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r SALEM, April 22^
* is fait! the hon. Bulhrod WaPnington, efq. will be
the federal candidate for vice president at the next e
leftion.
Bojlori, April 22. ’ A’ decree of condemnation was
pronounced yesterday, by his honor judge Lowell, against
the French armed fliip Les Deux. Anges, prize to the
United State's frigate Boston. The Deux Anges is a let
ter of marque, captured by capt. Little, in January last,
on her passage from Cape Francois to Bourdeaux, and is
laden with a valuable cargo, confiding of fll gar, coffee,
cocoa, tobacco, ana Campeachy wood.
There is an appeal from the decree of condemnation to
the next circuit court.
April 26. This day arrived the (hip Bodon, capt.
freeman, from Leghorn, via Gibraltar, 35 days from the
latter place. Four ships arrived at Gibraltar while capt.
Freeman was there, bound up the Mediterranean with iu
gar, coffee, See. two from Charledon and two from Sa
lem. Flour at Gibraltar was 22 dollars per barrel.
fergennes, (Vermont) April 10. We hear from
Milton, in this date, that on the night of the 3d indant
the house of mr. Holgate, of that town, with all his fur
niture and papers, was confirmed by fire. A maid who
lived in the family, and one of his children, also periflied
in the conflagration. Perhaps a transaction more drongly
evidencing the depravity of human nature -never took
place. From the bell information we have been able to
obtain the fafts arc as follow:
The day preceding the fire a controversy happened be
tween mr. Holgate and his wife, on account of her having
secreted his books and papers; in consequence of which die
threatened to burn the house, and him with it. The &-
mily, however, as usual, retired, having no idea that she
could perpetrate so shocking a deed; but in the dead of
night were awakened by the fire, which raged with such
fury as rendered it impoflible with all their exertions to
extinguifn it. In this iituation mr. Holgate ran through
the flames to the room in which two children slept, caught
the bed on which he fuppoftd they were in his arms, and
returned through the fire; when to his astonishment he
found but one of the children, who, as well as himi’elf,
was considerably burned; the other child, it is fijppofed,
having been awakened by the noise, had previously crept
from the bed and periflied in the flames. In the mean
time a man who slept in the (lore, which adjoined the
house, awoke and discovered the fire, attempted to make
Jnsefcape through the door,.but not being able to open it,
on running to a window, he found mrs. Holgate in her
usual dress, walking the room, who had given no alarm,
not'.vitbftanding the next room in the house was wrapped
in flames; he infhntly burst open the window, threw her
- out, and leaped out himfelf.
The next day a jury of inquest were empnnnelied on
the remains of the unhappy victims; and, on the examin
ation, mrs. Holgate Hated in her defence, that tlje fire was
cccafioned by the maid, who, file said, Hurk a candle a
gainst the ceiling with a fork, and left it burning, from
which the house took fire; but, in contradiction to this,
it appeared, by the teftiinony of a neighbor who came to
aflift, that knowing the room in which the maid slept,
just as the roof of the heufe was falling in he ran to a
window in the room to alaim her, and that at that time
the room was not on fire, but filled with ftuoke; he heard
her cries, but could net relieve her.
The jury, after a lengthy examination, returned a
verdict of •wilful murder. Mr?. Holgate is committed
to gaol for trial before the next supreme court.
-New York, April 28. The schooner Harvey, Frost,
from Jamaica, on the 15th April, was boarded by an
English privateer from Martinique, capt. Walker Wilson,
with the head of his main mart carried away. Capt. Wil
son informed that two days before he had funk a French
privateer that attempted to board him. After firing two
ihot at him capt. Wilson poured two broadsides into him,
wore (hip, and gave him the third, immediately after
which the privateer disappeared; great outcries were heard
for fome minutes, and next morning fome calks and {pars
were difeovered afloat, fuppolld to be from the wreck.
May 1.
[OFFICIAL.]
From mr. King, minifer plenipotentiary of the United
States i:i London , to Georgs Knox , efq. their con
fil at Hull.
London, 21st February, 1800.
Sip.,—l have received a note, dated the zctli inst. from
lord Grenville, informing me, that on the sth of January
last a proclamation was iflued by the commander in chief
of the Britifl. fleet in the Mediterranean, declaring the
port of Genoa in a (bate of blockade, and adding, that the
blockade 1b instituted would be maintained and enforced
in the ftriAeft manner, according to the usages of war ac
knowledged and obl’erved in similar cases.
I recueft you to make this information known to our
• citizens witliiii your cor.fialate, and to transmit the fame
to the United States by the earliest opportunities.
With great reijx-ift, I am, fir,
Your obedient servant,
Rufus King.
May 2, Capt. Freeman, of the fliip Boston, arrived at
Rollon from Leghorn and Gibraltar, informs that, while
at Leghorn, he law a letter from the American consul at
. Tunis to our consul at the former place, which stated,
that there had existed fome uneasiness with the bey on ac
count of the non-fulfilment of articles of the late treaty
with him, but that it had entirely subsided, and every
thing was amicably fettled. Capt. Freeman W’as also in
formed, while there, that lord Nclfon, in the liege of
Malta, had loft one of his line of battle Ihips funk under
• the battery, from which few lives escaped, and that about
the fame time his (quadion captured a French 74 from
Toulon, bound to Malta with supplies.
While at Gibraltar capt. Freeman was informed by the
American consul at that place, that he had received a let
ter from mr. Williams, American consul at London,
(bating, that the blockade of Cadiz and the coast of Cata
lonia by Keith was unauthorized, and requelting him at
the fame time to give information of every American de
tained or ordered away from thole coasts.
Ma\ 3> hi an illand to the westward of St. Domingo
is formed a baud of freebooters, which will prove very
dangerous to commerce, If hot fueeduy dcHrpyed. It
con fids of negroes, miilattoes, and whites, who have re
tired thither with a certain number cf well armed baiges.
They conceal themselves am'ongft the trees, and keep
watch upon the highest part of the illand. When they
perceive a (hip becalmed they proceed from their retreats
in the beginning of the night, in order to board the vessel.
If they succeed they mafiacre the crew, of whatever nation
it may be, and bring the Ihip into the illand. An English
ship of 12 guns was fame time ago taken by the brigands,
and all the crew slain, even to the women that were on
board of it.
Dire Eliotts for loctjhing camel's hair fijawls.
Do not rub any soap upon the (bawl; beat up awash
with white hard soap; wafli it twice very hot; rinse it ih
cold water, then roll it in a cloth till half dried; pin it out,
and then iron it. We have seen (hawis which have been
washed according to these dircttiqns, and their appearance
is equal, in fome refix-ebs superior, to new ones.
May 5. Dr. Mitchell, the republican candidate for a
feat in congress, is elected by a majority of 37.
Philadelphia , April 30. Lately died in Scotian 1,
J. Anderson, the well known itinerant tinker, at the asto
nishing age of 114. After carrying his buiget fiace his
14th year Time at last made a hole in his mortal kettle,
which Death consigned to the common dross of nature, in
the hope of being melted down and refined by the univer
sal Founder.
The following is translated from a French paper printed
at Port Republican, and received at Baltimore.
Declaration of J. C. Anthony , late captain of the
schooner Alary , taken by pirates, and carried into
Gon ante •
The 18th March, 1800, came before me, Robert Rit
chie, consul of the United States of America, refi ling in
this city, J. C. Anthony, late captain of the schooner
Mary of Charleftcn, burthen about 90 tons, who, after
having taken the customary oath, declares, That he failed
from Gharlefton the 12th of February last, bound to tiiis
port; that nothing extraordinary happened until the 2d ot
March, when, being off the port of Loagane, four leagues
from this port, about 8 o’clock at night, lie was boarded
by the crews of three barges armed, who had been in chafe
of him fome time; the deponent being incapable of the
least reiiftance, thcAinfhntly tcok possession of his vrifel;
they put her head tmvards the point of Petit Guave, where,
said they, he would find a good market for his cargo, but
when they were about the middle of the illand of Gonave
they changed the course, and brought the veiled to an an
chor,, about 5 o’clock in the morning, near e. ex
tremity of this illand; fome time afterwards they put cut
the vessel’s boat, into which they ordered him and his crew,
with their baggage and fome provisions, which gave him
reason to hope that him and his officers would be at liberty
to proceed wherever they plealed, but his hopes were
crufhed; they brought a barge, in which were 25 blacks,
each of which had two loaded mulkets; this barge took
the boat in which they were in tow, and put them on fliore
three leagues fartjier down than where they left the schoo
ner; as soon as they were on fliore the crew of the barge
began to strip them of their clothes, and to tie their arms
behind their backs; the deponent, who soon perceived
their diabolical intentions, by lome fortunate efforts (to
gether with his cook) contrived to get out’of their hands
and to fly into the mountains; they fired several inu/kets
at them, but, thanks to Providence, they accompliflied
their escape, and hid themselves from their rcfearches.
The report of the muskets which he heard learnt him the
mournful fate of his comrades, and the day following, af
ter being convinced of the departure of these pirates, he
returned to the fliore fide, where his fight fully confirmed
the mafiacre of those unfortunates—he found the bodies
of fix of them naked and cut in pieces in the mod barbar
ous manner; the chest which contained their clothes was
broken in pieces, and morsels of the fliip’s papers were
flattered over the beach. Having quitted this horrible
feene, in the course of the dav he diicovered the cook
(who had run away at the fame time he did) lying in the
reeds, and worn down by thelofs of blood, cccafioned by
a wound received in the arm. The deponent having ren
dered him all the affifiance which his deplorable situation
permitted, (for the recks over which he had been obliged
to walk had cut him very much, and he was much spent
for want of nourifliment) and having (laid fix days with
him, he was obliged to abandon him to provide for his own
fafety, to find means to sustain life, and to get off this
dei'art ille. Having walked, in his estimation, about 20
miles, near the extremity of this illand he difeovered a
cavern, in which gi‘eat part of the cargo of h'l3 vessel was
deposited, and fortunately fome provisions, of which a
part served to nourish him until the arrival of three barges,
who took away all was left. In this time he was al
ways very careful to keep himfelf hid, and these unhoped
for resources having partly revived his strength,- he conti
nued to walk along, sometimes on the pointed rocks and
sometimes in the water, along (hore. The second dav,
to his great fatisfaiftion, lie difeovered, by the interposition
of Providence, a little boat in the reeds, full of mud and
water. With an ardor inlpired by hope he soon put it in
a state to float him; he found the mast and other things so
ready to his hand that lie was penetrated with the idea that
Divine Providence aided him to put an end to his misery.
The 15 th of March he abandoned himfelf in this little boat
to the mercy of the waves, and, flavored by the winds, he
happily arrived in this port on the morrow morning early,
and presented himfelf before me to receive the prelent de
claration. He like wife declares that he does not know
the names of any of the crews of those barges, nor of those
who commanded them, but has reason to believe they came
out of fome of the neighboring ports under the dominion
of Rigaud.
(Signed) Israel C. Anthony.
Robert Ritchie, consul U. S. A.
To add to the horror which is inspired by the above de
claration, (fays the editor of L’Oblervateur of Port Re
publican) capt. Aqthony informed me that, when he found
the cook In the slate he has deflribed, he found, on exa
mining the wound, that a mortification had taken place,
and the unfortunate prayed him to cut off his arm; hu
manity impelled him to negleft nothing that might save
his comrade’s life} feeing it was impoflible not to proceed
to this operation, he filmed hlmfelf agabfl any repug
nance with which a falfe fenf.bility might mfjwre hita; he
had no other ir.ftrument than a bad penknife, with which
lie cut off the arm at the joint of the elbow, and the am
potation was performed very promptly; he had the fat,Tac
tion of feeing fome time after that his patient was sensibly
bet- w. The frith day he was much exhiufted for want
of iflmrifhnient, which ft was impoflible for the captain to
procure him, and in the moments ot Ins pm enfy lie begged
the captain to leave him, telling him that he thought he
only (hid to feed on his body after lie ftiould be dead.
This idea was afflicting to humanity; no longer counting
but he would soon fink under his m.fery, capt. Anthony
finally decided to leave him, after having gathered lum a
quantity of crabs for his sustenance. _ There is every reason
to believe he did not long survive that period.
Circuit Court cf.tbc United States. _
Yesterday the grand jury returned true bills against two
persons for conspiracy, and against ieven ior conspiracy,
refeue, and obftrudVion of process.
Conrad Marks, who was acquitted cf treason, has been
found guilt}’ cf mifdemeaner.
Yesterday morning the court proceeded to the examina
tion of the case of conspiracy, refeue, £-c. and to pads
fantences.
The following sentences were then pronounced on th*
persons to whose names they are relpeftively annexed.
i in:. Imprisonment
. Conrad Marks, 80° 2 years.
Valentine Kuder, 200 2 do.
Jacob Eyreman, 5° 1
Michael Sr.iycr, 400 9 months,
Henry Smith, ~co 8 do.
Philip Ruth, 2 °o 6 do.
John Everhart, too do.
John Huber, 150 do.
Clirift. Sox, 200 do.
John Klein juH. 100 do.
Daniel Klein, *]
Jacob Klein, # L 155 each. do.
Adam bnech, j
G. Memberger*
George Gettman, V lco do . do.
W in. Gettman, J
Abm. Sliantz, T
H. Memberger, too do. 4 do.
Peter Hager,
Abm. Samfid, T 1 j
P. Huntbeoger, J *° do * 3 d °*
Peter Gable,
Daniel Gable, 40 do. 2 do.
Jacob Gable,
Ekh of the above persons word required to enter into
recognizance for their good behavior.
May 2. The Louis, Deale, from Calcutta for Balti
more, was taken in the Bay of Bengal, a few days after
leaving port, by a French privateer cf 20 brass 12 pound
ers. We learn that the privateer attacked the Louis and
the Criterion, (in company) and although fine bad loft one
cf her top.mads, and carried away her bowsprit, succeeded
in boarding the Louis, which she manned and flnt in
pursuit of the Criterion, when a second action ensued, in
which the Criterion happi'y carried away one of the ene
my’s top masts. and by that means tic aped. We are con
cerned to add, that the Criterion left two of her people and
had several wounded. She has arrived at Fort Mifflin,
May 5. John Fries, Frederick Hainy, and John
Gettman, are to be executed on the 23d May inst. at th©
cross roads in Quaker Town.
Capt. Janet, who was brought to town on Thursday
from Northampton, w s put to the bar, on a charge of
conspiracy, and lubmitGd to the mercy of the court; wit
ndfes were however examined as to his guilt, and the
court immediately after pronounced sentence, which di
rects that he be imprisoned tor the term of two years, pay
a fine of 1 coo dollars, and give bail for his good behavior
for two y ears.
•May 8. Capt. Fletcher, of the George Wafiiington,
we aic informed, will take command cf the Infurgente.
The frigate Philadelphia, capt. Decatur, failed yefter.
day fe’nnight from the Capts of Delaware for the’ Weft
Indies, with a fair wind.
Baltimore , April 26. Arrived yefterdav, schooner
Milford, Clap, 14 days from Barrac’oa. Capt. Clap in- 1
forms, that on Sunday fe’nnight tire British fliip Binning- *
ham, of 8 guns, appeared off the harbor of Barracoa, and
immediately detached two barges full of armed men to cut
out the. American vessels then lying there. Their firft at
tempt was made on the schooner Exchange, Weeks, and
Rt foliation, Harris, both of Baltimore, v.-hose cables they
cut, and took them in tow; but the Spanilh fort played
wnh fiich iuccefs on them that it funk one of the barges,
and kibed a great number of their crews; the Britiffi then
rcl.nqmfhed their objedfs, and begged, in the moft mourn
;i tries for mercy; but a number of Spaniards, to about
the amount of 60, arranged themselves c'n a reef of rocks
about a mile below the town, and as the barge passed to.
wards uhe Birmingham the Spaniards kept up a well direa
ed dneharge of musketry, which nearly deflroyed those
that remained from tire attempt on the American vessels.
* n . the £ h ? one , r Buc kskin, from Port Republican!, mr.
X f? , Rldg ’ late fiipercargo 0 f the schooner John of
Philadelphia, came paflenger, who communicates the fol.
lowing:
A £?’ lß °°’ the fcllo °ner John, from
PhiladelpfnE, John Prior master, was captured in the Bit©
ot Lcogane, oppefite the east end of the illand Gonaives,
by four barges, which came from said illand, and boarded
l fc , OCner bet ) Vee ” ? and 9 o’clock A. m. It being
i1 Th immed,atel y be S an towi "S ” s towards the fail
In .n nT Was m b ° ard L ° ne of these barges a mulatto
Zti at h fen °; who English; he informed
Sken'ahnm fl efiCed f " me >' ears in Pflallelphia, and was
taken about five months ago by those barges, with five
Prß”’ T th n' r P a % e fr om Cape Francois to
SWTrt aft, except himfelf, were murder
s ’nr 0 , C 0 ? 1 I saved T hls I,fe i he has cverfince remain
td pnfoner to them. I inquired of him what they would
do ml, lls a ft er we arrived at their port, and informed him
tl e fame time that I was determined not to desert the
k schooner beloie llle m condemned; he replied, we-nc-