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THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
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GEORGIA, LOUISVILLE: —i’ublithcd every Tuefday, by AMbROSE DAY, at 3 dollais pei ann. payable bait yearly.
KFWRURYPORT, Sept. 10.
An account of the following we are
informed has been
vitk the proper .to the
Per (tartOf fate, and
lefs appear in due It
teas, however, the uijh y the
party concerned, that his fellow
citizens fhould be
w i/h the cruel and unju/f. treat
ment he received on board « Bri
tijh man of war,
I, Richard Carter, of Kittery,
commonwealth of Maffachufetts,
declare folemnly and truly, that
I w\s a feaman on board the
(hip Pomona, Nathaniel Ken
nard, maftei : that while the
{aid (hip was lying in the harbor
cf Kingfton, Jamaica, being on
(here at one of the lumber (lores,
I was accofkd bv th ee Britifh .
officers, who r deed what (hip I j
k onged to ? I anfWered them,
the American ffup Pomona.
They then alktd for my pro
tection ; I told them it was on
board. They then drew their
cuTafles, beat me with them,
and dragged me together with
another young man, belonging
to Bofton, by main force until,
they got us to the kings yard.
After this a guard was placed
over u% until we were caned
on hoard the Brunfwick of 74
guns, C Ruthford, commander.
H rc the treatment I received
was more cruel and abufive.
After being on board a little
time, I was ordered on the quar
ter deck, the officers of which
0 dered the boatfwain's mate to
take me down and give me a
jvnaU dram, as they ex puffed it.
1 was taken down in the waift,
where the fair! boaifwair/s mate
continued to flog fnc with a three
inch rope till he was tired : he
then called a marine to his affilt
anuc, who took the rope aud
fo towed his ex ?mpleby flogging
roe until I could (carrelv (land
or go—tny clothes which I had
on wre a I cut to pieces. 1 was
1 fn ordered to duty in the waift.
8 0,n g down the ftarboaid
“dc, nor moving fo fall as the
, ai ln £ niafler thought I might,
h ‘‘ B ave ™ a kick, and knocked
roe down, upon the gun deck,
c ling me ?t the fame time a
Qimn'd \ ankee rafcal, See.
The next day capt. Kennard,
eari. gof what had happened
tndravored to come on boa d,
0 ‘■Rea my retea f e . but tbt
"utenant oidered rhe centmel
0 at the boat if (he attempt
;• manpioach the fhtp. Capt
f nnurd then procured a writ
" a T ca P ta,n of the (hip, and
M him wtfted wben on flj ore ,
, h h lt ob |tged to give bonds
IwJ (h ° U l d be Slivered up.
-ccoidingly ( cut on (h 0 K,
T U E S D A Y, October 29, 1799.
REASON AND TRUTH TMPARII <L GCIH. TH. tv AT
m
but in fo mangled a condition
that I was unable to do duty on
board for tend-vs. 1 hereby
acknowledge mv rrfprfts tocapt.
Kennaid for his exertions in my
behalf. It was owing to his
determined conduct, in not
(looping to Brtifh infolenrc,
that I was relieved ftom their
mcrcilefs hands. Numheis of
American (ado s now held
by them in a (late equal to fla
very.
RICHARD CARTER.
Sworn bef, re rr.e,
Daniel Huviphryi.
NEW-YoRK, 0 Bober 5.
T he eleftion for governor of
(late of Pernfyivania will
very flu itly t<ke pi ne. The
conteft will no doubt b a warm
one, as both patties arc it olved
to exert ihemldves to the ut
mofl, to carry their f vourile
champions
The highly refpeftdjlc cha
rafter of judge k 1 4 Kean will
have great V v igiit in ;hc Icale of
public opinion. His well know n
'attachment to the pnr.ciples of
our iev< lution, and his ui devi
ating adherence in every func
tion fo th Rhetty oi his fe lev
men points him out »o ihc do
zens cf 1 tnidyivania ys a man
in whofe imetntv and patuotum
they can place fhe great* ft con
fidence. h< (teadirels of tnu
firm and genuine repi b ic n, is
ffrongly i ontrafff dby thefhame
ful apofiacy and »eigiverkrion
of (eve: a I would be anfiocrats,
whom time has me arrorpho.td
into enemies to their country
and mankind.
T ht e is one great induce
ment tor the inhabitants cf
Ptimfylvanii to deft Judge
Vi'K-an it is that Porcupine;
has promift s to ! cavc the fide,
(hou’d the chid jultice be cleft
vd governor. It would be an
excel cm opportunity to get lid
of that filthy blackguard whole
career has been a (candal to
Ainuica.
EALTLVH )kl, OB'her 1.
American Gallantry !
ExtraEl of a tel er from the fuper
cargo of the Jhip / ondon Packet,
to his owner , Mr. H. Gold/bo
rough, of this city , dated 2%th
September , off the (opes.
41 On th* rotn of this month
we h da very leveie engagerncrit
with a French piv.te.r of 16
guns, a‘ d 150 men. She en
gaged us one hour an i three
quarter, one hdf of which
time w s clofe along hde.
A ? it tie befoc (he attempted to
board us they hoi (led the bloo ly
dag, which pjo- ed a b oody one
to them, every man who attempt-
■ed to board raftered inftant
death, r onfid* ring the dev
iate attftrpt they made, we pet
off well. lam (orry to inform
you that we h. d three men killed,
•ne of whom wras our lecond
mate, Mr, L.indlay, a Ipiri'ed
, and a6live officer; and two
wounded, ore of whom was
rapt. Andcrfon, who received a
h< li in his right breaft. It was
8 o'clock at mghr when the pri
vateer fh» errd off horn us. un
able to tffefl hci point. * ome
of her (ails were on h e fom
Wads f»on« ou» guns; and loine
of our own fa Is bong liDwhc
on fire from a limiLr p e
vented our captuting her. Had
it not been for :hdt( iicun.llat.ee,
we fhould have lafh d her 10 die
(hip and made a piize of her.
“ On the whole we had a
providential elcape fr< m b»ing
blown up, as ftvcral of the wads
of their guns w r ere blown mlOi
our cabin, w'hich wa in a
of fire, and would have reached
the magazine, h«d it not been
tor the exertions cf thole Who
c-ttrnded it.” |
The pilot who was on bo.id
he London Packet, was told
That h was their opinion the
Frenchman trull have lolt .t
Icall 50 nun in his repealed at
uinpts to fcoaid on the quarter
deck. The joiiy boat was 6
Limes fiiicd with Frenchmen,
<?nd its contents we e as ofun
p urged imo the ocean, and
every man kHed.
SAVANNAH, oEsher 18.
Capt. Shaw of the (hip f rank
lin, arrived at Baltimore,n forms
j that the combined F»e ch and
j SpamCi fleets failed fiom Cad 7
B y about the iff of / ugufl—
j their deflination was not know n.
| H«info cements w. re immedi
ately ftm to the channel fleet,
on the arrival of this news.
An embargo was laid on all
the vcflels in the Britifh (hannel
ports, Auguft 7 h, till the failir c
of the expedition. It is Li »
90,000 troops will be » n ployed
jin it, and be commanded by the
I Duke of York.
1
Extract 0] a >c Ur to a gentleman
in this citv, recnvtd f om his
) jri nd at BoJLn , dated Septem
ber 29.
“ On Friday la ft, the f» ffer
eis by the Bntifh fpoiLiti< ns
chofe a committee to wait o '* the
Prefi lent, to know wha» they
had to expeft, and what pofinon
it wou d be proper for them to
take in confiquence of the coin
inilfioners lifing in London.
; i he Prefident ciec’ared he h d
i not re. c vcci o(fi< ial information
from Mr Pickering, o f that
event ; (letters from Mi, Gene,
the An e if n crmnnfli-nrer to
his fii'd. v hne, have been in
*hi« town thrre wc/ks ro that
«fF ff) 1u r would £0 on to T hi
l<*d I; hia a month foe n't in
coni que nee of it. It is diffi
cult to defMrrrno whether the
hng ilh or F rnrh are moH exe
crated '* hr envoys to Fi nee
leave here foo-i. and a rup urc
with Fncland is rorGdtred ro
he mo’e than probable, mdetd
it is expended "
September 3 oth, ** The P»r
fideni left town th s day fur the
fouthwa d. in conhquence of
what I wrote you )c(l» rd. y/*
m*rnrn rwf—l
BOST('N\ Srp'rmbrr 26.
We can alluie ih« pub ic that
the envoys 10 the French 1 e
public have rer t\ ord rs and
art m w p eparing, immediately
to embatk foi urope.
1 Ihe honorahlt Mr Fwifr, of
Contic6ii< ut, g tsout lccicta*y
o! the rml H\.
) None e.
r T' , H \T tint mnn'fis aH<r he
I * date he of, i.ppluati n til
hr jjrndr to (hr Ju/oior ( on? I of
j Jtfferjon 1 0; v i, /or prrvnjfu n to
| jtl ! a trad, </ tv r hundred andJixly
acres 0) L rid , in W t jlnng on covn~
Iy , part of the /ta flat* of Ji hn
Murray dtceof'd / > to j tijy the
C‘editor so/ /aid tflate .
V\ m MM >owell, admr»
Odobcr 21, 1799.
N O * If F.
TH \ f vire rro 1 *hs after the
date here /, afphration will
be node to (h honu'afht I e nftrior
(curt, tf fhr 1 u tv of Irfftr/m,
/1 r leave to / U ir< ft 7 lard <n*i
tai ng cm hundred a f rr$ t uitt in
fix mis if LoVih ige m hhe -
Ville County in the pale > j iouth-
Carolina: fart 0, the r>ale/late
of Robert S’'mtr % de r e /td % to fa~
itsfv th* d 1 mauds 0/ the c'eailo sof
! /aid Robert bpnue,
Sam tie r.diews, admr .
Oil, 14, 1799.
N () T I C E.
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of Ja it 1 fi IIC )>• ihr C ii* - vl I *rl u
tfu* Ii , j’■ j* it- «>< J ic I Cl.ai- I
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Henry G. C Idwel f g .
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A NEGRO MAN.
K qutrt ml tti> Ojftut,
January SJ,
[No. 39.