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5413Hor.mandan I DanIel, 16~4-1778( D . A . B . )A Journal of the Proc.edlrl~.N ew Y ork, 1744. [4], vI, 205, [3], 16 pp"A A S copy.


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T I lE Reade r fIllfft not exptll in the fo l lowing Sh i e t s , a part icular IlnJ ",inuit,Rrlat ion o j' M.1ery Fo rmality , !?< J le f l io nand AnJw er that paft'li upon fht'fria/s , i t may.ful f ice, if he be a./J i,re d he bas the S ubJ Iance ; fo r ;"Je td ",or ,canno t he exp eard , 'U ,'he nit is corf idered, that w e have no O ne ber , IlS in ;,,; . '

M othe r C o un try , who make i t II Bul i l l~rr to take No te s upon'f l lch O ccf!fio ns ; Dr ''''']s tbe rs , that w e R nc.'W oj, 'W ho are }o d ex te rous at S ho rt-H and , as to lJ e Juf f iciently fJualifitd for fuch a Purpof t ; but be w ill ht'J;tre to have all that could I " c o l/e a etl /ro .tbe N o te s tho ,' no e re taken b y the C ou rt, an d Gen t l emen at the Bar; 'W i th all 'W h icithe C 0 1 J 1 1 ' J i l t ' r has te e n f u rn i f b ed .

U p on a R ev ir o f th e P rocee d ings , in o rd er fo r this U nde rla ll ing , the B u lj o f t h tm ;wbit:b nr.ts tb e P ro duC l .~fabou t S ix M o nths Enquiry) f temtd.!omewhat difcouraging:No doubt, tht'J m ight have b e e n co nrad e d, if this Work bad be en p roceeded upon ; 1 1th e Afdhod o f all Hijlorical Re lat ion al1b' , 1Nherein the Compi l er 'W ou ld have IH tI l . .m o re at Libl 'rtJ to ahflra t1 . th e jeveral Orig inal s ; b.. t it 'WIlJ Co1 tc /uJeJ , a' IJourna l ncou ld g ive m o re S afiifa i l ion, inaj;nuch as in juch a !lind o f Proceji; thl IIDep~fifionsa r : I E xam inat io n s themjelV_eJ, which wert t be ,? rc .'~ n d -'Wo r k . o J . the Pro-ctfdlllgs, -uo u la ap p ear at large ; nobicb m ofl p rohahly w ou ld ~ j!]rd C onvtt lzo n) to fo cias bave 1 1 Difp o jt io n to b e co n v in cd , and have in Reality Jouh t ed , wh(t l .J~r 1 I 1 ~ par -t i c u l a r C O W L ' i t 1 s had Jujit'ce done them o r no t, nr;t&;;'ithjlanding t .b t, haa the O p p D " " "tu"i~) ' oj. feeing an d hearing a great deal conce rn ing tb em , and others , who bad not

Oppor tu11 i t i e s , 'Who 'Wer t prejudicrd tit a I )~ / lance in the ir Dis jooour , ! J ; ' . f r i ' 1 J o l o u s\ R ',/,n rtJ , m ight the read ie r he und e cen/d : Fo r as the P roce ed ings are je t jf irtb in tbO rde r o f 'T im e tb~ fIU )e re produced , the Reader wi" i ,berehy ht fu, ." iJhtd with the m ofl

natural View o f the W ho le ; and I .e b e tte r enab le d to co nce iv e tb e D~f i gn ' IlnJ dangerollsj) fpth o f th is hellifh P ro ject, as W('" as the Jujlice oj the f eve ral l" ro ,/t tu t;O ,II . ,

T bus far, bmo e v e r , the C om p ile r th inks p ro p e t ' to l w c m i j e , t h a t as bt f tu"J itconven ien t to d ivid e tbe Orig ina l s into number 'a S etiio n s , 'fo r the m ore rl'ildy Rt f tr t l lce

I to tb e je ve ral Parts o f tb cm , as Occqf ionjhould q l l e r ; be took the L iber t y alJo if l opp , " / lg0ll.from tbem , no liat, in p rin t, he thought ' l . t ' o u l d be a J up erJ lu ou s Formal i t y , . l u c h as The Deponent fu rther faith, and [ucb i ik, io b icb he tho ught ' U ' o t J l i i bave bftll "1 f l ! t . ' d l l j j Iucum brance to the B O O R . ' : _ ' " I

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'Ihl j~~tll"lclnI t t u f t d D . lr till _, , , 1 1 1 . ' 1 ~ "trt i num ero us , and B l t f i 1 l t j s Iy Dfgrtllmult ip l i l ' " jt) faf l up on the G';" t lnJ Jury, which b ore the B urthen of this Enqu iry , thatthere 'Wft.,IJ have heen an im l,I I/I liate M :'d Ji~ ' fo r others to have le n t a he lp ing Handin J 'allin g' 'E~alf l inat i (ms frOQl'-. Beginning, if the Judge s had n ot fo un d i t e ~ p e d i e n ttD e xam ine the P erf l l ls accu ft( upo " the ir .fi~fI tak ing in to C u jlo dy , 'W he re ", itf i emed11 Iq / 11 i k e l ythe t fru th 'W ou ld N I t ou t , he/ore J ' h i ' J had ' t ime to co o l, .r Opp,r tun i ty o fl 1 if t !)u t'f tn g in th e J ai.! 'w i th their Confedera tes who 'Were ~e fore cOl1 lmi t t e t l .

t f .he Exai l l inat io l l s thus ta lu" I l y the Judges , 'WereJoan afte r la id " ifo re the Gra"d1 1 1 ' ' 1 , 'Wlbo ;" t trro gate d the Part ies tbere f ron . in juch manner , as genfral ly produced. ." . . them tbf! Sui j lance o f the f ame Matter, and o f te n fom e tb ing m are , b y whichMIIIIII there ~,cr! l t t1 no fmal l Advan t ag e ; . f o r though w be re the lajJ Examination"rough t to l ight new D i f c O ' V e r y , y e t it w i l l be je ld om flu " .!, tb e re is 1 1 1 1 ) T/;ing inp cb furthe r Examina t i on l con trad iElo ry to the fo rm e r, hut g !n e ra /I y a Conj ir l lJa t i01 lif tbem j and i n f u ch Cafe, t he J e t ti n g forth tbefame at large , may 110t /J e thought a~ f t le fs :r~ tu to lo g y.j no t that th is wi l l l appen o fte n , and to b e re it d o e s , ' tw il l br chi~ t ly: f l rm d in tb Exam inations and ConJ ( l / i on ! t 1 . J " Negro e s , nobo , in o rd inary C a,fi:s , t ire

J f l l t I D m f lU' l l t o hold tw ice 'i n the [am e S to ry ; wh ich , for its Raret . , ' ther t f lre , iJ ' 'i ttarrieiJ no t w ith it th e a d dit io n al We i gh t o j t he g re ate r 4'~peanl1fCe o f Truth, m a y

, ",41t thi:: Par t i cu lar tb e m ore e s cu fab le , and further, this is a Diary o f t '- 'e Proceed-;'lllt, t h a I ' is . to I J f t 'xhihi ted j the re fo re , in C o n j o r m i t y to that P/ ,U l , No th in g jh ou /ill it Dlu; t ted , 'Which N l l l " Y be o f any U fo . _A ll pro le , . Precaut ions w ere ta lun" , the j ~ ~ d g e s , that the Crimina ls J h o l l i d he k ep t

jtp arate ; and the y 'W e ref a as m ucl. as the jeaflt} R o om in tbe Jai l u 'ou ld admi t o f;ana IItw Aplar tme l t l s w ere acco rd in gly jitted up '"'-'f' tbeir R rce p tio n : But mo r tparticular C are 'W as taken , that [ucb Negro e s as had ma d e C()J ! f i i f i onpnd Diji:o'Vi!ry,,ana 'Were to be m ad~ U J i ! oj as W itlle J1 es , }hou li be k e p t a-part from the re/ l , and as1 1 ! N c h from e ach a tbe r , as the Accommodat i on s ' 1uou lda lkno o f , in o rd e r to p re ve n t tbe ir

! ub41 l ing toI t t -her j a,tld the Witn~/J;: s were al '4vays exam ined a-part from each o the rJr j l , liS .:a!.Jt/1pDn the Tr ials , as otherw~'{ t , snd then grnet 'al ly co s frap te d w ith tbePtrf lns they accufed , who were uJual1y fon t Jror and take n in to C tljJ o d y upon f ocbB:cti l l t inatiQns, ~fthey 'Were to he m e t 'Wi th; which 'Was the Means o j : "ringing manyo the rs to a C on ft lJ " io n l,.as W(1/ fuch as w ere new ly take n up , as tbo(e who had l ong, l J e f o r t b e e n c omm it tra , p e rhap s up on Jl igh ter Grounds , and had in jif le d u p o n the ir1~ ' t ( Jc tnce ; fo r the y bad gene rally the Cunn i n g 110t to o um tb e ir G " i/t , ' t i l t l r y .

, 1 l 1 l e 1 1 J the ir A ccu f trs :" B u t notwi th j land i12g tbi: w as the ord inary Mpthod taken ,! lJo tb h y the judge s and Grand Jury, to . / i . ' l l d fo r the Part i es (IS f bon as impeacbed ,(whicb ho 'W c'V e r m i ght fo m etim e ) thro ug h Hurrj b e omi t t ed ) y e t f tveral who hoppel l ' lthen


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' the 'lro ub le o f e xam in ing C rim inals in g e n{ i'a l; . ' ! ' I I J 'jt ~ ~ p l ygu~fs' 0' at j !Jut th lFat igue in tbat if N egro es , is n o t to IJ e(o nC e i'L 'fJ ,iJ ut h y th fJ je tha t ha 'U t ullderglJnlthe Drudgery : Tbe Dijjiculty o j' ~rjnging. and ho ld ing them to the Tru th , ~I'"C hance it J larts from them , is 120t to b e J unno un ttd hu t hy the clo ft jl .A tte nt io n i lflii",o f tbem hu~ e a grea t dea l ~fCr,aj t j the i r uninte l l ig t 'b le- Jargo f l f ioRds t lJ na in , , . , , , tS t ead , to concea l the ir M ean ing , f o that alt Exam iner m uJ l (X p ea to t ' l f coun l tr vitimuch P erp le x ity , gro fe thro ugh a Maze oj Ohjcur t t y ; ~t o61 i g ed to lay ho ld o f 6"hMH in ts , lay t lJ011Cl1rt j i l l l y to ge tb e r, and tho ro ugh ly w e igh and ~ ()m p ar-ethe m 'U J ith e l lC 'other . be fo re be can be ab le to fo e th e L igh t, e r fix ths je C re l lt l lre s 1 - f J ~ 1 I ' & / , . 1 1 1 ' .de terminate Mean ing ,

' f hough fo r tb c R t 'a .f o n s he fo r e men t i o n e d , " I I tb e T ria ls co u ld no t l ie fit for th titl arge ; y e t O Il the p rincip al T ria ls , jU cb as , The Hughfons, U ry the Prieit, Q!ackand CtJffee,. ( tbe /liD firjl N egro es e xe cu te dJ or the C o n . ; j . i r a c y ) and that t J f the iveSp an if h S lav es, t fe C ou rt and G en tkn l/'I a t the B ar, to o RNo te s m ore large ly ; l i l ta s to the re jl , tho ugh the re 'W ert he re and tb e re J ome Minu t e s taken , (which art . I f oje t fo rth in the ir p rop er P lace s ) ) ' e t t hey d id no t th ink them epa l l ) ' w orth the Pa i " , jthere fore u p on o the r Tr ia l s , the P aragrap hs o r S ed io ns oj tb e Depo f i t i on s oj Whi t t s ,and tb c E xam in atio n s and Con f e jJ i( Jn so f S lave s, take n b y the J u d g e s , G rand Ju ,,_ w -o thers , Up01l the C re dit w he re of fuch S lav e s ssere i nd i t l ed , a re re fe rre d to Up01l the irr~ Jp ca ive T rla ls : W hich M etbo d , if any jbo ulJ objecl to , as jubjftl to Uncer tamt j :( l11~ raJ , ihe " ' i t ne / f e s m ig ht no t d eclare ( ' ,"


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, g 'J lffy .; an d th~ ,.t . IS no o ther 1#'4J l i f t t 'ofurnifh tb Reade r w ith tb G rounds w hiclli I~e iu&h~ln'l)IQI01l to , t~t jurits.. . " . ,I . Ff lr i~U~r t~ t l ' e l l ) lgh t~n ing tht Mtz,;fm and O w ne rs if ~lave~l C C l l f l d , c o n v i < - " l f J' l !~ lI th~ ,0'14'~ C D l I f d J i O R S , I lnd tra1 zjp orle d, a'IJ o f otbers u1 . ) ( ;neere diJchorged j i ' ~ 1 1 1( A _ n j i l l t ' ! l e n t , ( for want of fu fficient E vidence, as 'twas faid, before THE SECOND(~,~ANDJUR~',j ~,~o w ere charged to continue the Enquiry concerning this infernal~ " ~ ; ~ e ~' . b ! . ~ 'V~ ,d l~c~allaing' t l l , c h , is re f err ' d to und e r eue ry [ucb N egro 's C on-! . r l J i . . ~ ~ r j , }~ ' S ~ 1 t ~ n ~ r - \ a ~ ' . ~ ~ .~ ch if them liS we r e madt U ji o j as JYit'lL'/fi'j') sobicb u iast ~~~~b t ,~ e i J l~4 , ; /o r tb e ir 'f l l im o ny h a l o i n g gained f l f / f i c i c m t Cred i t , ir can j ; : a r C t ' b~J U P 1 ! o f e 4 tbere ~ j ? ~Deall] Dou~ t o f the ir own G uil t: B u t if the re jb otl!d b l' al lY 'whohq itatt co nce rn ing it, a/I that can be laid) is , it wi l l b d J o ' i ) r f iu:/; to gi"I . . ' t 'b e clo fer. 4 tt(n t i ( )n ,t(J I(h~ In;tral Dep o J tio ns , Exam inatio ns and Co~ife . f f io l / s ,w~ich i l l lpc(u'bI~ 'em . . . .~'. cI he E'lJ id e ~ ~ 'i i~~ iJeq l f e l 1 i n g e ach lP hite Perfon a l 'Prehe l lded ,~~ ; the Account o ftbls Co" . JP;ra~ ;J ' tha t 'was afte r'W ard s d ijcharged fo r wan t o f P ro } l io n ,' is rtje rre dto 1;IniJer~ir ' reJPetl ive N am es , . tbat it maycppcar wha t R"a. fon t e re 'was ja r their( : 9 " ' m ; / l I ~ e n t and .Accu[ati~ n, tho ' the y ' w e r e di fcl ,argrd . fo r I f /ant o f Iu d /a m l'n t.I' i t J ~ s h~tn thought p rDp er to add , (it the End o f tb,'.\'1x tnuz l , Li f i s o f all tbWbi.s and Bla.:ks accufed o f this ConJp iracJ) thoj~ 'Z: . .?bo. , : ' [ ' t " { ' e xecu te d , uN d Ib tj; who

, were parJo1 ud upon C ond ition o j' ~rtl1zfp( 'rtation, o r o tb cri: //: ',d(; : 'bJr~~." from Ja i l ,f le :wing t h t r t . J p e O i v e 7 'im e s o j the ir Commi tmen t , rlrraignmen, (f)'!l't'.'!lioJl,Execution~ ,: D ijcbarge , whereby the R e ad er '!-V iI Ih~ e nable d to turn to ,II / 7 f J j } any Part if tbjournal !~a t i s / y his Curio/i ty, as to 'loha! 1 1 1 0 } 11 1at t 'ri lJ/y concerns each ,4dPeCi iv tCOl1 fp ira tor ; a n d r r . v i " t ha V iew a ljb to /h ew to w hat P lace s J 'uch o j' them as Wt'r!!r~nfported (accord ing to In format ion r e c e i v e d ) soere Jl ipp ' J; 'wh ich is premiJ ; 'd , as al I I o d e j f Hint to o ur B re thren in the Wefb-Indies, aN i tbe INOrt n eig hb o urin g E ng liJ hCo loR i e s ; . t ~ a t they - m a y flt how tend e r 'w e have be rn r i f ' their Peace an d S e cu rity , o JU j i n g . ( 1 1 / the Precau t i on in our Powe r , that none of ou r R ogues Ihou ld b e impofed' : l f O n ~ h C 1 l 1 1 Jar it was made an cxpr~(s Cond i t i on in t h t Jrvera l P ard ons , and likt''U )ijtt he R l 'c ~gn i,? :anc~ s en t e r e d into " y th e S e cu rit ie s fo r S lave s tran Jp o rte d , " rtha t the" P IJ rjo n spa r ,J o fffd jhould he tr(/~ Jp ort(d to the Dom inion oj j o m e fore ign Prince or11 S tate o r thtl1j7and oj Newfoundland [ b y a t ime t be re in l i11lit t f 'd] and ij. any o fU'the i l eg /oe l or S lave s [part ioned b y tb e L ette rs P atent] j l101 dJ at tilly T im e afte r [tht. . Dtty 'thtrtin limi aed] b e fou nd in any of his M ajcH y's D om inions, except N ew -e' foundland, the L e t te rs P ate n t as to all and t " 'Vcry tbe Perfbn l in d P e rfe ns jo .round~. c~uM


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T o 'which it i; a l ! { ' l i ) t ' I ' , ' t J , ' 'rfhat i f , . w Q S /O lm ' t i m e hifor t fh i ( J J N z p l l t r . c Q U / ~ jiJ,milf , h ' ! l t ~ 1 f to u nd erg a . , - D r u d g l ' r ) ' r ! f this } i n d ~ ja r j e ' l J e r l 1 / R e a . f o i l S ; the raf t 'Was n a t fJ"1; ' l ' l . " i t i l lg, a nd b t b aJ b orn e a ./i,/jic:if . 'n tFatigu, und er an il/ S tate ~fHeal th , jl J tb tSha. ' , -he had in the P roceed ings tbrm fi'I"~ 'e J)l o r II~~,tft ,o j fix }; Ion lhs daiIJ . . t I tt~ "d an 'tJ . . ~l~twas, fa ln t r imp. ~lji;,.(' br ro nld ~J I . ~ l u t t I JJ ~ t ' r , " ' i 1 J l ! to und~r tak t , t, alJd did .1 '11 ~OlJt itIn c orn cJ I ; I l:U .'jl lz tt : tbat, iht' ~,.!el.of b 1 , r o . l l i f l~ J . t m JPro ftjJ io n b t 1w ~ ' a .f iP~ t J 1 l 1 l i 1 1 ,In t errup t ions j an d 'l~ I" 'J tbe jl(lel;~t;,n is ~ ! l? jt {J rawn fo r a ' 1 ' i l l " f rom I I $,u/Jj tB, ;1may 1 1 0 / a/'U1fl) 'sj'uit t l ' t ' Humou r to . ' :~Y . t !Ul l l t it, r f p t c i a U y ' a Mat t e r ~lhis Na~lI,.tlno r ttrhnps can J i l(' Though t s .'1'IIi1lg it ht t . a f i l y ,o lle lle J~ ~ f.aj" ; " ,o t tbat #JisBu.ftni fs re qu ire d m uch l" t~ n f/t l f , -,hllt Reeo l /e l l ion a n a C art w ere l ' f ' t i d J a . , , tD', , , ' trol, l Ic,rtJ('ry Mat te r p l '''f .t . r! ~ . I1 J Jdg'''f it ( ', ':onnexionn ' it s . ' t O r d e r e f ~7m( , tOWllr t is w ~ k . 1 Jth e Comp i l e r ~Il!thr.-lllItllgl o f'ting all a long pri, , , to t l 7e t l r ' r o c t e d i n g s . tI"I'"the Mot ions concl'rnJ g t b lm . . ' . , .. - . . . . . '. , -' there were Rt 'afons i tu iNd, for . f I 14utg th . , j ( ' MMters ' IIIIJil , l . "b i ~h t,,JII,..,1 ID( witlflO bd . . . , .

The re had been .(om e wa n tQ II, ' f . A ~ ' r o n g - h e a d t d Pt r fon s tIffID n g /l u s , who t() (J j ,.Liberty to arraign tb e 1 uflic.t o f tb t Proceedings, and j e t up tbnr private O p i " i D 1 l Ii n S up e rio rity to t h e C o u _ r j f II"J.Gra"d Jury j, I , h o ' ( . 7 o d In f lWs ( a n i a / I Min o f S m f tk,,,w) the y co uld no t he 'J ud ge s o f [ucb Matte rs ,; hu t 1It 'f)trt~eltji, ' t6~ M& /" ,.N f ';16no tmall Ajlurance (not~i thJIanding what w e faw ' W # ~ ~ u r . 'Eye s , " . " . heard ' fI)ilh fJIWEars , and e ve ry o ne m ight have judg ' d o f k v his .Tn te l l eOs , that had a"y) That m e r eW~lS no P lo t at all I " The In fe re nc fiich wou ld ha" J l. J. '-awn f r o m tb m ce , is t lJfJ o / ! t u j o l J sto ne e d m en tion ing : 'However tb is nlfJ'l.;ltJ : v e r y I i ttle t I t 'W4S no t to convince ( for Ihlll,'u )ould have been a vain u ." J trt ailing;i the /E thiop ian m ight ~J lc h a n r & e ' h is Sk in )IIluch I c f i was I t to g ratify fuch. ..

But the re n ue r two ~ tiv ts w b icb weighed much; tbe one, II'41 tho f t ' IIIh, /;",1no t tbe Oppor tun i ty o f feeing and hearing, might judg! if tb Juf l i s e o f th~ Prf} ' t tJ-in$s,rrom the Stat o j' th e C a j f . b ein g /~ ~ i J.h ifo rt th em ; the o ther .. tlu;t J rfl l th tn "the P eop le ill gene ral, m ight lie ptrfo 'a t I ,d ' o f tb NtcdJi ty , thtr f is, f l1 ' I 'Ve , . , O ntthat has Negroe s , to IUfp a very w atch./ul Ey e over tbem , and no t to 1 ' " d l l l g e them "Wi tht o o ,r ea t Liber t ies , 'w hich 'lve f ind the } m ake U fo " 1 to the 'W o rft P H r p ~ f S J ritJa/ling. n J


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n..Uetnfdlr._tiC:"Idw'_ ;1I,~tIINumlm., 'WMt / J t J . . , , . frM,l'". kC f J l l n t s ; 1 1 th e t l l fo i l l l Shlnl, Wtu t I N y fcc b lls b llp pm ' J, feel th e Om!,,__of g i 'lJ i .g tb tm fo g re l l t a L at itu d e , a s NS! Jun cu jl fJ m l l ':" w ith in th is C i ty t111a P r ( J f ) I nC~~d thtrdJy "e ' l J )arnrJ to k e e p . tb em ji lv e r UPM a f lr i . .1 G uard o g a in jl thefe Enemies of'heir own Houihold, J i nc e 'TN k n ow .hat th ty l ire e a/ab le .. o f; fo r i t w as no to rio us ;tha t thD f t am ong them ~ 'W ho hod th e l . in tk f t M ~ jle rs , w ho .{a re d b e jl ,. a n d bad the fJl~11tha t tho ft in w hc1 Il tbeirMaj l e r s p.ed tbe greatej1 Car f idenc , ;'yOlllU~h,hat t h e] V JO I II Je ue h a'iJ i put tbeir t t 'Wn Swor t i J in to the ir Hands, in Expd,1at iol l n(

t l e fmJ e d ' " tIN. Ilgl1iJ~1/ th e i r OWII Colour. d i d n e v e rt hc lt .f s turn o u t tb e gr{'(Jt:)JY i/l tR ns : I te vm ap pe are d , tha t fht fo head Fellows hoaj Jed oj. their Superiority o u e r tb e_ f l Y h i t " " " d i a" d j1lq/!mjive; tha t th~ he ld th e m in an Injeriori ty an d ~ p e nd e ncr, al l iN i o f Sd j eC l i o n , as il th ty had go t f uch Do_inion o u e r tbem, that they durft nor,.at & 1 1 1Time, or upon any Occafion, b u t do as t h e y would have them. } r o 1 1 l~ ce i t m a} I le g l l d fo ' , bow lik e " the Dlj i l l iDn 'Wa s to b e g e n e ra l.'rhl p rin c ip ll l In _ c. ,e n t, th e re fo re , 1 0 th is U n tl tr laR ing , 'W a s , the pu b Iick Benef it ..that tha f t ' l lJhD h lr l J t Prop t r t y in ~ /a 'U e s J m igh t have " !O J /in g Memtn t o concern ing th ea t . , . t if th em ; th tz t th e y ~ I l 'e th e n ce w arn e d to Itttp a co nJ Ia nl G uard o ve r them .il l& e 'W ha t the y have d o n e . th e y l I Iay o n e 'T i ll ie or l ib" M I o u er ag ain ; 1p t e ia l l y i f "Ib" , jho l lk l in f l l tur l c r ime l , app ear , f u clW \'Ion lle rs in Na tu re , as th e Hughfons ,U r Y th e Prieft; and {ueh like, "ho da r e " ' " J i I f I}klleri 61t,attemit thef tducing thnn

I t J f I l C h e xe c r l l 61e P U r j J D f t s : .And if any jho u /d th in k it no t w o rth the ir " 'h i l t to le a rn.. .. th e m fo i" l S l le d s (w ba t!J y o the rs p e rhap s lNly ! J I enneJ) a u1eful Leflon, th eFl l l l i t v iR!Je the ir D ' W 1 I j IlnJ re i l ly it w as t h ough t neceflary , ,for th1# and otberlUl l jons l I e t J l i f s ber ta ""lIf;811, tNt tber jhOl l l t J /I t .jlanJillg M' l f I fJ r ia l o f fo."pttlmttd It 8rhtllltif Y ilJ a in y . "But th fu gh the Onnp i l e r ' l J )a s 'l lJ il l in g to m a le 1 1 1 1 Of f e r ing if h is own 'lime, tillIN P u hlic l S e rv ice , 6 y l ay i l lg th if t M a t te rs in O rd e r, fo r tb e P ri f s j ~t " t in g u nd er

. . o /b n - In J lu t1 l(e fo t e do , than h is Incl inat ion tina Rra t l i n i f s to oO l i g e th e Publ ic i , h I '

..I a t L iD trty h f J ' l t J t 1 J e r to fu i f ' h is oun ~mJfnienct.; and t h e r e f o r e , co~ftJtringtlwMul t i p l i c i t y o f t IN P r I& e eJ in gJ , if may , after all, rl l tb er D e t bO llg ht, Matter of_Wonder, tbat it m ake s it s Appearance jo Joan .P"haps it",., n" t c ome f o r t h unfeafonably a t th is JunCture , if t he D i J lr ll !l io n s .taj i fJf led " , ' th i s M yfte ry of Iniquity, m ay I" t h e r eh y f o rr 'J iv e tJ in DIIr MmHri t t .

tiS tf t l ' f1)aRm '1f!r.Otll that I .pint Sflurity, wh ich ag4in 110gt1ler6/ly p r e v4 j l s ~ tin ' J Id.s u p o n IU r G UIIrI I . " k j 1 t I N Enem j jho u ld 6e s w ithin o ur Do " .s .

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INT'ROil1ucTIONot ) ,J ,,~~ ,,' ' , ,. .:+~e'!~l~W~ :1 Robbery C O t ' l l m i t t t d at M r '1 If I~ 'ft The T hu rfda), b efore this R . o b b e r y HI e o l f t m l & ~ .~ ~ ' ~ ~ : s ~ ,I~v' J ,rht War to the Dj(Cove.ry~t" e t. N ' i { f o l l came to M r. H,U" S hop w ith one 01 tb e ,MIDqto '~ A J l (on(pIr.cy. I I mar not b e I h . p o f p r r . . o fWa r', P eople , to buy r....e thecqucd L J llD C f t, . . . .

J~ ,: iJ to introdu ce the eniuing J O - V l . t it , f', having b a , ' l l i n e d for feme, Part of ,the Moaty o6MI, .'~ rr ;! ..,~*a n d N.AIlIUTIVI w i t h an A c a M U t t , f in P , , , m e f tC w a s of Spal\ilh Coin J a n d Mn.,.

" ~~ \. ,~ac fclo~Yt u well al tb e 4A t ~.~pen!rll ~r ~\I ". dla.:~ tb e Money, pulW 0tI~~ ,.F lrC .;s which atam ied this d O l e " -Drawer I n t~ VIew u( ' 1 - ' , 1 ( 1 1 1 , w~in MI;'I~f C O I l -u pon the H feli of e & C l odltr, within kfa than CCklf If IWtrablC~Dtity 01 j n d l " f I I Spanilh P i e c e . o f rupt :eccaflon'd b y this i....Scheme, 'till " , H She ( 0 0 9 ' rcfte8et.~ ,hat f i f f laid done W I O D I i,'expoUllJunder the Fnquiry and ~~don of "", ,t ~ her M OM y '" idle ~f in thac IDIDDer, _ . C U I I f 9th!~ Supreme Court: A nd indcc4 I clof., ~f li'Cqutndy tC i h e r Houie, ruKl immed ia te ly lh ut bp t h eC ~nntx ,on b etw een this Felony, . ~n(p~raCYI ti ...~Burr .u I P S f , an d m,ade a P retl~ of (endinc tho M o D e r .wdl appear b y rne {evcf li Su~ps and ExamjDltlom taken b , H ou ~ to N~J&hbour I tt' ~ wCllbid.'"Oeca flon of tht, .,rmer. thA t the Narratiye of thc.Rob~1 .COu ld not wt~l,b e omitted ] (o r th~ E nq uiry (OqCernfn, ,}4,,- H(J/.z'~ Apprrht"l1fion. hlpptned to be riab t (orthat, was the M eam of drawing o~t the n . a H i D C toIl- m i ll B O l hav in g Jl Sight of the M o .-y, was charm ed ,,~cerning L h e other I D A Y , l h i s }t'elony a D d ruth like. Were it, and, as it feems, wantN to b e fin lerin g o f it I - hea(tually Ingreditntl of the ( ':onfpiracy, fU will apPear by to ld hi. Commea of the B :'ckG uard, the befete namedf:he Sequel. . C~(ar, Prinn ud C'ffu, where lhey might have I'"B ooty, if they cou ld mana-ge cleverly (0 come a e it I h eraid, jt wu at H " C g ' s Houfe in the B road-S treet J : h i t

Wife kept a Sho.') of G ooda, ud fold CaQdJ'" ' R u l D 1 D d .~~~,~. .On Saru rday N ight the z8th Ft lrMa" , ' 7 4 :0". IRobbery was committed It the Hour,. of M r. ROBII,THoce, in the l:ity of Nt 'WYQrk , M Ci ;hant, f rom when cewere t a k e n d i,'crlc P ieces o f L in ne n a n d o ch e r G O I O d . , an dfeveral S ilver Coins, chieRy Spanifh, find M edal., and. . . ,ought Silver, E . ! t , . to tJ le V alu e iA tM W lioic of ~';JlI,p " l I 1 t . l J < A n J c p w a r d s .The ncr' . f l o n 0 1 this Robb r. ry , IIWAI difcovered and" I IWII ap pea~ m ore f u l l y i!ereaft~r, WI' OIJc: 1I'i/ fo", a ll\d

of abo\1~ nventeen or e ighteen Yea r. pi ~ee, belongingtu ~he .la"lbol'fluf,b M an of. War, on thj, StAlion J whoh:lvJ ,ng At '1uainta llce with twp white Seryanl, beJongingto G entlemen who lodged at M r, l iDl ' " Houle, H i ' ! f o " ufcd( r(''J utn tl? to come thither on thar P retence hi h . d} . f' A I ' 1 1 _ , W Ie galnenm ea Y UllIIWII:I;t': nu t 1 1 " / . I i m it f.-m, h - . Jf '1" ~', ..~, iKJ 3 morenn u un . '\cquamtnnce wj'h fome " " : r r r r t s f v r r ' ," , . ,-..e 0 c r y IUIPJ< : IOUSC 1'1I1Iftf'r~. P~ltlc"l, lr l.v C. l ' fa r btIOl1('rj f ' lg 10 'Y ) I, JI L'II k . ' } " t (:J 0." (Ul!'(1f.u1 er ; r tn cr , to M r. ' J ~ ' ; ' " Au l..... M h '" fl ' , ',I' .' v".)".,QN, Crt ant, and\.Ii e , to ALI'/; fI. i l-l'it', E(~l' .'

, T he N tsro e, catched at the P to pof at. a D d tb e SchemeWII communicated b y lb em to ']oh. HM,t;;II, who kept aP u b l; ,k Hou ie by the 'N orth R iver in thi. Chy. a PU t.where NU1DMr. oiNearoea u fcd to refort, and b e entertainedp riv ate ly ( in Def iance o( t h e UWl ; .t all Huurt. 'u ap -pea red a ft erward., an d w ill be Ihrwn It Jlre' in c h e )c l') fu in l She tI : .Thhh tr they urld 10 btin~ '~thG~, U 'they { t l l t e (tOtll c h e i r MaLlen o r gibe; . ., a a : d H ~ I J V " ' . hlJW ife and Tamily, receivecJ them: 'rh.... Ihl)' held ICon..(u ltat ion with H"Zh;;I I and hi. Filmily, how tM Y (hoUl.ai n o r d -= r C D c o m p a 41 t h e A u .l A m e n t of thiI B l o t , .The Boy' (11'i{foll) to ld them t h e S i t u a t i o n of the Hoar,l ind Shop ; Chat e M Froat WIS toward. Broad S e,.. a lhltthere WI1 a S ide Door out o( the Shop ioto a little I..ane.

eemmonly called the jewl.AUf,Y, In d jf t h e y could c o J l t r l V Oan Errand thlther to b u y Rum, & b y aai&ht 'Ike In'l ' C 4 I a , r


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J I NT R ,0Due ' ; J : ' ION.Opportality to ihove hick the B o l t C \ f . . . ~r ' laduethe A U e y . lor there was .'0 L o c k to It, Ifl" then t h e yrourd C D m C in the Nil .t afterwards, and ICc'J1IIplUh theirIW a n s . ( , , )A . t H l I g h , , ', , '. IodpJ Ole Mllrgtn' t ' $ . " . .& im , ali . .Sa/i"z'.rlh, ' I l i a l ' KM, I I commonty called Ptg l :h o r the'NMlfill"ila"tI J r V J , JB , a . l ) , a yoang W oman '11.,.,' Ole orTwo and TMl'It:, ; the pretended to b e married, bu t noHu lb and ap~ " (htl WI;~ a PerfonofiDfamousCharatle" l~ocorioU i Pmaitule, Int alfo of the worft Sort, a P r O t'itate to N e p o n J f i l e was h er e l o d g e d an d fupported b > , ;Ctrfo,. (Y.II,d's) be{ore mentioned, and took S hare (i$common Mi.; Ihgloj;,,'s Family) of the Spoi l. an d PIUDdcr,the E i F e l b of Crerar ' s Thcfli. which II! bn.,ught to Il . . ,h-""'. J and ihe may be (uFtQfcd tI,) hu . b een in m ~)ft ofabelr wicked iccret!: for f lu: bad J o d g e d there the S ummerb efore, and rem oved from t'lence to a Houfe by the New!attery, nftr on e , D b " R f J 1 I r i I r I i e , a Sk.emaker, ud wasMli lMqUIin. wlth him and h it W if e. 'fb ither alfo C" / , , ,aCed f ' r e q , u e n d y to rerort, witb mallY other Negroes ;thither he "lCo conveyed ftolen Good! J an d lOme Part ofB w " G oods, of Which "b,,]l..., had h is Cho ice , if'Wha t ell'.. (aid, after his Condemnatioll, b e crae; and by"hat will appear he re af te r a pin n: l l Imw, and from hisIntim acy w ith B.gh /nI , hi. M erits may b e concluded tofalilltde f iwrt of his Companions.

With thi. P i g g y , a s the w i l l b e hereafter oomr,~only called,C"fo" ufed frequently to aeep at H.gh fon ' . ) w ith theKnowledge and Permiffion of the Family; an d "C"farbarpined with and paid H u g h f o n for her B oard: ~ n l ecameIhere to lodge a fecond Time ia the Fall, not lor.g b :foreChrijlWla/, 1740, b ig w ith C hild by C~/ar ' , as W~,;, uppo-'f e d a n d w a a b rou ght to B e d there, no t many Day~ beforethr' R ob bery at Hagg' . , of a B a b e largely partaking 1 , , 1 1 D C A 1 e y Complexion.Here i.bid the Foundation of the CharKltn of H.g ' to " ud h is F am ily , P ,W an d Jlbn Rof1l l l l t; which wili

IKord frequent Occsfion o f enla rg ing u p o n : A nd from fnchIn hopefu l E am efr, the Reader may well expea a plentifulHarvell.

Wi/fo i l c o m h 1 g to M rs. Hagg' s on Sundfty M oming, to,"jut his A cq uaintance .., u fu al; O le complained to him,that fhe had hem ro bb ed the N ig ht before. that t h e ha d ~'lftr ev era l Good , o,t of tb~ Shop, a great deal of S ilver S par"(hMoney , Me dals and other Silver Thing', rttle r u l p e l l : i l l ghat hi had been the O ccafion of it, " o I w i l b f l l l 1 U J i J 1 g 'What. . . ~ - - - - - , , .fa ) A I "'~'ij, Is t im ' u /u a /( y le t P lopl, ii, I'll the Fr~"1 LJfKJr

il 1 t t-r o tl-. S It/tI , ml t l "1."II/lhN/ th l P a,J (}u J' to IfltJ : i: " , 1 1 ' . I i r ~ IW i l f o n ' 1 / . . ' 1 / / Nnlw.

./J" . , , . , IH, , i , ' , , , " ,lIl/iI,;.1 ,,,, lHaw,," M f J " IJ &t j ? . , . ,Dia , . , . /wu , ; bu t at (he knew h e b e lo nged to the Man -\IfWar, and that fe.cn) of thofe S ailors frequented idleHaufes in the J e W S -A U e y " it h ap pe ne d th at h er S u f pic io n!.lndined towards them i f il e imagined hi might b e ab le to:give he r (o~telliaencwlilut it, and there fo re defcribedto h im l o Z Q e ' things that the.d m ilkd , r v i ~ . Snut fBoxes ,S ilvt' .... ls, one a remarkable e ig ht fq uare P iece , C 5 c .Whaeupon lI'i{jo" (aid, he b ad been that M orning at16gh/ """s Houle, and there C a w one Job" Grv.il t . whopulled ou t of his Pocket a worfled Cap ful1 of Pieces ofcoined S i lv er ; and that M r. Philipji 's Cuf f t t , who wastime, feeing Joh . G','fJi. have this Money. he a fk ed himto aive him fome ; and J(Jim G'tu ;n ccanted b im out HalfIIP 'own in Pennies, an~ ailted him if h e wou ld have anrmOre; and then pu lled out an Handf,d of S ilv er C oin ,& ft which, fl'i//~" (aid, he fiw the fight f qa ar e P ie ce1 M J.I ,y n.J :gg. i";.). .~~~~M.lQJ.~~tv~alJm" ,S IT N D Ifr; .n M A RCH.THIS ~... Search W31 ma& fo r J.J", Cr t . .j" atHllgbjill' "fiDi ,him to have been a Soldier ofthat Name, a r'~il"''''' t : l f fu fpkiou , C hara& r, as M n . Hog:conceived; and the Om'ten making Enquiry accordinglyfor a Soldier, they were anfwered, Cfb t r t 'tJ,,'al .0 jueb$fJlJ it,. thai *ft'tha' H D U / t ; bu t it fell ou t, that C~f"",th t reel Pl i f on 'WIlI I"t l , was at th e fam e tim e be fo re the irFaces in the Chimney Corner: T he O fficers returnedwithout fu fpeB ing him to b e the P enon m eant; b u t theM iilake b eing difcovered b y the B o y (Wi~/Q", ) that theNegro Ct' l ' /ar before m entioned went by that Name, heWIS apprehended in the A fterR oon; and b ting b roughtbefore J r " i { f o " , he decla red, that he wal th~ Perfon hemtant by Joh" Grwin.Cte , ta, was c~mmitted to Pri(on..* * :.;$:*'$ti)*.\it E J \ i H i t

MONDAr, 2d MARCH.C SA R (J'aa,d's Neg ro) w as e xamin ed b y the Ju f iict ',and den ied every Thing laid to h i s Charge concernillg

l Iogg's Robbery; bL!t " 'a s r emand ed .Prince (M r .A1I !"yn tau ' s Negro) waa this Day alf"

ap~re~ended UPOI l .~ccount ~f the f.1~e.Felony: UponE n.-r,:nation he denied knowing any 1 hu,g of A t. Hewas aHa committe d.

Upon I nf orma tio n thM ~ d ' _ / a " h;~d fhewn a gre:.tt (;eatof S ilver at HlIg"JZ' f l '~ , It "';J5 much ("u(rc(hd thatHUlh f in knew fom ethip g I,;/' ti e M l\t!cr i ::~. { ! cr,.fo.:;St ';uch


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. .:1[NTRODUCTJ:ON-,

" \ The A lderman f~nt for J o b " HughJM, and examicedc r U E SD .A ~V', 3d 1\'1ARC H. I I I l n c lo fe ly , whe~ r~ r he knew any Thing 01 the " . t t e r ! 't b ile he denied that he did, at Jirit, 'till the A ldermurH U C HS01#. Houfe having b een fearched f ;.!v era t _ prd re d him very home, and admonifhed him (if it WII i.Times over by M . Mills tbt Unt1!,.-SI.tri.ff~ uaft liis P ower) to difcover thofe who had comm itted this P iece

f~veral ~on ll abJes , in ~~eJfl ? f llf)~'s G oods. withoit of V iJlany; l i l t l l fofpeii';ng,;i", to ha 'Dl httff I ,h,riJiII!JH f d t ; It happened t h i s E,elllng, that "lary BUI'lil'n (. ""urntd, he was at laft prel'\,iled w i t h to acknowled~ 1 1 C ! lc~me to the Houf. of Ja"lfI /(Qn"a"~ one of the (earch~ knew where fome of dre 1\11:. were hid ; a n d he weD f


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, .s . UThat after M r. Mills was gor.c, her M il1refs h id" the Linnell in the G arret; an d ti)Oli a f t e r f ome Of fic er sI . , came and { ear,htd the Hou fe , and when t r . ( ' y wer:.."gone and found N od'~ng, her M i1hefs took (h e Linne.' ~. f;;O HN HUG HSON fi\iJ," That on Monday~' from the Place I h e had b efore hid it in; and hid it under ..1" Evening lall, after t4t. },f il ii had b een to Iearch'hS 1... t e tan.. ,~ " his Hourc for G oods which had b ern flolen from ~ r.

,. "That the Nigh,~be fo re la ft, her M a iler and M i llr~ h ll~b,~; one P,'gg)', who lo dged at ~ H? ' . l l ' t - , told him ,I.gave the (aid Linnen ((' her M i11lefs's M other, ( . : J who u thal7o/;n. ~ill had lef t fome c . h e c q l M l l Lmnen~ and ~ thG l'~ carried it away. . . IfThings with her; that fhe delivered to the Examinant'~the (lid che"lued Linnen, which he delivered to hi,8. "That Yefterday M orning one John Ro!f t l1 l l was at '~other- m-Law F.l i%ah~, tbLu (~ ( } , a d , w i t h D i~eaions .co

~I he r M after' , Haufe, and Ihe heard him fay to her M aller, "hide chem: That f001 :dc:, the (aid P,lV delivered him~If JGM wiJ / 1 ;, I,IU t mI, Iw ; l I l ~ e tru to you; and her ,. f l A n d l - Y S ilv er Thin gs i n a i.trle Bagg ; which he carried~ M ailer anfwered, lwiUg tlllI/twi.il ,,'Vir 6 1 I r t I J . J f 1 M ( " ) ~ '~ ~ into the Cellar, ad pu t behind a Barret, and pu t a

'. . ,.,. ~d Stone upon them, where tktj' rem ained till 'aft..9;' It That the raid Negro aful.ny flept Wl\!l tile fal~ ,( N i~ ab ou t T en or Eleven 0' Clock, when he delivered!! P l gg ) ' . which her M aller and M illrefs kpew lJ f." " them .to A ld erm an 1bn j a " and A ld erman BI l1 I (Mr .z. "TtIat while the {aid Silver Things lay concea led in

u 1 1U C e l la r J M C o n C l a b l e l ' c a m e a a d {earched his Hou le" for the faid 'nolen GOCK !!',b ut did not find them .

3, HT hat thi. M orni~ the iaid P i g g y B!'Je him a little" Bundle with fevera! S ilver P ieces in it; which he foon"afterwards b rought into Court, and delivered it to theU J uftices then p relen t."

'J . IfThlt foon after M r. 4~ l i l l l c arne 104 Iqu ir e for en-" ,.6" f < y i , . " a Soldier, who, he f.iJ, had robbed M r.!~bu of fom e ( p e c y J e d Linnea, S ilver, and other Things,

V p a a thi. t'lccafion, h feeau, Hllfhf- and hit W ir.~ing that M",) Burton was i n d i l 1 1 a b l e to difcover them6their Villany, touchialb this Robbery , thought p ro} i~ r tola y fomething to b lacken her C 'harliltel', in order L O t~ket i f f frotn the Credit of h~r Teflimony, and declared, :hlltA te was a vile, geed-for-nothing Girl, or Werds to thatPurpufe; th&.lhc,-hati been go t widl Child by h er f ormerMila ' : r , &,. The T ru th w hereof, however, was neverIftIdf Ollt: B u t at J cnsclt &gb f o n finding that he was nearloing to Gaa! r a nd a :; [Hi:iig th~ C'011 fequence of p ro vo k in g'i le r, c hanged his Note, and (" lid, O l e w .. ~:J. ; Icry g v : ' > d GiiJ,.an d had been a trully Servant ~o them , that ' .. ,:1C hardWeather the t a R : W inter, fhe ufcd l e i d rcf s h er felt in M U l l'sc.:loath~, pu t on B o o t s , and went wi!:'} him in his S leighin the deep Snows into the Commons, to help him fetch'F irew ood for his F am ily, r s c .The Deputy T own Cler~:, when MIi~Y Rllr!M was u nder

Examination, as he was takjni~ her Depofirion, exhortedher to fpeak the Tru th, and all (he knew of the M atter iJhe anfwered him, 1/IQlflt ) " a ' i / & dlll,.a 10 fpttlk, }/./8 ~ 1 . ( ! a JflfllUC/J ajf'{4iJ fhtjhvuld ~t IIIUldllUi 1~)'IJ.,(",; 01' WOHh tothat Purpofe : Whereupon the C l , , ' 1 k moved the JuLl ict ' f ,that Ihe m ig ht b e t,kcn L:are of, not knowing that fhe hadUctn removed from her . M O i , t l, e t ' J t h l . : l'4i~.;ht Lefort', I . > yO rder of a M agiUrate. r-----_-------,,-~---~.-(c ) Eli~abelh L u c k l l c n d ,(tI) Remme h ad r l! (f ,i l'l d rail fI / J J rVJ" I i.. :l J fu m1'lCfar, aliu! J o h n \.Jwin, or < J ~ l t 1 , t 1'1,I't'.

A f t C ' r f tl ll P J Bu r /o i l, J oi, t l l l:igbfil l a n d I d s \ V if e , 4 ' : 1 . 1Prggy were ~~amin ed : P I g g y drn,ied e:ery Thing, and{poke in Favour of H l I g h J f ; 1 I and hIS Wife; P e . . .l,gJ wascommit~~{I, , and 7Q h n l I u g M ' o " confefled as followeth. . .

l-lughfon ab folu tc:ly refu fed to fign the E xam inationafter it was read over to him; and dltleLJpon the D C P l i C yTown Clerk Jltked him if it was not true &. ~ he had pennedit; hi anfwerd. rl.l, it ncas, b ut /., tho ug ht totre 'i/,:al n~O((Q(um fo r him to j i g 11 it. He was admitted to Bail, andhi. W ife S4, 'ab lik,.wife i and Reccg- iizances were enteredillw w,t~ two Sureties each, for th tir App ea ra nce in theSupreme Court on the firtt Day of the next Term.

Ctt '!at and Princ were likewiie again exam-ned, butwould' cOflfds nothing concerning ~IIC Robbery : C.1fr.lY wasrem:\mkd, and Prin. admitted to B IiI "pon his M;",~fr'!i.m tn illg in to : p ., : cn g n i 7 . o n c .: e [ n Ten l'OJ1ll,h, f\;wlly, f or h; ~Appe.uancc at the nex t Supreme ,\_',J,lft.

~ u t CIf',/(l1' n = k n o w l r J g e ' d , tL..! \\ 1 a t / ! .~ I IY llurtan hadd e p o f c d cOllcen;ing J , ' im : : . n J f 'gg) ', O t : ' to J t i ~ J inr ing w i t hJ I I . : T , was tru e.

DEPQS I ' f I ON .7()I N I t A .1 R C K , of the City of Nl ' l v l vrk , Iliker,, b eing d t l l y f~(rn aud c x a r n i r .c d , l i l i t h , I.IIThat


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r N'T~It 0; D ' U C T' I -0 N .-,,---, --.----~-'----. ' 'M r. C , ,. ., h'. 1 " ." 1Url!!, a Captain of one of the

C o:dpaniet of the M l lith, very providently beat to A rmsin tk Evening, and drew ou t hi. M en with all Expedition;laid Severity odd of them under A rm, aU Night. and Par-t i e n oftb em continu ally going the R ou nds oflhe C ity, 'tillJ)jy-Liaht: This Incident, from what will appear nere-after. may b e th?ught to have been Ivery ( ortu nate O ne,~ daO rving of a more partic JJar Remark, though at thattilll~Ii"" p" , , " 'Wr." f o _in/atu . l ld , l iS I f ) r ' />"Mth t b i 11G,n-", .. "fw ii, ~ II M . t lm a l l.

" .I The only Way of acco*ing for tlU s M isfortune at this~ , " . 0 \PI, .T he L iellE enafit G overnor ha.d ordered a P lum-.r that M orniag to mend a Ink in the GLItter betwecn00 Hoofe anJ the (;h~ppel, whicb joined upon one an-other, and the M an carrying his Fire-Pot with Coals tokeep hi' Sc:Jdering.lron hot, to perfGl'm hi s Work; anda b e WiDd fetting into the G u tter, 'twu thought, Comelpula h a d bean blown out upon the Shingles of the H oufe ;_fame PC(\ple haviDl obferved, that u pon t~e fir!l A larm .II b e f o r e , ncar half the! Roof, as they guefled, was coveredt o y j c J a Smoke, uu l that no Spark of F ire .ppeared without,_ c o W d a n i b e feen, but ' wirhin J it w a s by them c o n -c l u d e d , that t.~e a ci r a n .m g n e d was' not likely to b e therillK O ee, efp:ciaU y when it w aaconftdered, that at length,... 'Fire ~rok~ out in f:veral P~aces of the Roof, dHbnt.'_.-IIother; hut no one imagined it w as done on P ur-p oG t ~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... , F RID.A T, 20th MARCH,

, '/"1 N" E, th e Negroof Mr. . t. " - ! Y . , , who wu,~,~ bailed oat of Prifon, IIbeforementioned, waa J 'CCOm-. . by th e Mayor, _ Alderman BQ"~hr.

IPEDNESDAr, 25th MARCH..'IE K after the Fire at the Fort, another b roke~,"I.tweenE lev en an d Twelve o'C lock, at the Haufe" to Captain W",., . ,n , near the Long -BrUg t , at, . , / ' 1 .

e W. End of the Town j the Roof was in Flames,'fuppofed at that T ime to have b een occafioned by th e a cc i-d cn .. l F irin g of. Chimney; eM t tu /hm tb Malter (a"" o f-IIf" W fII'J .f 1 (1bt (a1 l 'Vn . / f i ' , ;1 was no t alloglther ,itar o fG r o M " d J o f S, .Jp idm. Ihal ' t tW a s J r . " , Jf j igneJIy; b ut the} 'jre-E nz in ea w ere {OOI l brought thither, and they playedfo fuccefsfu lly, thoJlgh the Fire had got to a conhderab leHead on an old nliog'cd Ronf, that by their A id, "nd theA ffitlance and A fli vi(y of the People', it wall foon extin-,ullhuJ. with')"l coin~ much D a m A & C to the Ilcu fe.. '

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;1 ' E D N E SDAr, 117 APRIL.AN 0 THE R W eek from the L1ft, a Fire b roke outat th e 'itorehou fe of M r. rat! Zan!, to ward s th e EanEnd or the Town. Ie was an o!d \''-ctt

SA'IURDdr, 4th APRIL ~..J: : :.T H J S E vening there was an A larm of a Fire at (he ,). H U lC e of on e !J!! ! ic l. or r , , ' ! . ' til (for they b eth lived.r.der C l D C Roof) in the Fly: '--; . . :In Inquiry, the Fire was ~fou nd to b e in a C ow ftab le I.e-~rthe HOllIe'; the Hay WI. '"on Fire in th e M iddle of it ; b u t by timely Afliilaucc, it W;&ifupprefi e d ,

A s tile People were returning from E ? , y , a ' 5 Fire, that ~",. J fuc:eeded with a Second Cry of Fire, at the Houle of 7on e Bt. tfbDmal. next D oor to C aptain Sar l y . on the: W eft: ~S ide ~ thn Wit in the Duflt of the Evening. It began inthz lDf!: of the K itchell, w as difcovered by the Smoke b e . . ' ]fore the Fire h~d got any Head, and was foon ex nngu lfhed ~U pon Examination, it was follnd, that F ire had been putb etween a S traw and another B e d laid togetb er, w )\ercon aNegro lIept, b u t who did it, or how the Fire happenedat ~;(fs. remained to b e accounted for.mtlfi .iltm~_1

SUN L l A r. 5th APRIL:A D i r e ; ) "! e rr WII made in the M o rning early, that fome . Coala had ben pu t aM er a Hayflar!-, H a n d i r . g near :the C O O l e h-Houfe and S tab Jts of 'j( tp h } ./u rr n)" l:.fq ; in ltlle B ro.d V ' l 9 . . . . an d near fume Dwelti::g Hou tes there, Ihich h.id ilt8IIa Fire, wou ld have b een 1 1~ ,: tO lt lJ arlg cr ; b t 6 t .

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I N T ROD U C T ION.I -u t th e Co als went ou t 0' tbem{elvel. II f up po fed , h ay in gonly f i n g e d fom e P art o f the Hay, Ir w as C a i d . th ere w ereC o als a nd AO t es tra ced alo ng ( rom th e Fence e e a n eig hb o u rin g Houfe n ex t ad jo in in g th e S tab les . w hich caufed~J~urri-cion o f the Neg ro th lt lived there.The/~t(ever, ,! F i res . t fJi~, at the Frrt , Capt . 1'a"Tf ' : 'S

Houfe , rail Za",', Storehoufe, ~;(l's S tab le. and Be"I f J : Q 1 N l s ' s Kitchen! having happened ia fo Ihort a Tame.f oc cee die g e ach o thC 'rj and the A ttemp t m ade of a Sixthen Mr. Mllrray 's Hajflack j it "'1-5 natu ral for P eople ofa ny Re fie t\io n . ~ lu d e that the Fire "":1'1 fet o n P u rp ore.by a Comb ina ti on of VilluDi jand the re fore occa{lOned ,reatV nafinefs to every ODC th at h ad T h ou gh t: B at upon thisS u pp ofitio n, n o Body im a& io ed th ere c ou ld b e ariy furtherD efign, than for fom e w icked W retches to have th e Oppor-,u nity o f m akin g P rey of their Neighbou rs G oods. underPretence ot- \ ff it bnce i..lem ~ving them fo r Secarity. fromthe Danger or th e FIaD'f'S; (or upon thefe We Inftances,of th e Suffmn had complained of great Loa ofheir G oods and Fu rnitu re, w hich had b e en r emov ed fromhe irH ou re s u p on th ef c O c c a f a o I l S .This Sunday at thre e N tg rcIC I were .a lkiDe ap th etow ards the L,1 i /h Church. about Servicem e, M n. E . r u looking ou t of her W iadow , overheardne o f th em faying to h is Compan ions , w ith a vapou riD grt of an Air , UFi,." Fir" Snrth, Sewth. A LITTLI,---D.",i" aT-AND-BY," a n d the n threw u phisH au ds,

nd laughed ~ The Woman conceived peat: JeaJoufy atWords, a nd tho ug h' it l'cry odd B chaviqu r at tb atllu re, c on fid crin g wh at had ~ lately happcocd. aad { hettin g the n atu ral Conftrutl ion upon tban, her Apprebm.

made her uneaf" and fhe immediately (poke of it toer ~x t Neighbo"r Mr s . Gargt, but faid, jl;ttlii"" ~~ ~ IN N'grHI.Abou t antHour a fce r. wheD Church 'was out , Mn.E,ltilw tb e i & n J N t B f O C S com ing dowD the Broad-Wayaaain,Ind pointed ou t to M n. G,org ' the Perron who t o a d ((Itethe Words i and Mn. G.,." knew him , a D d fa.i,j, 1fh4I;1

Mr.WALTI~'s ~IIMI.Thef e Wo rd s. aDd ,he A in udGnces giveD them by

~.lI when be uttered them, were made kDOW D co aneiKhbou ring A Idcrm aa, who informed 1M r e a of th eJufticcs thereof at their M eeting the ac.n Day.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MO N DAT, 6th APllIL.ABOU T Ten o 00(." in tb e M omiDg , thae wa,an Alarq of a F ire at the Hou fe of Snjnnt B"""J,'J ppof itc the Fert Garden: Thil , '1WII W e I , wu only

1ChilliIV)' J "'hicb, apen Er.quiry, t J . e M. ~ 1Mben {ftPt the hiM] before ; bu t from th e pDt SawOerin the H ou fe. and lom e other Ciranaft ........ WCNGrounds to (:.afpctl. v i11a iDDUl ] ) r iga ia it.Tow ards Noon, a Fire b roke ou t in the Roof of Mrs .

IIi/WI's Hou fe, at the C orner of the Bui ldings n e X t thoFiy M ark et. : lcj~ i: li: -.g on t~e .aft Side ,o f Capt . S~sHcu te . 1: lid l b roke ou t on that Side ' llCxt S .rl1 'H .-t~inJ t ime iy 6 if co \'c re d. , wa s foo~ prevcn~ doilll ~Mi~i:!l:ef, more than b urning Part of th e Shing_ of theRoof. U pon V iew , it was p la in . th at: the Fire rna M vabeen purrofel)' bid on the W all-p late J d j o i o u . " . . . . .Shir,g'e Roof; (or a Hole b a d ~ burnt detp in it.natthat P art o f the R oof where .the F ire h ad tak en bold of _f,hingles; and it was f uf pe a.: d. th at the Fire had ...wrapt in a Judie of Tow , for Come wu toad DIU dillPlace: Thus th e Fat} wu plaia, b u t who d id it, ....Q . . u d l i I I a mnaintd to b e determiDed: Bat tM re _ Crp..,. the People. '11Ms,.~ N",_, J fit SjaiI1'&,nt,; 1 - . , ,i,S,.,i6 NII"'I. TIle (kor-h e tElhia WII the tw o Fires (cn-.,'. &ad H i ! l . ~ . ,app fa cloftly coger_, o n I , _ . D a y ~ _adI filiiof Capt . 8.,.!I ' , H oare; ... it b e i a a bowa, ... & t r 1 J ;hM I p a r c h a f e d Spuifh Negro, & : N n e TIlDe w.. III tinto Ibis Port, among f ema1 othen. ia Prise .......Capt. ~. a l l which N e g r o a were a M " " i c z Ii.....in the Court of Admiralty, a D C I fold accordiagl, .""1 ,and that they a f t e r w a r d s p r e c e n d i D a to haft a-,_ Iin their OWD Country . b e g a D CO gnuab Ie .-: ...Ufage of b e i n g ~ld as Sian.: This pralahly ..co the Sufp icioa , that th. Negro, ou t 01LIp.. ...been the Inflru ment of theft two Fires; aad he b e " , .b im felf infolcntly u pon fom e P c o p I e " a&iDg him < eel' concerning them , which 'gni6c:d their Ditrd Iit ..rold to a M agiilrate who was aar, aDd be orda-'cI_ Goal . and aJfo pve Dircdion 10 th e Conft ,bIcs toa.mitall th e Rei of that C a r r " . in crier for their f a IC ~ .a ad ExamiDa tio n.

In th e Aftemoon the U agilrata met at the Citp-HaIl. 'with In_ tg examine dIaD; a ad while th e J . . . . . . .p r o c c c d i n a to EPm_ioa, ..... Pour 0' C ock --_another A larm of F ire ~ U I* ' Eequirr . _Iaokilaoat"th e HaD Wi:xloM. it wu r e a . & a m . dIace. .........b e at Col Pj,i/il~' S tolehoafe. U poe c . . e V .. o!it.t h e r e wu (mall Saak of Fire I ' 1 I I I I I i n g up the ....Jjk.; W i1cI-6re. from aear the Boaam to d ie T ap; ...Roof. OD theSidedireflJy.,-., 1 1 M riu~iii"''''';It not being (ar from th e n s i a e s . they wac .....,brought to th e P Jac~; and d Ir ' U e . 10 O D e ' , &ra t Sarpn..alJbc,ft I f I ' o o n ntinguifhed. niltn. the MiddlemoJ o fI J u c c l a J i e S~n:ho"rcs a m ada ocher ill.Row. o J c lTilDa


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IN T R. 0 D U C,T I O-N." . . . . - ~ _ S h in z Ia bum'.J like r........... S .at iUabitcd, . f had t h c J a . . . . , . . . . . , . . ~ a c apat Dita IICle .~ ~,.The File apoa 1.. - .."" .... haft bepn within SKI. ;far l i l t . . . . . . i d e of dIo f t 5eoJebouks , and the Houfa..... them, appofitc to th e Wind, there WII a large..... 01 Gudea Groad , ~ that DO Sparks from t h c : f CO .,. could haft ocafion'd tIUt M i{chie, hid th e" " _ b i o W D the coatruy W., ; bot to difcover b y whom... FiNWII pat, WII t h e DiSculty.

While die P e o p l e were txtilJlUiJhjng the F ire It thuI tDreboWe, a D d b a d abDotl maJlc,ed it, there wal .notber~ 1 ' 1 " , .Iaitb cliYcrteci th e People atcaxljng tbe~ to eM .. Alarm, very few remaia ing behind,.. .. ... bad "n CD the Top of th e Houk,....... atiapilhiaa th e Fire, faw a Ncpo leap oct u..... y.....f ODe of them . from tbeace maki...,. Menl GudI ..p,..in " c a t ~ : . ; whidl oa:a-.. t~ ... e o G " f C M I C 4 &tN, AN",.; a D d that wuilia ; I _ a=' Ala~.A, 1' iNIl ,hi N",_, 'WIf'....,: Nep __ 'Ie'JpSped J lo m e hit....... I.._ pmalI, k... ad eM Sw ihM i of.. F lick am d lU I I I e i a c m narkd. thoach fcarcc., aM a.ba, but few ",U:h remaiDeli at theI C t , , eM Word was Ff tD, A N'Z"', A l i lt ,. , :11_b IiI I d ycu.Id o e.f PInliJft. C":f'lIililfo:". r.,Ie1D1e) Mr. p h i l i l . / t . , Houle ia ~ft of him j. . _ lO t ia a c eM lick-Door i a D d being ~ was ... _. aM Houfe , ad carried to Goal , borne DpOIl........... SDlden. H.was Fello.. of ~neral iUa..&er J lUI Ma8e r b e u . c f i r , B , l c M m aDdlittle at..... C-f had great deal of idJe Time, which. it--. M employed to .ery illPurpo(a, and ha d acquired _.. a.d Fuac.

. . . . " P c t . p 1 e h a d r u t h terrib le A pprehenfions upon thisnr.,_, a1':! i D d e e d there Wb Cau fe f uf iicd :n t, ttat fcvc:ralNtpoca (a . IIIIDJ had been UiilI.jng at the Fire It th eSeDrcIaoak, aDd m an y p ftb ap s that on ly fum ed to b e { O J_ . w en IIIet ia the Str.u, aflU the A larm of theirziiIc. wen : hlUried away to Goal ; and wben th e., w eretIIIR, thq were continu ed ~me T ime in Confiormc:nt~ eM Ma,iftrara co~1J fpue Time (0 exam ine intoahI i r f I f t : ra l C a f e s , bow and for w hac thq cam e there,.. , cdIcnh!c : o m .i a g w a de r C onfideration b efore thm aapiaI .hom thee fcetMd to b e more di,c:lt Caufe ofSafi*: ioa j bu t i D a few Days. t bo fe a g a i n f t whom DO th illlin panicalar w a a allcdpd, Mre dif tbargc:d .Itwas faid, there W o L S like 1 0 laue bun ano:l-.er Fire

.. Day. though it ha s by ~ been rllppofet1 to h :rv e b e e naD Aa:idtDt: ~ C cJ !ar o f A &kef onr CCrfI!;U M ark tt... alJ ol a Stmthcr. and the Ci~;J" in a B :..ze i b\;.t ~II~f"Pprt~. T~i . a ! f c QCQJicIl '~ lOm e ilowm .

. t _ 1 I M 1 rIP..",.) WIt C e n t , , , ad committed 5 heftJDImcd in ~t follK' D ays w ithou t E xam ina-tion, f rom th e Hurry the M agiLl ra ta were in . b u t atkDgth Mn. E.,1t and Mn. Gnrg, beina fent for b y theJ uftkes, they declared c o n c e n r i n c bim to th e E"..c~ before-mectioDcd: {] ADd ~ "( 4 being brought b efo re them ,a nd ex am i ned, by hit Exc:u~ admitted he had Ip oken theWorda he wu c:harpd with I b u t it being f o c m after wehad th e News of Admiral y".,.,,'. taking p"." B , " " , heha d alGtrind a cunning Exca~, or fome ab ler Heads forhim. to account for the 0a:a6on of them . and b roughttw o of his 0WIl Complexion to give their W orda for it alfo,Ib.IIIw.J WII" ' . J l i ~if A""'irlll V.. NON'S tllli", PortoBello ; I I I I I I l iHu N th"~!J""j ig" i fo" ta his C tm tp ; M lJ , thathi t-lilt th.t WIIS "", t:I""" FIlii I, 'Whlll tbir IJ r . . " "Oft" 'S i'.w /i '" b, -udby , la a"? tIN Sja1fiaris; orWords taDtamouat ; .f o ,hllt;/ bIl1Jl.'" ~IIMI was enlargedfrom hi I COnf ineJDC'DC tO r fame Time.Ochen c : o n i d e r i n g that it was b u t Eighteen Days aftet

the F ort WU laid in A lb el, thatthefe W orcU w ere u ttered Jand th at f n o e r a I other F ira h a d in terv en ed , as before relate


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f t 'M' f8 :@fD@lD=@m@lBS A tf U R D I I r; 1lib A "''tu L.

A t a Corrm on-C ouncil held this Day at th eCity of New.rorJ .: .PRE S E ~N Ti

JOHN CRUGER, Efq; MAYOR,The R E COR 0 E R,Ge ra rd u s S lu y ve [a n/, 1W i il i am R omm e ,S imon 7~hnfon,J ohn Moore , IE f q rs . A l d ermen.Cbr i j l opb t r Ball/ur, JJobn Pintard.J ohn M afjha l/,H en ry B og ert, 1lfall& S lo l l te"bergb,Phi l i p Mintbeme,Geo rge B r ink erho f f, J ) Affiftantl.ROb e rt B e l1 fo ll,S amu e l L as o re nce ,THE RECORDEIl taking Notice of the (evera1 Firesw hich had lately hap pened in this City, an d th e Man .

ner of them, which had put tb e Inhab itants into the u tm oftConfternation ; chat every one that reftetled on the C ir-comftanee. ~ttendil'g them: the Frequency of them, andthe C au fes y et undifcovered; mull necetTar il y conclude, tha~tb ey were oceafioned and fet on Foot by fome villainousC onfederacy of latent E nem ies &m ongft u s; but with wIlltIntent or P u rp of e, T im e mull difcover; that ,it could IlOitb e dou bted, b ut th e L~u ten" , -Gover no r acd H :S M a j e J a Y ' , JCouncil ~ad taken the A larm al tA is T ime of Danger. and.. 'ere watchful, a nd a nx io us for the Safety of the C ity; ar.dtl.o' t h e y were o f ( 'p in io n, that it was hig hly p ro pe r an dn ecc: flilry tha t a P ro clama tio n Iho uld b e iflu ed b y .he Go-vernment, promifiug proper Rewards to fuch Perfon "ndPer~on~ ,a s f ho uld make f uch D ifco ve ry o f the In ce nd i,u ie 'J Itheir Conf ee era te s a nd Accomplice!, a s t h,a t th ey fhou lt l b econv i8ed the reo f; fi, il 'V.:al 'lIJtU ,f"{J


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. . N T R.0 D,U'C.r ION.Oth" HIre S t rl"~. and {~rpkjulilp. . (OUI ~ T he P roplJ(alWit ..pproved 0(, lnd l'"'Il:h Alderm~.; arid his Common('''oal~il M "n, with Contbbb atrendiCll; them , u nclerro ok'ID " 'reh his refpe8il~c Ward on the South S ide of the F~fhW.tar Pond J I l . l f i the M cmdlY following was the D d Y'xed upon fot "laking the Experiment.

The Sch t" tJ \ewu communicated : ( 1 0 the G overnor, andJ a i t Honou r thou ght f i t to O rder the M ilit ia out that Dayill A id of the M agiftrates, who were to bedifperffd throughth e City. and Centries of them pot.ed at the Ends of theS treeu to guard all Avenues , w ith O rders tt, f~op all fu f:') ltd Ferfons that fhou ld be ob ferved carrying B aggs oriJ un dlea, o r rem ov in g Go od s f rom H au fe to Houle , in orderfor their Examination; and all thit was to be kept VCl!'YSecret WI t h e hojett was putting in Execur icn,~~~~~~~~~~j~~j~~;;~u oNDAY, 13 tb ,APRIL.P U U ~ANT to the S chem e co ncerted o n Satutday laft,

th e 1" l I r 4 / St t l rch w a a made. but there were not anyGooch difcover:d w hich w ere [aid to have b e e n loft, nor~ thert : a I Y ~ ran r.e I ndger or fu fpiciou s P t/,'r{ onsdetdled :Ju t ~V'n'5 T i)ings w ere fou nd in llv: Cuftody of R D h i n , Air.~,A",'. Negro, and CllhR b it W ife, which the Alder-m a n ti . "'y~bt improper (Of, aad unbe coming th e (""'ondit;o"of Slay" , w hich m ade him fu fpea they were not come he-.My !i t J ,.ad therefore ordered the O :mftab le to tUt:them in P o ' l C ' } I ; t to b e re fe rre d f or f urtb er Enquiry : And&Wnwo N . ~e re COIJ lmiued .aU'~'i~~:~i~~~~i~~~

F R ID . I t r, I7 !b APR I L.THE Liectenant-Govemor, by ami with the A dvice of

h is M aje lly 's Council , if f'u ed a P roc lamation, thu":'llyec iting the be fo remen tioned OT~ r and Refolu tion of the~ommon Counei ', p ro 'J lif ing th e R eward s a gre eab le thereto.

In the mean whiile, b etween the S ixth and the S even-_Lh lnA anc, a great deal of Time lud been (perlt by the

M asi{\ratu In the E xamination of the Nelfot ' hI ' ::L lt lcd"up on Ac :c ou .) t of th er e F ir es , b u t n othin g co uld b C ! lO t OA Iof them .Cu f f (PHJL 'P~I '5) wu cloely interrogated, hu t he ab -

folu tely denied knowing ar.) ' thing of the M atter j he faidhe bad b ern at. home .. lllha~ A fternoon, from the T ime heretu rn ed f rom ill/wI's Fire, where he had been to ; 1 H i l l andcarry Buckcts : That he was at horne when the Bell rungfor the Fire at Col. P/, i l i / : f t 's Storehoufc. It a pp ear ed ,upon Enquiry "uJ Examination of W irl'effes, th:lt he, nc-co rd in g to Ili~ an~r s O rders, had b een f.'lw ing W ood thatAftcl'l1on with it while B o y j and rhnt when his MaHrrcame home from Dinner, he took him off Iron, that WOI k Dand fet him to few on a 'lane upon II B oard for his S loop ;th ~ white H o y teu ified, "'1 h . a t he flood b y him to fee him" {tW it, and that he left him hut a little b efore the B ellH rung for the Fire :" A nd when the A larm of the Firewas, and that 'twas fuppos'd to b e at his M af te r' s Storeheufe ,it w as [aid, Cul l was a fk cd whet he r he would go out withthe Buckets, and that he fhould anfwer, ht bad 1 . 0 0 0 g h D rh ti " K o tt . r 'f) tbe A l o r n i n g . Some o f th e r \e ig hb o urs alfo de-dared that ~hey had feen him looking ove r his M ailer 'sD oor b ut a little before the B eU ru ng: B u e an old M an whethad know n Cl l j f i e r e t feveral Years, depofed, that he hadfecn him at the Fire at the S torehoufe, and c h a . t h e f to adnext him: There feemed Co b e fom e O bjetlion againft theM a n's E vidence; ' twas thought he might b e M illaken,being very Dear-lighted; U pon E xamination, 'twa. foundhe could difbnguiLh C olou rs, and he defcrib ed the C lotheshe had on, and moreover declared, he {poke to him, audafked him, why he did not hand the Buckets , and that.thereupon he anfwered him, and diJ hand Water, a J U Jthat he knew his V oice.

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'.,.There was \'ery fhong P roof that he W:lS the Negro that

leaped out of the W indow of one of the Scorehoc.es as theFire was ex tingu ifhed, and mon of the P eople draw n awayupon the new A larm of a Fire , that he was fcen to leapover fevcral G arden Fences, and to r:lil home in grc.;ltHafir.U pon the Woole , 'tW15 th "ugh \ p rope r c..f fbould rt~

main in C c~lflnt;m en t, to aw ait further Difcov(:ty.,

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JOURNALofagainft the Conipirators at

.At 3 Supreme Court of Judicatu re held forthe P rovince of NEW. YORK, at the CityHall of the City of . 'New-rork, on

~ U E S D ~ r; f1 AnI.. 2 I P &1L, 17'"LPRE SEN T,

FR.EDERICK PHILIPS!, Efq, $ecot ld]uj l i t e .DANIEL HORSMANDEN, ECq; ' Ihira' 7u j1 iC l .

The Grand - J u ry called..Tne f ol low ing Pe rrons appeared, a l l d were C w o r D ,rs:

Mr. ROIIR.T ,VATTS, M ercha nt, F oreman ,M elfrs . Jerem iah Latou('e,

Jo f tp b R ead ,Antbony Ru tgers ,jobn klH Eoers ,john C,'uger, Jun.JOhl l Merritt;A do niab S chu vle r,l faac D: P~': f l t r ,A brabam K etclt a fs ,D tlV i d P ro vo ojl,R ene H rlt ,Henry Bu~ma", jun.David Vm~Horne,Grorg e SF tn t'' '"'l i" /n 'ar D un : in,JYinant Yah Zm" .

M erchants .

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. .Mr. Jltlticei'"ILLIP r g~ve the Charp to the GrlUJY,u'1 as f.olloweth.

" Gentlem en o f the Grnnd ' J u r y ,. , r r iSllpt without {orne Concern, thac I .m obU,ed atu thit T im e to b e m arc partiquar in y o u r C~& C , __H fo r m : m y preceeding T erms there hath beer) Oc :uf ion. T n m any Fright. an d Terron which the good People,. of this City have of late been rut into, b y repeated a n d" Imu(ual F ires, an d b urning of H ou fet" .give III l O O . m a c l &" Room to fu(r"!tl, that fome of them at leaa did not pIG-c c ceed from meer Chance or common Accident. , b ut 00U the Cqnt ra ,iY, from "lie pre.neditared M alice and wickedfC Purpofes o f evil a o o Jdianing P c r ' o n a J ID d 'b e .. ' " i t gready bc~oya \I I 10 ~ IcClur utmon DiHi1\"* b )' ~II lawful Way n d M e " l O s to di i lover the ( 'on" ...... P erpetraton of(uch danng and fl.igidou, lJ~l..""il'"t'e e That, UPO:1 Convil\ion, t h e y m a y reccin < .M d i a n , . . _ ." nifhmenr : For although we have the Happmcfa #" living under a (iovernm e.nt w hich ex..eed~ _ U ,o&~I'",. the Excellency of it.'s CO~llli,u tion and J,:_;. . .~II thole to whom the Execprion of them (~JHcII .It,~.. COKE calls the: Life and S ou l of rhe Law) I. lOmmirctd," do no t r.x-trt theml(lves in a contciemioes [;ikha",fI IIfII their refpetlive D uries , fuch Law s w hich w ere .u tendedII for a T error to the EV il Doer, and a l'rotc.c.Hon Co the" G ood, will become a d-ad Letter, and our me't excellentI, Conflitu rion turned into A n uchy and L'on:'n;.ion J everyIt one praltifing what he litlcth; and d oing wl~I~hal} feern" gf)OO in his own Eyes: To prevent wh.id', it i l l the.' Duty of all l,rand J L I ries to enqu ire into the C ondu ll and.. B ehaviour of the People in their rt{pdtj,,~Counrlfs II and if, u pon EX .lm inntion, t h e y find a n y to hare tranf ..II Wdkd the I ,'W8 of the Land, to prelent tl . 'ClI1, th at ( .~" ihey tmy bv the Court be put I Ipo. their T ry.rl, I n c l., then eirher to be J ikhargcJ or ruc1ihcd IlcCf lru in a W llicir" D em erits,

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J o u R N ./1 L o f Ih, PrIIrJi"l.' I Iga;nj lI l ' ~ CAt ~ t h e r e Ir e ,event P r i f o l l l O O 7 . M - in ' G o a l ,I. w l \ o h Y t been comrnit~,ed b y the ( . . : , : [ 1M.~el, uponit F!Q(pklon o f hl'fint oeen \.O~cernl':d in fo\~e of ~ lateI . !o'i.:.. and other" w!iJ uM er P retence I.~t.ni!hng theff .... 1 PY S u ff ere rs , by faving their G C X K It ~ th,c. .. FIaaa, for f teaJ ingt or I'f~ceh'in[; thC f"': T his indeed IIIt add ... A fH iC lion to the .A ffiittd, ai-d is a very great" A g gravation of { ueh C rim e, and lhe~!'.rc ~ekrvel a nar-uow Inqu :ry ; that fo the ex,!m pliJy p"Dlthment of theIf Guilty (i f an y f uch lhou ld b e f o f au ud ) m ay d ~te r.o th ersII from committing the like V illaniei I; for thts ktnd u f~!taling , I think, has not b een often praltifcd among us.

UGenl l emel l ,, O f AUOI. Ql the maJiciolll an d voluntary B urning, notonly a M.nii~QHoule, b u t alfo any other Haufe, and.' tlllO u t-B u ilding l, or B arn" an d S tab les ad joining there to,., by Nipt or byDay, is F 'elony at C ommon Law; an dII ifAliy Part ofthe Houfe b e burnt, the O Kender is gu ilty., of FeJqny. not\Jtjthftand1ng the Fire afterwards b e put,~ O U C a or a o o ut o f itf elf .

.. T hia C rim e is of " ftlocking I Natu re. that if we. . . l a a v e a n y in this City, wbor having been gu ilty th er eo f,. , . G l o o Id . fcape,wh~ can fay he u fafe, or teU w here it will

- - ' . ,. . UGenlil ln tn , .., A nother T hing which I canM t omit rtcommending to. f you r ferio .. and diligent E nq uiry, j, to f i n d ou t and pr:~4 1 ' fine III fu c:h P erronl w ho fell Rum, aed other thong LJ-.~ quor to Negroes: It mu ll b e obvious , 0 every one, that

o f tb ere are too m~ny of theJT~ in thit. City; who under4, P retence of felling w hat the y ca ll a Penny Dram . to a", tN esro, w ill {ell to him as Jnany ~arts or G allons of~ ltum, IIh e c an 'le al Money or G oods to pay for.. .,_, How w i t Notion of it! being lawful to fell a Penny D ram . or a P enny worth of Rum to a S lave, withou t the" C ~1,1rentor D irection of his M a lter, has prevailed. I know., not; b u t this! am fure of , that there is not only no fu (.ll.. lAW; bu t that the doing of it is directly contz ary to an.. A ti. Q f .-\ifembly now in Force, fo r tb hlltr Regu la t ingiii if S la , ' u . The many fatal Con fe qu en ce s How in g fromI' this preva:E ng and wicked P ractice are [0 no to riou s, andd , f c ; ne?rly wunl n u s all, that on e WOtlJJ ulman b e (urpri-.~ ~, to t~1nK there fhoufd b e a Ncc .eHit j lo r a Court toU recommend tht. ~}urr re f fing o f fuch Pernkious Bourn;U T h u s m u c h i n p ;J : ' t i o .: u ~ l i i r; nON in Gel ler 'l l,II ~lj C ' J r g ; t , Gt1 l t l t 'Nrn , fu rther is, to prevent all

" Con(piradcB , Comb inations, and other Off(UCC5, from'.~ 'l' rca{YD4 dow.i to Tr.: l !1: l f lc~ j an.l in your Enquiries,

u th e O itb JOO t a n d each of you have jull DOW cabn,f.~ will. I _ pnfuaded, b e your G uide. a~ I pray G od to. . d ire a and-elA yo u in the Difchui'= of you r Du t),.. .

C ourt adjou rn 'd till T o-m orrow M o rning T en o 'O ock.

Supreme Court.WEDNESDAT, 22d APRIL,

PRE SEN T.tfhe S e co nd J u./lice .

T he C ou rt opened, and adjO\lrned till Ten o'CJOtk.To-morrow M omirsg. 'T H E G rand ' j u r y h~ving been informed, Tha t Jft,'J

Bl l r lon could give them ferne Acco\JClt c:.oncerning the..G o o ds llo le .~ f rom M r. H o g g t s ; fent for her this M orning,a" i t J r " ' r a J / h e jhouIJ I" !WfJrn j th e C onflab le retu rne d au da cq u ain te d' th em , that.fot foil /hI ~'" lI~iI" jwmr, "".gl111 Evitlt~'(I; Whereu pon they ordered the C onJlab le toget a W ar~nt (rom a M agifirate to b ring her b efore th em .The ContlabIe w~ fome time gone, but at length returned,an d brough t her with hi m ; and being a 1 k e d why / h I ' W f IM 1 J"01hI jwar;2, 4" ' : ;V I b tr E1 I i" " ,,' , S h e told the G randJur),fo, 'W IN" ' "o t " , I w o r , " ; and feemed to b e un~er Iomegreat U neafinef., or terrib le A pprehenfions;, w hich ~veS u fp ie io n th at / J l e knew fom ething ccncernm g th e Fuuthat hid Iatt!y happened: A nd being afk'd a ~diion t.othn t P u ryx ,( e, f o e g a v t f I I p Alljw,,.; whic h in c.re af ed th e J ea ..louri ~at Ihe was Privy to them : A nd as It was thou ghta M atter of the u tmoft ConCern, the G rand Ju ry was veryim portu nate. and ufed m ~ y A rguments w ith her, in P IltJ ;. .~lick, and private, to perfua~ her ,to fpe.k th~ T ru th,and te ll a .ll ( he ~ ', newabou t it. To this End, the LieutenantG overnor's P roclamation was reld to her, promifing In -demnity, and the Reward of 0", Hunan' P O U l 1 J ~ to anyPerfon, Contederate or not, who fhould make D lf co ve ry ,ttl. Shej tUf l ld if) de fp i j t if, no r co~ ld the 'G r~ nd J ury b yany M eans" tither Threats or P rom ifes, J ' T e V & 1 1 u pon her,though they afi"u red her withal, tJ ,at { he Ihould have theP rotection of the M agiltrate5, and her Perfon b e fafe andfecure {rom harm J b ut hitherto all w as in vain: Th~reforethe G rand Ju ry defired Alderman Ba"lur to ~mmlt her;a nd the C onflab le w as charg ed \'vith her accordIngly; b~tbefore he had got her to the Jai:, the confidered b etter ,of. Jt.. d ' hE'd nee rnand refolved to b e {worn, an give er V I e ,Aftc:rnoon. Accordii1gf r~ .

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A ct'O rding fr , th e ~ti"l " w r i t , Clime b ef ore th e G J 'lnd'Jury; but as they were proceeding to her Examination,an d 6~ f o r ethty a fte a he r a n y f < E t j li r n u . lite told th em Ih ewou ld acq uaint them with what Ihe knew relating to theG oods Ilolen from M r , Hogg 's , hM t t zl JifJ u/Jo J nothing QPolJ tfh , ~ ire l .

T his ExpreB ion thus, as it were Pmvidentiaily, nip ping{ rom th e E v id en ce , much alarmed th e Grand Jury; ~r,as they natu ral ly conc luded, it did b y C onftruition am eu ntto an Affirmative, that { he co uld g i) 'i" a n A ccou nt of theOccafion of the feveral Fires; and-therefore, as it highlybecame th of e G t 'r ad emen in tho D ifcharge of their Trufl ,they d e t e r m i n e d to ufe t h e i r utmoft D i l . i g e n c e to illt o ut theDi{coyery. . _

Bu t n m {he rema in ed inRex ib le ; c : i 1 l at length, havill~r ec ou rl e to Religious Topicks, reprefenr ing to her the Hei-nioufilefs of the C rim e w hich { he w ould be guilty of , i f 1he. w a s p ~ i ~ y to. and could difcover, fo wicked a Defign, asthe Fm ng Houfes about ou r Ears; whereby not only Peo-ple '~ Eilates would be deflroyed, b u t ltDany Perfons mightJoo(e their Lives in th e Flames: This Ihe would have tt~fwer ,for at the Day of Ju dgm ent, as much as any Pedonimmediately concerned; b ecau fe fb e Imight have preventedt h o i l D it1tu tlion, and w ou ld not; fo that a moti damnA bleS in would lie at her Door; and what need {he fear fJ'O"..tl he rdivulging it; fhe was fure of the Prctedion of the M agi-aratc&? O r the G rand jiliry ex prelfed themfelves in W ordsto the fame Purpofe ; w hich A rgum ents ~, laft prevailed,and ~e gave. th e fo ll owing Evidence: 'Whitll, however ,n~tw lthJlandJl1g what had been faid, ca~1 from her, as if1 1 1 1 1u n d e r (o rne ter rib le Apprehenf ioDI 01' R e f t r a i n t s .

1) E P 0 SIt[ ION.Nu MB. I.

M II R r BUR rON, being (worn D!pofetbI, "That P rin ce (a) and C te fo ,. ( "jbrought t h ;" Things of which they had , .1 b~.'d MI'. . ' J q g g to her M a-u~t'r, 1 ! J h " l Iugbfon ' s HOllfe, and th ar i.ile v ~ ere h i l r t C . . ' e d,I '" throu gh the W indow Hllrrh"- his u'ij ' ".l P" '. I' 6 '/"'" .", I I,.),111.: t g g yrccel!lJr'g them, aooue Two or Three 'Cl k s.. day M orning. (r) 0 oc on a un,z. '"' That c',/il,., Prina and M 'r pI ",'It I t NHM ( ,. I.'WrJ,S egro lan _ CujJet) u fed to meet (requen.:!y at her M ader':;~.o\lle. and rhat lhe has heard them (the Negroes) talk" fteclI'en,'r f' h' .', C tJummg t e Fort; and that they wou ld

" go j~ 10 the F ly (J),JI.nd burn the whole 1'0\\,11 ; an d( a ) M", A ubov neab'. } . . " t r r r o , " -(") V aarck 's } " f ~ 1 ' o . < {r) l/IMwdl I 'F\I( eI ) T ire En,1 F . id 1 , / t / ' t C,':~l',

1 3 that ber M . f l, , . ."i llijlrifs faid, they wou ld aid AMfC affift them as much as they cou ld.

3. " That in their common Converfaticn the,. ufed to.. fay , tat when all this was done, (" -,ef tr fhould b : . . Q e . .,. v ern er, a n d H l I g h f o " her M a fter lhou ld be K ir". .~

.... .. T hat Cuf f i e urtd to fay, Tha t a g re at m a ti) 'P c op J" had to o much, and others too little; That his old M after" had a g re at d e a l of M oney, b u t that, in a fhort T ime," he !b ou ld ha ve lefs, and that he (Cpl) Ihould h""" more,

s . T hat at the r ! V ' j I f ~ 'T im e w hen the T hilli' of w hifltII M r. H o g g was robb ed, were b rought to her t . { . f . e . . " H CM l f c , they b rought (Q me Indigo and Br.a Wax.: w b i c l a.~ w as likcw if c re ee iv ed .by he!' M a fter and M i ftrei.

6. U That at theMeetings of the Three a~' If,..U groc" C t e / Il f' , P r ie e , an d CujJ t t , at he r M afttr'. M ou re,to they uWto fay, inthe ir Cooverfa tiou , 7btit wh", th l]" /it Firt to th e 'low", thl) WOII/J it J ;1 j" I \. N;gl;J~,,,,,4U ~ /th l v .:h il l P t o p l e (amI 10 ( x t i " guV / J it, l IN] 'W fM /J A i l l" a ,," t l r } 1 ' O ! t h em .

7. H T hat Ihe has k now n at T im es, m en or ~b t GG~Uin her M afier 's Houie, an d fome Swords, aDd thatnIl" has feen Twenty or Thirty Negroes at one Time in herc . M aner's Houfe !.and that at fuch large M ectil9 . thoU Three aforefaid Negroes, Cufftl, P" ; " ( I ~ a a a d Cte fo r ,II were generally prefenr and moil atlive, lad that theyUuCed to fay, Tha i th : ol in, . N l ! l 1 ' t J t s t l I I 1 J 1 1 1 f 1 1 rrjil f i ID " -" w hat thlJ tomma"t/tllthem , a"d Iht) q ) , ) " ' j."/NI t I N y. , h i la II Nu" ,her f l jk i tn t / ( J : f la "d b y the",.S, uThat HlIgh/MI (k tr M aRer) and hl r M i J l 1 't /i aW

" to threaten, that if file the Deponent ever m ade ~tionu ofthe G oods ftolen from M r. H o g g , Ihl) 'u','fJIIlti POISON" htr j a nd the N eg ro es fwor~, if eve r { he p ub liih ed , or.. d if co ~e re d th eir Defign of b urniflg the T ow n, t h t J 'WIllau burn oer WhenttTJlr Ihl) met b e r, .

9 .. s That j J : . t " ,ver !RWII", ,whi t t P , r / o l l ill C_ ' ' ' 1 IJc c 'lvb,,, Ihry l a a ' " o/hl l1 ' " in l tbl Trw, hilib". ltJ.lI". htrU'I ," ltli;1 r,p , a,," Pew, ,.

This EVIDENCI f J f a C C l n f p i r a c y , not only to barn tlteCi t y . b ut a lf o def t ty f I . n d m urder the P eople', w as m oft aao-n if 1lin g to th e GranJ l~'ry.~!ld :bal Q ' ! Y 'Vo . 'UII P I t I J I I : J - 1 Jhcomt fa t t .hamlOlled "~(Jttfttkralt witl' SlavfI in fod II"~ ' 1 . : l C r Q h / t a"a'Jr t t j l t lb . ; / P l l l p D f t , cou ld not but b e ycryamaz-Ir.g to e ve ry one that heard it; what cou ld farce b e ere-dircd j Ju t that . e Ieveral Fires had b een (I bt

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Whol< 1, 'twa~ judged moll .dvi(eah'e, II ihere w:\, 1 \ : 1.b fo lu te NeceR :ty that a M atter of tI.i~Nature and Conft'fjuence (llonld he r,llhome,l :4lfoon as p . , m h l t > , th:1t it# 1 1 o u l J b e taken under thl" Care o r the Supreme Court Iand for thlt Purpoft, that Applic:\tion fhlluld b e made toHis Honour the Lieu tenant Governor, for an O rdinanceto enlar~e the Term for e h e Sitting of that Court, whichin the 01dimry M ethod woulJ determiue on the r u t / i f , . ,following.The Gentlemen of the L aw gene!'ouny Ind un:mimo:1n,

offered to give their \ffillal ce on every Try.1 I in tl.cirTurns, ille h i s was conceived to b e a M atter th:lt not oolyaft"tCled the City, but the who le P rov in ce.

. .r a m o Combination o fV i !lh ," " WI', It IIh. T I ... ~ of there,111tl. lr."i' I.n D e c1)lIetteJ (rum the M inner and Circum-M ine., ,w:noing them.The Grartd Ju ry therdort, IS i t . wu I M attfr o r die

atm al C onf eq aen ce, r h o u g h t i t neeemil y to inform th eJudges concerning it, in ore !' .that t~e 1l1l0It tfTc[tual Mf~ar:l:-eJ mi~ht b e concerted, fv r difcovering !the Confederates.I U 1 d the Ju dge. were acq . .ainted with i t ll,a:ordjn~ly,2:S~~~}S~\)3t~~gJ~,~~~ll~~~Q.1~

Sup reme Court.'tHURSDAY, 2 3 a ! Apalt.

p R E S ] 3 : !~T.

The Grand Jury came inta Court and were called over:'T he Forem an defiring chat : .1 .rg. , .11 Sordi'fI, alias J U f - r ' J , P rif on cr might b e brought b efo re them .OrIw,J, That the Sheriff do carry tlllt' {aid Marganl

8"14/;;lrD, alias X/r'l, b efore the G rand . r ury, and lee herfate returned again.The COt.4rt adjournej till To -morr ow M ornin;,~ Ten

o'Clock.This M orning the: JuJgrs (u:flmoned Ji "he!'t ~!",tlemen

cf the Law in Tovn, to meet them k the ,'.f(( n Jon, inorder to .con{ ult w ;:h them , alld deter.niu e ....Oll . _ ; c h Mea -furea u on the R c f u l t of t h e i r i.:Iibr'tll:k.m I h o u l d oejudged moli proper to be rake . .. 'r']o t!;. t :mf tgCl1cy j andM r. Mu,., (!>, Mr. Ah ...at tdtr , \1r. ,( ,I"i (b, " , . I I ' CI. ' l ImhtrJ ,M r. 'Nlcbol/s, l\lr. l~tl,t'. arl M r, /?' '(Jifoll, met themaccordingly; the AI"" : 1 < " ( "1',1 hi. .. ~ jlldifpukd, couldnot attend, It was couiidered, "\ h~l( j . '~!ollgh there WII~ an A ft of therrlJvincf! for T ry in:~ N lgroi' .. ~ . H " o t l . r r C l o r i c , for all~'l;Im1('r of O f tC l l t \ q , b y Ille JU1H~t'~t &t ' . in a flJI1lIlli'ryW ay; yet 8. t! i s ,.",B 3. Sche.ne ~A \': l l a n y HI whichW hite People ..vcre con~~(krateJ W i t h them, a l l d mo.tprob ab ly w ert th,: f : I II t v1ovt r~ l i n d Seducel'! of the S lave. ;f'OKI ihe Na er e (l j:lCh it < . 'O l lj U d" (JIl, l l.cre was rC,II(JOto lpprchet/ r l.c re wa :, a l'onlritacy of deeper LNfi} t" :AIJmote d a n r ' < ' G l l ~ L'olilrivlltICC' thall lbe S l.':VC5 'lu:;n~:lve."cr,'~ ca , 1 1 : . , , ( , ' f J f , i t wus ll lf ltig ht :t M.lllt:I' ' h A c tc quiredg t' " lCJ , a~ well i\~ the u lm .? , OiNi',,,rl, in!""Cuu:iucl o f the En'l\:iry c o n c c r u i n g i t ~ AIIJ uron the

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J.f.,.gartl Kerry, commonly ca lle d PIn-' eommiued fo tHIIgJ." R ob bery, b eing im peached b y Mar, Berte, A ll oneof the Contpiratcrs, ,l'le Ju dges ex am ined he r in P , iron inthe Evening;' they tXhorttli her to make an mgl"'1101J1C on(eifion and lJi(C'.o',try of what fh.: knew uf It, an dgave her Hope. of weir Recommendarion to u .. GVl'IIlOrf o r a P a r d o n , if c h e y c 'J J I. . 1 be o f v~l ;n ion t h .l t { h i : .efervedit; . rru rang her ( . i s lhl.: C:.fe Wi) tha.t t l l e y had Hi.Honou r's P erm iflion to give Hopes of M ercy to luciaCrimin:l;. as fhou ld conrets their G uilt, and they 1 1 1 uldi n i n y . proper to recommend to him i.I~ f i t and I,rllperOOjeal; Hut (he w.thilood it, an d pofiuvcly drlJil,! thatfhe knew any Thing of the M arter; and faid, 7'hal if

. I l , , 1 t 1 i . ' I ' l l I t l 4 ( ( I I f i QIry B ~ J ' D / l il l Y f u c ',b l Jb i "E, :h t ",ujl am4iinman! Ptrfol'll,.,.im' ''tJ;.i)NC "iR. (),\IN SOt"... Shehad this _ r b een t:_ '!,1'i.:ned bv the l. r :U1J Juy, andpofitlvely denied Itflowi 'J , ;1 , . , l Y riling alJout be Fires,

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(". RES E N T,t:tht S l'co lld an d 'T hird J uf l ia s.

The K IN G ,agll;nJl

Cre~ar and Prince, Negree.The G rand [urv hnvirg foanJ two Dills o f In'lillmtnt

fo r FI,lo,,;I'I, 1l);,'1lnll the P r r f o n e r s I. M , . . Aller"" Gtlur,,/moved. TIl .. t thry m ight b e b ;ou ~hc ( 1 . 1 'h.: C ar, ia ohicrt o ~ ; . . ~ . i g n c e l .

lJ 'Will O,J,t'li. And I


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O " , r I ' , That the Prjfoner. Tryal. be pu t oW'lil ' [ J l i f ~J The follow ing Letter, dated thi! Day at Nrw.Y"I, WUthe 2 8th Inflant, Iome Time afterwards intercepted in N, ' I . . . Jrrjiy, l1li "D Cup from a M agiftrate there 10 another her

A l '\ < i th t'y btinl brougl)t, were .rrajp~ ~idj"gly,and {over al l) , pleaded, f.,~,Gui l tJ .

The K IN G ,agni1f tJohn Hughfcn ..Sarah h is W i fe ',.M arg aret S oru biero , (I l ia ! Kerry.

'The G mod Jury having found a Ilill of Indr[tmC'flt for'd'n)', againtl the Defendants in Cuflody; Mr. Altom.,G r n ; , t t l m oved, T hat they m i & ; h t b e b rou ght to th e B ar in.rder to b e arraigned.

1 1 'll'US OrtkrrJ ..And the P rifo nere bdng b rought, w ere arraigned aeeer-tiingly, an d f t . ' \ c r ~ d l y pleaded, Nllt Cui/ty.()"~'ir:!, That the Tryals of the two Nreroes , the

J i t i i J : i G I / : , and I~' t,.,) ' , do come on T o-morrow M o rning.Court . .e journed 'till T o-m orrow Mo rnins:N inc o'C lock.

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m'illmilim~lM~rnmu,~~mmSupreme \..ourt,~SA ~ U R D /1 r, 25th APlll~.

PRE SEN rf .'! 'he S eco nd J uflie t .The K I ~ r G "

aga;"~Czfar and Prince, N e g ro e s . .The KIN G,

agai lf j1John H ughfon,Sarah his Wife,M argaret K erry .

Court adjourned 'till M,l i t ia , Morn iA, Nine o'C iock .

B ~ ~ ~ ~ m ~ ~ m :~~~~S_~iSupreme Court:M 0N D A {, '1 .-,th A.IllL:

PRE SEN T,T he S eco nd Ju fJ ict .

H is M a jefly's O rdinance p ub li{ hcd in C ou rt for E nt'r& in~the p re(cnt T erm to the lail TUja'lj in .M~ } 11CXt.

Court adjourned 'til T o-morrow M o rning T en o'C lock,~~~~~~l~~~~mSupreme Court :.

q'U E s D A r, 28th APRIL~PRE SEN T,

'fb i SuoHd and t fh ird J u fl ;& t s.The K ~ NG,

The KIN G,agai1l} l

John HLe:~..In,Sarah h is Wif ,M argaret K erry .\

Upon M otion of Mr. At f lJrnry Gen t ,. ,d ,Orae t ' d , That th e 'I 'r y als of th e PrifoncR in b o t h Cauil

\I e Fut off 'till the r1\ D ay of Maj.Cour t adjourned 'til Frida} 11\ Ma.1, T en 0' C l o c k i A

the M o rning .

,The O riginal in Female Dutch rouowe~, r . . l i d a fif il

II is m a t e r i a l '0'b e p r e f e n e rorfJQfr~ ".~.,. . ~


23/75

1 .0 U R]\' A L o f I b' P rfJ ce ,t/in gs a g ' a i n f J. . Bm l il ll it Alan Johan l l i JRam t

IInlf ;s 1 1 1 1 U B tll '" It Malm Dat i~U B , iif DIII/a"ttnuhill B," B re ng'" Yiln a /~ En Dili f Nfl ''''Jlam., Dillgl1 Yil" '8j ' l1 8 1 1 1 0". We" N a h" is I , , f ( , , , , , , , ~n" B""iI";, il Vt r f o 'R ra n UDal gy htl Bill ran U W,gh" Ma,h 0.Yarm II Ga en En Nill in N i" Y.,.,l II l imen.. E" 0..U SI!! Nitl Bd en t I,llal,,, I I 'IlIr I I} BI" I'fQru"b" H "jtn d i, is Yan Dlji D.lb ZJ' I t ryel l II h,Mt".. EnO DA:Z y" Yro" E" til My" is King EvitUlIl t lg t . B aYIH Ga,. E" Zy I Nt U N a" "',q()1 till K".du Gt6nch t E" illN "u BIl"J~'" Yob" H u/,n E" z:'." n1" '0" G ,ha" g'" S ail W o rtit"UB , 1tJ'. , i l K iln m ,n En ti, Sr :hou tEn Bomh e k l S ,d ,nu rll lr U (),,;,r all Wan t Fi l l ' " Ntgtr aie h./J ZJn 1I'.r'" S 'tU l '," I')(JI' , ( 1 1 4 B ro l btr U , as is Y ()tIf' I t" 1 1 1 1 r t Man. . g l ~ r " , E" ' i l hiIfJrl h o t h,l;s S o Ni l l Mil" Ma"c' B I,,,," '" U E'r: lNardt YrQu J/ntr,Mtl RMII I I I I 101 t er Jqn",un .- .

T hu s T raltD ated :HB elove< I Hufb and John R emme "THIS iu to acquaint you that I have rece iv ed y ou r

" L ette l by the B earer hereof and undertland ou t" of it that you intend to retu rn home again M y Dear If6 defire of }OU that you m ake th e h e f t : of yaur Way to go" further and not to come in New-York and not to makeoC yourfelf known where you are for John Hughfon is" this Day to have his T ryal as alfo his W ife and theI, Serva,.t Maid is King Evidence againft b oth and fhe' c ha l brougt, t your Nam e likewife i Q ~eftiol1 and I am" afraid that John H ughion and his Wife will b e : hansedHby what I can he~! and the Sheriff an d flumbailifts leek" (or yo u t .'1ery where raard's N tg ro ( /) h i l l t l l h ll. . W t Jrt l jl lt lJ ~ fo r y o - B rother L ucas is choien one ofu the Jurymen and he hears how it is So n(l more b u t"remaining you r refp cfifu l W ife E lez ab et R omme evenI , 'ell Death .' ,

Superfcribed,F o r u: Jobn R D t Im I I /~Dr;

( I ) Czfar ."

Supreme Court,F RID .d r, 1 f t MAY.PRE SEN T.

f ie S econd and Tbird Jujlias.The KIN G, ~(lgaid On Tryal.Czfar a n d Prince, N e g r o e s .

The J u P . Y called, and, the P rifoners making no Chal-, leDge. tlltJ ollowing P erf olll w ere fw orn ,n e .

l 'atrick j 'ackjOn,Benjamin Mco r e ,W i ll ia m H amm c rf lc j;J ohn L ajhie r,70Jhua S l ey da ll ,John S h l t r f t J e r ~

Rflgtr _French,J o blt G ro rf oa k,J ohn R ichard ,Abraham K i p p ,Geo rg e W i tts ,J~~nTburman,

1'Here tw o N e g r o e s w e r e arraigned on 7 'wo l"Jia",tttfl,th e f ' IVIII IJ1'_r lb of Ap,.il laft: fJh, 0", for theirentering the Dwelling Houfe of Rah,rl JJ'U, of this City,M erchant, on the Fi ' : l l Day of fl.!tI,(b th en la il pail, withIntent then and there to commit Iome Felony J and fG rfdonioufly a l~a1 ing and carrying away then ami there theGoods an d Clattels ofthe laid Rahtr' H o g g , of the Value o(Ff lMr P ,un4s liVl Shil l ings Sterling, againft the Form ofthe S tatutes in fuch Cafe made and provided, an d againftth e Peace of uur Sovereign Lord the King, his Crown a n dDignity.

'fh l O lh tr for their entering the Dwelling Houfe ofAbraham Mqlr s Coh,n in this City, M erchant, 0" theFitj1 Day of Mllrch, with I nten t th en and there to commit 'ffome Felony; and for felomoufly ftealing an d carrying ;away then a id there th e G oods and Chattels of the faid ,;:.A6, .aht lm Af.: l l tJ C Jm . uf the Value of Fi ,v t P , ,, uu ls Sterl,againft the Form of the S tatutes, &,. and ab ainfi (he K ing 'sPeace, &,.

To each oj' which In didmen ts the y p lead ed , N o l Gui l lJ The A ttor ,ey G eneral having opened both the India

m enta, he with J '. ft p h Mu rr a_ ,', Efqi o[CoMn(ilj t1r t I N King,proceeded to examine tb e Witnefft:s, viz. F o r


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T IH Ctll l fp ir l l lOrl III New-York, 1741' o r Ih. KING.Abr"hll. Mtytrs Clln,1 " " ' 1 S Milll,' T b t n J l I I J W , , , , , , . , , ,Job" ~lfNWt, Eiq;C tJr l: ,l i :! S Brearr ,An/bo,!, HaNI,AI"" &,10".

~"rs.H:.~,~lrs. l i t ; , :I,':i!,Ch;lI..,.i,r IY/~it"',R4c/:r i I l ' Gil rill,Mr. R~hrl IltJt.~,Mr. Ro lKr l 1Y.ltlS,~'J . jrg 1fI"r" I s"rl l i l i lr tJ ,i 4 1 i O l S X c 1"1') ' .

Fo r the PribIm.Alderman Bllntitr,AM e rman Jofr.jo",'~bllA M l J o p t tt 7 l1 .

The PrifOnm I I f < ! n tbcir D e f C D C C denied the Charge'g,il-fl 'Mm. And,1 : . c E ,'K!rncc bdng (umlM d up. which was Yft1 BroIIgDd fu~l. and ~ Jur)' clwgtd. Ihq w ithdrew aa d beingICcurord. jour:d thrill C.ilry -t Il,lMIia.nts.0,.1.uil. That lhe Tri .11o f the H . g h . f o 1 l S and M.".,tt

J G rll. be put off ti1lIl'"JIltJU.1 the 6th lDftaDt.Cou rt a djo u ra rd ttil Uaaday M o n U n c . 4th M . . J . T_Chxk. -

SUNDAT, 3JMAY.R If I I [1R P R IC E. Sen'ant to Capt . VIWCINTP~.\R!E. having been committed, ufOD a Charge oflea'~ngnul of hjMatter,Houfe fewral Goods belDl1ging

o the Lieutlnant Go\"crnor, which bad been removedttllhu fOr faft Cuno~y from the Fire at th e Fon; hennnJ tbe l'necr-ShuifF. That he had !wi fOmeDif.

Curfc in the Goal witb P'lV. ,.,hicb he would commu-to a Magllhate: The:Uader-~herif' acquainted onef t b f o Judges therewith; and _ txamiMd Pr ic in theEftDing. a D d the fullowing repofitioa wu Iakeu.

DEPOSlcrION.N u .. B. I.A R rHV R P R IC E hdng duly Sworn. p i th ,I.h"t about tbe Brginninl of taft Week P' I I . J. . C I ItY J,or Lr r : r . DOW inGoal, C.tOle to the Hole of the

P riiO n Door. in which he is confiDed, aad told him,S IM w as


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11 ..10URN A L o f thl Pt-ot f t l i i"KS again)e M . . . . . with a G un laden. who pretended Oil h i. h ein lcUbvored, that be raw the Perfon who had f i r e d the Barna,.pODwhich his M a fter o rd ere d him to f ir e a t him, and theNepthereupon i..-diateJy difcharpl his P iece I but noB 1 a o d was drawn from any M o rtal that c o u l d b e d i f c o v e r e d .The latler WIt foond at hi. M a Ret9sH oafc loading a G u nwith two B ullets, which he had in his Haad ready to pu tIn. U pon there and other prcfumptivc Circumftances andPr006, both Negroea were ap prehended, and in a few Day.tried, conviaed , and b u rnt at a S take: T he form er con-tared, be b ad let Fire to three of the B arns; I'" -1411"..-IJ "'!ft.fi _hi",; .w fU:'UI4 lithtr iffbi,. tiijtl'Vtr, tbatu , others w cre coll eracd with them in this ViJlany.

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Supreme Court.MO NDAr, ,J , . tb MAY.P It ESE N T,ne Seumal lnd '{hird Jujlices.

T he Court o p e n e d ed adjf,u rned . ' e i B To-morrow A f ,temo on Three o 'C lo ck .~~tgl@~[c!R~~

Supreme Court :s u E S D A r; 51h MAY.PRE SEN T, .A s b efo re .The Cou rt opened an d a djoYrn cd 'till To-morrow

M orning Nille o'Clock......... (HM/ .

Supreme Court:If'E DN E S D .A r, 6th MAY.PRE SEN T,Tb S eco nd . a n J t hir d J u ft ic e s.

The KIN G, ~I l f .oi '! f lJohn Hughfon, O n Tryal.Sarah his Wif,'M a rg aret S oru b iero , al. Kerry,

Tb.,7.., called, a n d th e f ollowin g J ur ors were (worn.Tiz.

Jo hn S hurnur tJobn Hailier;Jo bn R ob in s ,.llmry Palldtwaltr..A aro n ](jnK,A ltxand er W ard .

l I t1 try ~t"WilUam H.",,,IIr}1q,Sid" , , Breefe;Jobl" Smith,S amue l W t trf Jt r,l ' a t r i c k J a ( k j O ~ ~. J : j ; :N : : ; ~ ' ~uran challenged by t he P r il onen.They w e r e i n d i a e d fo r felonioufiy, & c. receiving on.the 1 1 . , ; , , , Day of M.r,h thCD laft pail, d iv er! f lo len G o od s,

1 I 'W W , i1 l g Iht /1 I1 IU 1 0 bavt / I t , . fl''' ' ', (h ) againtl the Form.Qf the Sta tu tes , Cil. and the K ing's P eace, &c,

T o w hich Inditlment they a ll p le aded , N il G u i/'. !, upontheir A rraignm ent, u b efore.C ow ncil ~ rthe K IN G . J The ATTO~lUY GS!C:JlAl o , 1 j051PII MVU.AY, EMf ;The Altor,,'J G,wral opened the IndiClmcnt, aad ther.Il e an d Mr. M M r r 4 J exam ined the \V itndlea a~ainft theCriminala, vire .

Wi tn e es f or the KIN G .Ro h" '1 H o gg ,Mrs. H o g g ,Rachim, Glltri.,A",hI7".} Ham , Conftable.Alderman Ro1fmt t ,R o h "' 1 Wa f/s , Elq;.Rich.rrJ Ni tho l l J , Ef'l;

JaNS Mills,}'fary Burt", Alderman ~ 1 D ( )f '1 ,1[/,.,1141 Wtl l1 l la l l , Conflable.J~/",C,. l Iger , Efq ; "M ayo r.A lderman ] oh" jm .William Jomi/JI I , Efq.

The Conviaion of C. e fa l ' an d Princ, read.The Examination of Highf i l l before the J uftices read

Wit.les fo r th e P r if on e rs ."hn N icbo /s , P II t,. Ap irfin , a n dCapt . t, His Irift.

A nd the Charge againf~ them being fully proved i the ~E vidence fum med up t t h e ! A rgumenrs clofed, and the Ju ry ~charged, they withdrew ; and b eing retu rned, found theru t~all Guilty. ;~Sarah HlIg~{o", Single.\Voman, D:1Il?,hter o r Joh"

Hilg / ; (on and Sarah his W ife, was this Morning committedas one of the C onfederates in th e Con fp ira cy , b ein g a pl'rc:'hended while the Court W

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