Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-11-14
eisteIlaufous SELECTIONS.
FROM rHE N. roKK EVENING" Porr
II Dofs for French Tories.

know how her citizens are treated III
France. My blood boils in my veins
as | lilten 10 the following recital,
which | here trap(cribe from the lips
Of The wisnefIes themfelyes Let the
French hifelings who dare till to de-
fend their paymalers in our gazettes,
read; and let them tremble too, left
an infulted people fhould refrain
their vengeance no longer. Let The
mob courtiRg General SMITH too
read the man who had the efronte.
~ TO declare, that if the French
fhoLd land on our flores as enemies,
lie would treat them as friends; and
who, while proofs are offered OF the
fact, is fill permitted TO keep his feat
unrnolehed But to the facts.
The following fatement is given
in pain, and not exaggerated terms,
and ii the full tellef that it IS every
fyliable ltri6tly true =
Captain Palmer, of this port, Zone of my in
formanys) failed from the Caaayiss in the fhip
.Nsroary, bound 70 Hs~b~g in the Bay Of
E55ay was boarded by an EngIifh letter of
mzFque treated politely, and permitted to pro-
coed But on the 9th Of January Ian, he
was captured by French privateer and car
ned INTO DepHs, on the prelumption that he
was bound 20 LoHsoa After the crew had
been examined, in order to procure evidence
ofthis fact, and It was found thar none of them
would wear TO it, fince they all kaew the
defamation Of the vefel TO be HazSr,eb, three
of them, Rameiy Alsz NIX. the fecond mate,
-Laae RobisJau. both Americans, and Hsa,y Fss-
iasbass. ; German, were lezsd and PM into
dungeon, and there they were kept for three
days aud thrae nights, and lupPhed with no.
shiag but bread and water all thar time, in or
der to compel them by this fpeeie< of torture,
70 perure themfelves, and fwezr what was
wanted Of them While in this confinement
they were Uttered not only their liberty, if they
would fwezr, but one third of the fhip and
cargo. They however had the virtue to en-
dare the puniihment, to rellt the temptation,
aud 10 deipiie every threat. AT length they
were let al liberty Capt. Palmer was, howev-
CT, detained from January to AuguR, when
has velle was condemned on another ground,
VIZ. that he mad been vilifed by an Englilh
letter Of ma que; this, il Teens being ground
of condemnation that was not rerorted 10 till
iateiy; but llnce II has been taken, condem-
nations have been going Oh inceGant'y, up 20
the time thar he failed from Hare, (Septem-
Der i2th). a fact Of no lmal moment is 10
be added to this narrative, which Is, that dur
ing all The time Captain P0lr5er remained a,
Dife7s, waiting the fate Of his fhip, though he
made re: eaJed applications to our Ambalador,
Geo. A,zG,Ssg, by letter, that gentleman new
er once gave himleif the trouble TO anfwer
hin and whea he at length went up TO Payis
20 Zee him, he had no other faiisfaaion than
20 be told, oodly, the General could not in
terfere; the lhip NUT be condemned under
the MILAN decree. Under this decree fhe was
condemned accordingly, and Captain Palmer
was glad 20 make his elcape and get home ;
where The only confelation he has, ana the
only indemnity for being plundered by for
gign p,ratIcaI government, is to be able TO tell
hrs fad tale, and lament that he is an Ameri-
can Citizen.
AIoug with Capt. Palzry came Capt Cait5
HssAzs. of PorsLao1tb, NesU- Hame9iye, (rny
otAer informanD who failed from this port for
cBsrBss,g, in the hiP Yit7o,y, Of Pe,gtusvtb, ard
having been captured and fens into England
but not detained proceeded TO his original def
tination, where he arrived, landed and ware
houfed his cargo Jane day. bsfors toe Milan de-
ose had been acted upon, except in the cafe
Of the 10, izon Nevertheless, the vele and
cargo were feized under the fame decree and
held for trial Captain EgfLias then applied
10 the American AmbsHador at Pari5 BY lef
tiers from C6rrGO1,g, and mof earne(lly be
fought HIN 10 interfere, or at leaf 70 fend
him paHport, TO come 10 Psyis 10 attempt TO
recover his lhip.
Ar1R,oag after preferving perfe9 Glence
for many months, at length on the 10th OF Ju.
" lan, deigned TO write him by his fscretaryi
IN which he told him it would be ufelefs to
come to P1yis and he bad rhe cruelty TO az
tempt 70 play off sareaim on bis wFetehed
cOun,rymap, BY fsyirg in his letter. which