Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-08-20

ian f1igerfne lsiIate ara an American VEL
lei which had lately laiisd from Naples,
with Mr.. Smith, charge des affairs, ON
board, who had come from Rome for shc
purpoie of taking pailase home. he
American vsdeI was obliged TO yield to
hyperion force.
| Since the receipt Of this lerfer, another
of iuh}cqucnt date, viz. June e. has been
received from Mr.. C4tteart, adviiing
that he had received no further isfoIn1a-
ton rclPrtting the capture. Cpniidering
it, however, poiible, he Immediately
wrote circulars 10 the teverai American
confuls on the Barbary coalt regreAing
their interpohtion in cafe the yeaeIlhould
prove 10 be captured.
The belief Of this information hould,
in our opinion, be received with fome he
itation. 1t may be no other than report
ariiing from the capture, about The fame
time, of a Neapoh,an irigate by the A.
dams. Or if an American veiiel has been
captured, il May have been by Tripo-
line eruizer. The yeGsls Of .the Barbary
powers are 70 iitnilar to each other, thas
frequent INTAKES ariie in arpropriating
them 10 their REFLECTIVE nations.
Na.. 1nte!.
Exttaa ofa ktt<, from Jane, Simtysn,
fbe American c0alal at Taug,fy 10
The Secretary sfState. dated l4tb May,
1909.
On the 18Th January laa, | advisei
capt. Campbell OF the Adams, tha, hal
oblefged fome breakers in the ofiog OF
this bay, where fach are only ieen in bad
weather. A fmall veGel has lately been
fentby the court Of Spain TO examine the
rocks which location ihem; ou, Che did
NOT prove uficicnt for afceuaining every
point with preci6on; however their bear
ings took off E. N. E. from the Ame-
rican flag taft and di9ance of rather bet
ter than two miles, from cape MsIabar.
THE eafern point OF Tangier Bay1.near!y
". n. w. was found pretty correet.--
I'hofe rocks have never been laid down
IN any chart but as by this late furvey
Il is found, there cannot be more than
-four fst!lom on the caifero end of them at
ow water, new and full moon they are
certainly 20 dangerous as will induce til,
Spaniards toinveEigste farther and with
the cmperoI's permiaion. In the mean
time ! have thought it proper to lay thels
circumstances before you"
In the month Of April laa, the repuii-
can fchoon.r Te'og a h brought 10 JAG.
mel the hip Unirn, iloop DoIphin, and
fchooner Mary, all Of Nauspcket, who
were found whaling il fome bay on The
louth fde Of Hilpanioa. AT The time ol
their capture, tbe neaieR to the fnorc OF
The three veHeis, was diifant three an
half leagues the other two, from ono
to two leagues without her. However,
the conlcious captain Of the Telegraph
TO bring them within reach Of the law
which general Lecierc had made, and
which only effected vedels found within
two leagues OF the fhore,) iolenn!y de-
pofed, that they were all within half
league of the land, and fur.her, that the
fcSooner Mary was at anchor, which
to be the outmoG veiIsl, and 1t
leaf { leagues diGant from (h0re. they
were accordingly Gbelled the crews
driven aAlorc in the forts, and detained
as psiloners, not being able to fir without
the rampar;s, although they were at the
fame lime itaEioned at 5parIicular guns,
and held to detend the place in c.le Of an
attack from the brigands, who were with
10 half cannon lhot.
The plea for their detention WAS, that
they might possibly bave been supplying
the insurgents, although the articles they
had on board proved, beyond all possbt-
lity Of doubt, that they were solely fol.
lowing their usual occupation; as, after
the strietest search on board, nothing was
found brs oil the r,rodure of their E he,r