Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-08

huafy last, ne was captursa ~ I z77ttsfl
prlvateer and carried int. NJ. y Erra
presumption that he was bound p 2 4, r.
After the crew had been exan ANN . lfnda
to procure evidence Of this faet ord
found that none Of them VIOLA Is'' any NSs
since they all knew the des aia sWe(f toi.
vessel to be Hamburger. three Of II
namely, Adam Wise, the second econ q them
saae Robinson, both Americans, an a1 :
~ fatJotham, German, were se s,a atn
put into a dungeon, and there tbas
kept tor three days and three np Ss Na
supplied with nothing but bread a Sas' an, AZ
all thar time, in order to compel ~ f vac
this species Of torture, to pel;n~s e'sm
selves, and swear what was want ted ae'r
While IN this confinement, they ve,, ayn
ed not only their liberty, if thew y sl,
swear, but one third Of the shin and sV
| they however had the virtue to endu. 5
punishment, to resist the tsmptatio. N
desPlse every threat. At length tbsr ' %
set at liberty. Capt. Palmer was, boy ''ri
detained from january to August, vbb.,S1
vessei Was condemned on another o,n sus
VIZ. tiaat She had been visited BY an Sr s
letter Q. nlarque; this, it seems, INV aaa
ground Of condemnation that was 70, =
sorted to til latterly but since it has ha
taken, condemnations has been goipq ,n "
cessansiy, Up to The time that he sailedt,om
Havre, (Sept. l2th.
A fact OF no small moment IS 70 BE- ,l,,
to this narrative; which is, that durine il
the time captain Palmer remaiaed n
Dieppe, w.,i.in8 the fate Of his shin thy' !.
mage repeaycd applications to our au,l,a,s
dor, general Armstrors, by letter, that Gen,
tlenaan never once gave himself the trouE,
to answer him !; and when he at lerab
went up to Paris to see him, he had M
her satisfaction than to be told. codlr
the general could not interfere. the shin
mast be condemned under the Milan de-.
cree. Under this decree she was condemn,
ed accordingly, and captain Palmer was
glad to make bis escape and get home ;
where the only consolation he has, and the
only Indemnify for being rlund.r,d ov a
foreign piratical government, IS to be abs
TO tell his sad tale, and lament that he is an
American citizen.
Along with captain Palmer came captain
Caleb HOPKINS, of Portsmouth. N. Hsmp
shire (nay csher Informant who sailed troA
1ais port for che:bours, in the ship Victory
Of Portsmouth, and having been capture,
aild sent into England, but not detained
proceeded 10 his original destination, ~hsrs
he arrived, landed and warehousedi his car
| go some aGSs Ss1re the El;'aa decree has
been scssd upon, except in the case Of tn
Horizon. Nevertheless the vessel and car
go were seize under the same decree AM
held for trial. Captain hopkins then appIi
ed to the American ambassador at Paris b
letters from Cherbcurg, ard mos: earnest
besought him 10 interfere, or at least to sen
him passports, to come to Pans TO attemI
&c recover his ship.
Armstrcng, after preserving a perEe
sller:s tor many months, at lepgth on tt
18th Of July last, deisned owritc him
bis secretary, in which he told him itwou
be useless to come 70 Paris and he had Il
cruelty to attempt to play off sarcasm
his wrstched. countiyman by sayingln
letter, which now lies before me, 6 wou
advise you ,hat Paris IS i'of On The roate
L'Crient, the onlypoyt in France from win
you can sail for America"
Aftesghis vesseE was condemned he wall
ed all the way from Cllerbourg to Par
more than 400 miles to see Armstrong; pc
sonaily, aad Get a passport home. Ar
strong asked him j he tad any moneyto p
tey this passport 2 The poor man answ'
ed no he was not worth faTthing Arr
strong then turned to his secretary, and
TIC business short by telling him to sra
the man passport, whenever he rrodnc'
IL francs to pay the fees. Capt. hopSi
then went intothe street and begged the 10
ncv Of an American whom he had met, VII
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