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PUBLISHED (vek kly) b Y WI LLIAM BOYLAN.
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Pa Uahdf Yearly- J .
Vol. fo.
No. 503: '
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FfcOM TH8 BALANCE. ,
AMERICAN CAPTIVES IX TRIPOLI.
I" The narnculars of the unfortunate capture of
-the Philadelphia frigate by -thi-Xripolitaitf Jiwe
!s!ready been befbre tbe public. Dr. Covrdery,
wfip waj oa board the frigate, was taicen m cap-
tiffitV wirk the rei nf hit CQunfrvmeO : but ffOTl
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circumftincts which -will tractore in thiinarra-
tie, be-had th? good fortune to be permitted to,
tt.-ji it 1- - i - ' t-ttj
mi au parts o irve town, ami nwuj
ia th? country to fee the manners and cuftoma
of" th-inhabitants, and to learn their charat:rs
aol difpolitioos. He kept a regular Journal.
Baffiaw, dripped of every thing but their
fhirtsand trowfers. .'I hey. afterwards
informed us, that they were flripped in
the boat where 1 loft mv furtout : and
LsvhenltKeyi gotlwithin a i e y nods oithe
lhore,"they were thrown into tne tea,
and left either to drown or fwira alfiorc.
The Bafhaw's fervant gave them dry
rlnthps ; and tif jprre all airain cori-dudr..
cunoutiei j , . . . r . rj u-
a nail ui cic 11c was icaicu uii ins muc
rhronp- tvhirh was decorated in the
Turkith order, aruTrnade a handfome
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I releafe, in .which he noticed as minutely as cir-' - aged about 35. He counted us. viewed Wo the Jtreet, or purchafing any book Paired and feat to die Seriate.' ' v.r
1 cam'iuW would admit, .every tbiag iwveJ;or' us with a ffile, ard appeared hihjy ,Jr'Cloathing. . The refignatian ot' l'horrfas Childs'Ss
I 1 rernarkay-r Sioc.e Kis return he has oblifjHg1y ptealcci wjih us. t!We wsre ; h eh conduct- Nov. id. Several Tutks came in and Brigadkr General of the nth Brigade;
i ' favoured us" with a'perufaibfhis JoutoJ ; and has. t(d by thc'ihinifler of'.ejaefior relations informed capt. Bainbridge,-that theba- was read and accepted. ; : . ' : J'
JfKn tn flo frTTie TiartS of it fbr I 'triA i vr nr- fllVV h i tnA rK-jit rint T? rrlrrrc I Mr. I.imc 1 att cT-7v5TtKi writ WnliAv
our paper. . .: Balance. cupied hy the American conful -a very I who Ctr-nnunded the U. S. frigate John ing, repor:ed that Dr. Nathaniel Alex
' r Tm j . -good houfe.,:Vitli a. large court,' & roony Adams reared the Tripolitarf prifoners' an dr had a majority ot votes for Go
. EstraA from the' Journal of Dr. Coery, kept enough for QUr.sconvenience. We were taken hit Dimmer Mtry bad, and that vernor. ,
durmg h.s capuvuy in 1 ripoM. f . . a!IlfV4 nvinrW in th Pvpn- thev feared we fhould fufftT fnr it. Received frnm the Senate a Rpfntnti'
I t A. .U r..V .k, PhllorP nhia " -rr Air. , " 7 f ' " . .
was (truck, and the officers and crew
was waiting the plealure oMneir new
malters3;the "Ttipolitan chiefs collected
their favourites, and with drawn fibres,
fell to cutting and flafliing their own men,
who were ftripping the Americans and
plundering the lhip, . - . ,
. They cut oif the hands of fome, and
it is telieved feveralwere killed. 4 Alter
this battle ampngft themfelveswas a Ht.
tie over, .we: were Ordered into the boats
to be carried on more. One of the offi
cers, wbom l had. taken by the hand,
and who promifei me his friend(hip,3
came to me, took . me by the arm, and
tpld me l mult go.- l afked him to let
my boy go. witty me, which he rcfufed
I then took hold of mV fmall trunks
which contiiined my. belt clothes. He
gave tne: to underftand that I could, not
take it, but ihould have every thing ta
ken and reltored to me. Hc iook hold
o my hand, and hurried me over the
fide of the lhip, while his other nand
was employed in rifting- my pockets,
from whicri he took about ten dollars.
I had concealed fome gold in my clothes,
u'hir4 he did : not ,&id vr J .then ent
down intb one of their "boats from
v hence I was to pftfs into the next,
which was alrapft fullof cmr cheers and
Red if he diJnotteH the truth concern
the money. --The boy denied having
any knowledge of it. After repeating
the threarfevcral'times, and tjie boy in
fixing on his not knowincr anv thinor a-
ut the monev. he was acmutted.
VVflbfi had turned traitor, and crivrn
the enemy all thq afliflance in his power.
iit- mi acts as oveneer or our men.
JjouriaptainlalSiflied hufhan
credit with theDanifh Conful. who fun
pljed us with necejTary provifion, and
with cloth for mattraffes. A rrnard was
fj) - - - w
lobferved the 'Turks in the boat where
I was,' were ftripping ray mefTmate Dr.
Viurvvnorf. and the catoenter. Mr. God-
" a sr
by ; but I was loon flopped by threejot
the Ruffians, who Uood over me witn
drawn fabres and coked piflols, and
wrrcfled my furtout from under my arm.
Whilft they were picking its pockets, .&
miarreling w ith each other for the booty,
Ilprung for the next boat which was
waiting for trie. In iny way,' 1 met a lit
tle fellow; who feized ine, and atempt:
ed .to get. oif ray. coat, but 1 hurled hira
into the bottom of the boat, and jimiped
into die cite which was waiting, iatnongit
;'ifiylei low-ofEceT where I thought tpe
Turks ivtre more" ci vil. They then let
rtff tor the town, Qompejling our men
row the boat, and ftanding with drawn
iabres over our heads. When we had
ins. L.ant. ISimbndire cot uernv.mnn
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from the Bathaw to lend tor the Daniln
conful, who paid usavifit and oilcred
every affiftance in his power. Vvre ilept
upon mats and blankets, fprea.l iuon
the floor, which was compofe lnf riles.
Nov- i. this morning the Daniih
confur, Mr.NilTen, paid u;aftother vifit.
Captain Bainbridge. engaged with liioi
to furnifh us with provifions and fach
other neceflaries as we might want. Our
dwelling Was furniflied m a plain flyle,
and jvc were lupplied with freth provi
fions.thal were tolerably good- We
were allowed to go to the frontdoor) &
to walk on the terrace oi top of the houfe,
which commanded a handfome profpeel
of the harbour, the lea, the town, the
palace, and the adjoining country.
Here we coiild fee our ihip on the rock?;,
full of Turks', and (inounded by their
boats, and a coriltant ilream of boars ao
ingto, and bii-.'.sing off the plunder of
the (hip. We could fee thofe rebbers
running about town, with out uniform
coats and other clcathimj on. J he mi-
nifterof exteti
turn them to us.
jSTcv 2? 1 he Baftnw fent for the car
penter to go on board the fhip ; lie w ent
lirmtJundni xr eef w aft! lTrrnTru JTIH"
The carptntets crew and fjfty men -were
ordered and carried on oo.tr ;d to work
at nicht. ' ' A calc of - wind and a htavv
fea heve the fhip off the tucks, and the
carpenter returned.
, Nov. 4. Inthe morning Lit uts. IIuiYt
and Ofborr.e, and myfeit were ar t!:t
Danifh c'onlutVOblervatpfy, on thj top
of his houfe, upon aiplane with atd act
joiniug oiirs,Uvhich togsfner mide a
large and handfome wajk. We were
looking at the fhip-with Mr. Nitlen's
giafs, - wheti'' ourrerftiMi-camc. and
informed us that the:.paflhaw.h?9Lfiidr
ed us not to walk upon tne terrace -any
more. We immediately returned to our
Nov. c. Our ncw.trafters rame and J
clofell'up the 'paflage which led to the top
We have' nlentv of oomearanates.
dates and orant?e7 '1 he Danifhi Conful
viftts u every day. . . "F ',
Nov. ij. ihe minifter of exterior
relations Tent hi drogerman to capt.
Bainbridge " aii informed him that ff he,
vu u Id fc n d an ii n rned iat'e pi'der io. com
modore Preble, to deliver up the 'i'ri:
politan piifpncrs captured by cajr. Rod
gcrs lilt ummer, amounting to eighty in
number, we niigljt remain where" wj
were but if we did notcornply we fhould
fair woi fe. Capt. -Bainbridge replied,
that he couid not , commandrommodqre
Preble, and therefore could not-epmp y
with his requcft. At 9 i;i the -evening a
Trfpolitan ( tlictr came aimed with two
cii'tdls ami a fahre. mill f:fitl. rn.niolir.
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nothing; tomorrow, the callle. rc
accordingly prepared lor the caltle.
Nov . 14, ii eailat early, to be ready
fr-r our' new I'.a'bltation,' At 9 A. iYft a
puarvt came ordered us to the caft.'e.
We termed agreeably to rank and mar
ched to the cattle. We were, huddled,
into a gloomy cell amongft our men,
where there was hardly room tor us to
dnnd. Here ve,fppntthe day wnhout
food, atd were fcofTed at by our foes
until night, when to our happy furprize,
we vverc couducldbacktoour old place
of ahndp. The miniffpr nf exrerinr re-
JafiiiJjaiti
mcCted great . lurrize at our going to
the caUfc, faying that he knew nothing
ed to fhatiof N?,rirvHill i and a Mil tA
carry the pr2yer of the petioner into ef
fe&. deferred as above. - :. 'Si
'ing Divorces and Alimonv.--Read and
icnr to rne oenaiP. -
. M r.' Whi rehead prefe nted the petition
of'ary Warren, praying an allowance
iuj miuiaiy icr.vjces Ltnormea nv rifr
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teeof iVopofitons and Gritvances.V i
Mr. Hay pttfehted the petition Vof
l.ochlan M'kellen, and a bill to
iabres over our neacis. . wuen.weuau W r . 1 . . k
near tl;e Oiore, they ardered our men t e houle; and a guara was Jet he
tn (ion rowine. l wo of Lhem came to
Be and gave me. a fevere blow on the
fide of the head. 1 They then fearched
01 e, and took a cafe of furgeon's inflru
wenrs from my pocket. '' hey took niy
pocket book, but finding it containing
nothing but papers," they returned it.
One took my filver pencil, and another
tne handkerchief from my neck. They
then began upen Mr. Knight, failing mai
ler, 'Mr. Ofborne, lieutenant of ma
lines, and all the,oQicers in the boat,
of th uitafure ; which we all knew to
bo-f;ife. He told capt. Biinbridge that
wefiiculd remain w here we were, until
he heard from his people, the prifoners
In the hands, ..f the Americans. ,
Nov. 1 7. V ifited our;,fi(.k, who
were' quarferei' in a fmall houfe without
a floor, rear the place, and about halt?,
mile from our lodging The Danifh
conful lupplied the lick with frefh pro
vifions,. i7 the TCquelt of Capt. Bain-
hridije.. ' -.
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."Noy:""?. lllvc mTniflcr permitted us
to purchale pur clothes. x We got but"
few and at a hikh rate. Ojie of our
front door to prevent our going into the
itrcet. ' The minifttt lent his chief fecre
tary witii a parole of honor, .'written in
French," which we all figned. ': 7 l ; :
Nov. 6. We found that we were r.ot
allowed to go out, notwithltanding our
figning the parole of honor. The mini
fter of exterior relations ient us word,
that he- had'it.' eight- of- our n n'iks,
dred dollars. .We did not ..taletthem, te
nor thank him ttVr his - hofpitahty.
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lines, aau dii iwc,wii.v . ---- - --- - 1 - ; , -
nuSnGkredhelr ' pbpket usby
the handkermirolrTTh
thw then landed us at the. Toot, ot the
Bafhaw's palace, where we were receiv
ed by 'a guard, who conduced us into
Vv l arp raore tfTBamawTHe view
ed us with the utmolt fatisfaSion, and
i,,i ; vAnrlnffpd irrfn ah apartment
here we found the captain-and leveral;
' offieers.- who arrived In another boat
u (t before. ' Herewas a table let mine
i 'Evrjopeah ftvle. Theferyants appeared
: f)R'Ma'teie and' Neapolitan. Haves
,t afrpr: which it was an-
j'rcuiicf-d that another best had arrived-
vith our oincers and men, wau were
'before the. Balhaw. CaptaiiiBambndge
;....n,: m tm an look for Dr. Har-
vood. whom it was feared vas killed.
Ifr. McDonald, paid us a vifit and oSer-
ed us every dliilance in his pover.7 7
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v. 8. Ihc Jews purchaied lome
men, by the name of Thomatv Prince,
turned Turk, and was admitted into the
pala'oe. '.Lf' N .
Nov, 2t. After vifitihg cur lick, I was
permitted to go with our drogernian a
bout the town to ipurchafe, medicine,
but found but a few articles. . A man
1 6 years of age came to have.me-to cure
him of deainefs. v -
Nov-1 1. 'The Bafhaw refufed to fir
nifh tiecetTury cloathing tor tbs f;ck,vpr
:ary thing for :hem to. er.thar i-3ur fil.'hy
; ..., 1. '(1,nt. RainbridecontractJ. wiKi
! the Danifli conful to lupply the fide with
beethd -vegetables iorioup every day.
lT.As'i:.f-'xai DrGow fay's Aatly praucey
csftr!ti;r,n nj it.-?.iltt. till. J.
requefling the Speakers of the two Houf,
es to tend an expreis to Natnanjel Alex
ander, informing him that he was elect-'
ed Governor of this ftale, &c Read '
and. concurred with. "
' IVTr 'Ttrr rmsn rrpfpnfrt thm rttIIW S
of John Chelfon," James Long, & Jame$
Wiley, "praying compensation for fervicr ,
es on board 'the' armed 'fliip Cafwell. .
Read and referred to the Cornmittee of j
Claims. - '" ' .7'-.7;'''.'
The petition of Thomas Scabrcck, U.l
the petition of fundry inhabtranrs of ;!
Montgomery Referred 'ohe'Ct-mmit- '
tee of Propofitionsvar.d Gtievoj'.cts. 7:7
') he petitions of Vm. Crih& Alex-;
ander Cafneroh were refer? ed as above.
XThe refignation of fohn Cotwell, as '..,
Major of Sampfon, was read and accept-J
ed. ,
Receivedtfrom the Public Treafurer
the following Report: ";
To THE HoNOUUABl E THE GENERAL
Alshmblyof N. Carolina ; v '
G FK'TI r Ml M.
The Receipts at the Public Treafury'j
of Nofih-Gaioiiria, frcm the fit ft day ot j
-November' i8oa. to the firlt dav of Noi
vember, 1805, including arrearages, the
public (axes of every 'defci iption and the;-
Votton Gin tax, amount totwenty-hve
thou nnd three-hundreo and twenty two
TjhurrrnetiHfrtttfr
(4 25j32 10 7 :-f his fum when ad-
drd to the balance rtmanung m the
1 real'ury on the firft day of November
tRnA ' vfn wit7 ro fiftv fix thoufand and
thirteen pounds fevtn fliillings. as Re-i
ported to the Ialt General Adembly,'
makes an aggregate amount pf-eighty
one thouland three hundred and thirty
five pounds, feventeen millings, and fe;
ven pence t(jC .81,335, 17 7) Out ot.
this aggregate or Ml mentioned fum,
difbuflemefits have been made, within
the period firfl above memioned, irclud-i
i ng the mcney bu rnt hy the ialt Aiiem-rhiv.-'-'lhe
llcc'ks of the funds of the
1 Iriited S.atesurchafed for the" ufe of
this State, purfuant to ? Refolutic n of
thcl-Jecmaturem-Decf'Uiber lall ; anrl
the lum pai;l in obedience to the a'mbf
"Afli-mlrlvl 'tTitltled " Aii aft to iii.lve
cerf ain 'of the iiihabitaiits of JvJecklra-
burg county and other citizens oUJiis'
State," to the aniount ot thii ff , eiMt
thcufand four hundred and eighteen
of Tiurrlcnuhing-aml oftered Tt torn" at
an'enoTmous'jpriccVbutwe; purchafed
but little ot :t. 1 he bathaw lent tor cap.
tain Bainhridtre arid told him that lohn
Wjlfan'ltS informed hint that captain
cok" y :, 1 hrew o'v'sr nineteen ' boiesof
ShrsTTfda' large bag of gbld -Capt;,
Bainbridge afiured him ifwasfalfe, ahd
gavr rns wora ana nonour uiar .tn? re was
no money thrown . oyer to his -Knowledge:
but that the money inTqueftidn
was left at Malta- In the evening the
Baimw not being fatifhed fent tor the
KVCXH1 VV HiIll J t iv-o v 1 , 1 - r J
T found mmwithlhecarpentereforetaapguj
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77. HCUS2 Ot COMMOKS, i, - .
M r. Hnrnhurkle o'r'f fented the petition
of Mary Moreign, praying to be divorced
from her hulband, &c Keterrea to tne
Committee of Divorce and Alimony.
Mr. : Jorda prefentc4; the petition of
Malcolm Fergufon,, praying, to be di
vorced from his wife, &c.Referred as
Mr; Moody :prefented:.th.e pe'titionof
Nancy Knight, - praying to be aivorcea
1 S...O-.A4 TVTf,fa ir,orVit onrl
prAyiiig alfh thit hernaine may be alter. 'Qf the Public Treafurer s Cencr
poundj three fhilimps .nd fix penccjv
the vouchers for all which, arc delivered
nr.'r ro rhe.C'omntrrSler. and arc hahli
ready fcr the infpedion of the Comir l
HilCV-'l IHlUlMitH'tm tiviiiiuw "DO" I
amount a oc ve menuoneu, axiu a vu u
ot rony two taouiana niue .iiuhuict .11
Tsvehteen rouiidi tbnrteen fhillim
one penny is left m the Public Ire
it
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nn the tirft d.w ot November lafH
on the firft dav-of.. November, 180
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to be accpunted tor 42,217, ;
:d;he moft worn of the bills formic
balance or remainder, will be fe!e
held in readihefs to be burnt, in ca yi
Lgiilamrehairthink it advifable 6j M
tmv thiin anil fhillfo diret. i li- f
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'I tio roriinfttKi' -r-nfiirv for 1 t!
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enterec and pata tor, amount iiq
firfl dav of November, 1 So4v- to t
day of November, 1805, to the j
-jhree thoufand ( hree h undred and
one poundsTright fbilhngs & eight!
J' P. K) This amount
vered by certificates and other ToodnJ
and does not, therefore, enect the
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