Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-06-14

1t is lieutenant col. count Osmond, son
of the ambassador of the king, my uncle,
at Turin, and attached to nv staff, who
will have the honor of conveying this let
ter to your majesty. / entreat YOU to re-
ceive with kindness the homage of the pro-
found respect, admiration, and attachment
with which am, sir, my brother and cou-
sin, your maiesty's most aifectionate bro
Their, cousin and servant.
LOUIS ANTOINE.
From my Head Quarters at Point
st. Esprit, March so, 1915.
:xs:z,
NEw-YoRK. June 8.
BY the cartel ship Maria -Christiana. from
Plymouth, the Editors of the Mercantile
Advertiser have received the following in
telligence =
6 On5oard the. Naria- Ctristiana, DuT1s,
June Sd, 1S15.
To the Editors of the .lfercGa.ils .4tlvers;ser.
" GENTLEMEN,
With request that you would pub
lish it in your next paper, enclose you
an account of the distressing affair at Dart
moor Prison on the 9th April.
g When we quilted that prison on the
10Th April, we left there 5000 American
prisoners, and 81 officers and one woman
on parole, all in daily expectation of car
tells from London, being informed by MIR.
Beasley on the 18th that he had taken up
sufficient number of shipping to transport
the whole of them home as soon as they
could be got ready; that two ships had sail
ed from the Thames and that eight others
dropped downto Grayesend toreceive them
from Dartmoor.--I am, Gentlemen, with
respect, &c.
JOHN MIEGGS.'
The agent OF Dartmoor Prison, J. G.
Shorthand, on the 18th April, absented him.
self from the depot for nearly two days.
contrary to the instructions of the Trans
port Board. During his absence the con-
tractor attempted to enforce on each prison
er one pound of refuse sea-bread, instead
of the usual allowance of bread. However
they waited until about 6 p. M. on that
day, when $50 or 200 of the prisoners for
ced their way into the Market square. The
deputy agent immediately complied, and
ordered the usual allowance TO be served,
and we thought the affair ended but on
the 9th, about the same hour, some unthink-
ing boys, for want of better employment,
were picking the wall of the inner prison
yard when, to the establishment of nearly
the whole of the prisoners, the above agent,
Shorthand, had by his orders, alarmed the
garrison. The prisoners then collected
with establishment, not knowing what was
the matter, at such unexpected alarm; aud
while thousands stood gazing, and enqui-
ring the reason of so sudden change, the
above Shorthand had taken the troops un-
der his charge, and had them drawn UP to
commence a fire on the prisoners. I'm
luckily the market square gates were for
ced, not with an intention to oppose the
military, or 'jhortland's designs. On see
ing that he commenced fire on those that
stood nearest to them, however, the prison.
ers made the best Of their way to their pri-
sons without making the least resistance,
to escape the continual and flanking fire
that was then kept up from the troops on
the surrounding walls and square of the
prisons.
There were one killed and several woun-
ded when within the prison doors.
The result is as follows men killed,
SO dangerously wounded, of whom had
their limbs amputated; and 90 slightly
wounded.
On the 9th a coroner's inquest was held
on the bodies of the deceased, and on the
9th they gave in their verdict iustifable no
micide.
The following list was carefully collect
ed and revised by II. Kenney and myself
from amongst the prisoners and the ac-
quaintance of those who fell on that day /;
and have made It my duty since my i'm
prisonment to collect the names of the
deaths, and of5hose that entered the Brit
ish service during the late war, with all the
places of abode, and the vessels they orr
ginally belonged to. Of the former have
the date Of their deaths they are at your
service for the perusal of the public.
| am, gentlemen, with respect your most
obedient servant, JOHN MEIGGS.
Names Of ttoce killed and 4youaded on tbe 9Th Of
.Rbril, NTH their abOo'es agreeable 10 their bro.
fecfsons, and the pesseks they beLoneed 10, sc.
John Washington, Copstown, Md Rollo, Of
Baltimore, shot through the BRAN; Joseph John
son, Hartford, Conn. Paul Jones, Neg- York, shot
through the heart James Mann, Boston, siro. of
N. York, do; James Campbell, New-York dis
missed from the Volunteer man of war, in the
brain John Haywood, Centwall, Md do. Scy-
pion do. right side Thomas Jackson, boy, aged
-, New-York, ship Orbit, New York, in the bel
Iy William IitraQe. NeW.york car.4oa.. IL