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BONAPARTE'S SPEECH.
Pa’ris, August 13.
At five o'clock, Itis may-sty went m state to
V)ic palce of the legislative body, in order to
•Open the Tt:tr*,ion iiis serene highness the
prince vice-grand elector having obtained pti
mission of his majesty to present the oath in
the deputies to the legislative body, appointed
biiiie the session of the ye.it 14, these deputies
vere called in rot lion by Mr. Lcjeas, questot,
and each of them was atcoidingly sworn in
*t the foot of the throne.
The call of new members being ended. lit.
majesty said :
<• Gentlemen deputies of the departments to
the legislative bod) ; gentlemen tribunes, and
members of my council ol stale.
“ Since your last session, new wars, newti.-
mnphs, new treaties of peace hate changed tlie
face of political Europe.
“ If the house of Brandenburg, which was
the first to conspire against our independence,
still reigus, it is indebted for its crown to the
sincere friendship wlfir h the powerful emperor
of the north has inspired me with.
“ A french prince will reign upon the Elbe: i
he will know how to conciliate the interests ot
his new subjects, with his first and most sacred
duties,
<* I'he house of Saxony has recovered, after
an interval of filly jeais, the independence
which it had lost. /
“ The people of the duchy of Warsaw and
of the city of Dantzic, ha-e recovered their j
country and their rights.
“ All nations rcj< ice wiih con mon accord,
to see the maleficent influence which England
exercised upon the continent, it recover Ely
destroyed.
*• France is uniled to the people of Germa
ny by ihe laws of ihe < onfederacy ol the Kltine,
to those of Spain, Holland, Switzerland and Ici
ly by the laws of our federal system. Our new
relations wi;h Hussia are cemented by the re
ciprocal esteem of these two great nations.
*■ In every tiling that I have done 1 have had
solely in view the happiness of niv people,
■which is dearer in my eyes than my own
fcl<’iy.
“ I have wished for maritime peace. No re
sentment will ever influence my determina
tions ; I can have none against a nation, the
sport and victim of pat tier, which l end it, and
deceived with regard o its own affairs, as well
as concerning those ol its neighbors.
“ But whatever be the issue which the de
crees ot Providence have assigned to the mari
time war, triy people will always find me the
same ; and I shall always find ms people wor
thy of me
“ Frenchmen, your conduct in these latter
limits, when youremperoi was upwards ot 500
leagues removed front you has augmented my
esteem and the opinion 1 had conceived ol your
character. 1 have felt myself proudofbeing the
Jlrst among j , ,ni II ilti'iivg those ‘co months
ot absence and pi iis. I was present to your
thoughts, the marks of love which you give me,
constantly excited tny most lively emotions.
Alt my solu ititde and ev ci y t hit g that could t c
itte even to the pre-erva'iott of my person, af
fected me only by the interest which you u k
in them and by the importance they might he
ol for your future destinies. You at e a good
ami great people.
n ] have meditated upon different arrangc
fnents in cider to simplify and improve our iu
stitutii us.
• I he nation has experienced the most hap
py c fleets from toe establishment of the Legion
of llmor. I have created different imperial
titles in older to give anew lustre to my prin
cipal subjects, for the purpose ol honoring shin
ing set vices by shining rewards, and also of pre
venting the return of all feudal titles, which are
incompatible with our constitution.
“ The accounts of my ministers of finance
and of the treasury will make known to you the
prosperous state of cur finances. My people
will experience a considerable diminution of
their burdens> the land tax. j
•• My minister of the interior will make
known to you the labours which have been be
gun cr fl ashed ; but what remains to be done
is much more important still j for I intend ;
that, throughout every part ot my empire even ’
in the smallest hamlet, the catc of the citizens
and the value of lands shall he augmented ba
the effects of the genet al system of improve
ment which I have devised.
“ Gentlemen deputies of the departments to
the legislative body, your assistance will he ne
cessary to mo in order to attain this real re
sult, uml I have a tight constantly to rely upon
it ” >
This speech excited tlie most lively enthusi
asm, and his majesty raised the sitting amidst
repeated cries ol long live ’,V- enfieror 1 The
tame acclamations resounded in all the streets
which his majesty’s cavalcade passed through.
—Momteur.
London. August 18.
Bonaparte’s speech is rather of a pacific cha
lacier, and has opt.ated favorably upon out
funds; the omnium having risen this morning
to one half premium. Those, however, who
expected to find in this state papers much
ground for speculation apon the further views
of Bonaparte, will be greatly disappointed.
“With the exception of one or two vague pa'--
sages, it contains nothing that approaches t<
novelty.
There was a report in circulation vesterdav
that we were preparing another expedition, on
M grand scale, and that the armament vv.u, in
ate state of forwar lness.
1 wenty-two sail of the line> with frigates, &c.
arc fcrderedto be prepared for the N'c&h seas, ’
during the winter months.
Private letters received hy the last Lisbon
mail state, that the grand military fete which
the war with Prussia suspended last yea:, is ex
pei red to take place on the 9th of November,
i e antiiversaty of Bonaparte’s coronation.—
ost of the continental sovereigns ate cxpect
e- to be present, and aftefwards to pass u great
p rt /t ihe winter at Paris, w here splendid pre
p., .. tons arc made for their reception Bu
rn me also states, that the pope will make ano
ther joni ney to France, to inaugurate Napoleon
as u entperor of the vve-t.” On the same occa
sion, it is believed, that J <sephand Louis Bona
parte will entirely renounce their offices ol
grand elector and grand constable, in favor of
heir deputies, i alley rand and Berthier.
Dudlin, September 2.
Extract ofa letter from London, August 28.
“ The private ne.vs received between 7 and
8 o’clock t.iis evening, was considered of such
important e- that it was sent oil immediately to
his majesty at Windsor.
“ i here is one expression in Bonaparte’s
speech which deserves particular notice, name
ly, where he denominates the emperor ol Hus
sia, the powerful emperor ot the north, this
compliment may he considered the precursor
to another, rn which, probably, according to the
secret treaty of I iisit, Alexander is next to ac
knowledge Napoleon as the gieat emperor of
the west 1 1 lie speech deals in generalities,
and partakes more ol'ioyal diplomacy, than the !
vehement declamation of the republican school.
1 he allusion to peace, though it means nothing,
in fact, its considered not e pacific, than whs held
out for days past by tit >se journalists who pre
tended to early intelligence, and | lodged them- j
selves that it breathed nothing hut hostility •
a jinst this country. Their assettions have]
been falsified and the temperance cl"the docu- :
merit lias had the effect in some degree of etc- j
rating the funds, file attention ol the cah.net
council yesterday, it is said, was chiefly direct
ed to the consideration of the speech, and other
important intelligence, which ministers are re
ported to have received from Paris in the fore
noon.”
Paris, August 25.
Sunday 2d, at S o’clock in the evening, the ’
ceremony of the marriage ol their imperial
highnesses took place in the chapel of the palace
ofthe 1 huilleries. of which the tribunes were i
occupied by the diplomatic bodies, the princes, i
foreign noblemen and ladies, and by those who ;
were present by invitation.
Their majesties went to the chapel, accom
panied by the princess and princesses, the wit- .
nesses on the part of both courts, the high oifi- ;
ects. and the ladies and the officers of their :
h nsehohl. Her imperial highness the princess
Jerome was led bv the emperor, and her ma
jesty the empress by the prince Jerome.
A. 6i S Hichards,
T RAVING taken THTiODoRF. AI FXANDF.R
f ISCI'l’ 1 1 1)1- into Copartnerlh p, inform th-.-ir
fri'-rtln and the public, that the lame hufmefs wil he ;
conducted in luture,under the firm of A. it i>. RICH
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.September 10. cr 90
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October 6. l—-110
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attention
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TRIAL OR COLONEL BURR.
Federal Court—Richmond, Saturday, October 3.
KOTIO;? FOR COMMITMENT.
Colonel Burr ami his counsel thought pro
per again to put some questions tu general
Wilkinson; for the purpose of drawing some
thing ftont .is answer, which might be constru- >
ed as criminating him, or might invalidate his j
credibility. ;
Mr. vVickham asked him if he had made :
any proposals to Timothy Ktbhy. or others, con- j
ful n'iutlij, about tlie invasion of Mexico. He an
swered, “ I am unconsious of it.”
After some other questions of a similar na
ture, to which similar answers were given, the
general addressed the court with son.e warmth. ]
He observed, that upon a former occasion, re
ference was had to a certain letter of which so :
much hail been said; the letter said to have i
been wtilten by him to Aaron Burr, and desig- j
nated by the post mark ot the 13th May. An I
attempt had been made and was now repeated, !
to turn to the injury of his character some ]
wot ds alledged to occur in it. He therefore :
demanded that colonel Burr should pioduoe
that letter. This demand becomes necessary, ;
said he, from the strange and unbounded accu
sations against me, w. ich are deduced from it;
and I only say, the humble repute I hare had
among my countrymen for thirty years, is not
to he destroyed by the fraud, artifice and de
ception of my enemies. With die permission
of the court, I will, for my own vindication, on
Monday next, go into a full detail oi all the trans
actions between colonel Burr arid myself; which
at first I avoided doing, in order to save the
time of the court.
The Chief Justice I cannot sit to hear
matters foreign to the subject. There is no
sort of necessity for the explanation which gen
eral Wilkinson wishes to make ; so far as re
spects the question of a variance between his
testimony to the grand jury, and that pronounc
ed before the court; for the evidence of Mr. j
Tazewell has proved that there is no variance. !
To suffer all the circumstances to he gone into I
would be converting the trial from that of per
sons at the bar, to a trial of general Wilkinson’s ‘
conduct. His vindication if he desires it, ‘
had better be given to the public in another j
form. I
Mr. M’Bae wished general Wilkinson to be \
heard more fully on some fioints, respecting
which his reputation had been particularly as
sailed, if he could not be permitted to state all .
that they knew.
Colonel Bunn. General Wilkinson was sworn j
to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth. If his recollection is now animat
ed let him proceed.
General Wilkinson. I mentioned before
that 1 had received ebrtain letters from colonel
Burr which, from motives of delicacy, I did not
think myself authorised to shew. Yet the let
ter from ntc bearing the post-mark of the 13;li
of May, has been made use its against me. I
demand th.-.t letter. When it is produced I
shall be liberated ft om all reserve, and will shew
his letters ; which ldo not wish to do ; for I
really feel that delicacy which others firofeas to
feel. I here sole niy declare the assertion of
Aaron Burr, that he had put that letter out of
his power, with my knowledge, to be utterly dea
th we of truth.
Upon hearing this declaration and demand,
colonel Burr hastily put an end to the cross-ex
amination, saying, “ ii the general has any more
evidence to give, let him give it; if not', he is
discharged.”
Monday, October 5.
Our readers will recollect that colonel Burr ‘
declared in open court, some days ago, that he
could prove general Eaton totally disqualified
to give evidence in any court of justice. On
this day the terrible threat was attempted to be 1
carried into effect.
Colonel Burr said wc shall shew that gen
erul Eaton was convicted hy a court martial, in
the year 1796, of an offence of the nature of
crimen falsi. Then a question of some moment
will occur ; how far a conviction in a court not
of common law jurisdiction can disqualify a
witness, lie ode red evidence that the record
of the trial before the court martial had been
burnt in the war-office, and next to prove by a
colonel Gathler the circumstances.
The affidavit of John Smith, chief clerk ofthe
war-office was read to prove the burning of the
papers there.
Colonel Gaither was then introduced. Ge
neral Eaton observed that he was willing that
the most minute enquiries about his character
and conduct should take place ; and consented
that colonel Gaither might state what lie pleas
ed ; though he had a right to demand the pro
duction of the record of the proceedings of the
court martial, of which the judge advocate re
timed one copy, the commanding officer ano
ther. and j third was sent to the war-office. He
said that if the truth could be known, that man
(pointing to colonel Gaither) had a copy of the
record at this time in his pocket, but dared not
produce it.
Colonel Gaither proceeded ; but his testi
mony was altogether vague and uncertain, and
could not in the smallest degree injure the
character of general Eaton. He said that ear
ly in the year 1796. his acquaintance with gen
eral Eaton (then captain Eaton) commenced
on the river St. Mary’sat hort Pickering ; that
he commanded the troops of the United States
on the Oconee, See. that he arrested captain
Eaton, and had a court martial for his trial,
which was had ; but he could not recollect the
charges, nor their number ; onlv “ there was
something about defrauding his men and sel
ling public corn : so the report ran.” The
court, he said, found hi n guilty of.vovtc or all
the charges, and he was suspended from Iris
te>mraftd, either three cr ix months. Colo
nel Gaither could not tell what he had dons
himself; lot he knew not whether he had con
firmed the semen tor not. He sent captain
Eaton, however, to the secretary of war; and
he cid not know whether the secretary ever
confirmed the sentence: but captain l aton
was not long afterwards sent as consul front the
United States to Tunis !
Captain Samuel Tinsley was also sworn,
to give some account ol the proceedings of the
same court martial, ot which he was u member.
He recollected only one of the charges, and
that was of speculating in a parcel of nankeens
which he brought front Philadelphia, had made
up into summer coats, and furnished his sol
diers, on a profit, us was supposed. Captain
Tinslev said there were several charges, but
of which captain Eaton was loond guiity he did
not remember. Although evidence of this na
ture was scarcely worthy of notice, general
Eaton, to remove any prejudice against him
which might have been excited by it, entered
into a full explanation of all the circumstances ;
and we believe fully convinced every body that
heard him of his own innocence, and that lie
had been unjustly persecuted and oppressed by
colonel Gaither.
The next witness introduced was Mr. 1r ra
Dinxmoke, from Nevv-Ot leans, who was cull
ed by the counsel for the United States to tes
tify as to the state of affairs in that city at the
time when colonel Burr was expected to be
descending the river with an arm)-. It appear
ed that Mr. Dinsmore had hintself advised ge
neral Wilkinson to seize the partizans of Burr,
so far as he found opposition from them ; that
he conceiv ed it to be absolutely necessary altho’
an evil which he lamented. He stated, t 00,.,
that he had been acquainted with general Wil
kinson a little more than five years ; that, as to
his integrity he had never seen any tiling but
what would induce him to think it purity ii
sellf; and that his patriotism always appeared
of the most zealous and ardent kind ; such as
the witness would wish himself and every A
merican to possess. •,
Mr. Dinsmore’s testimony was moreover
important in proving that neither the spirit or
letter of general Wilkinson’s instructions to the
men, whom he sent to Natchez with orders to
seize co oriel Burr by all practicable means, au
thorised them to take him out of the hands of
the civil authority.
On that subject the affidavit of lieutenant
George Peter was read on the side of colonel
Burr, but did not contradict Mr. Dinsmore’s
evidence.
DOCUMENTS
referred to in general Wilkinson’s-evi
dence CONTINUED.
[GO
Sin—-Your letter of the 6th inst. has been
duly received. Supposing that you will be
much engaged this morning, I defer waiting on
your excellency, ’till you will be pleased to in
form me of the lime when it will be conve
nient to you to see me.
I remain with great respect,
Your excellency’s
most obedient servant*,
Erick Bollman.
J\’ew~orleans, 25 th November 1806.
His excellency general Wilkinson, Fayxbourg
Marigny, the house between Madam Fre
vigne and Mile. M’Carty,
m
The deposition of A. L. Duncan, a witness
in behalf of the United States against
Aaron Burr, taken at the t equest of the said
witness, but by the consent ol George Hay,
esq attorney for the United States in the dis
trict of Virginia and ofthe said Aaron Burr, to
be read in evidence, if requit ed, on all trials,
motions or other proceedings in course of lav
in which the said Aaron Burr shall be concern
ed at the prosecution of the said United States.
I consent that this affidavit may be read in
all cases in which the United States are con
cerned against Aaron Burr in the same man
ner as above expressed.
George Hay,
Attorney U. S.for Virginia district.
During the commotions excited in New-Or
leans last winter, what was termed colonel Burr’s
conspiracy, and his associates and accomplices
in that place, I was celled upon in my profes
sional capacity by general Wilkinson for coun
sel and aclvice in some measures which he was
about to adopt. The temper and disposition
which I had discovered in You-Orleans, and
the reports which daily reached that city from
above, induced the belief that half measures
were not suited to the times and that the public
safety required the exertion of extraordinary
energies 1 therefore urged the general re
peatedly to the seizure of suspected persons
and the declaration of martial law. When
Bollman was seized, I suggested to the general
the expediency of transmitting with him 3
statement of facts, on oath, to justify the step
and to warrant his commitment. He then put
the letters which he said were wiitten ‘o him
by colonel Burr, and which he also said were
transmitted to him by Swartwout and Bollntan,
into tny hands, on which, together with some
further information and knowledge of their
views which the general possessed, I framed
the deposition which accompanied Bollman,
intentionally omitting every thing which was
calculated to inculpate the general, or which
might be exciting suspicions having a tenden
cy to weaken his testimony. Having prepared
the deposition I presented it to general Wil
kinson to be deposed to, who strongly- and re
peatedly objected to the omission I had made,
and urged warmly that the whole should b*