Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-08-30
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Whereas are3ort 10 IN circulation "a this
vicinity, that went long ids the Bfiii,h
frga,e Nymph, Capt. Epiwor,h, toie'l mack
erei aud CONVEY to hun what information he
might wan,-the whole beiug grois lie and
MISREPRESENTATION being the fIuits OF mai
cous and little minds, eaIcu s,edt iamre my
character q hurt my feeling, Deem IT prop
er TO tay before the public the cirenmltauoe as
1t took pace.
Ga the III Of Aug ina ! with Richard u
Samuel Orr were in the boat rfh Hawk of
Bfuniwiek, owned by Inylelf ADD James Cur.
It's, Eiq beng on che outer filing ground
catching nsckere! about 8 A n law fail
to ~indward, the wind very light and hssy-
at 4 ddeosered il to be q lhip Handing Oh the
| wind TO the eaiiward-at S iaw them coming
down for u, the friga,e run few yards a.
ilsrn of us and fred fhot, and ordered us
Under their itern--we hoiited he forcsil and
wore round. in the meaa time they lowered
a barge from the frigste and came long fide
took The boat in tow by a hsuftr from the
ihip. The boarding officer a. foon as he was
on board ordered US 10 pack up orr things as
toon ~ poilloe and 20 into the barge, for
they were going to burn the boat; we were
put on board with two of their men aud the
barge veerd fern Of the boat until they had
iiriPped her OF every thing tina, could be
got oH-then fgnal was made from the 1lip
| for the barge to come along hde the frigaIe.
rhe boarding officer called to us 10 know it
we had taken all our things, requelting US to
get all, that we might not FAY hat they rob-
bed Ne a. he eIp' eGed himfof. We were
carried on board the fhip aud met on the
main deck by the captain, who cddrefed us in
the following manner; | have repeatedly TENT
in the 6iherme n and informed them 10 warn
the boats not TO come out further than thres
miles from The land, aud am determined to
burn all that fall in with without that dit.
lance from the fhpre--l was authorized 10 to
do by the Court of Admiralty at HsfaI. in
confequence of the American priv.isers de-
froylng all the filing boas and craft they
met on the newfoundland and Eovafeoaa
coal, aud if the Americans would carry on
warfare like any other civilized nation, their
filing boats would not be diaurbea. He fsid,
during the war between England and France,
the fifhermen had not been molelled, neither
would yours now, had no, the Americans be.
gan the play frli-he named the affair of the
Eagle and laid luch coadu6 was degrading to
any nation, .t
Inc nignt siter We "e'e eSPtureu 'he Shr-
lew being in company with the Nymph, took
the fiihing ichr. Lucy commanded by VIM.
Morfe, of Manchester kept her in tow until
the next morning; fgna, were made TO know
what they ihouid do with the iehr. AT TAN.
called for us on deck-parolcd Us and re.
quelted we would inform all the fiihermen we
law, 70 keep COTE in with the land a, he did
not with 10 fan in wish them We were put
on board the Lucy and De given up to capt.
Morle Capt. Epiworth lad ihe would have
1lared The fame fate ours had done. were i,
DOT for putting U. on board; we were treated
with civity while on board the fIisa,e.
The report above alluded to, had Its origin
in magnity, 10y my nor be,og willing dupe
to the Administration d. PERKINS.
B,pyDli, dry 24,b, lsis'