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Sheriffs Sales.
0~ theJirct TUESDAY in March vert.
Will be scl.i at the court-house in the t vn of
Jefferson, between the hours of tc:. and three
oYlot k,
A LOT or P , FXF.L of LAND, in the town,
of St. Mary’s, known as a part of lot number
three ; site tie, I- big ami being on \\ heeler
utreet, commencing from an a.ley, and extend
ing or/ hundred tret northwardly, tin ire east
vurdly one hundred feet, thence southwardiy
one hundred feet, to ail idle* , thence \. coward
ly one hhndvc l ’eet, along s . and alley to t ie be
kinnii gcorner—with the benefit of an I'M.'--
TIRED LEA-,K, for p: rtof s lid lot, on which
is erected ft d'-vclling house and kitchen, lately
Owned hi’ Peter Knight, deceased. Lived on
asj.u: properti of IL. nan* ouiter, cs';. to sa
tisfy an execution in favor of Jones and Neely.
Conditions, c isli.
As.*. Holton, i). c. c. *j.
Camden County, Jan. 23— f —11
Sheriff’s Sales.
On the first TL’IvSD \Y in March next,
V: to ne sold at toe court-house, in me t> .. no s
Brunswick, Glynn rountv, between the
hours of 10 and 3‘•’clock,
The following two NEGRO SHAVES, viz.
GEORGE and MARTIN. Lc-v c-d on and to
be. sold as the property of Benjamin Hart, of
Said com.tv, executor of Henjaniin ll trt, dec.
to satisfy a judgment obtained h Vin-domW -
limns, again! the estate of Benjamin Hart, dec.
Also, at the same time and p ace, wjli lie
sold, that well known TR \ I of L IND, t a
St. Simon’s Island, cdied Pile’s Hi.erf c m
t lining five hundred and lift) acres. .ewe l on
and to he sold, as the propert of John .vTKrn
nft, to satisfy a judgment obtained by Bacon
and .Malone, and sujidla other executions.
James Moore, s. c. c.
January 20—11
CojKtrl iß’ishi jj.
The friends and correspondents e.f the late
to-.. John Jackson, Mere hunt of this clu , and
the public generally, are respectfully noli fed,
that the business conducted b- him, will he
c ’ ntinued h ’ the suh.seril ers, unde r the linn < t
J. 11. WHITE, 3c Cos. for themselves and the
widow of Mr. Jackson.
The Stock ir'w on hand is large and general,
C isisting of almost e ery art’cle ol i j V
G IOIfS and HA!!l)\\ \ uli ili they will
bell, either by wholesale r retail.
tutvaKting also, to transact C > >MMISSION
If ‘-‘iN'K -S, they w i .accept w .n pie muse,
m e-xe-cate with faithfulness, the (’’.’(lcrs of
died’ lr.cads.
J. K. White,
Sitvic Whitt*.
January 16 — 7
The subscribers
Being authorised t settle fie commcrc.i and
affairs of the late John Jackson, gee not a i
l<> all indebted to iie • :ril era .:’ie'.i, tiiat they
li vc impowered J. 1„ Win i . “t To. to receive
p iy meats and grant uctpiitt .nr.es,
R. ik. J. Boiton.
January 16 —T
Not ice.
The public are rcspectf dly informed that the
sf i .•.•.•liter will 1 continue the DRU'lfl. tT’.s
li INi.SS, ovl tile pro lice of I’ll \S ■ 1 a,-,
h ’etolbre. K>r i c at e: utce rt favors lie will
fee obliged, while he hopes to merit the n by
(ttr.ct attention.
John W. M *n;!e nhall,
If .’t ‘u’s brick building, on the bay.
January Hi—f
THE COP VRT> li ISHIP OF
]>allbaser Shaffer & Son,
Expires this dav, by mutual consent, Th sc
Who have demands will exhibit them, and th-.se
indebted are requested to make speedy pi. j
jnent to J. \V. Sh a Ki’kh who ia authorised to
ta ttlc all accounts of the concern. They now |
f -.nrit their sincere thanks to their friends and
customers lor their support.
li ilthascr Shaft’ r.
John W. Shufllr.
The Subscriber
k Respectfully informs his Friends ; nil the
V.iic, that the business will be continued as
usual by
John Wm. Shatter.
January I—l
Ten Dollars lor Old Dick.
Ran away, about nine months ago, OLD
DR k .formerly the pvopcrtv of major Navlor,
ot Columbia count) ; h is about fifty wars of
age, marked with the small pox, and the fore
finger on the right hand strait, front a hurt, so
th it he can’t bend it. The above reward will
In paid on dcliieringhim to me, or five dollars
for seeming him in am jail in the st to.
John Cashin, Augusta.
N. B. lie was seen, a few weeks ago, on .-skul
4way island, by Mr. Casterson.
January 23 —U)
Twenty Dollars Reward,
Runaway yesterday, a NEGRO FELLOW
named Hi about five feet six inches high,
twentv-tvvo v ears ot age, vellowish complexion,
remarkably smart and well spoken. Had on’
■when he went away, a round-jacket of blue
Cloth, and pantaloons of black v elvet. Having
r..cried oil’sundry other chxithing, in all pro-I
Nubility will ehange his dress, and perhaps his
name. He was lately brought from Burke
eouniy, and it is stnu.glv suspected, w ill attempt
to get on board of some vessel.
AH masters of vessels, and others, are here
by cautioned against earning him olf, employ
ing or harbouring him. The abov e reward, and
re. .suitable charges, will be allowed for his ap
prehension and lodgement in any goal of this
ttate.on giving information to
John Spence,
Burke county. ,
January 19—a*—s
Blank W arrants of V'oraisement. i
V t dale at this office.
. ton. SMITH OF OHIO.
REPORT OF TH COMMITTEE.
[COKC LUDED.]
Those parts of the fifth and sixth articles
amendatory to the constitution, upon which
the report in the Case of Mr. Mai shall appears
to rely for taking away the jurisdictiofi of the
1 senate, your committee suppose,can only be
understood as referring to prosecutions at law.
To suppose that they were intended as restric
tions upon powers expressly granted by the
corns notion to the legislature or either of its
blanches, would in manner annihilate the
power of impeachment, as well as that of ex
, pulsion. It would,lead to the yibaurd cnnclu
| sion, tltat the authority given for t lie purpose of
I removing iniquity from the seats oi power,
J should be denied is exercise, in precisely those
! cases which most loudly call for its energies.
1 would present the singiilut spectacle of a
; legislature vested with powers of expelling its
I menlbei s, of impeaching, removing and dis
‘ qualifying public oflicers. for trivial transgres
sions beneath the cognizance of the law, yet
. foi bidden to exert them against capital or in
famous ci irnes.
! Those two articles were in substance bor
> rowed from similar regulations contained in
that justly celebrated statute.which for so many
ages has been distingushed by the name ofthc
great Charter of England. Yet in that coun
try, where they are recognized as the most so
lid foundations of the liberties of the nation,
they lmv ; never been considered as interfer
ring wi h the power of expelling a member,
exercised at all times by the house of com
mons ; power which there however rests on
ly upon parlamciitary usage, and has never
bee;: bestowed as in the constitution ofthc Uni
ted Stales by an act of supreme legislation.
From a number ol precedents which have been
consulted, it is found that the exercise of this
auihoiity theic has always been discretionary,
and its process always far otherwise compend
ious, than it; the piosecutions before the judi
cial com is. So far indeed have they been
from supposing a conviction at-lav necessary
to precede a vote ot expulsion, dint in one in
stance ~ ‘csoluuon t<> demand a prefleumibn
appears iinn efliate-ly atuu the adoption of ipe
resolution to vxpel lo uumerous cases iji;-
member submits tu examination, sul luues eii
dence in his favor, and Ins evidence produced
against him with or without formal authenti
cation ; aid the discretion ofthc louse is not
even ••stria ed by he necessary concurrence of ,
more than , lirn'e majority of the votes.
I lie provi dr.n in our constitution which for
bids the expulsion of a member, by ,tn ordinary
majority, and requires for this act of rigotous
aiui painful duty, the assent of two thirds, youi
rommiuee consider as a wise and sufficient
guard against the possible abuse of this legis
lative discretion In times of heat and violent
pav y spi.it. the rights of the minority might
ooi always he duly respected ii a bare majority
could expel their members, under no other
controul than that of their own discretion. The
operation of this rule is of great efficacy, both
o'er the proceedings of the whole body, and
o’ er the conduct of every individual member.
i'ne times when the most violent struggles of
contending names occur, when the conflict of
opposite passions is most prone to excess, ate
precisely the times when the numbers arc most
equally divided. When the majority amounts
to two thirds, the security in its own strength
is of itself a guard against extraordinary stretch
es of power. When the minority dwindles to
the proportion of one third, its consciousness
of weakness dissuades from any attempts to
encro ich upon the tights ofthc majority, v. Inch
might provoke retaliation. But if expulsion
wero admissible only as a sequel to the i. sue
of a legal nrosecution, or upon the same prin
ciples and forms of testimony which are estab
lished in the criminal courts, your committee
can see no possible reason why it should be
rendered stiil mine imbecile by the requisition
of tw ) thirds to give it effect.
li is now the duty d'vour committee to ap
ply the principle* which Alley have here ep
deavpi ed iq settle and JP Jhf pai'iieh- i
lu’case upon which,tfm senate have directed :
to report. The bill ol indictment fpitpcl:against ‘
Mr. S iiith. at thp late session of the circuit
court of live United Stales, at Richmond (copifs
of which are herewith i.ubijmted') trc precisely
similar to those found against Aaron Burr
From the. volume of panted evidence commu
nicated by the president of the United States to
congress, relating to the trial of Aaron Burr,
it appears, that a great part ofthc testimony
which was essential to his conviction upon the
indictment for treason was withheld from the
jury, upon an opinion of the court that Aaron
Burr, not having bee npresent at the overt act
of treason alledged in the indictment, no testi
mony relative to his conduct or declarations
elsewhere., and subsequent to the transactions
on Blannerhassett’s island, could be admitted—
audio consequence of this suppression of evi
(lencc, the traverse jury found a verdict, “that
Aaron Burr was not proved to he guilty under
that indictment by any evidence submitted to
them.” It was also an opinion ol the court,
that none ofthc transactions of which evidence
was given on the trials ot A. Burr did amount
to an overt act of levying -.var. and of course
that they did not amount to treason. These
decisions forming the basis of the issue upon
the trials of Burr, anticipated the events which
must have awaited the trials ofthc bills against
Mr. Smith, who, from the circumstances of bis
case, must have been entitled to the benefit of
their application :—they were the sole induce
ment* upon which the counsel for the United
States alwndoned ihe proscctjhcu against him.
Your committee arc not disposed now to
question the correctness >f these derisions, on
a case of treasury before a court of criminal ju
risdiction. But whether the transactions prov
ed against Aaron Burr did or did not amount
in technical language to an overt act of levying
war. your committee have not a scruple of
doubt upon their minds, that but for the vigi
lance and energy ofthc government, and of
faithful citizens under its directon, in arrest
ing tfielr nrogresS, arid in crushing hisde-agns.
they would, in a very short lapse of time, have
terminated not only in war. hut in war of the
most horrible description—in war at once fo
reign and domestic. As little hesitation have
your committee in saying, that if the day light
of evidence, combining one vast complicated
intention with overt acts innumerable, be not
excluded from the mind by the curtain of arti
ficial rules, the simplest understanding cannot
but see, what the subtlest understanding can
not disguise—crimes, before which ordinary
Treason whitens into virtue—crimes, of which
war is the mildest feature. The dcbauchment
of out* army—the plunder and devastation
of our own and of foreign territories—the dis
solution of our national uiiion, and the root of
imenmnufilc civil war, were hut ti e means of
individual aggrandizement—the stejis to pro
jected usurpation. If thejingenuity of a dxmon
were tusked to weave into one composition all
the great moral and political evils which could
be inflicted upon the people of those states, it
could produce nothing more tlvan a texture of
w ar, dismemberment and despotism. Os the.-e
designs, a grand jury, composed of characters
as respectable as this nation can boast, have, up
on the solemnity of their oaths, charged John
Smith with being an accomplice. The rea
sons upon which the trial of this charge lias not
been submitted to the verdict of a jury, have
been shewn by your committee, and are proved
by the letter from the attorney of the United
Stales for the district of Virginia, herewith te
portetf. And your committee are of opinion
that the dereliction of the prosecution,on these
grounds, cannot, in the slightest degree, teinove
the imputations which the accusation of the
grand jury have brought to the door of Mr.
Smith. > 1
Your committee will not permit themselves ‘
to comment on the testimony which they sub- ;
mil herewith to the senate —nor upon the an
swers which Mr. Smith has given as sufficient
for his justification. Desirous as the commit
tee have been that this justification might be
complete ; anxiously as hey wished for an op- j
port unity of declaring their belief of his inno
cence ; they can neither control nor dissemble :
tne operation of the evidence upon their minds, j
and however paintul to their feelings, they find
themselves compelled by a sense oi duty, p- ”a
inhimr to every ot tier consideration, to submit
to ihe sedate, for their consideration, the fol
lowing resolution.
ilrHoivell, That John Smith, a senator from
the state of Ohio, by bis participatiem in the
conspiracy of Aaron Burr, against the /icace,
union, and liberties of the people ot the Uni’ ed
States, has been guilty of conduct incompatible
with his duty and station as a senator of the
United State.., and that he be- tneiefor, and
hereby is expelled from the senate of ihe Unit
ed .'tales.
The senate yesterday took up the report in !
the ease of John Smith. ;
Me. Adams then called the attention of the ’
sena'c to a letter received on Monday, from \
Mr. Smith, in which he intiinati s ihe expecta- ;
lion of being allowed counsel, anil compulsory ;
process for witness. 1
When this letter w as read, Mr. Smith made J
the following applications :
1. To be informed specifically oltlie charges (
against him. j
2. To be allowed process to compel the at- •
tendance of witnesses.
3. Aral to be allow ed the privilege of being
heard by counsel.
Mr. Adams concisely assigned his reasons
against a compliance with the tw., first requests,
and intimated his acquiescence in the last.
Ho was followed by Mr. Afitchiil, who ex
pressed similar sentiments with Mr. Adams.
Mr. flillhouse considered the only point, at
present proper la be decided, was that which
respected the allowance of counsel. This pri
vilege being granted, such other steps us might :
be Yiecessary couid betaken. With this im 1
pression he moved that John Smith of Ohio be ,
heard by counsel not exceeding two. j
Mr. Adams moved to amend this motion by
.adding “ to shew cause why the report of the
comiuitiee should noi be adopted.”
Mr. Bayard followed, at considerable length, 1
in defence ot the right of an accused senator, j
not merely to he heard by counsel, but like
wise to have the benefit ol testimony, by com
pulsory process. He likewise strenuously con
tended that the only testimony on which the
senate could art must be legal testimony, such
testimony as would be received in a court cf
law
He was followed by Mr. Adams, who con
tended that the senate, on the question of ex
pulsion, was not bound by the rigid rules of a
court of law, but were vested by the constitu
tion with a sound discretion. Air. A. refrained
from any thing beyond an incidental notice of
the argument ot Mr. Bayard, considering it al
togeriier inelevant to the question before the
senate. i
■Messrs. Anderson and Giles took similar
ground with Mr. Adams : and Mr. Hillhouse
with Mr. Bayard. j
Mr. S. Smith, (lest an incorrect impression
might be made on the public mind) called for
the yeas and nays, to shew that, notwithstanding
the longspeechofthe gentleman from Delaware,
there was no diversity of opinion in the senate j
on the question before them.
Mr. Bayard spoke again at some length in’
vindication of the remarks previously made by
him,
When the vice-president called the atten
tion of the senate to the real question under
consideration, and intimated his expectation
that gentlemen would confine themselves to it.
Mr. Pope presumed that, after this admoni
tion from the chair, it would be out of order to
reply to the remarks of Mr. Buyu.nl, which he
should otherwise have noticed.
The question was then taken on the resolu
tion offered by Mr. Hillhouse, and amended, at
the instance of Mr. Adams (in which amend
ment Mr. 11. acquiesced) and carried, by a una
nimous vote.
nfficn Wednesday was assigned for healing
Mr. Smith by counsel. :
iits ;{. in.eli.gr.. r.'.
We some lime since, to guard against mis
conccp'.ion, deemed it our duty, in noticing an
artieieia the Norfolk Public Ledger, n l itive
to a lriohch,seaman who had deserted from
the Patriot, to observe, that admitting thei • t-;
to be correctly stated in that print, v.e presu
med that but little difficulty could arise in u<i
jusf'ng the ground >of difference, from the es
tablished usage of our government in like c i
tes, which has boon, oil a demand for do-.ru
ers on board of a national vessel, where it i.
satisfactorily shewn that they ale not Ameri
can citizens, to treier their discharge.
The Ledger, in honoring this article with
republication, vus pleased to pronounce it/ ■-
4 uliicai in manner, and without foundation in
truth. Accustomed to respect the compara
tive ly decent, and even urbane language ol ibis
print, we were net a little sm prised to perceive
in it such a flagrant dereliction of decorum.
And how. forsooth, did the editor atteo.pt to
establish the charge of a destitution of truth ?
By the assertion that our government has in
no instance surrendered a British deserter.
‘1 hus confounding the terms discharge and sur
rt wliicn, it must be obvious to the mean
est capacity, convey distinct and even opposite
ideas. The little respect felt for an under
standing that Could surrender hselfi to stall
confusion of hleas, we imagined would he best
manifested by silence.
The Unit* and States’ Gazette went, stiil fur
ther, V\ iih characteristic arrogance and fel
ly, it observed— ■■ of all the wicked and atro
cious falsehoods, which our duty compels i;s
from time to lime to expose, the foliowium is
one of the most impudent.” [Referring ti>
the article in the National Intelligencer.] It*
the malignant aspersions of the editor against
the administration, lie falls into the same egre
gious folly with the Public Ledger, ricxrou*-
lv substituting the word surrender for tne won!
disc/ia ge, and thus enjoying a great, though
imaginary, triumph.
Now, reader, what think you of the following
article, taken verbatim from the Public Ledger
of the 28th lilt. the. very paper that so rashly
pronounced the article in the National Intelli
gencer unfounded in truth.
“ We understand, from very respectable au
thority, that orders have been recent hi issued
t-J all naval commanders in the service of the
United States directing, that they arc to dis
charge from under their respective commands
all foreign r-earnen, which they shall lie sati.-
fied are.deserters from any foreign service. It.
is, we presume, in consequence of these or
ders, ‘hat two men have been discharged from
the Chesapeake within a lew days jiast, one a
British seaman, and the other the French sea
man who was particularly noticed by us ashore
time since. •
“ We arc happy to perceive that our govern
ment is sensible that the employment of de
serters from foreign service is wrong, and al
though this order cannot remedy the mischief
which has happened, it may be the means of
preventing future mischief.
“ L is true the present order does not autho
rize tiie delivery of the seamen to the otfi< er
demanding them, it however goes far enough
as relates to the conduct of the American offi
cer. The delivery of deserters to the nation
they belong to, is a matte’- of special i ego< iu
lion, or legislative authority. In this state, it
would be in the teeth of a positive penal sta
tute.”
Here is a complete verification, from the
month of an adversary, of the justness of cur
statement. The-regald to truth, which indu
ced he editor to make this statement, should
likewise have dictated to him the justice oi ro
ll acting Ihe unfounded imputation east on roe
article in the National Intelligencer. VYc can
scarcely flatter ourselves that this notice v. hi
receive any attention from federal editors, or
that they w ho have rashly pronounced without
knowledge will have the candor to acknow
ledge their error when detected, as this does
not appear, in their opinion, to farm any part of
their duty. It will, however, be an evidence to
our readers of an observance on our part of
that truth, which it ever lias been, and ever
shall be, our highest ambition not to violate.
Dr. Mitchill has, we understand, received
from Mr. Warden, secretary of the American
legation at Paris, and M tie Lasteyvies, of the
same place, an account of anew discovery, de
nominated Lithography, or the art of multiply
ing copies of drawings and manuscripts, by
means of a peculiar stone, lately discovered
tor. Andre has received a patent for his im
provement in this art. The kind of stone
used is found in Franconia, and also in the neigh
borhood ot Paris. The process adopted is as
follows:
Ink is make of a peculiar composition, which
is used by means of a pen, which traces the
characters on the stone in the ordinary way -
The stone, which ought to be very smooth and
even, is then immersed in water, w hich rendeis
its surface moist. In this state it is struck with
a printer’s bail, the ink attaches itself to the
traces made with the pen, and not to the other
parts of the stone. It is then covered with m
sheet of moistened paper, which is passed un
der a roller, by which a counter-proof of the
original is obtained. Four or five thousand
copies may be obtained from the same engrav
ing. Great benefits are anticipated from this
discovery.
Dr. Mitchill basin his possession one of these
stones, together with a sample ofthc ink used ;
and we hope soon to be apprised of the result
of the experiments w hich shall be tried.
NOTIC F.
A LLperfonshavinp any demands ag.rind the efttate*
L \ of 1 homas Smith, and Thomas and William Smith,
late of the citv of Savannah, merchants, are requeued
•o render the fame duly attested, to Atton Pemberton }
and those indebted to laid estates, are requelled to fettle
with him. he being authorifed to receive payments and
give acquittance*therefor.
Susan M. Smith, Adrr'rx.
Atlun Pembutotij JJm'r.
September 1, 9"}