|
ELEGANT LACES.
Corner of St. Paul's-L<:r.;e b? Chaihnm-slr'ert,
Has just received a new as lorlmSlit of
Rich LACES, and Cambric Muslin SHOUT
3)KliS.S2r>, worked with CoUou. She of-
fers the above lor sale 6b ;
She !*:>s a vjrriet? of handsome FI.OWERS),
and other articles.
lies-can', as maul, be ftirnjslieil by.her
EMBROlDEkV in Cotpm, Goal, Siher,
swid Colours, us v i^KING with tiu-
tabic feSJC, and Painting on Satin.
?.i T.. Was ;. q imditv of.
SUPi'.RB WORKING COTTON,
Which She will di&posa of to those who wish
dravviug d.-ne on a«j article they think pro-
ne); to work.
Plain India MUL MUSLIN and French
CAMSRIC ran be furnished for CAP PAT-
TERNS, &c. So.
She continues to receive orders for Plain
Sewing, whicli is dispatched with neatness.
ALSO,
MOURNING FOR LADIES.
way 30._______________eogt __
German Linens and India
Goods.
JOHN S P E R R Y,
No. 55, Smith's wharf,
Offers for, s.aie,
8 cases white Platil- 3 do. Bolting-Cloths,
las
10 do. brown ditto,
18 do. Brittanias,
3 do. Checks and
Stripes,
3 do- Checks, No. 2,
1 do. Rotians,
3 do. Dowlass,
1 do- Ocas a la Mor-
laix,
8 bales Beerboom-
Gurralw,
21 do. Cossas.,
2 do. Jallalpore San-
nahs,
12 do. Jug-dea Baftas,
4 do. Cucltipore do.
6 do.ChittKbuliy do.
2 do. Gilla Rotnais,
1 do. Cotton Checks,
3 do. Cotton Hose.
' Also, .
Coarse Mens' Huts, Cotton Stripes, Laces
and Edgings; Black Silk Florentines, Cofrniap
4th proof Brandy, and 40 boxes first quality
11 avail! in Cigars.
N. ':'¦ Most of the above goods are entitled
o debenture, which will be received in part
payment
June 1.___________ d4t-2aw4w
Wanted to Purchase or Hire,
A Cook ; for whom a generous price, or
liberal wages will be given by
D. HARRIS.
May 3._______________________2a w
Isaac Burneston,
No 196, Mmikji-stiu'st,
Is nam opening an assortviet of
SPRING GOODS.
Also,
German and India Goods,
A choice.parcel of first quality white Tick,
enburgs, Gurrahs, Slc. May 4. d36t
Best Russia clean Hemp.
Russia Sheeting's•? >-.t i * , 1 „i
,., ,,,. b i- entitled to drawback
She it v Wine 3
AND
3000 busheTs-yelloW Corn.
For side by
SQHULTZE & VOGELER.
May 13. d
Win. fcf Jerm. Hoffman,
No, 3, South Charles-street,
Hatle imparted a neat tetectior. of
4.47 "
and V IRISH LINENS.
7-33
5-4 SHEETINGS.
Lawns & Dowlas, purchased in tl* Dublin
market on short time, and received here by
\\\t. ships Abeona and John Adams from Liver-
pool, may 11. d
Dividend.
The Commissioners named in a commissi-
on of Bankrupt, awarded and issued forth
a$ra:flst Frederick Amclurg, of Baltimore, mer
chant, intend to meet 011 Monday, the sixth
y of July next, at four o'clo ik in the. after-
noon, tit the office of John Caldwell, esq.
No. 18, North Calvert street, in order to
Make it Dividend of the estate and effects of
the aaid bankrupt, when and where the ere-
tutors who have not already proved their
debts, ftfcc to come prepared to prove the same
or they will he excluded from the benefit of
said Dividend.
J>M/ie 5.
'™>]AssiK
JACOB F. LEV
nes.
d6lhjy
Susquehanna Canal.
A Special meeting' of the proprietors of
l,he Sasqeliarina Canal will be held at Bryden's
Inn, in the city of Baltimore, on Monday, the
June, instant at 10 o'clock in the
¦-•reuo: 1 of .-V 'lt interest and
anite 'o the Company. A punctual and
•eneril attendance in person or by proxy is
arnestly requested end recommended.
By order of the Governor and Directors,
Sl'STERETT, Sec'ry.
June 4. - dtl5thje
-NOTICE.
At. a trtccting of the Baltimore Library Com-
pany, ' ¦ the I.ibi 'u'y, agreeably
to notice publh ly given, the following resolu-
tions nut agreed to, riz.—
1st. Tint ev< ry member pf the Library Com-
f Baltimore shall pay annually the sum
of 7W Dollars, additional to his present an-
nual ''• "-. for,eight successive years,
\vhi.:h paynieiii.-, may be enforced Mi" the same
: i! edfoi compelling the pay.
rnent 8f the usuai annual contribution.
2d! That tin- Directors of the Library Com-
panv of Baltimore be, and are hereby author.
isecl-nnctcnj fund, to he compos-
ed of the .. . nimal paj ments of two
dollars, together with suah part of the aecru.
"lhg nannies of the company, as they iu their
(JisDit lion may, fi Dm time to time, set apart for
:,i ."'.; ii : ", towiods the purchase of a
iuitable lot ¦¦ and erecting a commo-
i tViou • I '¦ the deposit of the Company's
Books, for the extension of the institution, and
maintenance of the simc.
3d. That the Directors, whenever they may
Judge it. proper, shall apply io the general as-
sembly qi'M?.n land, for pi t-fnisslori to establish
n lottery 1" to ai : the said fund for
ih" pttrp' ¦ s before 1 entioned.
Qrdffti,,T\M the foregoing be published
Sti (he ft deral Gazette and American, tor the
consideration of the members of the company,
whoar.. beffcby rwjuestctl h< meet in the Li-
}r- ,rv, on ' lie JHh ol June he.xt, at
11 o'chok, /v. M, io determine on saidresulu-
tions, which, ii theft agreed. tot v«ll thereafter
furm a part of the constitution.
Hyonter oftlie Meeting,
.1. ^EESTON, Sec. B.D. G.
May: vv..
PARIS, March if.
CRJND SANHEDRIM.
I,v>;' SITTItSG.
We have given our readers an. account
of a sitting of-the grand Satihedrim, held
for the purpose of setting forth the religi-
ous principles of the Israelites on the infa-
mous traffic of usury. In a preceding sit-
ting, the assembly had tr.'«.n into ctfljsidera-
tion th-; arts and trades, and converted into
dpctrinal decisions the duty and necessity of
embracing them with alacrity; it waa, in
some measure, a consequence which prece-
ded tlie principle itself; severe and indus-
trious hbors are to succeed amongst the Is-
raelites to sordid and idie expectations. Es-
tablishments, which will lead the way to
the necessary measures for spreading among
the Israelites a taste for the useful profes-
sions and the social vjrtues, will realize the
salutary results prepared by the decision of
the grand Sanhedrim.
The last sitting of the Sanhedrim took
place on Monday last, as we have already
stated. A number of spectators of the high-
est respectability bestowed on it a new de-
gree of solemnity. Deputies from the Is-
r<;elitish community of Frankfort were ad-
mitted and presented their credentials : they
consisted of Mr. Solomon Treve, rabbin,
and Mr. Hiidecheimer, a man of letters.
The second made an eloquent and appro-
priatc speech, in which he adhered formally,
in the name of his constituents, to the doc-
trinal decisions of the grand Sanhedrim of
France and Italy. He expresses in it the
warmest sentiments of gratitude for the di-
vine goodness which has vouchsafed to cast
a favorable look on the dispersed remains
of Israel, and of admiration of the hero, and
the dread and love of the universe, Napole-
on the Great. He also spoke with respect
and devotedness of the enlightened and libe-
ral prince under whom they had the happi-
ness to live, the prince primate of Germany.
He expressed the hope which his constitu-
ents entertained of seeing this sovereign,
illustrious by his talents, his rank, and the
esteem felt'fonhim by Napoleon the Great, and
still further occupy himself with every thing
calculated to improve and change the lot of
the Israelites, in a town that he governs
with so much wisdom, and in which he
causes to flourish so successfully the arts,
sciences and letters, that he encourages and
cultivates so gloriously in his own person.
The Sanhedrim were extremely satisfied with
this step, and the speeches of these deputies,
who received from the most distinguished
personage a flattering reception, proportion-
ed to the importance of their mission. The
deputies from Holland admitted anew deli-
vered speeches, in which they expressed
their sentiments of devoteduess and adhesi-
on. The president answered both in He-
brew, by congratulating them on the step
they had taken, the assembly on seeing them
form a part of it, and himself to have
this opportunity of addressing such destin-
guished co-religionsts, of a community
known by the piety of its inhabitants, by
the persecutions tliey have undergone, and
who are governed at present by a just and
liberal prince, from whom the friends of
humanity may hope for every thing—he
congratulated himself, in short, on addres-
sing co-religionists of a country for which
for a long time past, an equal participation
in the common rights of all men has ren-
ded the Israelites as useful and industrious
as the other citizens. The president then
delivered a speech in French which pro-
duced the liveliest impression on the assem-
bly. In this speech the president expressed
his sentiments of gratitude for the great man
whom providence had chosen to be the in-
strument of his benefits and miracles—he gave
himself up to all the effusions of hope, on
the salutary influence that this august assem-
bly, and the measures to which it will give
rise will have over the future lots of its reli-
gionists. After having expressed the senti-
ments of eternal devotedness to all his col-
leagues who from the passage of the Pyren-
nes to the borders of the Maine, from the
shore of the Adriatic to those of the Zuyder-
Zee, havehastencd at thevoice of agreatman
to form a religious assembly of which there
is no similar one to be found in the annals of
modern history, and speakingof the talents of
his too assessors, he paid, in the name of the
whole Sanhedrim, a just tribute of applause
to the commissioners of his imperial and roy-
«al majesty messieurs Mole, Fortalis, junr.
and Paqtiier, whose cares, generous zeal and
encouraging indulgence have so powerfully
contributed to the termination of the eom-
men labors and wishes. The speech of Mr.
Cologna, assessor to the Sanhedrim, which
he h?.d written in Italian, at the time of the
installation, and to which was added a trans-
lation by M. Furtado, worthy of the original,
was distributed as was also' a religious
speech, by th« rabbin Cracovia, reporter of
the commission of nine to the Sanhedrim,
translated by Mr. Lyon Gandchaul, of
Mentz. Mr. Furtado proposed that the as-
sembly before breaking up should vote
thanks to the president, for the manner
in!whchhehaddtscharged the important func-
tions confided to him. This proposal was
adopted without a dissenting voice.—The
secretary Mr. Michael Reer, then read a
report of this last sitting, drawn up during
its continuance, after which the president
announced that the sittings of the Sanhedrim
ives closed. The enlitjhtened men who
were present at this solemnity, carried away
from it hopes founded on the reciprocal ef-
forts which will be made to efface even the
last traces of a prejudice which has lasted but
too lonff. The ministers of the christian
religion will no doubt, as has already been
frequently the case, put their hands to this
philanthropic work, equally wished for by
justice and reason, and which it belongs to
of different religions nn other difference
will prevail tttaur'that of belief, which i;
is the province of the Almighty alone to
decide on.
Cleaved, sloops Sally add Ann, Church,
Bristol, R. I, ; Mars, Benin :eesbo-
i'o'.i:;u ; Eliza, Davidson, Neiv-Ljodon ; He-
ro, Sampson, Barnstable.
a great man to accomplish.
Among men
LONDON, April 12.
It seldom falls to our lotto announce the
arrival of t.vo valuable corways on the same
day, loaded witji the lich products of the
Eastern and Western bemj?^beres.
Yesterday the purser of the Sir William
Puliedey arrived ai the East-India House,
with the agreeable inteffifeehce of the arriv-
al of the India fleet, under convoy of his
majesty's ship Sampson, off Portsmouth, on
Saturday.
We are happy to add, that by letters re-
ceived from Greenock this morning we learn
that the whole of the vessels from Jamaica,
belonging to the Clyde, have also aimed
safe ill that river.
Lord Granville Leveson Gower has been
appointed to succeed the Marquis of Doug-
las as his majesty's ambassador to the court
of St. Petersburg ; an appointment which
will probably prove highly acceptable lo the
emperor Alexander, as it was his lordship
who negociated tlie former treaty with that
court. Several points of great delicacy and
importance require to be adjusted at this
moment between the two courts, points
which will require all the experience and abi-
lities of his lordship to bring to a favorable
issue.
The court of common council was held
this day at Guildhall, when Mr Deputy
Birch, after a long speech upon church and
state, moved,
" That an humble and dutiful address be
presented to his majesty, by this court, ex-
pressive of our gratitude for the dignified
and decided support and protection given by
him, at this critical juncture of affairs, to
the established religion of the country, and
the exertion of his royal prerogative to
preserve the interests of his people and of
the crown."
This motion was seconded by Mr. Samuel
Dickson. A long debate is expected.
Court of Common Pi.f.as—London.
Robinson v. liidd.
This was an action brought by a seaman
against the first mate of the City of Lon-
don East-Indiaman, for repeated sssaults and
ill treatment. The firstalledged assault took
place at Spithcad, when the defendant caus-
ed the plaintiff to be dragged out of his
hammock, where he was confined through
illness, stretched upon the grating, where
his body was smeared with tilth, and then
tarrtd and feathered, a fool's cap placed on
his head, and a collar round his neck. In
that situation the defendant called the boys
to laugh and ridicule him, exclaiming,—
" D------n him, I'll cure him sooner than the
Doctor!'. When at Bombay he was served
in the same way, and afterwards flogged
with a two inch rope. He was |afterwards
sent on board the 1'ox [frigate, with a view
to assist in the attack of some pirates who
infested the Malabar coast, and because he
refused to leave the ship in which lie was
chartered for the voyage, he was tied hand
and foot, and in that way sent on board.
The answer to all this ill treatment was,
that the plaintiff was a lazy idle fellow, and
what is termed a skulker. It was therefore
contended, that the punishment he received
was necessary to enforce the labor he had
contracted to perform, and preserve the dis-
cipline of the ship.
The jury found for the plaintiff—damages
737.
Consistory Court, Doctors Commons,
February 9.
Kirkman v. Kirkmnn.
This was a cause of divorce, or separation
from bed, board, and mutual cohabitation,
by reason of cruelty, promoted by Joseph
Kirkman, musical instrument maker, resi-
dent in Broad-street, Carnaby-market, against
Mary his wife. The material facts alledged
in the libel were, that the parties had been
married about 14 years, and there were nine
children living by that marriage ; that Mrs.
Kirkman had repeatedly ill treated her hus-
band ; that she at one time struck him with
a pewter quart pot ; at another time scratch-
ed his face with her finger nails ; that she
had at other periods thrust a lighted candle
in his face.; threw a bason of boiling milk
at him ; and had frequently done acts of the
like nature. In corroboration of these facts,
several depositions of witnesses were read,
particularly those of their children, who
deposed to repeated quarrels arising between
their father and mother. The court after
hearing the council on the part of Mrs.
Kirkman, was clearly of opinion that the
wife had'bf en guilty of very gross.missconduct
towards her husband, and, therefore, it had
no hesitation in pronouncing, that the hus-
band was entitled to the remedy he prayed,
and accordiKgly decreed the same.
NEW-YORK, June 4.
ARRl VED,
The ship Atlas, Moran, 57 days from
Belfast, and 38 from Londonderry. Passen-
gers, S. Hamilton, of Boston, J. M'Mullen,
B. Hamilton, and 53 in the steerage. Left
at Belfast, ships Eagle, Duplex ; and Monte-
zuma, Smith, of Philadelphia, both from N.
York. May 14, lat. 38, 29, long. 57, spoke
brig Mary, Young, from Providence. 25th,
lat, 40, 53, long. 60, OpWelia, from New-
York, for Amsterdam.
The British brig Bittern, Landers, 54 days
from Sunderland.
The British schr. Fame, Seymour, 12 days
from Bermuda.
The schr. Kxterprize, Patten, S days from
Bermuda. Left British brig Adriaua, in 4
days for New-York ; schr. Driver, in 2 days
I for do.; and sloop Eliza-Ann, just arrived
from New-York.
1 The schr. Little Joe, Fairweather, of Bridge-
1 port, 18 days from St. Bartholomews. A
brig had just arrived from Baltimore.
The selir. Cincinnatus, Ireland, 19 days
from Point Petre (Guad.) Left brig Eliza-
beth, Paxton, to sail next day for N. York ;
ship Polly, Ledett, for do. in 10 days; ship
Clothier, for Philadelphia, in 5 days ; schr.
Aurora, for New-York, in 4 days. Sailed
in co. with brig ------, Bellowe. June 2,
off Sandy-Hook spoke brig Lydia, for St.
Croix.
[All vessels arriving from the W. Indies,
now perform a quarantine of four days,
during which time they are completely ven-
tilated, the seamen's cloaths and bedding
washed, etc.]
Below last night, a brig and 2 schppuess.
Wiad S.
PHILADELPHIA, June 5.
Arrived, ship Richmond, Tliack.tra, Cal-
cutta, 107 days ; Hamlet, Harding, Lis-
bon, 47 ; Hampden and Sydney, Kennard,
Portsmouth, 14.; Sally, Hinckley, Liver-
pool 47 ; Rising States, Brandon, Boston,
IO ; schr. Minerva, Bird, New-York, 6.
Cleared, ship Herald, Sundborn, Ton-
ningen ; Hercules, Robinson, Kingston ;
brig Betsy, Saunders, Porto Riio ; echrs,
Eliza, Rendols, Laguira ; Miiford, Sayre.
Guadaloupe ; Nelson, Caldwell, Spanish
Main ; Democrat, Etheridge,'N. Carolina;
\Y,n. Gray, Daniel, Do. ; Ann, Grant,
N. Bedford; Hope, Lincoln, Boston ; En-
terprize, Trefetben, Portsmouth.
Ship Young Eiias, Morris, 53 days from
Bordeaux ; brig Lucy, Peekham, from
St. Croix, and two brigs and several shoo-
ners names unknown, are bjlow.-
PITTSBURG, (Peun.) May 2.0
A letter from col. Abner Lord, owner of
the ship John Atkinson, (and which in our
last, was stated to have been stranded whilst j
passing the Falls of Ohio) gives us the pleas- |
ing information, that she received but little
injury, #nd sailed from below the falls on
the 3d instant. Col. Lord tilao mentions,
that the ship Thomas Penrose, and two
Cun-Hoats, sailed from the same place on the
Sth inst. and that major K-irkpatrick's brig,
from this place, crossed the Falls and sailed
on the Cth for New-Orleans.
We are soi ry to learn that the ship Tusca-
rawa, owned by Mr. Jones, and the ship Bu-
fus King, owned by Mr. Oilman, were not '
successful in their attempt to pass the Falls,
but were lying on the rocks. We, however,
hope that the late and very extraordinary
fiesh in the river, will carry them over in
safety.
SHIP WRECKS AT THE RAPIDS
OF OHIO.
A spectacle so distressing to the gene-
rous heart, was never presented in the west-
ern country as that of this day, in front of
Louisville. Four large ships, all new, and
bound for New-Orleans, lay in a line in
the ba>on above the rapids, waiting the rise
of water, which was then on th« swell ;
and promised a safe passage over the ob-
structions, so that all calculated on passing
—Sunday was a boisterous day which pre-
vented a possibility of managing a ship in
so straight a passage —The water at a stand
during the day began to fall in the evening
—Monday the water had- fallen two or
three inches, and very little hope obtained
of its swelling to that height again during
the year. The owners of the ships, who
were present, felt the consequence too sen-
sibly to remain idle a moment if a possibi-
lity existed of passin*—soundings were
made and hope revived, colonel Lord own-
er of the ship John Aitkinson, bore down
for the head grand shoot, and passed hand-
somely by, rubbing the rocks two or three
times, and anchored below. By this time
the wind had increased a little, in a direc-
tion somewhat unfavorable, but not suffici-
ently to prevent the altempt by the Tusca-
rora, who got under way and the Riifus
King followed her wake. At this mo-
ment the shores, terraces, and windows
were filled with anxiaus spectators, enjoy-
ing a doubtful pleasure, but in a few mi-
nutes their suspense was decidad with the
fate of the ships, which lay wrecks upon
the rocks ! until they filled with water,
which was a ihort time after they struck.
The apparent perilous situation of the crews
and gentlemen on board was dreadful ; in
ships without rudders or keels, tumbling
from rock to rock, and rolling from side
to side, in a current which rates twelve
or fourteen miles an hour, without a possi-
bility ot being relieved from the shore.—
Fortunately for the lives on board, the ships
filled on the rocks without going to pieces.
The Rufus King endeavored by casting
her anchors after the the Tsscarora struck,
to avoid the like blow, but the strength of
the current was too powerful, she struck
near the same place, and drawing a few
inches less water bounded past the bo*, &
carried away the head of the Tuscorora and
part of her railing ; lodged about her length
below.
Col. Lord had returned from his ship with
the pilot, and was on board the Rufus King.
During this time, his ship, which had passed
without damage, dragged her anchor or part-
ed with it, and in spite of the exertions of
the hands on board, stranded on Sandy-Is-
land shoals, which will be perfectly dry in
a few days if the water continues to fall at
the present rate : 'tis presumed she may be
got off the next rise of water, without sus-
taining any material damage ; these three
ships drew nearly the same depth of water.
the Penrose, which draws more, made no
attempt to pass, and now lies safely in the
bason, where she has already weathered out
one year.
To close the misfortune of those gentle-
men, whose enterprize entitles them to the
extreme reverse of what has befallen them,
and to the best wishes of their countrymen ;
a large covered boat (a lighter) belonging to
the owner of the Rufus King, and lying in
the bason, laden, with tobacco and cordage,
took fire and was destroyed. The flame
spread so rapidly that the only alternative
was to extinguish ii by sinking her ; what
part of the cargo was not entirely lost, is
very much damaged. The place was crowd-
ed with small crafts, some of which receiv-
ed injury.
One solitary consolation is, that no lives
have been lost—a man of the Biifos King
was severely bruised with the tiller, perhaps
mortallyi , \h'AiUviiU paper.]
Trial of Col Burr.
From the Enquirer.
, Monday, June 1.
Present, chief justice Mai shall.
The gra,;d jurv met at 2 o'clock -¦ and
were- ?.."'* '. It-ilJ.tOrfnOTOw 10«r*cLclf,
¦ Mr. Hay observed, thru it was eiitrenn ly
disagrtv iim co detain the grand ju-
ry ; but he knew of no bi tier .
der existing circumstances ;. that htfcfcati re-
cc-i ¦ edno-new .information inspecting ¦
rat Wilkinson ; and that the only new com-
munications which he bad received by t'.o
last wen m mail, was a mass of af>
from Chillicothe, drawn up by persons wlrO
had descended the i-iym witli col. Burr, ami
that though their affidavits vveie extremely
important, they could not be brought into
court as evidence, there being no evidence
that the person before whom they were tak-
en was really a magistrate.
Tandy, June 2,
Presets, judges Marshall and Grs
The grand jury met and were adjourned
til to-morrow, 10 o'clock. There v.,re no
other proceedings connected vyith tin- trial.
General Wilkinson has ne ved.
DEBATE
On the motion (made en the 2St'>) to a
Colonel Burr—cont iiuted.
At this moment [at the contusion of mr.
Wirt's speech, published in the Peder,
zette of Thursday last] the grand j,.;
turned into court, and the names ...
over, requested an adjournment. After some
desultory conversation between thc-ir fore-
man and chief justice, respecting certailj:
points of form, they were accordingly ad-
journed till to-morrow 10 o'plock. They
immediately retired from the court, wlxrn
Mr. Hay arose to proceed with tin* arga-
meiit. He spoke in substance as follcw; •"
1 stand here, sir, engaged in the porfunn-
ance of a most serious duty. I appear here
in a cause which involves the character of
our government. I come here to charge
Aaron Burr whh high treason agamet the
U. States; witTi ".levying war" u'pSii his
country. Sir,' it was natural to si;
that such a serious charge wi>uid have made
a most serious impression upon A. Il's mind ;
that he would have roused all the energies
of his understanding in his Service ; in vin-
dicating himself against Such charge;:, and
not in casting imputations upbp fhe'govera-
jnent. Why then, sir, do; -.' he turn from him-
selfagaius'l tbe-admiaistration ? Why the_-e.
complaints of persecution, which have fa-
tigued our cars ? I most soli irmly den
charge. I most confidently a
is not a tittie of evidence to sup
None can be prduced, unless it b>
tiun, that the government, brings him b
a legal tribuna!, wh.ere his guilt and .
cence will he impartially established,
Burr stands accused, .of the l.i^v'
and misdemeanors; be stand, cha
a deliberate de.sign of jjivolvii
in all the horrors of a civii iiisuvr,-.
entangling her ill a war -,..
This is the true question
and instead of pie«ting this 1
energy and firmness which bpcaji
stead of cbnfiontingjit with his evidence, he
complains for swot Ii' -oi
where, sir, is this troni.-nil
" Because he was s'nt h,iv by a
authority!" But could A. i'uir have
tried in the country \v;
Was Blannerhassett's Island iu the -
sippi territory ? Or ought he not to have
been conveyed to that judicial district, \> hicli
possessed a competent jurisdiction : I
A. Burr ought to have boon sent here, by
what 'number of men should he have
escorted ? Was it by one man only ; fnmi
wdioin he could have been so easily rescued^
and whose violence he could most piobally
have eluded r Or ought he to have loon con-
veyed, as he really was, by the energy of
men, like Perkins, whose unshrinking iirm-
ness and whose humanity (in the presence.
of A. Burr himself, I avow it, let him cVny
it, if he can !) had completely qualiriecl him
for the safe transportation of his prisoner?
But, sir, when this cry and speil of per- .
secution are once excited, it is not easy to
set bounds to its fury ? Not contented with
inveighing against the pretended p<
tion of the government—a government,
which never did persecute—a government,
Which cannot persecute; and which will for-
ever stand firm in the, affections of the peo-
ple, from tlie integrity and intelligence
which mark its measures—not contents d
with lavishing their complaints against it,
the counsel for the prisoner have even film-
ed acainst the humble instruments, who con-
duct the prosecution. They seriously com-
plain, that we hav" given them no previous
notice of this motion ; and these are '
ry men, who have so often offered motions
to this court, without the slightest ii.;.in,a-
ticn to ourselves. Sir, I most posjtivajy
assert, that no notice in the p
ought to have been given. I shall n, ,
tend to assert, that A. Burr was di. ;
under the present c-.tate of things, to 1
his escape : But I say, that supposing such
to have been the fact, and supposing thSt
availing himself of the information wh mm
we had imparted, be should liav
flight, I appeal to the candor of eve,
partial man ; I appeal to the candor of the
opposite counsel themselves,; whetli
should not have been guilty «f a gross vio-
lation of my duties.
But they say, he ought not to be commit-
ted, because the presence of the grand jury
suspends the authority of this court. But
where are the precedents which justify this
position ? I have not made many research^
into this case; because I did not so]
that there was a single sceptic at this bar
who would deny the univnsaiity of the
proposition that we have laid down ; that is
was the right of the court to commit-in
every case where they deemed it pi
They say thst in this case the powers oi tba
grand jury and the court are concurrent!
Strange that they should forget the immense
difference between their powers ! There isa"
difference in the evidence necessary to con-
vince them. We are not bound to subsiil
the same testimony before the grand jury
which we may produce before this ccuit ;
much less before a petit jury. Affidavits
may convince the couit that if is p:o;
commit ; but it is not yet perfectly C
whether it be proper to esthibittli
grand jury. I am, however, unacquainted
with the opinion, which the.court eJUeitain
on this point : but I will boldly mqiiiice)
whether"! should discharge my hi
were I to submit my indictment!-, befoi
grand jury at this moment, when 1 hai <- 1.01.
all the material evidence which we may
possess ? Sir, these gentlemen n-..-.
their groundless cens'ues r; 'sit in
vain : all their clamors will neve; :...
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