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Gettysburg Adams Centinel (Newspaper) - November 09, 1803, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Coq unwed from and Page the first witness for the Crown was Cha mixed by the folic Tor Frea Ertly he deposed generally to the Robe Diouf proved undertaken by the fur Gunti of the of july. He wife Confederate in and Coni ulsted by Many persons during the re Euion of 1798, though not an immediate a or , the Aid of july he heard there would be a Riding on the following Day but Wai not then in formed of the particular Objet a the in Furj Genta had in View was told on the follow log morning what the purpose was for which the people were to meet on the evening of the Fame Day. He met a party in a Field contiguous to the grand canal by which the whole Obi Eft of their intentions was developed. The first place declined for an Experiment in their Enterprise was to demo i h the Barracks at Ifland Bridge after sizing the arms and an audition therein which they expelled could Lac Beeno More than powder can boo Iod next object we Magazine in the Park where a ii peaked Gunpowder in Abun a Lance 1 afterwards Dublin cattle at the fide of ship direct was to be attacked Many other places were Fel Down for def Trutlion. Went Goranf Ford Greet according to appointment at 9 of clock on saturday evening having previously received a Blunde Bufa remained there three quarters of an hours from thence a number of people proceeded in All did icons for Thomas Force to a few were armed with pikes but the greater number were unarmed till they arrived there at the depot of arms in Mafs Lane contiguous to the , where they received numbers of pikes firearms and ammunition having been conduced thither by a Man who with great Zeal offered his services to Numi is who complained they were not supplied with any weapons of offence he Faw the mob afr Erwardi in this narrow Lane top a Carriage which he concluded to have been a Road chaise from whence they took a Box and trunk previous to hich in distributing ammunition they gave him the witness forty Ball cartridges after there marching and counter it Marchi ogs the witness flared that he had retired to his own door in Francis Street where he fat Ltd wait ing for Entrance until Justice Drury with a guard had seized on him and committed him to prison. On Cross examination by or. C. Ball it appeared that the witness in the midst of the plunder in which he was engaged with the rebellious party had exclaimed it is not plunder we want hut did not know be ing Dill in custody whether the government would extend Pardon to him for the testimony he gave or not. Edward Wilfon eff. Chief peace officer and a magic rate of the county of Dublin flatting his having been Lent out that night upon a Flung charge from the super intendant magic rate and by h s evil once that part of the attorney general a late meet which described his attacking a furious mob in the Vicinity of Thomas Fleet near dirty Lane his receiving a wound of a Pike from a rebel Leader whom he instantly hot dead with a Piilola. Felix Brady a lieutenant and adjutant of the nil regiment proved that he had the command of a party conf fling of Between 40 and 50 men at the Barracks in Cork Lireet from whence on imitation of a threatening Riding on the night of the 23da a a a a Laft he went to form the late Lieut. Colonel Browne who then commanded his regiment that a tumultuous mob had been in Thomas Fleet which caused the military Drums to beat to arms a report had Alfo prevailed that the Fol. Diers were Affa donated in All dire Lions they took which caused him to take a rout with hit party Over one of the Bridges of the grand canal through James a Fleet. The qty it was extremely dark. The Fidfl fun vicious per Fon he met was a Man handing alone in tic Middle of Thomas Lireet with a Pike whom he seized. Immediately after a bottle was thrown from a right hand window in Thomas Fleet and a hut was fired from an entry which wounded one of the party who died on sunday Lail. Heard an Huzzah from a few and a tumultuous noise As of a mob proceeding towards him whom he could not fee the night being extremely dark. His party fired three vol Lieck which they did not proceed above have or fix perches when he Faw the darkness of the night five men dead and one dying with a great number of pikes lying near them. On Cross examination or. C. Ball put queries with a View to Efla Blifil an Between the witness s Tefu Timony re Peiling the darkness of the Niht and the Pooh Billiy of his disco very no there persons lying on the ground Alfo the improbability of the party attending him coming on the other person they had seized without his knowledge while he had the Power to run away and dark As the night was repro rented to have been had a better Chance of perceiving a party of men Dreis de in Scarlet with glittering arms than they could Poi Ihly have of decrying him. The witness identify. De the prisoner As having been in the Cui Lody of his Pirty Faid he did not fee him with a Pike a and heard him in juggling with Bis men endeavouring an escape who would have hot him were it not for his the witness a a this occurred while they were Condu Iling him to general hox the commander in chief. James Scott a Corporal of the if regiment identified this a it Riibner As one of the party of the insurgents whole person and voice he particularly recognized having heard him exclaim on the night Laid in the Indi 5lment to his rebel Abib cites Royal Pikeman charge them a meaning the military of whom witness was one witness was of theft cond division of the party and very near the prisoner when he was seized and at the Fame time he Faw him throwaway his Pike. Other with eff is recapitulated nearly there Circum lances and the incurred to on of frequently detailed and commented on one of whom identified 2 papers of traitorous proclamations 8000 of which were found wet from the press with ammunition provisions scaling ladders grappling Irons amp a. Amp a. Lieutenant Coltman of 9th regiment gave the above detail in which Captain Woodward of the Barrack division a a exertions with the Brave Young officers sagacity and address were conspicuous. The prison Era a defence conf fled of a speech at confide Rahle length from his Council or. C. Ball who endeavoured to excite doubts in the minds of the jury and on that doubt to deduce a Verdill of paid Many compliments to the moderation of the government and appealed to a similar principle in the minds of the jury. The prisoner he represented As a poor but honed and indu Illious Hawker of Kins who had been that fatal evening pref led into the service of the insurgents. Certain evidences were adduced to prove an Alibi for him and others to give him a Good Cha Railer. Lord Norbury summed up the Evi Dence having previously Laid Down the principles and Uradice in England ref per Ling the Flat Ute of a 5 Edward ii on High treason from certain Law reports of great celebrity. The jury having retired about 15 minutes returned a verdian guilty at which the prisoner chewed a species of levity bordering on Infinity if not the immediate result of goods. I me sub Cribar presents his fax Cere thanks to his friends and the Public for favours received and now would beg leave to notify them of an elegant afford tent off apr enable goods which lie is just open inc it a Millers town which will be Dii posed of on terms truly advantageous and a loafing to the purchaser. By to Weir Friend and servant John . Nov. I. 1803.wanted. I he fun Scriber wishes to employ x a few hands acquainted with the manuf 5luringof Sickles scythe screw Yiu Gers or with the Blacksmith bul Iuchs. Generous wages will be Given to per ions of Fober and indu Illious habits a others need not apply. Jairles Brown. Big Spring Cumberland county of Lober 25th, it 1803. 3take notice. I quot he Mccond f uhf Cristion to the x Church erecting in Getty Hurt for the Rev Alexander Dobbin is now due. In is ear Neilly req Eilcy that would come Forward and pay their ref per live and thereby much oblige the undersigned hid a Dun Woody by it Samuel Agnew. November i. Committee. For Sale at to it is printing office Price 50 cents per dozen 6 cents Fingle Man font a primer to which is a curled r or catechism. K stray steer Saif c ame to the Plantation of the tub., Scriber living in Strabane town flip Adams county Home time before Harveil Lafe y a red yearling steer calf with a blocked face and a Small Hote through the left ear. The owne if defined to come prove property pay charges and take it away. John Semple. Oil Beris 1803.a rum a. Was committed to the jail in Getty Bure Adams county on the 14th a negro Man who Calls himself will fays he belongs to William m a r Lin of Fairfax county Virginia a his Mailer is defined to come and take him away otherwise he will be discharged. John Murphy. Of Lober 25th, 1803.proclamation. Whereas the honorable John Yoseph Henry eff. President of the several courts of common pleas in the counties composing the and Dif Tri 5l, and Quilice of the courts of Oyer and Ter Miner and general jail delivery for the trial of All capital and other offenders in the Faid dial rift and William Gilliland John Agnew William Scotty and William or Cutford a Squires judges of the courts of common pleas and Juil ices of the courts of Oyer and Ter Miner and general jail delivery for the trial of All capital and other of Enders in the county of Adams having if used their Precept bearing Date the 26th Day of August in the year of our lord one thousand eight Hundred k three to me Dir eded for holding a court of Oyer and Ter Miner and general jail delivery at the court Houfe in the town of Gettysburg on monday the 28th Day of november ii hereby Given. To All the Juil ices of the peace the Coroner and Conil Ables within the Faid county of Adams that they be then and there in their proper Perins with their Rolls records Inquifiti-ou9, examinations and other remembrances to do those things which to their offices and in that behalf Appertain to be done and Alfo they who will prosecute against the a Riibner that Are or then shall be in the jail of the Faid county of Adams Are to be then and there to prosecute Agai nil them As shall be Juil. Dated at , the lil Day of october Anno Domini 1803. James Gettys sheriff. God fave the Commonwealth Public notice. Whereas application was made by petition of the lors of Henry Baltzly deceased to the court of common pleas of Adams county Pennsylvania Ai the Lail a Gull term to have the Lois of the it of Pef Tive deeds and title papers to a certain Plantation and trac of two Hundred and thirteen acres of land be the Fame More or lets lir uate in me Nallen township in the Fame county adjoining lands now or late of moves Blackburn Thomas Bowen John Bowman and Patrick Ruscil to a certain Laurence Loufman and destroyed by lire and which land had been by him fold to the Laid Henry Bill Zly supplied agreeably to the acl of general All Emily of the Faid Commonwealth in Fuch cal made and provided and the Laid court did then and there order anti direct that notice of the Aid application should be published in the Adams Dentinal and in a Neva paper up blinded at Philadelphia for three Frucce Viive weeks in pursuance whereof notice is hereby Given to All persons concerned or inter Ellod in the Faid lands or that May have any claim to the far that they be and appear at Getty org in the county of Adams at a c Oart of common fleas there to be lipid on the fourth monday in november next then and there to make their answers to their said petition on Atli or Atli ration and whew cause if any they have Why thelois of the Faid deeds and title papers Ili Ould not be supplied. By the court Duncan prot by. Oif Lober 19, 1s03. Common amp judgment Lank bods for Sale at this printing catechism Sale at thu Pritim information wanted. Any person knowing any thing of a certain John Hendrickson and Mary his wife who about 12 years fince left Hopewell in the it ate of new Ler Focy to refine in Penn Sylvania Avill mulch oblige the fib Scriber by giving a information where they or either of them Are if living and if dead Evhen and where they died. They were heard of about nine years ago and wer then Faid to reside 7 or 8 Miles Fouth of Carlisle Penn Sylvania. Any information ref Ealing Faid persons will he thankfully received by the fun Scriber near Goshen in the hate of new York. Sarah Edsall. Oil Ober 2j, 2803. The printers of newspapers in Penn Elvania will do an a6l of kindness by inserting the above a few weeks. For Sale a valuable farm an tavern seat. Upon the Pittsburg Road. I he fun Scriber offers for Fale two tray is of land including both fides of the Road Earl of the Croff Ings of Juniatta in Providence township Bedford county containing four Hundred and Twenty five acres. This property has for years Paul been occupied As a tavern and in Point of situation and other advantages is Well calculated for that purpose. It is 17 Miles Dillant from my Connel Burg 8 Miles from bequeath a a 5 4 Miles from the june Lioa of the Chambersburg and Shippensburg roads and 14 Miles from the town of Bedford. The buildings con fill of two Square log houses each two Flory High the one 20 by 28 feet with two fire places and three rooms on each floor the other 20 by 24 feet two rooms on each Hoo re a Large and convenient Kitchen a Good fun blk and filed a Blackt Nib Ilio pand Cabbin. A Small portion of the land is cleared and under Good Fence of the residue about three fourths is fit for cultivation a about thirty acres of excellent Bottom Meadow May be made and watered a a Small expense. Or. Miller the prely ent tenant or major Margrat near the premises will few tic property to any person desirous of Purchas ing. Only a Small portion of the Pur chafe Money will be required in Cash and if convenient to the purchaser real property in the Vicinity of Burg or Mercersburg would be take in Exchange. Samuel Riddle Joseph Lilly Chambersburg 14th May 1803. 5book-binding, in All its branches executed in Chambersburg by g. K. Harper. Any person wishing any thing done in this line in Adams county by leaving their orders with Robert har per the Printer Hereof May have their commands executed with punctuality. Sept. 20. The Higheill Price Given for clean Linen amp Cotton rags at this office. Just printed and for Sale at this office Price 12i cents the Constitution of the United states and the con i Littion of Pennsylvania hitched together carefully revised and corrected from official notes for Sale at this printing office. Quot nil fur Sale at this printing office pric. Three sixteen Tai of a Dollar a catechism on the Evi. Dences of Thech Liilian religion for the Benefit of Young people. By tie Rev. John King d. D. I Nitter of the Goff Tel at upper weft Cono Cuci eague

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