Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-04-12
MORE FRENCH ATROCITY.
Ertrod Of letter, doted" Savannah, 10th
Mdrch, 1911"

4HuFOt, loll.
can American schooner, the Portrait,
captain Pennington arrived yesterday, in So
DAYS from Liverpool The captain states,
that he was taken by a national ship of Is
guns, off Cape Clear, the capt. of which took
from him some crates crockery, and wanton-
ly destroyed others robbed him of his small
stores, quadrants, portable desk and lis con-
tents all his letters upwards of 200 be-
sides other papers. The capt. oftlle corvette
informed him that he had burnt schooner
loaded with wines from Bristol, belonging to
Boston, few days before; and that the
Berlin and Milan DEGREES were not rascinded !;
that he was ordered to burn, sink and des-
troy all American vessels he fell in with, and
that he had sent the crews OF several vessels
which he had burnt, to England, in a flag of
truce, to be exchanged.
The following was endorsed on the back
Of the register of the schooner, by the French
captain :-'' on board the corvette Invincible
Napoleon, captain Martin Jorlies, of Bay
onnc having captured the American vessel
Portrait, capt. Isaac Pennington, from Liver
pool bound to Savannah, and having found
the cargo of small value, rather than burn it,
as / am authorised, | have contented my
self with taking what small articles | am in
want of for my vessel, and to let him continue
his voyage for the benefit Of the owner of the
vessel and cargo In faith of which and to
discharge the said captain, have subscrib-
ed this at sea, the 9th JAN 1871"
The latest accounts from France state, po-
sitively, that the Berlin and Milan DEGREES
WERE NOT REPEALED and that 1T was GER
tain not one cent of the millions of American
property, which had been sequestered under
those DEGREES, would ever be restoredl
One of the papers states ''that it is singu-
lar that SequeStration$ Of American vessels
and cargoes should now exist in France, Hol-
land, Italy, Denmark, Sweden and the Uni
ted States" We do not think it singular,
but very natural, when every thing shews it
to be in ''full consent with Napoleoa's plan
dering Continental SYSTEM.
PLAIN FACTS.
In all the ports of Great Britain, Spain
and Portugal, over which the French have
no controul, we hear continually of the safe
arrival, liberal reception, good treatment,
and departure of American vessels.-On the
other hand in all the ports of the nations O.
yer which Bonaparte bears rule, we hear of
nothing but the detention, robbery, and Sc
questration of American vessels, or the sub
lection to exhorbitant duties Yet the demo
Gratis in our country have the folly and i'm
pudence to call Bonaparte the friend, and
England the enemy of Free Trade!!t
England, say the democrats is our most in
veterate enemy 1t is very singular, if that
be the case, that the ports of Great Britain
are the only ports on the globe where Ameri-
can property is safe. Our own ports afford
no security to our merchants. Property is
sequestered here as well as in France. But
in Great Britain and her dependencies, the
property of the Americans is held sacred,
and no Treasury mnions or custom house of
ficers dare to lay finger on it. And yet the
people of England are our worst enemies
New APPOINTMENTS.
The National Inteligencer contains few