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4 **; c Baltimore Paper, cf in for J ihr June 11. The following Protest, de claring the commiflion of in fo::* and injuries the 1110 ft dar ing, against the honor and neu tral rights of our country, was handed to the editors of die A werican for public ation, by one of the deponents therein men tioned. ST. BARTHOLOMEW. By this public instrument of declaration and protest, be it known unto all persons whom it doth, (hall, or may concern, that on this present day, being die 6th of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, before me Paul Oilcngren, register in the royal council, in the Island of St. Bartholomew aforefaid, by royal authority, excrciling the fundi.ions of notary public, in and for the fame island, person ally appeared VVm. Brewfler, late master of the armed (hip called Nancy, of Charleston, South- Carolina, in the United States of America, John Ken nan, 2d n are, and John Cops, Loatfwain’s mate cf the said flip, who being by me severally duly sworn, upon the Holy E- Vangelifts of AlmigHy God, de pose and Gy, and each of them for himfelf depofeth and faith, that they* and each of them fad ed :nf and on boa and the (hip Nam v, and in their leveral ca pacititsaforefaid, from Port-au- Pii icefl in the island of St. Domingo, on the 28th day of February lall pail, with a cargo of coffee, cotton and logwood, bound to Charleston aforefaid, the said ship Nancy being on the day of her failing from Port au-Prince, in the island of Sc. Domingo aforefaid, in good or der and condition, and well and fufheiendy found, fitted, victu alled and manned for the laid voyage j that they proceeded thereon without any material circumstance happening untilthe third d.iv of the month of March laftpaft, when cape Maut, bearing e. distant about four leagues, the laid ship. Nancy was brought to by a (hip under French colours, which proved to be his Britannic Mcjefty's ship La Dejirci'y llhit by , com mander A and from which a boat was sent on board the Nancy, with an officer, who, having mustered the crew, lmpreficd the boat Twain, gunner and carpenter, together with nine men of the laid crew cf the Nancy, and after fome abusive and very threatening language, wanted to force the laid mailer of the Nancy to give him seven teen hundred dollars for die wa ges of the said men so impreff cd, which being refilled, he went on beard the frigate La Desiree, and as loon as laid of ficer got on board the laid fri gate, began a smart fire of muf quetry and large fwivds on the Nancy, although within hail, . * This man 3 in al! probability, will bejpeedily appointed to a ime cf bailie ]h>ps —Bradley and Home were for injurious an dial to fl e Awicav Jiag. and undef aVcrv frcih blowing wind, me (hot going through the iails of the Nancy and gall ing her rigging very much—af ter feme time they d.(continued, however, their fire, when the deponents lowered down their boat, and then the frigate sent one of his onboard, and forced the said mailer of the Nancy to cake on board the frigate the sum of one thousand and twenty five dollars, which sum not be ing fufficient to pay off the men imprelfed, they brought the laid mailer on board of his (hip a gain, and made him take on board of the frigate a further sum of live hundred and twenty four dollars and three quarters, together with all his papers, receipt", accounts, clearances, &c. &c. Which papers being flridtly overhauled, and the money tendered by captain Brewlter, he was fcnt cn board the Nancy about midnight— that during the time fa id captain drew (ter was on board of the frigate, the boat of the Nancy being astern, broke loose and was loft. On the sth day of the laid month of March, they had the fat'd frigate Dcfiree in O fighr, and about 9 o’clock r. m. c;f the fame day lhe bore down upon the deponents, fired two cannon (hot, close to them, and fliortly aiter commenced a fire of mufquetry on them; they then boarded the Nancy in their boat, and after lbme excelTes left the deponents to proceed, about 10 p. m. That on the fame fifth day of March, about 5 o’clock p. :r. they the (kid deponents saw the island of Ho ne tga on their weather bow, and bore away, running under the weft end of that island, with all fail let. On the 6th following, at 3 o’clock p. m. by sea account, tire laid deponents law a fail bearing down upon them, which after coming near enough, was observed to a be privateer schoo ner j that the said privateer hav ing hodded Englifli colours and fired a gun, the laid deponents were convinced fne was a French privateer, and not being able to run from her, nor to defend themf lves, having but twenty men left on board, owing to the impreifaient aforefaid, hauled up their courses and took in all bght lkils,— That the said pri vateer proved to be the schoon er Perfeverence, from Gauda loupe, with 4 four pounders and one tighteen in a circle, Joseph Rodineaux, mailer, with ninety-fix men, who immedi ately took polfelfiion of the Nancy, and proceeded in for Sc. Martin’s, where they arriv ed at Maragal on Sunday, the 24th cf the laid month of March, the laid privateer keep ing them company into port; that after their arrival at the laid island of St. Martin’s, the ship Nancy was immediately dripped, and in four days the whole of l;er cargo dilcharged, the laid captain, \\ ilharn Brow der, and the lecond mate, John Kennan, being kept priibners on board the said Hi 1 p Nancy un til the 27 tii of die said month, when they, together with the : ;d b 2 fwaia’s mate, were brought on lhore attended by two me:, cf the crew of chi said privateer, before an officer, by whom they ’were severally and separately exam ir.ee 1, whereafter they were fen: on board of the fhip*Nancy again, and remained there until the twenty-ninth ot. the fame month, when they were feat up to this island of Sr. Bar tholomew, where they arrived on Saturday the thirtieth of this fame month, about ten o’clock in the forenoon. No condem nation or other papers, except a pass for the island having 1 been obtained at the said island of Sr. Martin’s: wherefore, I, the said notary at the requell of the laid deponents, the laid William Brewster, ia:e mailer of the said ship Nancy, having on the Aril oi this inllant, month of April, a: eleven o’clock in the forenoon noted and entered his p rote ft in rny office, did, and do hereby, lolemnly protest againfl his Bri tannic tnajefty’s said ship Dec ree, Whitby hercommander, her officers and crew, and all others concerned in the impressment of the said men of the said cy’s crew, the enforcing payment of wages, and*fhe fir ing or. the laid'fluip ; as ailb a gainst the French privateer fckooner Perseverance, John Rodineaux, the mailer of the fame schooner, her other officers and crew, and all others concern ed in the taking and bringing the laid Nancy and her cargo or lading into the island of St. Martin’s, and taking pofTefiion thereof, for all losses, cods, charges, damages, and expen ces already fullered or fuftamed by any person or persons con cerned in the laid lhip Nancy, or her cargo, or lading, or any part thereof, for or by reason of the premiles. Ia tdlirru ny ot the truth whereof, the said de ponents have Hereunto fee their hands, in presence ofMeflieurs Gerhard Rohtand Greftaf Shalf fdt, witnesses hereunto reauired. W. BREWSTER. JOHN KENNAN. JOHN COPS. G. Roht, } Wit- Grestal Shalsfelt, 5 neffes. And in laith and tellimony whereof, I, the said notary, have hereunto 1c t. my hand and affix ed my seal cf office, at Gufta via, St. Bartholomew aforefaid, the day and year firft aforefaid. P. OLLENGREN, Notary Public. Memorandum of quefions and an fevers by the lieutenant and cap tain cf the Lc Dejiree frigate, which the wafer of the armed fl‘p Nancy, omitted in the pro tefl: — When the said officer came on boaro, he demanded my pa pers—then ordered my crew to be muffered. T hey produced their prore&ions—the laid offi cer tore teem ...2 pieces, and laid they could get another for half a dodar in America, and get into the boat. After the firft inffult of firing into the ship had cealed, they lent their boat on board with the fame officer, took me with ttie money on board to pay my laiicrs. The firft compliment given me after entering the cabin, by captain Whitby, was, “ You damned old rafeah I wilh I had killed. \ sj li* 4 * An Ever, Thank you. . Fie (hen called my sailors, by way of derision, and alkcd them “ what have ycu received from 4 mailer ?” Some answered more and fome of them less. I fup *pofe ycu received a month’s ad vance on leaving Charleston ? <J Yes, fir. The officer on board would not give me time to look and fee wha: monies I had ad vanced them in Port-au- Prince. After the money was count ed on the table, his ex predion was, by God I wilh all this was my prize money. My answer was, I believe you. What da you mean by tha: ? I mean that my sailors will get very little of it. His boarding and firing in to the Nancy, was done under French colours. The lirft bag of dollars not being fufficieilt, I was sent on board for more, then they bro’c my second mate on board for to retain him, but on examination found him not to be in good or der and well conditioned, they returned him onboard the Nan cy. After ail rny sailors ‘were paid off, Whitby demanded of them if they would enter ! They answered no. His answer was, he’d warrant they would to-morrow, ar.fFff vou do not* 4 carry yourselves damn’d upright I will have you taken to the gun ands! gged. It is well known by all American captains, that are boarded by this brutish ty rant, that they receive treat ment similar to this. It is a pleating event that he is appoint ed td\he command of a 74 gun lhip, as he will be more out of the way of ihfulting neutrals. Giving a deferipdon of this Whi’.by, will not be a mils, as those that condjudl themselves in this manner, generally keep their names and the names of their ships a secret, that an A merican may not know them, to give any information to the world of their conduct. This fa:d Whitby may be known by his wearing a black patch over his right eye, having loft the fight of it, and I tnink it a misfortune the other is not in the fame filiation, as then he could not so well inffult neutrals. WM. BREWSTER. An ingenious method of propaga ting Cucumbers, for fevered crops at fuccefion, without /ow ing them. As soon as there appear seve ral flower-beds on a plant, bend the second or third joint or branch below the blossom, fallen it firm ly in the ground, and cut off* the capillary point cf the plant.— the vegetable speedily takes root when you separate it from the parent llaik. Proceed thus with the moft vigorous plants; and a-, each root has to lupport only a tew fruits with nourdhment, you both lave labor and procure a constant fucceflion of cucum bers for a number of months, irom cr.e fort, which is not f> liable to degenerate as if they were railed from a variety of • feeds. Sheriff’s 33lank Titles K O.LANK, Deeds of Convey ance, for sale at this OFFICE.