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Frtm the Cape Tear Ft carder •/ July 33 cruize or TUK GENERAL RONDEAU, S-dimvitLE, July 14. Kr.mvtJ Ruu'V, F.cq. SmtthviUe f Siu*-The simple narrative which v„u Will receive with this, vv(* written to jvss away my time in confinement. I f.cj>d -t to you oral John Biown, junr. esq. fm your perusal, thinking tluat it may noi h> in.interesting ; and if you think that a •i w sin pie facts will be more phasing to the pul.no, than a thousand rumors and (Vue reports, you have the liberty to pin i. to them.should any one think it worth 'n *';lc (ogive i( publicity. i iiu., an, will) sentiments of esteem &. n sped, your most humble servant. CUAS JLEKOW. WHEATIVK The privateer armed brig Gen. Tlotr d, i, mounting ten guns, sailed pom Hue" i A; res on the 18th of December A'i't i. Cluise—Cnpt. David M Miles, <. ..nurt'dar; John Mdletl, first Ucutcp , k ! tighting-cupluinLatimore, r-.i. " i.oteiiMiit ; arid Edyard M’S * ec iiiird lieutenant. 1 had shipped in i : in the bumblel cajnycity of purser’s •;.c ward. On our .cruise we fell in with : i spoke several vessels; tome India : r, ioiii ports Os Europe, and also some -'■■■ -rican and other vessels, from and boovl t* different ports. After having ,i.l about two months, ak near as I can recollect—(l cannot pretend to be cor i est in point of time, as I did not keep a n, ual)— we fell in with and captured a hpauish brig, from Itarcelona bount! to the ‘,l lavaiu, loaded with silks, brandy, Wine, 4.c put a prize crew on board, and nwUtKii U« v tot* JAatSNri.ua Rut pro v 1 »ft» to her sailing, there was some liiilt; vonfusroii on board. Cnpt Mil. s had ta ken on bt-Urd two men, not belonging to the brig, one capt. Brown, the other nam ed t.undroon, hull) of whom had been in the I atriot service before. These men c.une un board at the moment of out sail ing, unknown i« tl)e age nts and owners in Buenos Ayres, and for what purpose Vftpt. Mil* a never informed his men, un til nipt. Brown was about l>. go on boaru ilia prize brig, when all the people went a • It cl on by ihuse who always look the !■ a!, and objected to his going in the | nzc Cap I. Miles then asked their ob j' ( lions, when two or three unswerecl, t U tlicy knew capt. Brown too well) IDM many of them had sailed With him; tha. he was always a cruel tyrant to his lii' i), and the greatest coward they ever f cv. ; and more than that, lie always de- Banded them of their money, and they b \id that to be his sole object now 1 o a lid h Cap*. M. replied, 1 have been a long t rue in this service ; I have carried severalrigh prizes to Buenos Ayres, and h ive never got any thingformy services ; \ • isn knoh* that many ol you have been \ heated in the same maimer as myself; and ii was of no use to send any move pri zes to Hueuoa Ayres i that he had deter r, inert to send all his prizes to Margurctta; that h« Uio’tcapt. Brown, and Man Guod voon, two honest, good man, and had biV'ttghi out those gentlemen to act as a p t.ts in bchull ol them and himself, in M argareUa; ai d that h ■ needed an agent, I and waa willing to trust-capt. B. with ail hisbusiiieKs. The people still objected to capt. Bs going,'but were willing the other j<i nilcimm should go as agent, and lie accordingly did go. The people thi ll gave three cheers, and went eo their du ty. The next vessel we fell in with, and which eventually became a prize, was a brig having French papers, manned most ly by Spaniards,save the Captain, who was .< Frenchman. It was just at night when tins vessel wus boarded, and not beins a b> towcerlain rsactly what she wastlmt night, Fvpi her by us until morning, with the capt.un and severalof her crew on hi ard the General Rondeau, among whom wus a young man by the name of Join. Mormau, v. ho knew the most of our peo ple i he volunteered on board for the rest cf the cvtiizc, and swore that (he vessel and cargo were Spanish property ; that tlicy had thrown the Spanish papers, with thtetmlora, overboard, when we were in chsAc ; notwithstanding the captain dare not send her in, not obtaining die isn papers, but took out of her three box es ol sugar, sonic Coffee and leather, fur all of which the French captain gave capt. M n receipt, (as I was informed,) pur pcwiiij; that U was Spanish property ; as ter which die brig was permitted to pro ceed, having taken out all the pnsoners, which were lafttn from our first prize, on board her. About three or four weeks after, we h d in with and captured a fine schooner, from the Straits bound to Africa, laden - wdi rum, tobacco, Ac.—Took the prison ers out, put a prize crew On board, and kept net in company. Proceeded to the Canary Islands ; ran between the tw o Is lands ot Gracipcia and*Lansarote, which form a snug little harbor; there we an chored several days, and watered the brig from 'he Schooner; alter having done this, we weighed anchor, and sailed in compa ny to cruizis off Teneriffe. M e there captured severri crafts, such at market boats, loaded with butter, eggs, cheese, live cattle, fowls, nuts, oranges Ac. ; like wise, sonic gram, brandy, wines and dry poods— out of which we took such pro v non* as the brig wanted, and put the dr\ goods ami wines and some o.her li <ptor* on board the schooner, and let the erstts snd prisoners go. In this place! had almost forgotten to mention, tlmt the captain of the schr. why still remained on board the brig, had agreed to ransom the kchoont r fur twelve thousand dollars ; and oil the Isl.nd of Teneriffe, sent his mate art Ixatawain’t imvc on shore in Bantu r til, with a letter to a merchant far tU« money. We lay aid on, waliingihree or lour rUyi, but the mate did not return, un tit * t* b.hrved tube impossible fir hnu ti get the money and accomplish itu ra> sum During tins (jure we had captur ft a small cisit, suit among her papers were touiid letters written by (he French cap uni, b fort spoken ot', ri-qsestu g s TitW set ‘4 papers, stating that he had throw u Ins bpams'i papers ovirVaid, bs itigrbased by a patriot privateer The bug I sm now sptakmg of, lay in Fatms, in one • f lUsr t auary Ulsiids, not far fkoin 1 fertile '4 he sm<« night, bnweeu Use hours ol bai.dl9 o'clock, w c manned a boat, went in, and succeeded in taking her out. We then, with the prizes, schoon er and brig, in company, returned back to Graciocia, and there took the cargo out of the brig, (from Palma) and sut it on board the schooner, save a part of (he smifi'and a little houey>hich we took on board the privateer. We then jJroc a.en ed to Teneriffe, with the schooner, giving the brig to the French captain, permuting her to go where she chose. Off lenc nffe? the schooner parted company, and took her departure for Margarelta; Capt. Brown went passenger in her We then took our departure for Cadiz, and went up the Straits. We there spoke ship Gar one, of New-York; she sent her boat on board, and Capt. Miles requested to be reported. While Up the Straits, we captured a small Spanish polacre ship, look two or three small crafts, took out their cargoes, put (hem on board the po iacre,manned.her, and ordered her for Margarcltu. —Coming down the Straits, discovered a small felucca; gave chase, came up with her, sent a boat on board, took oul of her between 9 and 10,000 dol lars in specie, two large bales of cochineal and 52 seroonsof indigo, and gave Her up to the captain. In a d;.y or two after cap tured a Spanish brig, from Barcelona bound to Malaga loaded with staves ; put a crew on board, and Kc pt her in company. I he next morning saw a large man of war brig, of 2o guns ; she came up, passed un der our stern, made sail, and left us.—As this time, I think that if- n-ined faster, much, than at the deluge of the world. The day following, came to the mouth of the Straits, and discovered a ship, which proved to be the prize pahvcre ship, be fore loaded and ordered for Margaretta. The bn,? last captured, took her in tow, and both made sail for Margaretta. Just as we hsdgot outside the Gut, dis covered a sail, winch proved to be a Greek polncrc brig. We chased her till 12 o’- clock at night, loosing sight of her, gave up ihe chase. The next morning saw a sad,gave chase, unu it becoming calm, we gut out our sweeps, and in a few hours came up to her! She proved to be the above mentioned Greek brig. She sent her papers on board, before we spoke her. Capt. A1 examined her papers ; af ter which the first lieutenant ox the Gen. Rondeau went on board, overhauled her, and found nothing in her but sand ballast unci water —she wss then permitted to puss. We then made sail for Tcncr.ffe. Three or foul* days fiber, saw a brig, gave chase, and came up with her. We hoisted the Spanish Hag, and she the American ; bat tiie brig immediately lowered the A merican, hoisted the Spanish flag, and "fir ed a gun—upon which wc- hoitted the pa-- tnotfiag, and gave her one gun. The brig then struck her colors. She was loaded with wine and fruits, from the Straights bound to the Havana Wc Uiok out the prisoners, put Mr. L. with a crew,on bouid,£t kept her in company. We arrived off Teneriffe; spoke an English sloop; the captain came on board, h capt. M agreed to, and did give him one hundred dollars, to land all his prisoners on #liorc at Tene riffe. We then proceeded, with the prize brig in tow, for Margaretta —The first land we made was Bavbnd»ic9 —there napt. M spoke an English ship, and he en quired of tlm Captain if he thought they would allow him to go in awl refit, hut the captain could not inform him, and he did not go in. The next land we made was the Island of Grenada, (the town of St George its capital) —and in giving a relation of the circumstances of every par ticular transaction, which took place while looking off St Georges, and after, until I arrived in Srr.illiville, N. G. I shall endeav or lo be us particular and as correct aJ pos-’ aible. In thr afternoon the cutter was manned and sent on shore. Mr. Edward M'Swee uy went in her. It was not for me to know his particular business, but it was general cv supposed to obtain information more particularly concerning the situation tis Margarelta. The boat returned about 2 o’iock, with nil hands, (some intoxicated.) The same afternoon the boat was manned and sent' ashore again, with the san c crew, save one, (another in his stead) and the same officer, with Mr Davis, the purser, and for what purpose I had the liberty to conjecture. John Ratcliff, one of the boVu’s company who was in the boat in the forenoon, and prevented to go in tjse afternoon, went aft to tiie captain to speak concerning it; the captain flew into a vio lent passion, bent him most cruelly w ith a arge rope’s end, a**d cut h‘*i head severe ly; then ordered John Ducks, the lieut of marines, to put him in irons, w hoattemp- U d with alacrity to obey his orders; but Rutchff swore he would rather die than go iu irons, aud called on his shipmates to know* if they would suffer him to go in i. runs, not having committed any offeree whatever. In attempting to put tjie irons on Ratcliff, he lock them and the hammer, and threw them over the stern. By this time the people were nearly all collected aft; and swore dial no man Ftould go in irons, taking all the irons, hammers,and, every implement for that purpose (hey could find, and threw them overboard— Capt. M. swore he should go in irons; but finding a few so desperate and determined he turned pale, and gave up his purpose. Ratciifl’ wss sent from aft forward by these men; but the captain soon sent lor him a guin, told him to go to ilie doctor and have his head dressed, and'that lit was ve ry sorry for what he had done; that he wss in a passion, f/c. that he was as good a man as he hart in the brig, and that he sal ps much by him. After tliis all was quiet a gain. in the evening the boat was se.cn refor ming f*«m the shore. When she up; r soli ed, we heard, at very short intervals, a considerable noise like that of loud talk ing. ano she approached but slowly to wards us. Souic observed that they were quarrelling in the boat, which proved t<* be the c«»e. The must of them were drunk, or very much intoxicated. One had jumped out of the boat twoor thuse times coining from the shore to the vessel—As near as I could lew. u, the quarrel arose Iroin the v fficers’ having left George Fer , kins on shore, and the men refusing to come away wiilMH him. When they cam* along side, this sump niau jumped into the lea again -atm.e cue ordered oth i ers into the boat to save him, whsii M’ i sweeny reulud, lesvg the Inert, snd Ul i I lie d— a rases) droan—upon which I Mr. Hohinst u was then acting bustswain The lean was taken in drunk, and pul be. i low liyths tint* the people had *ll , (foo# nit, in eiuptne of (he < apisin if he i meant to piii'iid in Maigsielta wtthutrt i ki.soiga FarkiAs*»hcmg anasee<4 in the / • affirmative, ;:.cy the* rcmonalfktei!, bat in vain, notwithstanding M'Sweeny had pledged his honor not to proceed without him. They weae that moment to get un der way for Margaietta—The people then went forward, and the leading ones swore that they would not pul(a rope until Geo. Perkins was on bostrd, and that they would break the arm of any one who Should at tempt to pull oae until be was on board. Immediately after this, Samuel Wright, master’s mate, gave orders to let fall the foresail—no one obeyed, and the order was repeated by the same person, and vet not Okayed. M’Sweeny then came for ward, with his sword draqpv, singling out one perwn by name John Norman, who belonged to,the forelop, and ordered him to go and left tall the foresail, ' He replied, 1 cannot —upon which M'Sweeny made a cut at him,* and he ran up the shrouds, and M'Sweeny ran abaft, when some of the people huzzaed. Then came M'Swee ny forward on the star boa id side, and capt'. M. on the larboard, with drawn swords and pistols, crying out, now where are you, you d d rascals, where are you now, come on d n you, we are ready lor you. Upon this most of the people ran up the rigging, or out on the bow sprit's end, as they cut indiscrimiaately, I thought at every one, beiit on destruction Several ran below', among whom I was one; and as I was making down the fore hatchway 1 felt a hru»h of captain M s word. Hut few of the desperate spirits (and I heard them say' afterwards there were no more than six of them) stood their ground; and with handspikes, and other weapons, succeeded in taking the brig. At this time I looked up the fore hatchway, and saw' Thomas Uriah,and Win. Rider, busied in loosing the forward big gun, and pointing it aft, w ith apron oft’ and ordering the cook, with a burning match, at one moment to Hre, aid at the next countermanding the same order. To account for the order not to fire, some of their men were between the big gun for ward and the marine* aft, where some were giving order* for the marine* to fire, and the captain* of marines, at the same time, ordering them not to fire—but it so happened that neither fifed. The ma ruies, and officers abaft, were taken prison ers; the caplsin and some others, were put down in tne forcocastl*, and some in the steerage, while the beat was getting ready for them. In this aftiay Edward M‘- Sweeney fell,by whose hand I cannot tell, but when I was below,l heard him cry out, in a weak, low voice, “ Oh ! Oh ! will you kill your officer?”—When I came on deck, I saw a few running ab«ut the deck, and [ saw M'Sweeny laying in his blood, close by the cook's gaily. Among those few 1 saw on the deck, al most the first that met my view was the boy Nalhau Smith, strutting fore and aft, with Capt. Miles sword,girted on his side; and from hrs locks "and gestures I could not hut imagine, that he fancied himself some wonderful hero, who had conquered a country, or won an empire; when with indignation, I exclaimed to him, you d——d fool, wlmt are you doing with that sword f He answered, that he must have it; that he was keeping sentry, and that it belonged to him, for he took it from capt. Miles himself. At this time there were senti nels placed over the forecastle and steer age, and those who had taken the brig, some with sword* and others with pistols, giving orders to make sail, Sic. and threat, ening to blow out the brains of thus* who did not obey their commands. The boat was shortly after gotten out, and Nathan Smith was ordered into her, to prevent her beating against the vessel’s sides w hile they were putting the thing's into her belonging to the prisoners In this pan of my narrative, be so kind as to pardon the digression w hich follows. At this time T cannot but animadvert on the dereliction of truth, manifested in this boy, Nathan Smith—This said boy was one of the five taken op in Norfolk, and ex amined. He was admitted as an evidence, and accordingly sworn. Mark, reader, his own words, relative to this part of my nar rative;—“The. captain (Miles) used the men very ill; end the day after wc passed the island of Barbadoes"—[this wms off Grenada]—the crew mutinied, and rose upon the officers.” 1 waa below at the time she tnutiny took place, being a little , intoxicated. 1 heard a great noise upon deck, as a number of people in a senftie, and now’ and then the clashing of swords. It immediately oceurred to me that the crew were engaged in massnereing the of ficers; and on going on deck the next morning, I had but too good grounds for my ■suspicions—the deck was sprinkled with blood, and sis officers, viz: Captain David Mites, second lieutenant M'Sweeny, the captain of marines, se.rge’t. of marines, purser, & master/* mate, and four privates of marine«, were missing, and several of the crew on hoard severely wounded I was informed that the officers and ma rines who w ere missing, were sent away in a boat. This happened aljout twelve miles from an island, the name of which I was ignorant”—Yes, hoy, thou art indeed ignorant—it was Grenada. And, Ob 1 how strange “ passing strange” must this most unexpected intelligence sound in thine cars, to hear that those mo ft had been sent away in a boat, whenN ou had the charge of that boat, and assisted to take in the baggage belonging to those men— and afterward* assisted to conduct these aolfaaine men into the boat, with that val uable trophy you so gallantly wrested i from the captain, bis sword. 1 did not no i lice this perjury of Nathan Smith, because ; it effected me, or any other belonging to ■be vessel-—no, it can effect no one save himself—but I cannot but reflect on what • deader thread hangs the life of man, whensuch w itnesses as Nathan Smith,-are called upon to give testimony, that could •ouch the life, should he swear as falsely if Others ns he has concerning himself— He most certainly cannot form any idea, •r consider the (acred obligation and so lemnity of an path.* But t«return to my narrative—M'Swee ny stiff lay in his blood, by the gaily, the moon shining full in his face. He lay in a reeling posture, as if resting hi* head on his hand and elbow. J crossed o*«hmi the side where he lay, sad took hold of his hand; it fell cold ami stiff, he had no pnl«> —-I rtused up In* head; hut he had no file in him At this moment my feelings can b* better imagined, who are not used to scenes of bl md, than drKTtbt d by or, At tin* lime Rider haded the pr*i in company* and informed tap! l-alniiore in these words—“ Wa have taken charge of the hug. fir had usage this afternoon, and you had better make |h* hist of your w*y a her* you ple«»e ” fu which i apt lAitfttort raphe*— • • J im end if are taken, they will hang every rof ii»." Then answered Rider— “ Capt. Lalimore, do you stand off, (giv ing him hi* course) till 12 o’clock, and then heave too; wc are going to land the officers, and then we will come to you and give you our brig’* commission—Uu| on fhis, I w’ent to Thomas Brush, ged to speak to him; and told him it would not do to give capt. Latimore the brig’s commission, but g«t a copy of it before he sent the captain ashore, and give him that, for without a commission, if taken w'e should all of us be considered as pirates, ami treated as such. I had also spoke to ! Peleg Clarke, and William Robinson, and requested they would speak to Rider, and lei! him the consequence of letting the commission go. They now proceeded to put the prisoners into the boat, conducting them, one by one; and when the captain came to go in the boat, he asked them to give him his clothes; th«y told him that they h;>d put thorn all into the boat. —He then asked Thomas Brush for his sextant 8c iiis money, w.iich he said Was hisown pp,- ■ ate property that he brought on board, and his watch, for which he said he paid 9 ounces; taking, at the same time, a gold repeater out of his pocket, saying take this it belongs to all hands, it belongs to the cruize Thomas Brush replied, that he’d be d -cl if he should have one cent of money, or of any thing more—To which some replied, give captain Miles every._ thing that belongs to him; and after some* debating and consultation, they agreed to give them to him. He then wanted to go down into the cabin himself; lie wanted to get some papers, which he said, w ere of the utmost importance to him. They said, they would be d-——d before he should go into the cabin. He, however, at lust, obtained liberty to go into "the cab in, and get his papers; and in getting his papers, I expect got the brigs commission —He then went into the boat. Thencame Mr. Davies, the purser, to go in the, boa': he had on neither coat nor hat; he asked, as a particular favor, that they would per mit him to get his clothes—but no, he went in the boat without them —They wan ted come bread and water in the boa'—l gave them • bag of br«ad, and assisted to pump off some water for them. When they were all in the boat, they shoved off', making the best of their wav, 1 suppose, for the shore. "Wethen sTtaped our course for The Uni ted States, disregarding their promise to see Latimore, and give him the commis sion. The next forenoon the crew was called aft, When Michael Sommers ad dressed them in the following words:— “Men, I will tell you now, what I am going to say to you. There arc six men to command this vessel; three to live in ihe cabin, and three in the wardroom or steerags, but ajl to live alike fore and aft; y»nd every one to share alike, man and boy. Now, men, say who shall command this vessel, and navigate, her to the -United States ” When it was reiterated from every quarter, Mr. Robinson; V'ho next, to give orders and work this vessel, Thom as Brush; who next, Charles Nelson; who next. Win. Rider: whe next, Alexander Demnt: who next, Mjchatl Sommers, who., then went on to give each one his station in which to do his duty. After this all was regular, untill the next day in the afternoon,when such a scene of riot and confusion took place, as to make me shud der Many 6f the crew were very much intoxicated fore and aft: and a quarrel en sued mostly between Rider and Brush. It appeared that the trunk of George Per kins had been broken open, and most of his things taken out; and it was generally supposed to be Rider who had done it.— Brush called him a d—d thief. Upon this they cam* to blows upon the quarter deck—and some others were disputing at the same time. Two or three said, blow her up, and we will all go to Hell togeth er—o’.licrs said not blow her up; but two or three attempts were made to go down into the magazine, to blow the brig up, although unsuccessful. Rider and Bru*h fought nearly half an hour. No one at tempted to part them, thinking the quar rel would sooner cease all round by not ■ .interfering; but the magazine was closely watched by those who sat any 'value on their lives. They at last: quit fight:ng,but Wirier swore vengeance, I tried all I could to make peace between them—the' would both hear rat, and Brush was wil ling so to do, but Rider was fur some time inexorable; however’ in a short time it all subsided. J then made a motion to *tave all the liquor there was in the vessel, tel ling them at the same lime, that no man’s life was safe a single moment, so long as they continued drinking in this manner, and that it was all owing to liquor that they quarrelled thus. To this there was but one dissenting voice, & that was Sum mers—he said that we 'Should feel the need of it; and thought it hard, if it could not be so managed that we should not get drunk. To this I made no objection, pro viding We should appoint some one to take the whole charge of it, and that he should agree te be thrown over the stern if he suffered others to do so. All this was agreed to, and a man named, who agreed to take the charge. I knew this naan too well, to think he had sufficient' command over himself to refrain from drinking, and I objected to him, offering to take the charge myself, willing to for feit my own life if I got drunk myself, or suffered th* brig’s company to do iro. I told them I would wait on them at all hours, by night or day; that I did not value my rest or think any thing of the trouble. The charge was given to me, and 1 had very little rest during my passage. In three or foer days, after, we fell in with the brig Riga, Capt. Foster, bound to London, and he took three of our crew (Englishmen) for whose passage we paid the captain in sugar. The names of these three m«n were Charles Nelson, John N'’-man, and George Bilk. The next of the crew who left the brig, were sixteen in number, consisting of what mariners were on board, three bljrk cooks, the wardro e Steward, a mulatto man, a Span ish boy, and two Neapolitans who had r t:en l( *l* m prisoners, and volunteered in tire brig, lml one mulatto man belong. iu^OuPhiladelphia.—these men were sent in a schooner, loaded with lumber, from smile pun of Georgia bound to Bermuda— lor their pst.age w» «a> wired the captain part wph .«g»r, (I dunk thirty three bags) ana lor the ri-maiudar «.,e* one vtw to give b i n ii doUfti* A* I hare umnlii d ull now, lo mi atlon any Ibmg fomenting the diitnbuiton ul Jliv mmtey ifitre Was on hoard, it may not b* improper to sp<at> afu |p ilu» plat a,— l» re matueii on hoard three ur four days •in r the hug wat tshan, and i*al divided at-toidM* t* prows* Tit* ptapl* ware dissatisfied. »nd tviabedto have It done.—■ Accordingly, on a morning it was brought on deck, ond the people called, aft, and told to choose a person to count and divide it; the purser’# steward, was named; 1 told them 1 would assist; they chose others to assist me, and it was done. There were ’ inr silver (no gold) 9173 dollars; 8/74 dol lars of which was equally divided among 41 persons, (214 dollars each) —the resi due was, given to the remaining nine, in such sums as the rulers thought they mer ited. When we had arrived within about twenty miles of Smithville, at a place I which I think is called Long Bay, those who lived in the cabin had found a small keg of wine, which had been overlooked, when they gave the liquor into my charge and had been drinking pretty freely, Af ter dim er they came on deck quite noisy, and said that every soul should quit the brig that night; that they were going a shore on that beach, pointing to a sandy b.ach in view: they calle'd on me to put down their names, and others who wished to go in the bout.—l did so, till they told me. not to pul down any more names —• Others wished to go; they said no, that • they should have applied before; that I should put down no more. When the bout was out, they found that they hud ' got too many down to go in the boat at one time —then many high words ensued who should go in the first boat; but the few desperate souls carried the day. We sent four in n to bring the boat back; and they pledged their lives that they would remain on the beach until the boat return ed with those they had left behind. They were as good as their w ord; and those who had their names down went in the second boat. The boat returned with the same four men as before, and we got in her again, Ac this time there were thirteen of us left—tiun what was to be done—cue of tv, o things; but we could not all agree to-do any one tiling.' To say that I did not wish for a pan of the avails of the property which was left on board, as well ss the others, 1 should assert a false hood, lor I thought! had as just a claim to it; and I knew that I stood in much move need ol'it than any oilier one in the. ves sel, But. how was tills to i><, effected-*- either to smuggle it on shore, or to find some one who would buy it, and smuggle it himself; neither of which could be effeoa led. Mr. Robinson proposed »o run her in, and give her up to tiie United States; but that could not be agreed to. I had some information from the shore; and I waa well aware that laying, off, and on here would excite suspicion; and the day we left her we saw’be revenue cutter and the pilot boat coming towards ns. The pilot boat came towards us, and In her, came a gentleman, Hanson Kelly Esq. He was asked down in the cabin, and there I disclosed to him our peculiar situation, and asked his advice, which, I believe, he very candidly gave us, and told us that our situation was a very unpleasant one, especially if overhauled by the cutter; and his advice w«s, that we should aban don the brig to him, that we might at least through him obtain a salvage, 1 , went on deck and told all of Mr. Kelly’s advice,&. recommended them to adhere to it; that I waa determined to go assure my sdf, whether they did or not, To which several replied that, they would not quit the brig,, unless Mr. Kelly would give them 100 dollars each, and then they would abandon all their rights and claim to her. That could not be; how ever, six of us came on share in the pilot boat, and seven remained in the brig. In corn, ing ashore we went along side of the rev enue cutteiy when Mr. Kelly went on board the cutter, and she went in pursuit of the brig.. The next morning we were all arrested at Smithville, on a supposition that we had been engaged in acts of pira cy. ,We were taken before Messrs Brown and Russel, Esquires, justices of the peace, and separately examined- We all told the truth, and of bourse told dhe and ■the same story. After which we we were ail committed to this prison, where I am now writing; how long to remain time a lone will determine. But I cannot help often reflecting on the fable of the tw« dogs, where poor Tray got most cruelly treated for no other reason but being found in b;«d company. Since I have been in this place, I have read qf so many acts of piracy and murder, at which the human heart not steeled to pity must revolt I think too much com mendation cannot be bestowed upon the public for their vigilence in endeavoring to arrest and bring to justice, all those who are sunk so low in vice, and so lost to the dignity of the human character, as to be guilty of -either of those attrocities.— The public may look for other fads relat ing to the General Rondeau, but they will look in vaii;for any of moment. If I have -united any tiling, I have omitted nothing material; and have not, in representing any one transaction, given to it any color ing, neither have 1 taken from it. • Gratitude forbids me to dismiss this subject without acknowledging with the most grateful sensations, the goodness with which Mr. Clemmons, the jailor, and Mrs Clemmons have ever treated me; and may they ever enjoy the rewards allotted to the good and the virtuous; the con sciousness of having performed their duty aschristians, in acts of kindness and char itv, and a well founded hope in an happy hereafter. • CHAS. LEROW. ■WM 1 ? 1 * *** We are authorized to state that Capt. KEWBEN WALKER of Richmond County, is a candidate for a seat in the Mouse of Representatives of the State Legislature at the ensuing election. August 12——ts , | We are authorised to state that A. BUG®, will baa candi date fur the office of Receiver of Tax Re turn*, for Richmond county at the ensuing election. August 12——ts We are authorised to announce JASON WATKINS, a candi date for Receiver of 'Tax Returns, at tht ensuing election. August 15——8»m till e %• During ihy absent e from inis plawe I luv* appointed UKN JAMIN NiaS R**J. my AUui'itey, Julia Miller.' ill< VN KH, Per sole si (hit eHlci*. Foreign From the Baton Daily o/ Very Lite fom E We received jeneiri&vfv per, capt. Crooker, from Livl* ** k -lon papers to June 22, k have made a variety c f f ». fair of the Queen was S ' sitting of the committee l '<% Lords and the disposition .j ~ !i ( in the House of Conner V' le postpcned'to the 22d.' The 5 which was conducted by Lut,lf <r f tis k and the Duke of of the king, and by m/ ’ or, , tc e S Mr. Denman on the part ffN proved unsuccessful ar.d -was communicated to Parifl !ult 19 ‘*. The document occasion were published ;“ Cn *^ *h« 2«h.-r4 « w not room to co ?y them, but summary <n (heir contents ft L f. f "*' mng Chronicle. Then* , I? 1 !<t House of Commons, will be found under the rev' i : nature of Air. h’iibe/Lrce’Sf n tionwasnot known. Much impatience ha* h rs „ because Mr. W> B ****** e ‘ 01 > e day longer ihan v as pcsec, but he had pledged nmUie evening of the 21-t i lutesi date] and Mr. Ti truer kT* that he should resist any a ,L K , d >Ui( tlmr delay, and call f or Vie“on'; P *! U House. Lord A. HaniiU o *. T notice of two motions or. the mbtT' It is s&idin the papers that the Q was determined to remain in the co 2 and tv as treaty for a suitable I ins, how ever, she did not a*kt a qua non in the negociatlon. , An article dated Hamburgh, j U i» J states, that “the emperor of Ru&siahtsfl *-a«s«d« declaration to all the E aB J conrfs, relative to the late politicalU gesin Spain.’! Don Rafael Diego, having four fofcJ dined the appointment of Major f.entJ whmh had as often been offered him ■ the king of Spain, on the fifth offer, fl cepted the appointment. He has a ceil mand of 3600 men at Seville. I The Schah of Persia is dangerous!? 1 ihe troops of the Turkish governwl were assembling to proceed atainst a! Pacha of Albinia. ° | At a General Court of the East liJ Company, June 21, a dividend otojc«I cent, was declared for the half yea: nil ing July 5. 1 Loxnoy, June 19, I We received on Saturday and yestrirl the Paris papers of Wednesday and lital day last, The Chamber of Deputies ml occupied Tuesday and Wednesday ill discussion of the Budget, which to irl ther adjourned till Thu. Sclav. A -l. J tion of the Giiamber conducted ly J Count Simeon, the Minister cf the lull or, presented the Election project tel King on Wednesday, as agreed upcsl the Chamber; and the same cay the ini minister communicated the Pnjrtl the Chamber of Paern, who ordertilkl be referred to the Surtax, and tol the further consideration of it to Frl Paris appears to’have been ml through the whole of Tuesday, i>al being said to the contrary in the Jcurl and on Wednesday; during the day I evening, it is expressly stated trill mast perfect tranquility prevailed ul quarters of the capital; the Bcoleul were patroled by the National Giifrdtl gend’armerie, but it is added that fl found no mob to disperse. An attel as already stated, in private accoiinis,iß made early on Tuesday morning to| fire to the stables oflhe ButcLis ol I gouleme; one of the horses was l.t«l consequence of some litter that wiril but the flames were extinguished tiiiifl doing any material damage. I 'The King received the Foreign h<| ters on Tuesday. On Wednesday | Majesty transacted bitsiut s vita fl Duke de Richelieu, and the >. T I Latour Mauburg, the Minister late in the evening with ilie Court fl eon. I A new oulnnance of police has ricn'fl fished at Paris, strictly keepers, &c. and all personsleui’g™fl ings, or liaving inmates, to make a da: turn of all persons in their Lc.'ses, er residing there as lodgers, as.guff*fl us friends. , ~ .1 . 'An article from Into, dated tw w Sa> “ Messrs Calderon and Cerezo, heudeci in the late Royal > *cree, the 69 perjured Members of at Bayonne; and Messrs fl round Sanchez, belonging lo *' ICS fl ty, ahe-at St. Jean de Lus. «.l •‘The Marquess de Villa-Pb? * J Gen. of the Supreme Tribunal c fl quisltion, was to leave the c»pi 4th, in order to proceed to he-' 0 .Jfl he is conveying «U the farnitu fl house, and even Ids library. Two regiments have h«‘ a j” ne , Zeruz, but the particular 3 - - fl known.” . A Frankfort article mentions' ciation ofu now loan of To > H blcs for the Court of Russia. tf fl Trench Five per ' ■ 25c. Wednesday, 7if l°c. We are informed b // n '■*■ Frenchman, just arrived from 1 ’ I'jirie very Berious dist'rban ‘ place at Lyons. Animmen* bled, who were attacked. hot‘ < fl petted bv the Swiss, with* • 'fl er, of about 300 rfthe ® wounded —That the Leg' o ' ■„«, h,dr.f U Kd.™6r.«"-«W .■ were in nons-'qu^t l6o u # 8 a their cl • thrown in e, "‘ .fl the cent are will not H parueuLts to si'P eW '_' t/ ~ ■ l K| The negotiation be< >• “** Minister, all-1 'l'v yetUmUy't p»l* er - *W retiundanct, b> j 1 " h' ,< ( l.id upon t* l ”* *' ,k . »ft .odered id Irojpith 1 * > M T fl ran paper! The 7 V cnpft! of Hit I** 1 j « d •'* fl I,',*. *w»r. U.« esv* 1 * fl