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HENS, GEORGIA : PRINTED BY ALEXANDER M‘DQNNELL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1809.
‘er and Piracy.
[h Pro-Conful of this
ertifed for information
urder and piracy, com
ird the fchooner Three
iaitfax. The foliovv
articulars of the mur
i unguarded moment,
tprain and one of the
in the cabin, one Ed
-3 (who had his wife and
, on board) having firft
e mate, (John Kelly,)
the arms, difeharged a
, the Iky light at the
% ich wounded him, and
m who was with him.
then run on deck juft
ee the laft ftreke given
remaining man, who
1 the deck. He was
pon by Jourdan and his
lother piftol attempted
it him, which flatbed,
uggle was thrown over
fly at this time was
ther piftol j which the
rving, while engaged
i and his wife, by great
fengaged hirnfeif, and
atch, threw it over and
i it. As ic blew very
foon clear of the velicl,
naining in the water a•
f ours was providentially
the fchooner Eliza of
-pt. Stoddard, who took
en nearly exbaufted by
rally inl'cnfible. From
idard he received the
ie treatment and every
ciliary to his recovery
:nt comfort.
Bojion Paper.
fa letter from Buenos
merchant in Cork , dated
t ■ 809.
ricau Hi ip Topaz, capt.
ilgcs in the latter end
SO7, on a trading voy
outh Seas, fell in with
nd, in lat. 26, S. long,
out his boat to go on
he was met by fome
entiy Indians in a boar,
lim in goodEnglifh
him that a man of the
ith was waiting for him
neir houfes to which he
:ed, and from him he
Dllowing particulars
ith) had been a mariner,
he mutineers on board
> ; and after they parted
light, they put back to
l \ few days after, Chrif
- ‘icf of the mutineers,
)f his moll confidential
1 and told them that ic
v >e fafe to remain there
as ic was very certain
:ifii government would
m, and it was better to
T- • pcfiible from that
which they agreed to
.and, and take with them
Foreign Correspondent
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
UAXV SHALL RUN TO AND FRO, AND KNOWLIPCS SHALL BE INCREASED.
their wives and fervants, and every
thing that was neceffary for their
maintenance, to fome uninhabited
ifland. Nine of the mutineers, with,
their fervants and women accor
dingly embarked and brought the
Ihip to Pitcairn’s Ifiand, where, af
ter ftripping her, Ihe was burnt.—
He further lays, that in the ccurfe
of fometime the fervants refe on
thc-ir mailers, and killed all but
himfelf, Smith, he having efcaped
with a piftol Ihot in his neik. He
was in a few days afterwards .ound
in this ft ate in the woods by the
women, who by a well contrived
plan had killed all the fervants, fo
that of the mutineers, Smith now
only was alive; ever lince he
(Smith) had continued to live with
them. The children which thefe
women had, and thole they were
pregnant with, at the time their
husbands were killed, had increafrd,
and thofe they had inftructed in the
Engldli language, and Proteftant
rel-gion. During the feventem
years he hr.d been on the ifland, he
hau feen but one Ihip pafs, and that
at a great diftance. Capt. Foiges
fays, their houfes and dome {tic f~
fairs were conducted in the fame
manner as the peafantry in England \
that the girls and boys were very
handfeme and well proportioned,
and rhac he never met with better
conducted people in his life; chat
the women were rigidly virtuous,
and that no clergyman could have a
better conducted flock than Smith
had. He declared that he never
would quit the ifland, and ’fever a
king’s Ihip touched there he would
fecret himfelf, as he never expedbed
the EngVifh government would par
don faim. On Capt. Folges telling
him of the vi<stories of the Englilh
navy over France, he wept for joy,
like a child.
A young man of reputable con
nexions, by the name of Morton,
was capitally convicted of defraud
ing the Britifh Bank. While he
was lying in prifon, and in the ago
nizing expedition of fuffering a
fhameful execution, a pretended
friend of the name of D—, who
had formed the diabolical plan of
fpeculating by the tranfa&ion, vi
fired him, and with profeflions of
the warmtft benevolence offered to
affift him to tfcape, which he effec
tually effected, and Morton fled to
France.
]) , then betook himfelf to
the dire<ftors of the bank, who were
much disappointed at the efcape of
their vidbim, and offered to deliver
him into their hands, on condition
that they would pay him fourthou
fand pounds, which D finding
that he could get no mere, accept
ed.
The matter being fettled, D——
wrote to Morton that his friends
with a good pro fpedfc of fucccfs,
were attempting to obtain his par
don. A few clays after, he wrote
that his pardon was obtained, and
he might return in iafety. Mr.
Morton received the intelligence
with tranfports of joy, and enter
taining no fufpicion of his pretend
ed friend, to whom alone he had
confided the knowledge of the place
of his retreat, returned with all
fpeed to England, and was lmme
dia>:e!y arrelbed and executed \
B——— received the four thou
fand pounds together with the exe
cration of millions of people, as the
reward of his atrocious perfidy.
London paper.
A man of the name of Boiffon,
pofftffed of confiderable property
at Grenoble, in Dauphiny, was
lately tried for efpcufmg his own
daughter. His principal cbjeft in
contracting rhele fhameful nuptials,
was to fecure a Itnad eftate, to
which the grl, only 16 years of
age, was entitled :c on her marria
age. The judge, after hearing of
the parties, uiTdved the unnatural
union, and canfifcated two thirds of
the culprit’s property, ordered him
to undergo a public ex petition of
feverai hours, and to be imprilon
ed fevea years.
Ibid.
From the Rhode -IJiand American.
Messrs. Dunham and Hawkins.
On the 17th of June Eft, I took
my departure from Block-Eland,
bound to St. Barrs. We were
fteering E. S. E. and a foutheily
wind was blowing very brifk \ the
fky was cludy and fqcafly, accom
panied with rain, {harp lightning,
loud thunder, and a rough lea. At
th'-ee days fail from Block-Ifland,
in lat. 30, 58, N. long 70, 25, W.
at 11 o’clock at nighr, a fharp and
uncommon noife was heard aftern
of the vefifel, refembling fomewhat
the report of a piftol, at two diftind
and different times. A few min
utes after this noife, the clouds fep
arated over head in the form of a
fog-rainbow, and at that moment a
ftor.e r ;ll on our deck , and at the fame
time a large quantity fell in the water
under cur lee at the diftance Ifhould
judge of about twelve feet. In aboac
five or fix feconds afterwards, the
fog-rainbow defeended to the hori
zon. I fwppofe, from the quantity
that fell in the water, that had they
fell on board, we fhould have fuffer
ed material injury. The ftonc that
fell upon the deck I have preferved,
it weighs above fix ounces, is of the
colour of iron, and appears to be
impregnated with copper. Wheth
er this (tone was drawn up by a ws
ter-fpout, which broke a little
aftern of us, I leave for others to
judge. The weather (bill continued
very thick and cloudy, attended
with rain, fharp lightning, heavy
thunder and a rough fca. This
(No. 80.
ftone may be feen and examined by
any perfon who wifhes to gratify
his curioficy, in Weftminfter-
Streer.
BENNETT P. GATEWOOD.
It appears that the Delaware and
Shawames Indians ate faft
into civilization. A St. Louis,
(Louifiana) article ftates, as authen
tic information, that they have late
ly held a fokmn council, at
they refclved to interdift
of intoxicating liquors ; to abarM 0
don the chafe ; to raife live lbockif
and food ; to teach their women to :
fpin and weave their cloths. They’
have alfo eftabliflied a Court of
Juftie, at which four have been)
tried, three of whom were found v
guiliy and executed. “
Raleigh Regifier.Y °*
_ the
To preferve Pumpkins through the
iVinter and Spring.
When taken from the vine, open
them and throw away the loft con
tents which arc found in their in
fide. Then cut them into fmail
pieces, ami dry them in the fun or
ra an oven. Preferve them in a
dry place. They may be either
pounded or boded* before they are
ufed.
Prepared in this manner they
make a cheap and excellent food
for cattle, h*rfes and hogs. Many
rhoufand dollars might be faved,
in grain to our farmers and to our
country, by the general ufe of this
wholefome and nourilhing food for
domeftic animals. They afford
more nouriihment, than the poratoe
or feereity-root, they are cultiva
ted wich left trouble, and yield a
much larger incrcafe from the fame
labor.
Some very extraordinary inftafi
ces of abftinence are recorded in
medical works, but we do not re
colltft any, that in all refpefts can
be compared with tins—
“ Ann Moore, aged 43, now
living in Tutbury, in Stafford fhire,
hai fwailowed no kind of food what
ever, either folid or fluid, for the
laft two years and a half. Her ap
petite began to decline about feven
years ago, in confequence of a weak
digeftiop, and in March, 1807, the
paffage to her ftomach became
completely clofed, fo as not to ad
mit of her fwaiiowing a fingle drop
of water j from the pit of her fto
mach downwards fhe is a mere fke
kton, notwithstanding which her
countenance is perfectly cheerful,
and has the appearance of good
health. So late as laft Sunday (he
was vifited by the writer of this ar
ticle and then was in excellent fpi
rits, and felt no pain whatever, ex
cept a fl ght {hooting over her fore
head j fhe has Mea offered ioool.
to vifi; ths metropolis, and thougn
poor, fhe dccl.nes leaving her