Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1811-12-16

stances which occurred in THIS city, and
which were occasioned by the improp
CT conduct OF the crews Of the tive
v French rsiYateers, which were burrl
u this pot Oh Friday evening last
On Tuesday evening. the 18Th inst
) native American mentioned in tav.
Elm that he had entered as volunteer
on board OF one OF the priyateers, and
,hat he was determined to : zvin me
horse or lose The soddie n'--Some
observations were made on The impro-
! pliety OF his determination in Joining
foreign nation, In a war IN which A
merica had no share. These observa.
tons prodaced a riot. The county
coroner commanded the peace, but
! hinseif and two others were handled
very roughly with clubs, and the corro-
ner was SO much beaten that be was O.
blIged to be carried home.
On Wednesday evening the 18th,
hve American seamen We're passing
thro' the streets unarmed, and were
met and attacked by about twelve ofthe
pivateers' crew with dlrks, cltlbs and
brick bats.-Ihree of the Americans
were stabbed, and the others were bea-
ten. The Americans rctreated, were
pursued TO the wharf, and the captains
ofthe ships in the port had great diff
Guilty in restraining their crews from
joining in mob for the purpose Of re-
ycnglng the blood shed OF their ship
mates
On Thursday night, the l4th, six A.
merican seamen We're going into a
house at the upper end of town to
dance but before they reached the |
house, they were assaulted furiousIy by
about twenty of the privateers' crew
with sabres, dirks and clubs. Four of
the American sailors escaped by flight, |
and the other two were butchered in a
most shocking manner. One died
immediately, and the other next morn
ing.
In this affray, one ofthe French crew
was stabbed accidently by his own par
ty, and died the next day. Two Of the
crew carried him into the house of
citizen, where they left him and ran
off without giving any explanation
The City Guard, reinforced by de-
tachment Of the Republican Blues,
searched the privateer, and took from
thence anu other places of the town,
thirty four OF the crew, who were lodg-
ed in Jail
On Friday the 18th, in the forenoon,
the Mayor of the City and one of the !
justices of the Interior Court, entered
into an examination of that part Of the
crew who had been lodged in Jail, and
seven Of the party were identified and
commiIted for trial The remaining
twenty seven were discharged. The
latter had scarcely reached the wharf
before they assaulted two American
sailors, who called for assistance.
Captains Miller and Pierce, with four
or live other gentlemen, who were a
bout one hundred yards off repaired to
the place, and as they passed Captain
Miller's brig, he went on board and
got his sabrs-the others were uharin-
ed. They had proceeded tut few pa
Cas- before Miller received a musket
bali in his face from the window OF the
second story Of house on hucraux's
wharf and immediately five or six othe-
er mrske,s were discharged from the
same window, by which one Legro re-
ceIved mortal wound, ot which he
died next morning, and seaman was
Shot in the foot.
"A number oil ssamen soon q lected,
and the part OF the crew ON boz a pre-
pared for action, fired several pistols,
and attempted TO haul the priv Ger III
TO the stream. Tie America ) rush.
cd on board the piiyatcer and into tile
house ~ wo OF the crew were killed,
seven wounded and the remainder made
prisoners. Seventy nine oflhe prison.
ers are now lodged in Jail.
The enraged seamea Immediately
hauled La FIancise, Hate L'Agilel
from The wharf, ran her aground on tie
opposite side ofthe river, and SET her
on fire BY this time the volunteer
companies hsd arrived on the wharf,
and one ct them was ordered by the
Mayor u the City to 80 On boAid Of
L'hgile which had Leen hauled of
but, having been set on fire by the sea-
men before the military could reach
her, and Tie danger likely to ensue from
\ her maggzine flowing up, occasloned
a subsequent order that thl5 should re-
turn