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VEW-YORK, July 25.
Particulars of the loss of the brig
Lion, of New-York.
We have been favored by
captain Clark, late mailer of the
Lion, with the following par
ticulars of the loss of that vtifel,
drawn up by himfelf.
“ Nothing particular occur
red on'our voyage, except hav
ing head winds and bad weather
until the Bth of June ; when we
were surrounded with squalls,
and it came on to blow a gale.
On the 10th it moderated, and
the wind hauled round fiom S.
S. E. to S. S. W.—'We stood on
very well, (although it began
to blow again very hard) under
dole reefed top-fails and fore
fail, 3nd fore and aft main-fail
reefed, until about ha’fpaffc 12,
A. M. of the nth, being then
in the lat. of 4c, 21, !ong.6i,
go i it Hill blowing frefh, the
vefTel fiemed to carry too much
of a weather helm, when I or
dered the main-fail to be hauled
dowm, and fettled down the
main-top-iail on the cap i and
all at once I heard a roaring in
the elements like thunder $ it
proved to be a water-spout ac
companied by a whirlwind ■, and
it was so thick and rainy, that
we could not lee any thing. I
called the mate and told the
watch to call all the hands ; this
done I took the helm, and or
dered the top-fails to be clewed
up, and to haul up the fore-fail
—but before the watch could
get out the vdTel was so knock
ed down with the whirlwind, &
the body of water that fell into
her, that our lower mast lay in
the water; she was so low that I
thought she would be turned
bottom up. The body of wa
ter from the water-spout then
fell into the sore-castle, which
funk her bows under water, and
the boat breaking from her
gripes carried away the main
hatches, and the water breaking
into the main hatches and com
panion, fiie filled so quick that
it was impofiible for all the pas
sengers to get out of the cabin
—and those that did get out
were obliged ro break their way
through the sky-light, and were
d'y cur. Four out of eight
it drowned, as was also my
apprentice boy. The vessel
> v.s knocked down so quick
that every body on deck was
tnrown over board except my
frlfi I hung by the tiller ropes
(fpr the vtfifcl was so low that it
was with great difficulty 1 could
reach any part of the rigging)
and caught by the toppinglifr,
ar.d hauled myfclf up by the
other rigging, and got on the
weather gunwale. By that time
the rest or the people got on
board, except the four pafien
gers that were on the weather
gunwale, whom we relieved.—
Yv'e then cut away our weather
rigging- By a jirk of the sea
both uie mails broke off by the
oe* k i which cauied the brig to
nghr. By this time our decks
were underwater—and the bales
of cotton which were in floating
our, we were apprehensive that
she would fink. I then told the
P e ‘P^ e that to preierve our lives
we mud make use of our boat,
which was toll of water ; we
then with gre*c difficulty got
her clear of deck i being un
der the water we hauled her up -
on our lee gunwale, ar.d fome cf
the water run out —one of the
people providentially procuring
a bucket, we bailed her out. —
The vessel finking very fail, we
got into the boar, having but .
btclc provisions, and only part
of a pot o r sweet-meats, and a
few bottles of cordials. At 9
A. M. we left the wreck, and
Leered N. N. VI. in hopes to
fall in with fome vessel. There
were 12 per tons in our final!
boat, and all of them without
hats to their heads or shoes to
their free. Wc remained in this
perilous situation for two days.
On it being calm, we
defined a fail, and providen
tially came up with her. She
proved to be the schooner Nan
cy, of Halifax, James Rumfort,
master, bound to Donmico,
who treated us very kindly.—
h our of the passengers we after
wards, at their own desire, put
on board the ship Eliza Ann,
trom New-York, bound to Eu
rope. The Nancy arrived at
Dominico oft the 2d July, at
which place I was very kindly
and humanely treated, particu
larly by MefiTrs. Bolor, Hardy
and Cos. I afterwards took pas
sage on board the brig William,
cape. Thompson, tor St. Croix,
where I arrived: and a few days
since returned to New-York in
the sloop Atlantic, capt. Darling
—by both of which gentlemen I
have been kindly treated.
RALEIGH, (N. C.) July 29.
On Tuesday night hfi, five
prifonersmade their escape from
Hilliborough goal, viz. John
Jones, Thomas Maurice, Abra
ham Collins, Nathan Holtfelaw
and John Jeiter, Jones and
Maurice having been convi&ed
at the kit Federal Court for
this diftrift, of forging or pac
ing counterfeit United States
Bank Notes, and Collins and
Holtfelaw held for trial at next
term for like offences. Jester
was charged with horse-stealing.
A reward of 100 dollars is offer
ed by the Sheriff for each of the
counterfeiters, and twenty-five
for the horfe-fiealer. It seems
there are two doors (an outer
and an inner) to the entrance of
the gaol When the gaoler en
ters the firft door, fome perfion
always attends, for security, to
lock it after him before he opens
the second door. On the gaol
er’s entrance on Tuesday even
ing, this precaution was observ
ed as usual; but by fome means,
the inner door was open, and
on the gaoler’s entering the
outer door, the above prisoners
all rulheci upon him, knocked
him down, made their escape,
and have no: since been heard
oh There were confined in the
fame apartment, two other pri—
Toners who made no attempt to
escape.
This is a matter of conse
quence to Collins. He was to
be confined in gaol only till he
entered into bail himfelf in 20,
000 dollars, and two securities
in 10,000 each for his 3ppear
ance at next term. Large as
was this recognizance, it was
generally thought he would fufi
ler the forfeiture of his bad,
(bc.rg well able to fi.fi am it)
rather than take his trial cn the
indi&menc found agamfi him.
PETERSBURG,
Thursday, Aug. 22, 1805.
——iie!3!©|6;;ei<—• —
Nothing is more common
than to hear pcrfjns, wife in
their own conceit, who pretend
to pry into futurity, gravely tell
us (becaul’e they would have it
so) that our rights, will ere long
be subverted ■, and designing
men will exalt themfeives on
the ru : ns of public liberty. We
would naturally conclude that a
man's intellects were dffordered
who would attempt to alarm us
by foreboding the approach cf
a tempest, at a time when tine
face of the Heavens seemed per
fectly serene, and not a speck to
obfiure the horizon.—‘With e
qual astonishment and an indig
nant frown ought we to behold
that man who, through the gloo
my aad hideous visions of an en
vious and ambitious mind, pre
dicts a revolution in the present
auspicious political fiats of cur
country*
COMMUNICATION.
While more than one half of
the people ol England are redu
ced to a fiate of the molt wretch
ed poverty, groaning undei an
accumulated load of mifery,*
opprefftd by a set of harpies that
they tamely permit to revel on
the fruits of their labour ; alniofi
every arrival from chat ill-fated
country, fnocks us, on one hand,
by a dlfirefiing tale of the pov
erty, of what is termed the low
er orders, the labouring, and
confequemly the mod virtuous
and use fill portion of the inhabi
tants j on the other, difgufis us
with a pompous display of court
ly faihions. One might have
thought that the utmofi firetch
of human imagination would
long since have faded to devise
new plans, to gratify the un
bounded caprice &heflifh pride
of the fatelhtes of despots.
Here follows a disgusting ca
talogue, which I insert, not with
a view of recommending it to
our ladies to pattern after, any
more than I would the vices of
those who wafie their precious
moments in ornamenting their
persons, so little to their own
credit or the advantage of oth
ers.
“ Loudon Fajbions for May 1805.
“ Full Dresses —l. Morn
ing installation of dress of royal
purple and silver. The sleeves
and back of white and silver silk j
the Beeves feftooned and orna
mented with diamonds. The
hair dressed with a bandeau of
diamonds and white feathers.
Purple ihoes and fan.—2. In
stallation ball dress. ‘The train
of royal purple and silver, with
a tunic of richly embroidered
white crape. The hair dressed
with diamonds, and a large
plume of white feathers.’*
Whether it be owing to their
mode of drafting, which is pecu
liarly modest and engaging, the
Quaker Women are univerfal
lv admired, and alone seem sen
sible of this important truth,
that they are c: while unadorned
adorned the molt”.
Let it be ihe pridcoferur Fs-*.
males, to be tificiriguifhcd far
neatness rather tiian elegance of
<J
dress ; to be found at die wheel
or loom, fabricating their own
and their hulband’s apparel •, to
visit their friends of an evening,
or appear at church, on the
Sabbath, clothed in the work of
their own hands.— Then will
they seem lovely in the opinion
of all lenfiblc rnen.—Accom
plishments like these will add
charms irrefifiable to an elegant
person and lovely countenance,
and make their poffcffors as
estimable as the plain good fenfie
of a Farmer’s Wife is preferable
to the filly and frivolous deport
ment of a modern fi.je lady.
By difearding from their ward*-
robe every article of foreign
manufacture that can be difpen--
fed with, and fubfiituting in the
fie ad thereof such as are mad e
amongst ourfeivesj they will,
evidence a sincere attachment to
their and render
her thus far independent j for ic
is an indifputabie fad that every*
article of Britfti merchandize
we purchase, we thereby con
tribute to filpporc and firength
en a government, hostile not
only to the prolperity and hap*
pinefs of these United States,
but leagued againfi the natural
rights of aU mankind.—*-A go
vernment which, to use the
words of the patriotic and vene
rable Franklin, whose paternal
zeal for the happiness of this
country terminated cn'y with his
life, “ has not well digested the
loss of its dominion over us
and has still at times fome flat
tering hopes of recovering it.”
* Ccbbett, alias Peter Porcu
pine, cf infamous memory, in an
address to Mr. Wilberforce , the
humane advocate for the abolition
of the JlaVe trade , acknowledges
that their condition is even more
deplorable than that of the negroes
in the Weft-India 1 funds .
The following is a fiatement of
the Fortunate Drawers of this
County., in the Letters X snd L.
> > r*
— 5*
. *5.
§
Hugh King 3 174 Wilk*
John King 3 255 Wayne
Robt. Kcnneuay 2 111 Wilk.
Webb Kidd 4 153 ditto
Joseph King 2 162 Bald.
James Lively 2 47 ditto
Wm. Lunsford 5 157 ditto
Wrn. Lane jun,, 5 40 Wilk.
Edward Lyons 1 157 Bald.
John Lewis 4 77 ditto
TRIPOLITAN CAPTIVITY
A letter from Jonathan Ccztdery,
Efc. Surgeon of the late frigate
Philadelphia, now a captive in
Tripoli , to Dr. Mitchell, cf
New-York , dated 24 th No
vember, 18 04.
<f Dear Sir,
“ I hope you will excuse me
for the libertv I take in fiu-uefi
’ O
ing to you a few rcmaiks which
have occurred since my captivi
ty. The Bafhaw has taken me
from the prison where my fel
low officers are confined and or
dered me c:> attend his fide
slaves, who ace princ’paliy Lea