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PHILADELPHIA, 'Feb. ?.
F F t c i; A -L
v vW'rts ofa IctfVr-frbm capt Mutriy.
- O.vboard tb?;Montgzuma
.January ',tV;r M799, io
. 1 -v- 77' - lcagEiriVot 3ua. ,
- 1.' .1 K 'l
aonvlycu on the ttlj Ucci, ana maac ihii
' -idti VNv! ;;,'kRf ?
I ycrily;elievepur fevt 'cjulzerik have
' given the';. French here a if riousjTnght ;
they kiiojy tlie quality.of or.r vctiels, and
! riicy kiiovv ouriiuiultry; . ' l weiiae h6t
iyered as good a poVtc thjt ot'
' i Vo Vaift our wLiuward ttatitiii. but
wc
had fuch rial)nd;btcr2 winds,
fagel-c thn craized uplcirurcly by St
Martin ': ftf . ' r.rtholomews:' St." Jfiuila-.
, a4 ihur rUlin iif 1flaa. uW to ' ' fcc!,. but feVoint' into pum .1 end
deof Guiidalmjpe,' aAdTaw'no'l ' snc careuJef btd of him,
'tia,-aud a
" the welt fi
" thinz but'a fcvDancs and Swedes, which
T." tve chaTed arid boarded;" We i!icn payid:
. . about tiie,re and .jofiTjlis". li.onh-ii
in the very trad we had " beVore fcen 10
- many pri vat eersrwithout feiiCga"jy-;vef.;'
fci whatever, but one" -Aincricaw ' fenooner
. by which rI'rXvr6teT to "you a lifis,;
which w4s,J indevd, the tiVV-;' 0 bft oi-'
' port unity i havt. had of ivia-you': any
inteilience aboot us; and t:te - CyaVme
iiuup oj warjcnai.was in niuiua, wacu
' - -vc wc re "there .. u W c run tnto the t r B a y s v
jnd fearched in eyerf dircitionjW tiietn,
'-. .but without eifeft." Not hiding it of im
'. portahe'e to rendairi. there an -longer ;; we
beat up '9 windward of Antina, ; as : far
as the long, of 55 Agrees, " and there"
1 . cruised forten day jIwfcd and -Ward--'
cd feveral AmericJt) veTels, bound to -lif-
ftrentjllaiids, ; . likew tfe had -fouie-
chafesaiter ;twopHva
, . boarded,., a rtd turned '" 6a t to be Britjfh
X rfrorhTAntigua, none of which had feen
any French vetfels, or their prlicsir-thn
---we tt ood fort her down to the Ftjathvard
, : to the whktward o Martinique j off which
illand we felt ici with ad rft i ral y HarV'ey J ;
in the Prince of Wales ol 98 . gun wei e
- recognized 4iy our iionalsywhichVin niy-
formerletter, I intbrmed yotl 1 had wrote
iw j;iui rtuuur, . ncgave tne a pome in--titatioi
to go bn board of him, .which-j
did, and mt with a very, friam'.ly rccep-
't ion. He informed 'me, hcJ had fil lly
complied with . the requeit -raatle him,
'and. that he had diltribaeed the fignals to
i" men gt war on tne lraium, wiucn
tiitm irrpJrt,' whicii I flrrr my feline
have contributed in; efieiVihI ? '
--Alter t& the Jtdnjira), w tt'ood
back itf the norh?rd, aj!c5,-rri-;ice'd o"
-efcada for :d eri!"nd; ilm d'lEicilI
with a jDaniiiifnip itom Hatrbarl;, bound
.toSt. '1 dwmas, had tuo upon iharlatitude
witliiAic feci; ant tliiaTj but one; Asneri-
that he has A1latr.co a furious , injury in
Im malts, and thnks they canwof. be ; fc
to exKUiinc Ihcin, -and vvtihavc.dttrmii
-ed to lecure'them as well as pcliblcV,-fo
; as to enable us to keep put ss long- as we
' join the twofriffatcs.v aAd crur.?a
ilayvtiil Cap WiliiatnSt is ready, aaJ
: hope'liy that triie the! ' '.' p ro v t frirt" rials'
may arrive as I lillwant a fi,nall; A'p
' ply ij I flidl thep take off a large couvoy
no w col 1 cdic he re 1 1 werti y-ia 1 uow le
ing a:yo tf)lXititifAtjQW -Antioa,--'
X?tij Mbleraf;;3nd St; aUinoplier;i
; the 6th, whn Ireercd to tlwoiefwar'? "
iu cu;nr more iifimcuta icy:-ni- 'mc u.V f
raffigiieCl m?i and hoping there : allHp. meet s, J
t he v clfclit o rde red to join 'me frotn CKarV; , ..
leliom jliv the afterutpn, lailingdowA ; ;
the -Nor'rh hdf o.f ihe Wafid of 'l ortuda's. 'i? ; V
"we ditcoyercd , a v Woo p BcurgJJ taT fici f ;
wiiidw ard , e x peii 6 tfl rom t he ji tua t fott '' '
cud proceed with them to a.fale lat.- Af
ter hat, l fliall return to cruife among
the Seui h rn i1ljnd4pr a whiltka y i'ltg -,
the .Commodore on this ftatidn as am ih-i
foV incil .he; mvk uHb'f r ui(e Ji I r e.!2J2 S
CAftcr lVavc Vricdhaf ftatiorrVI fs--iumcrii
will be tine to lock towards " A--
rnc r i ca a .t find' y mt Ji.avtf' I'nr .jh'jp'i"
-v heie 1 ntrad ewtrailctt'
i r
that l.e was 'aii-American homeward-bbun'l v
and;wulin to -tVanfmit you intelligence) J'
of a.l beic? Ve.Hrwe made fail and brought
lim too.-1 It proved the i floop Ceres of '
WafrenvmiiotandV;
m;.fter. :
i le yi rom Bhimore loaded by Johri ;
M. f'adon & Co. with coo barrels ot' :
; -z r ... . . . :
oih 'thicc t "Jab, l '1.
P. X have 'ilfdnv reafoijs " to be-' j
lie'yc,' that' ii ahy of our cdijrntryrnen 'turf j
,'t-tf (iuaJaluupe a'iW Cayenne); to- bc taVeh j
they being iprniihcd w ith a prof er cjuii-
uriigji ;, wlvfcn carneo t tney leave tneir
y1! .Xi J-.;vtiicibchindv,ahd then kt off for, Ame-
can. l(1d(ed.wehave,a moU liuWg - ti;e C.f having .nade. their e(V,
time thc..e.. - - cape,' and. foon o back with' another I
; 1 ,)ever -coumed. np.m fo' much b;:d fef M- . difto,eh., :
Lrp'il nor u: tun hatie h1! Hivfi i hit ri rf " . -
weather, aVwe have bad, :'npv-w-'tliis fta---
tipn i Vehave fcaicely had tvvoiolloW-
ing days good fettled weather foir near a
p..mli but a coitltaht fuccelTi'o.r of ; hahl
fi'jfl and rain, frequently blowing lo
ha rd; : w e cou 11 fca tcejy carry --a-rag-f -jcanvaf5,3hidi
lias lever ly tried bih
-; tiir vtilels and crews ;vaiM altKo 7cur
peoj)e have been genera lly able, to lUn'd
ihe detkr Act 1 li; ti'm-u 'o! t hem.. very
i much inclined to be un the Oc clor'i 1U ..
" , , -iYlA-rN.iVl r;
Lctfer3 from r Capt; Tingeyj
:,.?.. G arges, at St. Thomas, - 2 7th
- ' , Jan. J ;9ji
-S
5th o:noMiMG6.
; Capt WJIlji'ni , beiiig.itfil Jfcfful -his
mails j his iwj'-S irw; ii"i rccs fvc. be-J
ing in"a bad cehdi ( tonj a rd n ; t " a hie to
Oiry the fail wc -arc oftv-n obliged to
pre is in a cliafe; mid the' wc3ii;cr liill
tcmp;llucAsj in fquajlsj which, ; as X ell
as from the abiblute need fTtcTre&rrxnts
that our crews both ftarun' heed-bi'i uy- '
c 1 e weli)eciall v t " hat ir bee iv -cofU -
T . . ' -. o . . , ....... 1 .1 .... . im
board ever hnce the.2c ofeptemDcr,. ,u";c ,JJi ro.w ioni we gave, cnace,
r I had fhc honor tp2ddtefs you the 26th
lJSecetaber by tVe fliip Ciuries of'Boiiou,,
Z cojiy. of Ahicln .No. 1. i lierevi(h en- -
CiOied. I he weather continuing line, and !
- pjrtigrcilir.g.'o'o our ccurfej' oii tne mord-
t ig oJ ue joih, we, gave chace to, and
'fe Ji1 I.iUPi e r tvia i ct ea t a iii r
lAwnr s,' .ot and tru:H Baltimore, lor bt,
"ViMcet ts and on thTicl inilar.t inade the 1
land ol 'Flifpar.iolaj at or near . Old Cape
Fraav.oii Steering along the coaft, at
lioon of the ,3d, we hail palled Mbhlc
Chnlt o,-a id A'n-i he -a f te rnoon , being :oh
1 a lew.ieaaues 1 6 windward oi' the bar,
tMur ot Aew;Cae ' Francois jjir-i ifco--
t f ...... J .1 . r 1 - . . i ' . 1
JL"aitoeaie,avingeivtJLo ." , " . ; . - '-Thg-irainnriirrfrsTt.Tr4 h .u ;..!.;.
v vvui uab ii4iM w Uvtitb'i aim an r , , , ., ,
"T''"' -"known hy theni and; by mod; of their
Javes inejrom a great deal oi -trouble and
; aflxicry; 'I-f
'The admiral oTered me every friendly
"alfiltance we might . ftand .in" need of, and
feemed glad rha t Amerida and Great. Bri:'
bin ftood upon fuch fair teriiis. and woii-
1 1 .told him it proceeded fro n thdienity of
rarg'OveTnmentj' ever IncTineirTS3elacea.
' ble )neafu:cs.-r-thar out executive had al- "
;, ways boeti firm,: b4t kept the door of con-;
Z filiation open as, long as the re .was ja. lha- -ull
doVJif hope,' in avoiding the bit , alter-native-
tlut l believed welliould have.
7 betrf earlier "with our eocrgct.fc meafures,
1 1 dceih it necclfary Jo give them a ,,'jcw
days reiaitatidn'iii jHrtj to-hearten them
hp ;,ijor have.I been oyt oj thclhipj ever.
fice I '-It ft Annapolis; but lor a le w hours
tat Morfblk ; wc tlierefofCj alter having
" juit boarded .1 govr ;.imcrttbrjg'cl 14 g'utis
who gave usji:e;famfe.a'cbmu?j..pt liu'et-,
ing with no Frenchman, cn thc4 tb.tionj J:
till niglit rcinlered cur :. falling In with
uicm very uncertain, wn tne morning ot
the 4'h, however we ..werje near them,
atW'ivon:-e!fcovcrcdihe,n;"ta'be two Bri-r
tlfti'Uiiof Battlcfiiipsj anda floop of
' :; VT ar? y''y , y'y. :'"-,: Z.'y r T'
filter n-tciving liid anfivering the pii.
yuie nguals 01 t,iut nag; ' lwctu&n board
7 iMcatTw the W fide bF DomnZo', 7 bf; h":tainnEr: kramith;.!
for'information to direiftpuritfture. move-'
T-rticuiariy- r.ft pyjitely rccjueileg there
oannanJe r or ti c luad roni trom who'.n
ments, and to etsquird toiaii opportunity
bf rend inji this let terr ?-'':""";'V:r;'": '
7 My boat has juil arrfyed withl tItia-.,L
saleable intelhgeme of the arfival ot the "..
"United "States," in PfinceKupel'i'fc,bayj We
therefore fet all fail to join her, . , y
tlcivcU tiie molt ii iendly aod n;;:riccd
- at ieaion,r withal 4nfor'mlrTgof-ifCiP
thfe particular Order of tne Admiral . is 1 r
i t11,4 fike r, k r alike cgi rd to 01r
4 . ... ... .t.i : . 1 . '
aim piivuie, to every cap
tain in his flcCl. -"7" '
but that"wc had hard materials and obfii
:"" nate parties to work upou."T Mc en'cjai red
i where I had cruized 'generally! told
j5iWm ; part ieula ry .mycd iiFe 'rcuUxoii tes,.'J
"rjwhichhs faid were very proKkr," and a.
' greed . -with . nje-'. tha ' he : thought lew of
. their cruisers were put," as he hid m)S
- f " of, his m i p wat ch i ng t he mo t ion s ; of -1 he
French flaps in BalTeterre. ' -. ; J.y:--.
: 7 :r' Tlius; hir,' you may alTu're the public.
v Jof thfc hih eftinution we ftand upon in ,
;-Jz - bis iquartetofithe globe ,( and -rwbateyer
truizef 8 you fend this way may be1-' jure 1
; of a polite reception, and that our com. '
; ' ' n :.. e .11 .,'.-."'
merce nanus upon a jnoieiavouraoic HiU-r
-, "ationi1 than it has hitherto done; at lead ;
iVio thefe fas, for we -ltave chafed arid -
' -iwaidfid alnqoft every yciS;l we have feen;"-;
-:7-';T:;7:'rtr',':v--- r-;;.r.i I . ... y j u.arce to be.: underitood js : other than
Wc arrived hefe on the p'h. where ' I fpuiuanccu tl i (Von rTyrTii .1 r J RT,,1 .jfil
met with my old irierid couvuPdore fjar
ry," in the Uhioed btatesj jand the Wafh.
irKton, Captain Fletcher. : The next daf
. they failed to craife a icv days otf Ga.i. J
,.il'niv ' ' rT'TrT"""'!'".""'" '"."TT'!',".V " 'y
iFrom the convcrfation ; I have had with
"' cbmmodpre ilarry, i am happy to hnd I
have anticipated a part of your inftrucYionsl
to him, rz fctting 'the (i'nals, laying a :
train for the exchange of piifouers, arid,' J
"In mectirigyour rptan 'tor .Tdepoht of pro'vi-""
fions in fmne convenient place ; this place
.1 conceive the molt eligible of any. in the
windward idands. The Varrifon officer
emdelighlcTwTitTi tfie plan, and (how
every civility, and this day I have fmiih.
, cd all my bufine fs of wooding and water
.'. ing, and in putting my lhip' in' complete
forderfoT,fea,-ardto-mprrow'r the
-whole of thejtji 10 dine on board with me,
haying pafljid this day vyi th them, ;p rin.
' cipally with i view of bringing about ; a
friendly : and ;happy'- communication "fsr
lipfc.wh6: may tome after me;- On the
' j ith,' I fliall leave this werAJi?YOiif fw
Capiain bnith haiinsr alfo ih'timated
rived, on 'a Uation, pre ioccy pied' and (o
tiOieiy mvcueu by them, it .. would.-', be
. pieaiing to iiiin,-' ud he allured alfo that it
would be muciifo to the Adm:" if I would
write to the latter at "Jamaica- offering
a.fo to be thVbcarc frorat iealttrror
ward : ray coirmiunications; Conceivinj
. ftp unpeopf h,ty in -this,' -1 a-ddreiled the-
. fcJmiralf a copy of which you have hrre
wulu'sij. 2. .aad -which' 1 -twjje""iKnot
ynTect trie dilappTpSation 'oTThPFfefidciill
or yoifrfclf. . . . ., V
I alfo. undcrl! nod' frorii Capt. Smith;'
:;ant j'hc pther twPcap:ains whp Ww'rc JwL:
. Board the Hannibal at the' time, that an
aim jit total ..ftagn itiolto the Frca'ch . pri-
vatciring hiJ 'takn place; in conference 5
or ,o ncavy pcna.ry tur tneir Ue.uyiour
lu v big b-jn dscjvc JrthirVe fyr fe w ' 'were,
able or wdlin to co hpl- withpa-id that
nx mjre thi i o;ie in tkVM'r'of thj priz
imtic.tt? Fr;ai!vv-cif;U : "trj' o this
-XcjvJ ii 't, b i trrjtag :riittic li.iifs'f k
hs:3 t.igsj." I c 3 1 ; i u i if t 'j c ' ii ,f
2cm itt; till l :hrf c. f auih)
"floarpfQiT.clwinej and
Piit'.; for Baraccu ",in. the illand'cf Ctiba 'J'
- (and confined to the raptaih) where alio ' ' ;
he declared he.was boundj 'f infidtd that
'he had oyetruir his'port and was beatint i""--'-.
' orf Key ' Nl a I a y w h iclf he p re t ended f td ; "
take for the itfc of Torttfias, for I clctaih.
ed hiin on board during the night, arid in
the,"'morrTir Tent for Ins T mate '"and log 7p;
bojk, but their bjnefs was too yycjlp.re-:
concerted ; . the Matter, X piatC .and, tog
'. bo4c- were jn unifo'it, and all his papers
; lear-hiid regular, for hU purpofes,-----. Z . ' J
I'o doajjr remained with me of his being; ; ; '-.U
bound fi:'t. Cape Francois; ifut as 1 coukl 1
- obtain riu'ight to fubftantiate. proof there- ..
oiV-a t -nu'Ks on the morning cf the tit, trn
dl milled him, caufing' him . to itcer for. .
" B Jracouj where, ,1' had ihtenHei to fee-: -hrm
put in, but foon after two fail ap--pearing
in the S.'vVV. quarter; Ijuitted:'l
him and gave, chace, apptoachi'n thehii1--
L.1 by figual Idifcovcredahem-to-te-twcVr-Britifh
f rigates; on the 8th I fell in with
7 another o;t' the Plattbrm,-'in lucceedinjj-7-days
others and in IHort during my ftay
tliere, fcarce ati hoGir puffed btswhiitiH.
1 wo, or -more xricuii cruncrs were 111.
'light.-, : , -:- -:'::; 7
Oil the 1 bth the trade wind began id -blow
with more yioieiiee'than it had herel v '
tol'ore done aird the lhip havingr"iio'hten2
cu connacrauiy oy tr,e cxpenaitureot wa.
ieraniLprovilions,- provxd loo. lender-td ' '.'
bear a prefs of ail. ' '.y-r'r- '.';'
1 had-not been without apprehtnuod 7
and expectation of thlS previous to lea v- ' '
ing Philadelphia j add indeed it had been v
iharc than once intimated by capt.! Date.: . -.
Kurihy endeavours to obtain a fufHciehc ...
quantity of fliinglc baila it) ; had ..been, ren'i ; y ,....
Pered abortive, unlets I had been (lete-;;
mined to let otter mateiial buQnefsrr re-
,.. , .9 - -
-maim -in wmc
it is evidetit, 'thi
fhipuuldaTrta
- ljwil re' by - the ' icc.-'"":,;'-''i '' .7"T" . :' ' V
On the morning of'the 19 th the wea-
thet proved mild, We Hood "out fp the
uor'th .Vitrdol Cape Nicholas, cteTpinin 2
to try jg-ijn for Henefage or forne of the'
Keys i but " about hoon- tlie wind
IpringJng jp from the, Ni .Nf V;
vveatiiiied the ifle of 'l ortudas by the
wind.; jt jult y ec 1 xd 'gfcfj tj-fir ut !to
4-
'5; ,
IIwealrieHiBe
anu on uie morning 01 me 19111 we were -ihlwiththollaiKl-of
PtoRico,-a
few deagues to the leeward of the J,
iity 'and haibour of bti Johns; The!
.w)nd riow refamcd " its;Tiftraf direction
- Ifoin the E. N. and beirg' doubtful
' of the reception 1 might meet at Porto.'
-Kico, as aiip Wing totally unacquainted
' with its coalt or harbtif, i determined tP! ;
endeavour for this port,' and fucceeded in
-getting in on the evening 'of. the 24th
iiarly on 25th I wited
wlio politely requeued I would obtain .
whatever I rrnght bfi lo ncjrdof: . :
On the coift of Po;t6 iUcb We 6w arid
Jhajdfeverab
were enabled to bring loo', belonged to
this porYahd we're trading under Danilli
. colours to and fi oin different -ports of I Iif;
- rvirt-lV "" -,,' ---;. ', ! -
rfoUiidrRcreTlcTeTal American veffcr
and one French" privateer fchborie r of 1 "r
Pmh ' bfhichjioweyerijt baye . he
tlut there are vjfry few now in thefe feas j
thtXh6oner is commanded by an lrilb
lhan named Williams, an4 failed from' UlJ '"
yt&crday on acruiirfi , ". 'JyLy, ' '
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y--y;y y -rri . '': M''1- Q'Zy
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