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LATEST PROCEEDINGS
IN THE TRIAL OF COLONEL BURR.
Richmond, Thursday, October 20.
Thursday v.as wholly occupied by Mr. Wick
ham.
Friday was wholly occupied by Mr.M‘Rae.
On Saturday, a Mr. Power, from New-Oric
ans (who turned out to be a subject of the king
of Spain) was introduced by colonel Burr as a
witness; by whom (as he asserted) he intended
to authenticate certain papers, and to prove
that general Wilkinson was in the habit of re
ceiving money from the Spanish government.
The avowed object of establishing this charge
against the general, was to impeach his credi
bility, by contradicting some parts of his testi
mony, and to shew that his motive for defeating
the project of Burr, was not patriotism, but to
prevent an invasion of the territories of the king
in w hose pay he was himself.
T he Chief Justice decided, that the evidence
was admissible, and that Mr. Power should be
examined. He was therefore sworn and ques
tioned as to what he knew’ concerning certain
corrrespondencc between the Baron de Coron
delct and general Willuuson.
Mr. Power addressed the court with respect
but firmness, and declared, that being a subject
of the king of Spam, he could not, without
violarjjig his duty and honor, give an account
of any political transactions which the service
of the king his master required to be concealed.
He stated, that he had come hither from New-
Orleans with great reluctance ; an hav
ing threatened him with imprisonment in case
he refused j but he hoped tho court would not
compel him to give the evidence which had been
demanded.
The counsel for colonel Burr insisted, that
whether he was a Spanish subject or not, he
was now within the power of the court, and j
ought to be compelled to disclose whatever he j
knew.
The Chief Justice decided in their favor, and ’
required the witness to proceed with his testi
mony.
Mr. Forcer, however, resolutely refused.—
Time was therefore allowed until three o’clock
to consider whether he would obey the judge
or not. At that hour he came again into court ;
but (Mr. Wirt being the;* engaged in speaking)
no notice was taken of his appearance.
Mr. IVirt began his discourse between twelve
and one o’clock, but had not finished when the
hour of adjournment arrived. His speech, so
far as he progressed, shone with his usual five
of eloquence, and was peculiarly luminous in
.argument.
The court adjourned till Monday 10 o’dock.
Monday, twelve o’clock.—Nearly the whole
of this day was occupied by Mr. Wirt, who
concluded his able speech about two o’clock—
after which, Mr. Power and Mr. Swartwout
were again called and examined. The evi
dence and arguments of counsel having been
concluded, the court adjourned till this day
eleven o’clock, when it is tinder
stood the final opinion of the Chief Justice will
be delivered.
Tuesday, eleven o’clock—The court has
just delivered a long and elaborate opinion, in
which it determines, that “ it would be improp
er to commit the acfcused on the charge of
treason.”
‘The conclusion of the opinion is as follows:
“ I shall commit Aaron Burr and Herman Blun
rserhassett? for preparing and providing the
means for a mditary expedition against the
territories of a foreign prince, with whom the
United States were at peace. If those whose
province and duty it is to prosecute offenders
against the laws of the United States, shall be
of opinion that a crime of a deeper dye has
been committed, it is not their choice to act
iii conformity with that opinion. Israel Smith
is not proved to have provided or prepared any
means whatever, and therefore I shi ll not com
mit him. If he has really offended against the
laws, he may be prosecuted for the treason in
Kentucky, or for the misdemeanor in his own
*4 ate. where, if any where, his offence has been
Committed.”
Mr. Hay moved to have Aaron Burr and
II or man Blarmerhassett committed for trial in
the district of Ohio.
October 23.
After the delivery of the opinion of the court
on Tuesday, the Chief Justice observed, that
hc’ had not specified (in that opinion) the par
ticular district to which the prisoners were to
be committed. He thought it best that there
should be only one trial for them ; but if Burr
was sent to Kentucky, Blennerhasset could not,
because he had provided no means for the ex
pedition but in the district of Ohio.
Mr. Hay then moved for the ir commitment to
Ohio , which was ordered
Mr. Wickham then moved for an attachment
against Mr. Benjamin Hawkins, an Indian
agent, for detaining Doctor Cummings, a wit
ness in this prosecution, and breaking open cer
tain papers in his care belonging to Mr. Blen
r.erhassctt, one of the accused : a Pule ordered.
Messrs. Burr and Blennerbassett were ad
mitted to bail, in the sum of 3.000 dols. each.
Luther Martin and Dr. Cummings, c ecuri'ies
for Aaron Burr : Dr. Cummings and Israel
Smith, for H. Blennerhassett.
The court then adjourned.
On Saturday the examination of the witnesses
b'-fbre the court of inquiry held on the :
Chesapeake commenced. Four of tl*g MT 'cers ,
were examined, but considering ourse.s'4 re
stricted from publishing any part of the testi- ,
rrtony, we shall only observe, that the proceed
ing* of the court were conducted with great ;
eandour and decorum. The witnesses gave
very clear, and as far as we could judge, very
impartial testimony —JYerfolk Ledger, Oct. 19.
MELANCHOLY AND DISTRESSING !
Frudericksburc-h, ViA. Oct. 21.
On Monday, at 12 o’clock, the house, for
merly belonging to Mrs. Carter, in this town,
was discovered to be on fire. ‘The corpse ol
Mr. William Stanard,the more recent proprie
tor, had not been sent to its earthly home,
when a sick and mourning family were driven
by anew calamity, with the remains of a pa
rent and a husband, from the solitude of their
sorrows, to weep under the next hospitable roof,
over their complicated misfortunes.
The house was on an eminence, and a sti'ong
wind from the north-west blew the flumes into
the body of the town. In the course of a few
hours, three of the best improved squares, with
parts of two others, were stripped of all their
improvements. The rapidity of the fire, in the
horrors of its devastation thro’ houses highly
combustible from the operation of the late
drought, the consternation that prevailed des
troying concert and presence of mind in most
of those who were laboriously active, the in
competency of the engines to perform their of
fices with lull effect, prevented many of the
sufferers from saving a great proportion of their
moveable property. The upper Tobacco Ware
houses, with all the tobacco stored, were con
sumed. A flake of burning matter was thrown
on the roof of the bank house, which stood at
the distance of two streets from the general
conflagration, and so furious was the progress
of the flumes that all the books, papers and mo
ney in the vaults, were, of necessity, exposed,
(luring the whole of the fire to its action, but
have since been recovered entire. Happily no
human life was lost.
This awfully afflicting event has bereft many
families, some in disease, at the entrance of
winter,’ of their only shelters and of their all.
! The woes of the comfortless and of the suffer
; ing, which pervades a great part of Frederics
{ burgh culls aloud for contribution from the op
ulent. The inhabitants of this town, were late
• ly liberal in their relief to the wretched of \or
j folk. A plan has been organized to furnish the
5 benevolent of the sister towns in Virginia, end
I of the neighbouring country, with an opportu
-1 nity of enjoying that luxury which a pure bo-
I som feels in giving charity where merit and
* distress combine to claim it.— Vir. Herald.
j rva-T
Marshal’s Sales.
On the first TUESDAY in December next,
Will be fold at the Court oufe, m the city of Sa
vatinah,
Forty-eight NF.GROE -, levied on as the proper
tv of J .hit Wood, ivy virtue of an execution obtain
ed by Charles M Lide.
ALSO.
The plantation called Lt.NDEN HIT L, eonfist
tng of two thirds of a tract of land, iituate and ly
l ing on the north lide of Crooked River, in the coun
’ ty of Camden, in this Bate, originally granted r o
J tc-'b Weed, about he year 1779, obtaining bv ori
ginal l'urvey. 719 acres, or thereabouts, hounded on
the i’outh by Crooked Kiver, on the call, Crooked
Creek and vacant raarfli or marOi supposed to be vs.
I cant, on the weft by lands belonging to the estate of
1 Woodford Mabry and to George Woodruff, and on
the north by lands belonging to the estate of general
Greene. The laid two thirds of fai t traft amount
ing to four hundred seres, more or lefs.being lituate
1 at the upper or weft end of said tr.cl, adjoining
Mabry and Woodruff’s trafisas aforefoid, and divi
ded or to be divided off from the balance of tbe ori
• ginal survey, by a line c >mmenci gon Crooked Riv
er, and running back ac ofs the said l'urvey, and
wiiich was lateiy conveyed by James Scagrove, efq
of St. Mary’s, to, James Johnft'n, efq of Savannah,
in trull to and for the use and behoof of the wife
and children of the laid John Wood Also, with
the improvements on the trail, the cr p of cotton,
corn, and other provisions, two mules, ft >ck of cat*
tic, and fome houfeftold furniture
Ben. Wall, m. and. c.
November 3 ix
Marshal’s Sales.
On the first. TUESDAY in December next,
Will be fold, at the Court House, m the city of sa
vannah,
The following MEG ROES,
Levied on as the property of Richard Pearis, by
l virtue of an execu ion obtained by Caig & Muchel :
j F. gy, Dod, Lucy , Cine, Maria, George, Nancy,
< Pearis, jenny, Kate, Harriet, Susannah, K'te. Jtck,
J Wody, .ulonis, Pnrce, Monday, Dick, Virginia
I Smart, Kuo. Pollidore, Hose, B lly, Mindly, Gem
gia, lime., ~amfon, Fanny, Sail, Francis, Frede
rick, Bet, H rry, Bob, little Dina, Puli’ , Betty,
Eutnburgh, Beck, Violet, Hi b, Tom, Sarnfoo, Pe -
gy, Sam, Joe, Sunday, Dick, Sue fomerl'ct, Dina,
Patience, Mary, Hannah and S.lvy.
At. O,
Sundry Articles of Furniture, and a quantity of
Cotton in the Seed.
Joluxiioog, D. M. D- G.
November j I*2.
Taken from a Negro,
A few weeks past, a fmail Parcel of LEATHER,
foppofed to be ftoen. The owner, by deferibing the
•father, and paying for this advorufement, can have if
again. Apply at this office.
November 5 I2z—c
J o 1’ RE .EiVp D
By the Luna and an from Mire- York, in ad
diti'in to t ck on ham',
Ladies Kid and Mcvocco SLIPPERS
; I)o. black and colored Velvet ditto
Men’s fine SHOES and PUMPS, Rc.
‘ 2000 pair best quality NEGRO SIT >ES ;
t Which will be sold at cost and charges, by •
1 Taylor tec Scribner, I
On the Bay , opposite die Exchange.
October 31—121
Savannah,
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER , IRO7.
BY THE PRESIDENT
or THE UNITED STATEN OF AMERICA.
A FPOCLAMAFIO.Y.
Whereas information has been received that
a number 01 individuals who have deserted
from the army of the United States, and sought
shelter without the. jurisdiction thereof, have
become sensible of their offrucc, ami at e desir
ous ot returning to their duty, a.full pardon is
hereby proclaimed to each and ad of such in
dividuals as shall, within four months from the
date hereof, surrender themselves to the com
manding officer of any military post witiiiu the
United States, or the territories thereof.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal
ol the United States to be affixed to these. ,
presents, and signed the same with my hand.
■—Done at the city of Washington, the fif
teenth day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven,
and ol the Independence of the United States
of America the thirty-second.
i'll : JEFFERSON.
By the president,
James Madison, Secretary of State.
The United States frigate Constitution, capt.
Campbell, and the sloop of war Wasp, have ar
rived at Boston, from the Mediterranean.
Intelligence liar, been received from the hay
of All-Saints, that the English having attempt
ed an attack upon Buenos Ayres were repelled
by the Spaniards, commanded by general La
niers ; that they lost 1200 men, and were driv
en under ihe walls of Montevideo, w'hich was
i ftcnvarcls blockaded by the Spaniards.— Bal
timore paper.
Charleston October 29.
The arrivals yesterday from New York, in
five days passage. Fought no papers. A gen
tleman who came passenger in one of tire ves
sels, informs us, piat a day or two before he
sailed a vessel had arrived in a short passage
from England, bringing intelligence of the sur
render of Copenhagen, and that the differences
between this couitry and Great Britain were
likely to be adjusted.
Except a small! shower on the Cth of this
month, we have had no rain in this city since
the first days of September, and we are inform-!
ed this has been (he case nearly throughout the
stale In consequence of this unusual drought
the streams andhprings have become very low,
or are dried up. The cattle suffer considerably
for water, and the inland navigation is com-*
pletely at a stand. The Santee and Congar.ee
livers are fordable in many places. This j
drought, though now beginning to be inconve-f
nient, has been very favorable to the rice har- J
vest. It is ascertained that the rice is, this |
year, much heavier, whiter and harder than it J
has been for many years past; and the crops !*
of cotton will also be much whiter than if it had
Seen a wet season. It is said both the crops of
rice and cotton are larger this year than any i
have been for several years past.
Recent advices from Spain state that the 1
crops of wheat have been very bud. In many 1
pans of that country, there has not been more I
reaped than was sowed. Flour, about the last 5
of August, at Algesiras, was eleven dollars ands
a half per barrel, and rising.
A letter from Liverpool of September 9th,
to a mercantile house in New York, contains
the following :
“ Letters from London speak to a certainty
of matters being settled between this country
and America. Messrs Monroe anti Pinckney
have had an audience with the cabinet council,
and all is put straight again. The present mi
nistry are more favourable to America than the
last.”
TRICES CURRENT...SAVANNAH.
Bacon—l3 to 20 cents, scarce.
Bees-Wax—3o to 31
Brandy, Cogniac—3oß to 112 cents.
Corn—7s to 87 cents.
Cotton, Sea-Island—3s cents —no demand
Cotion Bagging——s 6to 62 cents.
Coffee—3o to 32 cents.
Flour—B dolls. 50 els.
Gin, Holland—lo 6 to 108 cents.
Iron. Swedes—6 dollars.
Molasses—3s to 37 cents.
Rice, new—362 to 375 cents.
Rum, Jamaica—•! 10 to 112 cents.
—, Wcst-India—3o to 35 cents.
——, New-Lngland—so cents.
Sugars, brown—Boo to 950 cents.
Salt—s 6 to 62 cents.
I'ea*. Hyson—lo6 to 110 cents.
Tobacco—6 50 to 7 dollars.
PORT OF SAVANNAH.
Arrived, sloop Dolphin, Gale, New-York—
Carpenter 2c Hand.
Sloop Ruth, Fips, New-York—Master.
Sloop Sally, Martin, Providence—Master.
LETTER liAGS,
AT THE EXCHANGE COFFEE-HOUSE.
For New- York —The ship Dartmouth, to sa; 1
on Sunday next.
For Boston — The schooner Three Friend-.
‘.o sail in all this week.
For Charleston —The sloop Favorite, to saii
to-morrow.
B. & C. BROOKS,
Having taken Mr. DAVID STEVENS inter
copartnership, will in future be engaged in tho
Grocery and Commission Business,
on J lay tie's wharf, under the firm of
B. k C. BROOKS & Cos.
They are now receiving the following GOODS\
which will be disposed of for cash , cotton, or
approved paper , as low as they can 6c
obtained in the city,
150 pieces cotton bagging
2000 hufliels ground J „ „
1000 ditto St. Übes 3 ’ i *l l
‘2O hoglheads Mufcovado sugar
50 barrels ditto ditto
2 hogflieads loaf ditto
2.1 barrels ditto ditto
£5 lump ditto
20 cbefts hyfon tea
15 qr. chests ditto
7 Clniiun ditto
25 pipes Holland gin
5 ■■ country ditto
20 brandy
10 hogflieads Boston f
2 -Charlestons RUM
10 tons RuiJla
s— Swedes < IROU
1 country J
1 ton plough mould*
1 fhot -/Totted
1 bar lead
F.nglilh and American fpifl-jowdef
. Cafk.s nails, and trace chains
SO bags coffee...‘JO bags white race singe#
bags pepper and pimento 6
crate. Crockery Ware
a few talks old Sherry of excellent, quality
Madeira Wine in half pipes and qr Cxfks
2 half pipes dry Lisbon
5 qr. calk do. do.
50 boxes Doolittle’s Cand os
60 do. do. Soap
£OO pair Negro hoes
50 kegs manufactured Tobacco
10 boxes aborted Saddles, Bridles and PorttaajJ,
tekus
10 do. Cotton Card No. 10
1000 do. Sheet Iron
£0 do. Negro Pipes
£ do. I nglilli Mustard
3 bales Htmthums
I Vale low priced Yorkfliirc Cloths
1 box Hats, will be fold at a low advance
SO barrels pork
a few calks old Port, bottled, 6 do*, each
2 I*2 dozen low priced shot Guild
Beet’s warranted Axes and Hatchets
Icr t bey have large and convenient stores
for the reception of every kind of produce, and
will continue their services as FAC TORS*
November 3 122.
Small & NPNisli, ~
HAVE RECEIVED ON CONSIGNMENT,
By the schooner Dolphin, Gale, just arrived
from JVeto-York,
31 casks London bottled PORTER
9 do. English do. ALL
WHICH WITH
100 tierces bottled London PORTER, of atv
excellent quality, previously on hand, they offer
for sale on moderate terms, lor cash.
November 3—122
For BOST ON or NF.W-YORK,
. _f**V7c, The Schooner
PE OLUTION,
Captain Joshua 13arti ett;
A fine new vessel, 120 tons urthen, is now ready to
receive a cargo. Fur Freight or Paflage, having good
accommodations, apply to
John Y. White & Cos.
November 3- 122 —a
FORMER SHERIFF’S SALEi
On the first TUESD AY in December next,
Will be fold at the Court- ilolife in Savannah, be
tween the hours of ten and three,
One un nvidrd half part of WHARF LOT, No.
11, bounding welt on Wayne’s, north on the river,
eatt by Caig 8c Mnchtl, foutli onpofitf Eranklirc
new lots ; containing one hundred feet more or lefts
—to be fold by virtue of an ex cution, adminillrato*
and administratrix of John Herb vs T. U. P, Charl
on arid Henry Putnam.
Alio, IA)T No. 37, Columbia Ward, with thrt
improvements thereon—fold by virtue of an execu
tion, Gatterer and Ward vs. Henry Putnam.
T. Robertson, r. s. c. c-
Oftobef 3f— 2t
Georgia. 1 By’ Thomas Bourkc, cleric
L S foftheCourt of Ordinary for life enfru*
Th. Bourke. 1 tv ol Chatham, in the flale afore laid.
WHKHEA 1 Doctor Henry Jatkfon auJ Rich rif
Wall, tq have made application lor letters of ad
mmiltration on th estate and ejects of Thomast
De Maitos Jolmfon, efq. dictated, as principal cre
ditors :
Tliefe are therefore to cite and adMhnilh all ahj
linguatr the kindred and creditors of the deceased to.
lilt their objections (if any they have) m rry office
on or before the cd day of Dtte.mner nexi.oilierwllct
et’ers of admmiftrat'on will be grant*d them,
Giver under tny hand and leal, this *d day of
November, ih the year of oUr Lord one tliou
•f’and eight hundred and seven, and in the
ty lecond year of A> 0-ican I rledendence. 121
Georgia. 1 JJy Thomas Bourkc, clerk
L. S. > Court ■ t Ordinary tor the County of
Th. Bourke. J Chatham, in die hate atorefaid
WHEKKAS Casper fl llman ha. made applida/x
ion for letters of adminiflrarion on the efla e and
effects of Janies Symington, (hop keeper, deceased,
E principal creditor :
These are therefore to cite anil admotiifli all
■ and li’ gular th’ - h wired ar.d creditors of the laid
JecealV.l, to ihe their . bjcftions (if arty they have) in
•ny office, on or bet ol e the 2d December next, other*
wife letters of auiminiftration will be granted, him.
Given under my hand and led, this id day of
November, in the ye at of our Lord one th- u
fai and eight hundred and {’even, and in the jzdl
year ot American Independent*.