The Potowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1790-1798, 1797-04-27

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fn- at " III sppea. in the aniMers and communicate
ops from the ecretary Of tate 10 tht miniiter 10
the years a. aud 'o5. The Gales particularly no.
f,s were mole OF the Bsitih trignc TeTpsieoTe
and her prize La Montague; and ot'h Bntin mp
Arg maui ard hes Prize / appearance. ne ihsns
and tia.ssr Eriti fig 4tes, with their French Pri
Y. IL preycy snce and la Ration are alto mentioned
but w!taoat any facts circumstances as iutJ-cis
of INQUIRY which Us corrie Is preciuded That OF
TIE Ter 5i-ore ana hsr prize appears 10 have been
the 1ttt cafe Of KIND IN which the Executive OF
the United states and tnoie OF The particular mates
were ,!.ed 10 interfere: and, therefore, II VIII
not be thougntcxtr Ordinary if theexecutve OF Ylr
% MIA vas unpre pared with arguments to give IN
liant eff Ct to the ipn OF the 18th article OF
she treaty of 70, fpfDidhing any aisylan to the
armed yejse!s OF The enemies ofsFrance and their
pf.zes. What deley took place feeeas to have been
lhe refalt Of s.eident; certainly not OF deigns
Aud BY letters from this department the E4ffptve
were ezrnei,iy pfeise9 10 tsAe the neceissr rdnf
FOR \ prompt txecotion, ia tu nTe, OF this d
.rea.y pyt Why ihou ID theFrencb Ininiff1t& fdnel
plain with fueh roergy, thar b-Itih thp Of war,
with her prize ren. aned in OF our ports dering
perhaps 20 Eve aud twenty days when ,again!t the
f5rnelt recpeis and orders Of The Executive, The
.nrench privatrers armed in ports III violation OF
Ihs laws long continued 70 keep eoat and
ecter hsrDJurss thence, on favourable opportu
mites, cEa. againit their enemies The Column
bs, or Carnagpole. coneiaued iuch her unlawful
for more than year.
Alter all the Jealous remonitraHces ofMr. Fau
rt:s nov renewed By Mr.. Adet about he cap
snre ni the French LEiper -nce, by the Br
tiih ibip Argonaut, who went with her prize into
LYNN Haven what were the iacIs The Governor
OF Vir GINA perionaliy 10 the French Coniui
Norfolk for informal ion concerning this declared
violation OF toe treaty-but g received none which
appeared uitfy the uneafneIs occsfoned BY thar
event, be ebcrgrsg errmRarfe5 imt,psr in sse CAP
burr n he
on OF the rriioners made on that occaon. 10 ioou
inio place where the exchange would be effected,
a. all zllcviztion Of the nli.fortune Gf oohng the
tefsei." The captain Of he French corvette him
fell was dered to give evidence in The cafe, he pro
ried bur tailed appear He was called upon
fecond ime o give information, but dilcovered
un~illingrefs to do it, obierVng that he had g wen
the ConiuI circurnfaEtial account of the trsnfac
tinn on his arrival. The Governor having heard
that refpectshle pilot by rho name of Butler
acquainted with the circumstances Of this affair, he
directed his depol.ion 10 be taken il taken
AUD imported Jha Admiral Murray rIr,leif prroha-
led the ptize LIE peranee, and manned and fitted
her in Lynn Haven Bay tor a cruile Bot Buffers
d "ohtton was afterwards taken on the part OF the
Bririih, in which ne contrs dcted all the material
facts rscitod in the former dePohtioni fer whicb
he accounted by laying That he could neither write
nor read, and that there had been inherited 10 his
frie depoGtion what he had never faid. Under
thele oreunitsnccs it was derable TO obtain Further
information i his vas furni!hed by the Britilh
miniiter in the extract of letter from Admiral
Murray, wll,cn bears every mark Of candor ana hu-
msBty and OF re- pect fer the United States. Il is
follows: " TIE French foop of war L E Perance
was brought into Lynn Haven Bay on the nth of
January "a few days after my arrival therel by cap
tain Ball, who had captured her IS leagues fir ON
the !hore, the weather being very tempriruous,
lieutenant with Efficient number of men only
navigate her mot being half the complement the
ireneh had in hsr) were TENT on board from the Re-
iolntion and tire Argonaut and 70 loon the
,her pernired thole Hips to iupply her with water
and prosihons, fent her to iea, that might give
no umbrage the American States. An addition.
oil reafon for bringing LEtperence into LynnHaven
Bay of humanity the-French priioners,
whom, having had long voyage, ient to No rfolk
as foon as prudence would permit, otherwite they
mutt have been kept prioners board the whole
winter, and ient Halifax in the fpriHg;
ihs equipped armed then in any manner what
did the lieutenant receive any COMMUNION
for her whit 10 Lynn Haven Bay and when at 4
(ea, only setting order command her, which.
is cu!tomary and abfolutey necessary in all cap
cures o,hcr~ife if reskenby the enemy, he might
be conlidcred pirate"
S. " II might be laid that it aPplauded their 4
Nhc Englfh) audsety all fubmilsion to their
WILL it allowed the French colonies TO be declared
in frate OF blockade and their citizens nterdcted
the right of U aiding to them =:
If among the multitude of fueh complaints asMr.
Adet has exhibited, any could excite inrprze,