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rflace crfled Ghentt in the interior LBan
, derSi thereKV were, 'supplied ith -French
soldiers shoes this was a comfortable thing
to us7 having marched many miles bearfooted.
We arrived after anntdlerablrtedibus jour; 1
ney t Amsteraanii -where We remained until
Ave. were; put on board American vessels per
mitted to sail by thi ' Djlfjgoyerommu In
one'ofjthem I obtained a passage to the Downs
froni whence ,1 took up my line of march on
:jftb'lfidbhVrin?tiic gfttest distresspvith
asfnail ;'fiandkefchei frhjeti contained alt
tJiiitiH a penrtyln my.
pkeij whlch 'ncvcrkheVthwant.Gf be-.
fbrei On1' myafrival' JCfpun4 friends and
lloneyiincehkV IlafcS'ytf cornfoiHabfe."
Oh a' fevfevferfte subjeel iminkiyfonune
ratberhaVd' ; ; when! lel'thOme Ilookwithroe
' upwjiraVoX four xhousarid 'dollars in 'cash and
prduceallof which 1 hare bee&;Titerally
robbedK tppy,five months bn prisoners allow
iafi'cef ijrnarchedt iseVeral ' hundred inifes bear1
footed" through $ an : unfiiefldly ountrylrd
; srtmiiigly ' to augment our suffeKng'by the
tjrfiers of aQVcrumerit who jJretentt'a be our
friends ' I . -r
1 masVimose bn myself a temporary xile,
- from my noment-nd friends, until the gbvern
iriehf of my owb country shall see fit to raise
the embargo,' whi6h 'obliges me wkh thou-
sands of my unfortunate" countrymen tOseek
bread ''in 'foreign service ; I could give you a
considerable historical account 'of -politics cf
the ' different ".countries" in which I have been,
, hut suppose yotr will learn them through the
lirTermtchannels by whch information reach.
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. 1 ROM Tfi EVENING POST.
Captain Palme?,' of this port (one of my.iri-
formaiits) sailed From the. Canaries in the ship
Mercury, bound to Hamburfh; in the -Bay
of Biscay, was boarded by 4, British letter of
fnarque, ireatea pome ly, ana permutea to
" 'proceed. But.on 27th of January last, he was
Armstrong then turned to his secretary, ana
cut thk busintsi short by telling him to grant
the. rnan .a passpbrtr wh'enever"he produced
1 2 frat.es to pay the fees. Captain Hopkins
then went into the - street, and : begged-.the
money of on American whom he -met,- with
which he" went back and ; bought a License to
return to his native country, penny less and
ruined. " And iibw, . Captain Hopkins found
ntmseu airippeu 4oi , evcry ining ana . neariy
reduced to thX.lasYPsV1
htimSerslof hrs toAitrymenV1 that of ehfragina
oh board a French privateer, to ifcavc himself
iioin starving j dui acciaem assisiea nim,
and he got atbnvcyarice back' ih the Hope.
These fscts I lake from himself i to mor-
Tow-heBetsT)tlt-for hhifheeVless homeV 1
" ItVafitain Smith) of Philadelphia, w ho for.
merly sailed Tn the employ of John Juhel,
tommonly known by the name of Mgerine
'Smith, (from haviiis been captured and im-
rbrisoned five years by the Algerines) has any
J friends livings wife vt children, I am fjrepar-
ea to give tnem,some account oi nis late.
1 his vaptam smith last sailed in his own
brig, the Hope, and was captured about two
run
and twenty months ago ; ins brig was
'ashore, all his papers lost or destroyed, and
the monsters who toofc mm made a formal re-
Jiprt that he Was an Englishman. Being de
pnved oi lus evidence to shew that he was a
citizen of the United States,, he was hurried
dff to the liv ing grave of Americans at Arras,
whtre he has remained ever sthce. I are au
thorised 'tbjstate, 'that saveral Americans who
knew Captain Smith, have been to Armstorng
and iiifbrined him that they knew him, that
he was an American , Juid belonged to Phila
delphia ; but Ai mstroiig only answered, let
him send" home lor regular 'papers; and de
clined to Vive any assistance. ..-
The bst case I have to'mention Is that of
Cpuam Waterman, -of this !X)rU .Captain
Waterman left 'London on , his , homcwarp
bound voyage'), and was captured by a French
carried jnto Dieppe, on thejwsumption Qhat .;i pnvateer'ia the Day of Biscay. TJie pilva
he was bound" toTLondon. -After the crew I tpr
ne was bound to JLondon. Alter the crew
had. been examined in ofdetf to procure evi
dence of this fact, and it was found that none
of them would swear to it, since they all knew
the destination of the vessel to be Hamburgh,
three of them, namely, Adam Wise, the se
cond. mate,lsaac, "Robinson, both American?,
fehd IJeury Patjotham, a German, were seiz
ed and put into a dungeon, and there they
were kept for thrrec days and three nights,
and supplied with Nothing but bread and a:
ter all that time, in order compel them by
this species f torture, to perjure themselves,
andwear-whatwa wanted-of them -Vhiler
in this confiiiemeRt, they were Offered not
only then. liberty, if they would swear, but
one third of the ship and cargo. They how
ever had the virtue to endure the punishment,
to resist the temptation, and despise every,
threat. At length they were set at liberty.
Captain Palmer was, ho vever, detained from
January to August, tvherj bis' vessel was con
demued on another pVound, viz: that she had
" been" visited by a Ui itish letter of marque ;
this, k seem.3 being ajground ai condemna
tion' that, was not resorted to till latterly : but
.wncfr it has been taUc;i, condemnations have
- been going ju incessantly up to the lime that
he saitedtiYoni liayrc. (Sept. '12,. A fact of
).o sutull t;i.iieat isio.be added to this nar
rative; wliich js that durilfga the time
captain Plmifiomained at Dieppe, waiting
the fate 6f his. ship, though he made repeated
applications "to our ambdssdpr- general 4na
strung, by letter that gentleman never unce
gave himself the trouble ta answer hmi ;and
whKh4faien up fo see him, he had
no otheirsatisf action than to be toldtol ilyj
the general couTd not interFtre, the ship must
be c6.ndnned- unde,r the Milan pecree.
UndcMhiS decrteshe was condemned accord
'inglypt. capt. P'aer was glad to make, his
e-scape and get home ; wher?; the only con-
solalion he . ji-s," and the o.ily indemnity for
..""bein-K plundeiti4-l?y a foreign piratical govern-
jne at, is to be able to 'tell mS sad tale, and
lament that he is.an Anicrican chizeh. ' .
Along with Captain iV.nlLjrame'C'atairf:
, 7 Caleb- Hopkuis-br PortsmotHh- Kew Hamp-
fchireT (my other informant) who sailed from
-this, port 'for Cherbourg,' in theLihip Victory,
' t,f ' Portsmouth a.id having been captured
t and sent into Englaiid, but hot detained, pro
ceeded to his joriginal destinatioiT,: yhere he
triived, landed and, ware housed his cargo
some days bef ore tie M'da)i Decree had been
acted upon except in the case of the Ilori
i ioiu- Nevertheless the Vessel and cargo were
bcized under tlie same decree, and held for
,,'t.ial. Captain Ilopkintheniapplicd to the
Anievican Arubassaddr.- atParis by letters
.- from Cherbourg, and most earnestly bespught
hine, to interfei e," or t least to sen3"1iim a
-. passwrt,to cojae tq-PariiiQauenipt to re-
" cover.hiS-.smp. y K.''':t.' -i'i ' '
y'-'-'U'ArnTstrung- after preserving a perfect ii
; lencc formany laouths,. ut length on the 16th-:u-jwt.ig-to:-,tite
himyThis
ccretary in whiclrhe told him it woidd be
i useless, to come to Paris ; and he had the
ciu elty ta attempt-to playoff scare asm cmO
J w vreicbed Countrymen, by saying inhis.
, letter, witch;now lies before me, jfcwouWL
advise you that; Pur u not on the route to
JjCricnit theyonly port in France "from wh'ch
) ou'.'caiijSHir for Anie.riea..'r?-' h : ; j:
1 Anertue vessel was condemned-- he walk
"p ed au 4ityfroru Cherbwi'glo Paris, more
thantnre- lTihcued.tniles, jto ; see ArnrstrorTg
f - J)ki sonaUy.T-"aiid' tr a passpoi 1 1qmeAm-
strong asked him if-he had :uny tffone'y tojmy
. for lit ;aV The poor man- afvs-wcred
"' - r.o, l tV3is uei ihc 6wu(ii of a farthing;
leersman cauea mm un w, me nient to see
his vessel in a blaze inyh6pes ' he might be
provoked to utter some-afttemperate expres
sioh against the French government, but be
was on his guard. Having burnt his vessel
and destroyed all hfs papers ; ihey made a re
port that he was an Ln'His'hman. It was
vain that he denied it, addLfor want of papers
which had been taken from him-,' appealed to
some of his crew for evidence. He and rail
his crew were immediately ordered to the
Infernal prison at Arras. "As they passed by
fans, several American Captains went out to
see them, some 5f whom particularly a caj t
Nichols, of Portsmouth, N. -H. recognised
Captain Waterman as an old acquaintance
and went directly and made application tc
our Ambassador for his relief. The apnlica
tiou however, was in vain, Armstrong declin
ed any interference, and Captain Wattrntah
and all his crew were immersed in the prison
where they are at this moment piling in hope
less captivity. ' ..
The following facts1 are added, to shew the
indignity and contempt wijth which our coun
trymen are treated by the Wrench. Captain
Palmer ne day, it seems, oraiiled to take off
his haand make his oheisaiice to the French
commissary ; in the evening he fjuud him
self arrested by two soldiers who dapped him
in prison from which he was only released
the next morning , by the American Conul,
but with an assurance, that if he was ever
guilty of such insolence again, imprisonment
and chains should be his portion tilFlie Was
sent out of the country The other fact js stili
more degrading ; On thy march of -Captain
Waterman'strew to their gloomy dungeon,
the mate of the ship net chusiiig to walk
through a pond of water that lay in4tt,way,
went routd, for whieh -he yas eied by his
driver, and chained fast to aqrimnal conduct
ing to the same prison, i jhus made to walk
tlirough"all the mud puddles in the road, to
the great divei son of all the' French guard.
London, Sept. iS,
COMPLAINTS OF THE PORTUGUESE.
The folloiving are the alledged grounds of
complaint ot the Portuguese, at the conduct
of our. officers- in Portugal. They Test upon
the authority of letters fiom Lisbon, of 1 1th,
and from Oporto of the 1.4 th instant! of which
they consulate the substance.
The usual ceremrmies had scarcely been e
changed, af er the landing of sir Arthur Wefi'
lesley on the banks of. the. Duero, when the
Bishop of Oporto in his political character,
demanded of the ihitish-officer - the- arms
vrtlrwhvcTiThTvaprdvided for tire natives,
who had been enroHed for the defence of their
country This application was ineffectual.
His fcxceliency was told, tbatlhey were hot lo
he disposed; of; and ?thns the only means
whiclr he considered necessary for the salva
tion of Portugal were withheld ;- and the ve
nerable Prelate was forced to retire- from the
first7interview( with his 'alues, indignant and
disappointed, tie. knew ih at Freniih1 perfidy
and rapacity, , had deprived hk intrepid coun:
trj'meh 6r the meaus indispensable to grve' efl
fee to their courage ; and was apprbed that
under the orders of the 'Briiish rnlhistrs,
arms had been, provided for at least-J5,000
rnen,e for the- purpose of; thk'cxpieiuon.--.
Withsuch facts before him, he had the mor
tification .to see that hi brave corn-patriots,
were p bc preventedTrom paitakint? in the
.glor of the apprdadibg conflict." Tie total
number prepared to enter the field amounted
' ' . e . e ; i . 4 ' m
to 4?,,oootiDut ior want ot arms oryy souu were
assembled nnder Gen. Freiret and they were
indifferently proTidedThe Pbrtuguese also
complainthat in conformity to theontr acted
system of the British Generals, they were not
Drougntjnto action m eiineroi me engage-
ments wnicn preceuea tne ultimate arrange
ment . that in one case a native body of 500,
was constrained to give, place to a corps of
British, in a moment when their courage
could have been advantageously displayed :
j it. . . vL.i,k..i p,rr.i M-wuuicriemnff, wens n
ana inai in me uaiue oi lracna, neanyjkaeir-rt11. T;. 1 " l"t Uistanr. t
...ui. rx.-n u. n.li.. tfte' uited States The n,,.. an,Cecf
removed to a distance of more than two leagues
from the scene of action.
-The y obi ect, that- not - only these - general
opportunities of distinguishing the valour of
the: Portuguese on their own territory were
neglected, but the examples of individual ta
lent or success have been passed, aver in si
lence : and lurther that niejit .Jias been attri
buted to the British soldierv. due exclusive to
themselves. ,In support of this pretension,
.they cite the anecdote of the English grenadier
vho is said to have taken General Brenier pri
soner, and to have relused the pecuniary otters
of that Frenchman for his manumission. The
Portuguese account of the same transaction is
given uva Gazette of Coimbra, where it is ex
pressly stated, that a sergeant and cadet both
of that nation took Gen. Brenier prisoner
Ti e Portuguese, we understand, are anxious
to bestow all due praise upon English valour,
but they Say, that the number of troops in the
French armies have been exaggerated, in. or
der to acquire that glory which the transac
tions could not maintain. They ' contend,
ifthat for 18,000 English to vanqnish lz.OOO
French, was no subject of boast to the British
character; J and they do hot admit, that even
with this inequality offeree, under the recent
convention, any conquest was atchieved. ,
, Their objections to t he, conduct of the Bri-
klsh commanders do not terminate here. Pri
or to the last eiikiaffement the Portuguese had
consumed the whole of their bread ; and in
these circumstances general Freire applied to
sir A. WelleSley for a supply of provisions for
a single day, the British at the same time hav
ing an abundance both hrheir train and with
the shipping stationed on the coast.- -This re
quest was denied ; on hearing wjhich, the Por
tuguese commander is reported to have made
this short observation, ,l Them we will fight
without bread."
The most serious complaint yet remains;
Neither, the military nor the civil authorities
of the natives were at any time CQDSultedei--ther
respcctii'igthe armistice, , of the ultimate
disgraceful Convention ; and had the proper
respect been paid to their discretion and pat;
riotiim, it is highly probable that ,'the' mani
fest impolicy of this arrangement would have
been exposed ; so that even those who assent
ed to it would have been convinced oT their
own precipitancy and folly.
As soon as the terms of that convention had
placed the forts and capital of our faithful and
august ally, under the protection of our troups,
the British, flag was elevated, as if Portugal
had not i ecovered hef liberty, but had been
consigned over to hew masters. When this
emblem of their degradation was discovered,
it excited such gene rial expressions of indigna
tion, that the imprudence which raised the
banner was alarmed, and it was almost histanu
ly lowered; bbt not without producing those
sensations cf disgust, the impression of which
kt will beveiy l imcult to remove.
Under the strong impression of sensibility
occasioned by these serious grievances, it is
not surprising if we hear of commotions in
portug-alJo. w hich tlx; English, sent as friends
and delivererSv have to endure some portion
of general indignatiou, aniPin consequence of
the French troops grzdually diminishing in
number, Uy the embarkation of their brethren'
to France, will be exposed to immediatejdan
gef. It is in truth impossible that laden with
theplunder of that injured country, the latter
carl withdraw unless they are removed to a
place of safety, guarded from the rage"of the
natives by the British troops
The most convincing proof Of the disgust of
the inhabitants of Portugal, is the circum
stance, that none of the public papers of that
government has thought it fit to insert the con
ditions of the final convention .tjrf.
THURSDAY, KOVEM77T.
The I'Fmtral
opened in Raleigh on Saturday 11
Potter, thi. v.ht !.... . . '.,ast hyJ..rf
Potter, the Chief Justice arriedl 2 Jud
mat eveirtng-.But little busing
tins term.Hhough the court wemn, ,e Si
.;e"ting, were put off at the ; V '
the. United States-The r?!
not be evnrrtfrl k . U,C
r .4v ojiuuju IXJSSess all l
lormauonjelative lo these: suits, whirk' W
cessaryfo prosecute with effect. ? Un
adjourned on Tuesday evening.. Uut ;
In this day's paper will be found t W
sage of the President-'fhe paragraph '
we..have published from the NaLa tr
gencer some weeks ago relative toour
as much information as does this m J
so anxiously looked for by the people -'
When speaking of the negotiation
France,-the President is certainly very n tt
ttlhgible ; we hope it ,s not a studied Jt
guity. -
more in detaU from the President,' relative I
our situation with France and Great-Britain-It
must to fickopw ledged that the count J.
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BENJA1IIN LONG of Spotsylvania, Vir
ginia, purposes opening a
DANCING SCHOOL'
In the-State-House, City of Raleigh, on the . .poinV and fiiis was inentioned among :.nn;.
first Friday and Saturday in January next, other reasons, to Inspectors rlut
CiTIeinen'ot Raleigh and its vicinitv to au
tend for the piifpcse of witnessing his steps
and manners Sec.' ; '1 r ;
,"; Xevcmbcr ,17. . . - - 593p.
JyheIndJlhereJte mvitei tba-feadaud -Potter gave itgihis opinion, that the soir .kt.
rGeTvtleitien pt Raleieh and its vicinitv tn m i,a i.
nuosly at the polls, that they should
mitted to exercise that right-rAVcWieve.
mcnticnedjj) the Inspectors tnaUf j ...
at NeNvbern attempted to vpi t" '
last, but were not DermtttcdvK f
mentioned that these' recrutrs, had just" ,
Mekiljfemrmy- from CiimberfUo-S
this place could noVs: called their :
because thev were soort :to be o.tlcrca by- ' h
NeRT$L Carolina,
BuncomIbe County.
Ebenezcr Fain, i
vs. .v ..
Elias Eastes. )
Court of Equity Octo
bet 2crm, 1803.
Bill of Cimfibmtt
IT appearing to the Court that the defen
dant resides without the -limits of tflis.istate."
that he cannot be served with- p.ref i-tTh'efe----fore
oixlere4f thdt unless tEedifendant appear
m vnc next -t iterm oi tnis tjpurt to be lid on
the first Monday after; the-fourth Monday ih
March' rrexV and mak delWce7thii Bill will
be taken fifo confestd, and set for hearing ex'
parte - Ordered also that this order be pub.
lished four weeks successively in the MincYva
-A. - '"' '' -;G- NEWTON, c. &M. e. '
ver
i vav iuai vii i ii-Biuent would have tak
en it upon himself tb recommend to 'Congress
some decided measures; but an opinion dots
hot escape him he throws all reponsibUit?
from himself upon that body. VVe shall tx.
pert to see shortly closed dyofs, and seciu
messages, or else certain members will re.
ceivtf their orders secretly how to act.
; At first we were of cpinico that the Presi.
dent could do no more than oii'a- to Englaiid,
that if she would repeal her orders, the Lk..
bargo should be raised as to Jicr-rRut let us
dispassionately examiiie what wonld be-tha
consequence,17 were Girat-Britain to accede to
such a measure. If the British orders 'are re
pealed there is at once no obstruction to our
trade with France and although our govern
ment should not suffer vessels to clear out for
France, what would preent their sailing for '
the West Indies, and there clear out for i
French port? The . British ministers know
ing this would inevitably be the case, n
doubt say that such a cqurse, would complete.
ly through our trade into France, and instead
of our resisting the French decree,, passtdit
Berlin iii November 1806, it wodld be an at.-
quiescence or a submission to that decree by
us.
The Election for Electors of President
closed throughout this State on Friday last.
In this district Col. Taylor, the-Madisonian
candidate is elected. Jn Granvillehis major
ity Was 569, in Johnston 45 and in Wake 159,
consequently, his wjiole majority is about
568. In some places of elections in Johnstor.;
where the federalists have a decided majority,
tlie. polls were Viot'opehed, and "this acceuutf
for the republican" majority. When it was
known that the soldiers belonging to the army,
stationed at this place, were to vote, many
respectable men were so much disgusted that
they would not vote at all, and many did not
attend the election. We understand that at
Tarborough and Hillsborough, the tww re
cruils were not suffered to vote Indeed at
Hillsborough, Captain Atkinson expressed his
Opinion,' that by receiving a, commission in
the army," he - considered himself, completely
disfranchised and that he should not attertipt
Jo votei and further hoped that if the soldier
attempted ijjthat the Inspectors would, not
suffer; them. They did attempt to vote and
were refused.
We do not recollect that the standing army
ever voted before at a;v election, except in that
republican state, Virginia, which tan not do.
wrong, and which is a pattern for Nprth-L'aro-.
hha upon all occasions. About the yeai r.
.V Col. Preston and a Mr. Trig conttndd
for a Seat in Congress---f he brolher of Col.
Preston was a capt. in the army, and on the
day of election brought his men up who voted
for Col Preston. In canvassing "the ,vnt
before the Congressional committee of tlc
tions, the votes of the soldiers were deemed
rad and dediicttdirom Col. Preston's number.
These were however not sufficient n ;uimbtr,
n'rt 111.. P.fiTruil lrnf TicP:it. Tll'la dtClSl"a
of CoiT5rress we conceive, was S
'case""1.
?was
cruits
cust las
crpvernment into-morc active life- ,&a .
hnnr-H. ininxntn- jcn .. It Was alSO rOCi'r C
ed, that these men were- not free (a. n0"f
Others' can vote) ;abat .they couldeKtaise ;-. -nrl
vHftP-f. whatei rr of ' freemen, if their ql-, ,
cers should think proper, to denf it to thcrr-
That it was improper that men siiouia .
an election,." whom a civil process could not
reach, if they violated ' the election l- s. J .
not the example now' set7a daw'-s ouc ; '
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