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Panen relative to the Foutth!
Point of lufj'iry into j*en’
Wilkin lon’s coadutl.
Capt ah Peter s Dcpofiiion.
C.\?r. GEOHGS PjETEE* id
Georgetown, appeared before
the committee in the C-pi.ok
on 1 hursdav the lith of* Ap* il.
»B to, anti made on oath tin
following fiatement :
Interrogatory i. What do
you know relative to general J
Wilkinson’s having clheeterJ
r.nd effected the pay mint of a
turn of money, by captain Mo
jscs Hook, militity agpat for
the United Stater, for
jiortaticn of priva'e property
from Balti riore to Piuifourg, hi
ihc year i3c>3 ? . (
• Anftoer. General Wilkin- 1
son, in April or May, 1805.]
directed me to pay to one or
two waggoner?, the transport
tation of property from Bal
timore to Pittsburg, I infor
med the gene: al that as at cm
to the detachment I had paid
all the waggoners employbri
by me for.the command. He
tiirn gitM an* order to cap
4atp .Mo.rfei Hook, agent at
Findnyrgh, ;Q pay the amount
of the waggonc s’ claim, the
gcner.il Hrfl paying the trar.s.
portation of a few articles bro’i
on the (time waggons, for him
iclf. 1 knr»w that the goods
thus transported ar.d pftid for
by the said captain Hook, a
i;tecab!c to the order ol general
Wt.’kiiison, was private pro.
perty, and no way apperrginin
to the public sett ice. The
amft'jrit may be ascertained
hv rc.fr:rice to bocks ol the
accoiurifpg oFTicc, This pay.
melil was m. de to a man by tire
oi Fiufll. On our atii.
vai at MuSs.uk, captain AH-i
CLeilancl was furndhed widt a I
tear, by the order of Gcnctal!
Wikinson, for during tire .v
foresaid mcrchar.diie, Mr suk
to Saint Louis, in public boats
■which orcosioned the expends
01 an additional boat, for the
transportation of the public '
property.
Into rerctory 2. What d) '
you know reLitve to. .gtuerii
Vvilk-tison deia’Kin »the troops !
at Loukvik, in the winter of I
id 19. for the pur pole oi receiv. j
fug .1 qnsrtity of hoi fes beltsfi».
ing 1 > gtivcid Wtlkif.fon ?
diiifwc?) « cc'achirent con.
s;s in.' ol mx ccnjpauies, em-i
bar l td on hoard of about twen.
ty Kentucky beat?, arrived at
Louisville, in ihe morning of;
ike 2yth of February, and con- ’
linked ihetetill ih;r evening of'
the 28 h, waiting the arrival of j
major Mariison, With genoalj
Wt kinsonh iior-fer, about 9 01 i
10 in number. Tins ctciay :
w ty the oidrr of gci;e>al
Wilkinson. 1 Uele hoi Hi
were the private property ofge 1
tieral Wt kir>on, and were fed
and taken r;ne of at public ex
pcrTe tdl cur 4mv.il at .\e\V7
• •
Os ears, u hich was J ho’latter
I m yf.Mi'>dj % Ta:f»b*h^t Tpuff j
boat .WmS u, i.j'i icf f, for the:
a-v 'U);s»i*v,t( ; hMs *:1 fjud It.* fcs,j
;h an c.lp mmu, r-L thnu.'
«nl.‘
a'T.Vai at New thaHrs, the (*id‘l
For vs wife iLivoed to the 01 •]
r.vr of Colortcl Puktr, Abcut'i
t o hu.u b'l f Mm, ol the Sgme j
\c;ir, four cf the same botfol
.svere 4 uichatied by Abraham i
i). Alh alia innuiirarv ? era
a; .\c\. Cl tor the u!c u; \
the Uoiu u Sta es ; that tj icc.j
cl tlvtin sec- vri v irfodFuem •
ry Co link (N. I
}’ J*
• * tiQc’t g«ro*w, »Afnl afv h [
y - >. I
'' ■ ’ • '■ Ib/Lct' of J*'- j
lus veuety aforcujo, ana j
1
'n=ido oath on the llolv Evin
• «
ge’isty, of Amighiy God to the |
truth of the loregoing Uiatc.
filin'.' Sworn to before
TII OS. fOKtORAN
Depork tin cf Crept. Williams.
I left tlio port of Balti
more on the 2"4in ofjnnua- :
ry* 1 £uo9, on “board the fclir. j
Woolf, in company with
generui \Vilk mien ; * iifty
barrels Hour having been p .t
on board belanging to the
General. On our arrival at
Charletion, the flour was 1
taken feoin the .schooner, »N:
put on ,board‘tbe LL States
brig Hornet, in which vef
fcl we failed for the Havana.
Os the flour taken to the
: Havana, a Jew barrels were j
! prefenteJ the General of i
Marine an officer of the Spa- j
niffi government, by Gene- j
ral Wilkin lon. I
Question. What do you |
believe was the quantity of
Hour put on board the brig
Hornet, ft Chifledon, and
taken to the 1 luvana, ?
Answer. Ido not know
that all the flour shipped at ;
Baltimoie, was ta!:en to the i
Havana, but believe that
more than one half did arrive
there : a dew barrels may
have been gotten rid of at
Charledon.
Capt. r t >/j Infantry.
JPaflevigton county, ss.
On this 14th April rßio,
before the fubferibet, a jus
tice of the peace for the said
county, appeared William
E. Williams, and made oath
in due form, that the fadts
j dated in the within writing
! are true to the bell of his
1 knowledge. Sworn before,
and fub(bribed.
DANIEL RAPINE.
IT.
Deposition of "jvhn Smith.
Personally appeared be
fore the committee John
j Smith, chief clerk in the
: department of war, and, on
| oath, made the following
fiitement:—
That in the summer of
the year 1808, sometime as-
I ter the determination of the i
military court of enquiry, j
, called for the inveflion of |
j the condudl of Gen. Wil
-1 kiidbn, the papers relating
I to that tri ii were in the war
, office, lying 0.1 the fecrcta
i ry’s tabic. In a few weeks
: after thequpa.rs were in that
office, geji. WLlk’infon caiie
there, and after tranlacling
foine buliuets, and as he
wjxs appcarently about to
,luaye the office, took up the
laid.papers from the tabic,
| observing at the time, that :
they belonged to him< or j
1 fhtt they .were promised to '
1 him ; on which, he took !
[the papers cut of the office;
I Viice which time, I have j
| not (cen Lie laid papers in
the office, .or heard of their
; being there.
I.tc negatory 1. Did you \
olffi et to gen. ,V* r iikinlon’s
takiiig Oil* any papers-?
• Aujaer. I do not recol
! Jcdt making.’any objcrlionL
as tne tranfadhon was i'ud
’ den. r.nd. the General re- j
. prctcnted that they belong
ed to Lim, or had been pro
ivhfed him, I do net re-'
»
i
member which explefiion.
Interrogatory 2. I>i<l you .
o ' 1
j inform' the iecretarj of war j
| of thc'tranfi-!rion ?
Anjiver . I believe he did j
i —and that he made no re-'j
ply to my recollection.
county,
Dijl riel of Columbia, ss. j
Personally appeared hver
fove me, one of the judices
of the peace for the said
county, John Smith, chief
feierk in the department of
war and made solemn oath
on the Holy Evangelifls ot
Almighty God, that the
within and date
i— O
ment and answers to the
; foregoing interrogatories,
j £* r e true to the belt of His
j recollection and belief.
Sworn this 17th April
1 1 3 10 before
WM.THORNTOX.
"
A Congressal Elellioj*.
Raleigh, (n. y.) Aug. 16 ;
R. St-nlonl ior this dis :
; tridt ; N. Macon for the
j Warrendiftrid:, and J. Pear
lon for the. Salisbury district,
we believe,.are re-elected,
without oppolition. fJom -
plcte returns have have not.
been received iiom any of
1 ot tire other diftricte,
Mr. Rontldfon, of the
hoafcßinney and Ronalfon,
letter-sou ndcrs,ofPh i 1 ad e 1 -
phia, was a pelfenger in the
George Dyer, arrived at this
port. We underhand he
went to Fra/ice for the pur
pole ot procuring antimony
ihe Wiiig of this morning
llates that this valuable ar-.
i:cle was timuvn overboard
by captain ColUrd to pre
vent tiie ship from b&inr*
lent to England lor “ adju
dication.”
Balt- Even. Post, Aug. n.
I be Stihscribers
Are NOIO Opening
a r **sn suppj r cr
fanct goods,
baited 10 the Season—-an i in a
j few days \*i I hive a complete
. a;.sorift*er»i a/
' FALL
AN j
Spring Goods.
Th<~\ : kevvis.c intend to keep j
cor.t'nuiMv Mipriicd with
SALT, IRON , A
groceries,
in
haßoche A VansinJ.eYen.
August 27.
' notice.""
'I HE (’upartnrrsltip heretofore
exutirgr under the firafof A. C
I* ABU7. A N, is this d.ty dissolved bV’
I e.iuutii '-''lium, fll persons having '
j »»>’ dcniards ng.i nst tuid firm arc I
• equfbtcd to present their ar counts |
tor payment, arid those indebted \
, to tile concern Will pi«rcome |
forward, and sittie wuh Anthony J
hub v d. .11.
Anthony Labuzan,
dearies Labuzan,
i
l TFIK SUiJfCWBER
INI s.N D?* continuing business
at il.f house Icrmedy octt p ed hi
the «bi 'e concern, where he will
3 !w >\ s has c on hiuul h
general assotmentof
; Dry Goods,
A N D
GROCERIES.
hit bony Labazan .
An gull 27. 8t
* *
To the Editor cj tic M.rr.r, '
SIR,
fGir-g the pei Inn to whom j
i) r. 'II; urn as I. VVrav alludes j
i having accompanied Capt. J
j Wilifon & Mr- M'Kwive to J
! >t»ur Office, to afcesiain she*
Author, wiio so indecently an
nounced the death of Mr. Wmf.
low ii D‘>y, will I iro.it be a
futfkieni apolog v For the
'em addref. —Whether delica
cy was lie Doctors motive, by
totemionailv brr.isnng iry name,
# v/ /
in his tail pubiica iou or shut 1 y
wifhcd to pay a clidhc compli
ment in Atippoiing me capable
of draw irg the bow of {J|\ |J V S(
which the o'bet two gemifnier.
were vo:» Hvife to attempt, i
know n >t; (nii bungling nratks.
jir. .in«ss I am, I shah mdeavoui
I to transfix, wish the arrow of .
truth this lying kbedou* traitor
•' to. <he pillar of infamy. I Ihafl
make no-comment on any par*
(of the,y iece he hns prodaced,
except .where he fays 11 is the
| Cham pi.) a of your party (or
rtohoii) yirvi kat,” —what. refer
'ence s’hn has so r!;e fubjeef Jo
; qutftion I ihail ieuve to ti e lea
j dor,; or uh/t reference tile
1 lbhdn i* ifon Ship has to (he
death of Mr Hobby, none but 2
tnie-tliiviple 01 M icha:velcould
have yniro iiiced, ,\s ;o the
, e.dtr M:. I hubby, [have ab
i w&y&t atui ocv ideoly differed
j with him in Polite.., of course
he camiot he the 'Champion of
Imy party, if i um a partizan.
| bio hr, a W illi of contradic
j sing a lUteaieo?, false as it is
mdlici.ru , a w:fh of rcutiadic.
| ling a Calumny, which he has.
ildttJ to piibiifh again I the
Citizens of this pCce, in flip,
pcihng it pcfiju'e a man whole
j long feuckt.ce in Aitgufla,
(whole general acquaintance
! with the inhabiiamr, and one
I “ who rasher vontrahled f.end-
I Bi«ps than provoked enemies”
I tou d have pcrifhrd for want c f
I the common necclfatics of lile,
j induces me to if ke this Hep
The following certificates,
i without a comment will fhuw
itbe juilc-;, candor, and fiber
|a:i y or h:s cqntlufc), notwith.
tlandiug the fcffetled pity he
has d.fpia-ved for she datceafed.
I * l.ta- lUtemefit was true,
.vhtre way then his beaded
( buao hro >v in lutle’ioga man,
WiK'ie v.'; 1 ues, and vices he tip
pta s so well acquainted with
>o peulh fur warn ? Why did
; he not (L-p forward and r'etcue
| hi n bo n an early giave ? . No
| i* r » wuh true maligniiy: oi
I a Fiend he lulfcis him (even
i by bis own accusin') to die for
i want oft he common n'ecefikrics' '
of life, ilun gravely pubhfhes
to the world that he has done fci.‘
Wha: mud bathe feeling ofev
ty absent Geoigian on leading
his publication, what Citizen
v*i Auguilj, now to the Norili
wjmJ, but. mul' fetl the (luih of
indignation, _ on pending lo in
famous u line!, or what words
can exprels the (enfations of a
l*i!ent, st fiioiher, or a Siller
i°f the de tea ltd.— I would call
I upon him to biulh fer his con
j due), did I not know - that the
j Jll ft of villainy had aheady diied
j up the lourcc of luffulum —l
would call upon him, to nuke
fomc attonemeot to hia Fellow
Citizens for the calumny be
lias promulgated I would call
j upon him ior this partial ex
tenuation cl his ctime, did 1
net well know ihc mulilh cb
itinacy of h.s dilpofition, end
; the hlatiiog malignity of hi*
temper, which can equailv dis
| play itself, whether in defaim
iug the place of his rehdence,
in injuring the feelings of indi-
I viduals, or ddcemling .to the
,diihin» ot aqtufortif, on the
i unoihodir.g hoifes of a Wdl
I Country Purser.
! Wm. SCOTT.
September iff.
r
Td > certify that o 1 or ?> >.,»
j clo w.* of f iTt ati-aih, f
• Cil £i;?t)th»nce on trw «>i' ip,. ,
\mt*i ol V\ J. I lobby*
ar tils residence k) town, | ; ,* f
«ls • -ami iTatiiy 6nng
f*ow» *huiii ■, 1 ii' i'
oppo.iuu.ti's of see, g »r.o c«J*i
versing wnr liir !i iy- detcrr ]>G'
Mr. Wtn>l 'w Ifobuy, who | j, '•
cd in tht It n.se oi tii* bioiher j
if no' nj v c found h i«
l ne:i(3, pa t*fcn*g ot socn
nourishing t\n «J Hi wan rt ,t.p;.. t T l >
r.is impieited s ,v s „! ?•«.;, ; , t tt £ : \\
i had wfinessed to h,< vc W,*c ,
a state o* grain,,. bn prpgrt;, i,«,
decline, lor twelve or t . gl
Iron months pai:. Ibe <j.i, p, ti 3
et*d ng :> ilitf decease of }],,!,
v[’
! Mr At iviutiti, ms Ufot.trr s_ t ;|
mg abscor from loon, o vi M i and*
prescMbc tor huu, I did Hn( ,
iouud filth him* i(!a „ fc «-r v; / nt ‘ of
im brother? j>«> in* hie* the u , u d
and customary attention, , oj ',
the table u> Dm room, I f-> urid
sufficiency of nouiishn.tr dr.nl*
suon as i eddy Ac. Wa , , n ,
j -oraied that he ! it .,l t ., ken f
quentiy ot chafer,! Soup & c .
■ haCday. O.i aaiibi,eq„ cn£ visit
the to!louring d*y I four,J by I„*
btd*.«e adatge bowl, of paoada ;
:a .act, nave uu henutioa in My
mg -hat J?a v noihing wh kh 1
could lead nw mt.ul t Q . us(>e „ t
that In; bad &Jh € d fa,- Want ]r
the common nutssanes of l,j e% t 4
suggested in a Ci mmu,i.^ Uvl i «
pubn,n.tl I,i the Mj. ior v[ {
1 i l ei.
, Givtn Qfldt «“ hand this 3o ;,
Augn*r i 81(j.
A N Da li.A 0 N V> .% Tis i \ ■
I do hereby certify by ih,* dL
•‘tcilon ot V; ll( I ,i, d)‘ iy |. M '}
sva»aoibo of u r,nn'» a!t
hiru di i 13 ore... hi t VV’in,]
o\ dec. uill wh u v. rn.
ie inquired, S oc« a&(o.it'aliv \\ t i £
pin*.. , anvl h»t Iron') ujy know.
W!ge of toe dvc. l.&n, \> B a „ ,
next d.'pr to hmi. i t ,n\ cot h.irot
tl. V. cv*e, y tht-AiiiJi hic.ii co d u e. ,j.
-tribute to n s ivcovvry Wilt
;vi.c,i)cr l.cu a.cdv,/hd, ,j„ u [
n-.hi-ve ot his friends, or i% i,\ t f
toe in cetane, c f. '
certoy ai thy d. a a ..,1 Ufid(l il( ,
aik ngh-im-.f he waco-d (1 , .n
ltpl ed ihithlsb Oihr.r iii'd a , .lo’
10 «» or „nu
B„« score for «!,««,„ „ jm ~a
‘.ughr rrqu„e,»„-d Umu . u „e>
«u, a.» ijr lound ;i. Jus possess tea at
ou decease.
Give.: under my hand, Augusta,
August ’j i, ia jo
J. ARNOLD.
I hificby certify, t h at the k'e
deceased Weosiorv Hobby, tin
not m*Jy supplied 1 ivish the com,.
moil i ccussaritH i f life r but. u.o
>crvaiit that attended him, w.if
furnished «’iih .mcnLy in cvrry
instance, Iq prociue 'nhat he most
stood in need of——sc as far as my
business would permit my plrsou*
aiteuiiod
V'/. J. irUNCE
Augusta, Ist s>i j) t .
This is to certify that William
1 Hof.by prev oj« to his Ittv. *
town requeued of the sabtotibef
to supply his family inti* O oce
rifcs doling hi* absence wbuh
done at t.vo different times, iJ.h
«cd2i,t ultimo.
GEO. MATHEWS
4g:4«ta i»r Sept
Notice.
WII.I. bn Sold at ColambH*
couit house, on the first Tuc..
day in November next, (withie
the usual hours of Sale) purau*.
ant to an order ot the H<>«,
Infenqr Court of said county.
One hundred acres of land uior<y
or less, having about sixiy act.*
cleared, and under Fence, with
tolerable impiovrmems, adjoin
ing lands of Boswell Cliot* a * I
Crawford. It being the real e* J
tate of \ horoas Chutnbless and
sojcl for the benefit of the he <fs
of said dec. Terms ofSal«i
known on that day.
Sarah Cniimblcss.
August, 27. • •