The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-06-23

crews oftwo FfcncAveGt7s, the SanGpa-
rel, and the Jaloux. They had been
captured by iome of oar armed ihips,
and the men had been confined, from
the @oth Of September i7gS, in the
imall priion Of New Cattle This let.
tc1 deicrIbcs their treatment and their IL
tuation. For the irt TWO days OF impri-
ionnenrs the French fGasnen were left
qcifboNt J923 They have not iays
che letter, been allowed even a baller,
TO contain the proyiGons, which pri-
yate humanity beltowcd upon them,
q Jingle pot iegvcs for every fpecies
OF vellel for iixty men. Locked up at
night, they are under the necei1ity Of
making ute OF their hats, their lhocs,
their handt,erchiefs, and their lllirts, to
contain thoie excretions, from which
nature has not exempted an individual
OF che animal creation. They have
been without = tepcratc apartment
Tor the licll; nor have they been grant
ed the mott trihing urenil to PIE
pare or adminiitcr TO The iick The few
medicines which they have Lett. They
are totally deltitute OF warm cloathine,
ana The naked Aoorof the room, ofen
wet, Is the place where fhcy me} re-
Pote during the night. Men not lorc
from tropical climate, men lone
eitrahged from the rigors ola northern
winter, may, without being deemed
UNREASONABLE, call this treatment yneI.'
After tuch 4 ialnpIe Of trnIg f,Iera{
humanity, we thogld net fay much about
the maiiacres Of Nantes, or the horrors
OF the .Ierley prifon ihip. The cabinet
could have no peIional picue at theic
unhappy men ard therefore, the dcGob
mutt have been 20 exafpcrate the French
nation beyond all ponibiiity Of recon
element, and thus to riyet upon Amer
ca the numerous felicir;es Ct French
val. Ills leTters excepted, even Trenck
was hardly WORT treated for his imputed
tfeachery as folder, for his incxpiable
1arcatm on the king of PruAia, and
FOX MS improper connection with Fredc.
rlck,s filter. The French letter pro
ceeds in 1heia words:
Two of our number have literally
ps'TiocG, + lince our confinement in this
Priion; one died through remit, il
NOT being in our power to adninii}er
medicines, and the other fell viGtinro
the i@yeriy Of the cold. Two others
n2uit have PAID the lat debt 10 nature,
had It NOT been fol the humane afren-
lions Of the inhabitants of New-CanIe.
TO whom they owe their protraEfed
e&lftcnce. Theie a6Es ofhun1an}tv
were attributed bv a. pitti}5ggsy Of the
lame place 70 fornc lurking remains
Of iflendihlp for tho french; buc his
,wlckcdneis was Of no zYaii. The Dri-
toner's then relate, tbac the people of
Ncw-Cattle fupplied them with clothes,
without winch they fay tina. mary oFlbcw
@'HF bare Psr5Ibca. They add thar, on
me day Of writing this lerter, thew we're,
IoT the frrlt time, ylffed BY Mr.. Robert
Hamilton, commifary of pr;fg1rrs.
: hey complained 10 bin, and were an
iWered that E5vsrH172#t al2oggsd rs m
5hi4S,
The accufation thus Trade in tic face
OF Gay has not been conrradi6ted and
fhere Il comPlece reaton 10 believe thai
lhe whole tfarcmenc IS nG6tly true. /
w hatc7er taolc9uent oafbarir;es may
nave oe1n 1ommrcd by the French /
upon American p@lGoners, the letter fir i'm /
l|e"-~aitl7 mutt fan, our lips. 10 the /
OF chat place, America nu1 |
zee herieii lmmeaarably lndel1sI }ort
Tsdecnlng our general character from
Che ultimate degree Of igDoninY and /
NOTE.