The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-12-19

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have the honor to be, &c. @
CHEVALIER,
4 s.. Commanding la Fiuuchise,
REPORT,
Made 52 Mr.. John CheUaLier, copD,onaLuc
ne (t'.,riso La Franciise, Sy Ifr. Charie.
i A-'M'ne, captain n tie fi,fpateer La Zen.
) gfancr, II The consut If France in Sauan-
j nah, Georgia. :!
! SIR, An unparalleled outrage has inst beer
committed against The flag of his imperial
and royai majesty, on the two ships We com
maneeo :; appears 20 be the result of plot
| cehcerttei% catered into by few factions
scots and cnglo- A ericans who seek every
means OF exciting misunderstanding be-
| ween his majesty and the government of the
Omted otatcs; CT this you will be readily
convinced by the faithful and succinct narra-
tive or the circumstances which preceded tho.
outrase-circumstanc founded on such evil
dent proofs that the authors OF the horrors
VINO nave just been committed, cannot DENY
'helr truth The (aviso) La Franchise, and
the (corsaire) La Vengeance, having their
! departure CHE first on a cruise the second
on voyage TO Framce,) retarded only by the
expectation OF some French sailors Coming
from charleston, necessary to compiete their
equipage, were still Ioorcd near the wharf
wnen OH the 18th inst. at In the evening
ipe or SIX French sailors having had q fracas
win some American and English sailors, at
the houses or some prostitutes, with whom
.iiev came to blows, one. OF the latter was
Aiiea, ard French sailor was also mortally
wounded by a poignard. Justice, informed
| Oh tniS event, sought TO discover the guilty by
sending during the night an armed force on
| board la Vengeance, and carried off without
the least resistance, the whole crew, who
were then lodged in the goal The captain
the corsair, on the next morning gave Won
.h1ornation OF the affair you sought redress
!, the Juuicia authority, which, having ta-
ing the necessary measures to discover the
2uthors OF the murder committed in those
Ilsorderly houses, dismissed the crew of the
orsalr la Vengeance, who were acknow ledg-
q innocent, with the exception of FIVE or
* men who We're suspected Of being. con-
erned, and were accordingly detained in
ustody, TO be dealt with to the severity of
lie laws. > tie OF the partially which this
same authority had shcwn in this. affair by
ohiy arrcstlnS the French and setting at H.
pefty the American and English seamen,
VINO at least were equally culpabc, the
frencn crew submitted without murm,lrinc
Q phe decision or that authority; far, there
ioic, from supposing, that at the moment in
which they saw themselves declared innocent
and at liberty moss detcstable combination
was FORMING to assaSslnaue them unarned
and deiencecss. The same day at 4 in the
ail.efhoe:i, q troop CT American and English
sailors, armed with sucks, tirelocks and p;s
, tois, raised themselves under the orders of
-. -, :, ts,,int rnz,t@;ss bijE, I--..S
| ot Phiiadelphia, and one Miller, captain of
the iTS Chainpiin, OF New York. Stimula-
teu oy the presence and encouragement of
SFVeral cf me i!r.aciEQi truders Ut Savannah.
Who, ilNewise armed with bludgeons and bis
to!s, VIZ. Andrew Low and his brother, 1ay-
ior, ~, NJ -eod and two brothers, Caro,hers,
| j. .hhlcr, Benjamin Maurice, all Engl.s.:
and Scotchmen. Oliver Sturges, 6. Howard.
ocymore, Gardner and Tufts, American
seeing the m!Suai ded state or the vessel
rushed impetuousy with horrid yells OIL board
| la FRANCHISE, and there assassinated seven
OF elSht unfortunate scamen, whom they found
on deck occupied III unnoO ing the vessel,
and nicnaced the destruction Of FIVE or six
oficers or sailors who were occupied in the
magazine, who seeing their lives were in dan
| ger, and their comrades. murdered, endea-
| vored naturally 20 defend themselves. and
nred i've or SIX shots on their assailants. one
or whom was mortally wounded, capt. Mil
Ter, one OF the chief actors of these atroci
tiles.
lhese unfortunate people, surrounded on
I'll sides, now sought their safety in fight, Il,
franchise remaining in the bower of the
1 rioters; his Dajesty's fac was torn down
and trampied under foot, and replaced bv
| 'iiC hihCli0dH. the snip thrown INTO the most
utmost disorder, is drawn out from the wharf
| to be set on fire the drum beats to arms.
the militia assemble, detachment is brought
upon the wharf aid find the rioters masters OF
the Franchise /; they leave them in undistuibed
possession, & repair to the Vengeance, where
& part OF the assassins were already engaged
With twenty five or thirty sailors, who had
united Ill q body Oil board, but without arms
or ammunition, for all that was ON board had
! peeh slowed away i'll the magazine rhey
thought, however, that pointing their Cannon
! AGAINST the rioters, would deter them, and
This could only have been feint, as 1t was no
torIous that tliey had no ammunition, and that
not IL piece was Charged. The detachment OF
HDitia then TOOK pc secession of the Vengeance.
struck the French Nag and raised the Ameri-
can nag, o conducted the ship to more dis
tant wharf, with ;he prafessed intention of re-
moving her from the fury of the oopulacc
ut Ill TACT to give them the pleasure OF seeinp
nor also set on ire, us the Franchise had been
but more horrid scene was passing Al
the Sane dmc at another place and we
; dare 20 affirm, under tie protection OF The
puOuc aath flies, some members of which
: have sought after, ard have even stored
/ their hands in the blood OF the French
) several OF our sailors, resignng themselvc.
| to their accustomed gaiety, at a remote
{ place, hearing the drum beat to arms, re-
paired III haste 20 their respective slyii,s. but