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COLUMBIA# CENTINEL.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2.
; SACRED be the liberty of the
P/ess. An impartial examination into
the conduct of public officers—a free
examination of public measures, is the
inherent right of every member of a
free government. A real republican
will never abandon his rights to pro
cure the favor of any man or any party.
No terrors appal him, nor can private
emoluments or personal aggrandise
ment produee * dereliction from prin
ciple.— YVe have noticed with regret
that the character and conduct of a con
epirator General continues to be sup
ported by some Gazettes that are term
ed republican.—We beg the .attentive
perusal of tlie annexed affi !avit. At
the time Williamson was killed by
Lieutenant,norti Captain Wilkinson,the
General (his father) commanded the
Army ol the United States, and was
Governor of the Territoiy of Louisia
na; yet no civil process was issued a
gainst the Lieutenant, nor was he, as
we believe, ever arrested us an officer.
Let no vile pander of the General cry
out, as heretofore, “The General is
only persecuted by Burr ites ; by trai
tors.” The writer of this abhors per
secution, and is no traitor; though,
had he have been disposed to enlist un
der the banner of “ a corps of worthies”
he verily believes he cool 1 have done
so through the agency of the General
himself.-—lt is the business of a free
Press to pursue the guilty villa : n, to
bind him, and drag him before the pub
lic ! This dons, it remains for public
justice to perform the rest—Her march
is pointed out by the constitution and
laws.
Territory of Louisiana, Personally
District of St. Lotus, ss. £ appeared be
fore me, Samuel Hammond,bile of the 1
Justices for said district, Charles Rob
ertson, who being duly sworn, deposeth
and saith, that during the last fall he
was in the service of the United States,
and went on an expedition up the Mis
souri river, under the command of
Lieut. James B. Wilkinson ; that when
about four hundred miles up said riv-r,
one night when incamped on the bank,
one of the centinds hailed a man. who
replied that he wa3 a friend, when this
deponent who had the command of the
guard for that night, went and met the
man, who s i 1 that his name was Wil
liamson, ard that he and his brother
had been robbed some few hours be
fore, oy some Indians, and tint they
il,ad murdered his brother. Williamson
was then permitted to enter the lines,
and came m with this dcpotnnt. Wil
liamson rem lined with us two nights,
and on the third night, about 11 o'clock,
Williamson and Morgan Eddy, a cor
poral, had been out to see if there were
any Indians near, returned, and were
sitting down near ccntinel No. I, and
between No. 1 and No. 2, the centimls
(who walked from one to the other buck
( wards and forwards) had their walk on
the outside of Williamson and Eddy.
v At this time Lieut. Wilkinson took his
double barrel fusee and a pistol from
his tent, and said he would go found and
see the centinds. He Went near to
♦entinel No. 2, and hailed three times,
and no one answering, fired Ins pistol,
and then immediately fired his fusee ;
\ this deponent was then about twenty
five steps front Williamson and Eddy,
and they were inside of the chain ojeen
tine Is, which this deponent believes was
the reason they did not answer when
hailed by Lieut. Wilkinson. When the
fusee fired, Williamson exclaimed, “ ()
Lord, I am a dead man.*’ This depon
ent with two men and Morgan Eddy,
him up and carried him into
. Lieut. Wilkinson’s tent. Williamson
was shot in the hack with fourteen but k
shot, and was in much misery. Lieut.
Wilkinson seemed much distress d.
Williamson lived ah in twenty-four
hours and died.
Just before Williamson died this deponent
went to the Tent, from \v here he was on
to kindle up some coals in an oven, that had
been put there to keep the Tent warm, when
entering the 1 eut, Dr S'eele aid another
man who were all the persons thrre, except
Williamson were asleep—h? heard Willlam
son make a grear deal of n use and found he
had nearly slipped off of h s bed, he asked
Williamson what was the niaoer and lie re
p:ied 1 O Lord be never should see his wife and
tsxolittle children and bis brother J,hn. again."
Tnis deponent waked the pers-ms in the l ent,
V idianison was past speech and died imme
diately— (’his deu mect thinks Lien, fames
£ WiHinton on tbe night be sh-t miliarnton,
«»« rather intoxicated / Lieut JYiikinton whilst
on the voyage drank whist c ■ and water feel * / /
and he (this .cpone it) conceives Lieut lYtlhin
tn wasf id of a dri <* ,f Gn,g / >/—When in
Coming down the Mi»svuri and we were about
I thirty miies above St. Charles one Lindsay a
drummer of Capt. Lewis's eompany, went in
a small pirogue of Williamson’s to a boat be
longing to Mr. Le Beaum. that was going up
to some salt-works; and when Lindsey came
back to the boat, Lieut. Wilkinson told Lind
say that he allowed he had been to that boat
to tell something of his killing Williamson, &.
if any lft the boat again and told tales he would
dog them or make Robertson (this deponent)
do it.
Sworn to before me this 29th Sept, 1806.
S- HAMMOND, j v.
Alexandria, Nov. 15.
We arc informed that Mr.
Jackson has demanded and ob
tained his passports from our go
vernment, and that he will leave
this country soon with his family
andsuite.—Some people suppose
that Mr. Oakley will continue
here as Charge dcs Affairs, but
it is our opinion that no one will
be left in that, character; and per
haps no other minister will be
sent from the British government
to this country, in the present si
tuation of our affairs.
The Vice-Consul of His Ca
tholic A lajesty Ferdinand the VII.
resident in this port, is authoris
ed to inform the merchants ol'
this town and district, that by a
Royal Order of His Majesty, da
ted the 10th of July, ultimo, no
foreign vessels will be admitted in
any ports of the Island of Cuba,
after the 27th of Sept. 1809.
Philadelphia , A'ovember 16.
Latest from Portugal.
Yesterday arrmd at this port, the
brig Reindear, Wade, 30 da) s from
Lisbon. Captain W. sailed the 15th
l October, 5 days previous to which lord
Wellington arrived in that place, and
it was reported the French were within
70 miles, and the British about 40 miles
distance. It Was generally expected
the English would not risk an engage
ment; but avoid it by embarking their
troops on board several transports and
men of war, lying in the roads for that
purpose.
NEW-YORK, Nov. 7.
The Spanish Government schr.
Junta of Seville, arrived at Phila
delphia on Friday from Havanna,
with money and dispatches for
the Spanish Minister, Chevalier
Onis.—She sailed with the St.
Ram< n, and St. Leandro, of 68
guns each carrying fourteen mil
lions of dollars in specie for the
Government, and loaded with
Cochineal and indigo, on public
and private account. They con
voyed the schooner to the Ameri
can coast, and thence proceeded
on their voyage to Cadiz.
The National Intelligencer of
Monday last, says, that “ Lieut.
Has well, the bearer of dispatches
from France, arrived in this city
on Friday. We do not learn,
that the information brought by
him indicates any material altera
tion in the relations between this
country and France.”
The Bonaparte Family are ex
tending their limbs and branches over
the whole civilizul world. A scion is
now acknowledged to be shooting up ; n
the United Si airs. We suspect our
habits, manners and institutions will be
lounc unfriendly to its growth in that
luxurious style which the head of the
family thinks necessary in all its mem
bers.
It is well remembered that a few
years since Jerome Bonaparte the youn
ger brother of the Emperor of France,
driven by enemies and stress of weath
er, took slicker in the United States.
During Iris residence at Baltimore, he
count'd and married Miss Patterson,
the daughter ol a respectable citizen of
the United States. Some months af
ter their m image Jerome and his wife
stilul for Europe. Jerome renounced
his lovely bride, wedded a princess and
is now a king. Mrs. Bonaparte was
not allowed to land on the continent of
Europe. She Went to England and
was there delivered of a son, with whom
she shortly alter embarked and safely
arrived in the United States. i
We have for some days had various
rumors afloat, as to certain arrange
ments made in Europe respecting Mrs.
Bonaparte a.td her son. The follow
ing is the substance of w hat is circula
ting—-That Mrs. Buonaparte is to have
a pension of six v thousand (lollalS per
annum and to be a Dutchess —That her
son is created the French
Empire and a pm allowance is
made for his Kck'.V'iion. —That the
Dutchess and the Prince are for the
present, to remain in the United States
—That Colonel Tousard , who served
during the revolution ny war, is appoin
ted Governor of the Prince with a large
salary, and an appointment of Major-
General in the French service. To
this statement it may be proper to add
that we have been assured that General
Turreau . the French minister, never
has sat down or been Covered in the
presence of young Buonaparte, and that
this deportment is in consequence of
instructions from the Court ot France.
(Democratic Press.
TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN.
Supreme Court, September Term, 1809.
History, the record of facts,
shews, that under every form of
government, man, when invested
with authority, from the weak
ness and imbecility of his nature,
has a strong propensity to assume
powers, with which he is not le
gally clothed.
Fully persuaded of this truth,
we, the grand jurors for the bo
dy of the territory of Michigan,
after having heard witnesses, and
after a free and dispassionate dis
cussion, and mature considera
tion of the testimony, on our oaths
present, that JVilliam Hull , gov
ernor of the Territory of Michi
gan, did, on the twenty-seventh
day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and nine, unlaw
fully, and without any color of
authority, sign an instrument of
writing, as governor of this terri
tory, remitting a fine imposed on
John Whipple, by the supreme
court for insulting one of the
judges for a certain decision in a
certain suit then pending in the
said court.
(Signed)
GEORGE HOFFMAN,
Foreman.
Grand Jury Room,
Sept. 20, 1809.
MARRIED, at Millhaven,oft Sun
day lasi, by the Rev. Mr. Hand, Mr.
Reuben Wilkinso*, Merchant, to
Miss Ann D-iuglass, daughter of the
jate Major David Douglass, deceased.
MARRIED, at Savannah, on the
24th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Carles,
Lewis M. Baris, Esq. of the house
of L. Birie & Co, of Augusta, to fbe
accomplished Miss Jane V. Coqiil-
LoN, of the former place.
Augusta Jockey Club
THE Augusta Jockey Club
Races will commence on the fourth
Wednesday in January next, free for
any Horse, Mare, or Gelding, from any
part of the world. Weights and dis
tances as follow:
Aged Horses , 12G
Six years old , 120
Five do. do. ]l2
Four do. do. 102
Three do. do. £9
Two do. do. a feather.
The First Day’s Running, four mile '
heats.
I he Second Day, three mile heats.
The Third Day, two mile heats.
The Fourth Day, a Handy Cap, two
mile heats, for the entrance and sur
plus money.
By order of the Club.
Samuel Lark, Seriry.
December 2. * 21
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In all its various branches, exc- j
cuted at this Office with
neatness and dispatch.
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Richmond Jockey Club are i,-
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One lot of Corn in the house,
j taken as the property of Thomas Step
‘ toe, to satisfy an exec ution in favor of
\J ines Tinsley, and pointed out by the
d-;f nd.ttif.
Gilbert Ntylan, S . B. C.
Deceir.bt r 2. 21
Sheriff 's Sale.
TO be Sold, at the Court-house in Jack,
tor,borough, Scrivtn county, on the Ist
1 uenday in January next,
ONE r i housand acres of land
on the river Ogechee, in said county,
originally granted to S. Douglass, and
then bounded by land of Netherclift,
j nd sciz d as the property of John and
j Henry Rosier, to satisfy an execution
i in favor < f Gumming Sc M'Credies.
Thos. F. Lovett, S. S. C.
Dscembwr 2. 3J