The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1799-07-08 00:00:00, page 2

May, tbefe two veffeli were RE
TAKEN within 15 leaguesof St.
Martini, by the United Statet brig
Eagle, and carried into St. Kitti,
The fame day the United States
brig Richmond, capt. Speaks,
commenced a chafe for the above
privateer, which continued 14
hours, when the latter being near
the rocks, tock the advantage of
the night and got off. The fame
might this privateer went in to St.
Martins, where her American pris
oners, 32 in number, were driven
from on board over the sides of
the vessel like so many cattle, fev
ers! of whom were bayonetred as
they were getting out. /This base
and savage conduct was preceded
by every species of cruelty and
robbery, on board ; for they were
left without hat, (hoe, or a farth
ing of money. When they were
landed, they were driven into a
Church, the door of which was
broke down for their admission,
not being able then to get the key
of the fexron. This career con
tinued.—They tore the cufliings
from the pulpit to lie on, made
pillows of the bibles which they
food in the pews, and otherwise
fcoffed at every sacred thing in the
Church. The next morning, we
,were permitted to fee, the Com
mandant, who appeared to be dif-'
pleated because the captain of the
privateer did not give the prison
ers their clothes—He gave us a
psffport to go to a neutral idand.
This intelligence is not exagger
ated— We have it from the lips
of Mr. Ray, mite of the Nancy,
who was pot on board the priva
teer, and who is ready to make
affidavit ofthe truth of it. June
13, in lac. 38, 10^71, at 9 A.
M. heard the report of 13 cannon,
to the W. S. W. At if, saw a.
brig bearing S. $. W. with a
schooner in possession, supposed
to be a prize to an American brig.
M^ Ray further informs, that
the Reliance had captured 13 vef
'felt, all of which were American,
except an English Letter of
Maque from Liverpool bound to
N. Providence, and a Danilh vessel
from Hamburg to Jamaica; and
eleven of them had got in fate.
We have here to observe, that/
the Nancy is the firft American
vessel that ever made a voyage to
the island of Delolition, and but
one English (hip had been there#
June 21.
Capt. Fowler from St. Barthol
omews, June 6, informs, that fioce
the United States (loop of war
George Washington and brig
Picketing failed from the Weft*
Indies with the lift convoy, nu
jnerou, captures of American vef
feh have taken place— He recol
k&fefollowing : Tke~fhip'
Adive of Nantucket, from the
South Seas, with a valuable cargo,
was immediately condemned, and
fold to an Italian, for 25,000 dol
lars, which is about halt the price
, ——The schooner Alliance of N,
Yarmouth, brig Matilda, of Say
brook, both taken under cover of
the guns—Sloop President, of
Walhingtoo—fchr. Farmer, of
fi. Yarmouth—all carried into St.
Bartholomews, and many others
carried into St. Martins, the names
of which he could not recoiled.
PROVIDENCE, JUNE 22.
.Capt. Wheaton, who arrived
here on Sunday lift, informs, chat
he left at Guadeloupe, 14 Ameri
can capts. and about 50 seamen,
in close confinement, upon an al
lowance of 6 ounces of putrid
beef per day. Capt. W. further
informs, that the lame day he left
Guadaloope, (the 5 h of May)
Capt. Fietcher, of the U. S. frig
ate George Washington, sent in a
cartel to Guadeloupe, in order to
take off whatever Americans
might be there ; but received an
answer from the Government, that
it did not know of any Americans
being on the idtod, but that if a
oy could be found, they were wel
come to take their departure !
What aftonifbing duplicity and vil
lain,!
The schooner Polly, of this
port, from Barbadoes for Wil
mington, was taken on the Jifft
•It. by a French frigate from Cap
e bound for France. 4
fid of Americans soon after hove
in fight, one of which the French
men m flock for a (hip of war,
and did not thick it prudent to
fhift the crew of the Polly, imme
diately. While employed in cap
toring a (hip and a brig, the Pol
ly, and two others escaped.
On the sth ioft. a severe hail-<
ftotm did cocfiderable damage to
the grain in the towns of Glouces
ter and Fufter, id this State. The
bailftooes uncommonly large ;
many windows were much Mat
tered. °„
CONNECTICUT.
MIDDLETOWN, JUNE ~
THE LAUNCH.
More of the wooden isalls of Columbia.
Ytfterday at 35 minues and 4
fecondi past five P. M. the Unit
ed Spates (hip Cooneaiett, was
fafely depofired in the bofem of
the majestic dream from whence
(he derives her name. No words
can convey an adequate idea of the
beauty and brilliancy of the scene.
Nature, as inclined to do honor to
the occasion, had turnilhed one of
the most delightful days chit the
vernal feafoo ever witm ffed—
while old father Conneaicut, ea
ger to receive his beautiful off
spring, had swollen his waters by
the liquefaction of snows referred
for the occasion rear his source,
in order to facilitate her paffige to
hit wave ; and extending his li
quid atms,welcomed her to his em.
brace. N
A uro Method of Speculating;
NEWFIELD, JUNE 5./
A system of (peculation; has
lately prevailed in this state, of
which we have no account in hif
tory. Two married men, and a
girl about 19 years of age, have
entered into a contrast for the pur
pole of carrying it into effect.
The men carry the girl around
from one town to another, upon
various pretences, sometimes that
(he is courted agaiuft the will of
her parents, &c. arid wi(h her to
be kept secreted. Whenever (he
finds a good harbour, (he endeav,
ours to cause disturbance in the
family—The man is her objed—
if (he succeeds in her attempt, (he
is removed by one of the men,
whom (he calls her uncle, and is
trao(potted to another town for
the fame purposes. In a Short
time after, familiarities with mar
ried men, (he pleads pregnancy—
has a Settlement, and this is divid
cd between her and her two uncles.
She likewise endeavours to (educe
innocent, unfofpeaifg females to
embrace her way of life. She be
longs to Wallingford or Cheshire
—Her name is Polly Boyden
Thompson, alias Charlotte Castle,
alias. Daily, She frequently
changes her name. She is large,
Belhy, light complexion, brown
hair, and light eyes. She paints,
powders, differ highly, fiogs well
and dances.
The above is written with a r
view to benefit the public, whom
I am always glad to oblige, and
the deteaion of swindlers, whom
it may wi(h to expose.
RUSSEL CANFIELD.
Roxbury, May 16. 1799.
On the third of this month, an
old man, who lived by a(king
aims, was found on Biglaod Com
mon Cartmel in Lanca(hire,early
starved to death. He declared
he had nothing to subsist upon,
and was therefore carried to the
overseer of the poor. He laid
his name was Wm. Farrer. Lodg
ings were procured for him at the
expence of the parith, and he lin
gered till the 9!h ioft. and (hen
died. To the great aftooilhmeot
of several people present, when he
was undressed, the, found in his
breeches pockets 185 guineas and
an half in gold, and three and Jin
pence in fiver. He would not al
low them to take his breeches off
while living, but absolutely slept
in them till he died.
Phila. pap.
,NEWLONDON, JUNE ty.
The House of Assembly or N.
Jersey, have passed a bill contain*
iog the following fedion :
66 And be' it enabled, That no
adjudication, decifioo or opinion
made, had or given io any court
of law or equity in Great Britain,
or any cable therein depending,
nor any printed or written report
or flatement thereof, nor any com
pilation, commentary, digest, lec
ture, treatise or other explanation
or expefition bf the common law,
made, had, given, written or com
posed fifice the 4th of July 1776,
in G. Britain, (hall be received or
read in any court of law or equity
io this state, as law or evidence of
the law, or elucidation or explana
tion thereof —any practice, opin
ion or fentimeot of the laid courts
of justice used, entertained or ex
pressed to the contrary hereof not
withstanding."
From a Nrajork Pa,or.
A Valuable Nautical Inven
tion.
IT affords us pleafare to give publici
ty to every new discovery, particularly
when it bids fair to become of great u
tility— The following was handed for
publication by one ofthe Mr. Goulds.
Auro % Log has laid) beta indeed b,
Mfrs. Chifter and Calvin Gould, for
d Qub the, bane rroived lottori patent —
the principles of it are asjdto—to «wit :
1' A wheel of copper, about 9 inches
in length, and 6 inches in diameter, with
a joint or screw in the middle of the axis,
h is to run endways through the water.,
The wheel will consist of 6 leaves or
vanes, then will the motion of the wheel
be regulated according to the quantity
of angle contained betwixt th, ends of
4he varies, and the parallel of the axis.
The fame wheel may be made to run
from 20 to 40 feet one revolution, but
33 feet is considered the most proper dis
tance. The wheel ishungin a copper
cylinder, so that it can turn at liberty.
To this wheel a combination of $ small
brass wheels are connected, the 4th of
which will move a hand round a gradu
ate ci. ^e once in a 100 mites,and the sth
once in 2000 miles ; so that the distance
is (hewn by an infection of the hand.
The whole of the machine being made
of copper and brass, will weigh from 6
to 8 pounds. It may run any conven
ient distance under water, according to
the length of the rope by which it is
towed, as from § to zo feet which will
effeaually remedy any errors arising from
the heave of the sea ; and the cylinder
will guard it against cross current. It
will have to be bro't in as often as the
coorfe of the vessel is varied for inspec
tion.- If the vessel fails faft or flow, it
notices the distance accordingly and nev
er wants winding up. It has been tried
from Philadelphia to this place,and per
formed with great accuracy, as was certi
fied by the Captain and Mate.
" The above deferibed machine is not
at all liable to get out of order, and be
ing well made will last several years with
out repairing.
[The following is extraded from a Ser
mon, preached by the Ordinary of
Newgate, after the escape of JACK
SHEPARD, a felon, of notorious
memory. It tends to show how any
thing may be fpirituahzed by an in
genious or enthusiastic preacher.]
WHAT amazing difficulties
hat he overcome ! what
aftonilhiog things has he perform
ed, for the fake of a miserable
ftinkiog old caretfe not worth the
hanging! how dexterously did he
pick the padlock of hit chain wim
a crooked nail ; how manfully he
burst hit fetters blunder ; how in
trepidly did be climb up the chim
ney, wrench out an iron bar, break
his way through a stone wall, and
make the door# of a dark entry
fly open before him, till he got
upon the leads of the prison ; and
then fixing a blanket to the wall
with a spike he stole out of the
chapel, how refolutefy did hede
fceod to the top of the turkfr
house, and how cautiously pafa
down the ftairi and make his es
cape at the street door !
Oh I that ye were all tike Jack *
Shepard ; miflake me not, ray
brethren, L mean not in a carnal
but in a spiritual sense, for I mean
to Spiritualize these things. What
ashame would it be if we did not
think it worth while to take at
much pains, and employ at many
deep thoughts to save our fouls at
he nal done to preserve hit body.
Let me exhort you then to open
the locks of your hearci with the
nail of repentance, butft afuoder
the fetters of your beloved lufti,
mount the chimney of hope and
take from thence the bar of reso
lution, break through the stone
wall of defpiir, and all the strong
holds of the dark entry of the val
ley of death ; faife yourfelvea to
the leads of divine meditation,
fix the blanket of fluth with the
spike of the church ; let ycur
felvea down to the turner's boule
of resignation, defeend the flairs
of humility ; so (hall you come to
the door of deliverance from the
prison of iniquity, and escape the
clutches of that old executioner
the Devil, who goes about like a
roaring lion feekiog whom he may
devour.'
SOME time since an advertise
ment appeared in a Georgia paper
offering a premium of 30 dollars
for a device for their Slate Seal,
and pompously prefaced their ad
vertisement with these words, 'Pre-—
mium for Genins, Artifti of ALL *
NATIONS attend' The pithy
Editor of the Farmers Mu/eamte
gratuitously promoted the follow
ing very appropriate emblem, viz.
"A man in the a& of filing nil