The New Hampshire Gazette

A letter from a master of a vessel, at St. Bartholomews, dated April 26, 1798, says, "This port has been blockaded up by boats from St. Martins, for upwards of three weeks, and out of 34 sail of American vessels that have appeared before this port, I am the only one that has got in; the remainder have been taken, and sent to St. Martins, condemned, and sold. It is of no consequence where you are bound, or where from, as a new decree has passed at Guadaloupe to take all American vessels bound to or from the West Indies; and citizen Hugues says, he will imprison all the Americans at Guadaloupe, if Congress gives permission to arm. They have from 3 to 5 boats armed off here all the time, waiting for arrivals, and for vessels bound to the United States."