Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-10-11

cooking, washing, &c. ard in this wav make out 70
keep from starving. Masters, supercar.,ocs and
passengers generally have other resources through
their correspondents in England and make out TO
Iye by great economy, at from so to 35s. sterling
per week; the second mates and other officers are
sent on arb the different prison-shps o. board
some of them they are treated by the commanding
officer as well as the nature of the situation will adj
mil on board OF some others they are badly treated
THIS. II will naturally occur to you, sir is owing to
the different characters of the different commanders
Their allowance is 10 q 10. brown bread 9 10 Ia
beef, lb. bad FISH, ID. potatoes. and 10 ounces
barley per week for each man, and ounces of salt
per week for ten men. The prison ships are kcst
very filthy, aud the prisoners confined below
at . T. NJ. and are kept in th"t situation until or
So: NJ AT Portsmouth particularly, they are We
ry sickly, aud we are informed die very fast some
DAYS from Sto 10 in fact, they very sickly on
hoard all of them several of this description came
home with us in the Robinson Potter cartel and
had when they came on board, the appearance of
having made their escape from church-yar,l. II
IS not, perhaps, amiss that should state what We
firmly believe; that is, itisth policy of the British
to select the sicy to be first sent in car
tells, keep the hale & hardy scamen until they be-
come sckiy thus rendering the whole ofthose gallant
onso Neptune who escape death. when they return
to their homes, at least for time, perfectly
less 20 themselves and quite to their country from
their delibcrated state and in fact, the probability
IS that many OF them will carry to their graves the
'ndelibie stamp upon their constitutions of the treat
ment which they received on board British prison
shlps Tor hat nation to lave lost its boosted
humanity and if we lid not find the word in THEN.
vocabulary we should suppose it had never found
place there. Many of the seamen, prisoners OH
board those prison-ships, impressed Americans
who have given themselves up, refusing to fight
against their country. -Four hundred on board the
fleet IN the Mediterranean, a short time before we
LEFT England surrendered themselves aud were sent
to Gibraltar and England; several of them were
most severely hogged for refusing do their duty,
were put in irons, and most Of them, their mnor-
q 10 mn in
preference TO assist the enemies OF their country.
some OF MS, whose signatures annexed were
witnesses to the cruel fact. tablet OF gold is
r1ch ennu%h Ia inscribe the names of such men up
on, and when a country boast of such seamen,
she has nothing 10 fear from the enemy on the
Ocean ON an equal footing. Captain Jcdutbun Up
ton, late master OF the private armed brig Hunter,
ot salem, OF - guns, because he threw them over
board in chase, was not allowed his parole but
Kept IN close confinement for long time in Mill
Prison, and lately has been sent board prison
ship at Chatham. We menton these facts in hopes
that government will rctaliatc exactly in the same
way. Captain Samuel Enrhcr, late master OF the
Purse schooner, ofNew. Yotk, wsstakcu o hispas-
sage 10 France in October, 1911, prior TO the war,
end ~ reta&ihg hs vessel, the prize master, Bi-
tsh ndshipman, WIS killed; he arrived safely in
Franz c, aud on hs return to America was again ta-
ken, IN June, 1879, and sent to England, when be-
ing recognized, he was Immediately arrested and
sent on board the ST. Salvador, admiral Cader's
IL e ship It Plymouth, where he remained close
y prisoner until about January February last when
he was sent on board the prison ship at Chatham,
where we fear lie will remain til death relieves
him he has been III treated, much abused put il,
IONS, and afterwards threatened to be hanged.
These facts, some of us who sign this, were witness
to- We pray, in the name Of justice, that govern
nent will take without delay, the of capt rur-
ner Into their consideration: it is case which we
think demandsit, and the only wav TO prevent tina;
nai ION from committing further outrages so degratl-
ing to human nature. We ind in Roman history,
that an injury or insult offered a Roman citizen
by foreign pc considered as 80. insult offer
eel The whole Roman nation, and hope this will al
sohe the Nmerican creed, because believe it win
De the surcst way OF putting stop those rdigni-
ties which Americans have often been obli. Ell TO
suffer We are, howe ADVOCATES for cruelty,
but on tie contrary, for enity yet will still be-
eve, tatin certain cases retaliation is NOT only ne
cessary but becomes duty preyentfurther cruel
ties on the part ofan enemy.