The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-13
NEw.YorK, Dec. 6.

NEw-YorK, Dec 6.
Captain Edwards furnished us with the follow
ing statement on Saturday, but our paper of yes
terday was pre-occupied.
Passengers on board the brig Little Cherub,
Captain u lis, from Cayenne, Timothy T. Ed
wards, late master Of the brig Bru.us, of New
York
r.. n:::.:: &c 1 ;5y 81 ;ls ., III. ;.,s c,S Iii,
of May last, bound for New York, 8, on the 18th
of Sept.in II N. lat. and SO w. Ion was captured
by the French Letter of Marque, the Dame Err
nout, commanded by Alexies Grsffin, Member of
the Legion o: Honor, and owned by Messrs. Coy
on and Eyfren, merchants at Point Peter, Cuada-
loupe.
The Dame Ernouf was &c days out from Nantz
bound for Cayenne.
Capt. Graffin took out the master OF the brig
Brutus, all the officers and most of the crew, put
on board prizS master and seven hands, and or
dercd her for Cayenne.
The matches of the Brutus were broken open ut
sea, and the most valuable goods were taken out
and put OH board the Letter of Marque.
The Brutus arrived at Cayenne, the 5th of Oct
and was adjudged lawful prize to the captors,
on the 18th of the same month, under the Decree
OF the French government, dated the 18th of Dec
1907, declaring all English Ports IN state of
blockade, aud consequently was condemned by
an ENPost Facto law, fop the Brutus was actually
at an English port in India when the arrete was
issued.
On the arrival of the master of the Brutus at
Cayenne, he was introduced to his excellcncy
General Victor Hughes, member of the Legion
OF Honor (ofnOted memory,) who observed that
the Brutus must be condemned, although she
had been IN fair trade, and nothing of her voy-
age appeared to be contraband of war and altho'
the arrcte was issued SIX months after the Bru-
tus lett America, there was no proyiso in the
tlaa.sa olt Il.
were, he must do with his hands what his heayt
told him was not right. ~ How his tune alters
His eXcellency further observed, .hat the A.
mercans were i'll a very disagreeable situation
neither governed Ut home nor respected abroad
and that all the nations of Europe, enumerating
The many and mighty Kingdoms lately made by
his Imperial Majesty Napoleon, Emperor of the
French, King OF Italy, and Protector of the Con-
federation of the Rhine +; that they, their great
and mighty powers, in conjunction with the
French, made lawful Prizes of all vessels ira
ding with England or anyof her colonies. The
decree was the order of his Master the En-. .ror,
& must be carried into execution in this instan
or he should lose his Office as Governor of Cav
enne.
His excellency one morning at his Levee, fur
Their observed, when speaking Of the Americans
L hat they were 4 very ungrateful People-the
French Nation, famous for their Inagnanimity,
had given the Americans their Liberty in return
for which, the French had been treated with the
grossest ingrattude and he should be willing
to lose his right arm in war that would termi-
nate in the conquest of the United States of A
merica.
The master of the brig Biutus was treated
with much politeness by captain Grafin, while
on board the Letter of Marque, and while ashore
at Cayenne. The Letter of Marque was direct
from France, & her orders were positive to take
all vessels from English ports and Captain Graf
fin Observed that if he did not send the Brutus in
for condemnation, on his return TO France, he
should be imprisoned and tried for disobedence
Of the orders of his Imperial Majesty
INSECT T.ANV