Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

CHARLESTON, October 18.

Last Friday was brought round from Sea-wee Bay, the yacht Diligence, after having been run into Bull's Inlet by two Frenchmen, and four negroes that were on board, belonging to the owner, a gentleman inhabitant of the island of Surinam.

All the information we are able at present to give, is from the following negroes, viz. a negro man named Jack, a boy by the name of Tom, and a wench called Sally, who say, that their master (Capt. Francis Schlegel) was owner of the said yacht, and proceeded from Surinam to Demarara—that their master had sold some of his property in that island, and received the money—that in his voyage to Surinam, he went ashore on a desolate island, where he found two Frenchmen in distress, and upon the principle of humanity took them on board—that before they reached Surinam, the two Frenchmen took an opportunity to murder their master, and they, in attempting to save him, were stabbed and cut in the most cruel manner—that after they had killed their master, and taken his money, which they divided, they proceeded for this port, ran into Bull's, and came to an anchor—that one of the Frenchmen went on shore at Sea-wee, and the other took the boat, and with one of the negroes came to this city.

Information of the above horrid murder being given to the Judge of the Admiralty, a warrant was issued by him to apprehend the perpetrators; and it is supposed that the Frenchman who came to town was apprised of his danger, and made his escape on board a Spanish brig that sailed immediately after he embarked.