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NEW YORK, July 9. At a court of quarter-sessions of the peace let yesterday at the city hall, in and for city and county of New-York, Richard Croucher (one of the principal evidences the late trial of Lewi Weeks) was indicted of a rape committed on the body of Mar ret Miller, an infant of 13 years old, ac ompanied by circumstances of atrocity most without a parallel. The prosecu ion was conduted by the assistant attorney neral, on the part of the state.; and the c ulprit was defended by Messrs. Washington forton and Brockholst Livingston. . The science of the unfortunate girl was ample, fear, correct, and impressive. Every possi le argument,enforced by all the powers f oratory were exerted by the prisoner’s ounsel in his behalf : these were replied to Mr. Colden at considerable length, in a anner which reflected credit on the clear ers of his head and the uprightness of his art. The Jury, after hearing a summary the evidence, and ‘an explanation of the aw from the Recorder, who presided,retired about 10 minutes, and returned with a reli of Guilty. — April 12. The number of deaths in this city during the month of June, according to the Sex ons accounts, is 107, viz~ 31 Men, 19 Women and 57 Children. In a City con aining nearly 70,000 inhabitants, thie mult ¢ considered as a very small number for the season of the year, and standsionly as 1 655. About 24 of this number died of onsumptions—Several. perhaps.diedg— and any others have greatly endangered their lves, during the present week, by drinking old Water, whilst the body was in a high rate of perspiration. The lat Elizabeth Town paper says, the at was so intense, that a Negro of Dr. Halien’s expired in the hay field, y the pressure of it. July 14 The St. Alban 1s, of 64 guns, has left this tt for Halifax. Messrs. Macdonald and uitemard, Commissioners under the 6th rticle of “the Treaty with Great Britain, re passengers.’ July. vs. Arrived yesterdaychooner - Fortitude, Low, 16 days from Cape Francois, with sic. The capctain informs that the whole f the south side of the dard is open for American trade.’ Markets high., flour 6 dollars, and other necesany articles in the same proportion. a We understand that Archibald Hamilton (the celebrated Trish Patriot) failed for Mamburgh on Tuesday. July «7s - Last evening arrived at this port the ship Factor, Capt. Kemp, in 38 days from the ‘Downs. Lendom papers to the twenty ninth of May, inclusive, are received by her at the ofice of the Mercantile Adver tiser. Her later papers are to the fourth June——A gentleman who has seen a paper of that date informs us that it con tains nothing of importance excepting that Maffena fill held out in Genoa, and was under the expectation every moment of be ing relieved bry Buodapartese .This much is certain, that Genoa had not surrendered on the 1¢th May ; and’as the First Consul was hastening to its faccour, and at the date of our last accounts within a few days March of the place, there is a strong probability that it is sill in possession of the French. The ship Role, from Guernsey, brings despatches from the American Envoys at Paris, to the Secretary of State. The ne sociation, we are informed, is in a state of forwardness ; and that the greatest harmony prevailed between the commissioners of the two powers. — Extract of a letter from Capt. Boit, of the Sloop General Creene, to his owner in this city, dated Liverpool (N.S.) July 4th, 2800. “ I have only time to inform you that I arrived here in the sloop General Greene about four hours since, sent in by the British
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Tue, Jul 22, 1800
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