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pertv fold at frcr'fTs Tale in Co
lunsbia county ; paid them ; arid
have made provisions for them all.
iiefpe&ing my houie being fur*-
roonded is falfe ; I am at me firfl
of it. ihe nexi falle after! inns are,
ny Ma< kfnmh, (hoe-makers, gin
r*< rs, millers, carpenters, difiillers;
their ceitificatfb below prove his affer
r;ons falfe. I have not had a carpen
ter in rrypmploy, working and deput
ing, fi r ten or twelve years ; and I never
had any dispute with a miller; but
Brooks sued his miller for grinding over
five bulhels of grain for one man, and
hid the colt to pay I never got any
rr in to diftil for me ; all the liquor
that I ever pot that was diftiHed by the
pei son who fold if. was of Squire i
llamphill I never had an overseer in j
my life ; I hid William Covington as i
a cropper that Brooks ralfed ; and I j
have a man, named Hayhard, this year,
but l generally look after my business
tnyfelf, is the only two men ;ha I ever
had in a crop in my life. It in true,
Covington and mylelf had feme dtf- j
putes •, he wanted the management,
and 1 would not allow him it ; we !
parted in friendfliip . I have a lengthy
Setter from him, where lie willies to
ro.me back. Sir, as you call yourfelf
s Chriflian. did you 2d like an honed
grand jury-man, when you fliowed my
letter to the parties, and cauled a ri k
at court on the 2d Saturday in this
month There was a mifunderlland- j
fng with one—what was the reply of !
the o'her ? Brooks, how comes it that ■
you did not roll us of this before you 1
and Mr Harris fell out ?” He flunk
like a sheep Healing dog—there is good !
comes cur of evil Tometime?; his vil
!a> y has brought about y better under
fill nding with the other. Mv hordes*
mam and tails were I!wared off the 21 It
cl I tine, 1811, but Ido not believe
when the villains ll.irted, their mifehief
was again ft me; tliete was a feperation
took place between one of my neigh
bors and hiß wife, her fir It hiifband be
ing blood kin with me, it being late,
they calculated they would tairy with
r.n all night, for there weie two of their
tracks went to the (tables 1 accused
sor'ain character? of the villany ; and
a ei rhar, one of rny dut-gates was ta-
off the Hinges and thrown into the
r e< k ; all that I can fav, it was no ho
rn I! man that done it ; it ninft be fume
of .Sam’s party If Samuel Brooks
v rr a ciear o; villany, a* lam of the
b o.'il f the deCeafed Mr Hammond,
’ ‘Ouid be better for him, His friends
ar. laisfied that evening I was at Mr
B ache’s playing nine pins, and fome
gentlemen went home with me, Mr
Henry Crutcher was one, who had been
Having with tr,e fome time, as Mrs
Harm and fanu.y had gone to Savan
r.ah to fee her filter. To fla e all
B* > ok's villany, it would fill a large vo
lume, for I heard one of his near neigh
bors lay the other day, if he was called
into court and wag obliged to tell all
Brooks's mean trick.*, both itt and oht
of office, he would beg loafce of the
court and jury to for down ! I remain a
finct re friend to all honed nit ti j and
- a n enemy to ail rogue?, liars, ike.
. EZEKIEL HARRIS.
Ctith June, 1816.
CERTIFICATES .
Ctorgt t Witles county.
1 his is to certily that I have been
acquainted with Mr. Ezekiel Harrifs
for a number of years, and have had
confiderablc dealing with him, once in
particular, it was in his power to have
deft a tided me out of about four hun
dred dollars, he brought his friend har
vard as security, and mortgaged A ne
gro man, to fatisfy me that he did not
wnh to defraud me. I have also been
acqtiaintedjwith Samuel Brooks about
eight or ten years Und once thought
him a good man, ami would hare ser
ved him at that time, until I found out
hi rafeality, in +he came to my
houie to get one tlioufand dollars to j
jour him in a tauyard at that time ; I
to\! him I beh<v and hnn not an honed
man, and would have nothing to do
wrJHum. He then mentioned to me
Ee wilhed me to take his property and
pa ).is debts, Ia ked him how he I
Couid get it from N nhan el Baiiev, he 1
J ait< *L e cxnM K c£ the prop, y V.ck
.:om cany. Jmm luu* i wcu.c have ;
noting to <so with him rfnr his pfep
erjr. As witness my hand, tins 2t h
June, 18 IS.
A. Simons.
This tj to certify that the following
items that Samuel Brocks has Bated ir,
his anfwcr to Mr. Ezekiel JTarrifs wi*h
respect to the cowt over paying off
Murphiy‘6 note is faife, anti that he
could nor get Mr. HrrriiV note from
me for forty-nine dollars Eighty {even
and a half is nor so, for said Brooks
could have got the note for about thir
ty leven dollars and twenty five cents ;
if his brother ir no* a creditor he is in
my opinion much woife, for his broth
cr is fi curity for a tolerable large a
mount, and if Wm. Quinn had not
| pointed the property that San.'i Brooks
fold ts Nathaniel Bailey, I should have
levied on hisbrothers property andTild
I it. I heard his brother ask him. laid
| .Samuel, wiih tear* in his eyes, if he in
tended to make him pav Sutton's debt,
and turned off and said he might do as
; he plealed, that he (die said Samuel )
would not pay any, or woids to that a
mour t. 1 have gin'd cotton for sever
al years part for Mr. Harrifs, and have
alway fettled without at.y words at
ill. Witness this 24th June,
R. Hooker.
v •
Withes county , June 18, 1 Sl 6.
Tins is jto cettrfv that I have done
Biackfmirh's work for Mr Ezekiel Har
rds for several years, and never had
any dispute with him, in one respect
or another abou’ it, and am winking
the present year for him. As witness
my hand.
Wm. Arnett .
This is to certify, that I have done
Mr. Ezekiel Harms’ (hoe-making for
fvveral years pall, and we never had
any dispute aboutleaiher or thread, and
he always fettled up with rre. and
paid me for the fame. As witnefe
my'hand this J Bih June ,13:6
Moses Baugh.
This f do certify that \ haVe made
r. E zekiel Man ils negro shews about
diree years palt, we had no dispute a
bout leather or thread, and he paid me
10 my fatisfaction Witness my hand,
this 20th of June, 131S
John Mitrphey .
I do certify tna’ I have done black
fmii s wotk for Mr Ezekiel Harnfs,
for several years pafled, and that we
fc th and without any dispute about iron
or rtcel. artd that he paid me for the
, eame. Juiie 20th 1816
H m. Gxirtrel.
This I do certify that W,n. Coving
j ton went with me to the city of Balti
more as a passenger in Mr. Lewcllin
Evens s waggon, 1 further usderltood
his cosen Samuel Brooks paid or was
to pay 25 cents per day for his parT.ige
a I * etit nearly forty miles out of my
way, to give lutisfaction, as Covington
tinea.tied to write back to Brook{ not
to pay Evens a cent for his paflage.not
knowing the contract t took him to
Baltimore and Covingtoti frequentlv on
the pa Rage called htmfoif a fool ‘and
wilhcd that he was back at old Har
tila where he had lived to my knowl
edge about 18 months. As witness
my hand this 23d June, 18(6.
M in. ix; Marphey.
I do certify that 1 done blacksmith’s
work for Mr. Ezekiel Harrifs in the
year of >Bl3 and 1* a „d we never
j had any dispute about iron 01 Reel and
I he paid me punctually for the faihe.
Lincoln county, June 20, 18;G.
Jus. Buys.
This is to certify that the years pvi
or to Mr Samuel Brook’s moving off of
Christopher Brooks’ land to where he
now lives lie hired me to work, when
Wni Covington was beading of the
state of Maryland being a better couu
trv than this. 1 a krd what he come
here for then, Covington said, Brook*
w as obliged to come, he ltaited rather
between two lights and fome of the
negroes that he brought to this coun
tty, U they had their tight would be j
fr;e there, aff;i bepget! meftot fey
any thing about it, for Brooks treated
him rather hard, and the next year he
ineended leaving him. As witness my
hand this 21st of June, 1816.
John ><; lilackborn.
FROM ENGLAND.
By an arrival at New York,
from Liverpool, London papers
have have been received to the ißth
April, and Liverpo.il to the 20th.
BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
HOUSi. OF PEERS, APRIL 8.
Earl Barhurlt tnuveo the lecond
reading 01 Bonaparte’s detention
bill.
Lord Holland said, he could not
agree in the principle of the biii on
the journals of the houie. It ap
peared that Napoleon Bonaparte
had delivered himltif up in a vol
untary manner, about the end oi
July lalt, and then We contra&ed
with tlie three allied powers to
keep him in cliftody. Now, he
wiihed to know why we tyeu up
our Lands by Rich a treaty ? if we
Lad a right to detain him by the
law’s of nations, or the municipal
laws of this country, why had nu
nillers granted to the ahies luch a
treaty, which was onorous on us,
and no way advantageous to this
country. His Lordfhtp indeed,
that that the Judges fhoultl attend
to ltafe how the prelent laws of
England would apply to a perion
i, : his peculiar condition. The mo
tion was overruled ; but the Lord
Chancellor contented to a revifiun
of tlie. preamble. Adjourned.
~ APRIL 9.
Upon the cider oi the day, for
the committal of the bill for the
mere secure detention of Bona
parte, Lord Holland repeated his
obje&tons to the bill. As Bona
parte had furrendeied to us, he
could not fee by what right the al
lies were made to participate in the
trania&ion. His Lordship moved,
that there be inserted in the bill a
clause declarative ct the civil rights
of Bonaparte, in order to entitle
him to the equitable privilege of
iuing at law any person who might
otherwtfe take advantage of tne
lituation in which, by the bill in its
present drape, he would stand,
should any iuch occasion ever oc
cur.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Ford Holland*s p. West to second
reading oj Bonaparte*s detention
bill.
DISSENTIENT—Becahfe, with
out reference to the chat abler or
previous condutl of the person,
w ho is the objed of the present bill,
I disapprove of the mealure w hich
it fandidns and continues.
T o consign to diflant exile and
; imprilohmenf, a lor igh cap ive
; ciiief, w’ho, after ’the'a';>uicau-.>n cf ‘
his authority, had furrendereu him*
lelf to us in prcierrt.ice to bis oth- j
er enemies, is unwcrlhy ihe mag
nanimity of a great country : And
the treaties by which, after his cap
tivity, we bound ohrfelves to detain
him in custody at the will ot So
vereigns to whofti he had never
surrendered himfeif, appear to me
repugnant to the principles of equi
ty. and utterly uncalled for by ex
pedience or necefTitV.
VASSAL HOLLAND.
And on the third reading his
Royal Highness the Duke ot Sul
lex, entered his protelt for the fame
reafem
I.ovih,-,, April 16.
Accounts from Nsplcs of Ur. 27 ti ult. si ate
tliat the Austrian and British troops will so n
evacuate ttsat kingdom, anci proceed to the pa
pal states, where they will occupy the fortress
esand villages on the coasts of the Adriatic I
and Nt. diter uicun. Titis measure is to he a- i
dopted in const quence ot tiie insufficiency of j
the papal treasury to keep up a rnilita;> tjree j
sudicient (bribe suieiy iit'thc country *■” * th- j
coast. ‘ 1
HoW fell tTf.ln jrstenlav. FortuealfrcM
coin and L,.rs is now at 41. p. r ounce , a price
wuicii, c;M.s.dtnng it., sii|>ertoi ity of that gold
to he 0/ dish standard, makes die guinea worth
ratherltao than its mmunai value.
April 19:
Some German papers contain an account < fa
disi in bance having broken out in the eastern
part ot France, in winch several of the Austrian
tr “■! vvere wounded. Tlie d.sbunded French
soldiers, aided by the peasantry, had r ; sen, m
the neighborhood of Be fort and the Vosges,
and tin- Austrians were under liie necessity of
P'J Uu? Uit m down by force. In consequence
ot tins disturbance tlie Austrian force in Alsace
is to b ; ini. eased.
I'li. proposals of Sir Sidney Smith, fh r s
crusade agau.'si the Jta’ bary stales, are iepre
seated to liHVi- made a considerable Impression
upon the dey of Algiers, sn-eni'lheiied by die
misdon or an envoy from the grand segriior
whose nominal sovereignty is still aeknowh dg*
ill by these pirates, it l,',s induced th e dev
in liberate 153 Greek and 1 Ausirian captives.
( lie Polyiei.linic.il school at Paris has been
suppressed bv the government. Fifty of its
mosi rct.nctoiy youths were anested by the’
government, and the rest sent to their friends.
V 9t Petersburg, they are now printing the
Ve . T< stamen! in die Armenian, Persian, and
Kalmuc languages.
In England tlie separation of lord B\ron
from his w;te is producing a newspaper
cussicn.
lyetiers frbffi Liverpool to Bristol say the
house of RoScoe Clarke and knscoe had seti
i.lt il with their crctfftors and resumed business.
Prices o? cotton, L milott, April 16—sea isl
and, 2‘p td •, buvveds 20d to 20 1.-2d.
t Liverpool, April I.s—bowed 20 to 21d,
New-Orleans 201-2 ii to 24d, sea island 2s 8d to
>9.
Tobacco at London 13d. Vir£. rice 26s ia
ho..d.
Flour has advanced 5s pa- cask.
American pot adi.-s are 88 to 90*.
. Fhamcvort, April 10.
I’ is affirmed tha’ M Fouclie is going- t 6
publish membi-s concerning the triple admin
is -aiton, which will be accompanied by justl
; .calory pieces, throwing great light ,on u*e e-
Ventsot otir age. M Fotiche must doubtless
possess lhany historical it mav be
presumed that they are not all justificatory.
TnossHmr, (Norway) March 10. —A curious
occurrence took place here on the 7th inst.
A portion of iaml, amounting to 120 English
ac.- s, and 6u feet deep, slid with a tremendous
crash, into the river Nid, about a quarter of a
nide (rum Store Foss. This happened during
a hard frost, without giving any previous no
tice ; and Iroiii a nuantity of tite ground be.ng
ci y, vv tit a modern e assent from the river,
it appeals wholly unaccountable. Os Tiller
clmrcit, dwelling house aiid bridge, which stoovl
on this spot, not a vosta'ge is to be seen—'he
ruins are either buried • r dispersed. You may
fb. m some idea.of die. force with which this
mass ot earth fell,,when I tell you that a con.
odeiafde portion of it was thrown several inior
tired yards from the river 011 the opposite bank,
where 11 destroyed r.vo;-/,mis* w ! ne r
the Wnt'ortunate inhabitants. The owner of
i uler farm perishod by retu>-ning to the house
to look after one ofhis children. It is not yet
ascertained now many lives were lost; 18 are
known to have been buried or drowned and 40
corses, besides cows, &c. Avery fine iad ot If
lost tus life. Ode man saved himself in a re
maskable manner : he was the foremost ot 14
c: ij peasants, who were returning home to
SeibOe', from bringing timber for the buiidmgs
at t ached to our a oi k, and was so near the spot,
t. .at he heard tlie owner of Tiller cry for help
—lie immediately resolved to retrace h:3 steps*
tm other poor wretches endeavoured to reach
■he shore thro’ a deep snow, and peridted wdth
their horses; most of diem had two. The man
who saved himself had averv good horse, and
b) keeping him full spin and escaped on die shore
by Store Foss die river persuing him wi'h ihe
rapidity ot ugh .rung , | U B feelings may be bet
icr conceived than descri)>ed during this re.
nnu kab.c race. Our work luckily escaperl im
11.j .mi, a'tho'thri a . ned with rum. V. Krcugh
l.as otherwise stiffen and considerably, yet mostly
at Stole Fo s. where a Hour mill has quite dis.
appeared, ti.e saw null utinost dcstroyod, a>.4
dams cmvieu away to the arnouiit of 20001. \
-un.mer house 1 , which stood between Great and
Link- Fos , a short distance from the river,
canned in an oprigh position, as it stood on
sitorc, with 2 boats chained to it, and in that
nut ne.- precipitated down Little Fos. Titc
Fun and i* disc.doured with muddy Water to 4
grn-.t extent, and iiv.il probably b t so for
in.-n i.i,, VVe are willing to tiutik the danger
‘h , iw ever, though this is uncertain, till the
8- i' 4 Rill CUlb it-iitTlf <i pioptl’ P*iS-llg€.
Er-raSl of a tetter from an A menu,
cun ojjicer attached to the Medi*
tenant an squadron , dated
MARSEILLES, APRIL 7.
A BHtilL iquadroh, confiding
of fix ships of the line, two fcu
gates, three (loops of war, and
three bomb veffeis, failed from Port
Mahon on tf.e 2 iff ultimo, under
the comtnahd of Lord Exmouth,
destined for oAlgiers,
Lord E. has dated that he is
intruded to demand a release of
ail Christian Haves ; and in case cf
refuial, to Commence immediate
hoililities again fi the city. He ai
fb fiated tnat it was the inientioa
of his government to deprive the
i uiks of the Regency, and trans
fer ft to the Moors, they being a
iefs troubiefome race of people.
Since our Iquadron honored the
Dcy with an unexptd visit in July