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V ' .'.' 4 it V " r 1 " . ' P - -f , , M , 4 , - ' ,.. - -j ' . - . . , i , S - , ' . J i V Ccpta-ciiItsi Bailey. fteeftlb? : in urutorm. cummittec 01 irraogc ; roents, Marshal! Coll James H. Laagdou,)' President and ; Suite, Marshal, (Cot; Andrei Dewey,) Carriages, Citizen on Horseback. ?:: , ;A little before 11, , discharge of'aitiljeryv announced the v near approach of ;the Chief Magistrate : of the;hatiou.j Oa catering the ''village, he alighted - from his car rnge and proceeded with the ca valcade, on horseback to the aca demv. thro' main ' street, ; liged ba eachide1( jby citizeo' under .direction ef Joseph Howes, Esq. Returning toj'the head of State Street the President' dismounted, Was, received by. the first-Light C-iftiVanvt commanded by lieut. E. P. Walton:' and conducted to ! the state hoe, under national raluti' from the Washington artil- lerv, .-v i , ., ' In front of the state house be- tween, 3 and -400 masters and mioses. Students ' of the academy and members of schocds in the vil- la ge, d resseel in uniform 1 each tastefully decorated with gar- 1rnH from ithe fields of nature were arranged in two lines, facing j carriage and resumed his jour each other. "A io ' perfect order. ncy to Burlington. " . i Previous to the arrival of the ea-1 cort, the two j companies of caval-1 TV. with an expedition and regU- laritv which cl id them honor, had iuvenile procession Tae President walked- through tbis assemblaee of youth, Untovcrr I lag his head,! and bowing as he ptesed, entered , the sute; house, tin fr a tnrif ul arch of evergreens. emblematic, twetrust bl the dura-1 j tton ot our UDerties s on one siaeiuuugu was uum auu ciupcu. of -which were these TOvd$i,july 4 1776:' on the otheri 4 Trenttn Dec. 261776.- Whea ia front bf the houael in the nortico of the 6ecood story1, the honorable James Fiak. chairman of vthe committee , , (' - - r - . ' . of arranp-eraents. in nresence of the military land a ere at concourse of assembleci citizens, delivered the following address fO THE PRESIDENT of the v A ; i , ; U STATES. ,y Sir The citizens of ontpe tier and its vicinity, have directed their committee to - present you w..i.itf.;i hZ .nH bid'y ou a'eotdial Welcome. ' : ' - : The-ifaacy of our setllemWte ph'dti our p!rogre39 iu the arti and Sconces, 0(rie?hiDg behind inost tf our sister .tates, but we thali ;nots denied' oWe claim to Ta ,hare of th?t ardeotlove of liber tv and the fights of man, that at -toekmeot tj-the honor, and intetj ' i Afcwk cst3 01 our coontrv,1 wnfen not& so di,tiUguh the American" charac- .tcr ; while the Eeldg f Hubbard- won; the tights of Walloonsacki Di,...k...J ad irfitted tpj witness iri r, ' i : . - - o ' oar favor, Manv of t those wendw repre-' sent, ..iA .k:- iw-i :n. .w. last revolutibnary contest r and lw.,o ,r tK f this opportunity is greatly eohan- ced by the, consideration, 'that we no"vv-, tender our respects to one . who shared-in all -the hardships ' l ind -dangers, pf that eveiitrul pe riod, which! gave, liberty raad in- 1 . . ' . . . - ,arc we'unmindful that from? thatl8 bot.h of religious and mpr-; - period until now. every public act 'fnnf isfvinffin inAWmhU fMrhment1 to .the nrincinles fori&turc gwth. i,' Ia whatever' light which you then contepd. " rtiim;ri nnfilehTr thtir itt'citiM . - i.Li x..iei ' " ii Tour measures iuiui ruur iuicu- 4 Vnni ,,rl.atlminUrit An nriflffr ,the guidabce ot?mae provi- . dencc, wiiiFbe as prosperousland K ..5 mmfnrcmf U 1 : happy as its , Commencement b , nraaduil and promising : that the Honon the 'righuand. interests of the bation ;wiU pass Trbm your : t;vi. '.(nimnaWH i " - v. : r j JAMES FISK, ; ': fv'Toithiddress . the ; JEJresIdebt ; : mzic aa tTectioaate aad appro- r rni rrw s with Mre-r timprtkret aaimatcd ' rTivri.k V ; .--ww..-.. r ;cheers by the citizens. - ; Tht President tKti;witb his suite : Veommitteri- marshals an c!erv, .uj -Vvi-t: uZ t? ' ned.with mapsand glomes, drawn -7 'thc cH61arswhile iatfht .'tlTiinef v! and chandelier." Vdis. ;7 pUvedu beautiful variety, of .vines - Ld oroamcnts.-liThe scholars rei ';ytag 1 pr'ii&ts&tf&f for&arsptsab; f ; Mur2:?.C!3njutea &?;sV:;:ThV i cceuzncy tns nncsi ctssssxi?, oUjiu nia utuci iu lucjr urcraii-3iv . cjjui-, vii,uwici iraay taorninr returned a Ecaled' fc fattest flowers : that curf climate He ciay be supposed to tiddresa 1 deeper atrocity f thsa 7hea dou I verdict ia the word folio win c s - I produ ate, the finest nature can produce After inspecting ; the maps' and globes. : withi approbatioa )ie reti-red-Taa received at the door by ,the , Washingtoa Artillery com manded by - papu Timothy Hul bard and escorted through a line of citizens ? extending x from the state house to I the dwelling ;qf Willis I. Caldwell, where he partook of a cold collation, served Up with admirable taste and ele crance. j The schools then formed pro cession, preceded by( the first lightj company, with instrumental mu sici and jiioved to the " academy. ?W passing the President's quar; Iters, thev saluted: hinff 'the imas- Iters by uncovering their heads, the misses by lowering tneir para ; sols. ": - ' 1 : . The President -hay ng signified his pleasure to dispense with- the esc fort of cavalry, after taking an affectionate leave of the committee of. arrange men ts ascended His - The President shortlyvafter his arrival at , Burhngtonr embarked Ion Lake Champlain, in one of the Steam boats, and proceeded up ling sheet irbn," belonging to the great iron works at that place J He had here the opportunity, of I viewing ttyis position, W impor v I tant aurincr tnei war, wnere me whole fleet under Conw jM'Do- 1 , ' he . "resident lett Vcrgennes pa Friday afternoon, in the steam beat, and pro Oeded down the I Lalce, probably to the lines rafter which he was to land at Plaits burcr, and, .continue his tour to 1 - z- . )-.; . . i . Sacketts. Harbor. CHIEF JUSTICE TAYr LOU'S CH ARGE. In delineating the crimes which are , hor ) nimble by a Grand Jury, the Chief f Justice tiius speaks of PsRjyay. 4 Perjury is where lawful oath is administered in some judi .V ' : 7 cial proceeding to a person who .w,tfull'' - rt9t and fely, i a matter iwteml to the P0'?1 question. r Tte kw take. no; U;1S as "e kc0 som judtctal proceed- ;,nS. a!? ,re,1are8f f0.B Ukenwno somedeiree of dehb- er,0 e - M. be owing toinadvertence, surprtje, or a mistake or the true state ot , , . , . . . , , quttoo, u ta not xonsidered HmtMy and .Corrupt. It must . P?t circumstantially iinaicnai iu uic qucauup- in con test ; though it is n6t .material UV.U useu iruc oriise . lor aunoun u bclCV.f H e tkabwn be sb by him who swears to it, K were false.- 41 Whea wc reflect oa the tur- nitnrld it thin AUunJ hn . tin rrv-.9uuu a- n.?u? crnejsit produces: in so cictywe shall be struck with the necessity, of cmployinir every a structioi,; aaa tne;due exam,, Ple8, of -Punishifaeotj to prevent its considered, ivw one .Of :the turc io its hrghest state of deprav- latiocr. is canabte of committino i i , t a - . nwv" ce, uic aoseace Ol . mT: :"n PW WWji CTeatUrcS. It all fear .and '? reverence ) for the benevolence for his V " "-c- -V u-H - y ;iww divine cummands, Without co minK at ' to som wxthm the reach of htiraaa peoalties i though ia. . form c committed th'5.ilb5 ,an "dmals 5awe af deeply impnated oa the miads of f - - F - Vt I .Ji4 a.nar l"?J30Cltl0DS, ?mivu.w iwuium - in to l!vclyr a rembrance Jt '.cannot therefore be unscasohable oa the I present occasion, when so maov Participate mf or, to be affected by the admiaistratioa: of the1awr to examine particularly tne nature o antoaV V, 'V ; ' V. . x . ApeQnnho takca'ca oh cet." Me replied. " TA his Ma;eruthus 1 f I believe ia I oy opea violence because it s-l la consideration of iht .TtnA. thy esistence, u7 vod .1 that ;, ray soul is immortal ! cid' ; that I must hereafter fip'pear'befdrc thee to be judged for the - deeds done in the Hesh ! r I'deliberiitely cob senttnat thou mayest then adjudge ine to eternal misery f u i ao dov now tell the truth !" j " ' t' The book, in the t- authentici ty of which he thus solemnly de clares his belief, contains certain precepts on the subject, some of which, were delivered under such circumstances as compel us to ex pect that exact obedience to them will bei required. 44 Thou; shalt not take the' name of the Lord thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh hts name in vain." 4 Tfibu' shalt not bear false witness ; against thy neighbor,"44 A .false, Witness shall not be unpunished, and he - that speaketh lies shall; not, escape.'; 44 Te shall not swear by my name faselvbeither, shalt thoti prbfane the name of thy God.nk It is pot merely? by speaking a thing upon oathr ccntrary to our knowledge or belief, that these precepts arc w iuiabu. , wrwi oww) ' wvivvii. o 4 curfgtiub k vcry-Yiriuous.inopuise man speaks beyond his knowledge; and ioour estimate of the charact asserts with certainty .where rheter ofa false, witness, we scarcely only believes 5 or ptetends to be- know which feeling p'reftonderate oeucve, .witn -pertect . assurance, when he has, in realitv,only ground for conjecture. ' As a Vwitness is swora to tell the' whole truths he violates his oath if he conceal; with design, any thing which he thinks may be pi importance ; for withholding a truth, may'. as. freT 1 quenuy leaa 10 injustice asaavan-i eing the greatest - falsehood. : It j must result irom the nature of the things that many of these lyiolai viuu ui itu imiu uauiiuv uc jcauu-1 vac rneinoa would' oe to act ed by any human laws against per; minister oaths with creater solem- jury i but on that very account it becomes more necessary that men should be , puton their guard, and distinct W understand the respoa sibility they incur I consider it very clear that the : creat laws I have cited may be violated by any artifice which a witness mpiovs w. wwui wgww cu i state of a case. i - I Whea we; consider too the lauiouuy oi numan nature, audi how frequently men are ;niluen- by law where interest is' constant ced by4mprpper motives, some- hy: tempting men t se them times without perceiving it them4, selves, how often, esteem for one man and dislike, of another, party tore he testifies, and take care that nothing hirks in his heart thatmay corrupt his. integrity. Cases sometimes occur which pre sent xrong tempyaiions, cs mere- fore more particularly require self I examination, man. may ;n called to testify in a cause which he thinks may be his ; owo, :br oear some reaemoiance to one which he expects hereafter, and though he forms no design to mis represeatv-yet the bias of partiality colours , .every, .circumstance rie narfates, and, almost7 withdUt knowing, it b:mself9; he, makes a false impression da the miads of his hearers; v Some timea a.motive t i " f ' which has the appearance of .gen-i zeai, resenimcnv.or compassion, who are disposed to gain by; per will perverrthe judgmerita cau- jury? & to the injury of good'ones tions witness will deliberate be- who will not incur th trUtf- . 1 - . ... .: . ... . . . I erosityt may prompt nimotneiKoaT.uooARu counsel tor piainutt. illusionVthatit is a merit to traniilfp d HtlaT8i;for gress for the v sake ot ;serymg a .vlTuKr r1! r:?:r" ,1 '""K uu "r u,c UC5 OIs causes, and undueifavpur shown to histire to the. other. f f y.u w? Huu. ed with death by the common law 1:1. -Jiu lL X'mm 1 , r - ; "I "MW:T' laws ofRome. Penury commit - tfa rc vu fiae our view to the crime cad ita :oaSeauences. ; we should . dto; ed with dea ia- Frapce. The Ce cSrlSPK ' i;i m.m r-.:u-r,.uiL bribe, .and propos6da high ?V w "f4?? 44W i'- sumvas D200 for aV witness wiiuicu i rciaiiaviuu r d s Wear against. at one period off. the irocaan go u ua m. to fear, uhat Vhdnest wlaW W a todsa.ppI to might t di'Krred' froia ' feivring '.oa the part of tbs'huibaod, evidence I against mea .in capi-1 r - , . v v -e 1' ? talcases;? peradds to the destruction of life. ignominy and dishoaor. y yc c, : .Perjur ali7ays,iayolvcs the. violation of truth, and every sort of injustice ii aggravated where h i? the offspring of falsehood. ' Opet force' a taan tnay aometimes repel by bis personal! strength J or4th preventive aid of the law., Nci ther bae nor the; other can 'guard fiica froni the attack's! of 'la MU witness. , ;: , . -v . t -' v , , . . , C 44 This crime tends: ta destroy all confidence amongst men anL to undermine the foundations Aol society i for this (cannot J subsist without the administration of nub lie justice. Courts'and juries car. only execute the laws bvffiviocr1vlne were " false : and malicious: faith to witnessei : andwhentvei false, testimony : prevails, f the1 law beebmt s an instrument of injustice andoppressiati. Were it univer sally prevalent, there; must be; an end of civil government J 44 It cannot be extenuated, as at some other offences are. by paV- -sion ; outmost always be deliber ate. and malicious. ; Nothine'can Uo strougly bespeak a heart steel 1 terror or contempt. v ' , i, , and destructive every precaution ought to be Usedi-bVthe legisla- urc, .in enacting tne most ,eflectu al . laws, by magistrates, In car tionaad by, every member bf Q ng lcin into vigorous execu tne community, in expressing the utmost abhdjrrerice of the offence. arid striving to make the very iman gintionof it alarming to the mind.v hity thaa isc now used. Uadccd the hasty and irreverent manner ia which ihey are commonly T ad miaistcd is, ia itself, calculated to' lessen our respe.ctfor themi Another useful retnilation &ould be, to appoint as few oaths as pos sible i and never to require them uut upon .- important occasions ; for where thev nr taken ly, they will be taken irreverently ihev sheuld never be rrmiired falsely;, The design of them will then be frustrated, and they will operate to the benefit of bad men. ;v Oiir law punishes this crime with a fine aot excecdining $00, with standing 5 in the p t ort f or one hbur, the loss of both ears, and a, disqualification toVive tes timony thereafter."''' rf' ' V- YROM THE ClOLUJiB TAK. LAW INTELLIGENCE. N. York JJfayor'a Court. , Sally ksdaUvs. I fomas'Devine . and -Margaret: his wife ProktitutiSn! tried before honor j the Recorder, t theprseot term. The I trui occupied; thre day, and excited .wATfeVVK I ties resides at Newton, m Queen : county, , . -;) , f , 7 ; Vl-,, u' .Jt..Lu lasted for three da ysX unfolded a disgusting scene of iniquity , v A vountr' lad v . aeeirl lU' &uu i. :uT.l it -appeared) brought fo ward as I wt;li.. . 4t nA witnesses some- were proveo to have ueea actually bribedand 1 ; tt,Tcr, u.;, tx!..:. a that Miss Esdall aad that his i ' ,, " jf ' . t M 4 Am Mi " A ladin the defeadaats em Ploy when;he decliaedserYiac f. t Jv m,: JlZ ill ' V , . un'cbout haU'past binev canitaily" thsm- i V .u.u , v", I severe and. concluded cuamct .1 V'... -: .f. 1- " - T - ---- - . s - , - r . v w don of Thomas Dvinei who h3, oeeabrought.intothiadimcuit by the extrcmely.sbamefal and t scandalous conduct bf Margaret - ,H 10 mitigate the acibuntof I. damage'; sad accordingly, find a " Verdict , (01 the Plaiotirof Vighth'unjlrcd dollars anii bsts'.'i ; -A:'' ' KeYork MayorV Courts T ,i-'s mc juiur wiJUi iri;a (inis fj caua6 do;-jia addition to the6 veto :7 ,dict of S800; certify d declared th&t -the wproV spot V. and piiUTl fished by the wife' of Thomas Dt: & that the attempt to injure Miss i I? ' J ' lit . ' v tempt to destroy the 'character of; a ' worthyy deserviog and' innocent '", female, & do deem it a duty as' far assays in our power,' to"; restore 1 her and ber family to the respect and Aattectibdrbf their theiL'hb:r 'J and friends; July,26, .116. v John Good, , I Divid Rocrrs, 4 W m. Boffardua , J3enj , S. Knapp, Stephen Dando. John Stephens, Jrir' Stephen Seguine, Wjn.'W, Rasfee! wm..v.;rorakins . Tohri Connor.' Ncivt0vnt fZi IJ July 201817;,, CentlemenThe; patience yaii dicovered in the tedious examina tfon i or thewltnesses the ardent desire you; manifested to extract -the ; truth,;'and the- result;as ex pressed by the verdict of all were.' to have been expectedlrm the . imposingobligatibn; which ' you and VD.ur, fellows, as jurors, were. ;jndcr butwhenJX received from : you by ;thcJhands of a friend, the voluntary certificatewhicb yon : have beea pleased to transmit to me, retributive5 justice compels me; to say, to the character of the Juror yoil Jhave added'that of the. times more thaU the sum, meu tioned in the verdict. ; . io'the above named furors . ' T : ttritaMMMMB ' ' .--'8'-." Lute At from Eocland.1. ; The paper from which we havc' made the foregoing abstract coa tains London dates to the 19th of Junev They afford : nothing of material importance; 1 The an-' pearance of the harvest in Europe had improved very 'considerably ;in consequence, the . prices of M urciu 8iuu3 uaa not improved. Notwithstanding tliis ' VircuraW stance a new order had been, is- sucu me ruisn government intp;the ports Vof that kingdom,, from all parts of the ; world Dis- turoances continued in ' EnfflandJ1; aubc ojju rciaaa. i ne naoeas corpus suspension act, had igoricV through his A majesty's n faithful auu naa ocen; read: twice iri the1 house; of peers. Xri- j'liS -r WJL& r - Tf avsuu 4uu uj i euo prisoners had bcea acquitted after a trial of seven days v contmuance.-r-tWili' Cobbett go back after he , finds the a danger-, disappearing ; Whea Watsons acquittal was announced the court and the avenues ieadihr w it, rcsuuuuea witn trie tumul tuous acclamations of. the rpopu4 lace He ias conducted ia ;tri- tmph through m aay of the streets-. greeted aad applauded by the pco ple?whtrcve'rbe passVd. ;' r f - lean coataincd many other articled which we wished to ;copy.: bWit was impossible, owinjg to the cijr cumstance alread)r cxplaia ed.- We nave hbweveri given belotrV the heads of the mosty impdrtacC advices contained jb thc paperr not already; aoticedl i :A :vfi - Accounts from' Soath Acicrica ; fatherland thegentleman ; atid ; ; bcleive me,8 when I . assure vouj , that I prize that certificate : 100O, state, that Bolivar had again deV serted the iadepeaderit .Standard, " "r aad had repaired to St Thomas's-: His army had joined t gen.' IJi ar ; who had succeeded in capturinrj. Augustine by absdlute starvations y The royalists it is said, had taken ' the Island of Marriritta ; adm . uiron naving pre viouilyj lett XazZ place, ;with 22 armed vessels. - 1 - Mr.'J. rQ. Adami1 errived d NY.pathe thiosti .Vr-;' ; The British frigate InconctsoV sir. JD.yeo,-ri3 crrjved at Nct7 York, wit V fj 2&5&&QO i Z i05g ("V:l r v. !..ci-iru mmoy rising, ana vtr,i"--r -rr-vrr "V? be oro ctit-dfc ; -SWf prccepior of the .ecademyJ Atoitv, ifhat he sayabe MsJf ; ' CA-rr' f .;a1V ;Handta5scatro3peI ts rcsrlsljrrtNvf'C : . . f - Z 1, ' " ; . .w-------.4--- .y Ik, n . 1 ....
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