their clothes, arid to tie their arms tehirid their Jacks'
The deponent who foon perceiv.edjheixdiaboliceJLtnt
tlon, by fame, fortunate efforts (together with his
cook) contrived to get -out of their hinds and to fly '
into the mountains. They- fired fcvctal ' rniilketa at
but than.k t Providence, they zccompliftirl-
their cfcape, and hid themfelves from their refcrcbes.
The report of the muflcett which he heard learnt
him the mournful fate of- hi comratte srcdrthcay-
fallowing after "being convinced of the departure of
thefe pirates, he returned to the more fi le where hi
fight fully confirmed the maftacre of thofe unfortunates
HE FOUND THE BODIES OF SIX OF
THEM N AKED AND CUF IN. PIECES, in the
moft barbarous manner. The cheft which contained '
their cloaths was broken in pieces, and moiftls of the
(hip's papers wereTcattered over the beach .
Having quitted this horrible fcene, in the courfe of
the day he difcovered the Cook, (wha had ran away at
the fame time he did) laying in the teeds, and worn
downJbythH a wound re
ceived in the arm. The deponent having rendered
him all the affiilance which Ji4eplorabJe fituation per
mitted, (for the rocks over which he had been obliged',
to waik, had cut him very mbch, and he wjs much.
fpent"for want of nourifh nent,) and having ftaid fix
days with him, he was obliged to abandon him to pro
vide for his own fafety to find means to fuflaia - life,"
and to get off this defert Ifle.THavirfg walked, -in -his
'eflimation,abcmt,20 miles,;' -near the extremity of this
ifland, he difcoytrcd a cavern, in which great part 'of
the cargo of hi? eflUwartiepofi te dand fortunat ety
. iQme-provilions, of which apart ferved to nourifh, hi;n
until the arrival of thtee. barges, -who took awy all
that was lerc. In . this time he was al Any-i very careful
to keep himfelf hid, and thefe unhoped for refiurccs
having partly revived his ftrcngth, he .continued to
w alk. aii t g -f o metimes o n th e ptedj-ock-i and fo me
times in the water, along ihcrc. The fecond day, to
Jig real-fatkfacioiiieiiXc2ye.re dJbyjQie J n tpolu i
on of Providence, a little boat in the rcech, fnlTof mud
" r.:id water. With an ardour irifpiredby hope, he foon
put it in a ftate to fl at hi.n ; he found the maftand
o7hlFT!iTn
ted with the idea that Divine Providence aided him to
x utarcnd to his mifiry. . ,
-. The 1 5th of March he abandoned htmfeif in this lit
tie boat. to tha mercy of the waves, and fVvwel .by
-TtrwTTrclhrap
row morning early, and preferred himftlf. before me to
receive the prtfent declaration. He likewife declares
that he does not know the names of any of th crews
. of thofe. barges, nor of thofe who commanded them,
MrJi.airlfonjo believe they came out of fome of jht
( SignedJ --rvtrlry.min
. Robert Ritchie, Conful LF. S. A.
To add to the horror which is fnfpiicd by the above1
declaration (fay3 the Editor of L'Obfervatcji of Port-!
Republican ) capt. A nth. my inforftied me, tint when
he found the cook io-tha ftate lie has defcribed, he
found on exarmning the wound, that j mortification
had taken place an 4 the unfortunate prayed him to
cut. off his arm -humanity impelled him to neglect no
thing that might fave his cemrade's life ; feeing it was
fmpoible not to proceed to this operation, he fort,
fied hirr.tc'f againft any repugna.acvHth which a falfc
fenfibil'ty might .infpire him. He had no other inftrti-
roent than a bad penknife with which he cut off the
arm at the joint of the elbow, and the amputation was
performed very promptly. He had the f-ttisfa&ion of'
. feeing fome time af ter that his patient was fenfiblyJbet-J
' ter. ,t ""' .-
, The fixth day he was much exhaufted for want of
nca.tihn:ent, which it wis impoflible for the captain
to ptocuie him, and in the moments of his frenzy he
begged the captain to leave him, telling him he tho't
he only ftaid to feed on his body after he mould be
-dead, -This idea was affti fling to humanity ; no long- .
ir doubting but he would foon ink under his mifery,
Captain Anthony finally decided to leave him, after
havjnggathered him a quantity of crabs for his fiute-
nance. There 13 every reafon t a btlicvc he did not long
furvive that period. "
To fpeak the eulogy of .theeroof America, re
quires the fublimeil eloquence of the firft of orators,
I reflect, with fenuments of admiration, that this tem
ple, ornamented with the trophies of valour, wasraif
cd p in an age of genrSTs, an age which produced as
many great writers as illuftrious ctfmmanden. -Then
the memory of heroes was ejrtrufted to pratora whofe
genius gave immortality. Now, military glory fhines
with hlrtxlztlm-a.adAn -very"Coanty -the r glory of
the fine arts is flifoMded in darknefj. My voice is too J
feeble, to be- heard on an occalion fo. folemni and mo
mentous, and fo' new tomc. - But a' that voice is
pure ; as it has never flatieredaiiyvfpecies of tyranny ;
it has never been rendered" tJnWrjth'y of celebrating he
roifm and viitue.
Never thelefs, thefe funeral and military honors will
fpeak to all hearts ; it needs, not the aid of fpeeeh, to
raife ftrong and undefcribable emot ions."- The mourn
ing which the fiift conful orders for Wafhington, de
clares to France that WaHungton's example is not loft.
It is Itfsjbr the illuftrious general, than for: the bene
fa&or and friend of a -gr.t people, that the crape cf
mournirigt)ovp covers' (ur banners and the imiform of
our warriorj Neither do we prepare that unmeaning
pomp, fo contrary to policy and humanity, in. w2""ch
in 1 tilt is rnereu ro namanuy, coniempi iu vcuciauit
ruins, and calumny to the tombr Every exalted idea,
every ufeful truth is feen in this afTcmbly. 1 fpeak be
fore warriors, (he honorable ;pr3ile of a warrior tirm in
adverfity modeft in yidury fnd magnanimous in every
ilage of fortune. Before the. mintttcrs ot the French
republic, I fpeak the praifes of a man whom ambhi m
never fwayed, and whofe every care tended to the wel
fare of his country; a man who, unlike, otlu rs that
have thaneed empires, lived in peace in his native
laud : and in that land which he had freed, and in
which he had held the higheft rank, died as a fimpV
individual. .
An affcfting piece ffiaciates the. fuade of Franklin
with the eulogy of Wafltington, and recalls to mind
rheTaiftiaMe
tuhnm nnftpritv will tetrard as the brother of the hero
1 ...
of America,
JnVthat piccer.theratorilndstints.Qfa-fiBerliue
to paint the, virtues of the hero.
VVafhinj-ton," favsht, offers examples not lefs
wrnrt t,v nf imifatinn ' A mid ft all the diforder of
camps ; amid ft all the exceffes infeparable from i civil
1 warthomapity took refuge in his tent, and was never
lepulled. In triumph and inuleJeat, he was always as
tranquil as Wifdom, as fimple as virtue. The finer
feelings, of the heart never abandoned him, even in
rpreft would feem to
judify a recurrence to the laws of Vengeance. This I
thftd At trill r thou whofe
merica ! With what amjuouTiare wh
FUNERAL 0HAT10N '
. ' " ; ' .on" '.:- ,
' NE:RA I: W AS II I NX -7 0 Nt 1
Ddivired' ct PaSlis, in the Temple of-Mars, the 20th
" Ptuvhf, February S, by Loy 1 s Fo ntas es . :t .
, r Frakce, unbiafled by thofs narrow prejudiecsrwhich
exift between nations ana admirng virtue wherever it
fe found, decrees this tribute of refpeft to the roanes
of Wafhingtpn. At this moment fhe contributes to
the difcharge of a debt due 4y two nations. No go
vernment, whatever form it bears, or whatever opini
ons it h'otds, can refufe its refpf?c to this, great father
of liberty. The people who lately ttigroitized Wafh
ington as a rebel, regard even the enfranchilement of
America, as bnejof thofe events confecrated by hi dory
and by paft ages. Such is the veneration excited by
" great characters. The American revolution, the co.
, temporary of our own, is fixcdltor ccr Warning ton
began it with energy, and finifhed it with moderation.
He knew how to maintain it, put fuing always the prof
perity of Ins country ; and his aim alone will jollify at
the tribunal of the moll high, enterprifes fo extraordi
' nary " . ' " ' .' : "-'J. ' l2'
deavour to delay a fentence which the laws of war would
have precipitated ! He expecled that a voice, then all
powerful, wold have been heatd acrofs the expand ve
ocean1 and demanded a pardon which could not be re-
fufed.r That voice, fo conformable to the feelings of
the heart was heard and ftlt ; and the day which faved
an innocent victim ought to be infcribed among the
moll glorious of. vicloiics to independent America."
- tlcrc the author feems to elevate himfelfror rather
to foar with the great men, whofe heceflary ccurfe and
inevitable deftiny he fo admirably defcribes. .
" It is thefe extraordinary men who appear at inter
vals on this yaft fcene, with (iharaclers commanding and
illuftrious. An unknown and fuperior caufc fends
them-when it is fit, to lay the faundations of new, or
to build up the ruins b? old empires. It is in vain that
thefe men ftep alide,. or mingle in the crowd ; deftiny
leads them on ; they are carried from ohftacle to obfta
cle, from triufmph to triumph, until they arrive at the
fummir, of power. Something fupernatural animates
all their thoughts. Y Jtn irirfjftable movement is given
t o all t h e if en t c r prifes" Trie mult it ude i ill feek th em
among themfelves, and find them not ; they raife their
eyes, and fee in a fphere, dazzling with light and glo
ry, thofe whom their ignorance and envy wpuidcall
rafii. Wafhington hadi hot thofe high and command
ing traits which ftrike every mind : he difpUyed more
order and juftice, than force and elevation ia his ideas,.
He pofTelfed above all, in an eminent degree, that qua
lit y which fome call vulgar, but which vet y'few pof-'
fefs ; that -quality not lefs iifeful to the government cf
ftates than to'the coiflf'orfixlvan-iiwbich ini more
tranquility than" emotion to the foul, and more4 happi-
ntis than glory to thofe who poffefs it : it is of good
tienur ihat I;; fpeak." ' Audacity deftroys, genius c
Ievatcs, good ienfc preferves and perfects. Genius is
chargedwilh the glory of empires ;' but good fenfe a--lone
affurea their fafety arid repofe."
-His end pourtrayed all the domeftic virtues
as his life ;had been an iiluflrfcUs example in War and
politics. A merica regarded with refpet the manfion
which contained her deftnder V from that retreat,
where fo much glory dwclr, Tage counsels iffued, which
had not Ids weight than in the dayaof his power; -but
death has fwept ail away j he died in the rnjdft of thofe
occupations which feeten domeftic life, ad.fiipport
us in the infirmities of age.. - ; ' , !
" Fcom every part o'f that America which he had
delivered, the cry of grief is, heard. It -bcloaged to
France to echo back the mournful found, it ought to
VibTate on every generous heart. The fhadc of Wafh--Higtea-oa-entcring-beneath-this
lofty dome, will find a
Turenne, a Catiaat, Conde,.all of whom havehxea
their habitation here. If thefe illuftiious wairiors
have not ferved in the fame caufe. during life, yet the
fame oflL-will -unite thein in leath. Opinions fub-
jecTt to tie caprices of the world and to time ; cpini
t.ns, weak at;d changeable, the inheritance of hnmar.i-
t n-Tns-v anA virtue live fow
11 viiitii 111 bu luinu 1 uwv ------ --
ever. When departed fiom this Oage, the pteat men
cf eery ag and uf every place, become in fome mca-
Jure, compatriots and co ttmporarres. xitey iotxiiuv
one family in the memory of the living ; and their ex
amples ere renewed in every fucctflive age. Thugt
wit.hin thefe walla, the valour of Wafhington attracts
the regard of Condc ; his modefly is applauded by Tu
renne ; his philofophy draws him to the bofom of Ca
tinat. A people who admit the ancient dogma of a
tranfmigration of fouls, will often confefs that the foul
VI V HIIIMI V, T-J.T .1. i.lw l.C'. 'tV4 -- i .
" The voice of republication, which rcfounds irom
every part of thefe walls, ought to pleafe above all, th
defenders of Awnerica. Can they not bve thofe fol-
1 f 1- 1 ii.t - . C
diers who, atterr their example, repelled tne enemies 01
their country ? We approach withpleafure thofe vete
rans, :whofe truphies add luftie to thtfe walls, and fome
of whom have gamed laurelsith Walhington, in the
wi,ids.OT Carolina ana Virginia.
But there is forcething more due to the memory
of Wa(l)ington it is the union of Fiance and Ameri
ca j it is the happinefs of each ; it is fkace between
the two nations. It now feems to me, that Wafiung
ton calls to all France from the veiv fummit of hit
dome44 Miignanhnwt People!" you -who know, fo
if w . f 1 f .- J .
well now to honor giory ; i nave conquertu iur mac
pendence .; the happinefs of my country was the reward
of that victory, imkate not the firft half of my life ;
if is the ftcccd tl at recommends me to jwfttrity.
Yes, thy eouufels Jh vl he heard, t Wadiing'on !
O warrior J O legifla'.or ' 0 citizen wiihout reproach !
He who while yet young rivals, th.ee in batth s, fliaii, like
thTp7ii"KKr""T"riinnr:rr5
Kia rmintrv F.vr nnur we have his difDofltion, his
r 1 ir
fortunately neceffarv, fh a 11 -foon lead fwttt peace into
iMt-JJkjpJLjQL-lhcn the fenlijnjg,BJLif uniycdkl
joy fi.all obliterate the remembrance of opprcfHun and
injuftice. Already the opurtfied forget their 1II3, in
looking to the future. "Ffc HCclamaticns of eyery age
will be offered to the hero who gives happinefs to
France', and fecks to reftore it in the contending world,
LATEST FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN.
Captain Freeman of the fhip Bofton, arrived here on
Saturday from Leghorn and .Gibraltar, informs r.hat
while at Leghorn, he faw a letter fiom the American
t" i11 j 1 1 yi i'n tMi j.ihj mil ,11 11.1,. yiiuwtjow.v
WLI1L.11 lLdLCU. LIltflL If PrP tisist PYl ITPn ltma n.AI'k,!.
, v ahv.u iuiiiL uiiwalJIIC19
) with the Bey on account of the noiT fulfilment of fome
articles of the late treaty with him, but that it had en
tirely fublided, and every thing amicably fettled. Cap
tain Freeman was alfo informed, while there that Lord
Nclfon. in ihe fiege of Malta, had loft one of his line
of battle ihips, funk under the battery, from whieh but
few lives efcaped ; and that about the fame time his
Tquadron captured a French 74 from Toulon, bound
to Malta with fupplics. . -
" NEW-YORK, May 5. .
The hip Fancy, Cipt. Brninc, arrive'djrom Greenocl in
42 dayt. By her London papers to the I "jth March,
. and G'.afgcv to the . 2C;,; are received at the office of
the Mercantile Advtrtiftr. Tfffi, r,nrhpJ , m n l.nt
hour y and when our paper nuas prepared for the prefs ;
we have, therefore, extracted only- the leading atthles,
reserving for our next and fuccee ding papers a variety $f
inter ejling matter, '
A.PtijeAerican Er.vays, we learn that
they are,arrived.ar4iaru",?v. and that a cmmiffion had
been appointed by the firft couful, on the part of the
This cbmmifiiou (of which citizen Mpurgucs, is fecre
tary) confiftj of Jofeph Buonaparte, Fieurieu and Roe
derer. ' . -, ' ' '
the Biitifh eovtrnment have authorifed a direft intr-
courfe with France, by means of neutral vfTels, for
that. article, as well as for leather, tallow, feed, 3cc.
This communication is not the refult of any arrange
ment between the two governments, "but arifes out of
the enterprize of individuals, which the government
has been induced to countenaqcij. 1 -
A ivpviuiuil "tit WJUIVIUL UV 4iki LilC U 1 1 1 1 tC I C U L FlO W-
ers for opening the campaign with vigour ; aha ferret
expeditions were preparing,, of which the objeft hacT
not trahfpired. l-
Capt.- Braine informs, that iuft before he. failed, a
report.was in circulation of the Breft fleet having left
the harboUr, ani that Lord Bridport was in queft of
t.heni,' ..' . -
Verbal accounts ftate, that 48 fail of the Breft fleet
were out. Ireland is ltill. in commotion. :
-- " G O N G R E S S. T -
May 7. Mr. Harper faid, that by the terms of, en
liftmeot of the. additional army, they were engaeedjo
ferve for three yea", or until an amicable adjuftment jof
the differences cxiftincr between the United States and '
France from which cifcjigjftarjcc. the Prefident wJ