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The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-09-10
LETTER II.

very fafe conveyance, y a firad Of I1r.
Skip40itb, having Prefented iifelf / have taken
occafion to addrels lomething Ike packet to
DIR. PrieRIey, and fhall alto take the flme op-
portunity OF tending few lines to yourlef.
We RET in faith that you are fife and found
on fome portion Of the great continent but in
what iign Of the zodiac, we are As ignorant Il
If you we're in the moon. vs. have heard no.
thing Of You, or from you directly or indirectly
ince your departure /; and according I'd allaD-
pearance ihall have nothing from you until your
return. j llPpoie, at leaf, you are within
knowledge Of human events, which are pallin0
20 rapidly around Us, as TO furnilh YOU with
sufficient food FOR meditation even in your re-
treat. You viii, nj doubt, Be- a little iarnrifad,
and not ltrle pleafsd, to know that there exits
two iach powers III the world Is the Roman
republic and the Helvetic republic, one and
indvfble. Thcle operations are now taking
place with great celerity /; and fappofe il will
not be long before you VIII hear Of Al Iberian
republic, Of the LHfitanian republic, sc. &c. 6tr.
IN ihort, the political world rolls 70 rapidly,
that we fcarce have time to look around us.
and admire the revolution Of one tp0t, before we
are called of 10 look after another Turkey e
not exempt from the contagion. The Grscian
States have fclr the influence Of the general
inlurreSfion, and both the northern and fouih-
ern States in Europe Of this empire are III a aate
Of r-bellioas comhusiion. You viii alto have
been much fUrptifed 70 have fcen the hiaory Of
our Internal rebellons ince your departure
The promotion and exile Of Barthelemy-thc
promotion of Talleyrand, and his remaining In
place ste ra55za 81 oar J7siesa C4Iair, Sc With
refpea ID the events OF the 18Th Fradidor, you
have no doubt from YOU very infinite kaowl
edge of the politics ot this country, drawn the
jua conclnhons. i has been a happy event
for the country, and attended with the happi z
conscquences Regret no doubt that thef- indt-
vidual evils take place, but incalculable eyi'
have thereby besn avoided iar thonsh the
conquered party had no view CANT III epub-
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kouday, September 10, 1898.
POLITICS.
Intercepted C0rrslpoudSuee {
Copies Of ORIclNAL LETTERS,
Recently written by perfcns in Paris,
20 Dr.. P,isfly IN Ameriea.

heh importance is attached to thefe letters by the
;sIant Editor Of P4rtapuss Cqzstsc After handling
pneey and bis aociales with great ievcrsy he ays,
I coniidsnt am thar deep laid plots are going in
thefc stases long ago fad that French ipies we're
I. .erywherc at work, and fhaIl he much dfappoint
"a Il viiibc marks Of their labors- do very foon
,nncsr."--In order that my readers may form their
own opinion Of them publiIh :hem entire. They
4 ere 6r a pubhllled in London, in pamphlet and
sAer Authenticity ly appears by the following extract
5rom the preface by the London Editor $50 The let
q tiers Of which the following literal copies were
h found or board of Danf fhip, called the Chriai-
y ana, Nicholas Alboled matter, lately brought into
one OF our, potts by the Diamond frigate. The ORR
i einaIs were enclolrd in cover directed to Or.
\ Psiaaey, IL Apeiss." They have been exhibited,
\ with the ulud atteRations, in the high court Of
admiralty, a. part Of the evidence in the proceed
ing againlt the aforementioned ihip 3nd her car
20, and are now remaining record IN the public
reeilry Of that court. Their auheatcity is there
Il fore, placed beyond dfpue, and may Ne perion-
8 ally sfcertained by any man who choofcs to take
] thar trouble.
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Communication.

: LET Us relieve cur1lTes By turning aide
FOR fome time from he difgufful fu5jea Of
JzoObinifm to fomething more luminous, cheer
FL, and conloling. While Tie word +" rssaJE-
can IS made both parole and countsrfgn by
the jacobins and from being the foftea found IN
the vocabulary, has become the war-whoop and
death fong Of horde Of favages, 1t Us remove
the vel from before our own gov1rnme-t, LEI
Us caufe the cloud to Attend, and diicover the
purity Of the United States. Lei Us, finally,
Prefent the government in its true light, f4ga-
cious, Prcvident, firm, feady, confident and
perfevering-not indeed for the verdia of Anne.
ricans between thsmtelves and France, for we
will not moment fapPofe our countrymen to
forfske their government in favour Of France.
if Jacobinifm could even have produced a civil
war; but for delightful contemplation.
Before the war with England, the Britifk
colonies in North America were as difina
from each other as The United States now are
from other nations of the world. If few of
them ever met in Congrefs, as it was called, it
was only for conference, or fPecial confederacy,
as is the Pradice Of difconnezted States. With.
in twenty five years. thsfe multifarious and
heterogeneous elements, by the excellent i'm
Provement Of political cribs, and ferries Of in
calculable advantages, have become perfectly
cemented by the federal con(litution. Almo0
every adult has iccn the whole of this wonder
ful prccsfs, and yet alas il NUT be left to Tx
hiaorian to b-fow its praif.s How ungra;efu
IS it that mankind never Ultimate their happi
nefs, but only their mifery We obferve tn
in-idents Of J6rmer times, bat what pales in or
010s days We never feet Is it becanfe we ar
net all rich. profpesous, aat'ercd, free from
pain or trcuble-becaufe immediate and per
fonal ernbafraGneDt outweghs the conGdera
ton that By the means of government we ar
not more wretehed than we are But We a
take notcs Of revolutions and applaud them
Isl becaule our minds already f.rmenting wit
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lPoztr.ais 81 Fr1z15 rc1sl4+loazry AG0EJ l5Lr5-
Among al the portra Z oT the rrFolntionlzsd
.cl1rzcar Of Frrn hrnea, 1bs IN " -1rH7= las
drawn the mot perfeEf AM ounplat@. Hear r.,
We aPefatzsd chiidr Of Gala Although
YOU have abOalhed religion, and iPurnsd at
the chsratt-r q divine mercy although y7u
have declared, that TIE incnlcation Of ba-ist
ia the e4iitsnoe Of COD, is 100 esbesEus 70
frrn A part Of he pure fyfen Of rrbzbA1an sro-
ra7zy-yrt Tou cannot hare fail Of r-cognlzing
tholr features N rllarz4sr, Gel heated BY 2 pro
phetic hand, which haFe long fncs BEEN eEhi6-
ited TO the world In your "a i9nal PhY6ognony.
g Your hands are defled with blood, and
your fingers with iniqpiry your lips have fPo-
ken Les your tongue ha1h rau1t-rsd PsrFer1e-
nes''
None caleb fcr iuaios, nor any Pleadeth
FOR truth taey trpa d vanity, and lPsak lies !
they conceive n1i5cllT, & bring forth ia5quIty- z
{" They hatch cockatrioe' eggs, and weave
The lPioer's WEB bt that eateth Of thar eggs
dieth, ana that which IS crnlhsd brsaksth ont
INTO viper
q Z heir wabs tai not become garmsuts, MI
ther 1l4l they cover theu7lelres with their
works her works ars works q iuiquiry, aud
The at OF Fiolrnce q IL their hands"
t'Thzir feet run to eFl, and they make hare
to ihe3 innocent blood Their thonghts are
thoughts Of iniquity waiting and deiru6tion
ar il their paths"
+" The way or peace they know not; and
there is no ind meat in their goings they have
made then crooked paths Nk0rloeEer gosth
therein hall pot know peace"
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NEW DUTIES.

From Laadsn PIPER ef 745 IS
T'5e new dudes upon imports and exports
sake place from and after Friday +; and 10 ErH1
z-fl 8e PERMITTED to fail for foreign port With
out convoy if they Do, The inforance VIII BE-
void, and The reaal be liable to a heavy penalty.
k-e underaand the BrFdh manufactured goods,
I'll Of ooto1, are exempt from duty Of IDS. per.
cent on eEportailon all other goods nuh pay
Il whea Clipped. The following new dnlies are
Payab1e on zPortation.-Brandy, ? Al per
gailon GenrFas ] I id ditto Yarn IS. per
sIzlb /; Rags, i3s. Sd per. ton. Flax uDdreR-
81 rs diltoi Hemp ditto los. 3D. ditto I'm
Der, Deals, Sc. 81 per cent. on The value Iron
los. lo8, per ton Madrira Wine, is. 81. per
Ton Portugal ditto, as. ditto SPanllh ditto,
gas. ditto Danifh dino, 7Ss. Dino.
The new d ties on SUGAR took place from the
gtb ina. and fuch has been the ddPztch ulsd il
ge'ting fome of tie Wet India feet jnR am
we'd into tie Poole, that fer-ral hundred hogf-
heads Of Dew Sugar were entered a Cultom-
ho8le n time 70 [aFe The new duty.
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NEwYcRKs sEFT. ~
Capt. Dzwfoa, arrived yeaerday from Gl5-
Talt=r, favs, that {" br. Rogers, Kings Prodor
e the Admiralty Court, GibTaltsr, had recriv-
sd information, land pledged hinlelf for the
truth Of ID fhat BuonaParte and bis feet were
b,ocked Up in Malta, by Admiral Mellon, Who
expeaed 10 a2rge them OF as they we've Mort
q proviiions. Lord St. vincents was a anchor
Of Czdiz.
The French figate, of4o grns, taken by
ths SEA Hor1e Of 50 guns, after a engagement
Ct 3 LDinutes-the French attempted TO board,
but were beat Of I; and the Engliih IN their turn,
followed aud took Pol-fii9n Of the flip She
had On boafd n1mbeT Of curiofties taken a.
Malta, which were intended for Paris. There
Wa gold Of oonGderzbls value, and lome pie
c-s Of plate"
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THE INDIANS.

ALBANY, SEPT. =
Our aboriginal neighbours, the Seven Nations
q Canada, the 5iK Nations, and tie Stockbridge
tfsbs, AZ 2 late meeting a Buffalo, received
COMMUNICATIONS flom tie WabsfA Mani, and
cshrr Wen-rn nations, informing chem, they
meant 10 keep the ebaia Of fien1iAiP WITH the
United States bright, even IN c2ie Of war be-
tRc-n Us aad The Preach. We have lecurity
for th.ir 65elity, IN the poGsfian Of the Wei
tern Poas, 70 honourably delivered TO the Uni
led States by the Birth IN consequence Of tie
trearT with Great Britain.
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~ n
f5s United Staf15.
The Grand Juryat the D:ftr; & Cour,
now holden at P01yn1lj9r5re5 in tn:
Difria Of Maine, having with the ut
mot plealure behelithc addredes, which
the people Of the United States haTs
prefented you the fummer paft, expra.
five Of their frienifhip and atachmeas
70 our Federal government, and thos
who adminiIter il, with the hrmaa
aGurances Of then fupport and obedi
ence to the continued authorities; an
being now called together from various
parts Of the county Of Lincoln, to u
tend upon the ira Court Of the Units1
States, which has been held in tha
county, fince the developement Of ths
mercenary views Of the French republic,
towards this country have been pub1
.Gcly known /; and rejecting upon th7
abyls to which our country has lata1
made TO near an approach, occafona1
by the unparalleled conduct of a forelSa
power, In concert with wicked and dt'
ligning men Of our own country, wig
Do not delerve the name Of Americas
cannot bur admire and Join with Oh
fellow citizens, in all thofe expreshoal
Of gratitude and attachment which thsI
declarations contain toward tbe lnDreC1s
executive, and other branches Of %
federal government, thar your vildofs
and prudence under the aufpicies 4
heaven, have enabled YOU to iteer troa
the vortex, which 70 loon would hss
buried as in general ruin, and haPPil
| prevented the fall which hass
awaited 70 many Of the European u
tons. Relying upon your wiidoa1
prudence, and magnanimity. AMI II
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;t-rs ugan The 1egilsr7rs, 10. Mt uaquais..
" Vi Englaaa; for ta= Judgment Of two sl,.s
J: Tie Loyilzture is Paatamsa to b. better j Y.
It's rao4 enlightened andsraandiag, even thaoss
parties ia5aid bs sz4lpsr-tsa. The iznus. is,
RePsefsntztiras of lie people have ths sralus,.
right IF IfP=aaias thsr noaey-ths Les.-ssa,
thai Of d-1lasiag war--ths E-eaatvs 1sst !.
-poadnatrng T. To guard agaiaa foreign s.
tigus of Ehich We have already had s4ansl.
in f5r Hosa, the Predi-nt rreats WITH sfassIe
nations, batnot without The advice 1fths ssass
two thirds Of Fhi-h INIT t. OF his 07iuion.-
ana if after every Preoaaeion, aqy ilaav b
raaHitu-ional, iaoaaGaent Or imPoEi5ls sla.sts
e enaasa, an indrpendear juaspia-y, Eals.s|
only 70 inPaashHenf tar a9rv4stisz. sejsas, II.
dag0ibsss oogreas md Puri6ss--fhst 10 =.
oftia iyaea nay ba faaaTsato assay.-Busv
have not loom for further detail.
Althoash tbs eaaatud n may Be assn.s
the uoa PsrIea thai human wfaam has
abls 10 3arae.aad qltapug is P-ofe9-5 opas
fars oodd not tel how aay part Of It uoaia y
.aItsrsa forths b-trer-yet n2ther its fra.asr. l.
ID enlightened PeoP'e chofs to make 1t ? rpsts|
Al. but twin beeom'ng modsiy Ter t. Ell.
aud experience t. jaaaY q To condemn Is I've
raj Tesala.iops--An article provides d
= eratans ana auneRdm=ars II u oa.iiftza.,
il fnoh : u1annsras 70 AVOID Al 1snai. fsd:tss,
aad REBELLION; p thai The fame temper vhcs
famsd. cnnfdars5, and adopted the iatruusa|
lhaula attend i down The / Pc e ages, md In
as il grew older It hOaia grow berier nd
dearer TO he people.
Happy happy P-oPIe Sturdy you hsss
had guardian angels who have watched ovu|
your Political wellare-SaTe'y tAey have bssal
men on whom il has Plealsd tbe pariiy d:
Heaven to fnlile !-Do they not an live? All.
they Dot diiPIayins examples, aas deGvernv
P7sosPas to The neEr clais Of political eitizsas
whom you have " delighted Is honour y
VIII rot thols who Prel1rve your eoa61sacs
when your prefent luxurious leaders ars ga5.
eredto their fathers, e men who vii kaOa
your rights ana ful6l your w;lbes :-ChsriEs
ta.n, by noble oou6dsnoe, TIE no ives whia
pant for NJ other reward. Mere girrae, how
evsr digni6ed The mind, IS hardly able TO Sd
perpetual Encouragement. Say but, u9
!o7e. grad aHd fs55fai srvHf r. and human virra.
will become almOlt omn. potent. q. .. ssrsasl
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Fra= D9u2r, (Esg1asa) Tply rs.
This morning arrived Fl m G-avelliness
neutral TeiTsls with paEengers, with Al account
II = report there, thar admiral Mellon had fal-
len II with ard defeated general Buonap2rtr
bBt the paIticnlars were not made known.
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Rfy9itnfi9n IF br9berty.


The Government Of Great Britain, it fsers
hiil proerears in The bufnefs Of doing Juice 70
our citizens who have luFered b. Illegal dePre-
dations on thsir property from the cru8rrs Of
England. In the Birth Hoafe Of Commons,
June "a, an additional iuPp'y Of 10000 dol
Ia was voted for monies awarded under the
Ansetican reaty.-Tbe 95,oool. fome time
Tnce paid By England, the J4oobi1s aGerted was
not more than fualcient 10 dilraarge the iafsysf
on the property captured give the poor devils
the indulgence Of their whims for moment
they mua now grant that lonefhiDg is adyan-
ces towards the principal. Say, We Pitiful, con-
tempdbIe rerilers of Mr.. jar, and the Treaty
Of Amiry aid Commerce, Go you think that
any part Of the ayails Of your friend BuonaPart's
plunderfng voyage, fhould fuch avails elcaPe
falling into the hands Of the Birth, will be aP-
piled 70 the difeharge Of either PrinciPsl or in
terel of The millions upon millions robbed from
orr citizens BY the infamous, piratical Freneh
rsbaJAcaHs."
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FYTRLcT.

"I am not, Jays writer Of much celebrity,
an advocate fer the ievrrity Of The JeEilh, o.
moroIenels Of Poritanical SABBATH am
likew.fe far from infsring that al thole who ne
glea Aria obferranos OF Sunday, arc RENTS II
the performance Of their Other duties Bur, |
VII YET vehture 10 affirm that al whom I have
remarked conIcientis1hy 10 oblerTe this day
from right motives, have been Uniformly at1er
tive TO their general conduit il has been The
opinion Of many vie and good men. that CbTii
iianity vii Rand or fsll As this day Is neglected
or obferved. SUNDAY ferms 10 be a kind Ell
ChriGian Palladium. and The city Of God. wil
never be totally taken By the entny, till the
obierTznce Of hit be quite loft"
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Proper attention to French freebooters

BALTIMORE, SEPT. IL.
A Frenchman, captain Of a pifatical freeboo-
ter, was lodged in the goal OF this city, few
days ago, by an American captain Of this place,
who had been captured BY him, his yehel fenr
into Wea-Indis port and condemned, and who
fortunately found means 10 get back 10 bis ma
tive country, after fome time.-But the very
day be arrived in this port, what was bis alton
ifhnent 70 meet the fame Frenehman who had
plunder-d him Of lis veael and cargo, and who
had the impudence to make him low bow
The American an-ed him how be dared to thew
Lis face in a country Whole citizens hehaG plum
dcred. The Frcnchman iaid, High, nat il aef-
iug. The other had him Immediately lodged
in iail, 10 lhew him whether il was nothing or
not
The Americans 10 the Havana had been
much ncnanced and infulled by the French pri-
vateers bur on the arrival Of the letters Of
marque America and Belvidere from PhiladeI-
phla, (bo.h Of whom gave and receive falutes
from the Spaniards) a very great alterations In
r,eir condud was oblsrvablc.
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s-r1dad 1r0Pa-rT fthe hulk Of his pro-
rsrte It'd half wear affer they were
due lie ferEed I'D the Office Of High
SaaEal 59r Suffolk In the year 1884
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THE GAZETTE.
portland.

1foED-sr, SEFrEN5ER 74t5, 1895.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1798-11-27

h-,ia rnoAlIs,-. The attack u: Biiga6s 5 tie
I oiy ;hins which travellers have 10 aTprehe'.d
/ b,t by asssnt,ing in troops, he, may be iecured
| fr,r, their puriut. Even daring iammcs, pro-
vs. ,i,sy FAKE care have "a pply ofpros.6ohs,
ara 10 carry water in ea,hen veisels. in ikias,
u,r aceuiton:d 20 the temperature OF waim eli
ruiss, perform the joorn>y without iieouyenien-
eies.
Shy following this route Buonaparte viii
derive nany advantages The march by land
is perhaps longer, but it IS mach more prac
ticable. he whole OF the navigation Of the
Red Sea, to the extent of 100 leagues, which
is conhdered as perilous, would be avoided.
Not only would he himfelf eicape its dangers,
but ikewife the yciel which he expects to
meet him would avoid the rink of the voyage,
both In Going aud returning.
:" In ancient times Golfer was the grand
depot of the commerce of India, and the
point of communication between Europe
and AHA. The attempt Of the conqueror Of
Italy IS in every way hazardous but upon
the whole, the mode which we have pointed
out feenls to be in every refpea as pracaics,
bic, ard in many prcfe able, to that Of croft
ing the De eft from Cairo to Suez-"
The king of Naples continues to prepare
Tor war, and il is reported for the fafcty of
his dopiitious, he in,euds 20 occupy the from
tiertowns on the Romap territories, mott cou-
veniently iituated for that pnrpoie.
A gentleman has commenced the manufac-
tire of iOap, in the Ile OF Man, from Ejs.
BY chemical proccis, sscry part, even tkc
bones, are reduced to a fine faponaceocs tub
ttance.
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NORFOLK, Nov. 10.


Thomas JeGerfon has teen repeatedly
charged by the federal tory prints with hav-
ing TENT AN envoy to France to accommodate
the differences between that country and this,
without the knowledge of the executive.
This as ferrous charge, but has no other
foundation than the contradictory repo is
which have appeo:ed in the Paris papers,
Tome of which fay that heis au envoy from the
frencb party IN the Upned States; and o.
theirs, that he came oaly for icientiGc pnrpo-
ies, and that the directory had notified to
hun their deGre that he would fpeedily de-
part. Whistler this IL iufEicient evidence for
charging Mr.. Jriferion with fomething Ike
t1sGionatle practice, we C,all not pretend to
determine, Were the Speak. - os the HOMIE
Of representatives, initead of the prefident Of
the Senate, charged on f5s Jane ground with
'5r fc7le practices, then we ihonld fee another
Lyo" affair. me partial operation of the
Sed,ion law, throughout the continent,
proves lheie conclutlons TO hejua,
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1798-11-27
3 lIxHsM, September &c.

Ycaerday afternoon, 4 ubr' Dgla ne and
Ram |, late members of the French leo;ga-
ture, transported with general Tiche ro and
Ba theiemy, were brought to town from or
board the Nimble Cult r. ThsG gentlemen
we're taken late in the evening to the dulr
OF Portland's office, and from thence tic Mr..
Wickham's houie. This day it win be de-
termined where they flall rehie; general P;.
chegru at preient has apartments az ho,ef
IN the Adelphia.
Weiihaapt, the celebrated founder Of II.
lumlnation, is faid to be employed in an ar
fwer to the able BartucI, and profeiTor 70.
binion, winch is expected to appear in the
courte Of the enfuing winter.
Carnot, it is laid rehdes at village near
Lin;a, where under an aiiumed name. he ens
Joys bare federation, without the Aighteh f..
vour or countenance from the Auitrian 20
vernment- He is buhly employed in writing
Memoirs of the Revolution, WHICH viii al.
cloie many intercaing fecrets, an & which more
particularly viii iIiuarste thoie military OPP
rations which he planned, and of which the
coniequences feemlikely to change the whole
face of the earth.
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November 70.

Late fr0m ape francois.
Yeiterd7y ALTO arrived the brig Mermaid,
Capt. Caaby, II days from Cape Francois.
Capt. c. informs us, that about the III
nit. an action took place at Fort Dauphin,
between The inhabitants of that place ant a
body of ronaaint's troops, under the COM
maid of his nephew--on the arrival OF the
news at the Cape gen. Iedouvile iiined a
Proclamation, oSered reward for the head
or Touiiaint's nephew. Il hrce days after
wards, viz. on the 27tb, gen. TouHaint APP
pesred before Cape Fr ncois with all his black
troops, and fent III flag with orders for gen.
Hedouville and the white troops TO embark
Immediately and leave the iland, this was
complied with, and on the Soth the frigates
laying at that place put to Tea with the whole
OF them. capt. Capby was EN- argoed till
after their departure, and ALTO informs that II
was generally underfood at ;he Cape, tina,
gen. rouffaint would in few day. declare
the iliand independent. Some hours after
capt. {. was out, was boarded by Britiih "a
and frigatc, an officer from whom informed
hun that the Frenchmep had efcaped them
November n.
| Monday evening arrived the fch'r Hazard
capt. Simmons, from Antigua. Ia the FIa,
card, camo saengers four American feamen
Partof the cltw of the fhip Willinz, by whom
we were favoured with the following.
Z" Ihis is to certify, that on the 9th o.
Sept lalt, we were captured in the ffiip Wi
Ink, capitals Stewart, io3 days out from
Hamburg. by French privatecr called l.;
Compute, captain Rogadiue, and put OF
board the privateer, where we were Kept il
irous ~ days, on an allowance Of thr c hal
Pints OF water day, and proyilions in pro-
portion. We were afterwards carried intc
Point Petre, and put on board prifon fniy
there, where were upwards of Ico Ameri-
can priloners On the 1T of Nov. we elca
ped in hip's boat to Mountferrat, from
whence we got a pahagc in an Engl IN fhiJ
to Antigua, and there fhipped on board tn
hooner Hazard, capt. Simmons, for Nor
folk.