entirely out of danger. The servant, a black fellow, has been committed for trial. April 14. Law. Don Joseph Almeida was lately arrest ed on a charge of piracy under the Spanish treaty, in virtue of a warrant issued by a justice of the peace for the state of Maryland, under the act of congress of 1789. A habeas corpus was granted by judge Bland, made returnable before Baltimore county court. Tenbroeck in Mrs. Wells's name for the necessary articles. The villain related so many circumstances with respect to the family, which were known to be correct, and described their distress at the affliction under which he stated them to be labouring, in such strong and feeling terms, that the goods, to the amount of about 150 dollars, were delivered to him without hesitation In the course of two or three hours, however, susThe case was argued before judge Bland picions were accidentally excited that there and Hanson, and it was urged, among other had been iniquity practised, and upon inobjections on the part of the prisoner, that quiry it was found that a second trick of a congress had no power under the constitution similar character had been played at another of the United States to invest any judge or store; upon which the police officers were justice of the peace with any judicial authori sent in pursuit, and in a short time the man, ty, which is confined by the constitution to with part of the goods, was found, and shortthe supreme court and such inferior tribunals ly after the remainder were discovered at as congress shall from time to time ordain. two different places, and the whole recoBoth the judges concurred in supporting this vered. The man was safely lodged in priobjection, and gave separate and elaborate son to await the punishment justly due for opinions, discharging the prisoner, among his dexterous villany. other reasons, for defect of authority in the magistrate on whose warrant the arrest was made. By the above decision it is in effect declared that no state judge or justice of the peace has power to arrest or commit any person for a violation of the laws of the United States. Married] At Baltimore, mr. Wm Grant, to miss Mary Ann Burton. Mr. Israel P. Thompson, to miss Angelica Robinson. Died.] At Baltimore, mrs. Margaret Mit chell. aged 61 Mr. Kennedy Owen, 43. Mr. William Johns, 45. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Married.] At Washington, Hon. Isham Talbot, senator of the United States, from Kentucky, to miss Adelaide Thomason. Lloyd N. Rogers, Esq. to miss Eliza Law. VIRGINIA. Richmond, March 29. Freshet.-The water of James' River began to rise a little before sun-down, the evening before last Last evening, though not so high by several feet as last autumn, the water completely covered Trent's bridge, carrying away most of the railing, and, we believe, some parts of the bridge. Richmond, April 14. Melancholy-We regret to hear that on Saturday, as Mr. Daniel P. Organ, formerly well as merchant, was sitting at the window of this city, and a most respectable man as of a friend's house in Petersburg, a man in on his shoulder; one of them went off, report the street was going by with three muskets says accidentally, a ball from which perforated the window at which Mr. Organ was silting, and went through his head; he instantly expired. A gentleman who was in the same room, received at the same time a buck-shot in his shoulder, from the same discharge-the wound was not supposed to be a dangerous one. This melancholy event must inspire every feeling bosom with compas sion "In the midst of life, we are indeed in R. M-Carty. At Died.] Mr. Robert Boggess, aged 68 Norfolk, Captain George Davis, of Portsmonth, aged 32. At Richmond, Ebenezer Preble, Esq. of Boston, brother of the late Commodore Preble. Last night the water began to subside. Norfolk, April 2. New fashioned swindling-On Thursday last, a man by the name of Joseph Heate, who had several years since lived as a ser vant in the family of Mr. Lemuel Wells, a merchant of this city, now residing at Phil. lipsburgh, in West Chester county, came to the store of Mr. Henry Tenbroeck, in Wil liam-street, and stated that Mr. Wells's son Raleigh, April 4. had died suddenly, Mr. W. being absent from The office of Robert H. Jones, Esq. of Warhome, and that Mrs. Wells had sent to town renton, containing a valuable library, &c. was to procure mourning for herself and the fa- lately consumed by fire. The loss supposed mily, and produced a forged order on Mr. to be about 3,000 dollars. NORTH-CAROLINA. A circumstance has happened in this town, which, we believe, cannot find a counter self to imagination, and search for all that is base and infamous ;-language cannot speak of him as he is. IMPORTANT JUDICIAL DECISION. At the late superior Court of Law, of Johnson county, one John S. Tarr was offered as witness and objected to, upon the ground of defect to religious principle. Witnesses were called, who deposed, that on divers occasions Tarr had declared that he did not believe there was either heaven or hell! nor any futended on the other side, that Tarr should be ture rewards or punishments! It was con God, and in a future state of rewards and punishments. sworn to declare whether he believed in a The Judge, C. J. Taylor, said that, on the one hand, it would be incongruous to permit a man to be sworn, when the very question was, whether he was qualified to swear; and on the other, that he agreed with those who held that a man should not be compelled to declare opinions which go to disgrace and degrade him : he could not therefore permit a man to be exposed to such temptation to suppress the truth. Tarr was rejected as utterly incompetent to give evidence, and as a person to whose oath the law gives no credit. Died.] At Fayetteville, mr. Thomas M'Rackan. Wm. Littlejohn, Esq. SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston, March 28. Mr. Caldwell received on bis benefit night, about 2,000 dollars; a greater sum than was ever before, here, received for a benefit. part in the civilized world. A man, calling himself Ronald Francis Murray, came to Wilmington about eight months since, under apparent pecuniary embarrassments, and was received by the community with that open confidence and hospitality, so common and so natural amongst the citizens of the south. He was a man of much literary information, and by his dialect, and by his own account, believed to be a Scotchman; although he was capable of assuming almost any character, as the event will show. He first established himself in the good opinion of the heads of one of the most respectable commercial houses in this place, by his assiduity and attention to business, and became, we understand, the first agent of the counting room. Meantime a general approbation came from every quarter, of the excellent talents of the sojourner, and all endeavoured to bring comfort to the "EXILE!" He became an inmate of a family, (the name of which delicacy forbids us to mention) of the first standing and of acknowledged piety and honour. A confiding father gave a daughter to his arms!—A daughter whose age did not exceed sixteen; and on whom her anxious parents had bestowed an education commensurate to her rank in life, and which her natural innocence and virtue deserved. He had been married about six weeks, when, after A large and extensive merchant-mill, alforging the names of those who had first given most new, together with a saw-mill and cotbim sustenance, and selling a false check to the man who had given him his child, he ton-gin, situate on Savannah river, belong, clandestinely departed, leaving despair and ing to Mr. Rambert, took fire, we understand, grief in the mansion where he had met hospitality and love; and astonishment and hatred in circles where he found respect and friendship. The crimes of which he has been guilty, as concerns the pecuniary affairs of individuals, are virtues when compared with the deadly blow he has given to domestic happiness and social intercourse. He had The Female Asylum of Savannah, receivextended the hand of friendship, but friendship startles at the recollection of him. The ed 1,540 dollars 25 cents, at a late anniver blooming hopes of beauty will shrivel at the sary celebration of its foundation. mention of his name, and parental affection Sugar, made in South Carolina, has been refined in this city. Died.] William H. Williamson, Esq. aged sixty. GEORGIA. Augusta, Feb. 28. whole of the buildings were entirely conon Monday night, the 17th inst. and the sumed. In the mill-house, we learn, there were considerable quantities of flour, corn, and other articles; and in the gin-house, a quantity of cotton. The loss to the owner, we have heard, is estimated at upwards of 25,000 dollars. Died.] At Savannah, Dr. George V. Proc. will be tortured with a jealousy that will keep tor. In Darien, Georgia, Lieut. William H. the virtuous and sincere asunder. To form Brailsford, of the United States' navy, aged a just idea of Murray, reason must resign her- 25, lately of the Independence. VOL. I. NO. 1, I LOUISIANA. Extract of a letter from an officer of the army, dated" Balon Rouge, Feb. 21. "In passing through the country laying on the north side of the Tennessee river, and recently acquired by treaty from the Indians, I discovered a more rapid influx of popula tion, than, has, perhaps, ever taken place in the western country. From every state there are emigrants; among them some of the most abject and miserable creatures on earth, resolutely determined, like faithful pioneers, to carry their object into effect. Resolute they must be, for whites and Indians are frequently found in possession of the same uncomfortable wigwam." New-Orleans, March 7. A daring robbery has lately been committed upon a pirogue belonging to mr. Menard, about 5 miles up the river. The plunderers appeared to be sailors. The Kentucky papers estimate the damage done by the late freshet at half a million of dollars. The river had risen 50 feet.-At the latest dates the water was falling. A great number of hogsheads of tobacco had been carried down the current, chiefly from the counties of Madison, Clark, and Jessa ́ mine. OHIO. Zanesville, Feb. 27. Another mail robbery-A letter was received on Monday evening last, from Wheel ing, by the post-master at this place, stating, that on the night of the 21st inst. the mail was broken open and robbed, after being taken from the post office to the stage-house, whence it was to proceed next morning. Two persons, heretofore concerned in carrying the mail, have been arrested. Cincinnati, March 7. Came to anchor off this place on Monday morning last, the fine brig Cincinnatus, 170 tons burden, from the ship yard at Columbia, where she was built. This beautiful vessel, in the elegance of her model and workmanship, probably sur passes any vessel heretofore built on the Ohio; she is pronounced by seafaring men (of whom by the by we are not destitute, although our port is situated some sixteen hundred miles from the sea) a handsome specimen of the art of ship building. She Extract of a leller from a gentleman at Corydon, Indiana. "Since the last sales of public lands in this state, land has risen in price, and population increases, at a rate vastly over any period heretofore. "Our seat of government is established at this place for nine years; the permanent seat will, undoubtedly, be in that section of the state at this time belonging to the Delaware Indians. There is no probability of a removal till that country is purchased and settled; nor is there a probability that any money reserved for the opening of great state roads will be appropriated previous to the year 1820. The state of Indiana possesses ample means to erect public schools and seminaries, in regular gradation, from township schools to a state university, with proper management; but the fund will remain inactive till year 1820--having determined to sell no lands for these valuable ends until after that period. the "The state is well calculated for good roads. From Jeffersonville to Vincennes, part of the way is rather broken, but with some expense it can be made good. From Vincennes to Kaskaskias the country is level, dry, and well calculated for good roads-the greater part of the way through praries or natural meadows." Died.] At Vevay, mr. Smith Calewell. Near St. Louis, major Horace Stark, of the u. s. army, and four others, drowned in crossing the Mississippi. MICHIGAN TERRITORY. Captain Pierce, of the u. s. army, lately arrived at Albany from fort Michilimackinak, which is situated at the head of Lake Huron, and at the entrance of Lake Michigan. He left the fort on the 11th of March, on foot, with a soldier and an Indian guide-and arrived in 14 days at Detroit, a distance of 450 miles, in the boisterous month of March. He undertook this bold and hazardous enterprise, in contempt of the dangers and fatigues attending it, in opposition to the advice of his brother officers. Capt. Pierce coasted the south shore of Huron on the ice to Sagara bay, thence up the Sagara river 21 miles, thence steering a south east direction, taking an Indian track, through the wilderness, crossing the rivers Trent and Huron to Detroit, thence to Buffalo, also on foot. Capt. Pierce represents the lands on the Sagara, of an excellent quality, and most beautifully situated; the river bold and navigable for 21 miles, with large praries from 4 to 6 miles deep. From Sagara to Flint river, 15 miles, a level country, lands excellent and well timbered:-From thence to Flint river, a waving country, not broken nor high hills: from thence to the river Huron, 30 miles from Detroit, the face of the country and soil very much resemble that of the county of Cayuga, in this state, principally clothed with oak, a very open country, and no underwood, interspersed with small beautiful lakes abounding with fish of a superior quality; from Huron to Detroit, generally a low flat country, susceptible of being drained and cultivated, the soil deep and rich. ART. 14. NOTICES OF PROPOSED PUBLICATIONS. PROPOSE KIRK & MERCEIN, The subject to which this publication to publish by subscription, The relates, is of paramount importance to Life of Robert Fulton, by his friend Cadwallader D. Colden; read before the Literary the state of New-York. The execution and Philosophical Society of the State of New of this magnificent system of inland York, comprising some account of the Inven tion, Progress, and Establishment of Steam- navigation, will treble the value of lands Boats; of his Improvements in the Construc- in the interior, and will, in a few years tion and Navigation of Canals, and other ob jects of public utility. With a likeness of Mr. after its completion, render this city not Fulton. 8vo. pp. 400. Price to subscribers only the greatest mart in America, but 2 dlls. 50 cts. Ön extra paper, with proof impressions of the portrait, 4 dils. Those who one of the first commercial emporiums procure 8 subscribers, and will guarantee the in the world. The feasibility of the payment, shall be entitled to one copy gratis. The author of this interesting biogra- plan is, to our apprehension, demonstraphy, with distinguished liberality, has ted in these documents; which are acrelinquished the profits accruing from the companied by an accurate survey of publication of the work, to the society the contemplated routes. We congratuof which the deceased was a member, late our fellow-citizens on the flattering and before which this memoir was read; prospects which are opened to them, and the society, in the same commenda- by the legislative sanction to an enterble spirit of liberality, have resolved to prise, which in its progress or effects, appropriate the proceeds of it, to the will, directly or indirectly, benefit erection of a pedestrian Statue, in ho- every class of the community. nour of their late illustrious associate. Thus, apart from the gratification to be derived from perusing the volume, the public have a powerful inducement to patronize an undertaking connected with so honourable an object. 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The provinces of fiction and history should be kept as distinct as possible; or, at least, the privilege of blending them should be confined to epics. Connexions of the kind Letter on Febrile Contagion, addressed to David Hosack, M. D. F. R. S. F. L. S. Profes sor of the Institutes of Medicine in the Universor, &c. &c. by John W. Francis, M. D. Professity of New-York, &c. &c. Printed by Clayton & Fanshaw. W. B. GILLEY, has just published, The Pas- ART. 16. ANNUAL REPORT OF DISEASES TREATED AT THE PUB. |