American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-09-05
respondence to the benefit and eapable OF arfessng
the stroke OF death, even when falling with the
rapidly oflightnng.--- ssuimans Tour.
From the Providence journal.

Of this port, and commanded by captain Daniei
Aborn, of Pawtuxet, mounting IL guns, with
complement Of rs men, the bone and slnew OF The
state, sailed on cruise. About week after sail
ing, she was captured by an English armed brgan-
tine, called the Belsarius, carried into New York,
where the crew were Immediately put in irons, and
confined n the hold Of the Jersey prison ship then
lying at the Waabut, small inlet or cove, on the
Long Island shore. This ship was dismantled "a,
OF about 1900 tons, and contained generally from
eight to thirteen hundred prisoners At the time OF
the incarceration of the crew of the Chance, most
horrid and malignant disease prevailed, which in
connection with that worst Of all scourges, the small
pox, nightly conveyed from forty to Fifty to the man
sions Of the dead. In the midst Of this calamity,
when disease perEaded every nook and corner OF
the floating hell" the prisoners driven to despair
and langushing in the most deplorsbe condition,
Frustrated by the nauseous euva oil the pestilence
and surrounded by death in the most terrific form,
lost sight of tho claims of humanity, the rights OF
consequently, and became the most desperate foes
to one another. The expiring prisoners eyes were
closed, amidst the groans and curses OF his COM
panions in misery, and scarce had life taken leave of
tie already corrupt carcase, before II was stripped
OF lis scany habiliments by some disease stricken
maniac, and the corpse trampled upon by those who
knew not on what they trod.
Independent of all the horrors resulting from
sailor, who thus far had escaped the rayages of the
fever, sunk for the want Of susenance, and, in his
last moments, spent his breath in venting curses on
the heads ut his unieeling prosecutors. The re
turning sun brought no charms for these unhappy
mortals, and the bright glow of day only presented
newly invented methods oftorture and persecution.
he groans of the dying the prayers Of the help.
less and enfeebed, and the wild rayIng of the man
lac closed the last hours Of the evening, and usher
ed In the approaching morning
Though death moved on with rapid strides, still
his Efforts did not lessen the daily number Of his
victims, for no soon er than the dead were removed,
the vacancy was replenahed, by an equal numbe
OF healthy persons. In vain did these poor wretch
es sue and cry Tor mercy, their voices lost on
the malignant gspor, and excited not the pity OF
their cruel masters; and they were replied to with
threats and stripes. OF the crew OF the Chance
but nine escaped, the remainder moulder at the
Walabut, where their bones often emerge from the
bed OF sand. Seventy eight harder and Drawer menl
never existed; they were the sons of patriots and
gentlemen Of the first responsibility.
In this enterprise. they were not actuated merely
BY thirst tor plumber they went forth to defend
heir country, and to establish her liberties hoping
10 hand down to posterity the blessing of ndepen.
lence. OF the whole of them two only remain To
ell the terrific tale OF the Jersey and to one of them
am indebted Tor this imperfect sketch.
Should any further proof be requisite to estab. |
ish the British character for cruelty, would refer
he doubling mind TO the proclamation of General
Burgoyne. dated a, Camp, Putanm Creek The e9thl
June, l777, which for its barbarous tennor is not
:xcelled by the manestos Of Hannibal or Nero. III
would also refer to the conduct Of Col. ST. Ledger,
At the affair Of Fort Slanwick when some hundred
81 American prisoners were butchered in coldl
blood; and il this will not Suffice would invite
hem to the perusal Of the murder OF Miss Nc |
Crea, and number OF young persons, of both
sexes in the year l777, and which was sanctioned
~ Gen. BurgoYne and to the perpetrators of which
ne pledged himself in hearty lbaiions at the Ryer
Boquet.
1t would be an endless task to recapitulae the
acts OF atrocity and vandalism, exercised over the
eebe colonies. by the British forces during the re-
'elution and as my heart recoils from the contem-
ola'ion OF scenes too horrible to be dwelt on,
ire from the subject.
Nor does II require recurrence TO the DAYS of the
evolution, to mark the track ofthe Cloths and Van
las. subsequently there has been evidence suff. !
'ienty demonstrative of their general character
At the battle of the River Rasn IN 1873, after curl
irms had surrendered at discretion, and honorably
in the dead of night they let loose q
horde OF savages, an iDdscriminate massacre took
place, IN which more than an hundred of the Ken
ucky troops fell victims to their duplcity and bar
,arism
For this signal act Of brarery and noble daring,I
he British general Proctor was complimented andl
'reaed knight of the star and garter and receiy-
"a an important appointment, in the East India gov
For the ravages committed by the Creek and Sc.
nlnoe Indians, we areindebed to British lntlcunce,
md Tor the purpose OF urging on those savages they
Employed in their nations two emissaries, Arbuth-
lot and Ambrster.
From the .Ne1O Fork Statesman. l.
UNITED STATES REvENuE.--It appesrs from
he books at the Custom House, that during the l.
,alt year from the first of january, 1925, to the