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NEW-YORK, Aupifl i r,.
Interestin’g Narr \rrv v. .
(Corner.:! 'ra rn hy cnpf . S fan wood
jry in the Mneantde
Ir* *nßr®F Montezuma f f om |
K ingfl 0* f :, e I flam! of la-;
in urn, arrived at the Port of
Philadelphia, on the 30th ult.
came pa (fencer rapt Lemuel
S'anwood, late rmttrr of the
(now rhatham of this port
which vefie! was owned by Vlr.|
'Thomas Buchanan, mcichant
of this city. ( ap'. Stan wood
failed fr m Montego-Bay, on
the 15th May latt, hound for
this port; and on (he 23d of the
fame month, on the north fide:
of the ifland of Cuba, was
biought to by the Biitifb frigate
Maid (lon Rofs Donnely, com
mander, who lent fome of his
officers on boad to examine the
laid vrflel and her papers; and
after cxamin’ng th< m. returned
the pipers; aft~r which they
oidered all the Chatham's crew ■
on the q carter-deck ; they then
told capfam Stanwood that he I
had a g eat many men to which]
he replied, thfe was not more;
than efficient to pro.cft his!
vcfll; the offi ~ers then picked i
out a number rf mtn, an d or
dered them into the (hip's boat ;
on which capr Stanwood told;
t’r office s that he hoped they!
did not mean to difirefs him, bv t
taking the nu n hey had fclefted,
as tluy were thole he chiefly
depended on for die protection
of Ins veffel and ca*go, and tfiat
b' wifiled to fee the captain of
the frigate hefo c they took any
of his men ont of the veffel.
Tim they pofitively refuted to
comply with; on which c.pt.,
Srnwood doclamd, that they 1
flr uM not take the men before
he had Teen cant. Donnclv, wi h-j
out raking him «d(o. On ibis'
declaration the officers permitted
h.m to go « n boatd die frigate.
I he falutation from captain
Donnely toe apt. Stanwood wa ,
“ vou damn'd ialcal what bn fi
ne 1 s have vou on board this
fhip?”—to which capt. 4 tan
wood replied, that his hufineis
on board was to intercede with
h m not to take his men, who!
were the foie piotc6lion of his 1
owners property ; b t finding
his intreaties in vain, he fold
capr. ronnely that if he took
the men, lie fh<d cert tinly
piotefl againfl him for all the
damages which might accrue ;
00 this rapt Donnely told him,
he was a d min'd impertinent
rafral, and he would flog him
and ordered the quarter-mafler
to take him to die gangway,
which was immediately done;
but not dun-i g ir proper to
put his thieit. in < xccudon, he
u dered his people to put capt.
S anwood into the boat at the
fine ime faying, he wifhcd h
could gt t fome hold of him and
ihi' if he could, would lend the
Veiled back to Jamaica, Some'
r
time after he bad rc*ur r ed (o his j
veil'd, himfelf and a Mr. Peter)
Brown, a pdfengcr were order-j
ed on board the frigate. Capt.j
Dorneiy then demanded of him j
where he got thofc two Imall
guns that we e not mentioned in
, his commiffion ? He told him
they were the property of Mr.
Brown ; on this Donnely afked
Mr. Brown if the guns were his
p'operry ? To which queflion
he anfwered in the affirmative,
and that he had lent them to
capt, Stanwood for the greater
fccurity of his velfe' and cargo,
until he could difpofe of them
to advantage ; on this Donnely
Taid, that Stanwood was a damn'h
impertinent rafed, and that he
would fend the veffel back to
Jamaica for having thofc guns |
on board. He immediately lent |
his boat on board the Chatham,!
and took out all the crew except j
the fecond mate, and put a piize j
matter and lent a number of
learnen on board, and ordered)
her to Kingdom Capt. Stan-;
wood begged he might be per
| mitted to go in his vettel, but
i Donnely fwore be would be
damn’d if he (hould, and ordet
;ed him on tire foe cattle, nor
j would he fuller him 10 write a
fine bv the ( hatbam, or any
other v ffel they fpoke with.
In this painful li nation captain
| Stanwood remained until the 4th
jof Juae, when he was put on
, board the Alarm frigate, Poben
Roots, commandei, ro be lent
to Kingtton.
The treatment he received on
board the Alarm, was much
woife than he had experienced
on board the Maidftone ; occa
honed by his requell ng the
puilcr to fell him a little flour,,
or lome peafe, as the bread he
1 was lerved with w us rotten, and
he had nothing elfe to cat but
fait beef. thus requell being
communicated to capt. Roots,
he ordered capt Stanwood to be
'immediately confined between
two guns, with a ccntincl over
him, with a dr»wn Iword, bo h
night and d*y ; and that he
(hould nor be lupplied wi h any
thing more than the ordinary
allowance. apt in ‘ tanwood
| was confined between decks,
and not permitted to take the
frelh air for a moment, except
on themufi urgent neceflity. In
this lifu-ition he remained until
the 26th iune, when, he was
landed at Port Royal.
Captain -a tan wood 11 lyed at
Kmgflon until the 10th July,
with an expe6lafon of the (now's
ardva but as there was no in
telligence received refpeftmg
her he conclud ’d (he was either
taken by the French or ioft,
A trueJlatement of jaUs
LEMUEL STANWOOD.
AugvJl 16.
D I £ 7),
On Tuelday, after a ffior
i lnc's, I. A. B. Rozier, bite
Con ml of the French Republic
if New- 1 oik. He was appoint
ed Conful Ceneialof the United
o
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Stages, but had not been receiv- i
cd in that capacity—ll is know* <
■ledge and abilities Ids ftrift in
jtegiitv and perfeft candor, gave
he ftrongeft affurances that he
w
was always difpofed to promote
the true interefls of France and
the I nited States, upon juft
nrinciplcs. His death will be
fmee ely lamented by all thofc
'who had the pleafure of his ac
quaintance. In his private life
he was diftinguiftied by his ami
; able manners, by the moderation
of his chara6ler, and by his be
nevolence.
PHILADELPHIA, Augujl 20,
It is with great fatisfaElion,
we are enabled to flate, that the
reports of to-day reipe&ing the
ficknefs in this city are highly
■ favorable.
A meeting of the board of
i health was held this morning,
i and alter a mature confideration
of the fubjedl, it was concluded
i that fufficient ground did not,
1 exifl to demand any public no
tice of it from them.
In New-York a very ferious
alarm prevails. Sanguine hopes
are there conceived of their
beingable to conquer the difeafe;
in which expedition we fervent
ly hope they may fucceed.
SAVANNAH, September 3
ExtraU oj a letter Jrom Pcnjacola ,
dated Augujl 8, 1799.
<c It is with real grief and for
mw that I inform you of the 1
death of brigadier general Hon
Manpel Gayolo Deiemos, go
vernor of Louifma who died in
\ew-Orleans, the 18th ult. after
days iilnels of a malignant
put?id fever. Peace be with his
manes, for a better governor or
a better man I (hall never fee."
I mmm—mmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmm wammtm
i LOUISVILLE,
Stjitemher O, 1799*
MeftVs. Ellfworth and Davie,
comminifljoners to the French
Republic, we underftand, will
(ail for France in all the month
of September, -he Hipulated
“ aliurances" having been re
ccived.
The prophecies of Chriftopher
L'wc, (fays a London paper of
'92) which are (honly to be pub
lished, arc of a very extraordi
nary kind. He is laid to have
foretold the Ameiican Independ
ency, the French devolution,
and events which bave|
been confirmed, of thole vet to'
J j
cornr, he (peaks in the following
wo ds: “ God will be known
jto many in the year 'O5. i his
1 will p oduce a great man. The
• ftarswi 1 wander, and the moon
turn as blood in 1800. Africa,
A fra and America, will tremble
in iBcj, A great earthquake
ail over the world in 1805. God
will be ir;ivcr(ally known to a I.
I hen a general retormarion, and
Deace torve;, when the people
war no more. ILppy is
1
the man that livetb to fee thF
day.
The rage of wearing wigs
among the Britilh ladies, has it
is laid, attracted the attention of
Mr. Pitt, who intends to tav
them next feffion. As that gen
tleman is held forth by his friend*
as the Britilh jojeph, wc expeft
he will fhortly tax the ladies of
eafy virtue. He has the exam
ple of his holinefs the Pope, for
a precedent. He thinks like
the Emperor Vafpafien, that it
is no matter how a
tax is if it is produ&ive.
Every year brings an increafe
of taxes to poor John Bull, and
we alfo may cxpetl to have our
burthens doubled in a very fhor:
period. A large navy and a
(landing army of 30,000 men
cannot be fuppoited out of our
pocket money, as Harper fays
they may.
Such is the of roy
alty in America, that a repub
lican poflefled of either fpirit or
talents is an obje£l of perfecu
tion, while Englifhmen and
Scotchmen, who glory in torv
ifm, triumph at the decay of
, repubhean (pint in this country,
and exprefs tlieir hopes that our
government may be metamor
phuied into monarchy.
Is it (edition or treafon when
a foreigner avows his wifh that
the arms of the combined pov/-
1 ers may be turned again (I this
j country to deflroy our govern- I
ment, and to force us to iubmlt I
to accept a Ton of the old tyrant I
for our monarch ? I
COMMUNICATION I
A perfon who lately arrived I
in America from Marseilles, in I
France, recommends the ufeot I
prunes to the citizens of Phi ! a- I
delphia, and other places (abject I
to malignant fevers. He fpeaks I
from his own experience hav- I
mg feen them ufed in Marfeilles I
and other places ever fince the I
years 1756 and *57, as then re* I
commended by the mofl emi- I
nent phyfr ians—they ?re taken I
in this manner :—Take tvo I
ounces of prunes, put them in I
one pint of water, boil them ■
together, until it is reduced to I
one gi!l and an half then rrix ■
it with two table fpoonfuls of H
molalfes, and take it every otner ■
evening when going to bed. I
fo continue it for 6 or 8 times H
then mix your dofe with half an ■
ounce of epfom falts. By ■' mS I
applying prunes and falts vOU H
will (rnd them very conducive ■
to health, even when yon ar *H
fevcri(h ; a LTs proportion iO H
children accoiding to their
I n the mean time avoid d
fliong liquors, unlefs mixed ‘ j H
a iaige quaniity of water. H
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Medical Communication-
Common people, as ' V£J ■
forne yOung phyficians, ‘
found through ignorance, {u H.
diflempers which differ ch<- He
ally in certain important p* I