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appeared, mat on the m'ght of
the 3d of September about 12
o’clock, a body of men compo
sed of whites, negroes and per
lons in disguise, to the number
of 19, armed with various wea
pons, broke open the house of
Nathan Kemper, about two
miles from Pinkneyville, and
after much violence and great
abuse tied Nathan and his bro
ther Reuben Kemper, who hap
pened that night at his house.
After having fecurcd these two,
a detachment of the party went
in pursuit of Samuel Kemper,
broke open his houlc and secu
red him in like manner with his
brothers : fliortly afterwards the
parties united and forced the
Kempers to go a few feet below
the line of demarcation between
the United Stares and the Ter
ritory occupied by lus Catholick
Msjefty i where they were re
ceived by a patrole guard of
Spanish tioops under the com
mand of capt. Soloman AHton.
They were then conveyed to
the Bayau Tunicau landing,
there put on board a boat which
was prepared to receive them,
tinder a guard of fix men, and
ordered to Baton Rouge. In
palling Point Coupee on their
way down the river, the whole
rtw were taken by Lieut. Wil
lon, commandant of that poll.
Agreeable to the request and
dirtftions of the executive of
’lns territory to Lieut. Wilson,
ihe Spanish guard and the Kem
pers were lent under escort to
capt. Sparks, commanding of
ficer at Fort Adams, there to
await a judicial lnvefligation.-
According to the orders of gov
ernor Williams they were all
transferred to the civil autho
rity.
It appeared, farther, that a
mong the per Tons who were ac
tive above the line in securing
the Kempers, fome were citi
zens of the Miflifiippi Territory
a-id others fubjefts of the King
of Spain. Os the latter all es
caped beyond the line or else
where, lb soon as the Kempers
were delivered to the Spanish
guard. The majority of our
citizens who were aftivs in this
flagrant breach of the laws and
peace of our territory have also
cfcaped. The only two who
were in cuflody, were bound in
a heavy penalty to appear at the
November circuit court toftajid
their trial. The Kempers were
bound to appear as witnefles,
1 *i to keep the peace efpeciaily
• wards the fubjefts of Spain—
he negroes were adjudged to
be tried in a summary manner,
under the statute of this Terri
tory. The Spanish guard were
reieafed and direfted to be con
veyed into their own territory
by a military escort. This dif
pofr.ion of the Spanish fubjefts
was made from a knowledge of
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their having afted in obedience
to 1* f orders of their command
ing dicer, captain Alflon, and
the more tfpccialiy as we are
fl iin amity with Spain. Thus
the matter icfls at prelect.
We cannot but express our
fatisfaftion at the conduft of
our officers, executive and judi
cial, who have had the manage
ment of this business. From
tire prompt and energetic mca
iures purlue<d by our governor,
and the firmnds which he has
shown on this occasion, vft have
no doubt but spirited and deci
fivc fbt-ps wid always be adop
ted by him, to repress any out
rage that may be atempted upon
the citizens of this territory, by
our treacherous neighbours, the
Spaniards.
An outrage of a flmllar kind
with that committed on the
Kempers, but more hostile in its
afpeft was lately tranfafted by
a party of Spanish fubjefts in our
territory near the Tickfaw
Creek.
A party of twelve Spanish
light horse, part of capt. Jone’s
company armed with guns, pis
tols, and swords, came to the
house of Mr. Holden, about one
mile above the line of demarca
tion, and in a violent and hostile
manner threatened to put Hol
den and his family under guard j
while they were afting in this
manner, his son and others came
home when Ilolden ordered
them to get their guns and de
fend themselves—upon this the
party rode off and came two
miles further on this fide the
line to the house of a Mr. Flan
agan, and in a violent and hostile
manner, took him and his wife
prisoners, and carried them five
miles below the line ; there left
them under guard all night aftd
in the morning dilcharged the
wife, but conveyed her husband
fifteen miles further, took his
horle, bridle and saddle and then
difrnified him. The firft part
of this outrage was committed
in open day.
We are informed that cur
governor has demanded an ex
plicit and fatisfaftory explana
tion of this trau faction from
governor Grand Pre.
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COLUMBIA, (s. c.) Nov. 20.
At a court of general sessions
of the peace, oyer and terminer,
assize and general gaol delivery,
begun and held for Newberry
diftrift, at Newberry court
; houh;, on the second Monday
j of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and five, before the hono
rable Samuel Wilds, Elq. one
of the judges of the said flare,
the following preferments were
made out and returned by the
grand jury of the fin'd diftrift,
and were ordered to be printed
in the State Gazette :—•
We, the members of the grand
jury, do present it as a griev ance
the neglcft of inland navigation.
We also prelent as a griev
ance the neglcft of the ertftion
and supporting of seminaries for
the inflruftion of youth through
out the Rate.
We in the fame manner pre
fenr as a grievance that a peni
tentiary for the punifhmenc of
criminals is not cftabldhed by
la*w in the Rate.
We also present as a g itv
ance thaf the gaol of Newberry
diftrift is not kept in better re
pair.
We alio present in the fame
manner, that there are so many
dams and obftruftions aero Is
the rivers throughout this dif
trift as to render the passage of
fiih up them impoffble.
We present also that the
Judges of the courts of equity
and of &e common pleaic do
tot pay better attention to their
appointments.
We desire the above present
ments to be printed in the State
Gazette by his honor the Judge.
Signed Robert Rutherford, for.
John T insley, James Spear,
man, Rodger Rogers, Nicholas
Rochester, James Toland, Tho.
M'Cracken, Conrad Zuber, J.
Oxner, Jacob Shgh, Thomas
Wilson, John Raes, William
Finney, David Waldrop.
A true Copy. Attest,
FRED. NANCE, c. c. g. s.
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HORRIBLE MURDER, near
Clarkjhirgy Virginia.
Last night ABEL CLEM
MONS, at his place of residence
upon the lands of Col. George
Jaekfon, within about an half
mile of the town of Clarkfourg,
under circumstances of the molt
unprecedented cruelty, murder
ed his wife far advanced in preg
nancy, and their eighr small
children, the tlJeft about 12
years old, by striking them on
the head with an axe, while they
were aQeep in three separate
beds, lying in the fame room !
The wounds that he gave it is
luppofed, produced instantane
ous death, dispatched each one
at a blow—and ever; circum
stance induces a belief, that
those lad dispatched, were un
knowing to the caraftrophe of
s he others. Clemmons had been
preparing for fome time and
fixed upon next Thurfclay, for
his removal to the flare of Ohio.
A man named Neifly, who pur
chased part of his crop, went
•ariy this morning to the house,
and was admitted by Clemmons
who was in great agitation, and
apparently in a ftace of infinity
the family as Neifly luppofed
were asleep, except a little girl,
niece of Clemmons, who llaid
ail night in die iioule—but knew
nothing that occurred. Neifly
after conversing fome time with
Clemmons left the house unful
picious of wiia: had happened;
a brother of Clemmons’s who
lived fome miles off and was g j
ing to remove with him, soon
afterwards came to the house
and found him in it; he enquir
ed where the family were—
Clemmons said alleep—he ap
proached one of the beds to a
wake the oldest boy, when he
immediately difeovered that all
the children in it were murder
ed ! He accused Ids brother
with the crime, and then ran &
alarmed the neighbors—before
they aflembled Clemmons had
fled. Here was exhibited a
feene the mod [hocking to re
late—the wife and an infant in
her arms lay in one bed, four
daughters in another, two boys
and one girl in a third—ail
murdered by the husband and che
father—and what is very re
markable, he had always lived
with them in a moll affeftior.ate
manner, and they bore the cha
racter of honesty and industry.
Clemmons had been for several
weeks in a gloomy melancholy
mood, occasioned, it was ihp
poled, by his great anxiety f>r
the welfare of his numerous fa
in Jy. Ile is about thirty-three
years old, 5 feet 7 inches high,
birlt strong, fair complexion, I
light hair, an i has loft F> n- ■ ■’
... , * J u ‘CCI i,
The friends of *hua>enky are
entreated to use due diligence
to apprehend him—& the print
ers throughout the U. States,
are requested to inferc this ad
▼ertifement in their papers a iew
times.
JOHN G. JACKSON.
GEORGE JACKSON.
W ILLIAM TATE.
ELIAS STILLWELL. /
Clarkjburg , Harr if on county.
Virginia , Nov. 11, 1807.
PETERSBURG,
Saturday, Dec. 14, 1801;.
DISSOLUTION.
THE Co-Partnership of
Burke & NPDonnell is
this day dissolved by mutual con
sent.—The Paper will be con
ciufted in future by Alexander
M‘Don nell. }
A EEXAN DER M‘DONNELL.
Michael Burke.
Deunmer igj iSor,
His Excellency the Governor
has communicated to both bran
ches ot the LegUhture, a circu
lar letter from the Secretary at
W ar, iignifying that an imme
diate drart ot the Militia of th 3
State, may be called for by the
General Government. This, it
is suppo sed will occupy their
immediate attention.
Lcuijvilie Gazette.
The Alexandria Expofiroi:,
of November ift. ftaces, that
fC the reports in Waftiington
City confirm” the reports which
we have said were afloat in this
city, that the Spanish Minister,
having determined to leave the
United States, had demanded
his passports from our govern
mcHt. Emuirer.
j.
The United States frigate
CongreJs, capt. Decature, which
failed from i I amp ton Roads oa
Saturday last for W a (hinge on
City, (fays the Norfolk Herald,
ot the 14th) is again returned
into the Roads, owing, as we are
told, to orders from the feat of
government, fur her going im
mediately on a crude. Tire
Cor.ftclla it >n, capt. Stewart,
vvhofe arrival in Hampton
Roads, was mentioned in our
last, we are also informed, re
ceived similar orders !
Wajhington City , Nov, 12
We h avejuft now been in
formed, that orders have been
given by government fora de
tachment of Marines to be in
readiness to proceed to New-
O-leans without delay. And
that the Nevv-Orleans ftatiou
wdi be guarded by a number of
gun- boats.
Avery large advantageous
TREAT X has been made, we
underhand, at this place, with
the chiefs of the Creek Nation ;
by which a Urge cefiion of land
is made to the United States, and
the right given to open a direst
road to New-Orleans through
the territory of the Creeks.—
i he United States on their part
contract to pay the annual sum
o- r c ,000 doll ,rs for eight years,
*1 i fir annul sum of 11,000
o •< n :.fi cen years thence eu.?
a- Ntf In!A.