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•the bo tom, which is much flatter. She is
< tiled with Cork mTidc and outfidc of the gun—
wri’e, about two feet in breadth, and the feats
underneath are hiled with cork alfo. She is
rowed by ten men, double backed, and fteeted
by two men with oars, one at each end, both
ends being alike. Long poles are. provided
for the men, to keep the boar, from being drove
broad fide to the fhore, either in going off or
landittg. About fix inches from the lower
end of the pole, it increafes in diameter, fo as
to form a flat furface agnirfl the fand, and be
of no ufe. The weight of the cork tiled in
the boat is 7 cwti She dra ws very little water,
end when full is able to carry twenty people.
The boat is able to contend agninfl the moft
tremendous fea, and broken water, and ncvei
in any cn * inftnuce has fhe failed of bridging
the crew in diftrefs into fafety. The men
have no dread of going off wi th hei in the high
el1 fea and broken water. Cork jackets were
provided for them, but their confidence in the
b- u is fo great, that they they will not ufe
them.
She has furprifed every rational man that
has feen her contend with the waves.
The following jiijl and deep obfequations at\
copied (from the London Oracle oj
February 2 gd.)
There a»-e many reafons fui thinking
that the bill confui withes to procradi
nate, and, in doing i’o, fatigue his oppon
ents, while he is confolidating ano
augmenting his own power, and that,
wlw n. the rime is convenient for hrmfeif,
he wili put an end, with a fimple word,
to ad the obkacles, and by concluding
the treaty,get Malta, the Cape of Good
I lope, and other poffeflions, put into the
fituation he defires; after which he will
play off a new game, but which, as it is
not yet time to begin, he chufes to pre
J ire for by wearying out and exhaulting
his adverfaries. • To increafe the debt
of this country, and hurt her com
merce, has long been looked upon as
the only means of doing us a real injury;
and let the intelligent think and the can
did fjy, whether any more effectual
method could be taken than that which
is now adopted. Il is ufcleis to advert
to the ufuai length of depending nego
tiations. T. he prelent refembles for
mer ones in no circurnftance whatever,
and let thole find exeulrs for delay who
vv id ■—we eannot avoid perce iving chat
that delay was not forsfeen n)r expected
on this fide of the water, when the ne
gociations began. Our. enemy is in no
hafie. W e are ; he fuffers nothing by de
lay, we do. Peace may be expe&ed under
thele circumllances, but neither foon,
nor precilely on the bafis laid down in
the preliminaries; for, as Lord Chefter
ficld obicrved truly, «* the interefted and
:mpa?ic nt muft always <l yield fomethin**
to the cool, indifferent negotiators.0 °
ALE XA 7 VDkR 1A\ April 15.
By Capt. Willis, of the Norfolk
Packet, we learn, that on Thurfday
evening laft a difpute took place at the
theatre in Norfolk, between Mr. Richard
Archer; and Mr. Rowfe, two young men
of that place, in conference of which a
challenge enfued, and they met on Fri
day morning, when the 1 itter was unfor
tunately (hot dead at the firfl fire.
FRJNKFORT, (Ken.) April8.
In confequence of the late heavy rain, the
water tn Kentucky river, has rifen upwards
of fifty feet above low water trerk ;—indeed
a fcw days pad, the rivef had been higher than
it has ever been known fince the firft fettle
ment of this place. 'I he great frefh in 1797,
did not raife the river fo high by twelve or
fourteen inches. We fear much damage has
hern done. The wreck of a flat bottomed
boat, fur rounded wish floating barrels of flour,
parted this place laft week, and in an attempt
to bring it afhore, a man was drowned. On
Tnefdav ft, another wreck pafle.i bv, loaded
with whifkey, corn, pork, Sec. Several har
teis of VV hiiKey and hog’s lard were taken up
opposite and below the town. A Ihort time
before tne wreck appeared on Tuefday, a boat
parted by, Having only a part of the crew on
board j and, notwithstanding every exertion
v/as made to bring her to fhore, by the hands,
aftifted by fome of our citizens, the rapidity
ofthe current forced heron.
JOXESmkOUGH, (State ofT.nmtf-c.)
Saturday,March 20, 1802.
ON Monday evening laft strived in this
town, in ruftodyj of the fhcrift of Granger,
Russel Bean; on Wed uefday he was de
livered to the IherifF of this county, and com
mmed to prtf >ni on Thurfday he was ad mi t
u-d to bail, himfelt in the fum of ^oco dollars;
and two fcreties in the fum of a 500 each
I About three months fince, Mr. Bean upon
a ruppofit'on o» his wife's infidelity refolved on
7 S ^ and taking with him all his cl.il
, ’ eXccPr- the one then recently born which
from rhCndCd ;^S ^ conduct
rom that pc nod was orderly and becoming a
man injured hy one he loved, until a few days
p.evioas to the tune fixed for his dc- artu. e
when he declared, to a couple of gentlemen
that, as be was about to taleft a final leave, he
wtilled to fee Mrs. Bean and the child; both
the gentlemen accompanied him to the room !
were n was fuppofed Mrs. Bean then was
She being out, the child was taken fr...„ the
:radIe a’ut handed to him, after viewing a a
few minutes, he declared it wasnci his
VIrs. Bean, coming mat the inftant, declared
!t was,arid burft into tears. Finding his paflion i
nfmg after a few wprds, (he anain quitted the
room, upon which he declared," that unlcfs (In
returned he would cut the child's cars «.ff'
One of ihe gentlemen went to feck her,but be
fore he returned, Mr. Bean in dafpight of the
one who remained, actually put his threat- in
to execution, and cut off both the hd. ui\
ears clofe to its head, affirming at the fame
cute, that no fpurlous offspring fhould claim
affinity to him without having a mark. A
.varrant was procured the next day and he
was apprehended but made his cfcape before
they got to town. All after attempts to t .kt
him, though detachments of militia were cn
^aged in the fcarch, proved induced- ful; he
embarked down the river, the governor having
procured the afliitance of the military, at
South "Weft-Point, whofe vigilance prevented
all poflihility of cfcape, Mr. Beam determined
to return and ftand his trial. Be nirrcnderec.
himfelf to the fheriff of Grainger, who de
livered him to the fheriff of this countv,
kc.
We have been thus minute in this dctr.ij
to prevent naifreprefentations. The child
has perfectly recovered, and is now in pood
health.
( From the fame papa .)
MARRIED—On Tuefdaylafl, Mr. Job
Mufgravc of Carter, to Mrs. Sarah. Bowmar
of this county. Of the marriages we have
yet recorded*this for novelty is the foremofl
it appears that about 27 years itnee, Mrs,
Bowman refided in Mr Mufgrave's family
fince W hen to the wedding day, he never be
held her He enquired by a friend whether 01
not fhe’d marry mm. On receiving anaffirma
tivc anfwcr, he fixed his cart, fet out for he
dwelling, married- and moved her home v»itf
him.
From the W• lmington Mirror.
IT is fome tine, Sir, f ree we have feen tht
zealous Judge, Jloop from the bench, to hot
out for msec victims of J udicial Vengeance /’
^ In reply to the foregoing words of Mr
Giles, whicn evidently allude to the conduct
ot that pure and immaculate lump of Federa
lihnj yclepedSamuel Chafe, Mr. Bayard faid
<c The honorable member, has thought him
htfjujlifcd in making a charge of a ferious ana
tu nature ngainjl the jud es. The,
have been r 'preheated, going about fearching
Tut victims of tne Sedition law. But no fact
oas been fated—no proof has been adduced,
and the gentleman mnjl excufe me fc. refufin^
my belief to tbc charge, till it is fujfained by
finger and better ground, than , 'Y, n.”
( bus does Mr. Bayard avow h.s iy.iorance
0 a which occurred at Yew Celtic in
this Itate, and which is as uni/erfally known
as fun-fhine, not only in this flate, but in
molt, if not all th** ftates in th'* union.
Notwith {landing Mr. Bayard’s pretended
ignorance of this circumftance, we do no:
believe it poffible it fhould have . leaped his ear
In order therefore to refufeitate the trail me
mory of our honeft r/i/r-Rcprcfentative, as
well as to fhew that the chaigeoi Mr. Giles,
however lfr'ghtful,1 is an inconirovert He
fad, which nothing that Air. Bayard can fay,
vjill invalidate, vie republilh tbc folio wine
queftions, put to the Attorney G meral, anJ
to the Grand Jury, at a Circuit Co., t heid at
New Caltle, for the diftridt of Delaware, on
the 27th June, 1800:—
j Have you found no bill> Gentlemen of the
! Jury! ■-Mr. Attorney, ha ns you nothing
J to prefer to the grand Jury ?
I Art. (Terr—I believe not, Sir. No in
disable offence h is conic under my not;ce.
J. Ch.—Well, but ci.n't you\ find jomc
j thing ? Have you noperfon in rhisftate guilty
of libelling the government of the United
States? 1 am crcc',bly informed, and report
lays you have a print. ) who publifbes a very
/editions foper in this ftate ; hi‘ name is—hut
ft op—perhaps 1 may commit myfelf. and do
injuftiCe to the man.— Have you not two
printers in thisdlate?
Act Gen —Yes Sir.
J, Ch.—Very well; one of them is faid
to be a fi ditious printer, and m*(l be taken
notice of. ft is part of my don, and it Jhall
he attended to. It is jour hufmefs alfo, Mr.
Attorney, to harcii minutely and conftantly
into matters of this nature. It is high time,
Sir, that the /pitit of /edition which prevails
amor ; many of our pr:ntcrs fhoulti be checked.
Can you net obtain feme of th;s man’s pipers
by to-morrow, and examine, whethe* he has
not libelled the government of the United
States? It is your dutv, Sir, and it *rvfi be
don .—If you will enquire, the cour' will not
difcharge the Jury.
Att. Gen.—Certainly, Sir, I conceive it
my official duty, and will make it my bufutcL,
to enquire.
J Ch.—What do you fay, Sir ?
• Act. Gen.— I Wul enn»iire,Sir, by r, mor
row.
J. Ch.__ v erj well. O ritlcmen of the
Jury, ,‘n u«n cannot difeharge you, I he.
lieve, Wul jt f,e ii:<t6nve;uv:nt tor you to
attend here to-moi row ?
Foreman.—It will be very inconvenient
for many of us, who arc farm' rs—may it
piciife yoiu honor—harved is at baud, ami it
is r» very buty time.
J- — It makes n» cdtl, the Court will
;iot di(charere you, under the prefent cir
cumftances. You nmfl he in Court, Gen
tlemen, to-morrow, ai to o'clock.—/ am de
.ertnneJ to ha\e rbofe fcditious printers jno
Ircuted to the extremity oj the law. The
(•Tty and profperity of the Government de
pend upon it.
(Such, O C vlumbia ! luckic is land,were thy
Judo-cs
I I he Jurv attended on the 28th; /he editor
• prefent; a file ofhis papers wac put into
, • nc hands of the Jury, who, in a fhort time ;
j ahter, returned without finding a bill.
! .! °! rn* lruth of the above, we can, and
wih, if required, produce rhe telfimony, on
oadi or affirmation,of the mod unexceptionable
h a 1,idlers. 1 1m: RepublicanPrintcrs ate re
j ouefied to • - he ab ->ve a pluce in their
> xio’.'u federal Printers would evince
•t‘ U lofi-.mn t the diflemination of truth., j
md u:e correction of error, hv giving it like
wife.
For the RECORDER
As my ’lame ha; bee n introduced in
the Examiner, and bk Mfe in the Re
corder, relating r.» !c jferihers to the lat
> **n<h as ic appears, that there La
inifunderftanding, I ink myfelf called
on to explain.
About the time when Mr. Callender
published his ltrictures on Mr. Grainger,
, I became a fubicriber to the Recorder.
I heard many periods, who are confider
ed fed* ralitls, exp: cis their approbation
pf thole It natures : a;id I abo heard fe
vcral fay that they had a .a others mat
they would fubfc'ib. . i t.:I4 Mr. Cai
| lender that theie publications would
| ferve hi n confide r4tbly, and from what i
j heard in different directions, and f m
! individuals! had. no doubt that he had
or would obtain eve., more th »n , » or
15 federalfublkribcr, and { now believe ,
that my prediction has been more than
j verified, though I do not acknowledge
{ chat it isfo.
1 his was a fnbjcCt of converfation ,
j between Mr Skelton Jones and rm Teif, j
: and although I do not recollect the very 1
: work in which I exprefled myfelf, yet 1 !
| have no doubt thac they were fo dear and
! ltrong as to convey the meaning that
! Mr Callender had obtained fhat number
| cf Jubfcribers on that fzdt of the political
; queftion.
j I never heard Mr Callender lay that
j he had obtained 12 or 15 federal Tub- ]
; fc ribers, be the exp Ian..cion which I
[intended to make" to Mr Callender1
which is alluded to in the la ft Recorder i
j was agreeable to the above; and as it ap- j
; perns that l was not underllood by him,
j and the difference between the parties;
I is not of much conlequer.ee to cither, I
hope each will be latisfied with this.
henry banks.
May $tb j8ol.
Extra SI §f a le'ler from a gentleman
at Ijjbon, da’ed Feb. jgo2«
A loan has juft been negociated by
; this government, with the houfe of
Hop'* and Co. and I. and F. Baring, of
London, for one million and a half ~fter
liug. This goes to France. The go
vernment gave, be Tides their own fe<u
rity, that ol Teveral of the wealthirft in
dividuals in Lilbon.”
POSTCRJPT.
; ( has fometinics excited our fiopi ife tha*
the newspaper* of the new world, have, in
general, taken fo little nori^g Clj t}le criminal
trials in th^ir courts of juffice. ' In New
England, or.iy, 'he matte* has been tolerably
attended to.
In the Recorder of the 17th current, tbc; r
. was infer ted a fhort account of the proceedings
ot the ia.'l diltrift court in Richmond. The
editor of the Pcterfbutg K publican has re
printed this article from this paper. 1’e dc
^r*t5 Pra*ic f°r the judgement oi tins felec
tion.
NTJF-rORKy April 15.
j 7 0 rtfcu* Ac reputation o f a refpectabh
JeUojj citizen, other matter prep ared
t this d i x s paper is Jet ajtde to Jive
| the earliejt infer lion from the Event
Pott cf the following
1
LAW CASE.
At the General SefiVm of the Peace
| for che City and County of New-York,
j OI? 1 "bi of April insc. came on to bn
tried an indictment againft Captain fo
| leph Stark, for grand larceny, in fteal
I *no Lom a Mr. William Sims a pa (Ten -
ger on board his velit 1, lying at one of
dii. wharfs in this city feventeen hun
dred dollars, in bank notes.
Mr Sims depofed that on the 24th
or October laft, he drew the above ft .u
im one of the Banks, and w :nt from,
tiience uireif.y to the veilel of Captain
0 tav.es, or. board ot which he had jake.'i
his pafliige far Savannah ; tint on his
way to the vcfiel, lie met with a friend
vyich whom he exchanged three hi:r ke 1
dollars ot tae notes he had taken fro a •
the bank, for n >tcs ot the Cnarle- o 1
bank one note for a hundred, and four
ot fifty dollars each. I'lut while m,
die cabin, the prifoner rrquefted Sims
| to lend him twenty dollars, which Sims
I compiled with, taking from his pocket
J ^ *nj»r..HvIulti bcok which r.ioiCL \\it!i
j a pencil and i 10k there front a ten d f
; Lr notv. and from ht's pocket ten more
! inlilver, wliicn he gave to the priftmt r
j that at this time he f iw nis monev. H*1
then if ■ fired from the captain a recciot
w men ft-- witnefs wrote on one of the
leaves of tire book on the head of a bar
1 ei, and puihed ;c over to the pri oner
to i:gn, •vhich hedkij that die witnefs
r1’-’1 fook Jhotthe 1 encil in fro; t of 1 .
, >' 111 III" pcirfc. • r. ] went
wnct to roc jefr if fome per 10.1 w*tii
j v t, )tn I1"-' had bufmels, and there tak ing
! o;ic rkook for the f.rft time, muTcI
rue money, that he returned to the vef
id and m vi enquiries of all the people,,
but could oocitin no informiti in. \ ••
>h( time u the pnfoner's i.gning the
i(.c( ipt, r.'.erc were c*o black men pre
,f°n-> one by the name of b* ibert Hall,
who were occupied in preparing a ftore
room for fume paffengers. That he
firiiily believed the captain, 2nd no other
perion had his money, arid that he took,
it at the rime he iigned tii' receipt.
1 he Attorney General here refted
t.ic pro ■ ccution. M.*. XVa'rungton
Morton, of counsel f >r die prifoner, then
offered two wimefles, the tirft, R>
bcu Hail, who dcpoled, that h.e w -s ,ii
fu' cabin, law air Smis lend the m >
ney to the prifoner, faw the receipt
figned, that Mr. Sims never let the
book cut of his hand , but held fa ft b/
one of the covers, bet ween, which and
the fir ft leaf, Mr. Sins faid his nv:u
ney had been, that he law the prifon
^ C r. • t • 1 *
iigmiig ms narn^. arop- i .<* p? ».
or pencil, he could nor determine
which and iwoi • pofitively, ch it the
prifoner had nothing his hand and that
v he had men taken che money, he mult
| have fecn it; ir was impoilible ' c could
have taken it, and he not have fecn it.
| r The fj contl witnefs was Zebulnrt
1 Houflen* one of the marfhal’sof this ci
ty whodepoied, that he happened to be
on board the vefil l with a warrant Cor
i one of the men, that he was in the cabin
; at the time of {igning the receipt, and
! though it imp >flibie that the prifone*
could have then taken the money, and
: he not have feen it; that at the cine ot
1 Mr. Sim's taking die book from the
: head ( i cue barrel, the witnefs faw feme
1 bank notes between the leaf and
cover, rhar the prifoner immediately af
ter the figning of r.he receipt, ><h. rhe
cabin with the witnefs. Mi . Mor r>;>
j was then proceeding to call other wit
! nefles, when one of the marihals inform
ed him that he had feen the ‘.ird watnefs
for the prifoner, a few day-, before, rah