i
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1-an ofiiccr of the Yellow Stone
Yendvat Belle Fontairgc, dated ,
Martin’-s contonmcnt,
l4th’January; 1819.
:t of the Kansas, since our
c, has been so audacious and
.‘ to induce Ca it. Martiii, the
F. to seize -their chief, with
ncipui "offenders, andcoitfine
house inliions. ' '
,1lnSQphiSliCal8(l beings, are
,»trig.ue‘and ideceityialthpugli the
/a‘langu_.age as little known «to
Cjhina. - ' . ' 1 -
.hmcnt of-a few days confinement,
g ofiicer arraigned them before
the charges exhibited against them‘
J»-tltem to plead in their own behalf.
.-re_cha_rge l5t.\\'ltl1 theft, stealingbotli
Ad private property from the garrison
ermitted to encamp near it. :'l‘hus.repay-
C _r civility and hpspitality \'-itll insult and in-
gratitude. ' e ' "
‘3=.d_.- 7 Withélraving repeatedly robbed our hun-
ters of their game, ammu'nition.and wearing ap-
. .parel, thereby breaking tliosebonds of- ‘peace, and
frientlsliips, which they had pledged themselves
to observe. Thus proving tliems_elres false and
treacherous, unworthy either our protection or
confidence. » _
In reply to these charges‘-, llit‘-‘H’ Clllf-‘f T056»
and afgcp gusting his eye over the guard ofsoldiers
which invested him, thus addressed the com-
manding ollicer. J . C . _
“ Father-—Your young men are prescribed
within certain bounds ; notione ofthein can pass
that chain of sentinels without your permission ;
thusevcr within your power you govern them
withieasef My warriors inipaticnt'ofrestraint as
the w,ilcl.liorse in the toils ofthe hunter, brook
not controul, free as the air which they breatlic,
light and impetuous as the Antelope, they bound
overimountain and moor, in the pursuit of plea-
sureswhich na_ture has ordained they should en-
joy. 'To'confiiie t_hem;to one valley would de-
‘privc them oftheir subsistance, they would pine
and die in penury and want. * i ’_ ,
Father-:'-These woods and streams are ours";
't'liebeaver which inhabit this river, and the buf-
. faloe which range in theseforests are ours, their
skins afford us clothing and shelter fromgthe rude
blast ofwinter; their meat a luxurious subsis-
tence. Shall we then,who are birds of the forest,
. quit the pleasures and the advantages of the hunt,
.”and like you confine ourselves to one solitary
_; “valley, to firactice discipline and subordination,
-"‘f"fU‘live in idleness and indolence ? ‘No, fath'er—-
’1Ii,r;7pu,rsuit of the elk, and antelope, we willsnufl‘
' morning breeze on the mountains., and in the
’ Defjefning repose among the lilies of the ville, re-
lling on the spoils of our hunters, and in the
:1';lbi_'§_E;.esof our wives. ' C - ,
;«E2itli<~éti.--'_l‘liese pleasures we invite you to
,,;__wc also invest you with aifequal
~. ....~:.--.4: . C C _ . - .
*v5_it.l1, ourselves to take meet from our to-
I‘ our fountains,‘ as freely as the
rtfigave them to us. if _ ’
f_"_VVe -love and respect you, and mourn
, _ r _. are bad men amongst us, who have
fpoifti-, ,,oii"57vv‘ron". Their actions, Father, were
_ _ _y"t'l'. n”m'y.,contt'ol. Punish not theinuocent
_or."th' ti_ilt"y'.~i’_~l*‘ree our hands fromthesc chains,
yfié-?wil»lf._,éel5I_;o=.tt the culprits who have injured
Eyonffl they crouch in the thickest glen,
r5l\ie"doiibehlecl'iti the recesses of the most inac-
cesjsifill:.:.niountain'.
F__atlie_i*-’¢VVe will deliver them to you, to pu-
DIS
bio‘4yO’tI1‘7satisfactioo. for the outrages they
7 liaviejéziiiitiiiitted again: IOU, and pledge oursel-
.;J1i¢_3‘st-h'at'iShtitild:on5: oft r nation at any future
_.ji¢iiod~;-eifince an ‘evil disposition towards you, we
Fivillgiv _,liim;t’o*yout' power,that with the rod of
“-"chirre,€t_i’bn\,f:‘you{may open his eyes to reproof.”
iilllie‘-is'tip_hi,_sti‘y"of this address however, did not
- ac6n1‘manding officer from severely fla-
ng=}€ifv;e%~.of5tl1e culprits who were recogni-
oiffenders; after which they were per-
-oiretire, strongly enjoined to mend their
i's'~'at1til'I'noi'als. - ‘_
_W_:li,appy—-to inform you that the prompt-
‘ 'a‘;n’es,§_—wi§h-whicli Captain’ Martin, seized and pu-
', :.ijiishe'd_‘t'hese offenders has made a desirable and
T 7 '- 5de'é‘p;‘irnpi'ession on the minds of the whole na-
,_ _ ",_liinn,,'.sin‘ce which they have evinced the most
_o C i_.’3peai'.ealile and friendly disposition, "uniformly
g: 2‘ tiylienever they have met with ourhunters, cour-
.*,,Qijteouslyitaken their burthen of game and borne
5 fit to.our camp. ~
; _ I ' Notwithstanding the reluctance evinced by
7‘ our troops on their embarkation, and their pre-
. 5 'sént exiled situation, the utmost‘ cheerfulncss,
' harmony and good humor prevails ;' every one
' appears enraptured with the expedition, and
" for bold adventures eager.” ,
This happy change may, I think, he attribute
to the uniform and correct system of discipline,
which has been observed by the officers, and the
prompt and regular manner in which they have
been paid. ,
One of our best soldiers lately received an
accidental shot in the knee which has eventuated
in the loss of a leg; on which the commander
immediately very generously‘ presented him with
a donation ofseven hundred dollars for his future
support. » ._ » ', '
The troops are remarkably healthy, and the
season beyond description fine. ~
_..... .
Frenclz Prz'csts.—A letter of arecent date from
Paris says—“ It" is impossible to describe the
' growing insolence of the priesthood-—The King
himself, has in vain recommended cliarity and
benevolence to this race of people. Eveity where
instances of bigotry and intolerance multiply.
‘Things are appr0ach—ing.to a crisis ; for, though
the religion of the nation (if they have any) is
popery, they can no longer tamely submit to the
arrogant presumptioyi of the satellites of his He-
liness.”
At Rochfort (France) an expedition has been
set on foot to bringfnatives of China to .Cayenne,
in order to cultivate filontations of Tea. K '
a
‘breast.
,1:
TRIALS FOR -MURDEll.- »
_ ,Cc-shun, Orange county, N. Y. March 2.
S/zeeial Court of Oyer and VTermz'ner.‘—-'l'l1e
great anxiety by the public to hear the delibera-
lish a brief sketcli of the‘ proceedings. - The ses-
sion commenced on Thursday last--the Hon.
VVm. ‘N. Van Ness presiding. Twenty-two
grand Jurors appeared and were sworn. The
Judge delivered an appropriate charge to them,
allttding principally ‘to’ the cases of the persons
they retit-e_d to deliberate. , , .
VVednesday, the several persons confined on
suspicion of murder, were brought. before the
court and the indictments read to them.
indicted as accessarie"s to the murder of Richard
Jennings. David Dunning was indicted. for
murder, and as an accessory both before and af-
ter the murder; and Jack Hodges, the black
man was indicted for murder. ‘The "parties not
being ready for trial, the court adjourned.
On Friday morning, at the opening of the
court, Jack Hodges was brought in and puton
trial for murder. Mr. Betts opened the cause
in behalf of the people. The substance of the
testimony was, that Richard Jennings was found
dead in a piece of woods--that he came to his
death by violence-—that the principal wound was
on his forehead, and inflicted by‘ a violent blow-—
that Jack, by his own confession, went from Da-
vid Conkling’s to James 'l'eed’s—-there saw Da-
_vid Dunning-‘—-arranged with him_ about the mur-
der——were to kill‘ him theifirst opportunity—
Jennings passed the house—Dunning followed
and joined him—-Jack took the gun, and came
near them in the edge of the woods, by a differ-
ent route--fired the gun at Jeuning’s head, and
he fell down to a sitting posture-Jack turned
to walk 'oll'—-Dunning seized the gun and broke
it over the old man’s head—he then gave the
broken pieces to ‘Jack, who took them to Teed’s
and from thence to Conkling’s, and gave them
to him—-‘-from thence he went to Newburgh and
to New-York, where he was apprehended. Mr.‘
Wisner atlcli-essecl the jury in behalf of the =pris-
oner, and Mr. Vati Buren in behalf of thetp'eo-
ple. The jury retired under the charge of the
court ;'and after remainingpone hour, rctu’rned
a verdict of GUii.'rv. ,' i * ‘
After dinner, James Teed was put on histrial.
:This afternoon, and Saturday and Monday, until
after our paper was prepared for press, was prin-
cipally occupiedin examining \t'i£nesscs.
11-fare}: 9. ._
it was stated in our last paper that Jack Ho:/g-~
es had been tried as a piincipal in the murder ol
Ricimni) Jnnuixos, and found'guilty._
Trial of James Teed.-—lt was also stated, that
James Teed, who stood indicted as an accessory‘
to the murder before the act was committed, was
progressing when ourpaper was put to press.—-
This trial was not finished until '~Ve-unesday night
or rather Thursday morning, for i about 3
o’clock when the-jury went out. '1' he Judge t'-'«:—
rnained on the bench, without adjourning the
court for 18 hours together---‘t-Vho, that has at-
tended this court, will say, that a judge does not
earn his salary ? "This trial occupied the court
for four days and a half. and would average per-
‘haps until 12 o’clock each night. Between sixty
and seventy witnesses were sworn. _ .
The evidence against Teed commenced with
the circumstance attendingtlie murder. A va-
riety of his declarations about the deceased, for
several years past were then proved--such as ‘ I
wish the old devil was dead--that he was not too
good to murder him—would give $500 if the old
man was dead-'--would give $500 if some one
would kill him—if it‘ were not for his family he
would be the death of him in less than a week-~
had offered a man a hundred pounds to kill him
——that he had presented a gun to his breast, Sic.
generally alledging, that the old man had ruined
him and would ruin his children. One witness
swore he had seen Teed point a gun at Jennings’-
The ‘testimony, of Jack Hodges was
then introduced—-his first examination lasted a-
bout five hours&—and he underwent various other
examinations during the trial. Jack stated, that
the first time Teed talked with him about the
murder, was in harvest, in l8l7+when he told
Jack they thought he would be the fittest person
they could get to destroy, old Jennings--Jack
made no reply. Afterwards, in mowing time, in
the same year, Teed said he wished the old man
was out of the world. -At another time, during
the ‘last circuit court, Teed was at Conkling-’s_,
and said to Jack, we had better contrivesome
way to destroy him. Teed had no doubt Cank-
ling would give him 4 or $500, and he vvould
givea handsome present. Again on Saturday
night after court, Teed came to Conkling’s du-
ring’ his absence, and told Jack he wished-him
to make up his mind to destroy old Jennings.._—-
Again, on Tliursday, Teed came to Conkling’s
and when they were all three together, Jack a-
greed to go to Sugar Loaf on Saturday night,_and
commit the niurderthe first opportunity. Teed
and Dunning were to be home and lend a hand.
Jack and Dunning were to have :1 thousand dol-
lars for their services. In pursuance oftthis a-
greémenthe went. Teed was not at hoi_'ne.—
Mrs. Teed said hewould be home on Tuesday,
that he had bought a jug of whiskey before he
went away on purpose for Jack, and told him to
drink whenever he wanted.
ol’fe_red o'n‘Monday_ morning, andiilie murder was
committed before Teed returned from N .~Yorl;.
On Tuesday, Conkling sent aletter to Tecd’s
house—--on’ Tuesday night he got home, and Mrs.
Teed gave him theletter. Early on \Vednesday
off and on almost every day until Saturday,when
it appears they prevailed on Jack to be off. On
Sunday, on his way to Newburgh, near a brick
kiln. a little south of the village, Jack met Teed
returning from N ewburgh, on .‘ Conkling’s l)ro..\.Vn
"mare, when Teed reproved him for loitering so
long on the roa_(l.. Teed then turned roupgyand
went back to Newbttrgh, directing _.l‘ac’k to follow
him. Teed remained there until Jack got a pas-
tions of this extra court, has induced us to~p‘ub‘-'5
accused ofthe murder of Richard Jennings ; and
:
David-
Conkling, James Teed and Hannah Teed, were.
~' morning.
The opportunity .
morning, Teed went to Conkling’s, and was there-
sage -across the ri-.ver_ next niorning; A mass of
other particulars were given in evidence, and the
testimony of Jack was corroborated and strength-
coed in 31‘Va|.‘iety of ways ; so that there were no
doubts. left on - the minds of the jurors, of the
prisoner's guilt-and we will venture to say, that
no criminal ever had a fairer trial than this ill-fa-
ted man. Messrs. Fisk and Price summed up
in behalf of the prisoner, and -Van Buren alone,
on the part of the prosecution. After the charge
of his honor’ the judge, the jury retired, and in
about ten minutes returned a verdict of GUIL-
-Tr.z'al qf David Conkling.—Conkling was put
on his trial on Thursday morning-—The Jurors
-were sworn. Mr. Betts opened the cause in be-
half of theprosecution. The detail of the tes-
timony against him, was‘ similar to that in the
trial of Teed, excepting that there were not so
many of his declarations and threats against the
deceased, in evidence ; and there was rather more
contradictory testimony.’
_ W'hcn Jack was apprehended, a letter was in
his. possession, signed by Conkling, and dated
the 26th of December, (whilst the body was misé
sing) the day Jack went away, recommending_
himto a person in N cw-York, as a faithful work-
man, and requesting him to employ the bearer,
until he could get a-chance to go to sea. The-
widow of the person to whom this letter was ad-
dressed, was produced, who swore, that her hus-
band had been acquainted with Conkling. &c.—
A witness in behalfof the prisoner, swore that
when Jack went to Sugar Loaf, the witness saw-
him take down the gun, and put the -ramrod into
it, and that the rod appeared to go quite down to
the bottom of the barrel--and witness observed
to Jack, ‘ your gun is not loaded’-'-Jack replied,
‘I know she is not,’ and-went as if to get amino-
nition; but witnesswent away and. did not see
himget the ammunition,nor load the gun--at this
time Conkling was from home at Goshen, and
did not return, until after‘ Jack was gone.—Jack
has uniformly stated that Conkling loaded the
gun for him, early in the morning before he went
to Goshen. The evidence closed. on both sides,
about six o’clock on Saturday evening-—Mr. Fisk
had summed up on the part of the prisoner, when
Mr. Price, who was to follow on the same side,
being somewhat indisposed, begged the court to
adjourn until Monday morning, and it being con-
ceded on all sides that it would be impossible to
complete the summing up before 12 o’clock-
the court'adjou_rned until 9 o’clock on Monday
7
_ TERRIBLE FIRE.
‘PIETERSBURG-, Va. March 8——evening.
Itistnow seven o’clock, and we have just re-
_turned' from witnessing a most terrific _scene.--
Nearly the whole of that part of Petersburg call-
ed lllandford, is consumed by fire I The flame
commenced about half past three o'clock, on the
-margin of the river. The wind blowing from
N. VV. with considerable violence, no effort could
may its progress, and in three hours time the
,whole of the buildings on Main-street, beginning
at the Causeway, and running parallel -with the
river about 300 yards, (suppose 75 ) were destroy-
ed ; among them two ware-houses, with 80 hhds.
tobacco, and the Masonic Hall.
The Masonic Hall, one of the most spacious
and splendid buildingsin Philadelphia, was con-
sumed by fire on the evening of the 9th inst.
The fire commenced in the lower story, or ball
room, and appears to have originated from a de-
_fect or crack in the chimney, by which sparks
‘from the fire place must have communicated to
the wood work. The destructive element was
discovered too late to be extinguished. Most
of the furniture, and implements of the Masonic
art, were preserved. This beautiful edifice cost
the society upwards of 80,000 dollars; it was in-
sured to‘tlie amount of $20,000. The masons
of that; city are preparing to erectuanotlier edifice
equally as splendid as the former. ’
A boat, loaded with 100 bales of cotton, acci--
dentally took fire a_t Charleston on the evening of
the 2d inst. and about 50 bales were consumed.
Melancholy and singular cvent.—After narra-
ting the military parades, Ste. at Richmond, Vir.
in honor of the 22d February, the Compiler
adds: ‘ _ .
‘A most melancholy catastrophe closed the
day. Col. VVilliam Tathan. so well known in
England and this country, for his acquaintance
with civil engineering, who ha's‘been‘i'esiding in
this city for two or three years,-7but whose utili-
ty was. considerably arrested ‘by’ an unfortunate
habit to which he had become addicted, was des-
tined on this day to breathe his lost. In a mo-’
ment of intemperance, as he stood by the piece
of artillery which was firing'the"eveni_ng salute,
he exclaimed that he wished to die. As the sec-
ond gun was about to fire, and immediately af-
ter the commanding oflicer had given the [word
‘lire,’ .Col. T atham presented himself _in_front
of the mtizze of the piece, and by its discharge
ltis abdomen was almost literally blown to pieé '
ces., His body was raised a few feet in the air
by the explosion, and he fell upon his face, with-
out uttering one word that was heard by the bye-
standers. ‘When he was taken up he was found
perfectlyli feless. “ _
‘ Col. T.‘ died without any family. Circum-
stances had striptlife qf much ofits attractions
in his eyes ;' but it is impossible not ,to regard
the manner of his death with horror, and to feel
the. deepest commiseration of his melancholy" ‘
me," He was a man of great information ;. ‘of
grejat genius ; of great resource ofm1nd——b_ut to
lhis melancholy‘ ‘end he has arrived. ’ '
V . » . C ‘ NoitiroLit, March 9".
' Melancholy Event.—We state with real regret
that as the Steam Boat Sea Horse was .returning
from Hampton, on Sunday. evening, a considera-
ble swell th'en=going,— Mr. Jos. _H. Hall, of Ports-
mciuth, and Lieut. VVish, of the Navy, who had
, -
I
taken their seats in a gig which was standing for-
i
_Waf<1s werei by a sudden roll of the boat, sever:
mg the body from tlielshafts, precipitated over-
board. Mr. Hall was-drowned in a few minutes.
Ltopt. VVish~ was, with difficulty rescued from a
similar-unhappy fate, ‘after being in the water a-
bout 20 minutes. ‘ , t -
S'r. Srernicivs, (“Ala.) Fe,b."l5.'*
We.learn by a traveller, that, about '40" ‘miles
above this place, near the river, a most mgmgn-
direction from south-west to iiorth-.east, and 3-
i. . _ ‘ _ _ _
bout .400 yards wide ;.destroyin'g inns progress
almost every thing in its way, blowing up uu-L
stoutest trees by the roots, andfcarrying im-
menselimbs high in. air to a‘- considerable dis-
a most‘ horrid manner.
-:7!-j--—
. ?__‘ '
(FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
The English sloop of war Icarus, from‘Buemg
Ayres, for Rio de Janeiro, touchedhere this at‘-
tcfnoon. An oflicer -on board has favored me
with the enclosed translated" copy of Admiral
Blan'co’s dispatch, relative to the capture of three
Maria Isabel of‘50 iguns, destined for Chi-li.
The Maria Isabel was captured in the port of
tober.
Firli-.9/I of the S/um'z'sl_z lf.‘.xfze(Zition.;lo‘-tlté Pacific.
Dispatch from the Admiral cfithe Chili squad.
P0": .<1aled_ on boardthe‘ General San Martin 64,
at anchor in Valparaiso harbor, on,the 17th No-‘
vember, l8l8. C ' ‘ ' , '\ ,. ' ‘
This moment. say lI- o’clock, A. have
convoy under her care, which took oirboai-d_in
Cadiz p06 men and 36 officers-‘-213 of the first
have died on the passage,‘ and 277 are sick ; the
transports are the Dolores, Magdalena, and Eng-
na, taken on the‘ I lth, 12th, and 14th inst. in the
port of the Island of St. Mary, which t-me)‘.-e,,_
tered, taking us for companions, as on their heav.
Maria Isabel signalized for her number, which
of us, when we gave thema shot and hoisted na-
tional colors. ‘ ,
[Here the Admiral notices the manner in
whichhhe manned the prizes—and says.he had-
ordered the sloop’ of "war Checabuco to wait at
5“ Maf'Y’5 5€V6l‘aI days in order to capture the.
remaining transports should they arrive.....‘fi-om
the State in which hefound the three taken, he
infers that the others may have fonndered at sea.'l
Signed, MA_Nu_r.i. BL1txco E.v_c.\LAno. _
To his Excellency the Minister of Marine,"
Valparaiso. I
particulars of the capture’ of the Mary -Isabel,
and the account of the attack from the forces on’
shore from Conception, and from the fort of St.
Augustine, which the squadron repelled. The
Admiral states his loss at 47 killed and 22 woun-
eed. ' ‘
years old, and an admiralsailer.
Capt. Coit, who arrived at Baltimore on VVL-d.
nesday last, in 17 days from Aux Cayes, states,
that all Gen. MacGregor’s troops had deserted
him at Aux Cayesv, owing to the want of funds
for their subsistence. ' \ "
.x1not.’xer accoum‘—-by (lie same arrival.
The supercargo of the above vessel, informs
the editor of the Baltimore Patriot, that the re-
port of MacGregor's troops having deserted him,
is incorrect. He states that some sailors on
board the vessel in which MacGregor arrived,
had left her after reoeiv_i$g at regular discharge,
but no troops, and that they were well equipped
and well provisioned for the expedition, and no
dissatisfaction was thought or heard of-that
MacGregor had proceeded to Port-an-Prince, to
see wliatarrangement he could make with Pres-
ident Boyer, for permitting his vessels to ren-
dezvous in his ports-—'that more troops'wei'e"dai-
ly expected, when a descent would soon be made '
—_--ct--::‘- . _
, Toleration Ticket.
At at numerous meeting of the friends of tol-' .
eration and equal‘ rights from different parts'of
the State, convened at New Haven in October:
last: Itwas resolved to support the 'following‘..
gentlemen for the ofiices respectively affixed to
their names, at the election to be holden on the-
first Monday of April next,tant:‘ respectfully to
recommend them‘ to the Electors for their sup-
port—viz. , ' -
Oliver VVolco1:t,
FOR GOVERJVOR.
Jonathan Ingersoll, '
FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR.
ISAAC SPENCER, for Treasurer.
THOMAS DAY, for Secretary.
AND FOR SENATORS,
J ONATHAN BRACE, ;H_a~r{fa1'd
SYLVESTEB. WELLS, County.
WILLIAM BRISTOL, ‘ I\v'e2v-Haven
DAVID TOMLINSON. ‘ County.
_ ELIAS PERKINS, New London.
' ENOCH BURROXVS, l 0mlnt_y.
' DAVID HILL, Faizjieltl County.
PETER ,\-VEBB. Winrlltam County.
FREDERICK WOLICOTT, Litchfield
ELIJ AH BOARDMAN. Count}/.
JOSHUA STOW. Midrllescxlfouiity. _
JOHN S. PETERS, .Tolland County.
It will be observed that the candidates the
Senate, are selected from the several counties in
lice of Assistants _by , the s_u'f’frages of the’fre¢_3f
men at the last spring election.
<
dons hurricane has been experienced, taking its " '
tance. In its course some Choctaw Indians were ’
encamped, one of whom was crushed todeath in
- 1\Ion~rzrVi‘im‘o',‘Deé?.‘4, 1-sis.” , ~
of the transports which sailed some time since .
for Cadiz under convoy of the Spanish frigate '
Talcaliuana by Admiral’ Blanco on the 28th Oc.
_3“°h°red in this.port with the squadron undermy ‘
C°m!,D,3I1Fla and prizes the Spanish frigate ;Maria -
Isabel: Of 50 guns, and three transports Of«’th¢
remainder. are'wel'l. but pei~i,s_liing..-of want". "I'li"é‘ '
ing in sight. we hoisted Spanish colors, and-the ‘
they immediately -gave and anchored alongside , .
In another dispatch, the Admiral details the “"
The Mary Isabel, is a beautiful ship, two '
upon some of the strong holds of the Royalists. _ V
the State-—--and that ten of them now hold the of- - '
Norwalk Chronicler