Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-09-22

clouds and darkness resfupon it. Perhaps
he Livingston family claimed too mlief1
| ionor from the Louisiana business, TO the
2reiudice of ,RJunroe and Jefferson. DC
fbat as it may, this making and untnaklnS
IS legitimate democracy!
FoRr M'F5aanr, September fs.
g.gy51aVsf q Byoqeg,
GENTLKMEE,
] take tile liberty of drop. ,ing you few line's
lresuming ti,syiwil be acceptable to ydu.
sailed from tie Pert d. Spain, ISLAND OF III
nidai, IN the bng Two Frnes of this port. OH tne
24thiilt. I left al said place abdue fife san
Of American vessels from different ports on me
continent but none belonging 10 B4lamcre.
am sorry u hastily leaving said place that
cannon blige you with any latepaPeFs. ne al
fairs Of lrlidada, tor some riple Pasr, relasiye -
the transactions of governme. {, have not gwen
such general satisfaction - The Inhabitants as
could have been wished, and consequently pro-
duced great party work one Tor Mr.. picton'
the other for Mr.. FulIarron, two of the commits
sioners Unveiled With the power Of the late 60
vernon OF sad island The atter, however, APP
pears to have had much the strongest and Nose
respectable party, and was called home tbsut sec
ven weeks pat, to substantiate, 1t is currently
reported, numbers CT charges of a serious nature
against I'itton. Mr.. Fu!larton, who is SAID to DC
a man Of an aIniabe character, few dsyspreyl-
Gus to his embarking Tor England, was super.
ceded by his excellency brigsdier general
Thomas sIiislrp laee governor Of Demerafa'
and was at the taking Of said place said and to De
an officer of distinguished merit.
Three days after leaving Trinidada, on my
passage, fell in with very small French piiva-
teer called the Sans Peur, captain SlbbA of Qua.
dsloupe, belonging 70 The no.ed wood-n-leg VIII
hams, of said place: had losv her rudder, broke
their compass, sprang leak, on short allowance
Of water and provisions, being lost, not knowing
which way to seer; ten men in number. Alter
being on board abcur three days they concluded,
as | past St. Thomas's, to leave me and 70 go on
shore but i'll sight Of the ISLAND, and about
two or threee hours previous to the probable
time Of that taking place, was brought to by the
Galloway Lass privateer, captain Hagen, OF or,
tola, mounting 10 slot II pcunders, andcorn-
PEELED TO go into sad place; TO appear before the
owner OF the Pryareer, John Dougan. and two
LAWYERS, to stand examination, VINO used great
deal of their fine spun rhetoric to bow beat me
into confession thar the Frenchmen bad taken
me as prize and that they had Ietaken ne, and
consequently entitled to a salvage; at which
warmly reconstructed against the llegaiity OF such
proceeding, and after . or $ hours debate, they
tho't proper to bid me to proceed. shall MAKE
free to advance it as my oplnion that it VIII be 10
harm to guard against ard strictly 70 watch the
conduG of this Daugan and the council Of said
place, who seem all to be resoutely benz to take
all advantage Of ueutras, and have already con-
denlned several for trfing ciscunistan ces.
The French priyateer belore alluded to, or ra-
Tier might say, with more pfoprety, the little
pirate was fitted cut, as they themselves told ms,
for the purpose Of GU ting vessels out Of English
ports and had made several attempts Ct the kind,
but proved unsuccessful rnay had out vessel
cut of Bassetere [St. Kius) in the night and
towed her some distance from the land but sitter
finding that size was an American vessel let her
proceed INTO por;. think it is my duty TO add,
that in this privateer there was man belonging
to Alexandria, ald black man belonging, as he
Informed NE, to Philadelphia, by the name Of
Saujuel Robinson.
I will thank you 30 iassrt wha4l have written,
or abridge it. Ycu may act as you please in that
respect. The whole that have stated you may
rely on as matter OF iatt.
remain ycur very cbedient,
Humble servant,
VIM. n. WILLIAMS,