\ -4^ % Bp tlj t.3 .Das's iiDaiL BOSTON, June xy. CIRCUIT COURT. On Monday,the 1 oth iiifl.Davis Brown, v-ho h;id pleaded guilty to an indiftment for fediticus writings and praftices, was fenten- Cetl by the Court to pay a fine of 400 dollars, -and to eighteen months impnfoninent. The indiftment v,'as lengthy. The two f.rft counts confided of numerous extrafts from two roaoirfcripts, written by the defen dant : tlx- contents of which he has induf tricully circulated in different parts of the commonwealth. These writings are replete with the rrioft malignant and perverse misre presentations of the views and measures of the government of the United States. The g.iv.rnrr.eiit is represented as " a tyrannic *ffcciat«Qn of about five hundred out of five millions, 4 ' to engross to themfclVes " all the bent-lit of public property, and live " up on the ruins of the reft of the community." All the means which a vicious ingenuity ■could lutrgeft, appear •to have been used by him to create d;fc(fntei>>, and to'excite a tnong the people, hatred and opposition to tbsirgovernment. The last count in the in iiccmeajt was for procuring a label to be pain ted'anu affixed to apote evefted at Dedham, m Qftober lad, the. fallowing words recited ;r the indiftfnerrt, made part of the kifcrip- No Stamp-Aft ; no Sedition, no A r*n-3ill; no Laiirf-Taj.; Downfulto the Ty rants o\ America ; iVvce and Retirement to tfiti Prcfujeut ; Long Live the Vice-Prefi flc.it and the Minority." The indiftment vs. s founded on the second feftion of the Aft of July 14, 179?, commonly called the fe d i tioc'-Aft, ;:nd the writings composed and vublifhed by the defendant, were alledged to r.avebeen done " with intent to defame the government of the United States, the COll - and Prt'lident of the United States, to .bring them iato contempt anddifrepute : to excite agaiiift them the hatred of the good people of the United States-, and to stir up se dition therein ; and to excite unlawful com binations therein for opposing and refilling divers good" ajnd wholefom'e, laws of the-U ---nited States, and to aid, encourage and abet the hoitile deU-;tis of the Republic of France 'against' the United States, their people and government." Tlie defendant having on his firft arraign* trier,t pleaded Not Guilty, a day was afligned -for his trial. The witnesses were summoned on the \part of the United States, and though the-defendant,. at the time afligned for trial, retraited his firft pica and pleaded Guilty, the Court thought proper to examine the wit- Jjefle's pre IVat, that the degree of his guilt might be duly ascertained. Horatio Townsenb, Esq. teftifiedjthat he heard Brown reading one of the Manu scripts to a coileftion of people at a store in Medficld, lome time in Oftober InfL He re collected a paflage recited in the indiftment, in which fjjie occupation of government is , .fta{ed tp be, " to plunder and steal the buli ; ness of thd people,"to lecrete their property by fraud," fee. in which passage Joel. -''Barlow is quoted. Brown wasendeavou ring to obtain fiibfcribfers—Mr. Town- sknd fi*|t {0 indignant at the sentiments read, ey defc|ki,nit from his book, that he did Slot flay to hear the whole. They appeared *0 him to make impreflions on several of the byfianders, unfavourable to the government. Rev. Mr. Barker, of Middleborough, that Brown called at his house in Odober, or early in November last, and pre sented to him a maunfeript, which he said he inttndfcd to publilh, and wifKed Mr. B. to correct.—The manuscript was left at Mr. B's house several days, and was taken away ■by Brown. Mr. Barker, read several pages of it. and laid it aside without further atten- lion : recognizes it to be the"fame (hewn to him in Court, ana which is in part recited is the indi&ment. Brown mentioned to Mr. : Barker, that had obtained a numcer of sub scribers, and wilbed to have the boop; pub lished before the then approaching day of e lectton for a number of Cor.giefs, in the third southern diftrift. James Ford, of Milton, teftified, that Brmtm called on him some time lafl autumn with a collection of papers, the spelling <:nd writing of which were bad ; he wished the witness to corredl and copy some of them for publication ; part of them Browru read to the v.-itnefs, anS he recollects the {"entime.nts 'ir.d expreiffions to be the fame as is r cited in the second Count in thevndiftment. The part lecolle&ed hy Mr. Ford, contains the following »«, and treaion-iaw, and the exorbitant taxes Britain wop- about to fetch on its without .•reprtTentatio.i, are m?w brought on us by the •representatives of (peculators, and 110J of the people; which it is to be feared that the ma jority of. the Ik-Uk- of Congress are at this day, and hfive, been for a number of years ; who have represented the new lands into their hands the soldier's pay., and are determined to rjjHvfent tha ftt>ck and farms of the yeo riiativy, to bring the country into lord's te nants and boroughs. The firft ftrat gem ■vtiich the fiends of darkness made use of, was to mate a new treaty with Britain, to '•ymuni the republican government of Ame- rica." Mr. Ford did Hat corn:ft or copy the r.ishjifcript as rroue(l^d, TiitE'tlAH BAKEH,fome time lad fail was r-ill-d into the liouie of his motlier-in-law, P"3ham,in consequence of the appearance of who excited fame appre h"i:frons. It was David Brovr j who loon P" .!uced Ins mannfcripts, and begun , to road them. I\V. Bakkr recolle&s diftin&ly on ly wWt related to the sale of the public lands and the charge of fraud and corruption in the coit3uV> of government in that bqfinefs. Jo it ra"Ki nqr b{•s r, of Dec! bam'. Brown was at his "hotife twice previous to the ere&- :on of the pole in October la ft, and lodged their. His time in one of tiie viiits was occupied in a conference with-a brother of the witfiefs, oil Paine's Age of Rstfon. At anotii-jr tun; J. e r;-.ti hn r.uruifcripts ; and the witness recoHefts fotnc of the pas. 'ages mentioned by Mr. Townsf.*o. y Amekiau C\ Aris». I). Vrowji" ap'plie. to hini in Oftober last, to paint the board aiv lab«l mentioned in the indiftment, which h did, and received his. pay from Brown : h copied the label from a writing delivered tp him by Broivn. Luriibß Ellis, law a number of,people, about 40 or 50 a pole near the high way in Dedham, in Oftober last. Bratyn was there, and held the ladder, while another person ascended, affix to the pole the label mentioned in the indiftment. The people wboereftcd the po'le f.-emed earnestly enga ged in the bulinefs, and were harlh in their to the witnefs-and some others who were fpeftatcrs and were ofdi fie rent po litical (entiroents. , After this examination the Attorney for the United States exhib ted and read to the Court, some other feditiou3 writings, taken from Brown at the time of his commitment. They were in rhime. One entitled, " A Dagger for 1 yrants." e ntained the mod virulent inveftive against the Prelident and Government of the Uni ed States. The i dentity of the papers was established by the the testimony of th marshal of the Hi (I lift, who teftifkd also to Brown's acknowledg ment that he composed them. There was also produced a contra ft for a printing prei~3 and types, to be delivered to Brown. The contrast was made in March lall, a (hart time before his commitment. After thi& enquiry, his Honor Judge Chase, observed to B<ovin, that having pleaded guilty to the l'ndicim thrown himfelf on the mercy of the c<mrt, It became him to conduft frankly and fincsreh : and to evidence his fincefity and contrition by disclosing to the Government those who had prompted and aided him in his miichieTaus add dangerous pu suits, arid by delivering up the lift of fubfetibers to his pernicious wri ting's. - He replied, that on (he Monday follow ing tie would deliver to the court, in writing foroe < MervHions relative to his fitnation, aad e«ni.vCT. When called to the bar to receive sentence, he delivered in a paper in which he exprefles his sorrow for utterisg his political sentiments; " more especially," he adds,, " in the way and manner I did ut ter them." By "giving -up the names" to which the Court referred, " I (hall loose," fays he, " all my friends." He promises to conduct as a peaceable citizen in future, and requests that his punilhment may be wholly by imprisonment, and not by fine. Judge Chase, previous to declaring the sentence of the Court, made some very im- obfervations to Brown on the nature, malignity and magnitude of his offences; on the vicious induitry with which he had cir culated and inculcated his disorganizing doc trines,'and impudent falfhoods: and the ve ry alarming and dangerous excefle* to which he attempted to in-ite the uninformed part of the community. The court, he observed, Taw no fatisfa&ory indication of a change of disposition, or amelioration of temper; and found nothing disclosed in the paper deliv eredto them To ju !ify a mitigation of that punishment which his very pernicious and 'dangerous praftices demanded. David Brown appears to be .between 40 and 50 years of age. He fays he was born in Bethleham, in Conne r, icut; spent the early part of his life, to use his own expres sion to the Court, «' in farming and study." and was some time in the- army during the revolutionary war; since that time he has been in foreign countries.; has written preached politics fpr almost two years past; a nd according to in one of his manuscripts. has been in, or has" direct in formation" from 80 towns in .the ■Common wealth. And audapiaufly predifts that the people will finally break oqt like the burn ing mountain of Etna."- [The proceedings of the court, relative to B. Fairbanks in our next.J NEW-YORK, June jo. During: the ft rm on Tuesday evening a part of theconvi&s in the State Prison piade a second attempt te escape. With a piece of tin from one of the close f|:ools they cut the mortar frsm a (lone * the wall until they could take out the stone itfelf, and when they had formed a vacuity large enough, qne of them, uaißed Johnfori, crept through it, and broke i pen the door of the front cell. By this means he got into the blackfmich's (hop, from whence he tsok a hammer, and broke 12 padlocks. When the convi&s who were thus liberated, had entered the yard, they made a fcaffold to scale the -.vails, and seven of these daring offenders escaped before the keeper could procure the neceffa ryafiillance to prevti.t it. A. Reward of 50 dollars is offered for their apprehension. MELANCHOLT! During the frightfnMtorm that was ex perieced last evening, the lightning, which was unulually awful and vivid, struck a house.on Governor's Island, iefcended down the chimney, killed one man and wonnded three others, one of tiiem bndiy. " The names of the unfortunate men we have not been able to learn A botife atßrooklyn belonging to Mr.Mal com, was likewifc ttruck, the chimney of which was broke to pieces, and several of the family stunned, but not materially inju red. Also, a (table in the Bowery was struck, and 3 horses killed. JUST RECEIVED From Barcelona, in tbe Danish brig Aurora., Captqin Scblid'Jng, 416 pipes-high-fiavored Brandy, 364 sacks Hazle Nuts, and a quantity of Corks, FOR SALE BY Thcmas isf John Ketland. di4 l may 31 %bt <&wtte. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNBn We learji that Collot, the French general who has so long refiifcd in this city, to the. scandal os-all faithful Americans, is about to. take his departure, a: last, iTi a flag of truce for Cape Fvangoit.' We have not learnt whether fee retires home " upon compunc tion," or oi his own free will and accord. Iv. Van Rensselaer, Esq. is' re moved from the- Scatnrael io the George Washington, of 32 guns. G;pt. V. left town this day, to take his command. No. I. * To tie Managers Qf the Alms-House & Houseo/"EnstoY. GENTLEMEN, I HAVE feeu your annual account to the 25th of last m >nth, in Fcnno's paper of the 17th instant, and will make a few rermrka upon it, which I submit to your Considera tion. Previous to doing- this, I \V:11 obfervb, that, in your account' No. 1. tfiere is an error .of forty five p.Tjr.d.s, pcc'atfiofieJ by your credit ing the. njaraifacluring account with oiily three, hundred a|id thirty eight pounds three pence for . goods consumed in the -hcufc-, which credit'ought to "be three hundred and eighty three pounds, three pence, if your ac count No. 3 is right, to which I requcif your attention. At firft view I thought it mi;, be a ty pographical error, but on (rafting both ac«. counts up I find it is not so—how the mistake etenped the scrutinizing eye of the Mayor, two Aldermen, and three Jllftir.es. I cannot tell, but so it appears, and that all of them have pasTed the account as examined, approv ed and allowed. Having- given you credit for this forty five pounds, the bain nee, Which ftate to be the profits of the manufactory will be eighty seven pounds fix (hillings and four pence. Admitting this to be the truefum, I will leave your general accounts for re ceipts and expenditures to be the fubjett of future investigation, and proceed to state by whom this money is earned. By your account No. 3, the paupers in the house are fix hundred and five, of whom one hundred and fifty three are children—l will throw them all out of the question, be cause they do not work—The result is, there remains two hundred and twenty fix men, and two hundred and twenty seven women, the profits of whose labor together in the whole year is but four (hillings each. I acknowledge that very large allowance ought to be made for the iituation of many of your paupers, but (fill I ta,nnot resolve it to my own fatisfa&ion, that %ur hundred and fifty three grown people, who are all pro vided At the public expence wrth board,cloath ing, fuel and every necefiary article of life, should not earn four (hillings each a year, when an individual laborer can earn twice as much in one day* If, however, vdu can fatisfyyour fellow citizens on this fubjett, it will be proper to do it; fov manycf them begin to grow un eafv about tbc poor tax, and ccnfider it as an almost insupportable burthen. They felt it so last year, and they are likely to feel it so this year, in which I am told Cxty two thousand dollars ate affelTed for the poor tax alone- Enormous as this is, I believe thry will pay it willingly, if they are out convinced that goed (Economy is observed in the expen diture of their money, aud that a reasonable (hare of labor it exatted from all thofc who can work, in due proportion to their ability and strength—but if you apply their taxes to improper uses, and turn the Alms-House and House of Employ, which was designed -for the convenient and comfortable accommo dation of the infirm and superannuated poor of the city and diftri&s, as well as to encou rage industry in those who are willing to do work, if they couid get it, into a nursery for idle itinerants, you mayexpeft, notwith flanding the regard we entertain foryourcfea radlers, that we Hull complain vith justice, and fay the institution instead of being a pub lic benefit, is become a disgrace to the city. The following curious printed circular, having been received by a young Irilhman, of short residence in the country, he applied to a gentleman to read it tor him ; as every thing relating to so dignifies! a personage as the Aurora-man, I*lll ft be interesting, it would be wrong the public fliould not know of his tftablifhing, after the manner of other high perl'onages, a body guard for his sub lime person. Citizen, The irregular attendance of those who have proposed to become members of the New Republican Company, has obliged the attending members at their last meeting 011 Tuesday evening, to come to a decisive re folntion, to be determined by another meet ing on Saturday evening next at 7 o'clock. The purpole of that meeting is to ascer tain by the positive attendance of the mem bers, the real ftrengtn of the corps ; and it is expected that each member will come with two dollars, R> be paid down towards defray ing the expences of equipment. Peribns who cannot afford to pay at once for their equipment, can be accommodated by paying in small weekly instalments. The uniform agreed upon at two meetings was as follows : Wbitehat, with green under, and cock's neck feather ; green coatee, with yellow col lar, edging, and buttons gilt, cloth fuper fine; dimity waiftcoaft and 'pantaloons ; half boots'; black collar ; cartridge box in front ; cockade, a large (liver eagle on a ve ry small black ground. ,Thc Kiects-jg on .Saturday will be iuid in private room 'andtl- the' Aurora- p*n«it ; lice ; where if you really mean to to the corps vo.i'. aro requ -ltcd to attend. Health and esteem, W:n. DUANi'.. l ')> "799- A letter.dated the 10th of May at L.i&on' has been received in :this citv tg day announce ing the arrival cf the Jhip- America of thU port, Waiter Sir** fiGmmihden, after a pas sage of 19 days from;.the Capes of Dsieware* but gives 110 information as to the operations of the contending armies.nn the continent, y We learrt 'that' hy this arrival letters are received to the ißth May, commupkating the important and glorious information, that the French were still continuing to give -ground, in-all quarters. ExtraS of a letter from a ftcry refpcSable gentleman in Hamburg, dated April io, '99, t» a Mercanitle house in this cily "The continued depredations of the French make insurance ilill/vcry difficult to lie procured and our Underwriters very .ex travagant in their demands. The prefefit premium» are 20 a 25 per cent, on Ameri. can, and 12 a 15 per cent, on--neutral vef l'els, on their coming north apout—nor is there any probability of their becoming more moderate, so long as the prcfent politi cal relations between France and Am rica may cxift.*' The Aurora of Wednesday morning fays, ;that " Gen. La Fayette may be expeited to arrive inth* United States-io the course of the,next month." MARRIED] —Last evening, Air. Tito mas Miffl j.v, junr. of this city, merchant, to Miss Sarah Largs, daughter of Mr. Ebenezer Large. Lexington (Ken.) May 2s. PROSPECT of AN INDIAN WAR. By a gentlemari who arrived in town qd Saturday laft,from Cincinnati we are inform ed that he saw a letter from the comman" dant at Detroit, to the commanding officer at Fort Washington, informing him that the Indians were embodying and holding coun cils—and from every appearance, Meditating a stroke on some part of the frontiers of the United States. ~ ' * Extradl of a letter from a gentleman in Frankfort,to the Editor, dated, May 20th if 9- ... " A few days ago there was a party of eight or ten Indians, completely armed, pas* fed through Shelby county, where it was thickly inhab'ted, doing very eonfiderable damage to the inhabitants,. by4rtl!ing their hogs, cows, &c. They were painted in a warlike manner, and ltfftfeveral signs, w\ich (hewed their hostile intentions. By a gentlemen Jttft arrived here fro/n Fort Maflac, we have been favoured with' the following important information—That he f*w a letter frogj.a refpe&able gentleman in Katkafkias, to the Commandant ef that pofti which mentioned the certainty of four nations of Indians (the names of which he do?* not recolleft, but they rcfide above th e Illeuois river) being hostile to the people if Kaikalkiaa, and particular to the tiib» of Kaikaikias Indians, /everal of whom they have taken and killed within thi» fpnng.—- That the people of the Illinois settlements appear much alarmed, a 9 also the Kaficalki as Indians. > This information may be depended on, as the above mentioned letter came dire&ly from the Illenois —it stated the circumftan ftances more particularly than they can be recolle&ed at present. The gentleman from whom we received the above, left fcfrt Maflac on the 7th ioft. dfoisette £oaritu JLitl. Port of Philadelphia, ARRIVED. Ship Superb, Boyd, London, failed with the convoy^ GLEARED, Ship George, M'Collom, Martinique and Havanna Brig Betsey, Wicks, «) J ' ' James, Boococh, Guadaloupe, a flag ochr. Three Sifters, Gardner, Sloop Bethia, Butler, Norfolk Brig Molly, Kilby, from Cuba, is below. June 21. Received from c apt. Prince, of the brig Rosetta, arrived at Baltimore, in 25 days from the city of Santo Domingo. , May 2stb, 1799. being in St. Domingo, and reatfy to sail with a Cartelfor America, there came in a schooner under American colours, with seven rr.tn whom she bad picked i * from a boat at sea. The ,said schooner sailed from Virginia the J <)th of April, bound to St. Ibemas's—cn the 22d, in Ist. 3j, 49, long. yt„ 10, took up the a- lijc crew of .tit 'se.:.i J4 tliicm f -LTltiYiiC;'*: ; . uey vuUy o<til 5 days'in the bout, iiving an ihre't s'K.'il bin cult and en half pint of taater far i »sl-snv?.*. Having ialien cr. board t'bt besetfs cr.&tiy iht •thooncr proceeded orther voyage, Yb* first land they v.cde &qt Porio .Rica~v,bith they mistook for St. MartirPsj and run dbrjK c~ far as the Old Cape—beat up to Angattdiilay, and on the captain's arrival there y ipj free* pie having only or.e fhiri, aid Ihat t?i for thirty-five days, he sold the boat, kepi the motley; end would not give thtm a farthing of it to blty a Shirt. . Thence they came down to St. Dorni/tgo, This schooner be longs to Richmond, commanded by one cdpt. James Manwell of Norfolk, with two French supercargoes on board« When I came aKtsay, had not sold her cargo, but supposed he would the next day. On my passage home, mas boarded by the British Frigate Trent, the captain and of ficers of which treated me with great polite ness. Having sick on board, the Captain of the Trent sefit his Surgeon onj/oard, with en abundant Supply of Medicines £J"e. The Caesar, from Philadelphia to Lisbon, So days cut, was missing May theioth. Arrived at th« Fort, brig Molly, Kilby, 16 <W« ftfon) Neuritas ; on the 9'h in(t. in lat 16, N lotip 54 30 W fpojie the following vctTels— Ship Lot,i Duncan, Cameron', of Glasgow Caroline, Drnmrr.ond, London I3rit> E/izj, Rogers, Glifgow Difpateh, Lyon, from Cork, bound for New-Providence—out 7 wtekt, all well. A few days before tfie'Molly ftiletf, a Fn«n«h privateer of I(> guns arvl Ho men,"alt(l a fjhoo. ner privater of 14 gunned Bo!meu, tiff Neti riias, fell Ui with a -Providi-nct -privateer brig of 16 gunsand.6o men with an American Oiip her prize—they immediately boarded the tjrig, and killed every foul on hoard, exeept 5 with the captain,, whom they threw oveifkoard ; they then took the prize and carried her intoGtr* rahana, when they liv waiting for the AS oily with a full determination to takr her j and capr. K. was well assured hs thould have ftured th< fate of the-brig, - Y Ship Ailriana, Carlton, from London) \y«s at Marcus Ho'k this morning. ' ENGLISH WROUGHT NAILS Jrifl arrivedfrom ■ Liverpoolt .... 150 calks Bd. iod. tad and 2od, fine drawn Nails, fuitcd to the Weft-Iodi» Market, and entitled to drawback—also, 50 calks different sizes small Nails, on moderate terms for c,i(h or approved notet at 4 and 6 months, by lyne 21 •h (fjr doBCB bottles just arrived from Jamn'ca, IV-here also may be had Spermaceti Candles Madrafs and Barhar Handkerchief* Patna Chintz Black Per Cans Writing, Wrapping and Printing Paper. IVantedto Charter for the W. Indies, A VESSEL, 1,500 Barrels, l£s3£S!S Apply a» ;bovj» jnrie 21 ' 5 C A S £ S ELEGANT FANCY HATS, jutie al REC E I V £ D, IT S'SS LATS ARRIVALS, From Lonron and Lrrttnoi., And now ojirtd for/ale,by the package only, ON VERY LOW IERKS. 10 bales of superior Britiih fail Canyafs 12 do. ofßofe Blaukets {lrired Duffels 13" Rugt 5 trunks well assorted Printed Callicoes, a bales Yorkfliire Bnadc'oaths 4 hales low prued mixt Coatingiand Dnffell9 2 cales of Madam Le Brun Boileau's fafhion able Patent Hats and Bonnets Pin I —asserted in small cases Townfend and Compton's Pewter—well assort ed in small calks. • StLSO, Daily Expelled, By Ve fie Is in the' Spring Convoy, 4©oo bushels, high dried, ftoved Salt 150 crates of assorted Earthen Ware A few tons of the best clean Sfc Pcterfburgh Hemp Patent Shot assorted in calks of jcwteach White and Bed t ead. in calks o' icwt each Crown Giaft in boxes of 100 and 50 feet each, London Superfine Broadcloths, and A few hundred C?fks of Nails. (K. Her.) June II To be Said at AuSton., TO-MORROW MORNING, precisely at 11 o'clock, A Handsome Dapple Grey Horse, FULL size, goes well in harnels and goad Ulidsr the fiddle, warranted ■ perl'edl ly found—-he way be seen at the (tables of the fnbfcriber any tim« before the ho nr. of sale and have an opportunity of trying him* Wu. DAVIDSON, außisncer. June 21 Territory north-west of the Ohio rhier. NOTICE is hereby given to all who are proprietors of Wild Land, lying in the county of Wa<hington,in the North-weft Ter ritory, that agreeably to a" law ariptcd by the Legiflarure of said Territory, in the year 1798, fubjefling ail unsettled, uncultivated trails of land to a tax —there ha 9 been a tax laid. All proprietors aforefaid, arc hereby refuell ed and required tn come forward by themfelvfts or agents, enter their land in the proper (.ffice* and pay the tax, by the firft day of No»ember next, or the penalty of the law will fill upon for and in behalf of the Coi'.tdlors ofTa-x?" for jtbe Ccutity of Wafti injrton. Karrietta, june j (ii/ iW * ■ *' FOR SALE, ROBERT DENI3ON, Jun. 45 nogh Third ftieet.> CASTOR OIL. TOR .SALS At No, 149, south Front ftreet> FOft IALF 8* W. MOTT, 145 Market-firett. lawiw MEDFORD L? WILLIS, Nu, 7?North Front, near Arch-iheet. HORSE-MARKET. WILLIAM RUFUS PUTNAM, .i } 1. di4t fr.mo &vr_.
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