a war, 10.000
men were to be sent to the United States from
France, to march into Canada and Nova-Sco
tia, under Mrrean ; that French emissaries a e
well known by the British government to be in
various parts of the United States, and in the
British American colonies, particularly Upper
Canada ; and that in the latter place, the per
son, as well as particular projects of one cmis
saiv had been discovered, and instructions had
been given for his arrest.
Accounts from Detroit state, that the first ef
fects of a war with Great-Britain, will be a sa
vage warfare on the whole extent of our fron
tier, by the Indians ; who, notwithstanding all
which our government has done for them,
have a settled antipathy to the long-knives, as
they call the Americans.
1 hf. Season— A great quantity of rain has
fallen this summer, and vegetation is extreme
ly abundant. The farmers have experienced
some difficulty in getting in their hay dry ; lint
their after crops will be heavy. —Boston paper.
A learned correspondent observes, that our
language has undergone a wonderful alteration
smee the period of our great Lexicographer,
Dr. Johnson. The names of persons and things
are so changed of late, that lie is of opinion a
new dictionary should lie immediately publish
ed for the information of our Universities, and
the public in general. A gay youth, formerly
stiled a macaroni, is now called a twaddle. A
lady with bare arms, neck, Gcc. generally deno
minated a das hint’ belle, is now stiled a skin
tiek—a lawyer, a badger —a parson, a rook —a
physician, a grope —and a troublesome disor
der. long known by the appellation of the Scotch
fidd'e. has been lately christened the Caledonian
Cremona.
Capt. Amasa Delano, of the Shi;) Persever
ance of Boston, has received fi om the king of
Spain a gold medal, with his majesty’s likeness,
as an acknowledgement to capt. I). for the hu
mane and spiiited exertions of himself and bis
brave crew, in rescuing a Spanish merchant
ship in the Pacific Ocean, with a cargo of slaves,
v;ho had risen upon and massacred the greater
part of the Spaniards on board.
The Porto Rico gazette, speaking of Miran
da, says, he is now reduced to the station of an
overseer of a sugar plantation, and a great part
of his artillery and military stores have been
purchased at le s than half price by the Spanish
government, and are now at Porto-Rico.
RAGGF.D WIT.
The following ingenious lines close an ad-
I vert is: ng address for rags, by Jacob Johnson, in
the Richmond Observer.
Sweet ladies pray be net offended,
Nor mind rhe jells of sneering wags;
No harm, believe me, is intended,
When humbly I request your Rags,
The feraps which you reject, unfit
To clothe the tenant of a hovel,
May shine in sentiment and wit,
And help to make a charming novel.
The cap, _r, 1 ted thoughts will raise,
1 he ruffle in defc-iption ffourifh ;
V/hilff on the glowing work we gaze,
i he thought will love excite and nourish.
Each beau in study will engage,
His fancy doubtless will be warmer,
When writing on the milk-white page
That once, pet haps, adorn’d his chatmer.
From foreigners who sneer and vapor,
No longer forc’d our boohs to buy ;
Our gentle belles will furnilh paper.
Our sighing beaux will wit supply.
EPIGRAM.
Ned calls his wife his counter-part,
With truth as well as whim;
Since every impulse of her heart,
Runs counter fti.l to him.
Savannah,
SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12.
e are authorised to state, that I)r. Moses
Sheetall will be a candidate at the ensuing
election iui members of the legislature.
A gentleman vv ho arrived last Thursday
evening irom Charleston, mtoims, that a letter
was id rived there or the evening of the Bh,
(too late for publication in the evening paper of
that city 1 stating, that col Bun had been acquit
ted oi the charge of high tieason.— Museum.
Hie Charleston Times of the 4th instant,
slates that on the preceding day, in a house on
ILirlcs on’s green, and almost on the banks of
Ashley river, the thermometer, placed in a
shaded situation, and free cun cut i fair, stood,
between the hours of one and three o’clock
e. M. at 96 degrees—between the hours of five
and six o’clock, it stood at 90 degrees.
l etters from Charleston state that city to he
very unhealthy ; but say nothing of the yellow
fever’s prevailing there, as lias been leported.
The influenza, v> hieh first appeared at Ncvv-
Yoik, lias, it is said, extended as far southwuicl
!y as the state of Virginia.
Accounts from different quarters, though not
official, mention that both the Flotillas’have
been ceded to the United btaicb Mu-York
paper of 27th ul.
By the arrival of the schooner Clarissa and
F.lizu, captain Rcvclle, we wear yesterday fa
vored with Kingston papers to the 14th August.
1 he account of the affair of the Chesapeake
had reached Kingston, and excited a conside
rable sensation. Ihe inhabitants gencaliy de
precated a war with Ametica. dind entertained
sanguine hopes that matters would be amicably
adjusted. Markets, however, h and experienced
a considerable change—Rice was advanced to
10 dollars, and lumber, which was previously
selling at 40 dollars rose to 70. Other ar
ticles oi exportation from the United States
were proportional)!y adv anced — Chariest, /tap.
ihe islands of Cuada'oupe and Antigua
w ere not visited by the hurricane of die 26th of
July.
Bonaparte is said to have broken and dis
graced adn.i a! Lesseignes for his conduct in
the action off St. Domingo, on the 20th ot Fe
bruary, 1806, when his squadron was destroy
ed by admiral Duckworth.
Bos on.dlugust 2o. Yesterday afternoon, the
Rev. Joseph Clay, late of Georgia, was installed
to the oastoral office of the fust Baptist Church
and Society in this town. The introductory
prayer was offered at the throne of giace, by
the rev. Mr. Nelson. An appropriate sermon
was preached by the rev. Mr. Grafton. Flic fel
lowship oi the%.hurr.lics was presented by Dr.
Baldwin ; and the concluding prayer by the rev.
Mr. Collier. The several pieces of music were
performed in a style of uncommon excellence,
anti dm whole scene was solemn and inter
esting.
appointment bu the President,
Archibald Minthome Cocke, of New-York,
Commercial Agent lor the Island of Marti
nique,
DIKD, On Monday morning last, in the 24th
year of his age, .Mr. Richard O’Do well,
after an illness though but short, not oonreived
dangerous, id a te>,v h ts be ore dissolution.
Mr. O’Donnell was ;i n live of Ireland, and
came to Georgia a few years since, and has
lately been engaged largely in trade, under the
firm of scott. ‘ ialter k Cos. and lastly under that
of Maher k O’Donnell,in this city.
The character of Mr. O'Donnell displayed
at once bis nation and the gentleman: ardent
in bis feelings, polished in his manners, sincere
in bis ft ient! hip, he became the favorite of eve
ry circle Though not bewailed by family con
nection, he will long be re me inbred, and his
premature fail regretted by a numerous and
admiring acquaintance.
———, on Thursday last, Mr. John Dough
erty. printer and a proprietor of the Federal
Republican Advocate, a native of Ireland.
Died at So ingfield (Vt.) June 21st, John N
Mather, in the 66th year of his age.
N, B. Israel Mather, heir to said estate, who
a few years since went to to the southward, is
requested to return home.
Si f° Printers in the southern and middle
states will confer a favor by inserting the above
in their papeis.
PORT OF SAVANNAH.
ARRIVED.
Watson, Liverpool, 65 days—T. an I
R. Nwell.
Schooner 4n-ora, Carvll'r, Charleffon.
Sloop Republican, Brown, do.
C it DH 7.
There are a number of fma 1 open boats fitted our at
I.aguira, which commit depredab- rins-.n our defence,
•ef’ commerce. A great number of Am- ri-an vefTe's
have been carried in there and Porto fabello, under
pretence of having Britifli ‘■ls on V r<l.
■\n embargo was | d ; g on p, e jq.j, j u [ yi „ j,,. ta j c , n
ofF'h- 4th of Au-'uT. on all foreign vefTels, on account
of the failing of the fleets. No late arriva sa’ Kir",
ffon, from this port Markers dull. On the'did July,
r e attack on the Chesapeake was not known at K-ra
tion.
V> illiam Yv r ooctbridcje
Hdl sc!/ lors, for cash, or approved paphtri
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES,
75 bays prime Coffee
t-O hluK lirff ami infer.or qualify Mufc vado sut e ji
u puncheons o,d Jamaica Rum (landed in ISSO-J)
10 ditto ditto St. Croix ditto ditto
;> pipes Cogniac Brandy
10 bheis. liollon Hum
2.1 chcfts Hylon Young Hyfon and Chilian Tel}
10 tons Sweeds Iron (Hat and lqu/re bars)
300 Dumjons, centaiuing 5 gallons each.
20 cases of GLASS WARE)
r otttAiMsa
50 straws of Tumblers aflbrteJ, w ith Decanters \Vih*
G a fits &c. ’
10 ditto conti'ning 225 ditto p ain and flowered
.0 linu and common Lujuo C4G 5
.10 boxes Wind w Gtais, * by 10 and 10 by 14
10 pieces Flaxen Oznaburgs and Ticklenboi gi
95 ditto German .Sheetings
50 ditto lriih Linen, at low advance
‘.’s ditto German Dowlas
50 ditto Bremen Rot s
95 ditto German Diapers
50 ditto Ravens Duck (very low)
100 ditto while and brown Daiillas
150 loarfe Shirts, luitabj. tor houle fervir*.
A hatidlome afl'orunent of damafic Table and Break!
Just Cloths
Ditto ditto Marfeillcs Counter paters
9 elegant V handeliers, Lamps, and a variety of fino
CUT GLASS
A QUANTITY OF
Red and Yellow OCHRE and LAMPBLACK
XN CASKS \VI i H MOST EVERY ARTICLE OR
GROCERY, at retail.
Also*
21 casks pood retailing RICE,
At Thive Do! lit s per cwt.
hb. 4. jYorth-hasl corner qf the Exchange*
September 12. |
FOR SALE)
100 barrels frefh Philadelphia Flout
20 pipes French Brandy
15 boxes brown Soap, by
J. Idler Sc Cos.
September 12. t
FLOUR, &c. *
K'O This frtfb fupeifine Flour
20 dirtto ditto Mackerel
ffr'i quality Cotton Bagp’njy
‘I iik enburys hy the bolt
ba.t bbls Mels Bee 1 ’
for Sale by
Gardner Tnf%
September 12...t...100 Moore’s Wharfi
Auction and Commission
Business.
WILL IA M W OOD BRI DC, E,
rJEINO duly qualified as Attciiomeeb, tender*
Jhis services to his triends and the public, m the
| AUCTION, COJVIJVII.SS'ON & FACTORAGE MJ-
St.Vi SS. I laving tale and convenient Stores, for the
reception of every kind of Pkoduli, he hopes from a
fliht attention to the imereft of his friends, to merit
a fhure i their patronage.
September 12. ° fl i j lot)
WILL EE SOLI—
L'n tk- fi fl t Uf'.SDAY in November next, at the Cos u-fa
liouji in Savannah, tntween the hours of to and z
O'ctai i ,
A NBGRO MAN, n,m. (1 l)K K, v'ho is able i A
J kdo c mm n Carpeu'et’ wort:, ..ml has been n C -
Cuft meet to pet f rm the usu 5 du te of a house |, r
van—iid alf'o, h.s mo h , 1)1 AN A—utile fx they
sh ukl in the mean time h> ra i l •• priv.re file, d?
gee.hly to the wi.l fill/ be h Y ung. A n’li'e*
w ill* ;nl appr .ve i end rlrr, pa; ah'r on lie fi-il J IU
n,l:lrv with lnturcli Irom the dale, w 1! be re
ceivtd in payment.
Joseph Clay, Itx'ur.
PetToris disposed to purcliafo the above Negeoryi
are inlorintd, tliai guarantee utltb will bo give tby
the reverend Ji'lepti Ciay.
September ii. , 0o
LOST.
ON Thursday evening, the 10th infant, a Mf!-
WORANDUM BOOK, of a finall quarto fire,
covered with brown paper; the word “ Georgia,”
written on the ou fide, containing a lilt of fome prized
in the t..'n 1 I.oftery. Whrtever finds it and d’ liver , if;
to Mr. Davin Williford,at Mcffts. B. C. Blocks*
will he rewarded.
September 12. c* 109
”
I’ and to Chailestoiu
. J(j.S 1 hf- Kit failing packet Schooner
au'iuha, .
■wiil fail pofxt.'Vely oh nt :rt, wind and wfcatf pf
permitting. Jor ur paiTa M*, apply to ihe c;'.p#
tain on Ijo * and, a* Bacoil ts. MulOne’b wharf*
“eptembtf 12,
Qj a The ship Charleston Jins: com
menced loading for DIVER *’OOJ., and v. isl t,e din.
pitched in fii'een dtja. For freig it of zoo bale:, of
cotion, apply to
J. & W. Maoee.
O
Just Received,
AND TOR CALF. AT THIS OFFICE,
( I'riii: 25 rents )
A pamphlet written ir. Charleff.cn, entitled
THE TOCSJN;
OR CALL TO ARMS!
an essay ;
Being an enquiry into the late of Ofa*
Fr fain, n tier ii j us) i fia i; l * i-r V. upon the liberty an j
ilifcq tndtiicc oi the United at area oi /ynaeiica.