Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-10-07

atoreiaid MOODY, who Ewore 20 evcry lie
the eartors w.ibed. This fellow is 8 one
on board one oi The priva,eers.
The attack the britilh made On the
French feet, In this rcrr On The o.h init.
was 70 fudden and tie aS1ion TO ieve,e.
that IL was impCG;5le 70 remove vcIll
the Hore was ihot through in feverai piac-
eS under water, and In a few minutes funk
to the bottom, and vefel and cargo Who'll
~ loft. The oars of my boats were fnor
away IN going on ihore. Fourteen veliels
were funk in the action.
The Hope is not yet condemned,
but do not doubt fhe will be, as thew
condemn every vefel that has the name Of
Gibraltar on any of her papers.
The privateers have brought in four
American veiles this week three Of
them for Only having it in their inftruIti-
ons TO flop at Gibraltar, for convoy bound
to Leghorn; and thc other for having let
| ters on board for the officers of rhe Ane-
rlcan trigates at Gibraltar. Lals night
the ih P Molly of philadelphia, with "a
nine Founders and 40 men, was broupht
IN prize the was taken after an act,on
OF two hours, with f,ven prjyateers.-
Where ihc was bound, do not know, as
they will let no one {, eak her: an Anne
rican boat attempting TO 60 alo.s fde was
nred On. hope our government do ror
intend TO abandon our commerce 70 ,h,Ge
| lnifcrean,s.
The fame pr;vatecrs, with the fame
commanders thar crDized under French co.
iors tor American .veffeis ten months ago,
now carry on their dcprada,ions under
Spa;nth colors, with more avidity than
ever; and the Judge condemns with lels
prctenfions than ever
The precious metals will now become
more icarce in Europe, by the fubn ion Of
Portugal to the French yoke. There are
now faid to be eighty millions of dollars
IN South America, lying idle, beeaufe the
opania'ds dare not venture to bring them
nome. The Portuguefe now will be in
equal danger, although, till this time, they
have NOT only freely brought home their
own gold and ilyeT, bu, fmugeled home
comfortable quantities for Spain. The
effects of this will be ieverely felt by the
India Company, who can now with diff
Guilty getthe fums neceHary to make the
annual Purchafes in China.
Ancient hifory affords many ftriking
infances Of patriotic bravery; among
which, few are more brilliant than that of
Leon'das, at the traits Of Thern opyle:
but even that is fcarcely to be compared to
the following, which is faid to have taken
place at Guadalupe. Before the Engli(h
landed, the French had iprung mine
and that they might make fure dearutti-
on OF their enemies, French officer pro-
Poied to devote himltlf to death TO ferve
his country, and agreed to go over TO the
Engliih, teign himielf deierter, and lead
them on to the fatal fpot. This he did
and then giving the Ggnal agreed upon to
his countrymen, was blown to pieces, with
the whole body of the EpgliNl, conGAing
of more than Geo men.
Pope was one evening at Buttons cof-
fee houfe, where he and fet of iiteTati
had got pouring over latin manuscript,
in which they found pafage that none
of them could comprehend. A young of
fcer, who heard their conference, begged
that lac might be permitted TO look at the
pafage, "Oh! (fays Pope, farcaftically)
by'al means pray let the young gentlemen
look at it." Upon which the officer took
up the manufcript, and conGdering awhil.,
faid, there only wanted note of interro-
cation to make the whole ineligible;
which was really the cafe. And pray,
mater, faid Pope. /" what is a note Of in
terrogation s''--" A note of interroga;i-
on lrepliet the young gentleman with a