Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-01-20
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Marine
Port of Portland.


7barfaay laf, arrived brig Portland, Captain
William Ctabree, 81 days from Jamaica .--Part-
ed company, sC. Antonie. qcab he hip Eliza, Roek.
aueA, Of PHILADELPHIA, for Nswy0rk dbrig jain,
Of Neaymk, far CbaAasn, S. C.-Bacvsen The
Babamas ard tbe Florida Key, Ipoke Ja0qu Hope,
Of RbodeJqand, from At,iea, 1vab Sapes--6o Of
eohOm died on fbe pa0agf, being no days out ana
lbori Of provJfonJ- Capt. Cra5tree Ezbbh.a bin
c0b eubaf nesdtai 10 carry him TO The Havaaua,
tie port of aefnafisn ;lbe qoat then Comm asdtd BY
Samuel G. Ka5ISn-f6e former Captain died on lis
Pa1age home:
PORTSMOUTH, Ian. II.
Put into this port the brig William and Thomas of
Wifcafet, lately commanded by Capt. Anthony Nutter,
in his outward bound paage, in latitude a. longitude
o., WA taken by French prvateer. who took out all
hands but three, and put prize matter and eight
hands on board, and ordered her for Caudaloupe !;
after being in poeon of the vefel till within isht of
land Capt. NJ watched an opportunity, when the
Frsnohmen were off their guard, and gave The word for
his men to feze axe and handfpke whll he brand
Iihed hanger and fwore if they Retired they would
kill them all fome of the Frenehlen run up Matched
but few topped below make reiiiiance; the latter
were ioon knocked down and queed and the others
mahhead begged for quarters; Capt Nu,ter then
ordered the prize-malter down and made him call the
men abaft one by one and tie their hands Capt N
veiel into St Thomas, where he discharged his cargo
iettled his bunefs and nearly ready to come away
when he taken 6ek and ded-Capt Thomas
Holden (who had fold his veiel and cargo at ST. Tho
mas) was appointed to the command and arrived fae
at this port on Saturday laf
Capt Bickford, arrived at Salem, from Calcutta. in
forms of the following affair which took place al the
Cape Of Good Hope The Rattle Snake leop of war
and fore flip mounting nine Founders had been
len from the Cape TO the bay of Agoa, with block
houe to be erected there keep the native, under re-
ltraint intelligence of having been received al the
lille OF France a. gun frigate carrying weight oil
metal apparently fuicent to blow the two fp out of
water, together with fmaler veel was fent to take
them The frgate appeared in the ofing in the fter.
noon under Danfh coors, and At night went in and
cropped anchor between the two lhp, Whole comm an
ders were then on fhore. The Rattle Snake llfp cou.
Of her charaet dispatched an advice boa, for the ore
hip, but 1t was Popped by the friga,c; on which fe
ialuted her with broad6de, which commenced , yerv
warm action the fore chip 70 bored through that
in about an hour e had fix feet of water in her hold and
was Obliged to ceae her fire the Rattle Snake fupoor
,eo the action alone tor about two hours till finally the
Frenehman was obliged to his cables and run The
next day, however, the rgate was feen again aandins
in under very hort iais, with her comfort with view
probably TO wipe OF the dgrace of her lat nights de
feat This intelligence received over land at the
Cape and the Eoiie of ~ guns, aud Reaonabe of 60
WIZ "se'y ohPs9eheo 70 look alter the French
men.
:. On Iueiday arrived fhip Mentor, Capt. Flagg of
Pormonth, u days from Liverpool Sailed in oompa.
ny With the Neitor Waite, of Portland
Same day arrived, fchr Four Siner Capt shillaber,
from sartinam' Dec. az, lat. 3S, so, N long "a, w
poke the brig Commerce, Hall, of Kennebnnk. from
Portland, bound to Barbados out days. 49,
Two American outward bound Indianen were left a,
Madras early IN Augua, names unknown
here had been French veiTels in the Bav Of Rem
gal nce the capture of La Forte fgate in March lat
The Abigail, Hammond, from Virginia, for Bremen
has been reaken from French privateer by the stth
h'satc Triton, and fent to Plymouth
1r,. Bolton, Jan. II.
1"n day a,,Oea, sip Asrtriec capt. Turner, 90 3sy,
J.0m os9Sr pore brig from Portland for TIE NJ l. fix
aay' out a0oi6 4epfod bin aoib p,ovsus a 6zv Gs,,
JHfr, fe0 from Martinique for Bevs,y 90 days su.
Letter. Rave been r'e'ivsd fo7ru fross on board t "
Jtg@fs CsgftH'" Captain Talbot Of da later team that from
Captain Perry P1bed ia TIE obr Bsou eae.rs, m.rssup
Jo"s t'a'' Der fy; s letters ,ebieb are dated ct fs
maze no o's'f''s 70oafeVfr Hny aeprebs-fs of danger.
TIE Cosgr,9 SO guns, Csmuoasys Sesve,, saS Enx.
g. saH' Ceet P,s6k sa qpitb TIE Ese Indie .ouu;. from
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