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those who wish to advertise by the
year.
Sheriff’s Sales,
On theJirJi Tuesday in Augufl n**t %
WILL BE SOU),
At tbi (Ourt-haufi ii the town of ffejferfon, Cam.
den County,
JACK, a negro fellow, old a* the pro
property of Anthony Suarit, at the
fait of fl. Bro wn.
ALSO,
A negro woman named ELSY; fold as
the property of S. W Moors, at the suit
af Asa Lathrop.—- Conditions Cajh.
D. G. JONES, S. C. C.
Ju’y 2. 66 1 m
Sheriff's Saks ,
On the first ‘Tuesday in August
next,
WILL BE SOLD,
At the court-house in the town of
Jefferson, Camden county, be
tween the hours of ten and three
o'clock, the following property,
viz.
JIM, Cudjoe, Frederick Will,
Frank, Somba, Violet, Juba,
Sere, Sally, Mary, Diere, Lydia,
Manta, Yarmn-t, Comtnissa, GJ.ua
shy, Mobita, Cooly and Cominis
sa; levied qn and sold as the pro
perty cl Mrs. Martha W. Night
ingale, on a Mortgage duiv fore
closed in favor of Richard O’ Don
ne!, 29th May, 1807. Conditi
ons of sale Cash.
D. G. JONES, S. C. C:
June 3. 5S 2m
Now in Camden Jail.
TW O R u naway Negroes,
one an African born, calls himself
TOM, he is a tall, slim fellow,
between 25 and so years of ages
the other a country born, culls
himself PETER, a stout, weli
set fellow, nearly the same age.
D. G. JONES, 8. C. C.
June 4. 5S ts
Note—These Negroes were
advertised bv Robert Powers, Es
quire, late of M'Jntosh county, in
a Charleston paper, (The Times)
and in tlie Georgia Republican.
Sheriff's Sales.
On the first Tuesday in August
next, at the town of Jefferson,
between the hours oj ten if three
o'clock of that day,
WILL BE SOLD,
ALL that certain tract of land
situate, lying and being on
the Great Satilla river, just below
the Burnt Fort, containing 1150
acres, originally granted to Fer
dinand O’Neal; levied on as the
property of Nathan Powell, to
satisfy a judgment obtained in
favor of Joseph Livingston.
Conditions o! sale Cash.
JOSEPH < HEWS,
U. S- C. C.
Camden county, June j
62 tA
[fjr All Lin 110 NI! -L ‘4i
r | HE PRINTERS of Savannah are
X hereby notified that the Subscriber
will not pay any Bill rendered him, for
ADVXRI IsEMENTS, publiilied by them,
Unlch they produce his Litter es Uireflim.
X). G. JONi-S.
St. Mary's June 4. 5S xro
THE PATRIOT
AND
COMMERCIAL ADV E R TIS ER.
Sheriff’s Sales.
Off the first Tuesday in August
next between the hours of ten &
three o'clock, at the Court home
in this city,
WILL BE SOLD.
ONE hundred acres Oak Ist Hickory
Land, be the fame more or less, Gtuate a
bout three miles from Savannah on the
Louisville road taken under execution as
the property of Dr. Benjamin Putnam,
deeeafed at the suit of the etlate of Jacob
Wifeubaker.
ALSO,
“ T One half of the Wharf and Buildings on
L-t No. 1 1, in Franklin Ward, adjoining
Caig's to the cad, and Richard Wayne's to
the weft, levied onto fatisfy a mortjraffe
duly foreclofed.
Poftpended from July Tales.
T. ROBERTSON S.C. C.
Ju'y 9- (?8
Sheriff’s Sales.
ON tips JirJi Tuesday in August n:mt 9
WILL BE SOLD,
At the Court-house in the city of
Savannah, between the hours of
10 and 3 o'clock.
All that tract of land, situate
about two miles from Savannah
containing 66 acres, being part of
the Fairlawn tract.
The above levied on and sold
as the property of Thomas Nor
ton, deceased.
ALSO,
All that Lot in F.winsburgh
Number twentv-five, and four
Lots in Savannah Number 16 in
Green Ward, No. 22 in Elbert
Ward St Nos. 5 St 10 in Franklin
Ward, Sold under a foreclosure
of a Mortgage, given by John I.
Gray to John Glass deceased, in
his lifetime, Terms Cash.
Poftponcd from July Sales,,
T. ROBERTSON, S. C. C.
July 9- sis _
sheriff ’s Sales,
On the First Tuesday in August
WILL BE’SOLD,
At'the court-house in the city oy
Savannah, between the hours
of 10 and 3 o'clock,
ALL thole buildings and
improvements, on the N. W
hall D3rt of Lot No. —, Deck
er Wad, b- longing to the
heirs of Philip Minis, deeeafed
formerly occupied and own
ed by Maurice Lchiff.
A fifty acre lot, known by
the number 8, the house at
present occupied by Joseph
Arnold, in Anion Ward
and three lots, being part of a
five acre ioi, adjoining the
town, formerly belonging to
the efldte of John Currie, dec.
taken under execution as the
property of Joseph Arnold, at
the (uits of Benjamin Buffy,
surviving copartner and Benj.
Buffy, jun.
I’oiiponed from Julv sales.’
T. ROBERTSON, S. C. C
Julv 9. 6%
Sheriffs bales.
At the court-house in the city ej
Savanna 1,
WILL BE SOLD,
on the first tuesday in August next
Lot No. 5, Moore i'yihmg
Percival Ward,with (he buddings
and improvements ; taken in exe
cution as the proper’ v ol thee*
i a te ot John Wereat, deceased,
to satisfy a judgment in favor nl j
Owen Owens.
Postponed from Julv sales-
T. ROBERTSON, s. c. c-
Julv 9. f'X
“blank Bills of Sale
For Sale at this Office
MON DA Y, July jo, 1807.
I TRIAL OF COL. BURR,
Continued.
FEDERAL COURT— Richmond
Sturday, June 27.
The CLUf y fKc< delivered the follow
| ing cpinion mi the motion for anattach
| mem agiinlt Gen. W.lkinfon.
The motion now under eonfidrration
; was heard at this time; beraufe it was
1 alhlged to be founded on a fart which
might ass-ct the justice of the case in which
! the court is about to be engaged, and h
cause, while the bills were depending be
’ fore the Grand Jury, the Court might,
without impeding the nrog es. of the hufi
nefs, examine into the complaint which
has been made.
The motion is to attach Gen. Wilkinfou
for a contempt of this Court, by ohft udt
ing the fair course of j iftice, with regard
to a prt fecution depending before it lit
support of this cliarg', has been offered
the teftiimny of Mr ICaox, who states a
convrrfation between Gen WilkinOm and
hi.nfelf, previous to his being served with a
fuhpcena, the object of which was to ex
tract from him whatever information he
might poiTefs, refp-dting the expedition
which was the fubjedt of enquiry in this court;
and who flues aif>, that he was after
wards sum notice! before Judge Hall, who
examined him up in interrogatories, and
committed him tnj til—whence hewas t th
en by order of the deputy Marflial. who
was a military as well as civil officer, and
put on hoar i the Revenge, in which Gan.
Wi kinfon failed,.for the pu'pofe of being
brought from New-Orleans to Richmond
l hat unfair practices towa ds a
witness who was 10 give testimo
ny in this Court, or oppression
under colour of its process ; al
though those practices and that
oppression wet..*acted in another
district, would be punishable in
the mode no . suggested, provid
ed the person who had acted
therein, came within the jurisdic
tion of the Court, is a position
which the Court is not disposed
to controvert ; but it is also be
lieved that this mode of punish
ment, ought not to be adopted,
unless the deviation from law
could be clearly attached to the
person against whom the- motion
was made ; and unless the devia
tion was intentional, or unless the
course oi judicial proceeding was
or might be so aliected by n, as
to make a punishment in this
mode, obviously conducive to a
fair and correct administration of
jasiice.
1 he conversation which took
plactbetvveen Gen. Wilkinson
the witness, on the airiva. ot the
latter in New-Orleans, was man
ifestly held with the intention ol
drawing from him any hd ur
ination winch he might possess
relative to the expedition winch
was then the subject ot enquiry.
In this intention, there wu no
thing unlawful. Government &
those who represent it may jusll -
fiabl) and laudably use means to
obtain voiuntaiy communications,
provided those means be not such
as might tempt the person making
them to give an improper colour
ing to his representations, winch
might atierwards adhere to them,
when repeated m Court.—Lie
address staitd to nave been em
ployed, the condescension and re
gard, with which the wnuess was
treated, are- not su.J by lumacll 10
have been accompanied wun any
indications ol a Uusiic ‘-o diatv
lrom hurl more than the truth,
ihe olikr ol money,)i wita a view
to curtupt could not be too se
verely reprehended, it >* cei
taiuly a uaugeious species oi
communication between moss
who aic searching lor testimony,
aid me nelson i; out whom nis
expected. Cut in tins c >se, the
court caiinol tomeuipiaie the ol
let as being made will lmmotai
views, ihe witness tiau a righ;
to demand horn those lie was ex
pected 10 accuse, a small cum 01
money butncieul to sauuis, linn on
fbis return to his home. He was
asked whether on receiving this
J sum,his objections to giving tes
, timony would he removed. This
was certainly a delicate question,
hot it might be asked without im
proper motives, and it was pres
sed no further.—This is not
shewn to be an attempt to con
taminate the source of justice, &
a consequent contempt cf the
court, in which it is administer
ed.
The imprisonment of Mr.
Knox, and the order for convey
ing him from New-Orleans to
Richmond, were the acts of
Judge Kali—Whether his pro
ceedings were legal or illegal,
they are not shewn to have hern
influenced by Gen. Wilkinson, h
this court cannot presume such to
have been the fact. Gen. Wil
kinson therefore i's ii >t responsi
ble lor them. Thev were found-’
ed it is true, on an affidavit made
by him ; but there Was no impro
priety in making this affidavit, and
it remained with the judge to de
cide, what the law would autho
rise in the case.
All the subsequent proceedings
were directed by the civil autho
rity. The agents who executed
the orders ot the Judge, were in
deed military men, who most
probably would not have diso
bej ed tne commander in chief;
but that otEicer is nut responsible
in this way tor h iving faded to
interpose his authoi Ity, in order
to prevent the execution of the
orders of the J udge, even it those
orders ought not to have beeu
given.
Upon a full view of the sub
ject, the case appears to have
been this. Gen. Wilkinson was
desirous that the testimony of the
witness should be obtained ; and
aware of the accusations which
had bctorc been brought against
him lor the use he had made ol
the imiiury power, he was desi
rous ot obtaining tne testimony
by lawful means, and therefore
referred the subject to judge
oi the territory, under whose or
ders all subsequent proceedings
were taken’ Whether the judge
did or did not trasceud tne h
i nuts prescribed by law, those
ministerial oiheers who obeyed his
orders, cannot be supposed to
have acted with a knowledge that
he had mistaken Ins power.—
Should it he admitted that tins
would be no defence for them in
au actiot% to ohtaia compensati
on lor the injury, yet it iurnishe*
sufficient evidence, tiiat no con
tempt was intended to this Conn
by Gen. Wilkinson, thar lie has
not becu goiity oi any lutefltion
at abuse oi us process, or ot any
oppression 111 the manner 01 exe
cuting it.
It u eaid that capt. Gaineshe
gentleman wnom the Marshal
appointed as ills deputy tor, this
1 par titular purpose, had not tak
en the oatli of office, and wai
therefore not legally qualiiied to
act in that character. However
conect this wOservauon may be
in uscli, it does not appear to
tile court to justdy an auaU;
meat against Gen. Wilkinson. —
i ffic pci son who secs in the pos
bcssion ol another, a eommi s on
as deputy Marshal, and aces U.n
other acting under that commis
sion, ought not 10 be subjected
to a process ol contempt io. tiav
ing made 110enqurich it petting
Uic oatu whtci. *re law requires ;
C 1 be utkci).
1 lie aiuchment will not be a
waiutd because Gen. Yv mimsou
cannot be considered as having
coiiiroitU or influenced me iun
duel oi rile civ* Uiagutiaie, *ud
r Whole Number 271.
br'cnuse in thistransaction his in
tention appears to have been
not to violate the laws. In surh
a case, where an attachment
does not seem to be absolutely
required by the justice due to
the particular individual against
whom the prosecution is depen*
ing, the court is more inclined to
leave the parties to the ordinary
course of law, than to employ
the extraordinary powers, which
are given for ihe purpose of pre
serving the administration of
justice, in that purity which
ought to be so universally desir
ed.
SINGULAR.
In a Letter from the Jjland of *fofry x contained
in a lute London paper, the following Jingular
sircuntjlancc is related :
We have here wilnefied a
molt diitreifing l’cene, which
has excited feolations that no
language can delcribe. Some
fokiicrs belonging to the 34th
regiment, having commuted
lome depredations here, were
brought to tria , and two of
I hem condemned to iuffer
death. Only one, however,
was left (or execution, named
Hales. Saturday lalt was the
day fixed on for his execution.
When he had hung about a
minute and a bail, theexecu”
; 1 loner taking hoid of his con’
l vuiled body, suspended him.
j ielf on ii, by whole additional
weight,therape gave way infuch
a manner, ih ] the milerable
lufferer’s feet touched the
ground. The executioner then
pulled him atidewayx in older
to (Dangle hnu ; and being un
-1 able to elFcd it m this way, got
1 upon his fhou Iders. To the
great lurprile of all who wit
iefled this dreadful feene, the
poor criminal roleJlDaightupon
h;s feet with the hangman uu
his Ihou'ders, and immediately
ioofened the rope from his
throat with his fingers. No
language can defcrioe’the (eo
lations which were excited a
mong the by ltandeis by this
| lltoeking feene. l iie Slienlf
ordeted another ropj? to be pre
| pared, but the Ipectatois inier
• lered, and the h fieri ts, ddties
ied beyond deicriptiun by the
(hocking ipettucle, agreed that
before proceeding to the exe
cution oi the ientence, he
would wait nil the will or the
iiiouid be known.
The civil uiugiiliaie not being
in town, orders were lent by
the commander in cbeil to car
ry the man back to gaol. By
tile tune this order ai rived, the
poor iellow had recovered his
teutes. Tbeiiutrell which the
feene excited cannot fie ue*
(cubed—all became dee,.ly 111-
icreiteum the mans late. Gapi.
A icollj and ai.o ncr geiitleinan
took Inm under the arms to
conduct h m, 6c by their afiis
te.iite he was able to walk hack
10 priiun. The court is now
muig to decide die poor man’s
late. May the voice of mercy •
pit vail.
T. S I open my Je ter to iri- ■
lot in you, that me Court nas
deuutd, tnat the wito.e matter
relative to poor Hales, ihad
be tranhnuted 10 the King : ok
tne tx.eut'Otr of the lenience,
m eumeepivnee, ffi> iu‘pended