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telal Advertiser) for tha murder; w dlan Elmore,Sands,
which Came on before tnfe court of and terminer on
Monday last, ended this morning about \alf part 2 o’clock.
The vague reports which bad been in circulation from the
time of her body being difeevered until thehour of trial had
irritated the public mind in such a manner as to draw to
the place of justice a large concourse of people, and ren
dered it somewhat difficult at firft for the court to proceed
to business.
After the examination of the witnesses, which occupied
two whole days, the council for mr. Weeks, without a
single remark upon the testimony, submitted his case to
the charge of the court. Mr. chief justice Lansing, after
commenting on the evidence, delivered to the jury the
unanimous opinion of the court, that mr. Weeks was not
guilty. The jury, which was as refpeclable as ever ap
peared in this city, retired, and, after appointing a fore
man, returned in less than four minutes a verdi 61 of Nt
Guilty.
It must be a pleasing circumstance to this young man,
whose chara6ler on the trial appeared irreproachable, and
uncommonly amiable, and to his refpe6lable connexions,
that he does not owe his acquittal to the eloquence of
counsel, but solely and entirely to the clear and unequi
vocal proof he produced of his innocence.
After so fair and impartial a trial it is hoped that those
who have entertained any suspicions, which have been
very improperly excited on this occasion, will not only
dived themselves of them, but that this young man will
be fully jnd completely restored to the (landing in society
which he has so uniformly maintained.
Another injlance if American gallantry.
By the schooner Eliza, capt. Fairchild, arrived here
yesterday morning from the Havana, we are informed,
that the (hip Nancy, capt. Joy, of Boston, had just ar
rived at that port. The Nancy, on the 25 th of February,
in lat. 2a. long. 58. fell in with a French privateer, of
14 guns, and full of men. The Nancy mounts 10 fixes,
and had 27 men. An engagement was immediately com
menced, which continued, off and on, for 24 hours, dur
ing which time the privateer made three moft desperate
attempts to board the (hip, and was aftually foul ©f her
for three hours at one time; and though every exertion
was made to board her, yet such was the adlive bravery
of the American tars that they kept off the enemy with
pikes, cutlafles, &c. great numbers of whom fell lifelefs
from the (hrouds and bowsprit on deck and into the ocean.
While one part of the Nancy’s crew were thus defending
; themselves the other was employed in planting (hot into
the privateer, and from her (hattered condition there is
little doubt of her having gone down, as (he was not to
, be seen in the morning.’ As their reparation was in the
night, and as the privateer’s fails and rigging, as well as
those of the (hip, were almost all cut away, it renders the
improbability of her escape more strong. The privateer
must have loft many. The Nancy had one man killed and
four wounded.
This news may be depended on, for the mate of the
Eliza noted it from the mouth of capt. Joy.
April 5. The schooner Eleanor, Howland, of Peters
burg, is loft at sea. The captain and 6 men were taken
off the wreck, after fuffering four days the moft dreadful
diftrefis.
Capts. King, of New York, Morse, of Warren,
M‘Clinton and Bartlett, of Newburyport, are taken by
a French privateer and carried into St. Bart’s.
The (hip Columbia, Harvey, is condemned, vessel and
cargo, at Calais.
Philadelphia, March 27. This day the senate agreed
to the resolutions adopted by the house of representatives:
Hie ift for presenting capt. Traxton with a gold medal,
emblematical of his late gallant a6lion; the 2d expreflive
of national regret for the untimely death of the brave
young midshipman James Jarvis.
April 4. Capt. Barry, in the frigate United States,
Is arrived in the Delaware; and yesterday afternoon he
came himfclf to this city.
He has brought dispatches from meffrs. Ellsworth and
Davie, our envoys to the French republic, dated the 10th
of February, at Burgos, in Spain. They had received,
the day before, a letter from m. Talleyrand, the miniftcr
of foreign affairs, covering their passports, expreding im
patience for their arrival at Paris, and informing them,
that the form of their letters of credence (which were ad
dressed to the executive diredlory) would be no obstacle to
the opening of negotiations.
The envoys arrived at Lisbon the 27th of November,
and, after fome detention in the Tagus by contrary winds,
failed from thence for L’Orient on the 21st December,
but encountering, for three weeks, violent and adverse
winds in their attempts to gain that place, they were at
last constrained to make the firft fafe port in Spain; and on
the nth of January they arrived at Corunna, whence
they dispatched a courier to Paris; and at Burgos received
an answer, as above mentioned.
Wilmington , (North Carolina) March 27. u Brig
Phenix, John Mason Tuscon matter, on Saturday March
x, failed from Savannah, bound to Jamaica, and on
Wednesday, at 6 p. m. lat. 28. 50. long. 74. 80. was
ftiuck with a very heavy squall, which instantly overfet
him; in this condition he lay until the next day, when
there hove in fight a brig (landing to the southward, but
flie not observing us we concluded to ge; into the boat,
•which was so leaky that the owner, mr. Moody, would
not venture, whom, with two mates and four men we left
on board. We miffed of getting on board of the brig we
set out for, and then bore away before the wind; and at
g p. M. neict day were taken up by the (loop Catherine,
Samuel Philips matter, who offered every assistance, and
tried after the wreck upwards of 12 hours, but all in
vain. John M. Tufton.”
Cbarlejlon, April 14. On Saturday the (9th ult. a
coasting schooner belonging to mr. William Matthews, of
Santee, under the charge of mr. Remelie, failed from
tliis port for Santee. On that evening (lie was seen beat
ing into Bull’s Bay; but, having no cargo or ballast on
board, it is probable that (he upset in a squall which hap
pened that evening, as on the Wednesday after (he drifted
into the bay, with one of her mads and the pump out. It
Is supposed tha: all on board perished, as the body of young
rr.r. Lawton, of James's I(land, who Was a passenger on
board, was found on oneof the keys. The crew confided
of the patroon and four negroes.
H KINGSTON, (Jamaica) April 2.
IS majesty’s (hip Aquilon, and brig Chance, arrived
yesterday at Port Royal from a cruile, with the
following veflels:
Spanish fdiooner Dolore®, &•* Cuba, with fuftic, a
prize to his majesty’s brig Chance.
American brig Jean Maria, from Curacoa to New
York, lent in by Ins majesty’s (hip Surprise.
A Spanish schooner from Cuba with fuftic, a prize to his
majesty’s (hip Quebec.
A Spanish felucca, from Porto Cavello to Cadiz, with
cocoa, a prize to his majesty’s (hip Volage; and a Swedilh
brig from Aux Cayes to Charleston, with coffee, sent in
by his majesty’s (liip Volage.
SAVANNAH, April 24.
MARINE LIST.
Entere* Inward.
Ship Lancaster, Wilson, Lancaster
Sloop President, Peckham, Philadelphia
Schooner Hetty, M'Kinley, Ditto
Savannah Packet, Kcm, Charleston
Sally, Hatch, Baltimore
Laurel, Hitchcofk, Edenton
Ruth, Crowell, Rhode Island
William, Lamb, New York
Sloop Dove, Lufcomb, Charleft n
Schooner Jenny, Leavitt, Philadelphia
Brig Dean, Akerly, New York
Ship Rebecca, Royfton, Jamaica
Hercules, Dowfon, Guernsey
Schooner Zerviah, Rhodes, Rhode liland
Brig Ceres, Clark, New York
Schooner Aledlive, Rudolph, St. Mary’s
Brig Elizabeth Christiana, Theel, Liverpool
Cleared Out.
Brig Huntress, Sammis, New York
Schooner Sally, Chalker, - Ditto
Schooner Orange, Brown, Charleston
Friendfliip, Brewster, St. Mary’s
The Lancaster left Lancaster on the 27th of February;
the Elizabeth Christiana had a pafTage of 66 days; and
the Hercules left Guernsey the 3d of March. No news
papers were brought by any of them.
Capt. Dowfon, on the 6th of March, in fight of Scilly,
spoke the (liip New York of New York, capt. Colley,
bound to London.
When capt. Dowfon left Guernsey there were 12,000
Ruffian troops on the island, and more Were daily expect
ed, to join them in an expedition to the continent.
The parliament of Great Britain have voted an address
to the king on his refufing to negotiate with Bonaparte.
It was carried in the h*ufe of lords by 9 2 votes against 6,
and in the house of commons by 265 against 64.
Yesterday being the annual meeting of the Union
Society, the members aflembled at the city hall and cele
brated their 50th anniversary, and passed the day with
that celebrity incident to the principles of their institution.
Officers elected for the enfning year.
James Box Young, efq. reeledled president.
Matthew M‘Allifter, efq. reeledled vice president.
Peter S. Laftitte reeledled secretary.
Messrs. Robert Bolton and Thomas Rice eledlcu stew
ards.
Augufa, April 19.
On Monday lad the following perlons were chofcn
members of the city council for the eni'uing year:
Upper ward: Isaac Herbert, efq.
Middle ward: Dr. George Graves, John E. Smith,
and dr. William Cocke.
Lower ward: Lewis Harris and James Fox, efqrs.
On Wednesday Thomas .Gumming, efq. was'unanim
oufly reeledled intendant; but he declining to serve, Ab
raham Jones, efq. was unanimously elefted, and iworn
into office yesterday morning. And
James Gardner, efq. was chosen unanimously to fill up
the vacancy in the upper ward.
At the Printing Office in Broughton street,
THE STEP MO IHER, a Novel.
ALSO,
Letters on Subje&s />f Importance to the
Happinels of young Females,
Addressed by a Governess to her Pupils.
By Miss Helena Wells, (an Authoress of great merit)
Daughter of the late Mr. Robert Wells, formerly of
Charleston, South Carolina.
ASSIZE for APRIL , 1800.
THE Price of Flour being 12 dollars 50 cents per
barrel, of 196 lbs. nett, the weight of Bread for
this month must be as follows, viz.
1 cents loaf. 61 cents loaf,
lb. oz. lb. oz.
1 13 oi i i
JOHN GIBBONS, City Treasurer.
A’ PERSON at present unemployed wilhes to engage
in a refpedtable counting-house or (lore, bring up a
few sets of merchants or. tradefmens books, or execute any
piece of writing committed to his charge. A line dire died
to A. B. and left with the printers of this paper, will be at
tended to. 0
NOT 1C E.
ALL persons having any demands against the Estate of
Joleph Roberts, deceased, are requested to render
the fame properly attested, and those indebted to make
immediate payment, to
Winifred Roberts, administratrix.
Marth 13, ißeo.
HOPE.
Front Campbell’s Flcafures of Hope.
At fummcr’s eve, when Heav’n’s aerial bow
Spans with bright arch the glitt’ring hills below,.
Why to yon mountain turns the muling eye,
Whole funbright summit mingles with the Iky?
Why do thole cliffs of Ihadowy tint appear
More lweet than all the landscape finding near?—*
’Tis dillarice leads enchantment to the view,
And rob*s the mountain in its azure hue.
Thus, with delight, we linger to I'urvey
The promis’d joys of life’s unmealur’d wav;
Thus from afar each dim difeover’d scene
More pleasing seems than all the part hath been;
And every form, that fancy can repair
From dark oblivion, glows divinely there.
What potent spirit guides the raptur’d eye
To pierce the fluldes of dim futurity?
Can Wisdom lend, with all her heav’nly pow’r,
The pledge of Joy’s anticipated hour!
Ah, nol (he darkly fees the fate of man—•
Her dim horizon bounded to a span;
Or, if flie hold an image to the view,
’Tis Nature pitflur’d too severely true*
With thee, lweet Hope! resides the heavenly light,
That pours remotell rapture on the fight;
Thine is the charm of life’s bewilder’d way,
‘i hat calls each llumb’ring Paflion into play:
Wak’d by the touch, 1 fee the Sifter Band,
On tiptoe watching, (lart at thy command,
And fly where’er thy mandate bids them steer
To Pleasure’s path! or Glory’s bright career!
Primeval Hope, th f Aohian Muses fa^
hen Man and Nature mourn’d theirnrft decay;
When ev’ry form of Death, and ev’ry Woe,
Shot from malignant Stars to Earth below;
When Murder bar’d his arm, and rampant Wat
Yok’d the red dragons of her iron car;
When Peace and Mercy, banifii’d from the plain,
Sprung on the viewlcfs winds to Heav’n again;
All, all forfook the friendlefs guilty mind,
But Hope, the charmer, linger’d still behind.
On DUELLING. From a Ctrrefpondtnt*
Duelling is absurd and inconsistent with every just fen
tirtifeut of religion, virtue, and common fenle, which the
following particulars will (hew.
The punishment of the offender is altogether dispropor
tionate to the offence. Is a contemptuous look or expref
lion, a haftv, paflionate, reproachful word, to be expiated
with nothing less than the blood or the life of the offender?
Suppose you have killed your amagonift, or are killed
yourfelf, how does this vindicate your charudler from thole
imputations which are generally the cause of duels? Will
the world the lets believe a man a liar, a cheat, or any o
ther reproachful character, because he has fought a duel?
It is not one or twenty actions of this kind, but the general
tenor of his conduct through life, which must determine
his character: There have been numerous and undoubted
instances of the greatest villains that ever society wascurfed
with having been profeffed duellifts.
The bravest are ever the lead ready to give or take of
fence. Some there have been of unquestionable bravery
in the day of battle, who, from principle, would not, on
any account, fight a duel. Others have fought duels who
proved themselves arrant cowards in the field of battle; and
many who have ‘ dreaded a deathbed like the meanest
(laves’ have been duellifts. Duelling then is no mark of
true courage, and a man of so nice honor, (as it is called)
whom nothing less than a duel will fatisfy, is a pest to hu
man society, and to be avoided and detested as such. It
is therefore, ‘ but for the thoughts of something after
death,’ little to be lamented, ( on bis own account)
when such a man meets with tlie moft ample Jlitisfaclion,
(in the duellift’s style) by being run through the body, or
(hot through the head.
Estate of Jacob Waldburger, Elq.
MR. Miflcdge, one of the executors named in the will
of Jacob Waldburger, Esq. having now qualified,
letters tellamentary have ifliied including him as an idling
executor. If therefore there are any claims of demands
against the estate yet unexhibited or unfatisfied, all persons
so circumllanced are now, for the last time, called upon to
exhibit them to one of the fubferibers immediately for
settlement. Such persons as are indebted to the estate are
notified, that the executors do not feel themselves juftified
in giving longer indulgence than the firft of May next*
John s|Torel, “l
John Milledge, h-A&uig Executors*
James Jones,
Savannah, fan. 3, 1799.
Treasury Office, Lou ifv tile, February 3, 1800.
Notification to Tax Collectors.
AN adt, entitled, “ An a6l to raise a tax for the
support of government for the year one thousand
eight hundred,” passed the 4th day of December, 1799,
has ena6led,“ That the treasurer for the time being be, and
he is hereby empowered and required to graint execution*
against all former colledlors of taxes who are or may be
defaulters, immediately after the palling this atft.” All
tax colledlors therefore who are in arrears for taxes will
avail themselves of making speedy settlements, or we (ball
proceed as the law diredls.
Edwin Mouwgeh, treasurer.
J. Meriwether, comptroller general.
BROU GHTto theWorkhoufe,A NewNegroWench,
named Phillis, has her country marks on her face
and left arm, speaks bad English, is about 5 feet 4 inches
high, and about 30 years-of age, has a long white Negr#
cloth wrapper, and fays flic belongs to one Duncan.
Ntvmhtr 12, 1791. Jacob Tuns, Gaoler,