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THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
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foreign news
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TOULON, June 2 °-
Our fif.’f w th fifetjr a r vf d
s t 8 o’clock this morning, as
they left Hnd, joined by fix
Spar.ifh fnips of the line and
three frigates: brought in with
them nine (b ps of the line, two;
fiigites and one brig, from the !
fl pet of admiral Nelfon, and i
d-flrovd two line ol battle
{hips more.
June 25.
Onr (hips as well as their pri*
zrs, are very much dibbled;
the Englifh Teamen fought with ;
more bravery than ever, hut ft ill, I
too cowardly for out's. We
Jir.pe the viftories gained over
the Britifh, and the confinement
of lord Nelfon a$ afrifoner c/
war, will encourage our feamen
to fight w th frill moe courage
j in another aftion, and to try ifj
pnlTihle to have another place I
clmftened Poor Fleet by King *
George, as the Dutch had by
O ueen Ann, when admiral j
'I amp drove them up to near
London, and made her fing out, >
1 0 my poor Fleet f
BARCELONA, June at
Our fleet of twenty-fix fail
I of the line, cl ven frigates, five
a h igs and one cu'ter after they
I Cadiz, were joined by ciyht
I iin of battle Bmps, three fri- i
I g~tes a:d a brig trom Cartha-
I feed; 1! m with the fleet of
I lord St. Vincent, on the 23d of
1 June, in the morning: when
I they fir ft fp:ed them to leeward,
I admiral Don Maflaredo, by
1 whom die fleet was commanded,
1 riade fignals to form the whole
I fleet in a line ; after which, they
|k°re down upon the Englifh at
■ 1 ' a m and formerly broke
I * - v line ; an engagement took
■ place, which lafted until 40
■ mures 2 p. m. with the
I g eatell b avery; but providence
| wa ? in our favor ; the Englifh
l; fourteen line of battle
■ fl uck to our navy, among
■ v. 01 h were the Royal George,
■ ll .' [ ondon, the Royal Sove
■ r „ s S n »ths Boyne, the Venerable,
■ c * &c. This news was fent
■ ,n -o Barcelona by a cutter, the
■ ?t with their prizes have bent
B r courie tor Carthagena.
I e vve hope they will arrive
■ J -moiroiv, [This is the news
I* s )' the firft anival.l
H ml
I GARTH AGENA, June *6.
ianived our fltef,
l'° n with
■h f r . n T < * S Which the X to «k on
■cti.V* ° > U!le » a gallant
Iromin --h,V h , “ ie Aset,
■ ' aadoJ by earl \ lllcent)
T U E S D A Vj September 24, 1799.
REASON TR' 'TH IMPARII.iL GO '< > d Till H' n~
confiding-of 31 fail of th p line,
13 frigates. 3 brigs, and one
cutter ; they fought with the
great elf. bravery till the ( nglifh
ffruck to the courage of our
n
Teamen and their brave com
manders.
7 he Jhips taken arc as follow :
The Royal Geo go, the Lon-
I don, the Royal Sovereign, the
j Boyne, the Venerable, the Ly
on e the Centaur, the Beftero
phon, the Ardent, the None*
fuch, the Real enable, the Bed
lord, the Intrepid, the Ga ges
—Frigates I nteipriz°, South
ampton and Penelope; one
brig deflroyed. We h ;pe this
will force Gieat-B itain to make
! a fpeedy peace with all their
enemies.
NEW.YORK, Augu/I 27.
Bntijh Barbarity ! ! !
The fhip V pv, of this city,
comm mded by Jofeph Weft,
belonging to Mr. Kingfton,
I failed from hence for Summon,-
1
fell in with the Biitifh armed
veftel Experiment, ohn Cople
man, who had th n in company
feveu American veftcls his pri
zes, whom he ordered to make
•ail and bore down upon‘the
Spy, ordering her to haul down
her pennant, which capt Weft
refuted to d». He then ordered
the boat i f the Spy out, and her
papers to be brought on board
the Bntifh veffe , which the
captain de'a' cd doing but agreed
to exhibit his papers if the Bii
tifti commander wou’d lend his
boat. Upon which the Hntifli
captain being under the lee of
the Spy, made fail to get to
windward of her, the Snv Jay
too; the Britifh veftel again
tacked and hailed the Spy, and |
afteiting that Ins boat was lea -y,
capt. Well put out Ins own
boH, ar.d with two men went on
board the Biitifh veftel wish hi
papers On coming on board
the Bri ifh fhip, her commander
ftruik c ptain W ft with hus
cut'a's, exclaim-ng u you damn’d
American ra[al> how dare vou come
on my quarter deck with your hot
nn i ’ and ihen feized on the Spy's
boat, lent her b e*, and 00k
live leamen an I t e mate of the
S yon board his veftel. Capt.
Weft and the mTe were fent oft
next morning on board the py*
and ordered for St, Pierre's,
Martinique. The remainder
of- the crew were put in 00 .s in
the hold, 24 hours and hen a
ccntinel place d over them, with
orders not to let them go abaft
the m einmaft. s n the 5 b o
Jmu ry deferied ai armed vef
(el carrying America') co! urs,
proved to belong to New- York,
I o
bound to uurruum. The Eng
iifti cap.aia ordered preparatiohi
for aft on, the Yoikcr bearing
down upon them brifkly ; th
. Enghfh c pt:nn ordered the
cicw of the Spy to quarters -u
(his guns, which t'e American
| cinzens refulcd to do, ad d irg
that they would not agur If
th irrcumrymen. Whereupon,
the Biitifh capt in came with his
drawn cut! Is into the hold,.
(truck two of them, and threat
ened to put them to death if
f hcy did n- t (land to quarters.
The New Voik v< dd coming up
was bailed by the Britilh cap
tain, and the Yorker lent h?s
hoar aboard, when the crew ol
the Spy were ordered into tilt
hold, and two negroes placed as
cemmft o* er them, with o ders
that r;o infoimation fhoiald be
given that they were on boatd.
*1 he New-Yo?k velfct luon <if
tet departed on her voy *gc lor
Surrinam. I he new of the
Spy icmained in this fituauon
for tour we ks, when falling in'
with a French p iva ecr, an en
gagement took pl.ee whit n lall-i
ed an hour and a half, wnen
both veflds hemp inju» r d, the
aftion end*d. The Arne lean
citizens were obliged to fin d
*o rhe ; s unsin this aftion, under
the »hreais of being ha rged at
the yard-arm, and the hell woid
'hey received whi'e on hoard
was to be ceiled damn'd America ■'
h 75 , alter tw o months and
fiv days m this deplorable flate,
•hev put into St Prene\ w‘Tie
they were put on (bore without
doathing, or means to p ovide
food of any kind, nrifhiT the
captor, the Ovvner of ‘he p iva
tecr, or the American con ul
affo ding ihem anv reli’f; at
1 length they were en.ihh d to ob
| tain a pdlhge, for working home
i i the Diana of New York,
wh re part ol th< m a>rived, the
red of the cr w were d ’perled,
part r rn initio in did ref' at St.
Pierre's, and others gone
nnam.
From the Carji in a Gazette.
Cit lens of the United Statu,
IF ever an event of confe
qu> nee to the interf/l of )onr
count v claimed your attention,
it us the one now under c nfi
de ation viz. the demand nj Bn
ti/h merchants, and other Bntifh
/u jefls, on tie United States . /n
debts /aid to be due to them by citi
zens (.} this cou' y he] ore the war ,
and zvh ch tiny darn vnd r the la‘c ,
treaty. The claims fihd agamll
the United States by th' fe neo
ple and their agents, and whi h ,
are now” pending hc-f re the;
hoard of commilfi n rs fitting
in Philadelphia, amount, I am
to d to more than the whole
|&g«aure oi th-s United States
nr three \ ears. la not thb a
ferions matter to cm country,
a-id f o rhe taxes on out rjlat ?
\nd docs it not co rc n every
individual who feels
himfe f intyreft d for if*- welfare
nd profp rty, to give thisrrnf
| ter due‘confident! n, ard to
endeavour to rcrodeft widen
i lumfelf, and to ohn n other
ways, fuch mbv(nation refp.ft
ing t : elr indivi 3 u il de.rands, a«
may juf>md honorably rcfu'C
thole which fliou-d be reiefte
and free our country, at 'e-ff,
fre m a part of this enormous
claim ? For I fee many nmi s
exhibited in thole lids ptb ilh d
by Mr Hag od, tlic ag< nt for
South-Carohna, th.it the patties
who h.»ve c laimed a\c n t the
(malic (I pretence to nee ve.
Many of »h* m claim an inter*
cfl, both fimplcand n moound,
on fh* ir demands do i* g our
revolution try w *r, when i fhou-cl
ibe remembered, that however
able and willing our citizens
, wete to p y thole demands xec
the reflrami; g aft uaflnl L/
Great- Britain in prevent
, ed them, by making lawful p ire
of all American piopefiy found
at Tea by Hiitdh nuifcn.
Another fort ot claim mane
bv the people, is for payments
made inert! in piper money,
wh n we well kt aw that (hefc
i veiy men ina e payments on
|t'en own at e. unt , and Ir a i
themltlves ft un thon' r ,nds of
p unds of debt, m h the verf
fame mmry ,
, Ano her fort are thofe who
I claim, a r d fay, our inflahiant
la*s prevented 1 uit iecove
and ihe dtbiois to by ih C
means fcju ndered away their
eflates and became mlolvcnc.
Many, very may indeed of our
blends in (hole t xhibited hfis|
who took receipts nd chlchargcs
from fheir creditors unfortu*
nately loft >h m bv the rav ges
of the lintdh a. my in this coun
try.
You have been foheited tti
the ffrongcfl and moll oo'itc*
ten, s, by the agent Mr H. good,
to come forward and £.l c b in
ah the informat on in your pow
er againft tl.ofc claims, wh ch
h wib hatefully to the cominif
fioners. Let me entreat um,
my friends, to do \ou duty on
1 tins occafion to youi count v.
An i let me entreat thepiin era
t/nougnout the I’nited S ..«es,
who may read this 10 ive it 3
place in their papers (to h»r as
it may refpeft th ir owi fi 1 s
Oi dillriftsj in due lealhn, that
! nur country ni y have a chance
of juflicc, winch is all tha: is
de fired by 4
A N T \TI V F \M«:R I c A «
Ch&lejion, S, caroling Jug i~*
[No. 36.