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uiFers at difterfnt times. He offer
ed Mr. H imes sco dollars and a
hattdiomc prefent to vote for the
bill, a few minutes before he voted
on the firft enabled claufe ; to Mr.
Cole he off red 300 dollars to vote
for it. Martin’s free and voluntary
examination taken before Jullice
Merchant, and Juftice Cai field,
was aifo given in evidence ; that at
the instance and requelt of —he
had made corrupt overtures to no
i-efs than fix members of the AlFem
bly including Me firs. Holmes ad
Cos!;. Mr. Foot his counfd feized
on the circumftance ftated by the
witnefics &c alfo in the examination,
that Martin proraifed the offers,
with ft if they could fee it right to
vote for the bill then they fhould
receive the emoluments he held
our,” and he infifted that this quali
fication prevented the offers from
being criminal. He alfo contended
that members of the Legfhture
were not inhibited from voting in
cafes where they expcCted to derive
an intereft from their votes, and he
inveighed againft former inftances
cf equally improper conduct in
members and others; he relied
much on the exemplary piety and mor
ality ef the defendant, as proved by
feveral of the witnefies. [!!!]
Mr. Woodworth, who aClcrd in
behalf of the ftate, denied the poii
tions, and confidcred the ca r e too
plain for difcuflwn.
I he charge of the prefidiug judge
was full and decided ; he ftated to
the jury the heinioufnefs of the of
fence, that it (truck at all our fccu
riry far life, liberty and proper v }
that the qualification of the pr ff. r
of bribes “if they could fee it
right,” was a mere device to gild
the hair, that a bribe thus ffred
was equally corrupt, becaufe the re
ward eld out was the very mean to
make the party attempted to be
bribed, fee it right * and that it pro
duced the fame effect in influencing
the vote of members; that the two
witnelfes were unimpeached, cor
roborated by the defendant’s volun
tary ccnfeflion, and that if the jury
believed the witnefies and the de
fendant’s own confcffion, they could
not htfitate. That the defendant’s
former goodnefs of character would
not avail him againft thefe united
proofs; and that if the defendant was
to be believed, he had been (educed
to the perpetration of the (Fences,
but if fo, he was equally ameanablc
to the law. The jury retired, and
in abou* 15 minutes returned with
• verdidt of GUILTY.
A full report of rhis interfiling
trial is expelled to be laid before
the public. It is the fi ft convic
tion u > rr the of the yih of
Apr?! 1805.
Louisville, (Ken ) April 17.
Indian Heflilities —at our doors l!
Mr. Hinton, who lived a few
miles below Vallonia, or the place
long known by the name of the
ct French Store,” n Driftwood,
fork of White river, (I. TANARUS.) went
out on Thurfday morning (7th inft.)
after his horfe—rNot returning as
Toon as was expefted, his brother
and brother in-law went in quell of
him, and difeovered horfe and Indi
an tracks—they returned, gave the
alarm, raifed a party, went out, and
explored the woods until Saturday
morning, when they found the b-dy
cf Mr. Hinton King in the river, he
having fceen (h t thro* the head,
tomahawked, icalped and ftiipped.
Two vour g men by the name of
Rrogrrs, mifli g from the fame
neighborhood, were fuppofed to
have (hared a fimdar fate, but have
fince returned. Col. Bnrhoiomew
and a company of upwards of fort/,
have gone f;om Ch:. reft on, and
major or capt. Beck, ?.nd his com
pany from Harrifon county, out to
Driftwood. Col. Robifon, [fuc
cefifor of col. Bartholomew, rtlign
ed,] has received orders from Gbv.
Harrifon to hold the militia in rra
dinefs to march at a moment's
warning.—Maj. Brown will leave
Charirfton on Monday next, for
Fort Knox—-he has accepted a lieu
tenancy in capt. Barker’s company
of Rangers, who arc ro range from
Fort Knox to Fort Harrifon.
By a gentleman dire# from Vin
cennes, on whom reliance ma) be
placed, we have the following infor
mation :—An exprefs arrived to
Gov. Harrifon on Sunday morning,
with the intelligence that (he Indians,
had recently burnt a houfe on the
N. W. fide of the Wabafh
about 30 miles from V ocennes.— *
The exprefi ftated, lavs our infor
mant, that a young man who lived
about the houfe was fe'-n murdered
in the yard. The family, which
confided of women and children,
were gone, not known whither—
perhaps taken pnhirers.
He like wife adds, ‘hat on his re
turn (Monday lafl,) he met an tx
prefs going on to the Governor,
with intelligence, that a man was
lately Fund killed aud attempted
to be thrown into Driftwood, fork
of White river, but wa* longed, and
that two men were m fling out of the
fculemenr, who had not been heard
of for three davs.
* “GFOKGLA^RHKiS" I3 '”
TjmE?Ts,TuNiy ,J ~
WE are informed, by a gentle
man who arrived in this neighbor
hood laft week, that a few weeks
pad, as Arthur Lott, Eq was on
his wav to B g*v , he was inhuman
ly MUDERED by a party of
Creek ind ; ans, who were in ambufh
befide the road. Mr. Lott was an
agrd and rcfpeCtabie citizen of this
ftate, and has been, feveral years a
member of our Lrgiflarure. Our
informant adds, that Col. Hawkins
had fent in to Gov. Mitchell fur aid
-—as the Indians had become fo ve
ry troublefome, it was nectfLrv to
quell them by force—friendly mea
fures having failed cf the dtfired
tffcCt.
WE are plt aitu to witnefs the
very honorable manner in which
the Grand Jury of this county have
noticed the Univerfity of this date.
We think it a duty, which every
friend to Literature owes his fellow
citizens, to circulate the fenciments
of Grand Jury as extenfiwely as
pi Bible—for this purpofe, we would
requeft our Typographical brethren
to infert the Prefentment relating
to this inftitution—as we can allure
them, from our own knowledge,
that the ftacement is not exaggerat
ed.
Qfj* THE Nortitem Mail had mi
arrived when this paper was put to
pre/s.
PRESENTMENTS
Of the Grand Jury for the county of
Clarke .
WE the Grand Jury for the coun
ty of Clark, do make the follow
ing Preferments, to wit:
1. We find upon examination
of the countv Funds, as ftated by
the Comm fli >ners, the fura of Two
Thoufand Eight Hundred & Nine
ty Eight Dollars Ninety Five and
one foarth Cents, due the county
from Different perlons, and we re
commend to the Inferior Ccurt to
take the mod fpeedy method to
colic# the fame.
•2. Wt prefcr.t as a grievance,
that the feveral Solicitors hereto
fere (ag r ecabiy ro a report of the
Comm (Boners to infpedt the Coun
ty Fundi) have negl died ro profs
cute the feveral pedons impeached
in behalf of the State, by which
the county funds are not mcreaied
according to the true intent and
meaning of the law.
3 We pry fent Gersrge Harper
and Sherwood Harper for flopping
the road leading from this co M‘-
Fall’s Ford, on the Middle Oconee
—Wirnefffs, James Haves, James
Langford, W liiam Dyfon, and
Richard S. Eafley.
4. We prefect as a grievance that
thr laft Lcg-flature did pafs a law,
aurhonfing the Inferior Court of
this county ro levy a tax for the
purpofe of building bridges, and
regret that the Inferior Court did
levy or authorise the collection of
the fame, and hope that the extra
tax will be placed to the credit of
the rax cf next year.
5. Ii is with the greatfft fatisfac
tion vnreir gnize the great utility
the Univc fiiy of this ftate is like
to be to our country —the number
of Students has cordiderably in
creafed of la'f, notwithftanding the
prrfiure of tne times—from cum
in n report, & the knowledge fume
o f us have of the ftcdl and dili
gence of the P'cfident and Profef
fors, from the Arid rules of moral
ity obferved ad inculcated in col
legfi from the zral with which the
prefenc Board of 1 ruftees appear
to enter on the duties of their office,
together with the tftabiiflied char
acter of the fuuaiion, in point of
heaFh, we flatter ourfdves that the
inflitution, in a (Fort time, will
vie with any on the Continent and
we hope the enfuingLegifisrure will
patronize the Inflitution in a way
that may place it in circumttancc3
Ratable to Its great uritity.
HOPE HULL, Foreman .
May 28, 1812.
6. Came Peter Williamfon, Efq.
perfonally before us, and defired us
to recommend fume proper and fit
perfon in his place, as commiflion
er t© examine the ftate of the coun
ty funds—in conformity thereto we
have recommended co his Honor
Judge Greflum to appoint John H.
Lowe.
We highly approbate the con
duct of his Honor Judge Grdham
during the prefrnt Term.
We alfo requeft that thefe our
Prelentmeats be publifhed in the
Georgia Exprefs.
1. Hope Hull, Foreman ,
2. Wdi amfon C. Reefe,
3 John H. Lojve,
4. Peter Randolph.,
5. Warren Stone,
6. Ifaac Suttles,
7. Richard W. Oats^
8. Thomas Booth,
9. Richard Cox,
10. Richard S. Eafley,
jf. James Langfard,
12. Stevens Thomas,
13. James Hayes,
S4 John Smith, R. H.
15. Richard Stewart,
16. William M'tchell,
17. Roderick Eally,
19. Harrifon Jones,
10. Jofeph Eaft,
21. Benjamin M‘Cree.
PROTEST.
WE, whofe names are hereunto
annexed, being members of the
Grand Jury, do Protest againft
the Prefentment that rclpefts the tax
laid on this county, for the burpofe
of building Bridges—believing that
it is not in the pewer of the court
to refeind their own order, or ap
propriate the monies already col
itcicd, 01 mat ft.a;, cci.tdlcd, ft*--
that exprefs purpole, in any other
way than as the law direds.
1. Hope Hull,
2. Thomas Booth,
3. Stevens Thomas,
4. Ifaac Suttles,
5. Jofeph F.aft,
6. William Mitchell,
7. Hanifon Jones,
8. WilliamlonC. Reefe,
9. James Largford,
10. Richard Cox,
A true copy from the Minutes—Gi
ven under my band at office t this
2%tb cf May y 1812.
STERLING ELDER,
C. S. C. C. C.
* PR OFO S ALS
For Publifhing by N. Childers, fo
Miiledgeville, a Pamphlet,
to be entitled,
Arguments , for and again and the
RIGHT OF INSTRUCTION,
By the Legiflatures of the feveral
flutes to their Senators in Con
grefs—Read before the Le
giflature of Virginia ,
at the Seffion of
By Benj. Watkins Leigh, and
Chas. Fenton Mercer, E(qs.
Members of the Virginia Legiflature .
The importance of the prin
ciples canvaffed in the pages cf this
work, and its vital connexion with
the genius of the Rcprcfcntatsve
Syftem, is the beft opology for of
fering it to the patronage of the
public.—To facilitate an inveftiga
fion of its merits, by exhibiting m
a ccndenfed view, the arguments
pro and con , is the object of the
Publilher in ifiuing thefe propnjals.
Proceeding upon the axiom, that
all legitimate power is derived from
the People, as the Political Sove
reigns of the Nation—-and that,
that power !s by them delegated to
their immediate Representatives In
the State Legiflatures, in return for
civil and political protection—it is
obvious, without argument, that
the conftitucional exprefTion of rhe
will of the Legiflature, is ipfo fatte
an expreffion of the People's Will. “
Out of this principle in the poli
tical compa#, ariles the following
important queftions:
I—-Have1 —-Have the Legiflatures of the
feveral States, the right, on any oc
caflony to inftru# their Senators in
Coi grefs?
2 —Are the Senators, thus i’nflruc
ted, bound to obey ?
Thefe queftior-s are ablv difculT*
ed in the production before us.—
The arguments on either fide, are
deduced from the mod approved
authorities on government —arrang-
ed with order and pcrfpicuity—a id
the conclufions inferred therefrom,
ingenioufly and logically drawn.
The Legiflature of Virginia, a
ware of their refponfibtlity to their
conftituents, were fo forcibly im
prefled with the importance of the
fubjeCt, that they adopted the prin
ciple and aCted upon it. The prin
ciple is equally important to every
ftate in the Union. If they have
the right, ccnfti'cutionally guaran
teed to them, it is their duty to ex
ereife it when occafion require!—if
they have not the right, it is impor
tant to them to know it.
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