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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