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1 Jan. ii.
An A merit ->u it’ o >rier s the V< n
g -'vw, arrived at Plymouth* from
N*w York, whit h place (be left on
th* I jih ok. and was captured on
her voyage to France. The advi
ce* bs this •pp .rruritv flare, tha at
b li was befit* Congrefs to build
ir-g four feventy f ‘Ur gun fhips and
feveral frigates ad Imaller vefF!s,
whk h was expend pals u
nanriwo- Q-. fVe da not fcruple to
(onfefs. that we view with great unea-
Jrn‘fs every advance made by the Amt
ricans towards the formation of a for
mtdable maritime force. We are
lc fi >le that fome will anfwer that
the Americans will be unable to
create a force which will be formi
dable i but let us xati'icß the peo
ple of Great Br tain againft luch
di g mu> delufions.
Every man of common frr.fc
muft, indeed, perceive theimmenfe
fupenority of the naval power of G.
Britainj but at the fame rime fure
lv no one wril deny, that if the Ame
ricans were to form a naval force of
20 frigates, it would be to this coun
try a fource of mofl ferious mtfcbief
and the caufe of a great addition to
our expence already Jo great. I • our
conflictan<>u of tms pomr, it fh uld
be recoil* fled fha r ri e materia!* for
flip building are among the products
of the foil of America 1 his. is the
IA MtiNT F R CRUSHING THE POW
ER NOW IN ITS INFANCY, which if
allowed to attain virile flrengik, may
b :ffle all our endeavors. Ihe r /enri
cl he prrf nt war are alo r fuff dent
to teach us that in a naval war jupe
riority of force does not always pro
tect its poffffor from dijafcr.
From the Shamrock.
My bis Royal Higbnefs the Prince
Regent
A PRO LAMATION.
WHEREAS an evil 111-difpofed
/r'ga-e, known bv the name of the
American Conjtitution (a name which
every true burn Engl fhman detefts)
be irg isft’gared by erne Ifaac Hull,
and not having the fear of our g ed
fhip the Guerriere before her bows,
did, with malice afore-thought and
evil inrenr, on the Krirg's h g ; fea,
comm t aff-ult and battery en rhe
afore I aid fhip railed tne Guerriere .
aid after having over otic her in
fi :gle combat, did fend her to a
place know* to mariners by the
name of Davy Jones * Locker, con
trary to the oacute in that caic made
and provided—
Ad whereaa the faid frigate cal
led the Conjtitution, under cnc com
mand of one W iliann Bambridge,
d-d wavlay our good fhip the JA
VA, ff the coaft A B zI, and lent
her alio to Davy's Locker, to our
extreme difappointment and morci
fi ation—
And whereas we have reafon to
fear that none of our Roval frigates
arc able to cop** with the faid fr gate
called the Conftitution, we there
fore, the Prince Regent, by and
with the advice of our Privy Coun
cil, are pieafed to make known to
the captains of all our frigates on the
American Ration, that the lefs they
ha c • do with the American C"a
ftitution the better for themfelves,
and if they fh uld have to confute
thrir fafety bv ft gut no difgra c
will be inched to them. D >ne,
Jcc. GEORGE WHELPS.
Extract of a letter from an officer
on board the fluop, ia
Malta.
“ We have juft returned to this
plsre from Turns, whither we ear
ned 70 coo dollars from Sieilv, as
a 9
the of the flavei of that ni
tion. We next proceeded to Tri
pU, the B-fhaw of which having
learned that his urj -ftifiible con
duct towards the Spaniards had been
by the imurifonment of
his mimftcr at Cadiz, proceeded to
apprehend every Spaniard in Tri
poli ; but the remonftrances of Mr.
Wilkie and capt. Crifpan, who
pleaded the alliance be r ween Great
Britain and Spain as the ground of
their interference, procured the li
beration of the Spaniards:
Th’s ferocious barbarian is at war
with the Bedouin Arabs, by whom
he has been defeated. Sulpedting
his courtiers of treachery, in cor
rrfpnnding with the enemv, he in
vited forty of them to an entertain
ment, m r hc middle of which, upon
a given fignal, a guard rufhed in,
feized the gutftt and bound them,
when this m >nfter ordered twenty
fi-'c robe hacked to pieces, and
h'mfelf rut the throats of the re
maining fifteen. He has likewife
murdered his father, and bauifhed
his elder brother j and, knowing
the abhorrence in which he is held
whenever he quits the citv cm an
airing, he g**neially carri**s iooooo*
with him, Icaft an infurre& ot fh uki
take place amo g t\t citizens, ami
his return be obftru£trd **
London pap.
Captives in Algiers.
The folio wing is one of the many letters
which have been received from in
dividuals captured in the brig Ed
win of Salem. It will excite the
commiseration and fymvathy of e-
Very reader , and we hope have its
effrtt in prompting the government
to provide for loofening the chains
of tbeje unfortunate captives.
[Baifimt re Patriot.
<c Algiers , the place of my captivity,
* September i, ißir
u My Dear Wife, — This ddmal
letter wtn< IT sto ray i ffl ftion. I
g ve you a fh irt narrative of my
misfortunes, a r d ffl< fellow
luff rers. On the 16 hot Auguft,
in iat. 3s, 5 lon. 4 30, wr wrre
captuied by an Algerine corvette,
ftnpped of all our cl a h g except
wnar we had on our ba ks, and we
are now under the fevere lafh of a
• c>lk maftrr, and full of filth and mi
ferv, diftmftion of perfons,
from the cook to the captain. To
fee captain Smith unuitd to labor,
with a heavy burthen on his back,
as well as mvfelf, and üblrs the mile
ry of captivity. Before day fight
we are roufrd up to work, to bend
and unbend (a is and mend them :
Mr. Laraby and the forrmafl hands,
to mure hard work, to and g ftoncs Ac
dr’g them to the arfenal, and the
Ilk* j bs. A r four o’clock we arc
freed fn m w rk, and rerirc to this
difmal ceil where we hear nothing
but curfes and the like. For thcle
two nig .ts our lodg ng has been
comfortable, but Mr. Laraby and
the people fl-ep on the rocks and
in the mire as it were. To-day
the captain and mvfelf went to the
Swedifh confui's houfe, and he bas
given us fume money to buy a fe
cund (hire, and encouragement that
the United States will not forget us.
But as for me, there is no nerd of
any affiftance, for dram will fo >n
relieve me, but I pray for Jefus*
fake that fonse means may be ufed
for thofe who may furvive. The
Moors, after fupplication, returned
me my B ble, and that is all I have,
except what I have on, and that
wculd be enough with liberty. As
for my ever feeing you again, it will
be in that eternal world where fur
row, I hope, will be quite banifhed
from my troubled mind —T di* in
the hope of the promife of the g f
--pcl of Jefus Chrift, and thac he will
prefect us ur.fpotted before his fa
ther. Farewell all my friends ;
farewell all nr relations; farewell
Salem fa ewel America ; and laft
of all, farewcil to you, my drar.
I remain vnur loving hifba'-d.
” FRANCIS GARCIA.”
ExtraA of a letter from an Ameri
can prize matter, who was raken
in his pr.ze and carried to Jama
ica, to a gentleman in this city,
dated
“ Jamaica Pri on,Dec. 13
“ I wrote you on the ith, inform
ing you of my being captured by the
Jloop of war Fawn, capt Fellows , a
bent 20 miles of the northward and
weft ward of Cape l tberoen, and car
ried to Jamaica were immedi
ately all fent to prifon , where we are
treated more like brutes than human
beings. Our allowance is half a
POUND F SALT BEEF,
ONE AND A QUARTER POUND? OF
BREAD, that bas been condemned ,
being more of worms than bread , and
one GIIL of BE iNs this is our
allowance for twenty four hours !
IVben 1 was taken 1 bad all my charts ,
quadrant, and clothes taken from me,
and was not allowed even to ojk for
them I'bere are now on board the
prifon fhip four hundred and fifty two
pr if oners, and more arriving daily
It is reported to-day that we are all
to be fent to England by the fleet ,
which is to fail in fix days , (Ac If
government would dtjpatcb a cartel to
this lfl*nd they would report *g r *at
number of Americans to their native
country
CHarkfton paper.
Extrait of a letter from Capt Kemp
ton. late of the brig Polly , of this
port , to his owners , dated Bermuda
Feb 6th .
44 I am forry to inform you of
the capture of the brg Pcilv, on he
25 b January, 30 miles S. E of
Sandy Hick, by the Bnrifh frigate
Sratira, and ordered for this port,
where I arrived < n the 4 h inftanr.
My crew were all takeh on board
the fright. The captors had the
politenefs to break open my trunk
and rob me A m- ft of my clothe*,
bocks, and every thieg that could
be of any value torhfm. There
are about 90 fa lof American vef
fcls here, captured fioce ihe war. *
VALUABLE PRIZES.
I g vfs us g eat pleasure t< (tare,
tha- a p .flVnger in the ft op Uaion,
arrived at this port, from New Or
leans, brings certain accounts of the
arrival at that port of the privateer
fchooner Saucy Jack , of this port,
with her prize the fh p Mentor, of
London, with a ta-go invoiced at
The Sauiy Jack was
prepan g to continue her cruize.
Alfo, the (Vip Lord Lelfon , (faid
te be the ft-eft fhip blunging to
the port of Liverpool) tons,
had arrived at New Orleans, with a
valuable cargo, prize to the priva
teer Saratoga, of New York.
Charleflon paper.
From the Balt more American.
The fource whence we derive the
fubjoined flatement of the number of
French line of battle fhips in the ports
of the French empire , either ready for
fea or on the /locks, renders it unques
tionably correß.
Ready for fea and completely man
ned
In ihe Texel , 5 — at Rotterdam, 2 j
Antwerp , 23 —Cher burg, s—Brefl,5 — Brefl,
6 — L*Orient t-Richefe*! s—7 'au- A
lon , 20 — Genoa, 1 Venice t — t*t and i
72 of which 5 are of 1 and
the remainder of i 4 and 74 guns
Ol t'C M H ks.
At Rotterdam and near the Texel,
s—Antwerp,5 — Antwerp, 15 Cherbourg t—.
Brefl I—VOrient1 — VOrient 4 — Rochefort 4
Toulon, 4 — Genoa. 1— Venice 5
total 41 —of which one is 130 tuns,
and another of 120 guns, ready to be
launched
It thus appears that the French
pojfleffes one hundred and ihit teen /hips
ol the line, fome of them evor monfly '’
flout, and the greater number com -
fletely manned and ready for fea In
addition to thefe. fhe owns a pr§por
donate number of frigates and /mailer
vejfels. Holland, Venice and Genoa,
that have fepa* ately and fuccrjflvdy *
maintained the empire of the ocean,
are ftill incorporated into the French
territory. As Joon therefore as ,
France can divert a ccnflde* able por
tion of her population from the land to
the fea fervice , fhe will be ready to
contend on commanding ground for the
mafiery of thefeas.
Albany, March 12.
From Buffalo*:, we haw advices
that the troops which had been n
w nter quarters at eleven mile 1 reek *
had arrived at that place, and that
the force at Buff.iloe was eft mated
at 1800 iff .Stive men. A lerrer
received by a gentleman in this ci
ty laft rvcnii g, dated the 4 h if ft.
at Bu ffoe, fays— 44 To-morn-w it
is fuppofed our troops intend go g
fi mrthing. All will and pend on the
c flicers. The men appear to be in
good fpirits and are auxious to crofs
over.”— Argus.
Extract of a letter from Norfolk,
March 18.
ct Our p*m is fo completely
blockaded tha r nothing can g * in nr
out. Three fhips of the In and
two fr gates are in Hampton R id*,
and their boats are coufta..tiv in 4
motion. The Conftellation and cht
gun boats are now between our
forts. Our channel has been tb
ftiuftcd by fi-king three v< ffl j
two mure will be iunk, and then no
v ffd can pafs drawing mure than
16 fret.
44 We feel no apprefic,fior. of at
tack on our harb rby ifi ps. Thf
enemy m g it attempt tt* land its rhe
night aad afful our for s j which <s
the only p; ffible way of a noying
us at pre fent—and it wculd coft
fuch a facrifi e as the enemy would
nor find expedient, at leaft until the
talked of brigade of marines arrive
from England.” —Balt Pat.
Chillicothe, (O.) March 9.
tVe are informed that a detachment
of about iftoo men, under the imme
diate orders of gen. Harr if on, march
ed from the Rapids in the latter days
of February, in order to make a dafb
on fome of the enemy's advanced pofls ,
We are not at libet ty to difclofe the
precife object of the expedition, but
from our knowledge if the' ’ confum
mate ability of the general and the
valor of the troops, we feel the m A
perfect confidence that the refult will
be honorable to the American arms,
and beneficial to our country's taufe.
A report reached town yeflerdy ,
that gen Harrijjn had taken Maiden $
but we believe the intelligence to be
without foundation.
By a letter from an intelligent gen -
tleman at Upper Sandujby, we learn,
that part of the detachment of militia -
from this f ate now on its march to
join gen Harrifon, bad arrived there .
The remainder vjere expefted fhtrtiy
to arrive when the whole were to