North Carolina Gazette

              n r t h-c a r o l i n a gazette vol p saturday june 21 1704 44m fclves what was to be dene captain ly burn tola me he fhould carry us to bermuda according he took eight of my pcopje and it-nt ten of his in their pb-e keeping our fhip ti ward bermuda until ten p m yhen he t!;o't proper to fend my people 1 ack and tojd me to make the belt of my way fcr chatleadn phiiadclplia tsfh germinal d year cj tire french repi bjic j j n v.f a 4chet miniiler plenipotentiary to fonfpertttis conful chsrlefton i have imnud uithequ pain andindife natiyn the trcatmciit given by citt en fvlan gourit o fome enghlh prifo-crs in retalia tion fcr what he french have ftifreted id the n ; iili iflando : irrmedia'eiy 011 the re ceipt cf my htttr jc ii a 11 repair onboard the veilu in which they are confined ; you will break their irons you will tren them ss brethren ior they are men and hey are difarmed ; you vvi make them publicly that reparation to which it hey are entitled 5 you will allure them that : he condud ni therto obferved towards thenv/i repugnant both to the principles and views of the i\a tional convention it is not for freemen to imitate the condudt of defpets ; let us leave to tl.cfe defiroyers of the earth to boalc thtir beneficence inmartifeitces with which the inundate the globe whilft t'.cy rav:ioeic ; while they fc^liaere us fcr our gocdj and treat with the r/.r t r t roc c us barbarity the defenders of ii cr:y and a cred laws of iheir country ler u s not p-u niih thefe wretche-.l paffive agents of tyrants for the crimes of their p.etenc'ed mailers ; let us:at;i6t commiftrate them rhey are liaves ; their blood is lavilhed to annihilate the rights of man let themfelvcs judge between tlio'e they ife'ive and uj i am icnfiole that foine wi.i mfinjia'te that we treat them with ienay onjy becaufe we fe.ir tiitm c an fo low m iuea affecl us ? the r kings fear us ; do they therefore ireat us with humanity ? eefides what is it to us what they may fay ? should the applaufe of 11 ves and tyrants be a princip'e to influence the actions of republicans the j;raife5 of eitht r can only be the pvice of bafenefs or of guilt let us then • be contemned by th m for mewing clemency in the bofcm of vi::c y : foi regarding th fe whom the fate c f arms his thrown into cur power only as unfortunate men to whom we fhould fnevv e ery indulgence confident with the fafety and intcreii c therepublic signej " jh fauchet the bicr.ee of the ccrvette cf the repub l;c the lafcaza , does nor ptrmit me to ful tllin every point rhe oidcislhave received after caufing thefe uufortunate prifoners to be immediately let at liberty i conceived \: a reparation jullly due to then to j ubliili the letter which the init'i'ier plenipctehri ary wrote to me en their ccou t foni>l lr'iuis extract of en official letter fi vn ( cptain smith commanding at leogr.ne dated the 11 alt " b } the vefiel which captain rowley defpatches juft now i have the honour to report tc vou that fuch extraordinary cir cumftances have taken place t l\.rt-au prince that not a moment miifi be loft en the part of great-britain to pro of the c vents xear two thoufand white jcrlons moii'.y the principal pecple women and children are now in my poifeffion — a ge neral m^flacre t;f ti;c whites itfiems was determined on which induced them to get offin the beft manner they could in two brge hips two brip richly laden an rmed brig of 14 guns and arid 90 fchooners lloop and open boats nearly detiitutc cf every th ng jo hidden was the ne eiii'y uf q l'tri.irr t-.it place 14 • me:i and oiucers ci the artuis re;_i ; e t made their way t ut with their arms j l^e remainder were kil led in their barracks thefc men i 1 ink may le depended on as they in par icolar were the intended victims of the blacks ; and the firit caufe of iliis extraordinary rel volution was the ear entert incd by he lt tcr : that the regiment would afllft he regi in opposition to them somhonax hin-jielf vas lurrounded in his hcufe but mnde his efcape by means i do rot yet im t crltar.d c one of the fortsj whei ht cn teiedir.:o •- lulapci'wi.h > i<i l-.::s c ; r f a - . ■ pe.io.is who wer mi b».s confide ce re row withme i und r ftandhe w h s to furrendcr if he can ma ■ - bufinefsiyhiout dargtr to him it " i have wri ten to colonel whitelocke f c _ ng-eutthe neceffity of repairing herd vi ' ■■ he force he can fpare from the mole " i hr.veperfons employed in adminifler tog.tl eoath cf allegiance ; a d ail i truft v ill go well though were c read i'uiiy weak with regard to britilh force proteftations to aippcrt .. e in any project i would adopt are great but the ptuation is o doubt cri tical mt firs m'&erras and bcog are bufy in afliiting me with their abilities ; and i or myfelf i can only fay that not ir.g can be wanting though i am almoft exhaufted with fatigue in pay ng attention to nil rhe wants 2nd applications of each individual we have oniy five days provifious left iituing to men worr.en and children about 5000 ra.icns rcr diqrn 1 have fent to the ivioiei and to jtremit but under ft and they have very little b a l t i m o r e may 21 1 he committee appointed to brin in a biii purfuant 10 a report of the commit tee of the whole hu^ufe of reprefenratives cx the united states on the ways aivl means brought in a report on friday 1l vh ch v;-as wice read amended 1 ccrn i t tee of tlie whole repcr.ed o ihe houfc and ordered to be engroffed for a this d read ing tiie ei'l providing for t:v in erefl c'ue on the state b..l-.mc s asreporte bythecorn miftiojieis foi fettling ti e accounts '• iween the united ur.d individual st ites was then rc;u the third tin:c in the kcufe of repre fenta'ives and paflld fn the courfe o d fi uftin the fubjecr funi ry amendments v ere pr poit c ; among others it v rs moved to exonerate the jveb'cr states from any obligations to difcharge ihc e ilances reflec tively lepurted by the commiffioners as clue from ti.em ■, this rootion wds after fome debate 1 egatived l to 23 . a nether propofed amendm ni sis that the pay miiit cf the intercit on laid balances cut cf the laid funds ceafe and determine after year 1 79 : and that thereafter the balances due from certain states as reporttd bv the commiffioners be appropriated to the pay ment of principal and in te reft of the ba lances due to faid states : this amendment v as loft 90 to 27 ' on the qucftion for engreffing ye^is 52 nays 37 ; a motion that it be read the third timt on the iftot october was negatived 52 to 33 1 he bill provides that intereft be allowed ficm the laft day of december 1789 and to be computed to the laftt'ay of december i794 at the rate of 4 per cent per annum th amount of luch intereft to be placed to the credit of the hate f o which the fame ihall be foand c^'ue upon the books of i reafuiyo the united ! tates and fiiallbear an interefc of t per cent per annnm from and after the~fr.id laft day of december 1794 •, the aid intereft to be paid quarter-ye irly at t!.e reipeclive lo;.n-oft:ces j tl;e iiril ray n ent to be made on the lad day of march 1705 » to ' c - f a *^ cut c l ie ' u:ies on ' nl ports and tonnage not here's ofcre appro priated ; and the faith of the united btates is pledged to provide for ar-y deficiency that may happen by fuch additional atd philadelphia may 17 * i t he indian chiefhas been captured by a a french flip cfwar on her voyage from en^lyad becaufe fhehad a lew ftav.:s on board tke george barclay efcaped the fame fp.te by fomething jikt a nriac'e during her voyage from philadelphia to eng and ir december laid he v*s hailed in the bri tifii channel by a prnch frigate i he captaip examined her rianifeft and expref fed i:i3 { tu c c.-on : \. : . feveral articles which hfi eiiurofr teci re not onboard ; otherhi'te he fhooid have been obliged to capture the vefls among the reft he r:;:tioned lares in the vefiel but they had at firft b intake i been forgot in making out the manift and were after it had been figned indfcrfed on the back of it — this trifling mifta^e fayed the fbip as the trench man did not think of turning to the otiicr i-.dt of the paper exiracl fa letter from york/hire in etighnd dated march the yl to a gentleman in ibis city •« it is remarkable here that an uniterfal cpinio.i fe m3 to pervade ail thinking per fo-is that great changes are coming on the earth however they may differ in tl.eir po litical fentiments or in the views of the particular events that rray happen 1 he accounts v e have rom icod inlorrraticn is that a large body of jew at amiterdam truck with the extraordinary appearances of the prefent day and coincidence with the prophecies refpefiing their nation have lately appointed a feicct number of their principal men to examine attentively r-.rul with prayer the evidences of cliriitjanity the ifi'ue i hope will i>e to their convicti on and the joy and benefit of thofc who call therrifclves chriftians htc.tnnr.it of the condu of captain tyburn cf i)cnnuda t towards the fclmner detby c--.p ta'n laveil on tuefday the 29th of april lad be ing n lat 58 o long 6j 30 at two p m.was bro't to by the floop ann belong ing to bermuda cr.pt i burn and the fchconcr friends cap hutchins of the fame port 3 p tain lyhurn hailed and rflced us where we came from and where we were bound to ; i told him fro ofi 1 : , bound to charlellon he then ordfrrd us tc t.e our boat cut cr.d come on board of his veffel i told him our boat v as ie;'ky ana that it would not iwim : upon which he immediately fired a fwivel i'uil of tmall ihot on board of us which luckily did no damage i and fwore if we did net imme diately hoilt our boat he wou'd fire a bio d fide into us he then dropt the peak ot his main ail and wore alo g fide h:s people taking the tomk^ns ( utof the guns and get ting the marches ready to tire seeing him fo d-fperately inclined i told him not to fire and that we would get the boat ouc whether it would iwim or not ihe boat washoifted out and lie filled half full of water before we could get aiong fide of his veffel w hen on boarj he gave me a deal of infulting language and tcld me t.sat all people belo ging to charlellcn fhould be txeated with contempt fcr tv.eir conduct towards the brltifb vcu\;i ■. alter keeping nie for fome confiderabie time and examiu i:ig niy regiller and pafs ; captain hutchins told me to get into the boat and that they would conduct me on board in order lo examine if we had any concealed papers cr any cargo on bor-rd when they came on board they immediately broke open what letters they could find and demanded very peremptoiily what was uo:ie wij.li the proceeds ot our cargo to o fiend as they fuppofej it was on board in fpecie whicli they undoutedly would have taken iiad it been on board alter keeping iifj vci7cl lying to eight hours confuhing witli them