INTELLIGENCE.

CHAR1RsroN, Is. c.l July g.
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The hip Benjamin, of Newyork, capt.
Scofheld, was "a ptured off our bar yeftcr-
day afternoon, by the French privateer crui-
zing off this port This is believed to be
the fhip which was taken by a French pri-
vateer iome months Ence,, on her pa1age
from the Cape Of Good Hope for Havana,
and retaken by the Briti1h and fent to Kingf
ton, where the was brought in by Ameri-
cans, and was now failing under American
colors, Captain Scofield is or board the
privateer the mate remains IN the fhip
and the crew were brought Up lat evening
in a pilot Boat. Captain S. belongs to Ncr-
folk.


Captain Tate was boarded of the bar on
Sunday, by French Privateer fchooner,
mounting fhort guns and one 10 pound
cr, and, apparently, about one hundred men
on board; who appeared to be motley
collection Of all nations. We are forty to
fate that capt. Tate recognized feveral A
mercanS, and and among them a captain
Rofs, who formerly failed out of this port.


NETWORK, AUGUST Is.


PVAfical Cruelty. We are feldom cal ed
to record more cruel and barbarouS at
than the one we ihall now detail,


The Brig Succels. capt. Brump OF this
port, failed from Kingfon, Jamaica, for
Newyork, on the 9Th of July.-On the 9Th
ihe was captured two leagues from Cape St.
Anthony by Spanifh galley (belonging to
Havanna) without dcck,with two mats and
two fquare fails, and called La Bonne Un-
ion. The Galley was commanded by capt.
Caiar, and manned with 80 OF 20 Span
iards, and Frenchmen, with one Iriihman
who ferved as an interpreter. Three days
after they were taken, captain Brum, the
paiiengers, (eight in number and the hands
were all ordered below, and the matches fhut
upon them. In this Gtsation they were
kept through the night. In the morning,
the pirates prepared their knives, cutlahts
and clubs, opened the foreca(tle, and called
for the captain. One Of the feamen Peter
Dutchemin) with view Of prefcrving the
captains life, fepPed forward, and afcend-
ed to the deck The ruAians, with their
inttruments Of laughter, having arranged
themielves in two ranks, compelled The fea-
men to run the gauntlet, while cash gave
him blow, gam, or ftab, as he paded
Captain Brum and his pantngar8 and crew
were all in fucceilion taken from the hold
and treated in the fame horrid cruelty, ex-
cepting FIVE French pahengers. An Eng
lilh gentleman by the name az Smith, who
was one Of the paaengers, who was beaten
with fuch feverity, that he fprung into the
long boat and broke his ancle in tive places
The mate Of the brig, two Englilh pahengers
and two icamen were put in IRONS on board
of the galley, and three days afterwards
were fent athore at Couvabouta, about So
miles from Havana and The brig with
the captain and remlinder Of the crew,
were fent to Campeachy.


Thelc facts we have received from Peter
Duchemin, one Of the itamen who were
fent afhore in irons. He made Ills eicape
from Couya5outa, proceeded to Maricl,