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THE ENQUIRER.
Richmond, (Virginia) Published by Ritchie fc? Worslev, opposite the Post-Office....At four dollar
s per annum, (ayMe in advance.
Number 3.J
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY ig, 1804.
[[Volume 1
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Domestic I nielli >cnce,
SAVANNAH, April 27, 1804.
As the occurrences which now agitate
tins city, arc likely to excite enquiry ami
comment in our filter Rates, an account of
their origin is thought neceflary.
Son.e days previous to the opening of
the fupenor court, Judge Bowen arri* d
lere. As one-means of exciting our admi
ration, he thought proper to commit an
act, iv;proper to (rate, at a rtfpecrable
boarding houfe, which being jultly rdlnt
cd by the lady who kept it, he.carried the
quarrel to an anault on her, and ifTued
uch 1.neats that (he feared for her future
larety.
Oil v._, •
jl' he fudge d "five red a charge width, tor vi
olence of language and irrelevance to le
gal duties is believed to be without a pa
rallel.- -The fentimeuts ;ire fuch as, at this
period are improper and dangerous in the
extreme. The fubjeCt was wholly politi
cal and foreign to the nature of a judicial
Charge. None but .a man defperately de
praved would delight in ravaging the crea
tion, that fume evils might be extirpated.
Conceiving the tendency of the charge to
be alarmingly evil ; on Wedncl'day left,
(he Grand.fury very properly and fpirited
ly prefented the charge itfclf, and recom
mended that it Humid not be publifhed.
Judge Bowen, in a rage, inftantly diredt
cd the HieritT to confine them in goal. At
this an involuntary ami almpft univerfal
NO itfued from the per Tons prefent. The
Judge then broke out in the molt outrage
ous arid profane language; drew a piftol
ami declared he wojrldjhoot the rafeal cuho
Mire fay NO. The Grand Jury declared
their readintf' to obey the order of Court,
v.pd were ff icred to Ite committed; the
whole body of the lpcdtators a tt tending
them.
jk.i wiutr men maae ny U1 JlKigC,
that hiccbarge fhculd be publilbed in the
Georgia Republican, and the court was.ui-'
jpurned.
The gentlemen of the Bar, met ami puf
fed firycralrefolutions on the occafion, one
>-.f which was to give a dinner to the Gmiui
Jury, and to dine with them at the jail,
. which wa- accordingly done.
At one o’clock the citizens met at the
1'/.charge and palied a number of refoluti
ons fuited to the emergency. The meet
ing exceeding four hundred.
Theie proerodings enraged the judge to
that degree that lie began to threaten the
lives of the citizens, felting lire to the city
and deluging it with blood. A warrant
founded on thel'e threats and the aflault on
Mrs.--- was ifTtied for his confinement,
tile charge being fiipported by the affidavits
of feveral refpcitable character?. When
taken, he endeavored to efcape, and Unifi
ed a pifol at the Ihcrilf.
About In o'clock in the evening, he was
■committed tothe common jail of the coun
ty, where he now remains.
On Tburfday morning the Grand Jury
applied to the Inferior Court for a writ of
itnjeas (ior/i'/j, which was granted, agreea
bly to the following order.
CKAMBF.US, April 2fith, 180-1.
•frr/ent the Hen. Edward Tel’air, Edward
Harden, John ft. Williamfon, Efqrs.
A communication ofthis day from the
* itemanof the Grandjury, was received and
to read, ftfir.gforth that that Body had been
.committc I to the common goal under an
<• r<kr of Judge Powen, who is fhewrt to
i is now confined in Goal, and praying re
1 efinthe premifes, and on motion of Mr.
Berrien, it isordered that a habeas corpus
fce.fluedjC.J that the fheriff do without
delay bring into court the foreman and tin
other citizens who compofe the Grand ju
ry.
The Sheriff attended with the foremai
and citizens who compofi d the grand jun
and thereupon the court axldrciled thc*n a”
follows :
FELLOW CITIZENS,
' It will be difficult to find a precedent tc
meet your cafe, at the fame time, we tee
no hefitation in declaring your commit1
ment, now before the court, illegal.
Becaufe, That it ftrikes at the root o
jurifprudeace,' and conlcqucntly puts .1
period to the prefent term ; w ithout you.
the lives and the rights of your fellow citi
zens are in danger—it is the Grand Jury o1
inqueft they look up to for protection, and
w'ithout your body, the laws of our coun
try cannot be executed. The patriotism,
firmnefs and dignity with which you have
conducted yourfelves, together with the
patience and fortitude you have difplayed,
will hand your names with applaufe to
poflerity.
The arbitary and illegal confinement un
dcr which you have laboured for twenty
four hours, is hereby declared to ceafe,
and therefore, you are dileharged from
y our confinement.
They were then difeharged, and were
received hy their fellow citizens with the
higheft teffimonics of approbation.
We are happy to ftate, that incenfed as
the citizens were at the conduCt of judge
Bowen, there was no diforderly conduCt,
and very little infult nothing further
than three cheers at his commitment.—
I hey preferred, in the moment of refent
j ment, a regard for the laws of their country
I which does them the higheft: honour.
savanna!.’, April 25th, 180-1.
Judge Bowen having ordered the charge
given to the Grand Jury on Monday laft, to
be pubiijheA in the Georgia Republican, the
Editor felt bimfelf bound by his duty to re
fufe the publication, and returned his honor
the following reafons for his refufal.
To JABEZ BOWEN, Efq. fudge of
the Superior Court for the Eafiem dijlrij of
Georgia.
Sir,
i refufe to publifh your charge delivered
iO the Grand Jury of Chatham County on
Monday lad, according to your order, com
municated to me this day. ..... i>eneh
vviJ-e'fi’V&ci: Vo"t .-.cite commotion in the
community, is injudicious, improper, .and
ought uot to be promulgated.
Became, This particular charge is un
commonly fraught with evil, its language
difrefpe«ftful and inflammatory, and wholly
extrajudicial: anextenfive range of poli
tics being as foreign to the province of a
judge as to the purpofe of the pulpit.
Bccaufe I approve id the prefentment of
the grand jury ; and, feel in their arbitrary
commitment, only a regret that I have not
the honour to fuller with them.
Becaufe, your rondudt during the pre
fent vifit for the feflion of the court, has not
added refpedt to your important office.
JBecaufe, th'1 outrage of •prelenting a pif
toi in open court, while fitting in a judicial
capacity, is degrading to the character of a
judge, and argues a degree of impropriety
1 want words to exprefs.
Becaufe, I am fortified in this refolution
by the unanimous opinion of the Grand jury,
the bar and the moll refpe«5ted of my fel
low citizens, on whom 1 put rnyfelf-foriiip
port in its maintenance
With refpeii,
•SAMUEL MORSE.
At a meet in" of the Attornies of the Bar
of Savannah, held at the Court-honfe on
VVednefday the 25th April 1804, at 11
A. M. Prefent General Mitchell, Charles
1 larris, John Y. Noel, Tiiomas Gibbons,
Jofeph Wclfcher, James B. Ilouftoun,
Richard Leake, Charles B.fldwin, Morris
Miller, Jcrimiah Cuyler, John M. Bcrri
an, Gcprgc Allen, Alexander M. Allen,
William B. Bulloch, John Lawfon, Rich
ard M. Stitee, I'ingal T. Flyining, Jo
feph Stoops, Thomas Nethercllft, James
T/Jwnfend, and William Davies, iiftjrs,
General Mitchell in the chair.
On motion, unammoujly refolded, that
an entertainment be provided for the
Grand Jury of this county, now confined
in goal, at 4 o’clock this day, at the expence
of the Bar, and that the Attornies will dine
with the Jury. That Mefirs. Lawfon and
Cuyler hold committee to tarry the fore
going resolution into effect ; and that
Mefirs. Bulloch and Berrien be a committee
to wait on the Grand Jury, with a copy of
.he foregoing refolutions.
On Motion, Rrfolved unayiimoujly^ that
Mefirs. Harris and Gibbons be a commit
tee to wait on the printers, and re'cjueft
that the charge of Judge Bowen, delivered
to the Grand jury at the .opening of .the
court, he not publiHied.
On Motion, Rrfolved unammouflji that
general Mitchell ; and Mefirs. Noel and
Berrien, he a committee to wait on the
gentlemen of the grand jury, and advife
with them, on the moft conftitutional and
legal mode of procuring their difchargc
from prifon.
On motion, Rrfolved, that it is the una^
iiimous fenfc of the Bar ; that the chargt
delivered by Judge Bowen, at the com
men cement of the prefent term of the fu
pertor court of this county, does contain
principles, in the higheft degree injurious,
i to the interefts of the good people of this
country, and tends to endanger their lives
1 and properties, and fuhjetf: them to the
horrors of domeflic infurreOtion. That
t»e mem hers of the Bar, do in the moft
» ample manner, approve of the condurt of
j Jury, as well in this expreflion
■ j ot their fentiments on the charge of the
t Judge, as in their determination to recede
. nom further attendance of the court.—
i That they view with the utmoft abhor
; reuce, tlie proftitution of judicial dig
; nity in Judge Bowen’s drawing, and
j prefenting a piftol again!* 2 multitude
jOt the citizens, and ufing the moft
i profane and indecent language, while
J on the bench, and during the fitting of the
court; and thereupon unanimoufly re
folved, that they will not take their feats at
the bar, during the prefent term, nor an
fwer to their names when called ; but will
attend without the bar at ali times, when
: the Grand Jury fhall be brought up before
the court, for the pur^ofes of affording
fuch counfel and advice as their circum
ftanccs may require.
D. B. MITCHELL,
Chairman.
Copy of the proceeding^.
WILLIA&I DAVIES,
Secretary.
a meeting of the citizens of Savannah,
publicly convened and held at the Ex
change on the twenty-fifth day of April
1801. 1 1
JOSEPH C.LAY, Esq. in thf
Resolved unanimously, that tlieci
tizensof Savannah do highly applaud the
linn, dignified and patriotic conduct of the
prelent Grand Jury of Chatham county.
ioi which they have been committed to
goal, by Judge Bov/eo, the Judge of the Su
perior Court, and that the thanks of the ci
tizens be prelented them for their very pro
per demeanor on the occafion, and that a
committee, confifting of Jvhn Bolton efq.
Edward Telfair efq. and Samuel Howard
efq. be appointed for that nurpofe.
Refolded Unnnimoujly, that a committee
be appointed to wait upon the feveral prin
ters in this city, to requert in the name of
the citizens, that the charge of his honor
Bowen, to the Gnuid Jury of Cha
Edward L. i>avuj-'d..w^tH*-jjrinted, tliat
r.ltjrs. he that comnntteiS
RrfobvedUnanimously, that a fuhfcription
be opened tortile fupportand maintenance
the Grand Jury of Chatham county
while in Goal, and for fumilhing them with
every convenience, and that a committee
be appointed to receive the fubferiptions
and invert the money for their benefit while
in Goal, and that Meilrs.Richard M. Stitce,
Jofeph Arnold, John i. Gray,Norman M’
Cleod,and Samuel ii. Stackhoufe, be that
committee.
I wcioivea unanimouuy, y bat tbe R,pre
fentatives of this county, to the Legislature,
be requejled and instructed toexert tbcmfelve*
to procure a Legiflatine enquiry into the offi
cial conduct of the fudge of the Superior
Court of this circuit, in committing to goal
the Grand fury of the county of Chatham,
‘who are conjlitutionally bound to preferye the
right of the People, and who in a court of
Judicature are their lawful Rep refect a times,
and rIf0 into the other official mifconduCl of
the fnid fudge.
Refolded Unanimoufly, th.it a committee
of feven be .appointed for carrying: into ef
fect the foregoing refolution, that Jhid com
mittee be empowered to procure inch tef
timony as nvy be neceffary to fabftantiatc
the charges, and that General D. B. Mitch
ell, Charles Harris, William Davies, F. T.
Flyming, John M. Berrien,.Morris Miller
and Thomas F* Williams, efqrs. be that
committee.
Rejoined unanimoufly, thatacommittee be
ar'. cmttd to confer with the committee of
the bar, upon the mod propermeafurcs to
be purfued for the difeharge of the (fraud
Jury of Chatham county from their prefent
confinement, and to ufe every lawful means
to procure their enlargement,and that the
lion. William Stephens, Jqfeph Clay, Mat
thew M’Alliftcr, Jofeph Miller and Fobtrt
Mackay, eft|rs. be that committee.
Rejoined Unanimoufly, that tin- eiti/ens cf
Savannah view with abhorrence the con
duct of Judge Bowen this day on the bench
pf the Superior Court, and during the fit
ting of the fame, in drawing and prefent
utg a piftol, again It a number of the citi
zens of this place, and in uftng the moft in
decent and profane language, whereby the
d:gnity of his office and the refpedt.ibility
cf this government are proftituted.
Rejoined Unanimoufly, that the proceed,
ings of this meeting be figneri by tl*e chai
pian and fecretary, and publifhed in the
newfpapcrs of this city, and that a copy lx
prefented the foreman of the/irand Jury,
alfo that extra (beets thereof, be pubiithed
this evenirtg.
[Signed] JOSEPH CLAY,
■Chairman.
By order of the Meeting,
SAMUEL HOWARD, Secretary
A true copy ofthe original proceedings,
SAM IJ EL HOW A RD, Sec r e tary
Sayannah, April 20, 1801,
To Jofeph C*<ty, eft|.Chairman ofthe mrel
' Ing of the Citizens of Sax annaiupublic!
convened at the Exchange on the i*5lh
of April, 1804.
SI It,
We the fubfcribers, late members of
the Grand Fnqueft, for the body of the
county of Chatham, are happy at finding
that the conduct we, from duty to our
country, and to ourfelves, were cunftrain
ed to adopt towards Jabez. Howen, junr.
Ef(|. Judge of the Eaftem Diftrift, on the
2.->th inttant, has been fo generally approv
ed by our fellow citizens.
The attention paid, the liberal vote, and
offer for maintenance while in Confinement
by our fellow citizens, are deeply impiefl
yd upon our feelings.
We prefeni through you, Sir, our fincete
thanks to them, for the lively intereft ex
hibited towards us on the occafion.
William Smith, Barack Gibbons, Win,
James Maclntofli, Richard Turner,
Solomon Shad, William Lewden, James
Alger, Jonathan Cline, John Gibbons, 1
laac Minis, William Brown, Saul Simons,
James Belcher, Jolm Y. White, Joleph
Rice, Joleph Machlin, John Pettbone,
Sampfon Neyle, David Gugle, T. Barnaul
junr.
A firr.iJar addrefs was prefented to gene
ral D. B. Mitchell, Chairman of the gen
tiemen of the Bar.
[Georgia Republican.
WASHINGTON, May 9.
Wc this day prefent our readers with
[ a. Cenfus of Inhabitants of the City, taken
by the direction of the City Council. By
the refult of this enumeration it is demon
drated that the City has progrefled very
rapidly within thefe few years. In the year
lsoo, when the General Cenfus was taken,
the Inhabitants amounted to 9,210.—In
the year 1803, when the Cenfus now ftated
was taken, the Inhabitants amounted to
■1,352*— It 'is to be oblerved that when
the former Cenfus was taken, the perma
nent population of the City was confider
ably increased by the number of workmen i
on the Public Buildings but for a 1
time, and who on their fufpenfion removed.
Thele including their families, may fairly
Ik* eilimated at 400.—Deducting 400 from !
the number given by the tirft Cenfus there
remain 2812, which, taken from the prefent
population, leaves 1,5*10, which is equal to
an inereale of about fifty-five per cent in a
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In our ne;:t we (hell exhibit a ftatement
of the profeflions of the In habitants, taken
from the Cenfus.
The above flr.tement marts an increafe
of mmilKTs which more conclufivcly din
bliflics the progreffivc improvement of the
city thartcould be done in any other wav.Few
if any towns, in the United States,” have
pfen with fuch rapidity. Wh n too, it is
( onfidered, that this augmentation of uum
hers has arifen without track’, without the
inveftiture of much capit.-.i in extenfive ma
nufadories, & without '.he aid of a faltering
local government, it wifi (lie w that the place
mult poflcfs geat and peculiar advantage:
over other towns. If its rife, amidft rip
eumftances fo little propitious, lias uol
hecn fmpafTcd w hat tray we not expet'
from the rife of commercial advent:i’e tc
which natural pofition hold foith induce
menti fo powerful, from numerous manu
factories, which might at tiie prefent mo
meat be ad vat an geo it fly concluded, am
from the important powers recent!1
given to tbc local govcrnme.it of the city
[ Xntionnf IvteHijfrncrr,
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