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CHARLESTON, I'cb. 9.
By the brig F.ttphem'a. rapt.
Torrev f/arr ivf and testerdwy *n W
c]'4vs V; (.’in Nc\v'(.)rle;tns, “c
have received ‘l' l ’ papers ol ‘-’lilt
•city to the 21st lilt. 1 ‘to papers
pre entirely silent, <r. tint present
’ sotuatiorrof that-cowntrj ; !#**'-■ e
learn, verbally, that the ! V
siill continued in the greatest !er•
mcmatiop—many arrests k&d
t-ken plate: among the; most ton
spiciiott*, persons aro-med, w< re
kn. Jo! in Adair, 1 late a Senator
in the \C-on)jV*fSs of the’ United
Stater, from the., state of Ke't
fiickv, wlvi had bn sent on t°
Balli'more. Judge ’.Workman,
l.t’.e a resident in tlt'is city, had
also been arrested arid, anti was
incottfiitemem; as also Mr, Iliad
ford, t lie printer cl one
of the newspapers in thtxt city.
• Commodore lab aw ball issued
orders that fife vessel, boat ot
barge; sh child be permi-.trtl to
a mend thi'Mtssiifclppi, having on
boat and any at ros, aninjun tion, or
naval stores, without a puss Itotii
Governor Claiborne Jhe Le
gislature ol New-Oileans met on
the 14th ult. arid bat! continued
•the if tension fur several days wiib
closed'(loot c, during winch tt-rne
-general Wilkinson lad iVtttr.did
let- ihe purpose or couinvua-teas
ing so nr*, important ir. term Hi on.
It win reported that iidltti Into
descended to within sixty Hides
of Natchez, With about 2GOO
men;. Col. Claiborne had been
dispatched lip the riVfr .with a
bout 300 men, to intercept Cot.
Jiurr, assisted by die tan at lurce
uu.icr coiiiriioduie Shaw,. who
had Received a ictfer Is ei'ui- hlr.
ot the Navy,
ordering him to U-.ke, and ,i nv-
Cessart, delroy fill Duals, e.c.
belonging in iiui i jOi any one hold
ing an appointment under him.
i he iiritiyh brig i hom, ‘-apt.
Teat, arrived at New-York on
the Jifyh ult. from K. iugston, U •)
January 3d, was L'.-uttyci. U} a
liritisli litigate, and iutoi oied that
Cur.bacoa had been lajtep by ad*
re;r‘.d Cochrane.
A I .ondbn paper of the. 30 h
December saj s —“ Vy e feel hi’i
cercly Imps ytU being aide to state
that the beAvec'n this
cautuiy and Amep icit is proceed
ing in the very best iriiin; that
tire difficulties attepding it are
id-most- all surmounted, and that
such a completion of i\ may be
speedily louktd lor, as will iu
siive the permanent good under
standing and mutual benefit ot
both coutiuies iu Louie. ’
A general embargo is ordered
st Hambugh, and no lo utral is
allowed to sail, even it', ballast;
the American consul bus remon
strat'd on the Ol cu m;tj luu in
vain. Hambuirh, on die 1 I h,
w as garrisoned by about 800 itu
lians.
Letters received at London
from Copenhagen ,of die 9.h De
cember, mention, that Lord
iltuchitu.on bad proceeded on
his mission, i’t < Lxibiy to Ait-
Kiel or Konigsberg-
Messrs. Smith, Blanker, Bnr
rmvs, and other iMeti ber* of the
British Factory at Hamburgh,
wet c on the Sih otderetl to pio
cettd to Verdun, but their depar
ture was suspended til! the 14th.
They had not, however, been
ordered i.lFthe l6ih.
A considei able Itoilv of troops,
&c. are about to he sent to the
Lie of Wight, to embark for
Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney,
bt-verai light K fast sailing ships
of Witt ait also to be stationed in
that quarter.
Tire I’nrdan General Man
stein,-commands 1 ? ,000 men in
Dantzic. fit had found it n.-
cts-aiv to disarm the inhabitants
St.d t-> pmti It several oi them,
V,hosouyht to imp.tie the ttiea-
Hines tic bad order cd |e>r tne Uc ‘
fji.ee 01 tiie city.
Denmark ruu-rtimt', serious
apprehensions with reaped to .he
Icstgnt of the French, and are
-epanng for roistaucc. Fri*
| ‘"ntc fetters of t'c 1 fit 1 1 Drcerr -
| her add, that her apprehensions
| are well founded, an 1 that a rt*u
-1 sidttrable foice -is ro Feting t- 1
the neighborhood ol Hamburgh,
for the purpose, ; t i supposed,
of taking possession of Holstein-.
I Hamburgh, it is feared will be
I occupied as a conquest, and that j
even the little share of authority ,
at presefit enjoyed bv the senate,
\ il be rrpeedilv annihilated. —
! There is tfen some (bead ol five ,
i in force me tiff of more rigorous
j mewurts against the trade With
Jin; land than any which have
betnap yetyadopted.
February 14-.
Mention has been made of
a party of men who call them
li-lves * Thrcjhers in Ireland,
who oppose them‘elves to the
collection of tyiVies. The fal
lowing is a copy of one of their
proclamations :
• u i'o the.. Clergy, Farmers,.and-’
Prccldrs, and ail others con*
* ‘ cirncd therein.” ,
u Gert;!emc::——l, John
Rearing.the inhabi
tants of the parish of A lohiic
are fore opprcfled by the a
hove mentioned, I mean to in.
font foil that 1 art! arrived in
the pa-ifh of Kilkibfct, fuion-Fn
a long and fatiguin'# jdurney,
having been this long’ time
hack circulating my laws thro’
iKc counties. of Mayo and SU.
go, which I have moil flri&Uy
cfK'ded by die aid,of the No.
biitty of’ (aid counties ; so 1
hope you’ll take this as a fore
warning not to take pride in op
pt\ fiing the poor. Let me not
hear for‘the future, that thete
(hail he any undertakers for
Tythes—for I’ll admit none
hut the R eefors ; arid take
care that the Clergy do not ex.
tort on the Roor. viz, for Mar
riage, which {half he only as.
6d, 1- •pj in is. and extreme
unition, nothing at ah. 1 hope
you’ll not give me the trouble
of corning to lee you, pr if you
do, rilusethe icvcrcli means 1
I podibly can. ho I remain j
your affectionate fiiend, if you ;
merit it.”
“ John the Thrusher.”
God save the King.
“ Castj.eSia.”
It is laid *hat Sir Sidney
Smith was recalled by the Brit
ish government from the Mc
ditterraneanj and that they have
dilapproyed of his conduct
tliere with the revolvers in the
Calabria. The following is
given in the Neapolitan jour
nal :
Napx.es, Sept. 23.
The Neapolitan journal
has published the inflriicfions
given by the English Admiral,
Sir Sidney Smith, (of which
the Government Has the ori
ginal.’! to Guariglia, the chief
of the Malles. The following
is the comrmflion of Guang
ha :
“ SF.CRRT ORDERS.”
J'alcrmo'yune 25, 1806.
“ Major Guariglip, belong
i iivg to the Royal Militia of
Palermo, will it Tee at Capri,
and coulorm himlelf to the fol
ic wing mduidions : To make
all his partisans rile in ini'ur.
rettion, to excite the country
to revolt, to point out the holli
es which fltould he given to
pillage, to give the names of the
persons declated rebels and
enemies to the Hate, who
illould fuller military execu
tic.n, and to diretl tlie other o.
pmaiions. lie is to neglett no
thing to procure all poflible
information as to the petition
of the tnetny, from Scales to
S.V.ciiiunt, as we l as ad the
info; matioh relative to the
milfion that is eoufided to
hi in.”
“ Sidney Smith.”
This oider v< acccntpani
cd with ;n in 11 ruff ton in 14
articles, on the manner in
which Guariglia was to cxe.
cute (he order* of ihc Admiral.
I'o fay that thole pieces have
fallen info the hands of the Mi.
lir ary Authorities of the King
dom of Naples, is to announce
that the modi, fee ret intrigues
of the Engldli do not eleape
the active fuperiniendance of
Govei nment.
Gazette de France.
BURR'S CONS PIRACY.
rp.or.or.TcWN, (s. c.) Feb. 11.
■C.'rjni of a letter from the Hon.
Joseph Alston , to his Excellen
cy Charles Pinckney.
Oaks, G lh Feb. 1807.
Dear Sir,
Tliavc received and read the
President's message with deep
mortifientihn arid ‘ concern, lfut
the letter annexed to d', stated
T 6 be a communication in cyphers
from Col; Burr to gen. YVilkin
sOn, excites my unfeigned asto
nishment. I solemnly avow that
when that ietu-r was written, l
bad never heard, directly or m
direcdy from col. Burr or any
other person, ot the meditated
attack on Nesv-Orieaus, nor bad
1 any more reason to suspect an
attack on that place, or an;, other
paitol the U. S. than I have at
th's moment to suspect that our
militia will be forthwith ordered
on an expedition against Gibral
tar. On tiie other hand, I had
long had strong gro Vds for be
lieving that col. Burr was engag
ed by other objects, of a very
different nature from those attri
buted to him,and which i confess
the best sentiments of mv heart
approved.’ I need not add that
those objects involved not the in
terestj'of mv country.'’
Without adverting to that in-
I trgrity of principle, which even
i my enemies, I trust, have a!-
j lowed me,can it be supposed that
Ia man situated as I am, descen
-1 ded from a family which has ne
j verlcnown dishonor,happy in the
! affection and esteem of a large
j number of relations & friends,
| p©Hi:fled of ample fortune,
1 and (landing high in the ton”
fidence of his fellow-ertizens,
could harbour, for an indant,
a thought injurious to the
country which was the feeneof
those bleflings? The supposi
tion would be monstrous. No
lir. It was but a fliort period
I before the imprellion became
\ general, that apprehended the
! pojfibility of Mr. Burr’s inten
j nous being holtile to the u
’ nion; and the moment which
j gave bioh to that apprehenfr
on, gave birth to the resoluti
on which became a citizen.—
| I confcls, however; there are
! times even now, when, in spite
; of the flrong fatts which have
i been exhibited, I am almost
, inclined to believe my fufpici*
; oiss injurious.
Whatever may be thought
I of the heart of Mr. Burr, lus
j talents are great beyond quef.
1 tion; and to teconci'e with
iuch talents, the chimerical
projefci of dismembering the
Union, or wresting f-om it a
ny pait of its territory is dtfli
j cult indeed. 1 travelled thro’
| a part of the Weflern country
j during the la It lummer, and
j have no hesitation in laying,
j that either of those piojebis
would have been as much le
orobated there as in the Allan
tic States. With relped, how
ever, to the communication
annexed to theprefident's rneli -
Cage; which occalions you the
trouble ot this letter; after my
foiemn afluranevs to you. that
1 lad never given col. Burr
or any other person the fmal
lclt tcafon to imagine tiiat 1
could be induced to engagUn
any project againlliny county;
it would be inlinitcly iatisfato
ry to me, could I explain to 1
you, with the fame cerUnty j
the motive which led hi* to
intioduce my name as lwdid.
I But here, unfortunately, ill is
j conjeOuie. Two motiveon.
jly I'uggelt themselves. He
i imagined perhaps, which by
j the way, he had no ligli to
do—rhat his inlluence vou Id
j he fufficienify gteat to iiluce
j my aflcm, and thought, tcre r
i fore, he might as well corider
I it already obtained —or, vrich
I is more probable, he light
l have imagined that (by the
apparent concert of a nuFcr
of per foils from differ ent ji\es,
I a jironger imFrejfioa -iconic be
made upon his co-> rcjpondenr—
Considerable ejjdl, too, ms
no doubt, anticipated by lr.
Burr’s dtfeernment from he
perfeß self confidence wkh
would have been manifefld
bv his taking with him is
daughter, receiving Mt.c'O t, /
peiation, arid thus embarkig
in the fell erne the fortunes f
his infant grandson —tire on/
relative, except ins danghte,
that he has.
But whatever the motive
which drew from col. Bu:
the assertions contained in hi
idler to Gen. Wilkin Ton; fuel..
incontrovertible jails, prov
that he had no authority so
making them. His daughte
did not go zuith him; the navj
of the United States is fit
faithful to its duty; com. Trux
ton, lam told, at the very
moment he was faid.to have gone
to the Weft-Indies, was in
Philadelphia, which I know
not whether he has ever left;
and I, in Head of following
v.i h a corps of worthies, am
now at my usual re fidence —
where I have been ever f nee the
adjournment of the legijlature ,
peaceably directing the plough
ing of my 1 ice-fields and pre
paring my lands for the enfu’
ing crop. This is conclusive.
A conspirator againlt the hap
piness or liberties of his coutr
try, would have been, at this
moment, very differently em
ployed. Conspirator! the blood
that burns my check, as I
write the word—but I tnegnt
to confine tnyfelf limply to
the dtfavowal, I have made
you, of a Tingle aßion or
thought holtile to inv country.
To feel even that difavowa!
necessary is fufficicntly painful:
I have yielded, however, to
circumstances, and made it.
My unequivocal manner of
making it, I trult will not leave
a doubt upon one candid or
honest mind. Still I am aware
that tlie common interchange
■ of good offices with a man,
j with whom I have been lon
j nearly co-nnefcied, may have
(given tile to\tircumllances
which, however innocent in
themselves, malignity will de
light in dillorting, and the il
liberal among my political ad
vet laries exult in difleminat
iug. 1 am awaic that there
will be men bale enough—for
I you and 1 have, not longs nee,
j lven proof's ol it—to wntlper
) even the circumiiance oi my
J conneßion, by marriage, with
j col. Burr, as a circuuiltance
; warraniing jvfpxcion. About
1 the opinions ol Juch men 1 am
j indifferent- i o tlie more in
genuous and better part of my
lellow-citizens, of whatever
leß or party, I can only lu
lemniv repeat, as i have done
to you, icon or would 1 have
pertfhed than harboured a
thought subversive of the It-
lerties.tfe happineL or tl.c’
g-ality of my country, j'!
]fie always be judged h v )r ,
twn alls, and I fha-l b e ‘[f
icd. If Mr. JBkn
gen. Wilkmfon ever f );i( ]
thing to urge a gain It !nr< jr|
it be adduced. My reiider
is well known, and j f| )a !| f.
ver (brink from ir>vcftigatioa
Nay more, prefumptiov, wheii
I cannot repel ii by pefitof
proof, fit all he received M
good evidence, and the f-ighteS
ff pi Cion, which 1 can no; fbe
falomly explain, (lull be ad
mitted as guilt.
I remain, n y dear Sir,
W’t'h much respect St regard
Ycui’s always,
JOSEPH ALSTON-
Deposition of James 1.. Donald.
SON,
In open court perscnillv a
pears James Lowry Donaidsoa,
who berng duly sworn, O c
poseth and saith, thru he was it
the city of New-Orl-ans, in th<
Oilcans territory, and the end.
rons of said city, from the 1J t
of October to die 10th day 0 |
December, 1806 —that dutitu
the latter part of this time he
>as frequently in the company ol
(general James Wilkinson, sm
visited the General the d.tyaiV
bisariivalat New-Orleau*. 0
this occasion this deponent tt
ce i\ed in conn'depct li-o n On
rpl Wilkinson 'ir.fjrrniaticn toil,
following purport; That the (in
era! had undoubted and indisp;:
talrle evidence o f a trcason.ibi
design formed by Aaron Burr 5
others to disrnt mber the the i
nion, by a separation of the wet
tern states and teriitories ft on
the Atlan* c states —that New
Ot leans was in immediate da-’
ger, and that he had concluded
hastv cetnpromhe with -he Spa
tiiards, so as to lie able to with
draw his troops instantly t
this the immediate object of at
tack and gteat vulnerable point
That he had received a lent
from Burr holding forih pit
inducements to him to heemvm
party, of which lie shewed nt
the original in cypher, and am
ther written paper pm porting t
be a decyphered copy ot the It
ter. He expressed great intlij
nation at the plot, & sat prise thi
one so ‘veil acquainted with tut
as Burr should due to it.ale 1
him so degrading a proposal,
declared his determination 1
defeating the enutprize, or PJ
fishing in the attempt; Ik c
served in addition that t'j‘
were many agents of l )Ul
theq in the town, who had ■
ready been assiduous in t.'c ,r ’
sits, and towards, whom he *■
determined to act with cautioi
ambiguity, so a* at Hie >J
ti me to become possessed cl ‘
whole extent ot the plan, the P
sons eng ‘ged, and the time of >
execution, and also 10 prete.
any atterript on nis P e,son \ ‘
which he declared he had !Cllo ’
1 apprehensions. —Os the nutn
j of these agents he was not
: but mentioned the name <>! 1,1
i of whom he w as certain, a *" 1
j Bollman and Alexan !er. l' re |
j time to time, as litis tirpon*
| had interviews v.i.h B- nf J
i Wilkinson, he informed thi* u
j potient that he had received a
ditional information respect
the movements and desig ll ’
; Burr by means ol ik-t> ; a s :tl!
j of whom he considered bo.
I as tiie principal. In the cr
j of there transaction.*, thi* “b
I nent was employed by urf ! ‘
j Wilkinson in the cop\itig°* cc
I tain papers and do:um£iit’> *!
j preparing certain cispaicni’
I the general government, vv ‘ l,<
i the general intended to | urffjl
|by the brig ‘i heii.. Walky 3
j tinpiojed at the Beneral
{ ings, this deponent fius ictna
upou two diffeient uccast jk-i
person kuoik f.>r admit iani:c “*
door with a window m i‘ °,’i l
the table wheie this dep’' 0
, | r 1 .1!
W..S NtLUi g, iv no Hits “ I .
was informed bv Geaeiai
kinsnn was U . jjolhi’.a i.
these occasions tue (jcue'll
tuddculy iisen from hi* *'■'’