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mor'uls, wis corrrLr. 1 fay so ‘
now. But did I fay the whole
information contained in them,
w : -h ‘he coloring, was true ?
Gentlemen will bear me witneh
that I laid I d;d not believe the
fafts .'oold be proved •, out that
there was ground enough to jus
tify the going, into an enquiry.
New dsiothe information allu
ded to. 1 received no informa
tion myftlf from New-Yurk—
The in.ormation ra ne to a gen
tleman on this floor. Was it
for me to bring this information
before the hotife. Other gen
tlemen had the fame information.
I have said these things as a rea
son for not being two j recipi
titr. Such conduct will look
as if we were influenced bv im
proper mo ‘.vet. In what l have
laid I by no t .cans mean to give
a lanclion to tl.e n e.noiials.
Mr. Mumford. On the ift of
February l appl ed to the col-
Ictflor of New-York. He de
i laiccf he dl l not ki ow the real
clrllrnaticn of the Lea ruler fhehaii
cleared out for Ja<q’.ie ce). ihe
2d February, the L.eandcr faded
Iru'u the watering place at Sta
ten lflrnd. Her Animation was
the common lubjeft of conver
faiian. Some luppof.'d it was
to one place, and fume to ano
ther ; but it was generally con
jcdlurcd to be a Biitilh expedi
tio.. Jt was common conversa
tion that Miranda had brought
with him a credit on Gnat Bri
tain, and 1 have fmee been in
formed he drew a bill on one of
the la r e Britilh adminillration.
Shortly after I heard of the
proiecutiow; but I never ima
gined the au.r.i ultra.ion had any
thing to do with the expedition.
Mr. Quncy said, in the re
marks he had offered ne had on
ly meant to lay there had been
‘an extraordinary equipment and
arming in fie ha dor of Ntw-
Yoi k. He ud not mean to
pledge hniilelf as to the know
ledge oi the dcitmacicn, or to the
tnher tadt, whether there was
time for (he adminiltration to
have prevented it;
[Mr. jaekfon. The geu.h
r\ n did lay io ]
Mr. Such Is my irn
prclTion ui piclcnt, but l am nor
certu.n of it. Since I role, 1
have underltood that after th s
info, maiion w.is received, an
•aiteuip was made by the tx-cu
t.ve io Hop the vtflcl. In ma
king the lemarks I have cfFcred.
1 v.id not mean to criminate the
adminiltration. If my wo ds
bore luch a meaning, 1 withdraw
them. £udi was not my inten
tion.
Mr. Buluv'i Lid, ti c rremc
rials referred to two fubjrds.
On the firll, the memorulilL
iLcr that the? have been indift
tci for an t./Ttnre, and re; refem
terrain tafls, whi>:h they lay art:
in thrir favor—they lay the io
chdl.ocnt is tiejeiiding—this is
beg in the c;ile. That while
tl.ele taCts it tiuin (o he triedbt-
I, re a tribun. i of where
the whole benefit ol evidence
n av be made ufeofrirher in jus
t fitation or tkflruilion of tl.e
charges, that the memorialifts
lhouid resort to a petition of his
nature on tlte Lft day of the les
flon, is inofl ex.raordin.iry ; and
for the hotife to undertake to de
cide a queflton now peudir g be
foie a touri ai>d jury, beLie
whom any wttm lies may b j sum
-11 01 ed, would be Hill more ex
traordinary. Tne o her lubjeil
relates to the conduct of the
juogtt m th.s paiticular cale. ll
when 1 his calc lnall be ultimace-
Iv decided, the trem. rulitls
shall think thcmlclves aggrieved,
it will be time enough to come
forwA.d with their complaint.
Air. k<rly. Ihe meinorials
have b- tn presented at a time
a> and under cireumltan cs so cx
traori.inary, a* in my opinion,
to call tor, at the hands of this
huulc, lo:nettling more than is
Contained in the motion of the
gentleman from Kentucky.
Tiidc peculiam.es of time and
circunutanTC have been already
I.o, iced by diflertiH gent’rmen,
that they cannot ffcane the attention of
any. I (hall not, therefore, detain the
honfe with any arguments, or with a de
tail of them. I rife for the purpose of
offering a refutation which I thir.k the
occufion calls for, and in favor of which
1 hope the gentleman from Kentucky
will withdraw hi* motion.
Mr. Early then offend the following
reft!mion :
R solved, That the charges contained
in the memorials of S. G- Ogden and
William Smith are, in the opinion of
this house, unsupported by any evidence
vv'iich io the lealt degree criminates the
executive government of this country—
that the said memorials appear to have
been presented at a time and under cir
tnmftances, insidiously calculated to ex
cite unjust suspicions in the minds of the
good people of this nation aj/aii.il tht
txifting adminillration of the general go.
vernment—and ihat it would be highly
improper in this house to take any dtp
which might influence or pitjudiee a
cause now depending in ?. legal tribunal
of the U. S.—Therefore, resolved, that
the said memorials be hy the clerk of
this house returned to those from whom
they came.
Mr. I.yon withdrew his motion.
Mr. Clark said this resolution was
fufeeptibk o( deriCoo, He litd no ob
jf-Cti >n to the latter part of it, but he
did r.ot v. ilh to give a hally decision on
the former, as he was not acquainted
with ail the circutnttances referred to.
He would therefore move to flrike out
the btlt part ol thr resolution.
Mr. Smilie. We arc now to give a
vote whether thefr charges are true or
not. Believing them to be untrue, I
shall vote agamlt the motion to strike
out.
Mr. Clark. Ido not believe they are
true. But it is not proper to condemn
a cause unheard. These men think
thtmtelvis aggrieved—they set forth
certain charges, and we at once give
our opinion that they arc falfe. 1 can
iut-t a, rceto this course.
O
Vlr. Liana. These memorials contain
a iatement of certain fatts in the nature
ot allegations againll certain officers in
tlis government. V, hentver allegations
of this kind are made, Inch language
oight to be ufetl as is bed adapted to
c.nvvy tiie ideas of the petitioners.
Th;fe memorials contain two things,
li the firtt place, they charge the execu
tive ut the United States with a particr
[ut ion in Miianda’s expedition. As to
tliis charge, l am fully sensible of tbe
itipropucty of the house interfering.
Under a law of the United States the
equipment of a veil'd agair.lt a power
with which we arc at peace is coniidcred
a. a miidcmeaucr punilhcd by tine and
inipnfjnnient ; and if general Miranda
milled these men under a belief that the
pufidcnl or leerctary ofitate did coun
tenance, though in iact they did not,
• his enterprize, they may, if found gud
tv by a jury, avail themfeives of this
circumitauci, in mitigation of their line
and impnfonment. It dots not b come
i hia tioufe by any declaration to give an
opinion on tins point either one way or
another. On tne other point relative to
the conduct of the judge, i am not so
iati. fied relative to the course to be per
illed. Is not every man accused entitled
to a fair trial ? and if the charges are
true, and the man guilty, and yet the
judge lias erred-—he has abused bis an
thority. I will not fay perversely, but
he has not pursued tne uiuai course
of adminillering criminal justice. As to
this part of the memorial, therefore, 1
am willing it ihould lie on the table ;
while I am perfe&ly ready as to that
part which rctpeCts the executive to re
j .if it.
Mr. jf/cKimJer. I wifli to be infor
med„ofthe correfintfs of niy impref&on
l halt he mover of the memorial prayed it
Ihould he printed. Before tbe house
give their confcnt to pubiilh such a volu
minous piece of calumny, I Ihould be
glad to hear fome reason aiTigned for it.
At firlt hlufh, as has been reprelented by
the gentleman from New-York, this ap
pears to be an unjuil and unearned at’
tempt to obtain the interference of this
h- life. 1 Ihould be glad gentlemen
w >u and show us any csfe in wiiic i it would
be rij;ht for this house to interfere while
it is Ctrvn juice.
Mr. Alexander concluded with fug
grfting a modification of the motion ot
Mr. Lariy, which he afterwards with
drew.
Mr. Cari likewise withdrew his a
incndmrnt.
Mr. Maftrrt. It is the firft time le
ver heard ot a dcfcnd int under an indict
ment tor a public off.nce, petitioning the
Hi prefrntatives of the people to inter
fere and arrelt him from public justice.
It is a kind of imputation on this
home.
The petitioner is accufcd of a breach
of the law, and is called on to answer
th’ t accusation before the proper forum ;
it does not belong to this house to inter
fere with that tribunal; the contl tution
has set apart and defined tbe different
powers.
The memorialitU attempt to criminate
the adminillration* The adminitiration
are not on a trial before this house. If
the diflrkd judge in the course of the ex
amination and trial, ads corruptly, there
ia a proper time and manner of bringing
him conifitutionally before this houte.—
We ought not to countenance the defen
dants endeavors to calf an odium on the
court before wham the trial is depending
and the petition ought to be dismissed,
in ftrongcr language than is cxprciTcd in
the refolutioti.
Mr. ‘J. Randolph asked for a division
■if .lu- Vfolmion down to. the word
Mr Clark said he really felt for the
dignity of the house—he had no he fit at i
on to fay that the petition was unsup
ported hy e Jence. But the journals
would show that this was not the firft
iinftance that (i-nilar petitions had been
i aided upon. Tae petitioners thought
Hnemfelvtj injured, and had a right to
| call for redress. In order to get rid ol
this difficulty he moved the previous
queltion.
Mr. yack/on, alked the yeas and nays,
which were taken on the previous ques
tion, “ (hall the main question be now
put,”—Yeas 74 —Nayß 15.
The queltion was then taken on a.
greeing to the firft member of the resolu
tion—Yeas 75. —Nays 8.
The yeas and nays on the second mem.
ber of the resolution were—Yeas 70 —
Nays 13.
The house were unanimous in their
vote on the third member of their reso
lution.
The yeas and nays on the last member
of the resolution were—Yeas 71 —Nays
4
When the whole resolution was a
greed to —Ayes 65 .
In COUNCIL,
Savannah, i(ah I*o6.
WHEREAS the Election of Al
dermen for the several Wards
in this city, will take place on Monday,
the 7<.h day of July next,
Rrfolved, That the following peifons
be, and they are hereby appointed ma
nagers to fuperinteud the election of A1
dermen—viz s
Willian H. Spencer, T For Oglethorpe
Peter Shick, J.
George L. Cope. J Waid
John Caig, 1
Johu Camming, 1 For Franklin.
John Shick, J
Joseph Rice, “l
Frederick Herb, >■ For Decker.
Uaac Minis, J
Oliver Sturgfs, J
Motes Sheftall, For Heathcotc.
Jos. E. White, J
Edward Stebbins, J
John W. Shaffer, l For Darby.
John Gardiner, J
John Lrickell, J
Nichol Turnbull, l For Percival.
James Johntton, jun: J
James B Read, J
John Bacon, For Reynolds.
John Miller, J
William A, Moore, f
John Y. White, > For Anson.
Wm. I. Spencer, )
Edward Swarbreck, J
George Millen, For Warren.
I'. M. Woodbridgt, J
John Tebeau, J
Robert Moore, f For Washington.
George Meyers. J
Edward White, J
f W. Rodman, i For Green and
P. I). Woolhopter, J Columbia.
Frederick Shaffer,
John Cooper, For Liberty and
Asa Hoxey, Elbert.
And that the following be the places
tor holding ihe elections.
Oglethorpe Ward, at Andrew’s meeting
house.
Franklin ditto, at the Baptist church.
Decker ditto, at the Market house.
Hcatbcote ditto at the Presbyterian
church.
Darby ditto, at the Exchange.
Percival ditto, at the Com Choufe.
Reynolds ditto, at the Filature.
Anson ditto, at Mr. Frederick Longs.
Warren ditto, at the Markerhoute.
Washington ditto, at Mr. B. Shaffer’s
vacant house.
Gieen and Columbia ditto, at the Me
thodift Meeting house.
Liberty and Elbert ditto, at the Roman
Catholic Church.
Ordered, That the foregoing be pub
lilhed in the Gazettes of this city.
Exit acl from the Minutes .
j. F. iioiles, c. c.
June 20 8j
Notice: is Hereby Given,
TU\ r the fallowing lots, viz.
Columbia IVar t —No. 8,11
C eene 6, 11, 12
Elbert Ward —No. 27,
Will be fold, on Thursday the 26th
inll. at the Court-houle, in this city be
tween the hours of io and 3 o’clock, for
arrtars of rent.
By order of Council.
CHRLLS COPE, C. M.
June 16. 84.
A. Scribner , Cos.
RESPECTFULLY inform their
friends and the public in general, that
they have received by the latelt arrivals
from New-York,
A Complete ufortment of
BOOTS AND SHOES',
Os the frj! quality.
With a variety of other articles, which
they offer low forcafh, at their (lore on
the Bay, opposite the Exchange, and next
de>or to Dr. Berthelot. £May 3°- 97
AO NAVE NT URE !
THIS elegant retreat, about foui
miles from Savannah, on WaiTaw river,
is offered on a lease for fix or seven
years, for the benefit of the heir, a mi
nor, on terms that will suit those incli
ned to possess so valuabl a piece of
ground, as well calculated for health as
for pleasure and profit. Apply to
arm. STEPHENS, l ..
A. TURNBULL, 5 °
Augatl 9 *
Fiom the London Monthly Magazine.
TO THE EDITORS.
I request you to publish in your Jour
nal the following cefcriptton of a ntwly
Jifcovered island in the South Sea, which
was fieen by captain Sowle, in the Ame
rican ship Palmyra, of Providence, (r.
1.) on tl.e iO’.h of November, iB O2 .
As the weather was fine that day at
noon, he had an observation of the fun’s
altitude, by v. i:b the latitude is accu
rately afeertained ; and as he took his
departure from Christmas Island, and a
gentle wellerly wind, it is fcarcelj p o f.
lible there can be an error in the ongi
tude, even of two or three miles.
This island lies out of the track o moil
navigators, who pass either from Ameri
ca to Asia, or from Asia to Atmrica ;
and till lately English whalers havt been
prohibited fifhing in that quarter, which
accounts for its not having been fen be
fore ; it is however probable that there
are ftveral other islands in the faae di
rection. Capt. Sowle thinks he raffed
one the day before, as he saw nany
birds, and immagiaed he heard bre&ers;
but the weather being very bazj, he
could not either fee rocks or land.
1 am, fir, your’s, See.
WILLIAM JACOB.
Palmyra island is iituate in lat. s*, 42,
N. and in long. 163, 23, W. from Lon
don ; it is about three leagues in extent;
there are two lagoons on it in the weft
ernruoff of which are twenty fathoms of
water, with a fine Tandy bot*om. It is
veiy dangerous to approach the western
part of the island, on account of the
coral rocks which are jiff below the fur
face of the water, and extend to the
Alliance of three or four leagues from the
shore.
The eastern part terminates in a deep
reef ol coral, over which the sea breaks
with considerable force.
On the north-weft fide there is good
anchoring ground, about three quarters
of a mile from the breakers, in 18 fath
oms water, on a coral bottom.
There are no inhabitants on the island
nor any frefh water found; but cocoa
nuts ot a large lize are in jreat abund
ance : and iifli of various kinds, and in
large shoals, surrounded the land.
A great quantity of drift-wood lay on
the beach, which enabled those who land
ed to afeertain that the rife of the tide
was about eighteen inches.
RICHMOND, {Fir.) June 9.
Yelterday departed tliis life, after a
few days indifpofiiion, the aged and vene
rable Chancellor of Virginia. a
bout 10 o’clock, the tolling bell proclai
med the melancholly truth, that the foul
of this legal v teran lia l taken its depar
ture forever—and although the event was
hourly expected, it seems to have ltruck.
a damp into every department of our fa
ciety. To his country at large, the loss
of this great man must be a fourcc ‘of se
vere and bitter regret, we view him in
public or private, for in either situation,
his equal was rarely to be met. with—For
very many years he filled the dignified
office of Chancellor of this slate, with
great honor to himlelf and laftiag bene
fit to his country. His great perferve
ance, and unabated ardor, in difc'iarging
the important duties of his Ration ; bis
inflexible and incorruptible integrity, ren
dered him utterly incapable of permitting
any other consideration to prevail in his
bread, over the sacred regard everjdue to
justice. His great excellency as a
judge, and his exuniive legal science, are
too well known to be recorded here,, or
ever to be doubted. Asa politician let
it be remembered, as adding luftre to the
cause he espoused, that he was a republi
can. When all the efforts of legal tyran
uy were employed to overthrow the li
berti sos Ins country, he’ flood forth as
one of its defenders ; and while his co-o
peration 111 favor of the revolution was
bold, firm, and vigorous, it was eminently
uieful He has ever been diftmguilhed
by his intrepid and manly opposition to
the eucroactii.ients of tyranny ; and when
the attempt was made to bind the genius
of the nation in the tetter sos despot fm,
his condutl evinced that he devoutly
wiflied its force might be (battered againlt
the i’acred armor of that virtue, and new
born freedom, which it boasted to de.
ftroy. When the dawa of the revoluti.
on firft broke forth in hi3 native llate, he
was among the moil hardy to hail its rife
aud bless its progress.
The venerable WYTHE was indeed
a patriot. In private life, his conduCt
was truly laudable ; it was spent in the
pra&ice of social virtues, and in the en
joyment of much domestic felicity. Al
though rigidly tt-operate in his habits of
life, he delighted io the company of a
few feleCl friends ; and no man ever pos
felled a higher charader in private life.
Simple and unaffumiug in his manners,
with a gooduefs of heart which fraud
and cunning too J'uccefs ttfly made the dupes
of their artifice , He was elteemed and
beloved by all who had the happinefsof
a personal acquaintance—Wit, he never
aimed at, beeaufe he did not possess it ;
he had a turn ot mind too lofty for hu
mour ; and though he did not ‘‘ set the
table in a roar,” or dazzle with the ra
diance of fancy, he diftufed around his
hospitable manlion, the mild champs of
good humour and unassuming gentleness.
In literature, he was in fome things not
unlike Johnson he admired nothing so
much as the display of a keen diferimi
nation of human characters, a just appre
henfiou of the principles of modern ac
tion, and that vigorous common leiifc,
which is the molt happily applicable to
the conduct of human life ; he delighted
tn the refinement, the subtleties, the al>-
ftra ions, th; ass. ctions of ancient The
ra’u-e ; and in companion with thrfi;
dtfo*Te.l toe grossness of modern talte,
and common affairs, He seemed to
think learning and feience of little value,
except so far as they could be mace
subservient to the purposes of living life
fully and happily with the world upon
its own terms. His favorite science
taught him to look down with contempt
upon all sublunary and modern things,
and to fit life to literature and philoso
phy, and not literature and philosophy
to life. He was fond of deep research
and indefatigable iuduftry, and to the
service of his country he devoted his
whole life. A fliort period before his
death, he acknowledged his belief in the
holy law, and added to his other quali
fications that of a sincere chriitian.
Such is the man which death ha: rob
bed us of. May they who fucceedL
him emulate the virtues of their iilus.
triou* piedectff ir.
The following is the order of peaces,
fion which took place for the interment
of George Wythe, late judge of .he
htgn court of chancery for the Rich
mond diftrid.
A funeral oration was delivered at the
capitol, in the hall of the house of de
legates, yesterday, at four o’clock r w.
by William Mumford, elq ; after which,
the procelfion commenced in the follow.
■ mg order ;
1 The Clergymen and Orator of the
day.
THE CORPSE.
PiiyfK ians.
%e Executors and Relations cf the de
ceased.
The Judges.
Members of t ie Bar.
The Officers of the High Court of
Chancery.
The Governor and Counci.
Other Officers of Governmert.
The Mayor, Aldermen and Cctnmoß
Council of the city of Riehmoid.
Citizens.
FINAL NOTICE.
TO the Citizens of Sa
vannah, and the in
habitants of the four Dif
irirts of Chatham Count}'-.
That executions are mak
ing out every day, againit
all thole that are in arrears
for taxes, due some time
pah, for 1804 and 1805 ;
and they are also informed,
that the taxes paid in office,
are one haif less, than when
executions are placed in the
hands of the Sheriffof Chat
ham County for col.etlion*
as the law direfts.
PETER DXVEAUX,
Tax C C.C.
Tar Col’('B'r , s Office, ,
16 ih ‘June, 1806. >l
NOT I C £.
YY/HEREAS a certain traift
W of. Land of tour hundred
and thirty acres, joining the Or
phan Houle Plantation, is ad
vertised tor sale by the Deputy-
Sheriff of Chatham County, lev
ied on as the property of Eman
uel Rengill. Now this is to cau
tion ail perldns agatnft purchas
ing the laid tra&, as Emanuel
Kcngill owns buc one undivided
fifth part of said land, (in righc
of his wife.)
NOBLE JONES.-
Frederica , May 17 85
MARSHAL’S SALES.
WILL BE SOLD on the frU
Tuesday in July next, at the
C.urt-houfe in Savanna!;, be
twe:n tbe bouts of 11 and 5
o'clock.
AN unexpired lease of Loc
No 10, Wilmington Ty
muitr, Darby Ward, with nye
buddings thereod, the property
joins Mr. John Gardiner.
ALSO,
An unexpired lease of lot no,
3, Heatncoat Tyching Decker
Ward, where Mr. Smith rcTides.
ALSO,
Eleven NEGROES, VIZ.
Nancy, Patrick, John, Oiivcr,
Peter, George, Minfy, Moiiy,
Cnarlotte, Lizette, and Hager.
The above leized and ratten
in execution as the property of
Smith, Sons and Andeifon, to
fatisfy a judgment obtained by
Thomas and James Swords of
New-Yoik.
BEN. WALL, m and o
May 30 81
c? 1 Any person having in their pof*
fefiion a tame Deer, act tUcir own, will
ob.ige the owner by giving iofnrmauofc
kere*f iethe Printer*. May 6.