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<- » ■ 4 ■"" ri -uc -''■•*•■ -— 1 rr “~" -* l -* 1 ' ■ iMI - ~ 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 • ••• 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 • \ 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