Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-11-14

- |" ~ M tDe rcHIs 70 L S5EeHf the On port
"a Fysrcs from which you can fail for Ame,iea.
After bis veIel was condemned, he walked
all The ay from Cbsrborre to Payb, more than
three HUNDRED miles, to fee As@f,o@g perion-
ally, and get paGport home. dysf,osg ak
ed Inn u be Dad any 1qorty to pay for BIZ SeApo,t?
The poor raa1 anfwered no, he was not the
owner OF farming ;-AynFyorg then turned
70 las iecrefsry. aud cut the bu6nefs fhort by
telling HIM to grant the man psf port, when
ever ne produced y francs to pay the fees
Capt II ptizS then wen, into the ftreet, and
-segss1 IL money Of an American whom he
met, with which he went back and bought
LiTfnft TO return 10 his native country, penny
leis and ruined. And now Captain Hopk;as
found himielf ltripped Of every thing, and
nearly reduced TO the Iaif desperate refource
of great numbers Of his countrymen, thar of
engaging on board French privateer, to
lave himielf from Aarving but accident az
Tilted him, and he got conveyance back in
the Hqpe. Thefe facts take from himfelf-
Tomorrow he fets out for bic cherries home
If Capt Sssab, of PBas1eisbia, who formerly
failed IN the employ of John Job,i, commonly
known by the name of Higrrize Smith, (from
having been captured and imprfoned five
years by the Aigerines) has any friends living,
wife or children, ] am prepared to give them
lone account Of his fare.--This Capt. Smith
lait iai'ed IN bis own brig, the Hsse, and was
Captured about two and twenty months ago
his brig was run sllore, all his papers lolt or
deitroyed, aud the monlters who took him
fAade formal rfp@f that he was an Englilh-
man Being deprived Of his evidence to filow
that he was citizen of the United States, he
was hurried off to the living grave Of Arneri-
cans at hyJaJ, where he remained ever Gnee,
am authorized TO fate, that ieveral Ameri-
cans who knew Capt Smith, have been TO
A'@frorg, and Informed him that they knew
/ ham, taat he was an American, and belonged
70 Philadelphia; but Armlrong only anlwer-
ed, LEI him fend home for regular papers, and
declined TO give any siiaxnee
The Ian cafe have to mention ia that of
C.efsia Wafe,nsss, of this port. Capt. Rsfer-
man left LoaS0T on his homeward bound voy-
age, and was captured by a French privsteer
in the Bay Of Bilcav. The privateerfman call
ed him mp in The night, 10 fee bis vefel IN a
blaze, IN hopes he might be provoked to utter
fome incorporate eTpreffion againh the
French goveTnment-but he was on his
guard. Having burnt his vefe and denroy-
ed all his papers, they mace report that he
was an Engiihman. II was in vain that he
denied il, and for wast of papers which had
been taken from him, appealed TO fome of bis
crew for evidence. He and all his crew were
Immediately ordered to the Internal prifon at
h''o'. As they pafed by Psyis, feveral a
merican captains went out 10 Zee them, fome
OF whom, particularly captain Niabal,, OF
Forguoaf6, NJ ~. recognized captain Water
nan as an old acquaintance, and went directly
and made application to our amba1ador for
his relief This application however, was in
vain. A'-erorg declined any interference, &
captain ~afs,nSp and all his crew, were i'm
INJURED in the prifon, where they are at this
moment lining 10 hoPeiefs captivity.
The following fads are added, to
ihow the indignity & contempt with
which our countrymen are treated by
the French. Capt Palmer, one day,
{ Teens, omitted 10 take off his hat
s make his obeifance to the French
commiflry ; in the evening, he
found himlelf arrefed by two fold
iers, who clapped him in prifon,
from which he was OILY releafed the
next morning, by the interference of
the American coHful, but with an az
furance, that if ever he was guilty of
fUch iDloleuce again, imprisonment
and chains fhould be his portion till
he was ient our Of the country. The
other fact is fill more degrading.
On the march of capt. Waferman's
crew 10 their gloomy dungeon, the
mate of the flip not choofng to
walk through pond Of water that
lay in his way, went rocnd, for
which he was feized by his driver,
and chained fait TO criminal con-
duding to the fame prilon, & thus
made to walk through al! the mud
| puc dies in the road, TO the great d.
verlon of the French guards.
| conclude this article with TIE
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