Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1815-07-24

Immediately obeying, / faw him feize hold
of muiket in the hands of a folder, and
direct it towards priloner, and heard
him again repeat, :" tre-God damn you,
fire" Immediately afterwards, the hf-
ing became general the prifoners were
all endravoring 10 get into the prllons,
which was attended with much difficult
ty, all the doors but one being clolcd--
and further the deponent faith NOT.
DAVID S. WARREN.
No IT
Letter from Mr.. Bea0ey, agent for Amer
lean priioners of war, ar London, to
the Con mittec of the American prifon.
ers of war in Dartmoor prifon.
Agency Of american prjj0ners Of qvar,
LONDON, APRIL II, 1885,.
GENTLEMeN-It having been ftated in
fome of the newspapers publifhed here.
that the American government intended
TO fend fome ihips of war, bound to the
Mediterranean, TO this country, for the
Parpofe OF completing their crews from.
among the p.ifoncrs and having been
inTormed thar this idea has got among the
p..f0ners, il becomes my duty to requeit
that you will inform them that the fact
is not 70.
have already informed you Of the
meafures which had been taken 10 pro-
vide conveyances for the priioners. You
will LEI them know, that eight large tnnf
ports have been engaged, iome of which
mutt now be at Plymouth others will
follow, until The whole of the prifoners
are fent off.
1t is much TO be lamented, that at
momen; when every exertion was max
ing to rcstore them TO their country they
fb0aA haze fallen into an excsG 7vhicb has
pyoved JG fafait TO fs1ne. And | am at
lois TO conceive how they could, under
tuch circumstances, pretend to FAY that
the caufe of this unfortunate but ihsmez
full conduit, was the neglect of their
government or It's agents. This am in
formed they have nated to the officers
who were fent 10 examine into the affair.
| am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
r @. BEASLEY.
10 the ComGiitee Of the American
priioneIs of war at Dartmoor.
No. I8
REPLY TO THE ABOVE.
DARN or, HbrI "a.
SiR-Yours of the I2th init came 10
hard this morning. II is with afonilh.
ment we note In its onents, that the
officers who came to inquire into the cir
cumitances of the late unfortunate affair,
ihould have informed you, that the prif-
oners ita,ed to them, the caule of that
event was, that their government or It's
agent had neglected them. This is
H'Oh sefiboIaro fatftir0Ud, tet your auth
ors be who they may. We deny not,
that the anxiety of the prifoners 10 get
reieaied from here has been great they
have even cenfured you as being diatory
IN yosr preparations for that Purpofe =
but their government they have never
implicated and you may relt aGured,
hat they have too much of the genuine
tpirit OF Americans to apply to The off
GERS of foreign government for relief, or
tc make them party in any difpute with
their own government or its agents
We folem2ly allure you, that whatever
anxiety among the priioners, or want Of
confidence in your exertions as above
Hated, may have exifed among them,
that it can in no way be conltrued TO
have any colluGor or connexion with the |
late event; aud was expressly 70 ftated
to the admiral who came here from Ply
mouth
We, on the contrary, in the name of
the i've thoufand prifoners confined here,
accufe Shorthand of a deliberate, prede.
termined ad of atrocious murder-we
have iufficient evidence in our pofTei1ion
to prove this to the world, and we call on
you (there being at prefer no accredited
miniiter or charge des affairs at the court
OF London) to make ftrft inquiries into
the circumstances of the cafe and pro-
cure all the evidence necehary for prop
or invelfigation into the fame for we'll
do we feel afiured, that our government
will not thus fuffer its citizens TO be fac.
Tifced for the qualification of the petty
officers of foreign State. We are at
lois to imPute the MISREPRESENTATION OF
Inc bzitiih officers to their proper mo
tives