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- -r 7:,' kK. W- r !;-'-i ft. RAIWSIUtl, . PRUiTKO. yfBHK.LT, MJ LDP. to bim, be we rather aerimu. bit witness soon! Hera the evidence for eovernjwent closed .after heard him aing a very indecent aW. I Bowen never saw Jewett to (he knowledge ift v u4Ki-Tiue uum pecyeac, one niu ue wiineas j-wouenaii and Upturn were to to'ofe KMd advance. No Pper to b eontmaed M- UoWeng rqpo -when Jewett bun himielf ; all iw exW-ng 1 haw are iiuefted J b of the lower .tor; were '1t7ftflTcne dollar s for twentfive it cash iub-1 feet $ inches apart 1 the partition walla were a- MA;einertioa: andin hlw prowr sprtwe taei! bout three fee, ia thickness. : Jewett iru dull mult acWpaajr those fro" persons unknown to the eiUtwv r'i' SoiUDSCripUOncaillli any case uemnrc wnuuu Mvmoiit of at leant- gt 30 in advance and no d.s , eontaftaose' without payment of amarn, unless at tht Law lrttelfigeuce. 1 Distrih r fnimit ....... Tji-... . v , This eause ee beiore tbe etwuit xmn for eonTersatidti i learoiire and in oalurai ea paoitjr. W ever beard. .Jwett eay be fnteoded co dentroy mnifetf ; Dt one nan Mviaed nim to push Wf Jiead,. . against the wall, wotf inglNever heard Bowen, except in an i from one side of the eejl to the other; - He" "asade Jewett to -vonmi Sttieide. found dead JKfttV 4i$5 hannhy n rope, to the gratingi of the windows, hU taeeeresf-ieoal, and, sea rd Jewell say, he H4utd not goio ing on me norr ni nead twk.,aljtfjt half tiue plae or exeeutron fie ftaM lb ere were many foot belt the htlUat W tfowiM. thivroue tiftdin i l't Jumi i-Th rtrpo oold aotave eonjt iron iiu Bevtienienf?was aiMeti the -district of Columbia, on looday he SO'fi jay of D etber, t16, but was ptponed at tlie request of defendant's counsel,' in order to it &ight have been given him from 8wen a( partment ; he used in put Ins handout of the graie, and swing a string with a weight attach-' ed to i Jewett pad a stick to eaten !ie string j enable him to procure testimony in the posse; jjj nol iee guch a $tjCk after bis r'eath, and jie ion of a committee of congress. The reuuett , vr w rnn in Kiiweii'a' mom-, nm, l wits granted, and the causa postponed till Mon- the rope might have come from the room over iiy, the 6ih Januarj, when it waa again eal- jewellg. Jdwett migtit bave eo&ieajed a eord led, and postponed for the samff rean, uutil jn 1, . fie alwayv niaaifeated much bard--Tliursda the ib, when the case was called nesg of heart ; sp.ke lightly about his coffin T slander as contained in the words follow' : w fij, wnieu jt was imendtd be should ing: CbL Thomas had 'abseoo.ied with two Ue Heeutt(f, He hung himself io the night, or ikree hundred thousand dollars piiblie inoaey Witness heard no noise, although he went round in bkv.po.easion'-flv support of this charge,' lhe priH.m tti about' three o'clock. , the plaintiff produced in ewdence, tae depo. lgaac Whitehall, swom-Was a prisoner in VTitntas for the prisoner. N. lTnrner, aworn. r Worked in the goalhavbeard Jewett saj he wiuld dieatpoiut;tbe tieonlr.who'ahQuid eome;o the plain, (al i ujmg to the place of execuiioaVhe would invite people to cpme and tee him. .Jhung,and when they were gene, he would fay to me, thbse people will he.disap poiateiLViio once mentioned be should purine the plan of the man in Vermont, who destroyed himself la prison t bat afterwards said it would oe impossible ta hang himself wher? he waa. indirect way, 8hubar, Wilder said that he worked in the wavs loifnid il-fae.eouid eei.im lain the win do wnad tbow hlmsIX headUn on lhe floor Witness told Win ha.'tUtfrgtir beiatgut do it it (root hi bedatea4,hehf7waJ made; ; irelt of boards.. iiouT know jeda it came iMf bis coo race he id-eat. We replied, "von wiU what my eeuraae wi do.-' "Clever heal tee heaald Bowen adviie&im to hang himself. ;j The counsel for lhe prisoner here attempted to invalidate Whitehall's testimony by proving. iiki uauiicii tu ins mmiuiifii Ativj niauru iv read a mittimus upon an arrest, with one Up bam for passing counterfeit money) but he court decided that. the reading sneh evidence'w&s in admissible. : Eiihu Saadfdrd said he used fre quently to see Jewett in confinement and he employed him to get tobacco from his friends i but they never sent any by him. lie told witness last August, that Gen. Mattoon should never i Ant ft erb. hang hnri;aud said he wished he would tell Letters from Holland, received by several Wurri to hrinsr him that, tobacco. WilneRS. Dutch mails which arrivrd pHtprdav. tnntiAn itionof Mr. blisha Winter, late a member of ti.e room with Bowen. who un niik.iiMmd: nftVred to eive iism some, or buv it for him but; that the matketi at Amsterdam and Rotterdam. r K.T ir l ...I ... . .k ... L. - V" ... . . .1 .... wogresi irwn wa wr, , iujauuui bpenfeer of the House j heard Jewett say that I lyiiB.ue u hi hub vru ' """', the lion. Mr. Unweu told him, that as he bad Vein ipoken-'and in support of damage thit ueTer been at war with God, he had no peace Mr. Winter had by ielter directed to the tate,; t0 muke wix j,,,. xhe sheriff came d told by the noble Karl's representatives to those of lhe Rey. B. Tveddell. .; r Testerday farther accounts Mere received from Bombay; and Madrni. TPrcm the fonner plaee it is atated, under dste of ihe Sith June, that a fores of tOOO men from thenca vtas at sembling at fioroda. the object of .which wai to s effect a treaty of alliance with the Rajah of Ja pore. " To accomplish this end Lord Moira wai on the point of takiug another journey up the country. ' .' f-r f , From Madras we leaao tbat Lord Sloirthad prevailed upon the Rajah of Kxgpoer toreeeive , a subsidiary force. 5 A force is also ' fab'a ata ' tioned is Bopaul, and if fceii riia v ill not reeeite one of hii own accord, be is to be Attacked forthwith f rather than quarrel with the Brit- . tsbr il UWIUytfl he will, submit to tlV pepft- -sjtiflh. -XbeaeTarrangements, it tight taht Hi Jerktooo. are Intended tn t ud triK'tVc tKer Inchrsitna and devastations of the Fin da- . eei. T heir depredations in the Circal have -been dreadful, and the gevernment is mneh blamed in India for having left that part of oar possessions, entirely tinprotetted. ; Mr. Fisher, the lunges 'messengr irflvodl iu Downing ?!reet m Monday night, with flis patfhea from Chathhray. .Last night; Mr. (Cave, the messenger, was aent off with dis patches to St. Vetcrtburg. V..', -r We are glad to learn from the Dutch paper) that the prices of grain are now on the declihe in Holland. Large quantities had arrived At he refused and said he wanted that tpbaceo 1! were very inactive for all articles, eicept tttf "The defence sel up by the prisoner's counsel,' fee and rice. Mensrs Lyman and u iles, was, 1st. That Jew. j " Public soup-shops are now establishing, by ett crime waa felonia de e. and that Buwen' subscription in most of the nrincinal towns, tat whiak be represeuted, circulated the report, r3oweil he would chain bim iu the dungeon if could not, therefore,-have commuted murder the relief of the lahoring poor and their distres. whereby damage had aeeraed to Geirrhomaa,; jjj Mot deaist from' advisine Jewett to hans' upon luni 2 1. That it was not clear that the! ed families' dnringthe winter. 11 is connnentiy reported, mat tne Americans are fitting out two vessels to explore the North West Coast of that Continent, aud to make discoveries in the Pacifie Oeean.(: It is said that nothing has been neglected to inonira tbi success of the expedition, which hat been en trusted to their ablest. officers. ' rans, Acv. 23.Cambacerea h arrived at ths was Dl Q. M. CI. iu tfe army on the frn.ni,gef whick miJe him quiet for a short time;' prisoner's udvice induced Jewett to perpetrate tier. I He words proved to nave oeeu spoKea b, . g5on became ai bad aa ever. Witnew m tne month of Mareli, 4814. farker, adit, ia n,1Hren kow Je wett could murder himself ten, deposed, on Jhe part ofv the plauititt, itiatfce ,ait ,nere wa9 a cnrj a0f, a(ld he eH,i(1 j iiid) wuwwwui iic5i uo - get it 'well enousfli. uowen would eontinuitlly leaded, left the eity ofWasauigton, by per-' re,aind him how long be had to live, from minion of the secretary of ar, a.id by hisor.He,ks down to hi days and hours. Witness der, and he further deposed, that tiimmona wa awAke during tbe night Jewett hung bin -iru duly appriaed of such order. . ; Jajd heard him come across his et-ll to tht Xhadafendant'aeoijnael aeemed greatly to -tl andak Bowen, What u'eloek ?" Bow wly on the queation, whether Mr. Siminons,; en told him ' three, and you have jtiai thirteen ss accoumantof the War department, was nutll0Uri) to live.''" Wellr (said Jewell,) 1 will j,uflble ia atatifig ia manulr aud form, as be j0 pray. u That's you,'' replied Bwen, did to. M.r. Winterthe alleged alander, whs ao einrosaioa common to him Jnofii' nla.. vpa member of .congress, but npt one of the)gurd.- Iw about 15 minutes afterwardi, witness Ait eepanrs jof T iomas, and eoriaCqoently sup (tiled to p-ttaesa eorrect informal ion as to the Kite of Col Thomas' accouots. The defend lOtoTered, in mitigation of damages, evidence beard a noise, as if one had removed aston the room above t and presently a sound like that of some one chunking. Rao to the window to call lhe gaoler, but Bowen told him to hold his tongue. saimr. " wlmt in ti II ln vnu run , - ,-m- J J nT .------ - - - v.wvwv ts prove, thai at the tja or the alleged lao-;forad(iIiegrofjhefloo1 hekrd g0mHlhing der, there was on the bjks of lhe war depart. : like a person thumping his toes on the floor, nut, a large balance unaccounted far by Col.l Afler ieiri the aer come to Jewelt s Tbrpa-That- rbomat-was then under an or- jtVo der from SimmoBf,, the aceountani of thatde-!Cftp Uerved, Well, I believe Jonathan, ft&nment, to remain at Washi.igton, until his (Jewett) has made awiiy with himselfuaon Mounts were settled, ajid that p.-ndingthe e- wlicM Bowen, raisi.ig" himself suddenly, s.aid, launatiuu of his aceonnta, he secretly aud sus- . i am as glad a- if 1 had a hundred dolls. N'w piously leu wainingiou. nui u was oojeci- Cjap atl(1 0j Maltof,n have loxt their fees, a.nd the iVlonious ael. Jd, Thai Bowen should haye been indicted a an accessary, and not a princr pal. . ' ; ' ;, , i.r.. "", ' The remarks of the counsel were ingepious aid el.qj"iti, hut we have uo room to introduce lhi,in. The' ttt(orney-generarderi;e"d the force nf tne leg.1 objections, nut agreed that if Uow en'a adviee was not the procuring cause of Brussels, after having made a-journey of. some) Jewett a dt-ath iie ought to be acquitted. He months through Holland, r.: laboured, therefore, i prove 4, his fact from the, tne process m contumacy against fcensrai testimony wliieli has been detaiifd. ."VGroiiehy has been fefetted to .the jieeoai Caai-. The jury, however, notwithstanding a charge cil of War of t)ie first' division. r from the court, which was strongly against the By an Ordinace of te King, the elportation prnoner, nryigiH la a veruiet ml wot uuilly. J an sinns oi. grain is strieuy pronroneu, wuiie mi ".".'.."L"!" '.Ji-J-.-- JJ !i uunqij is uereu io atj loose wno lmpori coin tfnrrio-n ' into the country.- . . I' c iicui , uui cnuiiui TUUCU iui its SDlUCUll" From Frace.We have recemd by the eitf' that Cohut Dillon, (the favorite of the Miuerv?, Paris p ipers, printed in Knglis'h, to late King of Urtemburg, who left him ahand the 26ih of November. They afford hut little. one HJj) grand master of the estaldishment Cambaceres had relumed from his tour thro' f the Uueen Dowager Matilda of Wurtetobargj Holland. The Process against General Orou,. M tt shot in a duel by an yfficer.w ehy had been referre by lhe Count's interest, a place at the War. The exportation of all bread stuff had H of Aperg. Count Dillon ia an Iriahf been prohibited, and a bounty giveu on that l,,H" v y'f' imported. It waa reported that Count Dillon was shot in a duel. The Chamber of Peers was soon to be lighted with gas. Mr. Canning, The gallery of the Chrmber of Peers is ar. a ' . . '. . a 7. -. was shot in a duel. The Chamber of Peers ui to ne Jign.teu upwiin gas. A lire bioSce out on rriday, at tbe barracaa o1 the Ri.yal Guard in the Hue Poissoniere, hui, by t)ie txertions of the soldiers, waa Soon, el ' -r rf ... . . . f i . . r : Nu neions tinguuiied. yaoauieparioi inepiAioun, uiai ;ie at-couni- f have saved the county two bundml d-ilUrs on tie 2Mb. had a private audience of the Mt.u a-u Several persons found guilty of nuirde- md proved, as before-slated by lien. Parker sKWv.tt. h. IlHViT tlulllii SPt Iirann iho Kail 1 u Vimoa mnm Irt ksa aaaiiitail NI n fk t it lift tlwHe left here for the.purposft ol obtainrrg (meanio- the place of execuiion) to have the'vesseJ had been loston the coast of France in "Mr. tanning had a private audience of the wvuwo tor w seuieweiH oi u ncrwuuia, h.h muke fun ol him." -th- f VvMnhir. 1hi . h uinfAni ivirr. iuruay, jailer pia . Ci osswxainir.ed There was no cord, to UU nt TouTiiUe had occasioned snmo riots, aud ihel The judgement passed by the Tribnnal at knowitfifft, C'tnveyed from their room to J w- venders wore obliged to reduce the pricehy the 'm upon several individuals gnilty ?f murv . . a -M . i .. t a , and thinks Bowen could not have eriven mo!)'; the military, however, restored order, ur oiuef excebsea, wa poaia up iu him a rope witiiodt assistancethere was a and iKe markets" proceeded.- Tt was supposed .t reels el .rans, on rriday. . f ' , .. ropn in their room, whiuh Bowen used to hide the limiffaiors of these seditious movements! t is repotted, at i rankfortA that the Diet when the irao!er came in, iut,it was lartrcr would Le nroeeeded asraiuat. KioarJerome JBo- ucmnuri, u. .evwuu tad ay (hit order of the secretary of war. The ease was submitted without argument, Hfl tKB ill.. .. M 'M.IB..t ML l.l..' L. . n.. A . ilJ . .. I l uolUrs. tfiil of George Bowen, tor tlie munler of JonaMian Jtwt't, by counstrlline nnd aid.nir liirn to bann i.im- ef ui prison, to avoid the ignominy of a publ ic xt cmion, u which be had been sentenced, lor Uic mm - r of his fntlier. ' In writing a title to this trial, we have ex plaineU the) offen.ee of which Bowen w as alleg ''to be guillyand which is a new ease in our eourts f ' criminal jurisprudence. The trial ane on before the supreme court of this ste, MauachusetU, at Northampton, in the mouth w September last. The presiding justices were Honor Jaaae Prker, chief justice and their "Mora Charjfcs Jaekion and Samuel Putnam, plates. .Ite testimony in the case amounted to 'this : Cepeta Clapj the keeper the gaol in North P10", where Jewett hnd been confined, said, bad frequently heard Brown and Jewett eon wsmg j that Brown would aay, " if you are stencednbu will be hung,' " you will then go we, (atladmg to the pUce of execution)--if mem Hang you, you are a dd fool ;- j father, hang myself - twice than bo hung ,'ei 1'hey used to talk mysteriously tdgeth- - vwen woaidaay, " Will voa do it f'7 Jew. reply,V H can't be'done." A newer. K ao 1 uld make a atring of my hfj-tick- i"8 yeif to Vhese grates iiiiive rain- , UOWen Was not in Ihp uama room wild Uift11 iB the nPxt department. Witness "'"O the ailoinavr i ...... j . t... J M, Bowen could not bane himself iu this j T-rBowen told him not to mind what the jrm a,"i ioe ii was ail o (1 nonsense Prp was no hell be could not die hut I wd than it m iII v,- A- lbou L" . r'neo-lAlKed oflen with Jewett than thit which Jewett had believes Bo wen's napari, now TJiTnt Mantford, who nwas at State of the Gcrmanie Canredertion shall pof leics were in irons the night on wh.ch the crime Hamburg,-, had put on mourning, on account o. M. "'P .same fonii i of representative .swnj: was eommilted sfaW Jewett once through the the deailr. of tne King of Wurteinbu.g. mnt. BIlh he different roodeatiaus whieb wicket of his door, and afterwards aw his wiivai "V. iiu iitri c Mir tan if uin ?u irrF IILI1IUS lmprfssions. which of oiirse aie not nfe circumstance oiar render rect mri v. 4 - - "V- ; . f ar ' . a ST " r- "a ttif Pr; nunori ' Uy various accounts receiveairom Marseiuev asarv To the 23ilft Kvfo. wardtdTGy our etorrespbnTif ? most of the ports of France and, J5nge.a, k. ... w:. ..., . .. -.i ... . i ! .... .i.... . t ..... u.. .i... : .... ... i..i. j..i i it anneara mat me violence oi ine wines hit that Ke did wrong to tHI Jewett to haog him- not reach till yesletd'ay,tw find .contains i eeJ..f "sioa jh Jost .oTmeroijt, BPlIl.iif- novar ttunrti .luiabl aav ha ih.utluil ai xa.ij IV.a. I .i.i.isiin nnnori Infl.a vDlll. u 'taucia auu nuiuii vittii. u w v w v v , nnj liyMl iiitit t tail CaQLB S I IMV u-m vmiwn 'Uiib u-w my, fl.m to do so. Used to split the boards of the bed- day later tbai uefora received, -Wo Lave co- stead to get stick in their room Uphaai said, nii-.d from th--i the .following articles nothing during the time when the hanging took London, 't. 20. A letter from S: Helena, place. va, Jno. h. Patridge, sworn- Attended the gaol in Mr. Clap's abseuce, who had requested himjoeeured h lo listen to the conversation ot the prisoner; dered hi with JpWftlt rrpnllnllv. occrv iluil Imunl uiiuIm u-liiivk utpM HI.E- nnnvKrcnfiAn ti(Wfrn Rnivnn anil lawatt tknlllic arhnl. tn Ki ill tiknuffl nf HI nil! BitvAP. Ha ( the affarr, .aweiitbied'jbe nafionaL gaard and former advising him tojiang himself Where he applied to a merelknt, a resident of tlii was, jtnd telling him he was aid -,d fool to who asked permission of the Governor. He - ed theuroutl j they however again assembled Jii let Mattoon come and hang him, for he '.could ithouclit that the a mount would out exceed 3 t.r ?ne ofthe faubourgs, ;and stopped wagon go- die bttl one death Jeweit said, he would think L,000 sterling. ' The Governor consented to i" iVH0 It uppeauby accouuta from. Tovjlqqse, that some disturbances have taken plae Jd that town, at the corn market, bwtne to the nriea datadjhe Jtxi of bepiember contains the follow- urBf 'e accoiim awics nat on w no, W ing statement.-." A very curious circumstance matket, the selling r;nce heipg about 80 iere a f.w daya ago. B. in a rage, or- nJ"1 assemblejl and so latinidated tl i aerviee f plate to be broken up, the1 ttfaHJ ?re hliged.to lower tbepri hich wer ei.graved to be effaced, 'and':! !.f )?ut ta police bing informed tba iea 6t lvself or Ine purveyor Wilnnso ivns u'r.rlriticy ' In that ..a mt i liklr n t t ha n la t. . i naf AMfl nl I ! Aniti ji h.i vh HIP'JI. . n nCC. . .. '..w . I.. 'i. .... . ..... '. Bui tranquility was soon, restored, aw here. of the gaol where he could hear them as dis- Uioncd, the property was worth Xl0,300 Ver-" husiaess r tne maf.Kei proceeneo, ai me tinetlv as if he had been under their w ndow. i ins: a snm rather loo a-reat to be uro.nred f 'B ir""UM . ... ....... . . . . . . i Said he threatened In confine Bowen, if he did 'two it is expected that this cdrious guctation not cease toadvie Jewett to dastrov Mmself ' will be brought to a close. It i said, that' B. y i , ',haBpng himself:, told bim ir waa as irmw B.aaa aaaau n laiaviatx nini mi a rtiii i nor tni ke would: then have two rour- Je"l had no more relieiOn warrant for his death Via lnin,A. " -v .a u , .i" 01 Mf---i Jeweti Tinnognt it was itt -'WW ater.Bowea's advice. Jew. ;ftiirUBiio'ni"sh than a brute ; was read JBbenezer Mattoon (hiffh sherriff) "Sworn - here at so short a notiee. However iu day or i 'lS a10 ,i,8'J ; .. ... v gators an) I accomplicts nf the aeditious tnovi ients whichMve tkeni plaee at Toulouse. -yietrnd. JVor. 10. The Priice ofMntford, Jeronu' Bonanarie.) who is at nresent at Uem- tiute, with theCynntess Lipona(Ma,dnOfilr rat, ) nauaxen mqurning on accouui oi ioe a.u5 of .Wuriemberg. ,. . ;.r.:.i;:, .; : 5 ' roy himself- h' lij-ves beiold Jewett, if he wanted to hant; himself, he had better doit in bis presence j and did not know but he told him he would furnish the means. Bowen did not deny having advis ed Jwett, hut said his tongue was his own. 'i ie tatter .said he had nw idea of killing hira- M-'tf, even on the veniag previous to bis death but he sometimes waa mute when qucstifujed on the subject.-- A eod-line was foopd fn Jew ett, nQt.sulficieut to support his whole Weight, Jewett appeared rather penitent on tb last efi' eoiiignhough when his cap waa tried, he treat ed it tery lightly wishes by-these means to nyrke himself inde pendent of the British Lovernment, aud that in future be will never make any application t x mohey, but live on "hia on resonrces. His suite receive tlttirs from Government,' A morning paper states, that at a meeting of the friend of Lord Elein and the Rev. R. f wed- deli, held at tha Foreien Office, t heTih instant,! , ') lokdok, b.etJ'il, bw teeeived by W.-ilamilton Esq. a fw month ago Trom lord c.lgia, was opened, ana Cape Uoast Castle of- the 22U ot jine last, dtfe huBdred ahd'p tMtn8Mehe clea, reeo rnized as the property of John Twed- of provisions by the Aahantee army, and tbeA- dell, dsoeated, at Athens, in 1799, delivered op bandoamoat oi their piaatatibtis by the astives. of it, : but-said he-had nothing tw do it withrthe merchant's going1 to look at-lhe Bowen said, ' 1 will help you all 1 can." In'observed, that the am.runt should hot be paido their head, promptly pet a atop to these, pro tbe course of conversation, Jewett said, I: tf. hiit deposited in the hands nf the Governor i0;'"" although the ranb. aiwed with stone - W lifii the mercliAiir went o iu mM, ..n,(,.i.r I - ti
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