Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-09-04

feelings OF our countrymen have
been again and again narrowed with
the belt attelted accounts of innu.
merable outragcs committed upon
the property and perfons of their
fellow countrymen, by the inordinatr
de(potifm of Bonaparte. For long
time paft alto thefe outrages have &c.
quired a ten fold aggravation from
the belief that they were inflicted
with the connivance of our infinitely
contemplate minilter ar the court Of
the Coriican.--To the proofs which
have already fealed this opinion with
the ltamp of truth, we are this day
to add another, and (humiliating as
is the task) to fwell the catalogue
of our nations wrongs and of Arm
itrong's infamy from records which
are now fpread before us. The
facts we ihall foon communicate to
our readers are tine contents Of two
letters of recent date, written by
native citizen of this place to IL
parents, an enterprizing Respectable
young man now confined in the
loathiome prifon of Arras. In the
Herald of week before lait we pub
lifhed part of letter from the fame
perfon without giving his name, and
have Gnce learnt that fome Of ,hofe
who love France rather :han Ameri-
ca, affected to disbelieye its authen-
ITCHY. To preclude all cavil, there
fore, we publifh the fubjoined letters
entire, together with the names of
the parties.
As the father of the writer is poll
tically our opponent, it becomes US
to embrace this occa6on of pu blicly
offering him our thauks for the rea-
diuefs with which be loaned US the
originals.
DEAR PARENTS,
fhall embrace every opportunity
of writing in hopes that among the
many mifcarriages which happen,
fome of my letters may reach you,
that you may be informed of my
Gtuation. have been a prifoner
ever Gnce the 18th Od. laif, 6nce
which l have travelled as fuch, from
Rocaefort to this place (which is
about 500 miles, in company with a
number of my unfortunate country
men. Since our arrival here, we
have written many times to the A
merican Minilter,general Armitrong,
requeiting him to make application
for our releaie, or give US fome fmall
iupporr, our allowance being too
fcant to live on, as il is but Io cents
per day to furnilh every neceilary OF
life. To our frit we received an an.
fwer faying, that although no exer-
tons on his part fhould be wanting
to obtain our releaie yet it would be
wrong in him to fatter US with
hopes that it would be fuddsnly
granted. After writing repeatedly
to him, foliciting him, if he could
not liberate US, to give US fome imall
pecuniary afiltance that we might
with the more comfort fuppor' the
fhackles of our captivity i received
a letter from III. Z. on the 27th A
p.il, which | believe was written
merely with view to rid himselt o!
my opportunities. The following is
an exact copy:
Sn-"I heartily regret that can do
nothing for you al prelent, and l
ihould do wrong were | to diham-
bic that it is very doubtful whether
lhall be more iuccefsful hereafter.
The Court of prizes have condcm-
ned the vedel you belonged to, and
have fentenced the captain, mate and
ieamen to heavy fine and TO inn
prifonmens until the whole OF Z DC
paid.
"ln the meantime, | can but af
fu,e you that | hall lolc no oppor-
,unity of obtal'ing your relealc, and
thus relto;ing you TO your friends
aud coun,ry.-l an. with duGr efpett,