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The public are now the trial of Selfridge, killing Mr. Charles Auttin. Thole who read earneftly wifhed, the of Republicanifm, that it may be read by every lay afide the high flourifhes of the lawyers, and attend to the evidence only, and they will there find, as am confident, from going twice over it with attention, this fimple ftate of facts. Selfridge fued Bejamin Auftin, the father of the deceafed, as chairman of the Republican committee the of July, Eager, who provided their dinner. fait tin's being jefted with on the fubject, in an infurance office, by number of eralifts, he replied, that the fuit would not have been brought, if it had not been fought after by federal lawyer. He teltified that he did not then know that drew the writ. Self- ridge affected to be affronted and call. on Auftin, who inquired, and found that he had been mifinformed that Eager applied fome before the fuit in the fame fice, declared that what he faid of the federal lawyer, who drew the writ, was erroneous. This did not fatisfy Self- for it appears by Tho's Welfh's young man killed, Welth as the friend of Selfridge, carried two letters from him to Auftin, the tenor and intent of which was to provoke Mr. Auftin to duel. Auftin declined the combat. The then came out the day the young man killed. paper being in the trial the reader judge for himfelf, whether the publica- figned by was not made in order to provoke Benjamin Auftin to refent it in fuch a manner as would give Selfridge an excufe to kill him. From the evidence of Eaton, Glover, and the fervant of Selfridge, it appears that he bought lead on Saturday even ing. There was no piûol at that time in his office. He came into town on Monday no witnefs knew, or fuppofed he piftol concealed. Welfh, bis friend, who carried his letters and mef- fages to Auftin, him Monday morning, that he fhould not concern himfelf with Selfridge, but that he would fome one elfe to do Auftin to the contrary. Henry that he told on Monday in the forenoon, that Auftin would procure fomebody or horfewhip him he nodded, and that he was prepared. Cabot told this on the ac. count of Welth only. The evidence of James Richardfon and B. Whitman fhews, that between and one clock with Selfridge on the he told them he was no hand at whips or fiftcuffs, but he was prepared gentleman or words to that amount but mentioned no deadly weapon, nor fhewed any pittol. The whole of of the oth- witneffes fhews, that he, immediately after they left him, came office concealed and that on the approach young with ftick, towards him, one or two paces, he drew the pittol, and with the fame motion, and before the weapon could be feen by Auftin, fhot him dead the This was day, in the midit of the town, on the Exchange, where there were hundreds of people near the parties. One wit- nefs, Lewis Glover, fwears that one blow was ftruck by the deceafed before the pittol was fhot. The other witneff- contradict Let the fact be, that blow was firft given, which on reading the evidence will comes the queftion, man from fentment urge another to duel, vertife him as becaufe he will not fight, in order to provoke him weapon, in expectation of meeting him on the Exchange, conceal the wea- pon until he meets the other only arm- ed with (tick, then draw it forth and him, be wholly innocent The was killed, number of federalifts took up the mat- ter as political This was evident from their extraordinary con- duct before the magiftrate who commit- ted Selfridge and more cruelly fo from one of them attending in the even- ing over the corps of the deceafed, at fathers memorandums in favor of Selfridge, of any thing that might happen to be faid in the mourning, that he could avail himfelf of. This appears in the evidence.
In fhort there can be no doubt but that many perfons expected that Self- would Auftin, monly called by the lawyers, Honeftus. of years fell in his place. From all the circumftances of the trial, mult not be underflood to be polit- tragedy in the beginning, and eral farce in the
Juft we the defeat of the the defeat at Pofen the fame kind, the Swedes, Lapland. at dates,
Nec villa, nec homo facere pon- riparias nifi antiquo de facere debent Libertatum Anglica. WHEN we look around and tion, flate country and another, bending beacath the galling of defporic power under the burden of taxes, exactions and repining for their when their fathers enjoyed life, bieffed the bright of liberty, and viewing the future, with anxiety for the welfare of their dear pofterity. This queftion nat- urally arifes How and by what means are the people thus defpoiled rights, doomed out life in degrading loofe their liberties ambitious and daring commanders of by the venal- ity of influential third by the inca- pacity of their fourth by their fifth by diffentions and bickerings. Each demagogue attempting to feize the firft offices, and hold them manently caufing fuch difcord and tumult make the quiet to prefer an ergetic, or raiber arbitrary chief to the and of mixed popular is an- other, that, by careleffaels in not attending and watching with rulers, fee that firictly and perioacioufly here to principles of liberty well defined, may loofe its liberty imperceptibly, under the moft excellent confitution or form that ever devifed. From thefe confiderations, believe is the 10. duty of citizen of of his officers, and capacities they or any of contravene the principles of juffice he ought the preis palladium point out the act and its dangerous tendency conceiving probable, that the proper on feeing that naturally refults from wrong meafure would apply the remedy while its bad, knowing, that the power of habit, and the authority of precedent would time become to endanger the body politic deraci- have my eye on an of the bridge over Exeter the Stratham, which extends the towns the bridge prefent hoift. be lefs to ftate, being obvious that the its prefent will allow the inhabitants the towns, they are fo difpofed, completely obftruct the navigation of the through faid bridge building folid river which intended, neither that power few for information the did they the latter the line the centre channel thofe either of time fapport that bridge there power lodg- in the hands of the Legiflature to com- the inhabitants of diffricts of their limits to repair roads bridges Can one town be work territory not its own, and another Can charters be taken from the pleafure of the without verdict obliged another, burdened with exactions Would demand of one town full fhare, with others, taxes, repairs of the roads and the limits the town, and thousand dollars bridge out territory Does any one believe the have oblige and Dover keep Pifcataqua bridge in repair their own coft Stratham can be compelled to out their lines accept other lines, by the fame rule conceive other towns may. If have not forfeited their ancient charters they are not, the principles of juffice, bliged accept and cannot lawfuily compelled work roads and bridges of refpective limits would quere whether the afore- encroachment the priv- ilege and not ment precedented dents frequently conjured the lic good invoked, or imperious plead, as an apology for wrong But citizens of Newhampfhire, watch and inveftigate, all the rulers with the genuine jealouly of freemen, and Ipurn with indignant horror every trivial, being ufurpations by being may fweep all you now hold that by gentle the imperuous Niagara force. there flance where the power has oblige the inhabitants of one town work out limits, the law be repealed for where impoption burden for the public good, may be applied on another town difproportionate by the plea of direful précedent Then let all carefully on the rights towns dividuals, that may be to hand impaired invaluable pofferity never have it faid the enlightened State of Newhamplhire the liberties of towns were more precari- ous in the nineteenth century, they in the kingdom of Great Britain the thirteenth, when juft emerging from their great charters fay, neither town, Dor any perfon fhall be bound to make unlefs anciently, and they are bound Citizen 1807. channel in others the edge, and the public belonged town.
FOREIGN
IMPERIAL
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are fengers had reached from Hamburg. Thus the wars of Europe to beft
DECREE,
Declaring the Britifh Ifles a flate
Blockade.
Imperial Berlin, Nov
Emperor the French, and
King of
That
as
univerfally
all
civilized
the declares enemy, every individual belonging to an enemy ftate, and in makes prifoners of war, not only the crews of armed but thole allo of merchant and he fuper-
cargoes
of
the
fame
the extends or applies to mer- chant veffels, articles of commerce, and the property of individuals, the of conquent which be applied tended what belongs an enemy flate
That ports not to the harbours and months of the which, according reafon and the ulage of civilized nations, is only to ftrong or before which the fingle veffel of though place ought not be confidered but when to invefted that made without mineot the declares even places blockaded which her united forces would be incapable of doing, fuch entire coafts, and whole empire
That this unequalled abufe of has no other than to inter- rupt the communications of different na- tions, and extend the commerce and duftry of England upon the of the
That this being the evident defign of England, whoever deals the continent in merchandize, favors that defign,
and becomes accomplice
conduct England, (worthy only the firft of barbari(m) efisted to the other nations
8. That being right oppote an enemy the fame the makes nie of, to combat fhe does when all ideas of tice, and every lentiment, refult civilization among are
have refolved enforce En- the ufages which the has confecrated her maritime code.
in flate Blockede. All commerce and quently, all letters packets, written in England, Englifhman, written in the lan- thall be difpatched from the Thall be feized. Every individual, fubject of Great- Britain, or condition, found in countries occupied by our troops thole our allies, thall be made oner
prefent Decree be confidered the fundamental law of the Empire, un- right war fame on land that cannot be extended 10 any private prop- crty whatever, to who are not military, and until he right of blockade be reftrained places actually inveft- by competent forces. The
Every all merchandize property whatever belonging to an declared good prize.
The commerce of Englifh merchan- prohibited. All the produce or manufacture of England her Colonies, declared be good prize. half of the proceeds of merchan- dize to be good prize and forfeited in the preceding articles, fball demnify merchants who have fuffered the Englifh Cruizers.
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This Bulletin the negatiarion of which ibe following are the principal The forces of the King (now on the bank of the Vittula) thall af- femble Konigfberg. army of Majetty the Emperor of the Freuch, fhall occupy that part of South which bounded by the right bank of the Viltola the mouth of the Bug. The town of for- trels city oi Grudeniz. the city and citadel of Danizie, the of Colbut and Lenzyc which fhall be delivered up to them fecurity and in Silefia, the Glogau and with luch of South Pruffia bounded by the right bank of the Oder, and the part that fituated bank of that River, to be limited line drawn from the Oder, paffing to On- leagues from and and connecting itfelf with Bohemia at Lieban. other parts of Eaft Pruffia, or New Eaft Pruffia, fhall be occupied by eirher Pruffian or fhould be by the latter, the King of engages, that fhall back their own terri- tories, and likewife to admit the forces of that Power into his kingdom, during the time this Armiflice continue. thall continue Char- lottenburg, and not be fult, the hof- tilities without previous notice of
No coming directly from En- gland her Colonies, having there the publication of this decree, fhall be admitted any Port.
Every falle declaration the foregoing difpetition, thall be feized and the and cargo conficat- property.
This article Hates, that, the Councils Prizes Paris and Milan thall have of what may arife in the in Italy, under the
of this Decree thall made the Kings of Spain, Naples, Holland, Erruria, and to other whole fubjects well ours, are victims of the injuflice and barbarity of the English Maritime Code
Our Miniflers of foreign relations, &c. &c. charged with the execution of the prefent decree. Signed NAPOLEON. By Emperor, Secretary State. BULLETIN OF THE
GRAND ARMY.
10. has laid Glogan, the capital Upper Silefia, under blockade, Brigadier General Lefebvre, he 2000 Bavarian borfe.
bombarded OR the 8:h by ten howitzers, filed by the light ar- tillery men. The Princes an eulo- gium on the conduct of the varian caval- Derov Glogan with his the parley has been forrender.
Davouft entered Polen with corps of the army on the 10th.
French will not quit either Poland the thall flore in the its independence, nor until and Maldavia been declared belong in complete love- reignty to the Porte
BULLETIN.
corple of its march from Warfaw, whith- the Grand Duke of Berg repairing with the other of the of caval. confifiing the divifions of Generals Beaumont, Klein, and Beker, the divfion Gen. Nanfouty and the light cavalry of General Milihaud. Our the fort Lenzye, between Pofen and Warlaw.
French will not until the Dutch, and French, been and peace
that the fufpenfion of arms, figned the has been ratified by the king of and that the exchange of ratifications has taken place. In the mean time hollitities contin- as they are to ceate till the period of exchange. Gen. the appoint. the with Gen. Lecco, and the Proffien General, and made him pitulation. 9000 prifoners, Generals Magazines, fub. fift men for months, flores all kinds, company and 300 cavalry are in power. Savary fet immediately for Nienburg, in order that fortre(s capitulate, which hought there is garrilon of from to of 80co in riton the extremity of Polifh capitulated ou the be- fore light horfe of the ed regiment, nited 300 Polifh confederates, who before the fortrels. The garrifon prifoners of confiderable maga. zines have been found in
A deputation from the of has introduced the Emperor, They offered the homage of Palatinate, and defired that the Emperor would of Poland. The them, that France had par- of that howev. make that proclamation, until the Poles fhould be defend their rights with in their hands, by all kinds of faerifices, and by that of their that till DOW reproached them with having often facrificed in civil diffentions, the interefts of their that they might prove they were cor- rected the experience of the misfor- tunes which they have the viclims of. faid all the continental called on declare open- for again ft or England; intercourfe with England is to be interdict- until general peace. The Emperor this day reviewed the troops here, and their exercite with the bayonet that they would the Ruffians their favorite weapon, for Suwarrow had faid that the ball foolifh, the bayonet On the 23d of Nov. Napoleon fet off from Berlin for Poten, o'clock night. The Emprels here going to Berlin 10 país winter. Duke of Bruntwick but another nobleman fimilar The former has embarked on the Baltic, fuppol- for England. The French to attack the Ifle of Rugen, in Swedifh Pomerania. effimate more than one hundred millions of francs Britifh has fallen into hands of the French. Already it that the about unite with France, and to (econd the meatures adopted Napoleon force Englifh lubfcribe general favorable to pow. We have this city and environs and others arriv- Half the grand of Holland advancing Hamburg. commition has pointed proceed to endeavour obtain he Fench Emperor, every our commerce which be com.
The Minifter here demanded againft Ruffian and veffels. But the has fuled the demand, and declared its determi- nation to adhere to its alliance with Rufha.
exacted Bruntwick, has been for the raniom veffels Roftack Some letters announce that the Ruffian the Vittula. tine, the armiftice will not be
Decree Emperor had divided into four departments, viz. the De- partment of Berlin, of Cuftrin, of Stettin, and Mogdeburg, and appointed French commanders. There are befides Provinces and Circles. Each Province Intend- ant. are appointed to collect the revenue, &c. A general authority appointed the
Mr. Chailon, Auditor the Council of State, isappointed Intendant of Glogau, in Silefia. Other Auditors ob. tained branch of the adminiftration Chief Du. pont Delporte. he Salipits Mr. Cam- of the Pofts Mr. Lafon, of the Siamps; Mr. l'abourcau, of Land d'Hontelot, of the Excife.
communicate our Sen- an imperial again t the and report on the lame by levrand. The report aonounces the decla- ration of the Emperor that he will not Berlin and until be Ruffians unjult lachia and
All the letters from the maratime towns of the North French are actively purfuing the war which they have again the advanced guard of Marthal Davonft Warfaw. of capied divifion of We have no politive intelligence the entrance of the French into
into the of Grandeniz. Letters from Leghorn, flare that feveral arrefts have taken place there. Some fons have exited among others, the brother the Sardinian Contul for having, is faid, kept up Sicily, reported that the Dey of threatens with Reports current of rupture the Porte Ruffia. Several letters from mention, that veffel arrived there from the Levant, had the intelligence that the One- Porte and news from Leghorn, whether it brought by which mide her paffage from Conftantinople in The Ruffian and had already quit- Capital.
BY THE MAILS.
WE have perufed letter from N. dated Dec. 18th, which con- tains the interefling circum- ftances. Gen. Wilkenfon, on appear- before the court, on beas Corpus, iffued for the body of Dr. Bollman, made an expofure to this in the prefence of concourfe of people. Called to account for an act, in which glory, and for which truft my country will thank me, fhall meet the with the ap- planfe of my own breaft, which prize more highly than the hofannas thoufands, or the popularity of whole world. But when caft my eyes on the movers of this prof- bofore by for their for their their indiferetion, and at their audaci- would to God, could here clofe the proceedings of this day. my honor, my duty, and the fafety of the flate, is time an univerfal alarm fhould go to roufe the good citizen to fenfe his danger. deceitful calm muft no longer be fuffered to impofe us treacherous fecurity. the artifices of the con- federates, be longer employed to the judgment. Treach- is in the midll of Italks the friends of Burr and rebellion, while they ridi- cule our apprehentions, and fcoff at our preparations, with trembling citude implore his fpeedy arrival, to reward them for their apoltacy, and to refcue them from the gaulings guilt, and the terrors of impending punifhment." addrefs, Gen charged Livingfton and with being parties to the
The produced at New Or. leans by this difclofure is faid to have been Briking. ticifm exifted of the reality of the plots afcribed to but ter this expofure, general even was excited, vigor- eafly to maintain order, and fupport the that here Livingflon and Alexander.
letter tleman in the city Wafhington, one in this and know it has not been believed, that Truxton ever countenanced Burr's fchemes, much more fo that he never intended to aid in them. Burr has been deep- eft in making every one believe, that almoft all other confpieuous charac- ters were to join him, and he ticularly played with ton's name to Wilkinfon and but be matter of when he caufed many upright of the moft influential characters to the to believe that himfelf was privy to his plans, and meant not to oppofe them. Some of thefe have wrote to the prefident defire to it and have been duped into belief of fuch affertions, have receiv- ed his letters in reply. Burr caufed fecret to be made Wilkinfon that not with but the whole