Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-10-29
NEW YORK, Oaober "a.

whom has furnished the following following ~
tracts from her log book" On the 9th Of o.
rober, tie brig Sally, of New York, Daniel Ia.
vetr, master, was taken by the English priys,e.r
brig Rover from Jamaica, commanded by can.
tain Firth. The fist lieutenant came on boad
and commanded the captain to take his paoers
on board the prvateer, which be accordingly d1
-overhaued the papers and found % bags of
coffrc barrels dc, and a bags of cocoa una,
freight, (which they SAID were Dutch property.
Captain Lovest aad tie second lieutenant cam.
on boalj, aud directly AFTER the prize master.
With orders from the cantain of the pryatees
to take cut the cargo which they claimed ss
Dutch property. Ctp;aii vert told them that
they should not break the ches open unless
they did it by force the second lieutenant aud
prize master then fell foul of Captain Lovet,
beat him stamefuIiy, and threatened to heayc him
overheard if he said another word !; they chen
sent OH board eight or nine men armed with
cu,asscs, who immediately broke open the hatch.
es, ard took out seyerai barrels of c,Ree. The
weather being SO rough tia, they could not get
II on board the pr4sateer, orders Came from the
captain to put the coffee below. and send the
people and mate on board is vessel. The Sally
was sent TO Jamaica, on board OF which captain
Ioyett and The cook remained. Mr.. Lovet,,
mate Of the brig Sally says, hat on the llth.
Of OGtober, in lat. 81, 50, long. 7S, they saw a
slh,oner standing t, tie rortbward and westward,
winch they chased FOR three o. -four hours and
fred several shot, but finding they ccald not over.
take her gave up the chase. On the 10th Of
October, brouglr 10 the schooner Echo, I'D pus
! on board Thomas Lovett, mate of the brig Sal.
| ly. The captain Of the pr,yateer tod captain
Ioghan, fhe refused they wauid FIRE broad side
into him, ard then piunder him OF what they
could find The aforementioned brig was u
days ont from Sudnsn, and was taken IN LAT. %,
S., long II. Mr.. Perkins was first lieutenant,
Mr.. Haskins second d.. MIR. Bass sailing master;
all three were Americans ani belonged to. MAssa.
chusetts.
Caobsf IS.
! Our boat returned ata lite hour last night
frou. he; Hook, bringing files of London PaPss,
. pices current, ard Llayd's Lists to the tenth ard
Paris papers, to the ! 5rh OF September.
On slight glance at these papers, we don'
; Esd that any po.ircal e&ent OF inlFaFt1aee ha0
! rrailspifediu Europe. The Paris Argus Of The
(; 18th contains pompous account Of the capture,
by Citiz,n James Perroud, commanding the
French privateer Rellona, OF the English East
. lpdiaman, Lord Nelson, of 1000 tons. Soms
extracts Will be given tomoryw.
When the South Carolina sailed, Hlvfa was
blockadrd by tie British; and it was expected
they would 'boubasd It impediarey. The French
are determined 70 ATTEMPT the invasion OF Eng.
land.
We acknowledge our Obligations to captain
Skinner, of the ship Iris, who has politely tAVo'"
ed the Editor OF the Mercantile Advertiser With
London papers, Prices Current, ADD Lloyd's Lists
TO the 10th of September, incus!ves and to Cap
tain Steele, of the ship South Carolina from Ha-
vre dc Grace, to whom we are indebted TOR ra1s
papers to the same date. The former IS the
bea er Of dispatches for Government from Mi
Monroe, our minister at the Court of St. lamest'
The papers received by these arrivals are un"
commonly barren. The articles which fellow
copprize the most important pars OF the lntsH!'
gence they contain.
The British government contemplate throwing
chain across the Thames, at the entrance OF Twas
river, to impede the designs OF the enemy ID '"'
projected invasion.
Letters from Rourdeaax mention that the pfl''
cipaI Commissary Of Marine there had notified 'A'
Chamber Of Commerce thas pdvateenng from ias
part of Bordeaux will no longer be authorized
Captain Steel inf.rms that the p'rt OF t11''s
de GAGE was bockaded by three British fFiSa'eS
and a s,oop of war.