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Ours are the plans of fair delightful peace,
UnwarpVJ by party rage, to live like Brothers.
TnuRspAY, July 9, 1807.
No. 4or.
-1! -IT.
MORE
COKCBRNING THE
LATE BRITISH OUTRAGE.
Norfolk, June 25.
Cn Tuesday, we gave a short, ac
count of thflsad affair which en
grosses all time and, all conversation
IShortly after that publication, the
C hesapeake arrived in the Roads
without colors, and the officers with
out arms ; and bout 4 .o'clock in the
afternoon or the same day (Tuesday)
the wounded men arrived at this
place, and were immediately sent
to the Marine Hospital, where e
very thing necessary and co;nt i ta
ble is provided for their relief. The
following i: a li$t of their nanes, and
of the name also of those killed.
A list of the killed and wounded on
boat4 Wis frigate Ci esapeahe.
KILLED.
Jcsph-;fnoM, Cty of Washiogton.
jt hn Laurence, Pennsylvania
Jc.hn Sharkely, Philadelphia.
WOUNDED.
IMr. grook, Jlidsipman.
Kobert M' Donald, Washington City.
Thomas Short. Virginia
George Pevcival, Philadelphia r
Francis Coenbove.-!, N 'w-V.iri:,
Jatr-es iippes, Petersburg. V-rir.ii.
Cotton Brown, Candis, N Hampshire.
Pter Simmons, Frussia.
Vm. Hendrck, Albany, New-York.
r.t?r EHi,r:,., Denmark.
lr,n Hayden, Baltimore.
Tr.hn Parker, New York,
Y'.'.liirh Mo'.dy, Uelawaie.
.talhe anxiety, ra'' and alarm on j
TliiS svibject, instead of subsiding, is j
increasing;, aad the whole ot this part 1
of the country is prepared lor any
thing that may promise revenge, wc
hasten to lay before the public all 'h
particulars of: this unhappy affair,
lhat we hare been able lo procure in
'lriiiion to th?se already published ;
It is fully aecerta'.ned that this is nor
an affair of accident, that the orders
were regularly sent, that the Leo A
pard went out of the Capes prepared
for action, that ,she too!c every ad
vantage of the unprepared and al
most defenceless state of the Chesa
peake, and that sne did every thinic
she could do to destroy her, until
there remained not the smallest pre
.lence for further fire or for delibe
rate murder. It appears that the
Ltopard after; bearing di.wn on the
iKsapea'tie, sent a boat en b')arL
Hons, which were to procure 4 men,
said to be mutineers from his Ma
jesty's ft'jct, and todtmarid a searc'.
for them The bo. it was nearly half
nil hour along side, ;;U after much
til';, was, by sin d ordered to th
Leopard ; she had scarcely ict out
f danger, before a snot was 'fired
into the Chesapeake, and that was
v..iocec-ded by a broadside, several
others followed, until it appeared e
vident that mischief : enough had
been done, and the Chesapeake's co
iors were down In all this ime the
latter ship fired but two, or at mo,t
tlnce scattering shot, and these a!
raoit accidtntaily and without order,
and so wholly unprovided was she
for action, that 'tis said her cables
were cf iled over the uns, and as the
ynweter had not been prcmerly dm
anci ha;
been discovered to
b? .-:amp, they wtre that day efigi
yxu m getting it out to dry, and the !
fiuo in the ship had been all put out
lo prevent accidents. j
The two ships, fter this, stood far- j
the;- out to sea ; and the American ;
.! '-y f.f war Chesapeake, underwent j
- iMrgular .search from his Majesty's
idi:p the Leopard, and four men were '
':-ku:, two of whom were native born !
Ameiicans, who had escaped alu r '
icr.
confinement.
't!
A
world is, alwav:,
CUliOUS tn
y.v.vw the first occasion or the
irst.
' ( . ui war : and we h?.ve ho
e !eci tuns
raritcular that the ori'
ox
,. perhaps,
''gHten.
tiew ore nviy not
VvTc should blame no
oi
.re'Zecu- '
ie orders of his superiors if
exerted them like a man, but the cold j
hto-jdedcovurdly cvuehv, with which '
l! .
ousmess was eftscted, reflects
n'ruior and dis;-;race cn the.whol,
niihh navy ; he well knew that tf
Cltesapcake was liitlc httter than
U'ec! store s
ship carrvinur out sun
'Jt1 the Mediterraueau, as to-
'ir.pre.pavjvi icr action us uncon--Vi
f d;;no;cr, .and without wait
" time tp see the eiuel of cne
broadside, or to observe if she had
struck, he continued his fire 'till, in
the sea phrase, she was quite cut up.
Some of the shot wentquitenhrough
the hull, her rigging ari& sails are
torn to pieces, and she arrived with
five feet water in the hold.
- Let the English boast of this ac
ti n and of the burning of Fairfield
together, but let them remember,
that similar conduct will produc si
milar effects : the spirit of the coun
try is at last roused, and Britain, de
tested in all quarters of the earth but
this, is at last detested here ; she has
no ally now butlhe ferocious savages
f the North.
Yesterday a more numerous and
more unanimous collection of people
assembled in this town, than wasever
IJpre witnessed ; but one voice, but
one sentiment, but one spirit of reta
liation ijno revenge was to bq. heard
orseen, temporised however, by quiet
resignation to the will of our govern
mentyor the present, in full and ar
dent exp ctaticn of opportunity of re
press h-rcafter.. The following re
solutions were adopted by the meet
.g, and copies directed to be sent to
lie neighboring towns and states.
t a Meeting of the Citizens of the Bo
rough of Norfolk and Town of Ports
month, held at the Town Hall on Wed
nesday, the 24th jur.e, 18 J7.
General Thomas Matthews, una
nimously called to the Chair.
Samuel Mosely appointed Secre
tary to the Meeting.
Th Meeting after due considera
tion, came to the following resolu
tions :
Whereas the government of our
country has constantly manifested an
ardent inclination for the preserva
tion of peace, and to secure that
friendly disposition which mightrea
sonably be expected from the justice j
f foreign nations (if such a senti- ;
'TVtit as that of justice was to be found j
amongs' them) and whereas, we as I
individuals, seriously deprecate the
iioriori of war, and view it as one
jf the gteatest evils which can befa!
'ur country ;' but when wc behold
ur fellow -citizens impressed, and .
forced by a tyann cal and atbitraiy
(V)vver to fight against their own
couivry, and basely and insidiously
nurdered on our coasts, it becomes
necessary at this awful crisis, to b:
prepared to meet the conseque? ces
which such conduct and such incli
lations. give reasonable cause to ex
pec to discipline ourselves and be
n readiness to take up aims in the
h fence of those sacred rights which
our forefathers purchased with their
blood ; and until our goverirhv m shall
have been informed of the late g!a-
mg violation of our rights and out
ovtreignty, in the unwarrantable
Hid unprovoked attack upon ihe U.
.S-ates fiigate Chesapeake, Commo-
lore Barron, within a few miles of
our coast, by he British squadron,
:omposed of the B.ilona, Commo
dore Douglass, the Triumph, Capt.
lardy, the Leopard,vCaptaiii Hum-5
pnreys, and the Mvlampus,' Cap:ain
Hawker, acting under the order of
Commodore Dauglas, and the inhu
mn murder of a number of our fcl-
! ivjw citizens in the attemnt of the
U Leojjard to carry those orders into
nect : Therefore.
Resolved unununouslv, That all communi
cation .with ihe Brit.sh ships of war, now
w.thia cur waters and on our coasts, und
with their agent c-r agentsamong us, bedis
conunued. and that we will use our besinv
deavors to prevent all such intercourse and
'halj persons gui!ty thereof shall be dzem
ed mfim us.
Resolved unanimously, That we wi!! view
with abiiurrence any avtcmpt at such com
munication, and ' deem any person or per
sons enemies t our country, who shah d -meetly
or indirectly liold such intercourse,
or render a .y aid or assistance to the Bri
rish sh p3 of war, .by supplying them wuii
privisions or necessaries of any kind what
;j 0e known.. ,v.
; Ri. rjhedur.aniiribusl;, In order the better
t:) itect the above purnose. that a commit-
cc oe appointed to corresp -nd with the in
usV.tants .f the neighboring counties, anu
those of the waters of Elizabeth R.ver ano
he sea coast, notifying the flagrant outrage
-na: has been committed and the measure
passed by us, and recommend ng sun lax
Measures to thfir cons'dei ation.
Resolved unanimously, That our fellow -citizens,
the Pilots of Chtsapear.eBay an.
ilampton, whpse patriotism we hold m the
:-jhst est.miiioji, ae r. cp.iested by this
iKciing to discontinue en ir. iy, their pro-
essional services to 3 1: British sinps of war (
Riiilxsd u.ian:tr.,;u.jly, That we v.ew this, !
unci-r.c.-;eu.vt:-.ttr:al, savage and asaas-j
like attack opon the ChesapeaKe, with that
horror and detestation which should always
attend a violation of the faitlVof nations,
an ' the laws of war ; and we pledge our
livs and our properties to co-operate with
the government in anyieasure3 which they
may adopt, -whether of vengeance or of re
taliation. Resolved unanimously , That the Mayer
of this BotApgh be requested to call upon
the Lieut.'P'ol. Gommahdaru of the" militia
to hold in readiness, an armed force for the
purposes of defence, and for carrying these
resolutions into eliect.
Resolve u nam i nous ly, That these resolu
tions fee extended to ail British slnpsofwar
which may hereafter anchor within our
parts, until complete restitution is n:ade to
our government for this detestable outrage
on the Chesapeake.
Resolved unanimously, That a subscription
be opened and left in the possession of the
Chairman, to raise a sum to be applied to
the relief of the wounded and the families ;
of the killed on board the Chesapeake, un- t
J der the direction of the Superintendant of'
the Hospital, tne Mayor of the Borough I
of Norfolk, and K. chard Blow, Lsq. of
Portsmouth.
Resolved unanimously; That the commit
tee be requested to correspond with the in
habitants of theprincipa1 sea-ports, and en
deavor, as far as in ttieir power, to ooiam
their consent to these- resolutions, so tar as
effectually to w hhold all supplies to any
British armed vessel on the coast of ihe U.
States, until aimpli justice is obtained by our
Execut've.
Resolved unanimously, That the Superin
tenduntof the Hvsp.tal, in the event of the
death of any of the untortunaie mariners of
the Chesapeake, now under his care, re
port the same to the committee, who shall
from tjie funds subscribe d, defray the ex-
pence of the funeral, and the said commit-j
tee are hereby instructed to invite their fd
lew citizens to attend, atxl to make the ne
cessary arrangements.
Resolved unanimo-Jily, That the Collector
be requested to furnish one ot the Revenue !
Cutters to watch cvtr ?nd prevent any
commun cation with an oflusli. KI. ships,
and that the Commandant of' the Fort be
requested to co-operate with this measure
Resolved unanimously, That the copies of '
the proceedings of this meeting be trans-
mittcd by the Chairman to the President of.
the U. S, and the governor of V.rg n.a, and '
that they be published in the newspapers;, Sld rlamlpn-nd tlx ir barges a
of this liorougn. j! shore, and' take them by force f The
JxesoiWu unjntmousii'. i hat the citizens
of .Norfolk, Portsmoti h, and their vicini
ties, be rs quested to wear crape for 10 days,
as a tesi'mon al of their reaptc. f r the me
myry of those person-. .,11 board the Chesa
peake, who have fallen victims to British
tyranny and premeditated assassination
Resolved unanimously, That this meet in?
approves, and deems the conduct of. our
teliow citizens ot Hampton in destroy ;ng
the water casks belong'i g to the Brit sh '
frigate Melampjs, highly laudable and
piaise-worthy.
Received unanimously, Tliat
THUS MATTHEWS, Cb.
THUS. NEW ON, Jun.
LUKE WHEELER.
THEO. A K Ml STEAD,
R1CHD E LEE,
MOSES M VERS,
Wm, PEN NOCK,
Wm. NEWSUM,
THOS. BLANC HARD,
DANu BEUINGER,
SETH FOSTER,
J. W. MURUAUGH,
RICHARD BLOW and
FR ANCIS S TAYLOR,
Be a Committee to carry the foregoing re
solutions into effect.
Resolved unanimously, That this meeting
ender thanks to Geu Tiiomas Matthews,
f-.r 1113 able discharge of the duties of the
Chair.
THOS. MATHEWS.
SAMt, Mojelv, Sec'ry.
As soon as the account of the conduct
of the' Leopard was known at Hampton,
the inhabitants desiroyed upwards of 200
hogsheads of water, which were on board '
a schooner ready to sail for the British men
of war.
The following letters have passed
between the committee and the Bri
tish Consul, which are published for
the information of the public.
THEO. A R MIST E AD, 4
Secretary of the Committee.
British Consul's Ojjice, N't rfolk
Virginia, June 2Sth, 1807.
To Brig. Gen. Mathews, Chairman of the
, Committee appointed to carrying intoef
fectjhe Resolutions SiC
SIR,
A I do not perfectly understand
how farlhe construction of the reso
lution adopted at the meeting hekf
yesterday, as they .respect the com-
uunication between myself and his
Majesty's ships in the Chesapeake,
m.'.y be supposed to extend, I beg
leave to enquire of you, sir, as the
-hairman of the committee appoint
ed to carry thoe resolutions into ef
fect, whether any or what restraint
thereby intended Hbe laid on ray
communication with the King's ships
whether the schooners which have
ii.itherto been used as advice boats,
will be permitted to pass as hereto-
fore, uninterruptedly, nnd whether
there will be any objection to myself j
or any ot my tamily, goinsr by land to
the j bay-side, and embarking from
thence and returning to the shore in
the ships' boats.
1 have the honor to remain,
With perfect iespecr, -Sir,
Ycur most obd't. humble serv't.
r JOHN. HAMILTON
To Colonel John Hamilton,. Consul for the
State of Virginia.
SIR,
In answer to your letter of this
date, I am directed by the committee
to sav. that the sch'rs hitherto em
ployed as advice-boatsin the service
of his B, Majesty, cannot be per
mitted to pass and repass as hereto
fore. The committee view the ob
ject of ihe resolutions as intending
to prevent supplies of every kind be-
Ling afforded to these ships until the
pleasure of our government beknown.
The committee can see no obstacle
to you or any of your family commu
nicating with the officers, of his B.
M's. ships in either d the modes you
mention, confident that no attempt
will be made to contravene the reso
lution restricting supplies. The boats
you may engage in this service wil!
be permitted to pass without exami
nation. I have the honor to be,
With perfect Irespect,
Your m&st Obedient servant,
Ti:oS. MATHEWS,
Chairman oj ih Committee
Norfolk . June 27, ld07.
Extract of a letter from Ilamp'ondated
June '26. ' '
We have late news from the Bri
tish mtn of ' war jjy the pilots thai
were discharged yesterday. -They
detlare, that if their water and pro
visionsdo not come totln-m as usual,
; 1,1 v wluMntee fni?5 r AWUg
Hamptonians are casting oalls and
making cartridges, lo bid them wel
come" 4
The following letter to the Committee of
Correspondence has befni received from
George Hope, Esq.: of Hampton, dated
26th inst.
SIRS,
1 just now received yours with the
enclosed spirited and promp resolu
tions of the citizens of Norfolk, and
immediately communicated them to
Col. Wi ay, and po ted, to make 'hem
as public as possible.' The inhabi
tants ot this place unanimously feel
indignant nt the outrage committed
on the Ohesapeake, arid are concert
ing measures to prevent the landing
of any boats from the ships, which it
is probable timy may attempt.
I am, with respect,
GEO. HOPE.
At a meeting ef the Committee at the1
Eagle Tavern, Friday, June 26.
Present Thos. Mathe .vs, Danl ISedingen
J. W. Mordaugh, Luke Whet ler, Wm
Newsum, Thos. Newion, Thos. Blanch
ard, Theo. Armistead, M. Mjers.
rResslved unanimously. As the opinion of
thifiom mir.ee, tnat the Br tish olfnei who
this day br .ught dispatches to Col, Hamil
tr , not having hoisted a flag before his
approach to our harbor,-vf as not afterwards
entitled to beconsidered as coming undei
the protection of a flag of .ruce ; & as such
he should have been held in cus' ody u nm
ihepieasu-e of the government was known.
Resolved r.ruiHtmoutty, That it IS the opi
niou ot 1 his Commitree, thar an. Br.tisi
officer coming to this place, shall beacons,
dered as a prisoner, until the decis.cn oj
'"the gove: nment be known.
Resolved unanimous v'That the proceed
ings of this meeting be regularly published.
The Committee of Correspondence
laid before the Committee, a lttte
from .Mr. Bopt, of Hampton, which
was ordered,.to be published.
-, .'. -
Resolved, That Theo. Armistead and
Thos. Newton Jun. be a Committee to as
certain the best means of establishing a
telegraphic communication between th
sea-snore and this place.
WHMMM I. t
An officer came up from the British fri
gate Beilona, anchored his tender near th
fori, & proceeded up to the Consul's hous.
in a yawl, a mob immediately c. lh ctee
whose fury it was almost impossible ro re
train ; surrounded the Consul's house am.
demanded the officer. The town court wa
then sitting Col. Ham iron immediate!;
repawed to the coutt-house, and yaimei
the .nterference ef the Civil authority Af
ter much d niculty, the indignation of tin
the ir.ob was restrained, and th? British ci
tier was - suffered to return on board hi?
ship unraoleited. Tiie tender was taker
possession ot ; tsui being under the protcc
tion of the fcrt, was rrtorcd under a Hag
i trece. '
t Mr. James W. Murdangh havir.pf
informed the committe that a num
ber of young gentlemen had insruc
ted him to offer their services for
the erection of batteries for. fhe de
fence of the Towns of, Norfolk and
Portsmouth. . f
y; Resolved, that Mr. Murdauch be seoues-
td to return them the thanks o f this com
mittee for" their paTiouc offer, they trust
that the time is not dit tant when an oppor
t unity will be olTeied for the display of their
zeal.
;j5j THQS. MATHEWS, Chair.
I oeo. Ar:nsiead)
iV"
The following letter, the '
original cfvhich it lodged in the
Collector's Office, was handed us
for publication.
" To th; Commander on hoard of the U'
S. Frigate Chesapeake, m H. Roais.
u Cn beard his B. M- shift Belle :i a,
Cafif Dcuglast, June 18.
SIR,
it
WE request that you ifiU hsvd
the kindness to take us out of this,
ship, for We are very much against
serving the British. If is a nation
we do not belong to, being all Amc
ricar.s. We have no hopes of get
ting clear unless you bt friend us.
We have all Americm protections,
but they will not look at them and
moreover were all born and brought
up in the U. States of America ; and
as we are now in the waters of our
own country, hops its laws will prc
ect us.
" We were first taken on board
'he Melampus, and thence sent on
board this ship.
' We are your humble servants,
John Heldrdge, John Hiyton,
Win Ra'erts, James i'areli,
John Barns, Peter Whi'e
Jeremiah Holmes, James Craig,
John Hertsmau, George Beams,
Stephen Finde!!, Emery Griffin,'
Conrad Smith, jlC&as. .Washington,
John Henry, . ; -ham Mers.
Henry Ljeraari. r r
STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA,
Hertford Count v.
February Term, 1807.
1
Moses Sumner,
vs Original Attachment.
Joseph Sumner, j
Returxed Executed on a Note tig pro
perty of y,sepb Sumner, in xht hands of
Mr. Moses Drivc-r, amounting tofl 9 7.
and garnishee the said Moses Driver tn
attend at the Court House in Wintnr,on
the fourth Monday in February ?itxi, then
and there to de tare an oath, vhat Property
of said Joseph Sumner he hqs in his hand?,
JT being suggested to the Court
that Joseph Suiruier is an Inhabitant
without the State, Xt'iuas therefore o: de: cd9
That Publication be made in the Raleigh
Register for three Months noticing the,a'd
Joseph Sumner, that he be .and appear at
the end. thereof, to wit, May.Terin, tOr,
and replevy the Property so attached, eise
Judgment will be entered against him.
Cop, ;
Jo: F. DICKINSON, Clk,
North Caroling, Burke County.
County Cffcrt, April Sessions- 180?"
Thorn as ;D avis
VSm
Original Attachment.
Frederick Griderr
., Levied or Land "
TT having been m.-.de appear
sat $faction cf khe Court, that t
to the
the De-
fei du.nt ! ves ut of this Srate, it is -liere-
tni oidcied, that unless the Defenaanr.
appear at next Term of sa,d county ard
make defence, Judgmerit w it be taken by
-default 'again st. him, Sec. I. is ais or
"rJUited, that this prde be pubhsheci three
weelcs successively in the Raleigh Regter
April 28. J. ERA IN, 'Clk.
FOR 6ALEi
y HAT valuable Tract of LAM)
whereon I now reside in the cousty
f Johnston, containing 4 735 Acres, equal,
n fertility (tt not superior) to any in the
neighbourhood of ir, be ng ten miles west,,
of Sm:thfieJd, on both . s d s of Middle
Creek. There is a suff.Ciency of cleared
Land to employ thirty Hai.ds, with the
advantage of a comfortable Dwelling
tiouse, sufhciemly large for a private fa
mly, and the necessary Outhouses, all of
which have been, built within eiht years,
f the beat materials. There are also about
dOGCk.Fruit 't rees, of the best kinds of
vpplesa'nd Peaclies.
Also, llTd Acres of 'Land in Cumber- "
ai d county, on ihe nonh s;de of Cape
'ear R ver, two m les below Atkinson's
Ferrv, with no improvement but an Apple
Orchard
Asno Person will be willing to become
he purchaser without first seeing the
Land, a further description is deemed un
'.ecessary. ' Cash, orl.kely young Ne. .,,g,
.vi!l taketi in payment, at cr.e or m'j:r"
period cr usricds.
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