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TATE TNT “LLIGENCi K
I I ‘ J.roN and MORSE.
SAVANNAH, April 4, ifii-f.
An elegant PuneroN for
Sale 1 7 J. BOLTON.
March *5 6t 60
Stores to Let.
Sto-es No. 1 & 2. Comir.Trce Row
to let, apply to
K. & J, Bolton.
March 2J 60. 6l
Tax COLLECTORS SALES.
ON MON DA T 13 ih Jay May next
will It sold at the Court House in
the City of Savannah before the hours of
JO and 2 o'clock, the fallowing properly or
as much thereof as •will be sufficient to dis
thatg’ the Taxes due theteon, fur the f al
lowing yc-t s cndcosts — Vtz>
240 Acres Land in Chatham
County, returned as the* proper
ty of the estate of Benjamin Fox,
tax due for year 1802 4d. 62c.
One half or undivided n.oiety
of 600 Acres Land, in two tra&s
in M’lntolh County, formerl)
John Grays, adjoining George
iVl’lntofh and Hugh Clark., near
Sapelo bridge pointed out as the
property of Stephen Fries, rax
j Sot and 1802 ~ - I:4b. 38c.
100 Acres pine Land in Ef
fingham County, returned as the
property of Andrew Snider tax
for 1 3o t - - cod. r, o i-2c.
JAMES ALGER, T. C. C. C.
March 20 50
GEftiGl A.
By his Excellency John JVIiI
thDOE, Governor ani Comman
der in chief of the Army and Na
vy of this .State, and cf the Mi
l.tia thereof.
A P II OCX AMAT 1C N.
T'ST’HEREASI hive
% V ved official information
of a rroft wilful arid cruel mur
der having been committed on
ihe night of rhe 19th of Janua
ry Lift, upon the body of Ro
bert Knigi.r, in the county of
Jefterfon in this stats, which ap
pear*. from a copy of the verdict
of the inquelt held thereon, to
have been perpetrated by one
lab Goff, who, iris repre
iented has made his escape,
/.I Otd.r therefore, t;:at tn •
said Hczekian b’off may be
brought to exemplary julhce, 1
Lave thought lit to iliue rtns my
Proclamation, offering a reward
of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LAR bj to any perlon or nerfons,
who will aDurener.J aud loci-"*e
him in fame secure jail within
‘his state. — And 1 do hereby
charge and require all olluds
civil an.! military, belonging to
this State, to be a.ding and as
discing in apprehending the Lid
Hezrkiah UviT, so that he may
be brought by a tine ccu>fe of
law, to anfwcr the charge al’edg
ed ngainft him.
Given under my hand, md
the Great sra! o r ti e Scare,
at the ‘tart- Houle j i Lou :
isVili.e, this
thy of February, in the
y aro’ vu. lord, one tfiaii
t n:d efohc hundred ar.d
f.vc, and of ihe lndepcß
ccn. e ot the L<u ciu bcutc.v
e. Aa.eFca, the twenty
n.mn
JOHN MIL LLDGE.
I>y ll.t Governor,
Hor : Marbusy, Sccrrta
r) of Uc- Suite.
COD VL THE SI Al l'..
] light Com of Impeachment.
AMSWE R of SAMUEL CHASE.
( Conc/utirJ.J
Nor can die i> corrtfttiefs of the poll”
tical opti 10.1s tliut ttprclfedi have anV
i flutnee in I'eciding uo the guilt or m*
i.j.cnccot a juUge’* conduft in exprcs
-1 g them. 101 if he lhouid be t>nfidcr.
. as guilty or innocent, according to
Tin fuppokd corrcftiief* >r mconeCt iefs
of the ojiiilOn, thus txprrficci by him. it
would follow, that crior in p iliucai opi
nion Imwevci honed ly rnieitaintd, ir.rght
h, a Oliiie ; and ttini a pnrty in power
might, under tin* pretext, iKllruv any
jaUge, who might happen in a charge
i, a grand jiuy, - Q fay fwmething capable
i . hmg t*;nllui cl by than, into a
j >iiti .i optuuni . and etc to their own
1 V *
0.1 c u n lit 1. 1 Mt* P ‘ C<-
r ’ • •'<••>
v/rh *;’ *n rc ,e “
,n?!. such a .1 .tr.'in; ”.ou>ci vr Imh.c t •
‘c m<• t uaugerou’ aheies ; and is r.<*t!*i>:
o the fundamental principle* cf our
■onftiiution, and to the befl efta’o.ifhed
maxima of our criminal jurisprudence.—
But admitting this dortrj.ie to he correct,
t canr.ot be denied that the (editions
nt.nticn mud be proved clearly, either
iiv the moft necessary implication from
the words themfeves, or by tome overt j
arts of a Milieus nature cemnerted with
ihtm. In the prtfejtf case r y fueh arts
are aliedged, but the proof of a Edi
tions intent mud rest on the words
thcmfelves. ftythis rule this respondent
is willing to be judged. Let the opitti
-o’is which he delivered be examined, ard
if the members of this honourable court
can lay their hands on their hearts, in the
presence of God, and fay, that these opi
nions are not only erroneous but f'ditious
also ; and carry with them internal
evidence of an intention ttr this respon
dent to excite Edition, either againit the
(late or general government, he is content
to be found guilty.
In making this examination, let it b?
borne in mind, that to oppose a depend
ing meafure,by endeavouring to convince
the public that it is improper, ami ought
not to be adopted ; or to promote the
repeal of a law already palled, by endea
vouring to convince the public, that it
ought to be repealed, and that such men
ought to be elected to the Irjyflature as
will repeal it, to attempt in fine, the cor
reftion of public mcafttres, by arguments
tending to (hew their impiopcr nature, or
deflru&ive tendency ; never has been or
[ can be considered as (edition, in any
country, where the principles of law and
liberty art refptdtcd ; tint it is the proper
dc usual excrcife of that right of opinion
and speech whicl*confti{utes the diltin
guifhing feature of a free government.—
The abuse of this privilege,joy writing &
punifning as farts, malicious fa. Moods,
with intent to defame, is pumlhable as
libellous, in the courts, having juiifJic
tion of such offences ; where the truth
or f.tlfehood of the farts a Hedged, and 1
the malice or currrrtnefs of the intention,
form the criterion of guilt and innocexcc.
i3ut the chttrarterof libellous, miu.h less
of seditious, has never been applied to
the expressions of opinions concerning the
tendency cf public measures, or to a.ou
ments urged for the purpoic of oppofmg
them, or of effecting their repeal, To
apply the dottrmeot (edition or of libcis
to such cases, would inltantly dfftroy all
liberty of speech, fubvevt the tr.am piiiarj
of free government, and convert the
tribunals of judiee into engines of party
vengeance. To condemn a public mea
fore therefore, as pernicious in its ten
der,cy ;to use arguments for proving it
to be so t mid to endeavor by these
means to prevent it* adoption, if itill de
pending, or to procure it, repeal in a con
(litutional way, if it be already adopted,
can never be coofiJercd as iedition, or la
any way illegal.
The firflt opinion expressed to the
grand jury on the occasion in quefbon,
ny this rcfpor.dent, was that “ the late
alteration of the federal judiciary, by the
abolition of the office of the fixtten cir
cuit judges : and the recent change in cur
constitution, by the eflablifiling universal f
fulfrage ; and the further alteration that I
was then cointemplated in our tla'ej'i- 1
diciary, if adopted ; would in the
judgment of this rtfponJeut, “ take
away all security for property and
p.rlonal liberty,’* That is “ these
three n eaiuies, if the lalt • them, which
is ltjll depending, fhou'.d be adopted, will
in ir.y opinion, form a fyttem wliofe per-j
nicious tendency mud be, to take away i
the security of our properly cud our j
pei tonal liberty,” which we have hither
to derived from the- iVutary rest rid ion s :
!r,.d by t!ie auth'Ts of out constitution ‘
Jon the right of fuftVage, and form the I”
: nr. fcnt c(iitlituuon ot our courts of ju-i
jd.ee.” What is this but an argument I
jjo pertuadr the people of Maryland to I
, r. ; ft the alterations in their ftute judici-i
jury which v ere then prop*,led ; which;
Jlillu rtfp>)llvaC nt as a citizen of tint ft arc |
j bad n right to opp. fe ; ar.d the adoption ‘
i.! which depended on a lcgifiature then I
(tobcchofen? if this be sedition, then)
(will it Ik impossible to express en opinion j
ioppoliic to the yiewsof the ruling party ‘
ot the moment, or to oppose any of their j
I measures by argument, without becoming I
liobje&to fueh puniih nctu as they may i
j think proper to inflict. j
The next opinion is, thst “ the inde
pendence ol the national judiciary was
already flraken to its foundation, and
that the virtue of the people aione could
rciiore it.” in other words, “ the act,
of Congress for repealing the la.e circuit ]
[court law, and vacating thereby the of- 1
tices of the judges, has (haken to its foun- >
daiion the independence of the national 1
judiciary, and nothing b\jt a change in j
the representation of Cungrefs which the
return of the peopic to corredt sentiments j
alone can effedl, will be fuihcient to pro- 1
duc a repeal of this aft, and thereby re- ,
llre to its former vigor, the part ot the 1
tederal conitiiution, which has been thus 1
impaired.”
This is the obviomj meaning of the j
expreliion ; and it amounts to nothing
more than an argument in favor of that
change, which this reipondciit then tho't
?nd {fill thinks to be very defirahle ; an
argument, the force Qf which as a patriot
**c might teel, and which as a free man
he had a right to advance.
Tie neit opinion is, the: “ the inde
pendence of tne judges of the date of
t Maryland, would be entirely uyltroyed
if the bid for a’ooUihui.. tiw two fnpuine
courts fhctiid nr r.tiii .1 by tin* next ; r- 1
‘in v h.iw |
vrr ince.-rcA fr v be. f-- rr, to havr
‘-rv adoptco by Lie p QpL ot Mo** land,
to tvhom this argument agair.it the hill in
c • iiou was addrtiTcd ; foi at the next
teuton of the legislature this bill, which
went to change entirely the coiiflhutionl
tenor of judicial cfice in the Hate,
and to render the fubfilfence of the judg
ts dependent on th** legilature, aud
their continuance in office on the execu
tive, was abandoned by common cou
fent.
All the other opinions expressed by
this respondent, as above mentioned, bear
tiie fame chmrjcier with these already
, considered. They are arguments addres
-1 fed to the people of Maryland, for the
j yurpofe of dllTuading them from the
| adoption of a mcafure then depending ;
l and of inducing them, if poflible, to re
(lore to its original state, that part of their
constitution relating to the ii rt hl of fuf
frage, by a repeal of the law which had
been made for its alteration.
Such were the objerts of this
ident in delivering those opinions, and he
I contends that they were fair, proper, and
j legal objeft?, and that he Lad a right to
1 pursue them in this wsy ; a right sanc
tioned by the universal prartice of this
country, and by the acquiescence of its
various lcgiGative authorities. Sucii he
contends, is the tiue and obvious mea
ning ot the opinions he delivered, and
which he believes to be correct. It is
not row necefLry to enquire into their
comAnefs; but, if tncorrcA, he denies
that they contain any thing seditious, >sr
any evidence of those improper intentions
which are imputed to him by this arti
cle of impeachment. He denies that in
delivering them to the grand jury,
he committed any offence, infringed any
law, or did any tiling unusual, or hrr;-
lofore considered jn this country a*, im
proper or unbecoming in a jud % If
this article of impeachment cau be fu Gain
ed on these; grounds, the liberty of Ipeeeh
on national concerns, and the .tenure of
th< Judicial oftlc* under thy government
of the United States, mull hereafter de
pend on tlir aihiiary will of the House
of Ileprcfentatives and the Senate, to be
declarer! mi impeachment, after the arts
arc thinr, t>hicb it may at any time be
thought neceir ry to treat as inch crimes
amd miidemcanar*.
( Ami the faift Samuel Cliafo, for pica
1 10 the fai t eighth ar'icic nf impeachment
jtaith, that he ia not guilty of any
J Crime and mifdeincanor, as in and by the
■ (aid eighth article is aliedged again ft aim
j thin he pra- ; s may be enquired of by
1 this honourable court, in such manner as
| law and jultice (hall feym to tliop to rc
quiie.
This refporinerit has now laid before
this honourable court, as veil as the time
allowed him would permit, ail the cir
cumitnnees of his case. With an humble
trust in Providence and a ccmfciomnef3
that be has difeharged all his official du
t'rs with justice and in partiality, to the
belt of hts know led ;e and abilities j and
that intentlbnatly he h*th cUhimitted no
crime or nvfdemcarior, or any violation
of the constitution .r laws of his coun
try —Confiding in the impartiality, inde.
pendence and integrity of his judges,
and that they will patiently h -ar and
confcientiotifly Jet ermine this case, vnth
i'ut being influenced by the spirit of par
ty, by p ipnlav prejudice or political mo
tives, he cheerfully fubc.t's himfelf to
their decision,
11 it (hall appear to this honourable
court from the evidence produced, that
he hath arted in his judicial character
with wilful injuft ce or partiality, lie doth
not wilh any favor, but experts that the
whole extent of the pujiifhment permitted
i t the constitution w.ll be indicted upon
him.
j If any par: of his ojfiriat conauft {hall
j appear to this honorable Comt striSi
j ut: to have been illegal, or to have
i proceeded from ignorance or error m
] judgement ; or if any part of his conduit
dial! appear although illegal, or to “have
! been ii - jular or improper, but not to
j have flowed front a depravity of heart, or
! any tiiiwortliy ttiptiv ■, he feels confident
-1 ti>at this court will make allowance for
; the impelfrcliona and frailties incident to
jm.jn. He is fatisliedthat every Climber
i of this tribunal willobferve the principles
|of humanity r.nd julticc, and will pre
i fume him innocent until his guilt lhail be
tilabiilhed by legal and credible witnes
(es j and will be governed in his decifiun,
by the moral and chriitiao rule, of ren
dering that juttice to this relpouden;
which he would wish to receive.
This refpoiident now iHuds not merely
before an earthly tnbuWl, but also before,
that awful Being, whole piefence fiills all
| space, and whose all feeing eye more
jefpecially surveys the temples ofjuftice
| and religion. In a little time, hit accu
jfers, his judges, and himfelfmuil appear
;at the Bar of Omnipotence, where the
| secrets of all hearts lhail be ditciofed, and
| every human being lhail answer for his
l deecs done in the body, and (hall be com
| pelled to give evidence againit himfeif in
I the presence of an alLmbled umverie.
jTo h.s omnipotent judge at that awful
‘hour, he now appeals for the rectitude
1 and purity of his COudnft as to all the
! matters of which he is this day accused.
He hath now only to adjure each mem
bet of this Honourable Court, by the
Living God, and in his holy name, to rea
der impartial juttice to him according mo
tile conilitution & lawsoi the U., States;
he tnak.es this foleinn demand ot each
member, by all his hopes of happinets in
the yvfijdd to come, which he will have
voluntarily renounced by Use oatiT.hcluui j
taken,|it he lhail wilfully do him injultice,
o; tiifrt'gard the coullituiion or Uw of
ihc United States, wn'.h lie has foie nniy
M'’-s to t 4 - “rni> I ftanda J :
hi* jttdgcai.r.nnl drrificr.
SAMITCL CHASE. ‘
A true Copv,
Attest, SAMUEL A. OTIS, Sec-
CHARLESTON, March cS,
Ytltcrdav arrived the Fortu
guefc brig Union, captun Anto
nio Frfenafco lie Medeiros, frorri
Fnyal. In velFel came pas
lcngere—Madarre Torreatt, La
dy of his Excellency General
lurre2ii, Minister Pleniporen
tiary of France to the United
States, and two
Mr. Petrv, nrft Secretary o("Le
gation of France to the United
States: Mr.de Cabre, belong
ing to the laid Legation; Mr.
Lequcfne, Private Secretary of
the Minister ; Mr. and Madame
Mauny, Mils Bauruallau, Mefrs.
Poliet, Monefelat, Parkin Ap
pleton, ami Manuel Ignacio
iivera.
NOTICE.
The undersigned commercial
agent thinks it his duty to in.
form the merchams of the L'ni*
ted States, that three American
veffds have lately been feived at
this port, on account of Brhifh
manufactured goods, to a con
siderable amount, having brer,
discovered i;t the baggage o’
che pa firm gets. That these ves
feis, a:trr much rieten'inn and
expeniV, have hern released or.
the captains proving that thev
were en itely ignorant of those
contraband goods being on
board, and of course could have
no intention to defraud the reve
nue : and the under/igurd Er
-hfr tiiiOics it his duty to recom
mend to the merchants and snip
miflers of the United States,
not ro receive any pafiVpgers on
board their veil els, bound to
tills place, until such bagmige as
they vvifn to snip fhiH be care
fuilv examined. WM. LEE.
L,ur4c*x: t pcce über cc'd, i Sot.
Tfen>~Tork, March 16.
WAR WITH PORTUGAL.
By the brig Walhington,
froiri Terteriffe, we learn, that
the Bridfh have declared war a
tiirinll Eorcugal—and, tnat they
have taken ptificfiaon of Made.-
ra. This was the current re
port two dajs previous to the
l ailing of the ate ve vtfie],
SC El IED AM, January j t.
A ftrious dripuie happened
Igft v.-eek at Antweip, octween a
party of American and SpamlE
lh.icrs ; and the latter mistaking
the former for E'.ngiiih, a warm
could be reitored, three had
been kiiied and fever a! vvoundcd
Earthquake— On the rrornhp
ofthc6(hFeb. at 23 iwnutcs
past 9 o’clock an earthquake
was ieit in Augufla, (M.) whicn
continued about two seconds
barennek’s the. mometer at 26
deg.—vyipd at n. e and fhow
'hg,
ffenectat,
London da ers to chtr 30th J i
ntirtty pieicnc it as tht
the Vitws of Aurina are hofi lt
tO the jji tflli Os LioNAPAftTB, wlio
is hated 10 have quarrelled with
the Auitaan A.no.tllador on the
iubjeft of the large army afT. m
bli ig in Laly, in C) f>rtinity
to tae orders (<f the Chtfrt. o',
Vienna; Uonaparte it J’eemsj
lufpccts that the a (Tumbling of
Chat army is 4 parr of the plan oi
co-operation with the Lmpeioi
of Kutiia. Thr naval torce o’
Spain is (bted a: 65 fail of the
!i c. l'he French papers to the
ad ot Fe&ruary, inform that the
piiacipai ports of Spain have
Oeen pot m a ltate of defence,
and cKac i: is incredible with what
activity this has .been effected—
;hat ad the Grandees ot Spain
were preparing to make fret gifts
tcTthelv.ng, to air>ft him in car
rying on Che war. GtCrt unea
iiDels wta felt at Cadiz relauve
to die rate or three frigates, which
wclx to have left La vu the Jitter
part of the Lnimmcr, having on
board lour rn,..,i0 .sot uatiars ui
• .r-M, ‘a Ld.rt >
. ’ .• he mb 1. pe-c. n .:c-.5 of
e) u. There were r hk
mnkmc; the Eiglilh had ifltoj
nation of their d-panure and
ir (linatior;. Char lit. Courier.
fdie rlf. j Sales.
ON Tuelrizy the -ffi, day of Ml*
next vviii b;tb:J *t ihe Courty
bcufc in this ci y hev.recn r hr hour#
>f to a-id all tint Lot and
improve,mem* on the Bay ffreet
in the rirv of o vannah, at piefent oc.
‘mired by E IwarJ btebbin*, J3rin#
n.id and Aljev, and other#, being in
Ju ki; I ything Darby Ward, and
known in the plan of fatd city by the
number fa;Jiwro, tomajning 6u feet
if. fro-t a> c qoicet in depth, feixed on
the property of Robt. VVooJ (loufie
deceased, poiutfed out by the pl#iirtiff#
auoipey. ,
AH t at t r-£t of land in tie partition
of Cumberland iff.ad, being tbefoutb*
ermotf half part of Lut No. boU -d
----dd o.i the weft by laud* of Joiin H.
M’l ototh tftj. norfily,by la.idt.of the
eltate of Lynch, euft by ihe ocean and
loijtlt by irtnds of the estate of Gent.
Green, fuppnLi to contain four
hundred *0 cs.be the faros more or less,
leixed as ihe proparty of the dtate of
JtiUua-U. Sv-htubcr, pointed out bf
the executor,
1405 Acres of land a# follows.
25 5 Acres :o the county cf Chat,
ham, bounded i W. by Great Ogs
chee R-.veg b E. by land# granted to
rie'try Smder, and on all other /ides
by la.ids vacmt at the time of <u:vey.
450 A res m Chrjfl church panlb,
oounded Weft ward and fouth.vard, by
lands ot Jolcpfi QibbbitS and onali o.
met f.dcs by land vacant at the time
of fit vey.
705 Acr?s by refurve/ near Morvith
about eleven .miles from Sava wish,
bounded on or near lard* fionnerly cl
johojoaichm Zublty] but late the
eltate of Lewis Lirnrert dcceafed.
A(L a !o: in the tavVi) of Brunfwi ie
known by the r.u aber thirty ejgh:
Fiats and <orrar* 5; the above land*
may befeto at ihe Sheri#’* office,
previews t ihe fai , the whole taken
urtber execution as the property of tin)
3<L:e of Rebecca Lloyd pcinred Out
by Ldwire) Lloyd fftijtg Executor.
All t-ri.at Lot c;r pjrccl cf land with
the imprcveimn s thereon, at
vi rr.g*? nery in the district of White
o ■-t'i. ia.mi.tcd by B yao Morel, 9')d
;.:2cd ur.dvr ExeCu jot. a#hi* property,
pointed out hv the plaint'ft’s attorney.
Pa rL R iSHICiw # C. C, ’
A-ril 4. -t*. 63-
Any Merchant inten
ding to re f ire frem Savannah during tho
Summer moii'hs, wj ] hear of a person cipa.
t hie of managing hi* buhnei* during his ab.
fence, on application to M;. Murk at his of.
Uce. Security wit. be given if required.
April 4 ■ *:t 63
1 wo Gen He-men may be
ac.commndated v/i h board lodging and feye.
rare rgnjns, in a private fami y and n reaion.
able lerra, it application it made at this of.
(ice before the‘lsth inilaht.
April 4 * 3 t 63
Nocce is hereby Givr.n,
thab-ard of Tire wallers will on
-*• Month-. the ayth inst. procredtothe e
lection of a contractor for fweepmg thecnim*
niesin this-ciry, jn the room of Mr. yaccb
Cu.ies, 1-eiignfc.i The Candidates to make,
application m writing, naming their fccuri*
t'es, fprthe faithful performances of the du.
ties of ihe oflice.
By otiir oj ihe Eenij, .
LH'JS. PITT, C.'crl,
April 3. £ { .
ijAiNi L)1 iN G,
From Jlo-jp Huntr ft, Capt. EtUss, and
for S.ih by /. T. LAIVRZFCE.
SUPI.RFITC iUchmntd F.our > II>T
a.,J lMme. Fork 5 BBLS
-2 t’ ;;es ifirteira Wine ;
40 ii-u'iels Oats of a iuperier quality ;
I i*o-v and one iiunb, oi Jbiank Account
Books,
On Hand,
2 Pipe. London P irtlcu ar }
Tcneritte C WINES
13 Qr. Cases, gemnne Sherry 3
April 4 jt
N-JiUh.
’ P HP Copar’-nerfnip of Machis£# Mac.
1 jstosh i*:hisdiydiiroived,bymu*ual
consent.
John Macintosh, *)
( Any.
James Hunter, ) for
J Machin.
April 4 ts 63
The Subscribers having
beer, duly appoirted Aden's and Attorney*
for Mr. jofeph iWochin during his absence,
give this notice, that John Jfucmwfn is fokly
aythorized to receive payment* of debts due
to the late concern of Machin ot Macutcofr*.
JOHN MACINTOSH,-) .
L Atlys.for +
JAMES HUNTER, \7’ Machin.\
April 4 ts dj
A LL Pessohs hatnng dairr.s against the
“A. lute: concerns of machin & macik.
rosii, or against the ftjolcriber, mdividuaily
a. t refuelled to exhibit tliein without delaj to
. John Maclwntofh.
S*v. 3 d April, 180$. --tf 62.
Blank Deeds, Apprbn*
tices Indentures,
for Tale at this office 0