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u ,'1 4 Si 2 I s I. y yyarr "t1 H?iV TheG en ctal wncjudcd Vis viodl lciori oaS JtuVday' ftbout f o!ock; Wchavenot been enaoico.to oor tA'm a ' complete topy': but offer the '-yYoUcririog as correct statement as, .;. V Ha4 Vl "o&'&tea n6tial .? ictUngs, in the circumstances bicb I "ticcisn irty appearance ' bcfortTydu . vl'sh&aid'hafe. preserved an'invio!a " ble silence vfith regard .to the cm trirances of a combination of me'o, nrhMWouId Jneritably sink into con Hempt, werethejr -deprived of parti -'cutar notice.' jVTkey bad something . to gain in a contest vith the Com j wander in Chief of the American, A r jny ; but to defeat their machinations -;and ain a victory over them, would "add nothing to the reputation of Ge .rieral Wilkinson. - i The office which I have the ho nor to hold under the government, extorts from me a vindication of my .motives aud actions, which all the artificcs'of my most malignant Ene mies could never have impelled me to offer to the world t I owe it to my countrymen in general, and to jny family, ctt, friend, and my profes sion In t-rticularj to demonstrate that the - commission I wear is not tarnished by my character; and in doinp so, I, conform to that sacred principle of the- constitution which inculcates a respect for the good opi nion of ur fellow men. ' " The crime with which t am charged,! the darkest in the gloomy catalogue of human vijlainie. and, to a soldier of sentiment and, of honor; is more frightful thin plague or pes tilence ;' more afflicting than the loss of life or liberty. To substantiate an offence of such magnitude, it was certainly to be expected that my ac cusers would have trusted to somr orcrt act, exhibited some respectable living witness, or produced some me morial in my hand writing: bul they have, appealed only to the evidence of unautbenticated documents, to the Tile suggestion tf black-hearted ca- j & lumny, and to the mouldering tc ' tf.Z nnt of the grave : to suspicion I J V have been called to oppose legal tcs- J,i timony to simple assertion!, the , . j solemnity of oaths ; and it ha$ beer jXfl imperiously proclaimed that I am ! guilty and undone, unites I can prove ;7 ' a negative, before the affirmative has ;j been plausibly verified. From-the )!; 1 malicious absurdity, of such logic. ' iff I might securely shelter my fame Un-er the maxims ot law and the common sense of mankind ; but a military mac,' when he enters on the protection of bi honor, scorns to avail himself cf 'any rules, however wise; of any sentiment, however just, which . might furnish the wicked specious' pretext to arraign his mo tives." In battle for his country, hr employs the arts and implemr-nts of war ; but in defence of his reputa tion, he presents no weapon but pure reason ; he uses no art but guileless tru'h. k If magnanimous men had spoken cf me with disdain, I should indeed have frit mjself mortified and hum 11..: ; but surely it can excite little inrpiizt that I should remain calm aitiidt,ungenerous practices, oltho intended to destroy me, when their au.hors are known, and w ben you reflect, that there always exist m the political world, men who ft-cd and fit; en upon calamities, as the stork i rs upon serpents. My accusers affect to wonder that I should adopt a mode of vin dication, which involves the integri ty of thtir own characters ; but ou wII perceive, gentlemen, they havr placed me', in a situation which ad mits ho -'other course of defence. In ordinary cases, it is held that eve iv.rnan hall be considered innocent until i her is convicted of guilt ; but with respictto me the rtSle has been reversed,' and' I am declared to be guilty 1 5 tmtil I can prove my inno cence.': I will' ask you, gentlemen, is it possible to substantiate by posi tive testimony, that a man has not oommitted this or that act f The ir.ore spotless the accused, the more difficult it'is for him to bring wit Besses to txcXllpate himself from a particular crime all edged against kirn ; for the non-existence of the fict'balEes the application of testi mony. I repel the infamous charge of hating received base bribes from the Spanish government for corrupt purposes By the holiest affections of the soul, and the most noble feel ing! of the heart, I protest it is the fabrication of ferocious revenge! and being false, my only avenue to jus tice is to shew, that those Who pre fer it are governed by. impure mo tives, knd are unworthy ofcreditJ If m.v. ,clTniR ox mm, I must fee cu)pble : but if T rb .v.. .i I - iwfs tuai IUCJ axe not, I demonstrate my own inno ceucc. At once nest, they urge the trial, and furnish J to cross examine nriipd; eibse authority and.'sKrfnk.fromfair. cn- It is imDbsed'bn roe. in defence of my qspersed.honortp tipveil the action of4hiy enemiesv' that J tnay expoiefthe Joul; inicreitt by ?btch they are moved t tne otnee is a pain ful pheV and the anUcTrmtion Aioands my; sensibility. s ; 1 ; Hallowed fdrever.be the leelihgs of honorable , minds !r respected ;thj obligations of social correspondence ! If,- in.tno course ot inis Tinaicaaon I draw-your attention to the contents it prrviite letters in corrooorauuu ui Ait reasoning, ! trust the necessity of the case", and Uie. proceedings of my adversaries,-tnay speat mj apo "!otrv. " V.' : " " . ;. The General then pfoceeded to investignte .the' charges adduced L M nvcstlgnte.inc .cnargea aaauceu .gainst him, the substance of which we shall from time to time gtve to the. public, as , correctly as notes, founded upon recollection, will en ahle us ; unless we should succeed m our endeavors to procure a com- plete copy of the proceedings. The deposition of Mr. Clark was the;raam subject of the General's consideration i And here he went into a minute scrutiny of all its parts, adducing several deposition which go to invalidate its most ma- tenal allegations, and produced a great number of letters from Col. Clark, the uncle and patron of the present'DanielClark, together with many from the latter fail of a date subsequent to the period of the Ge neral's alledged connection with the Spaniards) which vindicate the General from the charge of a Spa uish connection, speak of him in terms of ardent affection, respect, veneration and gratitude, as a man firmly attached to the interests of the United States, and always pre pared to assert their rights. In some, of the letters of Mr. Clark ;he writer represents himself in a carious character ; as a person who can play any part to attain his ob ject ; capable of canting, whining. fee. to dive into the views of men : And in other letters,. there is an equivocal squinting at ttunr's pro ject, a glance at what he calls the Land of Promise" which, com bined with the particulars of va rious depositions submitted to the court bv General Wilkinson, con clusively go to establish Mr Cs conaivance with Col. Burr. It would be impossible to do justice to this part of the vindication in a sketch like the present ; suffice it to sa i that the general placed Mr. Clark's politics and morals in the most odious point of view imagi nable! and fixed upon him the eal of infamy, by alledging his perju ry,' and supporting his allegation by what appeared to be the most irrefragable testimony, in the case of the ship Grand Sachem. From the many voucher pro duced bv the General to substan tiate Mr. Clark's hostility to the government of the United States and concurrence in Burr's plans, the following is selected oh account of its force and clearness The reader will remember that at this very time Mr C. was a delegate in Concress. It is from Lieut. Murray's deposition I quote ; and the reader may rely upon its cor rectness t fc Lieut. Taylor (Lieut. Murray declare?) arrived at Fort Adams, where he was stationed, in March, 1806, and informed him he was calculated on as one to bear part m an expedition against Mexico; ihat he had come for the express purpose of proposing the plan to him and of carrying him back to New-Orleans ; that he (Murray) mlist reconnoitre Baton Rouge as he went down the river, as it would be assigned to him to take that place, and observed ' as your par ticular friend Mr Clark is con cerned, of course you cannot hesi tate.. Murray proceeded to N. Orleans with Taylor, and was in vited to dine with Judge Work man ; where they laid open to him their plan of seizing bn Nciy-Or-leans, impressing the shipping, ta king Baton Rouge, and joining Mi randa byjway of Mexico ; after which ; ho (Murray) declared he would cot disgrace his commission and the country that gave him birth by having any thing to do with it : but afterwards related to his' friend mm m m m ' Mr., Clark all that had passed, at Judge Workman?; and told hitoht (Murray J was calculated on ib"at tack Baton Roitgey which he (Jlfr, Clark J advised him by all means to do ; ' and urged as an inducement, that he C Mr Clark J xvas coming J c could. trouble jifmK fMurrefo-iey.. (Murray) wuidbcin.a situation, totaifcaftiffi General V.flkmson)m othetvdrds, tbat Burr would be in! pbssesston of ther.country . -):i Among the great variety of do ctinHents,sul) muted by tjie General, ivas'a letter from Thomas. Po wer' ; which, from its peculiatj cast, made so great an impression that we venture to give the following as a correct copy : ' j ; ' C1 HaVing been laid .'tip the se lotir da whh catarrbf SOre throat & r y , a , . -n nnJortnn:tv r seci' Bradford's scurrilous, lyingi ptible Bttack me until thig taVrning. I Avishito know if comc fr0m - . - f fi. trifl. f u i . ' rill6e any cbstitck tomy teeing vow; and if hot, at what hour, con venient toy6ur$ef may I call on you tomorrow r i The reader is 'requested to bb serve, that this letter preceded the certificate of Mr. Power given on the 16th MaV 1807. which went to exculpate thevGeneVat from the very charge to which power alludes as having been published tn Brad ford's paper, and which ' have been since repeated by Mr. Clark. The conclusion ot the General s revie w of the testimony was manly and affecting t He contrasted in glowing colors nis own coaauci i . - ' i with that ot his enemies, -and em phatically appealed to the justice and patriotism of his country Neither the judges nor the spec- ators could, without strong emo tions', behold the tear of sensibility bedew the cheek of the patriot sol dier and saviour of his 'country from the machinations of treason. VVc shall endeavor to give" a sketch of the concluding part in the course of the week. Phom'tic National IntelUincmr cftfuly After a fall investigation of 8uch evidence and circumstances in the case of Genl. Wilkinson as have come to the knowledge of the Court of Enquiry in the course of its pro ceedings, a correct statement of which is hereunto annexed, and af ter mature deliberation upon the same, the following opinion on the amount of the testimony is res pectfully submitted. It has been proved to the satis faction of this court, that Brigadier-General James Wilkinson had been eneaetd in a tobacco trade with Governor Miro of New-Or leans, before he entered the Ame rican army in 1791 ; that he recei ved large sums of money for to bacco delivered in New-Orleans, in the year 1769, and that a large quantity of tobacco, belonging to him, was condemned and stored in New-Orleans in that vear $ but it has not been proved, and after the fullest investigation and'eompari son of testimony in possession of the court, it does not appear, that he has received any money from the Spanish government or any of its officers, or agents, since the year 1791, or that he has ever received money from that govern ment or its officers (or any other purpose than in payment for to bacco, and other produce, sold and delivered by him or his agents. It has been stated by the Gene ral, that after his damaged tobacco had laid some years in store at N. Orleans, his agent there! received for it and remitted to him the se veral sums, credited in the copy of an account current presented by him and marked No. , and un der the impression that the letters accompanying the said account were written by his said agent Phi lip Nolan, the court think it highly problable that the statement is cor rect. They however dq .not con sider the verity of it of the least importance in the case, since if he receive the money as stated, the transaction was fully justifiable, and if he did not so receive t, therejs' no proof of his having received it atalL.. :x .-' vj.y,.- , v It is therefore the opinion of this court that there is no. evidence of Brigadier-general James Wilkin son's having at' any time Received a pension from the Spanish go vernnienti or of hisJiaving receiyi ed nion ey from thr govern menfc "of opam,or,any oi iits ouicerjiWa the court njis bo hesitation in say- rogma as-r3 Hsqucuas been 1eVel6ped WiSn43rt;Iie;' appears? to :taire discharged thectii- ties ot ns stauon ;witn vnonorito (uiuscu duuuucuiy iu nts country. , Tbejibsriber: has'fbrsaeir-l ' ' .vNd-vir.ijni the stocks. : Borden one hutiBred and seventy-six tons,1 built of the best of .Wite Oakand'the Plank of the test heitrt of PitchrPine & in a workmanlike manner, . F3"tertns5F apply to 1 ' ,,. AMBROSE JONE Ktntton; -Mdv 23, . . . StATE OF NORTH-CAkOLIlTAv v. Mecklenburg County, . a -i xVf ItIL O J 5 S ION 5, - iCV. HeJrs of Win., Wil son,! sen. dec Petition far the hi versus The H.epresenta tives of Wra. VVil ion, jun. dec and Robert Wilson. vition cjhf Lands "J taid William ., 4' " ' . , . . . tr ? Tjfjhaving been sugppested that the Defendants to this Petition-Jive with out the ; Limits of this .State- It. is" there fore Or&rtdby the Court, that the Clerk make advertisement for' sixty days in the Raleigh Register, that the- Defendants to this Petition appear at our next July Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, then -and there "to shew cause, if any they hate, why the Prayeof tue Petitioners should not; be granted- Otherwise, th Patition will be neard tx parti. By Order of Cuurt. Tesi, I ALEXANDER, C. M. . , State of North-Car 6 linai 'Gatt County Court, May Tmrm, i808. ohn Pipkin Original Attachment, James Brittle. Returned j Levied on a Fishery on Chowan River, and the lands belonging thereto 1 N this Case, it aDneariner to the satisfaction of the Court, that the De fendant resides without the State, it it or dered, that Notice be gWen in the Raleigl. Register, that unless he come forward at the next term, and replevy said property, final judgment will be entered against him. JU.THRO SUMNER, elk. DH. ROBINSON, "tj AS just received, at his Shop on Hay street, Fayetteville, a fresh and and genera! Assortment of GENUINE MEDICINES, which he will sell on rea sonble terms. . . , . He has Castor Oil by the dozen, a quan lit)r of Gld Leaf, QjicV silver, Aquafor , tis, strongest Spirit of Nitre, and most of the Patent; Medicines nnw in use. , r Fayetteville, June 20 Five Hundred Dollars Reward. Treasury Department, May 28, 1808 TT has recently been made known to this .Department, that on the first day 6 f June, 1807, the first moieties of the under-mentioned , Notes of the Bank of the United Statesj were inclosed by William Keais,, fcsq. Collector of the Customs at WashiBgton, North' Carolina, in a letter addressed to Thomas Tudor Tucker, Esq, Treasurer of the Un red States, anU.put into the Post-Office at that place and on the 8th day tf June, 1807, the second moieties ef the said Bank Notes were . inclosed addressed and put into the P6stOffice as aforesaid ; neither of which letters, with the notes inclosed, have been received On the back of each moiety of every note was writtea the name of Wjlian Keais, and on one part of the back f all-or most of the notes, was writ. ten the name of Lewis Leroy ;'from which circumstance, the notes may with certainty be traced and delected. Payment of the notes has been stopped at, the Bank of the United States,' and its several Offices of Discount Si' D. posit; and a Reward of Five Hundred Dollars wil; be pa d to any person who 'shall; give such information to this Department, as shall produce the convic tion of the offender by whom the letters containing; the said nonps were purlr ined rstoUiu i ALBERTXiALLATlN, I k Secretary of tbt Treasury description of Notes k V: Dat. . T6 whoih paytbU. Dollars. 1401 July 20, 1804. Adam Gitcr.sr, ? I or bearer ai Charleston, 100 1428 July 20 1804, do. do. ; 100 224 March 12, lfc05, do. do. 100 4729 Feb.27, 18U7. do, do. ,100 4790 Feb.7, lbW, do. do. 100 2641 Mar.; 19, 1805, Joseph Habersham, ML Savannah, 100 2620 DoJ do.- do. 100 2666 Do.l do. do. 100 2774 Do;! do, do, 100 35 April $, .1806, W, Warner, at . il' the Bank of the H S 100 3061 April 16, 1805, Cornelius Ray, . - I ,5: New-York, 100 3841 Jan. 22, 1802, do. s 100 1973 July 20, 1804, Adam Gilchrist, '.. . ji . M Charleston, 1 50 3609 March 12, 1805, do - 50 2183 July 20, 1804, do. ' , 0 1265 Mir.i23; 1804, Jos. Hcbersham, ; ' a, - I . s Savannah, 50 .1355 Do.i I do. do. , .5 5597 ' Nov.! 18, 180i, .. ' . d. ; 5ii ! v;; rj- -- ":- ' Dollars Uod tyust feceivedy And for iale by the Printer h ereojpTrce '5s 'U- v ' JL eovpendut P'iero of ti t (PV ; TRIAL OF AARON Together with Biographical Sketches" of tontfadggM securing eTOted;Stitevf aStiiSS uk egra Musttphi, t6mMt I k old. dark completion-, shrot yelil?0?c ' dark, angry . 'passions HeS ,Ve " forhavuig rmkw3S I occasions him to walk n4i iZZ ich. that when lie izmKsJ t,iti : high? His arms havt TnurK 1 01 5 down; if not lower than his knw? ' i. l he above described ycunip mn , ' enticed vff, on Monday Whf 2!?!!'r 1 a NegroFellow called Moss or M. about 28 years old, of a da'rkisK, t tih, very lohtr headl foh., j ComPlec. rather largd hi teeti fJ i o hts general bchaviouf hP ; ,ell?- submissive; he jsa cdmj4ete bodvs.51 and; andy lowith mos about horses.., k He carried off Wlti, t- ! cloaths which 'a'Te remarkable, t& ' olJ-ve great coat. Of bearskin. ; 1 - aa s i ne aooveieion. ana slave wen have 3een" .traced in company abom ' miles from Edeiiton. It isconjcturdr!, ! Arthur HoWe;will conduct Mnss asf3 ' Virginia, and may1 sell him several til5 -' on h'S journey ; and Muss having acijuaintarrces m Norfolk, PtrsburKa ? Hichmomf,,. may endeavour, th'rbaghthd f assistance, to make his escape to ttt n(m wircl. i., Arthur Howe has relaticf 8 Dfe? Wiirrtirigtbri, in this State, and v4!, in 'CTjephessee t to one of-.Z places he will probably endeavoni tA ; vel,afterparting with the aforesaid nezt i - To the above reward will be adrW , ' ' VellingiejcpeTices and reasonable wages W the delivery of rthe aforesaid How, Negro Must,' to me in this place, or Fifty I Dollars for ei-her of them. r 'i . " ' MATTHIAS 17 Cinrwr. S Mdenton. Tfune 21, r One UiiSidred Dollars Hewari' 0n $dti&day bilastjro7n the Subsvibtt ' ! XiWOMULATTOFELLOWjj.natnei ' Anthony and Daniel. It is stmnntp that they took with them, a likely dark brown welding,, nearly black, about 6 Mr A years oiu, wun a wnue spot mhisfott. head, and his near hind foot white: a d likely iron, grey Marej about 9 yearj old ' ana w nanasnigo. i neranest otthe Ma.. ?attoeshasa Scar On one of his WW and another on the Cap of his Knee : tfm other is low; and thickset, with a scarra ther over his left Eye both young, but lttle more than twent) , l heir workini? Dress is Negro , Cotton, but they have with them two good.'wansdown Waist- - coats, one a deep Urange colour ; a Blue Second Cloth Coat : and various mixei rfomespun Pantaloons and Coats. Tho imall sthadS U2 yds. Woollen Blue Clmh. d; Iivered ju&tJjeFore he went away Thqr ook an oia ctaaaie wiijn large piatea ncssjisj . ron Stirrups and Red Padding, the Lea- ther torn y a ountry-twilledMealBag. aa old plated Bit Bridlej some leading tines. and a Fiddle. .It is supposul they are making for Tennessee or the Mia mi. They nave Money, and one has taken a iilie. the other a Musket Any person vh . will bring the said Mulattoes and Horses tothe Subscriber, shall reteivejhe above revwf and his reasonable expenses paid him by'; . . JJiO WILLIAMS Chatham County N C Nov.S Qtb,im i -- SHERIFFS' SALES. WILL BE SOLD, In the ttmn of Wiikestx rough, on Friday lis "26tb aay of August next, .' THE following.' Tracts, of Land, Or so much thfreof as will be suErertf to satisfv the Taxes due thereon for the year 1806, togetner with the costs, &c, ; 100 acres, given in by John Allen, lying on t he Elk m creek. k 263 acres, by John Check, on do. 220 do by Jas. Harris, on the waters off Elkin, creek. ' 100 do. by H nry Pratt on do. 375 do by Ehsha Chambers, on Fish er's creek, waters f 60 do. by Tandy Carter, on the water of the Yadli in river 180 do. Custom Cogshear, on the ws ters of Hunting creek. 240 do. not g'ven in, belonging to Bo man Cast on do. 150 do. given in by Jacob Hinsha. joining Urry line. m 180do.by James Johnson, on the Bicsby , Mountain. : ' 1CX) do by Zechariah . Holbrook, W , Roaring river waters. ' ' 130 do bv Jesse Maitjaid, on do. 50 do, bv' Wm-. Scalf, on Savd creek- luO do. bv Israel Walters, on Roanrff rTver . ' : ' 66 I 2 do, by Hugh Napper, on " 100 do: by Jacob Hagler, on Yadkm met-' 200 do- bv Jonathan M'Calbs, on. do. 125 do. by: Wm. Underwood, on the w ters of Yadkin. f , , u 1 150 do. by R ichard Jacks,, Glady y, tSO do. by IsaiatvBaker, on Hunting ciKt. 1U0 do. by Joseph Edson, on do. 250 do. by Jesse Fitzpatrick, on iiuac . ing creek waters, ' . ; Vi 100 do, by Khcde Keaves, on , 250 do. by Richard Gcx, on m. -A Fork waters: j A 1 100 do. by Sam. Scott, on brassy y. j 273 do. not g-ven in, the pjoperr ot,. George Robertson, on Grsssy torn 10Q do giVn MiW Joan Brushy Mountain.; V., . ... H r.nblr. i by Sarah wumpnresa, - s . creek. . ... ..c. 100 do. by Jas, DawsoiiKon coi v water . ,,St 100 do: by Harper Carland, on bianch v. . Y)f iu Vi ltut k r Roarer SamuLWalker, on the waters of creek.1-- -. ' . .. -L.K!ij ' 10do. g Win by Barbara vyT" onBrushy Mountain. ATW ; jf ' it.siu rk Sine a. ' 1 V.-jJfieotJ for corrupt pu5rabV aad. - 2f&f!? ;? : , ; 1 - A ' -i -
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