Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1799-06-10

Marine
PORT of Portland.

Wednesday lan arrived fehooner Union, Captain
Rowland Jones, az days from Barbados Left there,
fhp Mercury. of PeppereIborough, Samuel G'Pa'riek
msaer-Brig -, Capt Erfkine, of Damariisoita, wal
ting for convoy-Ship Whim of Alexandria, Peter
Frye. Sailed in company with brig Catherine, of a.
leIandr'a and fchr. Morning Star, Capt Lewis, Fall
mouth, Cope Cod
Same day-arrived Hoop Dfpateh. Capt. Abiel
Briggs 43 days from surrnam. Capt B. has iurniihtd
the following particulars
:" Left surrnam April 40, in company with Nip
Harry, Webb, of and for Salem, guns Brig -,
Bartlett, for Baltimore, guns, Sehr Betty Moody,
Portland Left there big Fanny, Alger, Providence
TO fail in days sehr =, Samuel Wheaton, Pro
whence, to faid in days. sioop Providence, Arnold
for Newyork Brig Mehtable, orne, for New buryport
had letters for his owners, but dearoyed them Aio,
4 or fouthern vefels. names unknown. A Newyork
brig fen in by French privaeer--not condemned,
tho generally fuppoied Che would bc-thc governor
trying have her cleared being apprehen6ve Of ofng
trade, if the Fren were ALLOW cd to fend in and
condemn American proPerty-but il cannot at preient
be prevented, as their papers TENT to Cayenne for
trial Markets dull and produce hish-April 80. TO
windward and in fight of Guadalupe and Antigua WAS
bro't too by the u S. brig Pickering, Edsvyd PRIDE
mailer, in company with the U. fhip Wilmington,
then in Eight, who TENT his lieut. board after which
Capt Prebe came on board himfelf, and informed me
that three days before he nd retaken brig from New
York laden with flour and d, goods, worth 10000 dol
lars, and tent her into Moun,ierat The day before he
had chaied two privateers into Bafiatere 70
receive the FIRE from every fort, but received damage
Same day goth chsIcd privateers into the Mole
He further informed that he in company with the
Warrington, ould cruife between Antigua and Cuada-
loupe TO windward and on to Marinco where he nun
arrive ten days. to take all the Americans there and
proceed TO The lecward touching every i1snd down
TO rortoa, then make up the feet and proceed home
Informed Capt. p of or valuable cargoes which
left surinam two days before dd--he faid he fhould
r. ~ a .
mit He ALTO niormed that one of the States vefels
1.-THE name of which lomitted my log booty had taken
one and driven another ahore and drowned 70 81 her
crew. Capt. p. well latfed with bis ve1el and
crew.--In lat. II, 81 long Or, at Il O'Clock faw a
fleet of 6 fail Handing for me-at e,rM. was brot TOO
by French privateer of IA gunsfent boat board
me with prizemaner and three men, took on board
the privaeer, examined my papers, treated polite
W ient me on board my veiici wihng good paf-
lage-then food on with the fleet which conffed of
brig from Newburyport noop from Newyork I fehr.
fom Baltimore OF guns ichr from Philadelphia and
fchr from Surinam home ard bound, which iuppofe
| to be Capt. Lemne Moody-all of which ihe had tax
en- her paiage from St. Bartholomew 20 Guadalupe
the captains and crews, except the mates, per-
mit,ed to lay on board their own velIes The capt
| of the privateer iaid there many American
cruiers among the lands that retook his prizes This
| was probably the cafe the morning, as he was
croudng fail to get in with the land & was only about
10 miles from the ea end of Guadalupe, where Capt
| Preble and the Wilmington eruihng, They keep
JUN far enough apart to fee acrofs from Gusdaloupe
| Antigua, 70 that think it almot mpoible for the
FIenehman to get in, even without the prizes."