|
Sale by A net Ion.
ON TUESDAY,
The 1st September, at Al'cIuc ¦ in the afternonn.
koitt p> itively
hid', on ^e premise*
tervis t'-.at.vi.l be made, knovln, at time
of saiv,
A throe story Brick Dwelling HOUSE-, Ml
Market-space, No. 26, near li;c FishMar
ket, with a t.wo.story Brick Kitchen. Tli
above property is well calculated for a Tavern*,
Boarding House, or Retail Store.
VAN VVYCK & UORSSY, Aiict'rs.
AllBIISt 1". ________^^
For hale,
A hamlsome bay HORSE, six years old,
lit for a Trooper To be seen at Mr. M'Gin-
Livcry Stable, North Gay-street.
For Sale by Hertry Long,
0"i~r.' q ¦ ,
embroidered with
August 21.
d'lt
Papers Lost.
At the time that the French army evacuated
St. Domingo, the under Prefect of Part-au
Prince, sav-il a barrel containing divers Pa-
pers ; he went from Port-au prince to St Ja-
gn-de-Cuba, and from thence to Charleston,
where it appears that the barrel was confound-
ed umong-st some barrels of potatoes s from
Charleston he went to New Yo k, where he
embarked Cor France, without perceivi-g the
mistake When lie arrived at Kant; and
liatl the barrels opened, they were found full
of potatoes, instead of papers. On t|jwmiriing
toe s dd barrel, lie per- eived that !t was di-
rected to Baltimore, it is possible and very
probable, that some one in Baltimore has re-
ceived tile barrel of papers, instead of po-
tatoes. In this case he entreats them to send
it immediately to the consul's office at Balti-
more. At all events those who have receiv-
ed this barrel of papers are requested to
send it to tne French consul nearest to their
residence, or to give information of it to Jo
Sfph Frelet. Second street, Baltimore j who
oders to pay the essences, that this mistake
m:.v have occasioned, it required.
August 21-____________ d4t||__
lost;
Betwson the Bank of Baltimore and South-
street, this dav, nbotlt one o'clock, a ONE
HUND'iKD DOLLAR NOTE. The finder
thereof is requested to leave it at this oflice,
and he will receive any reasonable compensa-
tion he may require.
August 21 d4t
White Wine Vinegar.
Now Lulling from »chr. Rover, a few casks
hf Genuine French White Wine VINEGAH,
and for -utle bv
CORNTHWAIT & YARNALL,
No 83, Eowly's wharf
' Also on hand,
. ..Brit'sh Canvas,
Havens Duck,
Salt P -tre,
Spe maceti Candles,
You g . ;_vson, ilvso-, and Souchong Teas,
Whale and Sper naceti Oil,
Copperas, fcr Srno. 21st. Hot
iNotice.
A meeting of the Commissioners in the
case of H. H. Ilackenian, late of tlie city ot
Ba'timore, bankrupt, will be held at the of-
fice of John Caldwell, esq. No. 9, N. Calvert-
sn-ect, on Monday the 31st day of August,
instant, for the purpose of rtererving the re-
port, of rlue assignees, of which all persons
concerned! -will t::ke -lotice.
By 'order of the Commissioners.
SAMUEL STERETT, S-c'ry.
August 2'. ________'_ d8t
3602 Spanish Hides, in Store,
FOR SALE BY
ALEXANDER, WEBSTER & CO.
Also,
1 case Cambric, ") Entitled to draw-
2 do Table Linen, i back.
August. ':(). d6tt
•SOAP.
v Notice is hereby given.
That the subscriber hath assigned all his
Book Debts and Accounts, prior to the 15th
of last month, to Francis I. Mitchell, who
alone is authorised to receive, and inforce pay-
ment thereof. JAMES W. MITCHELL.
August 13
All persons indebted to said
James W Mitchell, prior to the above meri-
ts on! time, are requested to make immedi-
ate payment to the subscriber.
IRAN. IS I. MITCHELL.
AugttVt 13- dim
Soap ?.\va Oil,
200 boxes Brown.") „
tQO do. White, <, s
89c:iS's tiesh Florence Oil,
Ji ¦'t rec ved per sc'vo- ers Gorham Lovel,
and Francis, and for sale bv
BUPFU.M & GOODHUE,
No. 84, Bowiv's wharf
t July. 14,______________&_
A. and R. Boughan
Wish to dispose of two Bills of Exchange
on Liverpool, at 60 thus for £ a~5 Sterling
They have on liand and for sale,
161 hhds Virginia and Maryland Tobacco,
21 do. Tobacco Sterns,
4 do. Lampblack, in pound papers,
110 bids Herrings,
100 do Turpentine,
JiOO bushels Richmond Coal.
July 23. d
BEEF
too bbls. Bo- on,
reived and far Side
July 1.
No. 1, BEEF, just re-
bv
FITCH HALL, jun.
81, Bowly's-wharf
d
Notice.
JOHN XEciNKDY 1st CO%
Have removed their Books of Accounts,
also, those of the late firm of Anthony U John
Kennedy ami Co. to the Counting House of
Messrs. A. Kennedy and Colhocn, No. lo,
Light-street ; where ail persons indebted to
either of the abova firms are requested to
make payment, and those who have claims
agai.st the same will please hand in their ac-
counts for settlement. July 10. d
4 bbls. of Nice Fresh Shrub,
And n few cases ol Claret, just received,
and tor bale at No 10, Sou'h Charles street.
JOHN P. PLEASANTS.
August 25. <14t
For Sule,
A two-story Brick HOUSE and LOT in
¦iluke street," Old town ; a healthy and con-
venient situation, for either a private, or pub-
lic family, the said property is in fee simple,
for terms apply at said tenements, or No. H9,
Fleet street, Feii's Point.
August 17- eo4t§
At his MaHW, tCtol v
Si!'.' and Cotton ri'ok.s.
figures,
Twilled and Fringed do. assorted,
silk: Shawls, with embroidered borders,
Sattin do. with do.
Ladies' Silk Gloves, short assorted,
1) i. do do. long do.
Do do Stockings, do.
Men's do do do.
Black Silk H'dKt's. do.
Ladies' Sattin Robes,
Do. Catin Ira do.
Which will be sold low for cash, or good
notes Aug,'st 20.__________d4
Sugars.
Landing this day at Bandy's wharf, from schoo-
ner Cnlina, captain Garland,
75 hhds prime St. Martin'.-. Sugars. For
saleby Ai.R.BOl'GUAN.
August 2?.. d
Six Cents Reward.
Runaway from the subscriber, Arthur Cos
kei-vy, dark complexion, rive feet lour inches
high. Had on when he went away, a blue
round-about, striped trovvsers, and shoes, &
took with him another suite.
ARNOLD LIVERS, Hatter.
August 32. __________d-it__
Fifty Dollars Reward.
RAN away from Doughoragen Manor,Elk-
ridge, (the. suninner residence of Charles Car
roll, ot'Carrollton, Esq.) on the i9th instant, a
Negro Man, named WILLIAM; about 30
.years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high ; of t
pleasing countenance ; wears his woolplatteo
on the looks and behind, and turned up with a
comb. His clothing that can be recollected is
along blue cloth coat, London brownpaota-
lo.Ms, black ditto, new shoes with one row o!
hob nafs round the soles an ! heels He wat
lately purchased ot judge Chase, of the city of
Baltimore. Whoever will deliver the abovt
Negra to the subscriber, at the manor on Elk-
rllge, shall receive Fiftv Dollars.
*^S AB1JAH FENN.
\jjfey 26. _____________________ d
Gold and Silver Lace
Of the best qualhy calculated for the use
of the military. For sale by
J WINVND.
No 149, Market-street
_August 24.______________________d4li.
Two Stray Cows,
Came into my enclosures, sometime in June
last. One a small brindlo Cow, bob-tail, left
earmarked by cropping, &.c. The olhci, is
a large red and white cow. The owner i re-
quested to prove property, pay charges and
take them away, before the first o' November
next ; or they will then be sold, to pay pas
tvrage. JACOB GKOUNDZ
Near Ellicott's Mills, 9 mills from B iti.
more. August i4. d4t§
Gray's Garden.
On SA WRDAY, the 29t!t instant,
Will be exhibited bv M. Kosninville,
A GRAND DISPLAY OF
FIRE WOHK, viz :
First Division,
A Federal Salute of sixteen Guns and six-
tern Rocki ts, 4 Table Rockets, ascending in
a Piramidal Foiin.
A Running Changing Sun, representing
d fii rent lights, ami figures, bearing nine re-
volutions
A Chinese Tree metramorphosed into a
Dutch Table, or the evolution oilhe Verticale
turning round Horizontal.
A Fancy Piece, forming various Basons ol
different Shapes.
St cowl Division. .
The Running Blue, Purple, Red & White
Serpent,
The Motto, Viva* America, in Fire
The Battle of the Tree Suns, with their
several Metamorphosis
The Grand Cross of Malta, with colored
flames changed into a fixed Sun, with large
ra\s, bearing in its centre a running ring ol
sky bue and yellow color.
Third Division.
The Fire Work, will be terminated by a
Grand Display of Wasninglon s Temple com.
posed of the following pieces, and fixed in i
Theatrical i r-ler, six.
2 Cascades with Atmospherical Bcaud s,
4 Beehives and Pots do. do.
A grand Portico of the yoi.i • Order, bear
ir.g on the top a n.nii: g piuce with different
grounds, i*c. fkc the whole taking fire at one
time.
M. Ros.iinville is confident that no perform-
ance of t is kind, ever was exhibited in this
town. He off rs it to the public, well per
suadod that it will give a genersd satisfaction,
labor and expencts having not been spared
to render it worthy of notice.
. August 24. . dot
Ordered, That the Balti-
more Independent Blues, meet in Col How-
ard's Park. Tomorrow Evening, at half past
3 o'clock, with flints in their pieces, they
w'dl be furnished with cartridges, on the
ground. JOHN iiUICHINb, Sec'ry.
^Aiig.stjH_____________________
Columbian Volunterrs,
You are requested to meet To-Morrow
Evening, at 4 o'clock precisely, in Howard's
Park, v ith arms and accoutremeets. Punctu
ality is earnestly desired.
By order,
J. WILSON, Sec'ry-
August 24.
~Tllf~lwtth arms; at eight o'clock
thry wilt assemble at KamiiXky's tavern to
transact business of moment.
By order.
___________WESLEY WOODS, Sec'y.
The first Volunteer Cwmpany of the S9th
Reg. will parade in complete uniform, with
arms and ixeowiranients in complete order,
next Tuesday Afternoon, at 3 o'clock, the
men will be punctual in their attendance.
Each member wiil furnishjhhnself with twelve
rounds of Blank Catridges.
ABM. LEREW, 1st Sergt.
August 22
Artillery.
The members of the Baltimore Volunteer
Artillery Company, arc desire-i to attend at
their parade ground, near the new Market-
House, on Tuesday Afternoon next, precisely
at 4 o'clock, ;7i complete uniform, with side
arms. The roll will be called, at a quarter
past 4> o'clock.
By order of the captain,
THOMAS FINLEY, Sec'ry.
August 22.
TRIAL OF AARON &tJ&R,
(Continued by adjournment and held at the Ca-
pitol in the hall of the house of Delegate?.)
for high treason against the United
States.
Substance of Mr. Hay's opening SpEiicu,
Tuesday, August 18.
May it please the court, and you gentlemen
of the ;,ury :
In the preliminary stages of the prosecu-
tion in which we are now engaged, many
observations were made, extremely deroga-
tory to the government under which we
live, and injurious to the1 feelings of the
counsel employed in the prosecution. It
was said, amongst other things, that we had
indulged an intemperate zeal whi.'h trans-
gressed the limits of reason and humanity ;
that we were solicitous tocon\ict the pri-
soner, whether innocent or guilty ; and to
deprive him of all the proper means which
were necessary to his defence. I know not,
gentlemen of the jury, whether this charge
has reached your ears ; or, if it has, whether
it has made any serious impressions upon
your minds : but if it had, it is my duty to
efface them. But by what means ? By pro-
fessions of candor and liberality which are
as easily made and as easily forgotten ? No.
I shall prove the injustice of this charge by
the course and conduct of the prosecution.
We have arrived at a most serious crisis in
this inquiry, on whose result the life of a
man, and of a fellow citizen, who once stood
high in the estimation of his country, must
certainly depend. It is alledged to be for
feited to the violated laws and justice of his
country. It is my duty to support that alle-
gation ; but I shall support it only by facts
which I believe to be true, and by argu-
ments which have produced my own con-
viction.
The prisoner at the bar is charged with
treason, in levying war against the U. States.
To this charge he has plead not guilty. It
is yoUr solemn duty to decide upon the va-
lidity of this plea, and you have sworn to
decide it by facts alone. If you attend to
the obligations of your oath, any admoni-
tions from me will be unnecessary. Yon
will divest your minds of every bias, of all
extraneous rumors orpolitical pro possessions.
You will enter upon the case with candour,
and with a firm determination to do justice
between the United States and Aaron Burr.
If. after that patient investigation of the evi.
deuce which the importance of the case re
quires, you should doubt whether he is anil
ty, you must decide that he is not. Such is
the language of the law, and such the die
rate of common sense. If you doubt, you
must declare him to be*innocent. But there
is one distinction, which I have heard from
the lips of jurymen : which stems to me to
be a distinction without a difference, and to
be founded in lolly and in wickedness. I
have heard them declare* that tin ugh as in
dividuals they might be satisfied of the guilt
of a prisoner, ¦<¦ n«*n they we:etvit. This
is a fallacy. 1 cap co iceive, thai a juryman
may entertain a belief fou'nded on what he
has heard out ot d.-.ors. which is not war
ranted bv the legal evidence before him ; hot
if he once believes, fiom tin evidence, that
the prisoner has commited tin crime alledg.
ed, he is then guihy of !hi; cht-rj , to huns. If,
to hiscciu: try, and to his God, if he d-es
not pronounce that belief.
The indictment before you consists of two
counts The .irst charges the prisoner with
levying war on Llaiuieihassett's isla d :
The second repeats the same charge in sub
Stance, with the- addition, that in cider to
levy it more etiectually, the prisoner had
descended the Ohio a idthe Mississippi with
an armed force for the purpose of taking pos
session of New Oilcans. If either of these
charges be supported by adequate evidence,
you must find the prisoner guilty.
In G eat Britain there are no less than ten
different species of treason; at hast it was
so when lilackstoue wrote. Perhaps the
catalogue has been since increased, but in
th is country. there are only two descriptions,
which are de-ned by the constitution itself;
so that it. is beyond the power of the legis-
lature to increase the list, however impor-
tant thty might consider the augmentation.
By the 3d sec. of the 2d art. of the consti-
tutor! ol the U. States, treason against the
U. S " shall consist only in levying war a
gainst them, or in adhering to their ene-
mies, giving them aid and comfort." Of
the last description of treason it is unneces-
sary to say aty thing, as the offence charg-
ed in the indictment is "levying war against
the U. States.' This offence being thus
constitutionally deiined. the only question
at this stage of the inquiry is., what shall
constitute an overt act of levying war a
gainst the TJ. States ?
It is obvious that the interval between the
first movements of a treasonable conspiracy
and actual hostilities is immense. There
may be a conspiracy to levy war, but this is
not treason. Individuals may meet toge
ther for making arrangements to bringforces
into the field ; nor is this conspiracy trea-
son. They may advance a step further.—
They may not only project a plan for levy-
ing war, but they may proceed to levy
troops ; but this is not an overt act of trea-
son. It has been adjudged by the supreme
court of the U. S. that the concerned per
sons may proceed one other step further ;
the separate individuals may proceed to a
place of rendezvous ; and yet remain on the
safe side of the lineoftreason. But, gentle
men, common sense, and principles founded
on considerations of national safety, obvi-
ously require that the crime of treason
should be declared to be complete, before the
coo'mission of actual hostilities against the
government. If any hostilities must he
commited, what is the consequence ? Why
that a man may take his steps until he is
sufficiently strong to laugh at all your defi-
nitions of treason. He will not strike a
blow ; he will not commence actual hostili-
ties, until he is prepared to give efficacy to
that blow and to hid defiance to your go-
vernment. Where then is the point at which
a treasonable conspiracy shall be said to
have arrived at its maturity' ? I answer,
when there is an aseemblage of men conven-
ed for the purpose of effecting, by force, a
treasonable design , which force is intended
to be employed before their dispersion. The
answer which I now give i-. not literally but
substantially the same with lhat furnished
by the supreme court of the United States,
and is given in conformitv to what 1. under-
stand to be the spirit of that deCisloi In the
opinion of that court, delivtred by the chief
ju?t"ce,in the Case of I'ollman & Swnrtwcnt,
there occur the following expressions : '' It
is not the intention of the court to say, that
no individual can he guilty of thfs crine who
ha? not appeared in arms against hiscounti v.
On the contrary, if war he actually levied,
that is. if a ben'v if men he actually assent
bled for the purpose of effecting by force, a
treasonable purpose, all those who perform
any part, henvever minute and remote from
the scene of action, and who are actually
leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be
considered as traitors." If war then be ac
tuallv levied in this manner, every person
concerned is to be considered as a traitor.
The same idea is expressed in ten or fifteen
other parts of this decision. " To complete
the crime of levying war against the U. S.
there must he an actur.l assemblage of men
for the purpose of ex'Cttting a treasonable
design." And again—" In the case now
before the court, a design to overturn the
"rovernment of the U. S. at New Orleans by
force, would have b-en unquestionably a de-
sign, which, if carried into execution, would
have been tre ison, and the assemblage of a
body of men for the purpose of carrying it
into execntioti, would amount to levying j
war against the U'ited States; hut no con-
spiracv for this object, no enlisting of men
to effect it, would be an actual levying of
war." If then, according to this definition,
the accused and his associates had assembled
together to attack New Orleans and separate
it from the union, though no actual force had
heen used, Jhough no battle had been fought,
they would have heen guilty of treason.—
The same idea also occurs in these passages :
" It cannot be necessary that the whole army
should he assembled, and that the various
parts which are to compose it should have
combined ; hut it is necessary that there
should be an actual assemblage." " The
meeting of particular bodies of men and
their marching from pl.ices of partial or
places of general rendezvous would he such
an assemblage." It seems to me, then, that
I am warranted in the answer which I have
given, by the solemn decision of this su-
preme tribunal. Perhaps, gentlemen, in o-
pening this case, I may occupy more of your
time than you may consider to be necessary.
But you must excuse me. Justice to the
accused requires, that I should freely com-
municate the grounds on which this accusa-
tion is to he maintained : that the counsel
on the ether side may prepare for his de-
fence.
It is necessary for me,to state my reasons
for having omitted two circumstances in this
definition of levying war, which the counsel
for the prisoner may perhaps consider as es-
sential puts of treason. I have taken no
notice of military ivra/mns; nor have I in-
troduced the employment of any actual
force, of any violence or hostility to i-ff-ct
the treasonable design. I have stated nei
ther of these circumstances, because I think
neither of them essential, according to the
constitution and laws of this country.
0" the first point 1 shall offer hut a few
observations. Before satisfying you of the
legal propriety of this omission, permit me
to stat" the question on the principles of
commm sense. It is true that it does not
always happen in legal discussions, that this
principle is consulted from the beginning to
the end ; bur. in many rases this disrespect is
uohaodly practised. Instead then of con-
i It ig this question as it would be present
ed to ns by lawyears and bv judges, let us
vieu it on the sound principles of common
s>'i -;e and national policy. It is not neces-
sary that the men should have arms in their
hands to make them traitors. The act of
treason might be completed, and yet not a
single gun or even a pen knife be employed
in the transaction. Suppose a case. There
was at me when 10 000 stands of arms were
deposited under the roof of this capitol. -
Suppose that 5 or 10O00 unarmed men had
assembled within a few miles of this city,
with a preconcerted design of marching to
the capitol, seizing upon the arms, dispersing
our legislature, and usurping the powers of
the government. Let us suppose, what is
no very difficult Supposition, that the cavalry
and the infantry of this city were to gird
on their armor, and resolve to disperse these
men before they could execute their treason-
able intentions. They arm ; they march ;
and the conspirators, conscious of their abo-
minable guilt, fly in all directions at the ap-
proach of our volunteers. Wiil any one
say, that these men are not traitors to their
country ? Or suppose that any number of
individuals were to assemble on Elannerhas
sett's island. We will suppose that they
had no arms, although 1 do not believe that
such was the fact. They intend to descend
the Ohio and Mississippi to seize upon New-
Oder'iis. calculating upon meeting their lead
er at the mouth of Cumberland river, and
receiving arms from the Spanish minister at
Baton Houge. Would the simple circum-
stance of their being unarmed produce any
difference in their guilt ? And would it not
be an absurdity to say, that the moment
after arms have been put into their hands
they are traitors, hut thai they were not the
moment before ? The supreme court have
given a correct opinion on this subject, when
in one passage tiny are silent as to the pos-
session of awn;, and in another, if I am net
mistaken, they have expressly disclaimed it.
If this point were not determined in this
way, what would be the consequence ? That
conspirators would take care never to touch
their arms until they were ready to strike
their blow. They would have military
weapons placed within their reach ; but they
woilld not once venture to touch them before
their organisation should be completed. On
the principles cf common sense then, it is
not necessary that they should have arms to
consummate the overt act of treason. And
what says the law ' In the ca-"e decided by
the supreme court, you will not find a single
allusion as to the necessity of arms being in
the hands of the conspirators. And in the
case of Fries, p. 1(57, this subject has been
particularly mentioned, and my opinion em-
bract d by one of the judges of the United
States (Judge Chase.) It is remarkable too,
in this case, that the same principle is con-
ceded by the counsel for the defendant (Mr.
PaMas) whose opinion is certainly no autho-
rity with you on this occasion ; but it carries
along with it the strong presumption tliat
the law was against him, p. 10S.
In Great-Britain there is a statu!e, which
•was passed many years ago, in the 2£th
year of the reign of Edward the 3d, which
describes treason in the very identical words
of our constitution. This statute makes
" levyine; war" against the king to be trea-
son. N„w j whan the framers of »ur con-
stitution, many of '.hem great lawyers toi,
have chosen to define treason in the very
same words which had been so often in
use, so olten the subject of discuss on and
adjudication ; it is certainly a fair p.e timp-
tion that they were to be u-ed in the same
sense which is annexed to them in Eng-
land, An observation of a very 'able judge
ot (he court of the United States amply con-
firms this retn.uk, Fries's trial, p. 167. I
beg the jury to believe, that my only pur-
pose for referring to the English law, is to
show that the decision of the supreme court
on this subject is not an innovation, not a
new doctrine, but is an exact counterpart of
the English authorities. Topro.'e this po-
sition, I will refer to Foster, p. 208, where
he declares that there may be treason that
is, " levying war" against the country,
witnout the presence of arms ; and that the
only question is, the quo animo, with which
the thing is done ; it it be to effect some
treasonable plot. This opinion of judge
Foster is qu ted in East's Reports, v. 1.
p. 67, who approves its spirit, and thinks
that arms & military array are not essential
to treason. I have entered into this tedi-
ous investigation of "this point, though it
did not seem to me to be necessary, be-
cause our own courts have, in words too
plain to deceive mortal man, pronouncd
that a bare assemblage of men was
sufficient ; and because the persons as-
sembled at Blannerhassett's island, were
actually armed for offensive as well as de-
fensive purposes. It is to you, gentlemen
of the jury, that I must submit, ho* far I
have succeeded in justifying tlie propriety of
my having omitted " arms" in the definition
of treason.
BY THIS DAY's MAILS.
BOSTON, August 21.
Arrived, schr. Good-Intent, Baxter, 13
days from Alexandria, fl ur.
nrigMount Eanr, Dag; clt, Amsterdam,
last from the Downs, 54 days to Nahuru
Piper. Lett, in the Downs, brig Mac, of
Portsmouth, and several others, na nes un-
known. Spoke, Aug. 4, lai. 41, iy,I :i;.
40, 30, ship Fair American, from New-
York for Liverpool. August 5, lat. 44,
long. 48, 30, ship Wil am Penn, Field,
from Chatleston for T^nnmgen, 12 days
out.
Cleared, btigs Constellation, Leach,
Rotterdam ; Sukey, Rhodes, Amsterdam ;
schr. Concord. Homer, Windsot.
WONDERFUL !
By an arrival at Marblehead yesterday
from Halifax, we received papers to the 7th
inst.
Halifax, August 4.
The Leopard convoyed on the 18th Ju.
ly, two English merchant vessels 10 Leagues
from the land ; the masters of which stated
th;.it en its being expected tha' tin; British
ships were going to attack Norfolk, up.
wards of 150 English seamen onboard the
Chesapeake frigate applied for their dis-
charge ; declaring that they would not fight
against their country. This being refused,
they requested permission to leave the place
in merchant vessels. \
A ktterfrom Halifax toa gentleman in this
place states that the writerwas infounedbya
British lieut. who was at the muster of the
Chesepeak's crew, that eighteen men came
forward and declared themselves English-
men ; but the officer refused to receive ihem
saying his orders were only to take the de-
serters.
Thev have many strange reports at Hali-
fax, that keep up the apprehensions of a
war. Such as that Moreau had made his
peace with Bonaparte ; that in the event of
a war 10 000 men were to be sent to the
United Stales from France, to march into
Canada and Nova-Scotia, under Moicau ;
that French emissaries are well known by
the British government to be in various
parts of the United States, and in the Bri-
tish American colonies, particularly Upper
Canada ; and that in the la'ter place the
person as well as particular projects of one
emissary had been discovered, and instructi-
ons had been given for his arrest.
NEW-YORK, August 22.
CLEARED,
Schr. Ann, Seyms, St. Croix ; Ilibernia,
i Holdsworth. Digby ; Sidney, Etheri4ge,
Edenton ; R ver, Coleman, Boston ; Good
latent, Meader, Baltimore ; Hope, ^
vvard, New-I,ondcn ; Peggy, Tatum,
Currituck ; Ship Flora, Slater, Amsterdam ;
Mississippi, Hughes, Amsterdam ; Susan,.
Howard, Bordeaux ; brig Ohio, Rust,
Jamaica ; Adriana, Lightbourne, Bermu-
da ; Rover, Clark, Greenock.
Arrived, schr. Lark, from St. Johns,
N. B. with fish and plaister.'
A late Porto Rico paper under the head
of St. Thomas, July 28. says, '• We have
renorts from the Spanish Main that the troops
from Peru and Chili have retaken Monte
Video and put the English garrison to the
sword—and that it r; also.reported, that the
English ships of war and privateers which
had been ciuizing offtheie were withcira n,
to Tortola.
To the Editors oj the AT. Y. Gmsette.
You will much oblige me b) giving the
following a place in your paper.
Or. my voyage irom Lisbon to Rotter-
dam, in the schooner Traveller ot this port,
I lost most of my sails and spar's, and was
obliged to put into St. Martin's Roads Isle
da Rhe. A fe>v days after which, I I ¦ad-
ed a craft for the purpose of lightening my
vessel to go into dock. During the night
of the day she was loaded, she -as cut out
by a. boat from his majesty's sloop of war.
Hazard, Charles D.dkes, esq,, commander ;
finding the craft missing in the morning, I
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