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TxIE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
, TUESDAY, June 4, 1799. [No. 20.
V'ot. I-J _— -
REASON AND TRUTH IMPARTIAL UUiPE THE WAY.
LOUISVILLE Pulli'htd every Tuelday, by AMBROSE DAY, at 3 dollars per ann. payable half yearly.
neW -york. ..
e i,a!on tm raa ihrm.jh th.J
■„ on Th«M»T l,a - ,ni lookI ook 3 ,U / n
I Lh of the coffee-hoofen, terrify*
.’"V foeflatno.. and 5 percent, zen
,A The n-oeffiry of I war, a lonz
" T j hloodr was tcho " l from . tlc l
t- ftoent toh * brother, and f.ngunury
~,-nce zrlnned a b.deo.ia fm.le, _
The rcoort w>» really alarming !
That the French had focceeded in ac
quiring the polWßon and dom non of
.V Ocean, and had expelled every A ~te
from it, mud be mortifying to ua
a I and gire birth to very dif.greeahle
feelings in onr b.eafla. Dear ft*
.ccept our compliment, of eondolance
on tHa tru'y mournfol cafion.
The prtrr artifice of elcamncenng
ntoaum Fpread the direful tale, and
endeavored to varn'to it the co,our
of probability ; but the narration enn
tradia« truth. Ibe enptora were Fad
to hate divided the cargo, and to hive
brought r cn (hire ; ha it »fl w 1 kn wn i
that the ve(T I failed in baHaft from th e
pnrt; but fuch » tnlTng incoofiftenry
ought to be overlooked, leaf! the cleaion
barometer fhould he retarded from riling
to that height, which the fervid rara of
the fac£,uinary tale was likely *o ra fir it.
Patriotic Regiftcr.
PHILADELPHIA, April z 6
Soon after the arrival of the late vef
{ch from Eu op-, it was mentioned by
a federalift in office, tbit it was probable
there was fome agreement between the
Ruffians, Au-'iria n B sod French, about
tbe defirutß•"m of Tctk'°y. It app-mp
fromtbemefT.ge of the French diretiory
of the 16th of February, that they bad
ordrred “ repr fals” upon Turkey, for
declirng war aga nft France, and for
drawing the Marines ao-l other
of Barhary alfi) info that war. We
may from thTc c*rr6t
by the fprmg (hips, aa account of s
fcrioui attack upon the Turkifh empire.
Aurora.
Tranjlated from “ The Reading
Adler,” or Eagle of April 23.
“ Reading, April 22, 1799.
" On Saturday afrernoci. laft, the
troups who were font to feize upon fnme
people in Northampton, cal ed iofur*
g ns, on their return from that expe
d tion arrived in this towrj, Bn d laft n ght
and this morning they all. except the
ars, marched for their refpeitive
homei. r
It is an old proverb;, but certainly
* true one, ,s that in every fold, be it
R r «t or foull, there may he found rot
kQ ee P Dif happened here. Thia
arm f WSB l™al 1 yet it vvas no' wbhouf
n ro.ten members, and fome extremely
* amon g the whole, there were
‘t t, at ric 'eded captain Montgomery* s
f 0 ' P °f La.i ader horl ; out &
T. ’ ifl , the y bo?(ted thernf- .<B. it wis
' f tr3 J e t 0 catc h rebels ana ' n f B t^em
r fa Ut becaure th{ 7 carried their trade
ar ag to enter the houfea and ibufc
L' ta . ble *" d uxoffending citizens, in a
ar’y F l^C m and cow
cam-? 5 f ° r '“TP I '* * P”t of them
0 my priuting offiec on Saturday
of fan? 35 ot xharaaec defirouy
Uppomng the hvy and the fecurity
. lT a u We ° :t Z?D ’ but lik ' a han
tb. J l, . robbt '* and »;’affi nB ; they tore
d ■ l it: °P «<> forcibly
capfL "y f '°' n m r l'°xfc before thj
’to c Ctr:a ' n >
ordered b ° mm 3 c o r pJ. He
pob-,*c matke[°h° P 'r a l ° ,Blce me to the
Wwlaffir. ° ‘ 4e | 3nd «
‘ oa luC but b:ck, and they
proceeded toob y bis nrdcri accordingly,
and c .aiitly would have fulfi led them
cssttlv, had not fome of capt Leipet’a
troop of Philadclph a interfered* re
preached them for rheir illegal and
tyrannical conduit, in cc.nfequence of
which only a parr of Hie fentence ot
capt. ivfomg -raery [/ix laches'] waa in
flidr 4
“ 1 nefc, my d j ar reUow'ci zens,
2rc the friends of good oid-.r, ih>'« ib the
mode of ccuduA which they pu (ue.
whole mouths are always full of a regard
for the laws, and who have called
forth to fupporf the government and
! fupprcfij infu region, but vbo it ib evi
dent wou'd much ra her crea e one. So
much for the prd nr, but f>on mo'e,
from Jac b Schneider M
April 27.
PreparaMrna are mak ng at No?w’ch
in C for ba Id ng a Hoop ot
war for ihe fedcfal vernm nt, un ’er
the tgen y of Mr J (eph Howicnd
1 She will mount 18 guns, and is to be
commanded by rep . DdV d Jewitt.
In the But fli floup of war Camilla,
capt, Lark ns, v/ iich fail d from Chettcr
a tew days pa(f, r »r Jamaica, went p f
ledgers, gen Maitiar d, col. Nighting
ale, with their fui c.
May 1.
We a c happy to be able to u form
the public, from undoubted au hor'tj,
that ilie awards of the rommifho iers
for carrying n o (ffect t# n y fi ft
article of the truly of fviendlh p I m ’8
and nav gitiou, between his Ci.boic
M;ijelly and the (Jniied States, for com
pentagon to the ci izens of the United
States for vtff | d end Cargoes tak u du
ring the late war be-wcca Spain and
trance, whiih have been e*h b: ed all
the Royal Trcafu y, ?t Madrid, hive
been hon )f«b y pai 1, 20 wc.i pr nc pjl ai i
miereft, agretab y to the tenor of ihe
laid awaids.
May 10;
LaO: evening the trial of John
Fries doled, af er the unremit
ting attention of the court and
ju*y, for nine dap.
Mr. Sirgrcaves, a fli flint to
Mr. Rawlc, op°ned tne caufe
lor the p'olecution, explaining
the nature of the 2d ad of the
2d at tide of the confti ution,
which defines treafon in thele
words : “ Treafon the
United States fh .11 confift only
in levying war aorainll hem. o
./ 0 o * .
in to their enemies
giving them aid and comfort
No perlan (h ill be couvifted ol
tiealon unlels on the* teflirnony
of two witnefles to the la ne
overt ad, or on confelT an in
open couit." After which he
introduced to the ju; y the weight
of teftimony wh ch they had
to p oduce, in order fo prove the
pnloner guilty of that part of the
definition, of “ levying war."
Twenty wiinelfes w-erc examined
on the part of .he U- ited States,
and four on the pait of the po
lo ne.
Mr. attorney for the
diflrid cf p nnlylvania, after a
fhort introduhtion read a gieat
number of quotations from law
books of eminence in lupport
of the profecution, after which
Mr. Dallas in a fpeech of fevtn
. hours and an half, produced
1 his quotations in behalf of the
3 prisoner, and commenced on the
j evidence. He was followed by
F Mr. William Ewing, another
f counsel for the prifoner, who
principally went on the fame
ground.
. Mr Sitgreaves anfwcred to
. the observations of the two latter
1 gentlemen, in an addrefs of up
j wards of fix hours. He was
followed by Mr. Lewis, counfcl
for the pnToner, who in the
cou.le of h:s obhrvations made
Tome remarks on a fcandalous,
calu nniatingalt ick made on him
in a public new(paper printed
in this citv f during the pending
of the prefent awful verdiCt;
imputing to him the influence
of gold in the caufe he had un
dertaken.
He obferved, it mufl be very
well k own that I he prifoner's
would not admit
(fab ibe from him ; he would
publicly declare that neither he
nor his colleagues, had received
any thing or even a prom fe,
for undeitaki g defence of
£:s unhappy client.
Mr. Lewis (poke near fix
hours.
Mr, Rawle clofed the pTcad
ings in an addiefsof about four
I hours, in which he examined
the cafe both as to law and tei
tnnonv*
Judge Peters, in a charge to
the jury, examined fome of the
refeiences alluded to by the bar,
and was fohowed by a full exa
mination both on the evidence
and law on this important caufe,
i by Judge licdcll, the preGdmg
judge.
The court adjourned ’till 10
o'clock, and the jury reti ed.
At 10 o'clock the court met,'
the names of the Jury being
called ov r t the p doner was
defired to hold up his hand,
when the jury, by their fo t- I
man, Mr. Wynkoop, delivered
m their verdift * ; guiiry.”
B A LTI vlO i< E, May *,
Ship Ocean .
It gives us great plcafuro to,
announce the per left fafety of j
the (hip Ocean, capt, Kemp,
and ciew. She was left at Lai
Vera Cruz on die Bth of Apri',
not having had a fight with, or
feen a French privateer, Com the
day file left New-York. How.
fuch fhameful accounts come
before the publ c, it is to be
hoped will be a fubje£l of en
quisy, by the fiicnas of capt.
Kemp and h:s crew, who mud
have futFered the mofl painful |
fenfations.
..
CHA.RLESI' ~ N, May 20
The packet Ycalrnan h^s
[ brought upwards of 1000 fhcets
: of copp°r for the frigate build
i ing in this place.
Major Genera! Pinckney re
• turned to this city on Friday
i, lall, from a tour to the Southern
: frontier of the United States.
May 25.
i On Tuefday la ft, col. Scnf
palled a boat through the double
lock of the Santee Canal, at
Biggin Bafon, which has fifteen
feet fall ; the locks were filled
w t!i water in twelve minutes,
I he digging of the canal is now
frnilhed from one end to the
oth-r, and it will be in a fitua
tion to pals boats from the S in
tee to the Cooper river in a fho.t
time.
Late European Intelligence ♦
RASTA nr, March 7 .
On the 3d every thing was
Hid in a quiet fl ,te at the Auf
t'ian head-quarters at Frierlberg,
but on the 4th, a confiderablc
train of artillery palled by Augf
burgh, on its way to Dim,
Highly Important.
The contents of the conven
tion of the ill of December,
» 7 q 7 , and the ferret articles of
the treaty of Cnmpo Formio,
have now been made public.
This convention is to the fol
lowing purport :
For the execution of the
treaty of (,'oTipo Forrnio, and
the annexed convention, the
plenipotentiaries of his majefly
the Empeior, King of Boh rnia
and Hungary, and the plenipo
tentiaries of ihe French Kcpub
lic, with the Fiench general ap
pointed to carry the provifions
I of th • fam : into execution, have
| agreed t-*, and reciprocally gu»r
-j anteed the following ar ides:
1. The Poops of the Fm
peror, and King of Bdiem a
I and Hungary, and the troops
|of the Empi c in his pay, (ball
| eva ( uatc the territor. of the >■ tn
pre by the 25th of December,
j ai d withdraw into the lured tary
Bates of hi. majelly, and beyo.id
the river Inn.
2. The contingent of the Fm
peror (had retire over the river
Lech, and not be employed in
'the to treflcs of the Empire.
3. The troops of the ganifon
of M ntz (hall not amount on
the 25‘h of December, to more
than 15 000 men.
4 On ifie lame d iy ibe Frendi
I army fhall evacuate the Venetian
territory, of which the Emperor
fhall take podeffion,
5. Fifteen lb uland French
troops fhall rein tin in the Did
I Venetian territory, as well to
jgarrifon th different for tic lies
as to maintain Older.