The Delaware gazette — Wilmington [Del.], 1810-05-16 00:00:00, page 2

Gerades Dingnan, at die rate of five dol
on the fif
lots per month, to commence
teenth of day of January eighteen hundred
»nd ten.
Donald M' Donald, at the rate of two
hundred and fiftv cents per month, to com
the twentieth day of January,
inence on
eighteen hundned and ten.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the pensions of the following persons, al
ready placed on the pension list of that Uni
ted States, whose claims for an increase of
pension have been transmuted to Congress,
pursuant to the Act titoresaid, he increased
to the sums herein respectfully annexed
to
their names ; the said increase to commence
at the times herein mentioned, that is to
say :
William Little, five dollars per month,
to commence on the twenty-second ol No
vember,eighteen hundred and nine.
Walker Ba.lorpwetUy dollars per month,
the twenty-ninth of De
to commence on
cember. eighteen hundred and eight.
Isaac Bennett, three dollars thirty-three
and one-third cents per month, to com
mence on the twenty-sixth ol June, eigh
teen hundred and nine.
Thomas Carhart, five dollars per month,
to commence on the twenly-firsl td Febru
ary, eighteen hundred an l nine.
David Weaver, five dollars per mon'h,
to commence on the fourth ot September,
eighteen hundred and ntne.
Jostas Smith, ten dollars per month, to
commence on the eleventh ol May, eigh
teen hundred and nine.
aii cl thirty
■* A'ncl Knapp, three dollars
in »nth, t
three and one-third cents per
commence on the twetuvseventh ot Octo
ber, eighteen hundred and right.
Peter D. Dimares:, five dollars per
month, to commence on tit seventh ol Jau
uurv, eignteen hundred .,1 nine.
Kerly Ward, ihr
dollars and thirty
three and one third cents per month, to
commence on t'.c tenth of Ja.iuuiy, eigh
teen huittlred and nine.
John Utt.r, five dollars per month, to
commence on the third of January, eigh
teen hundred and ten.
Lee Lay, »ix dollars sixty-six an.', two
'bird cents per month, to commence ett
te
fourth of Dcceinner, eighteen hundred and
nine.
Ilenrv Cone, five dollars per month, to
commence on the fonrih of December,eigh
teen hundred and tunc.
Ehhu Sabin, three dollars, thirty-three
and one-third cents per month,
to com
mence on the third of October, eighteen
hundred and nine.
Simon Crosby, three dollars thirty.three
and one-'.hi
ceitlsjier month,
to COIll
mencc on thi
twentieth of September, eigh
teen hundred and nine.
William rarbell,three dollars per month,
to commence on tlte thu d ol June, eighteen
hundred and nine.
Jeremiah Markham,
fivs dollars ;
cr
month, to commence on the third of June,
eighteen hundred trod nine.
John M akt-ley, five dollars per month
to commette ' on the first of September,
eighteen hundred and eight.
David Oicutt, five do! trs per man'll,
to
commence on the fifteenth of March, eigh.
teen hundred m:l nine.
Jetlediah Brown, two dollars rv.d fifry
n the fotir
cetus per in tr.tti, to commence
teenth cf October, eighteen hundred and
eight.
Stephen Hempstead, three dollars and
seventy-five cors per month, to commence
on th
: J ot February, eighteen hundred
.
■
and nine.
Isaac Finch,-five dollars per mouth, to
on the twenty-first of July, ei"h.
commence
teen hundred and eight.
Richard I.amlt, three dollars thirtv-three
and one-third cents per month, to com
mence on the ft; at of May, eighteen hun
dred and eight.
Solomon Stark, three dollars
ana sevun
tv five;cents per month,to commence on the
thirteenth of February, eighteen hunched
I
and nine.
Nathan Flawlev,
three dollar) thirtv.
three anti one-third
Cents pc-r month, to
commente on the twenty-sixth
of May,
eighteen hundred and eight.
Samuel F ranch, fi
e dollars per month,
to coittmeace no the t ve
oi Mav<
ty
eighteen hundred and eight.
•aero Dav.dey, three dollars thirty three
aid one third cents per month, to t om
xth - .f May, eigh
r.icr.ee on x
ir.vn bu!v:l
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Jonas Adams, five d 4?^»'., •>.•:
*n tlie* t>ix* *
c«
..urj,
Mosss Smith, five dollars per tnunllt, to
the ninth o! February, eigh
commence on
teen hundred and ten.
Abraham Sawyer, two dollars anti fifty
cents per month, to commence on the six
teenth of November, eighteen hundred and
nine.
Elias Barron five dollars per month, to
commence on the sixth ol June, eighteen
hundred and nine.
Richard Crouch, five dollars per month,
to commence on the twelfth ol April) cigh
teen hundred and nine.
Joseph Johnson, five dollars per month,
to commence on the eighteenth ol March,
eighteen and nine.
Jeremiah Robbins, three dollars, thirty
three and one-third cutis per month, it.
commence on the thirtieth of January,eigh
teen hundred and nine.
Abner Kent, live dollars per month, to
the thirtieth of jauuary,
commence on
eighteen hundred and nine.
James Cohey, fire dollars per month, to
the sixteenth of May, ciglt
commence on
teen hundred and nine.
George Vaughan, thirteen dollars,thirty
three, and one third c ots per month, to
the twelfth of January, eigh
commence on
teen hundred and tan.
Stans Hammond, at the rate of five dol
lars per month, to commence on the eigh
teenth 'tf Decctn'.er, eighteen hundred and
nine.
Bartlett Hawkins, five dollars per month,
to commence on the eighth day of March,
eighteen hundred and ten.
William Foster, five dollars per month,
to commence oil the sixteenth of Decem
ber. eighteen hundred and nine.
S.t ntlel Johnson, live dollars per month,
to commence on the eights day of March,
eighteen hundred and nine.
Sec. 3. And hr it further enacted, That the
Seerctajy of War he, and he is hereby di
rrcted to place Andrew Pinkerton on the
pension list ol invalid pensioners of the U
nittd Slates, and to pay him at the rate of
three dollars and thirty cents and one
third of a cent per month, commencing
on
the twenty-filth day of August, eighteen
hundred and nine.
See, -1 .Awl !>c it further enacted, That the
several sums speciltailv apptopriated hv
this act. shall he paid out ol any monies in
tile in-:,silty, not otherwise appropriated.
J. B. Varnum,
of the House of Representatives.
John Gaillard,
President uf the Senate, tiro tempere.
>7- IUP}.
Apri
AP!»- «i
JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT
l'nvhling for the printing amt distributing such laws
of the United States as respect tlte Public Lands.
] TF. it enacted by the Senate and House of
.J Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled, That the
Pirs.dcnt of the United Slates be and he is hereby
authorised to cause to he collected into one v.->
bene and arranged, the several laws of the U.
States, resolutions of the Congress tinder the
confederation, treuti-s and proclamations that
h.ve operation and respect to the public lan.is ;
...n! to cam« twelve hundred copies to be printed
one of which shall lie transmitted to carli of the
register« and receivers of public monies of the
several land office,
I the United States; and the
e ,u the said cc'iies shall be preserved for
rest
tue lut'.ire disposition of Comrress.
J. B. Varnum,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
John Gaillard,
President
i the Senate, pro tern.
April 2.Ï, IMO.
Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
3h*îcütgence.
- ÄWW:.
I INK DOINGS !
VEW-ORLKANS, APRIL \2.
1 he capture of the three privateers, the Due
I or anttb'Ua, tlte Is're/iide, and the vessel bear
rng tlte papers ol the peiiogu.- called the Petit
'one.-, has disclosed a system of iniquity Itere
totorc unparalleled in this country. 'There
vîîiTn ° ' i - 't* 1 ' le o u!ar 'y connected chain iff
viUatny winch the Itteaking of this link (rives
us hopes will be emirely destroyed. M'e sus .
pe.-t extremely ma.iy person, being engaged
".I'" 110 '': »hare out hnspi alitv and all the rights
'j 1 , ,u 1 lca, î •)'«' : we hope, however, fin
(./.' honor of the American name, that none of
ouv rountvy»m:n tue engaged.
The Due cle
Montebello was fd»td
out at Baltimore, pur
»•hn*trl hv a
captain White, cleared ont with
i rt -ich passengers for St. Bartholomew
b, \va&
. , • ,ac Annahle, put into Savannah (Geor
gia armed, shipped part of her crew,
saiictk
ant. received the i. st from on board a vessel
comma,,by capt. Kuhn. She assumed
a th'. bar o r ( fiarleston the I'retie.li ci
j nara c
ter and name
iiü^ wears ; sailed on a cruise,
nd's, sin!
bunts and destroys every Amc-r
'f;, 1 . 1 ' .».d English vessel she falls in
mud glutted with pint der, she is com
l1 '
• iiw .1 lo pm. into this nuit
under
pietct'cc cf
distress ; her captain*« naine is Bess-n ; lier
ajipau.nl owners name Brouni'd—one Menton,
and a certain Joint dc Loupe, make conspicu
ous figures on board of lier.
, sailed from
The In repide was Itui.t lvre
•e on Iter fitst
this port about two months sine
"voyage lo St. Batihoiontcws with i'tetich pus
tic tigers, coil,tiiulidcd by a captain l,others,
where it is said she was sold Itv Inin to Sotni
tiet, one of llte passengers, and sailed with the
restot the passengers, mid. r the command of
Brouglunun, to ht. Martins, where she oh ain
ed a it'fetich commission,proceed, d on a ci uisc,
and after taking from on board a Span -It ves
sel GOUO dollars, put. in here under pictence of
On boatd the Duc de Momchcllo is
distress.
found a commission, for a vessel to be caked
Thi l'rcnch Soldier,w be commanded by Ilrough
who now commands ihu Intrépide.
tnan,
The sehr, which bears the papers oi periogue
la Pell: Chance is commanded by a person by
the name of St. Caste, who says lie sailed front
Guadaloupc in the Petit Chance, of between
fne and nix tons burthen, tin a cruize ; hut
meeting this vessel, and finding her a very fast
sailer, he took his crew on board her, gave the
Petit (Justice to the crew of the sehr, and went
on a cruize. After making several captures
and destroying sever d vessels, lie put imo Ibis
port in distress. On cvamimng lus leak U v as
iotttid to be a fresh bored auger ho e.
Tlte schooner Blossom unived here from St.
Jago with a number of passengers, sailed un
der tlte command of it c o-t.tin John Jaque, un
d«t American colors, and spoke bv the Monte
bello oil'the bar of the Balizea short time since,
be.tr.ng a different name, cruizing as a priva,
teer under f leuch colors, and tioh'y laden
with plunder, who is no doubt somewhere on
our coast engaged in smuggling her cargo in
to this place. The captain of the Montebello
supplied her with n boat which he had taken
from «it American btig ; and she proceeded lo
the westward, where some of our vessels ol
war have pursued her without effect.
The sehr. Leonora sailed fiotn this place un
der Swedish colors, for ht. Bartholomews, with
about ff. French passengers ou boa'd, and was
stt' ctly examined at the llalize by our vessels
of war, in order to find arms oil boatd her, bio
without effect. She proceeded to Breton island,
where it is supposed she took on boaid lici
arms and ammunition, as she lias since appear
ed olVlhe B.t.ize in chase of some vessels and
has plundered others.
We hear of a schooner called the Superior,
now cruising o(V Jamaica, sinking and burning
every vessel she meets*—not long since *he
was at Charleston ; also other privateers which
sa'ltd from Guadeloupe before it surrendered,
and are supposed to be destined for this place ;
they are now cruisin' in the neighborhood ol
Cuba and Jamaica.
The system of warfare conducted bv those
The system of warfare conducted bv those
men, is a disgrace to human nature. Having
now no place to send their prizes to, they des
troy them cn the high seas ;—and pet haps the
pris mers share the same fate of their vessels,
for we find none on hoard except a few persons
of color, preserved tlo doubt for sale. Nor do
they confine their outrage to English and Span
ish vessels : we find the Moitlihi/ln has robbed
three American vessel-—has burnt on.—ran
somed another—the protest of captain School
. ,
field, is in parr evidence oi tins fact. _
We hear of a vessel that was purchased at
Norfolk by some Frenchmen, and sailed fo:
•savannah, but stopped at Hampton, where site |
was equipped in every re.pect tor a privateer ;
this fact joined to tue eitcuivulur.ee t.l the Mon
tebello's having been equipped by a certain M.
Jerome, at Savannah, we are induced to believe
New Orleans and Savannah are intended as the j
two principal places of rendezvous. When we
recollect the buccaneering system which was
:
conductcd by Dampicr, and others, we cun j
have no doubt of the intention of these people I
to tevivc it 1
'J'here exists no authority whatever at this
moment fer privateering in those seas, and yet
those seas at e full of vessels which have as
sumed that character ; and si ben these priva -
î
teers may have assembled in squadron«,
what !
guarantee have v. c for their ItoneMy ! M l.at se I
!
curity front their depredations on our com- !
nterce? Perhaps those very cities which hadul
them to our shores as distressed exiled hrotli
ers, and benevolently extended to tlivm charity
and protection, may I e laid under cuntiibu
tio:t, or perl aps in a«hcs !
We have fiilt it as cur duty to give this war
ning, snd it rests with the o.l'.eeis of govern
ment to elude the danger.
noon
CHARLESTON, May 1.
The French Piivateer schoout-r I.a Rivanche
du Cerf, of this pot!, dropped down into the
Roads on Sunday morning Inst ; in the evening
she crossed the bar and came to anchor off
the north charme 1 . Yesterday morning a
recruit of about 3;t men w as »rot down on
boat'd a fishing sntack and one of the Sullivan's
Island Packet boats, and we presume she is
now completely ready to recommence her
" ufcsul labours." We itarj her of this p.at. b.
eruse 'tv,as here that she itas received a com
plete out-fit n e'vry thing'necessary to enable
her to continue her deprecn Dos on American
commerce.—11 gratitude wete inhérent in the
composition of a French Privateersman,
we
should at fia t hope that tlte vessels belonging
to this pov>, from which site has been usheted
forth with such increased energies, would he
exempted by her fiotn plunder ; but we fear
that even our own ships (there bein;
a lu'iin
her tcady lor tea) may be euffej./rs,
and th.it,
!
ike the-tabled adder, she will t.tir,?
the hard
that has so kindly nurtnr .d Iter.
Tlte Scltoone.t Dolphin, c.tj.t.
Ack tvortii.
from Key Sale, was (nought
too i,bunt a , >
clock yesterday mo'lting, off the N orth Htir
by the French privateer La Revanche- tier Ctrl''
and while she was ill the act of laying too, tiff.
Frenchman ran uruler her stern, and imnieti.
ately potirqtl a volley of lnusketiy into l.cr ■
while all the officers, passengers and crew of
the Dolphin were upon deck, and the
vessels
within hall pistol shot at each other ; lot tiihuie
ly one shot only look effect, which pietced and
broke tlte at in of Mr. l'olley, a pus-.eneer on
ho.nd. Aller committing this unpiovckcd aid
wauton attack upon a dcl'cnuless vessel, they
told captain Ackworth to go about his business.
— Fite dolphin belongs to this p ut, and has
only been absent JO days on her present voy
age ; she was perfectly well known lo the offi.
cet s of the privateer, they having been lie.
qucntly on board Iter, while the vessels bv
near to far It other at Gudsdcu's wharf, LclUe
the D Ipltin sailed on her present
voyage.
7hr IVn.Misr.lox (
c.) il/raore.
N.
A gentleman who was in Newborn durrnu- tlte
setting ol the Supreme court last week, has in.
formed us of a muidrr which was lately perpe
natcii there, supposed by Edward Tinker, am!
Mr. Duraml, on a hd about IT years old. The
following is a 1)1.- loi y of the case as received from
ont infill mailt. Savciul weeks ago, capt. i
cr with Mr. Durand, (Ills brother in law,)
and
the lad on board, carried a cargo of Sugar ttr.d
( oil sc to Ualtim. which he sold for monev,
lie thi ll entitled ins vessel with a valuable cargo,
to Kcwhrin, a:td sailed in ballant ; near the llat
tcras banks lie Lulled the money and sunk the
vessel by brrir.g holes in her bottom—then came
up to Newbern anti with Duraml swore to u
piote-t that the vessel was hut in
ronscq.icncc oi
lies age & bad condition,and stated that iltc
mon*
cy went to the I tttom.and two men were drown
ed in driving for it. The lad though evidently
tutored, prevaricated, and in subsequent conver
sations said no men were drowned till.' that he
himself assisted to land the money. On Satur
d iy night the 8:h ult. a little after tr.idnighr,
1 ml.
Durand, and the boy, who lodged at
a ,
linkei's, were I.ailed by the watch near the
wharf. Tinker had a gun and answeted they
wete going to shoot ducks. In an hour or two
alter, they retained w thout the boy and were a
g.tin haded by the watch, who enquired for ti e
boy ; l inker said he had gone oil board a
ves
On the 18th ult. the body of the boy was
found Hotting oil the river with sixty weight of
stones fastened to him by ropes, his feet lied, and
from appearances bad been shot in the back.—
Tinker and Durand were taken up ; these widt
many other coiroberating circumsraners appeal
ing in proof, tltev were committed to jail. A
few divs after, Durand, umlei a It tj.c ol patdot.,
mode, it is said, a full confession of the siurdei.
as arraigned for
On Thutsd.iv, hist ') inker
trial at Graven Superior Court, but it was
soon
found impossible to obtain such u jury os the
law deems impartial. More than 200 talesmen,
on being questioned, said " had loruicd and c.\
'pressed an opinion unfavourable to the prisoner;"
between tw enty and tltiity wete ceallcngcd 1 y
the |iri«onrr, and after every exettion during the
whole day and summoning every freeholder who
could lit found, only seven jurors
were sworn.
The trial was therefore postponed to the next
term of the court.
j here wes , , orae extraordinary circumstance,*
whicb le(ltotile (bsc0 vetv of this murder,
..
| U3i ,„, t rl ,„ omary for tlle watch to
remain out
; #ft „ . , hat n j„ht was accidently ar.
exception ; and their meeting 1 inker and Dur«
^ bolb wlicn ( , oing aiu) „turning. That the
bo .j v ot tb - boy'should float with (it) weigh of
j , ton j. s f jstel , ( .,i to , t bas abo been deemed an ex
tranrdinary circumstance.
Tinker's connections arc wealthy and respre
:
j t.-p,;,.. He is himself rich, but his cl araclcr lias
I ,,Uv.vs been a slender one.
Raleigh Star.
lî t: a o I mg, Penn. A pi il 22.^
F. male herniwi .—About the beginning of the
the wife of Mr. Stitt it, who
prevent mouth, as
- at Mr. Pott's Forge, called Greenwood's
n
h n' ge, in Notwcg'aii towmsbip, Berks cotitily,
tlte forenoon was going to tlm Sj.ringbouse,
; n
;
.pint front the- house) at d
( 'bout 1 20 yards
a large MILD GAT
lenrti the door
had
a half grown Dog, luckily
t...
•pon her
tnm:
bv, ce:Z".i the Monster, when this 1 etnale Hero
< his hind legs, and so weil
caught h';M rf one
th a M'.isli-tick that site
n»H»iled his h«*.»d
could dr . g him no to the house, where she took
Up an a* and finally dit-p.iiebvd hint. Hr proved
to he one of the large t of the M drl C.at k^nd.
remarked by our informer that litis Mo
if VVlls
; then four or fi, c
magi possessed moic courage
nty afore
men of Distiirt townshijt, Berks <
sait!, who somc time since walked in the woods,
iilt them.
ith li.fles, Guns and Dogs
at oird
on purpose lor sjioit, rcen one ot tltosc M ild
Cats in about twenty ,aids before litem, con •
eluded best not to molest it—-and it is even said,
r I he ro« ks hcilyt
they fled so precipitately
fee. that one of their company got sot. ly fit vis
ed, and was likely loosing some ol lit» ho.bs.
tract of a letter from Antigua, dated the
j;
gentleman in
24 /h of Aprils lb 10 lo a
Ncxu' York*
l must k kav'* in 'mfurî'n y u»
Admiral lias îcccivcd orikrs lo prevent \hc
an in lick sin any *>o toms,
imp* ration of Amcii
cjiuntly tbtf* tM*dc
via >t. Bartlioi'mu'ws ; const 1
oi* liiiit i .land lias*tut dlv ceased* and thé Ann
aid
ricans in that port arc placed ma very awk
situation. ...
*M»e sM{ Hercules, which nut in tin^ port
! in d.t il cas, has been rt puiicd, and will tor
h fj <o ti e 1 st « o the 10 ul *
N\w>'
in