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•T"'/.*? following are tht documents referred to
in the thirteenth bulletin cf the gtakd army.
(A) NOTIFICATION.
General Macon, sub governor of the
thuilleries, commander of the legion of
honor- grand cross of the order ot the lion,
and commander of the city of Leipsic, to
the hankers, merchants and 3hopkeepers of
the city. ,
-- ¦ Gentlemen,
The fate of arms has put Leipsic into
-the har.d? of the great Napoleon.
Your city is acknowledged in Europe to
be the chief emporium of English mer-
chandize; and is in this respect a danger-
ous enemy of France.
The emperor and king orders me what
follows : :
Art. I. Within twentv-four hoars which
shall follow the present notification, every
banker, merchant or shopkeeper, having
funds or merchandize arising.from English
manufactures, whether they belong to the
English or to the merchant, shall make
his declaration of the same in writing in a
register opened at the house of the com-
mandant of the town.
II. These authentic declarations being
made, search shall be made in the houses
of the declarers or non-declarers, to inspect
their books and verify the goods, to be as-
sured of their good faith, and punish in a
military manner the fraud if any be detect-
ed.
III. The magistrates shall in like man-
ner make upon their responsibility, the just
and detailed declaration of the military ma-
gazines, belonging both to Saxony and to
Prussia, as also of the powder magazines,
even those belonging to merchants.
IV. A commission, shall be appointed,
charged to seal up all the warehouses or
funds which shall have been discovered,
V. Every contribution of private requi-
sition, either in cloth, money or horses, if it
dc"" emanate from a competent authority, is
• rigorously' forbid. . The inhabitant or ma-
gi.- rate who shall have the weakness to
subscribe to it without acquainting the com-
mandant of the town, shall be punished by
a fortnight's imprisonment.
VI. The present notification shall be
read and stuck up at the corners, squares
and market places of the city.
MACON.
Given at Leipsic, lSth October, 1806.
(R. C. D.) (E.) SUBSCRIPTION.
To his excellency count Kaug--. itz, minis-
ter of state and cabinet of his majesty,
the king of Prussia, knight of his or-
ders, at the king's head-quarters.
Louisehmd, l'lth October, 1806,
Sir,
It is always with real pleasure that I re-
ceive the very flattering renewal of your ex-
cellency's former sentiments for me : conti-
nue them to me as to a friend who has ever
¦cnalternately loved you, and who is ten.
Serly attached to you. -.1 have not failed to
lay your excellency's leUcr before the prince
royal, but I could obtain only an evasive
answer ; the prince prefers, miuioterial means
and I am not able to write you his senti-
ments ; as for mine you known them, my
very dear friend, and cannot doubt them.
I dare not return to a matter which you
have treated of the letter you have just done
me the honor to write me, s
Mr. Spragg saw the prisoner light the can-
dle at Chichester's, and justice Garritson
saw him pass with a lighted candle, in
company with a boy about the sixe of Hill,
atid whom he had no doubt was Hill. The
money was also found in the cellar of. Corn-
well's father, and was produced in court.
It exactly an-swered the description of that
which had been stolen from Mr. Weeks.
Both Hill, the witness and the prisoner,
on being examined separately by the ma-
gistrates, had confessed their guilt.
Judge Furmait and the other magistrates
before whom the prisoner and Hill had been
examined, proved in tfce fullest and most sa-
tisfactory manner, that both thelads possess-
ed great and unusual talents and cunning—
such indeed, as is rarely met with in young
m; ii in ordinary life, at 18.
Here the testimony against the prisoner
closed.
The counsel for the prisoners produced
only one witness, the mother of the prison-
er. Her t.ertiinony, however, rather esta'-
blisbed that he was above 14. Her distress,
and the consequent effect it had upon the
boy, produced a most affecting scene. They
both wept bitterly and sobbed aloud.—
For a few moments it interrupted the pro-
ceedings of the court. Many of the bye-
standers shed tears, and every countenance
was marked with pity and compassion.
Mr. King, counsel for the prisoner, rose
and addressed the jury in a speech of near
an hour. He delivered himself with great
force and eloquence, and defended the un-
fortunate lad with distinguished, ability He
was peculiarly successful when he addressed
the feelings of the jury. Every man appear-
ed deeply'affected for the little culprit, on
whose fate they were to pass theirTwrdict.
Mr. King having, concluded, the district
attorney rose in reply—After premising that
it was one of the most painful duties which
his official situation had ever imposed, that
he felt the same sensibility which the jury
had manifested, as well for the Bufferings of
the mother at the misfortunes of the boy ;
'he proceeded to state the law upon the sub-
ject. He read several cases where infants
under fourteen had been punished in Eng-
land with death, after which he went thro'
the evidence minutely, and concluded with
observing that In his opinion the law and
the facts were conclusive against the prison-
er, and that thejury must find him guilty.
Bis honor judge Tompkins delivered the
charge of the court.
He began with cautioning the. jury against
indulging any prejudice which the enormi-
ty or danger of the crime might excite. To
guard themselves against convicting for the
sake of example, or on'the grounds of po-
licy, or because it might be essentia! to the
safety of the community. He emphatically
told them t<> be biassed by no considerations,
and that if the prisoner was not a fit object
of legal punishment, or if they had a doubt
on the subject, it was a solemn duty -which
they owed to their consciences and the law
to acquit him.
His honor then recapitulated the evidence
and concluded with declaring the law to be,
that a boy, above the age of 14 is presumed
by law capable to commit a felony, but that
the presumption raised by the law, out of
tenderness to infants, may be. rebutted Uy
proof.
If, therefore, it should appear that an in-
fant under the age of 14 and not less than
7, had very extraordinary discernment and
cunning, so as to distinguish between good
& evil, & be fully conscious of what he did,
and especially if he evinced more intelli-
gence than boys usually do at 14, he might
in law commit a felony, and be the object
of punishment- That accordingly, cases
had been cited where in England a girl of
12 had been burned for killing her mistrbss
—one boy of 10 and another of 9, who
had killed their companions, had been sen-
tenced to death, and he of 10 years actually
hanged, because one had hid himself, and
the other the body he had killed. And
one boy of only 8 years was tried at Abing-
don for firing two barns. He discovered
great malice, revenge and cunning, was
condemned and hanged accordingly. In
modern times a boy of only 10 years was
unanimously adjudged by all the judges in
England to be a fit subject of capital pu-
nishment.
Plis honor, however, concluded by charg-
ing the jury, that in all Such cases the evi-
dence of that discernment and malice,
which is to supply the want of age,, must
be strong and clear beyond all doubt and con-
tradiction.
The jury retired for about half an hour,
and brought in a virdict of guilty.
After this', Martin Sill was arraigned for
the larceny, to which he pleaded not guihy.
But the evidence against him wis so full
and clear, both as to his having committed
the theft and his capacity, that-the jury
found him rmilty after having been out of
Court about ftye minutes.
Cornwell was sentenced to the-st-re-
prise 11 during life, and Hill for two years
and an Bait.
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SALEM, December 23.
Arrived capt. John Salkins, 34 days
.from Martinique. Left at Maran, Nov.
14, brig Oliver, Goold, for Kennebunk,
20 days ; sloop Columbia, Jenks, Provi-
dence, and brig Fanny, Warner, Boston,
for Savannah, 10. Spoke, November 23,
Deseada 12 lea. dist. S. schr. fianny, Hill,
18 days from Baltimore, all well. Dec.
16, long. 67, lat. 39, 26, sloop, Ann, of
Duxbury, 2 days from Boston.
BOSTON, December 28.
The trial of Thomas Oliver Self:idge,esq.
on ah indictment of manslaughter, which
commenced before the supreme court, sitting
in this town on Tuesday last, continued un
til Friday noon r when, after this long and
interesting hearing, judge Parker summed
up the evidence, and gave the cause to the
jury, with his accustomed perspicuity and
impartiality. The court adjourned from two
o'clock to four, when thejury came in with
a verdict of not guilty. We understand,
that the jury were but fifteen minutes in
agreeing on their verdict : It was composed
of gentlemen1" of each political party ; and
the only person challenged was a federalist,
and a personal friend of the defendant.
Oy This important trial is now in the
press, and will be published in the course of
10 or 12 days ; it will comprise all the testi-
morijr and pleadings, taken down in short
hand, by eminent stenographers employed
expressly for the purpose..
NEW-YORK January 1.
The story .-that the murderer of News-
wanger was discovered, as republished in
Monday's Evening Post, from a morning
paper, turns out to be wholly unfounded.
No discovery has yet been made.
Arrived, the British brig Sarah, Gill,
77 days from Liverpool, via Newport, re-
ceived no damage at PIcll Gate. Nov. 21,
lat. 40, long. 57, 30, spoke the brig Sa-
rah & Peggy, 8 days from N. York for St.
Sebastians—had the head of her mainmast
sprung.
The schr. Miijerva, Bird, 17 days from
Philadelphia. Oil Monday last saw the
sloop Malinda, from New-York for Phila-
delphia ; and a schooner from North-Caro-
lina for New-York, with naval stores, both
at anchor nude. Squam Bench.
Below, the schr. Sally, Hand, from Phi-
ladelphia.
Cleared, ship Protection, Beams, Belfast ;
Britannia, Lovett, Liverpool ; Acmon,
Nye, Savannah ; brig Mary, Marshall,
West-Indies ; Jaue, Dantforth, Cork ; Ma-
ry, Norton, St. Thomas ; schr. Cornelia,
Rartiett. St. Thomas ; Collector, Mayo,
La Vera Cruz ; Venus, Oliver, Wilming-
ton ; sloop Julia, Coinstock, Providence,
R. I.
PHILADELPHIA, January 2.
The ship Eleanor, 43 days from Goree,
bound to Charleston,, i*ith slaves, arrived
at Nassau on the 37th November, in want
of provisions and .\ afer. with only two sea-
men able to do duly, the remainder sickly
—let! Goree on the 17th Oct. all in good
health. On the 21st the slaves, revolted and
rose to such a pitch that they were obliged
to fire upon them before they could get them
drtren below, during the contest several oi
the slaves were wounded and three jumped
overboard—William Parker, a seaman,
who was bruised in a shocking manner in
his head by the slaves, was unfortunately
wounded in the hip by a musket ball, of
which wounds he died on the 23d.
No arrivals at this port yesterday.
Cleared, brig Alexander, Hartwell, St.
Pierres, Marl. -, sehr, Louis Adeline, Ly-
ons, Richmond ; Three Sisters, Spear,
Charleston-
January 3.
No arrival at this port yesterday.
Cleared, ship Hebe, Ogle, Leghorn ;
brig Susanna, Morgan, Havana ; sehr.
Sea Horse, .Fmdley, Matanzies.
A brig ashore outside the Piers, asid a
schooner ashore in New-Castle bite, with
chairs on deck, both bound down, names
unknown.
BY THE i)A\ 's MAILS.
• CHARLESTON, December 22.
Yesterday arrived at this port, the Ham.
burg ships J--hanna Heinerick, and Gertrud,
from that city. Captain Wittern, of the
former ship, left the city on the first day ot
November. Pie gives us the details of the
operations of the grand armies up to that
period. The battle of the 14th October,
ot which we have already given the French
axount, was the last one which had been
fought when he sailed. The statement of
that battle, as detailed by captain W. differs
materially from what has been published.
The French army is stated to have consisted
of 250,000 men ; the Prussian army of
150,000. The battle was considered as
one of the most bloody and obstinately con-
tested which has been fought since the
commencement of Bonaparte's career. For
a long time the victory was doubtful: The
right and left 'wings of the French army
were repulsed with great loss by the Prussi-
an cavalry ; but the battle was ultimately
won by the superior numbeisof the French
infantry. A fresh body of 11,000 men,
commanded by marshal Ney, who came up
in the middle of the action, decider}, the
fate of the day. They penetrated the centre
of the Prussian line in the form of a wedge,
and succeeded -in. breaking it, and routing
the army- The loss in" killed and wounded
is considered to have been about equal on
each side. Two French -generals of dis-
tinction fell in the. action. The< ;h;\e of
Brnns ick lost an eye in- the action, but
none of the Prussian generals were killed,
as stated in the French account. Pri::ce
Louis Ferdinand was killed in. a subsequent
engagement. The Prussian troops are stat-
ed to have fought with a courage border.-";
on desperation, but they were overpowered
by superior f.-rce. Notwithstanding this
defeat, however, the Prussian forces had
again rallied, and another battle was Shortly
expected. The Prussian army was collect-
ing at & in the vicinity, of the impregnable
fortress of Magdeburg. An army of reserve,
of 80,000 men, was also in readiness to
meet the enemy. Two P.ussian armies,
one of 30,000 men, and another of 50,000,
were approaching by forced marches the
scene of action ; they had arrived in Prussi-
an Poland. Bonaparte had arrived at Pots-
dam, within a few miles of Berlin. All
the treasures, military stores, &c. had been
removed from that city.
By the above arrivals, we were last evening
favored with Hamburg papers to the 25th.
October—containing nothing of import-
ance-
Arrived, Hamburg ship Johanna, Hei-
nerick, Wittern, Hamburg 49, days ;
Hamburg ship Gertrud, Hussar, Hamburg,
50 j British ship Mcrcnry, Barrow, contra,
66 ; John M'atson and co. ;;Oo negroes; ship
Yorkshire, Lee, Liverpool, 84 ; ship
Charleston, Webb, New-York, 8 ; brig
Rockland, Kiit'ien, Ne,v-York, 11 ; schr.
Charity, Cashing, Allicant, 78, in dis-
tress bound to Nevvburyport ; schr. Happy
Return, Tatem,, St. Thomas, 20 ; schr.
Margaret, Kettletas, Madeira, 47 ; schr.
Alliance, Rocke, Richmond, and Norfolk,
6 ; schr. Two Brothers', Hubbell, New-
York, 10 ; schr. Thomas Jefferson, Grant,
St. Jago de-Cuba, 20 : In distress, bound
to Philadelphia.
Cleared, ship Bacchus. Davis, Liverpool;
sloop Lydia and Patty, Gunter, Havannn.
A sloop (probably the Juliet) 25 days
from Philadelphia ; a, brig belonging tr>
Pourtsmouth, N. H. from Demerara, and
a ship were coining up last evening.
Captain Grant sailed'from St. jago de-
Cuba in company with the brig Clio, Ra.-
mogan, for Philadelphia ; brig Mary's, Dai-
ly tor do,.; sch'r Jinet, Bell, for New-
York. Left, sch's Nancy, Gri'.fion, for S;t-
lem in 10 days ; Greyhound. Holmes, un-
certain ; Robert, Black, from Philadelphia, *
just arrived ; Americaiuic, M'Cormiek, from
ditto, condemned, not searworihy. Spoke,
off St. Jago, brig Sally, Oliver, bound to
Turks-Island, had been out 1 c days, could
not get to windward, and was obliged to.
bear a^ay for St. Jago again-
D. cembei 23.
We are informed by a gentleman who
left Columbia last Friday eveniag, that the
legislature was to adjoin n the i'ollowii £
morning, after having ik>ne little other busi-
ness of importance, than passing the tax bill.
The bill to prohibit the importation of ne-
groes had been loit in the se.tlte., and til- bill
lor establishing a penitentiary had two read-
ings in'the senate and was then, hid over, it
was supposed that r.<- id be done oh
Saturday but signing the bills.
Arrived, slnp ^Betsey arid Polly, Hoynes,
Baltimore 13 days ; brig Monlptiier, Tib-
bets, Demerara, 56, in distress bound to
Boston; Danish brig Ann and Elizabeth,
Boyce, Altona, 49.
Cleared,, brig Friends, Medcaif, Kings-
ton.
Ship -------, captain Peterson, from
)ur
evening.
NORFOLK, December 10.
Arrived, in distress, brig Stetson, Tay-
lor. 59 days from St. Jago de Cuba.—Car-
ried away her main-top-mast, and leaky.—
The Stetson was bound to- New-York.
Cleared, ship Dumfries, Beard, Liver-
pool ; schr. Ann, Osborne, Charleston ;
sloop Volunteer, Colvin, Petersburg.
Captain Garrow, of the schooner Ca-
roline, tn 7 days from Matanzies., in Cuba,
informs, that about ,16 days since, a British
force entered the port of- Barracoa, and
destroyed the place by fire. In consequence
of which, the government of Cuba, fear-
ing a similar attempt on Mataivzies, had sent
2000 troops from Havana to that place.
The expedition, we understand, was not
accompanied by any troops, but consisting
only of officers and seamen of the navy,
and marines.
F ii. 1VERAL GAZ £TTE.
MONDAY, JANUARY 5.
The Lion, Alden, hence, has arrived at
Boston.
Sloop Two Brothers, Alt!.in, from this
port, arrived at Kingston [Jam.]]" the 1st of
December.
The brig Lion, of Baltimore, was at the.
Isle of France, on the SOth Septerube. la»t
—her destination not known.
Captain Pulsifer, of the ship Restitution,
arrived at Salem, from the Isle of France,
fell in with at sea, on the 16th ult. in lat,
30, long. 62, 30, the wreck of the schr.
Patriot, captain Robert Truitt, of Hal; i
who had-been out 52 days fiom Malaga —
and "took therefrom, the captain and his
crew, and brought, them safe in,
The Cassard, of 74 guns, one of Jerome
Bonaparte's squadron which was supposed
to have foundered has arrived at Brest.
A letter from the governor, enclosing a
copy of the act of congress for laying out a
road from Fort Cumberland to the Ohio,
the"report < I the commissioners appointed
io lay out that ro
a .request of the.
president that the general assembly will coa-
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