Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-01-31


Jon he setel, rf-.ea sgaina their illegal
proceedings, and leave the iilaad. aiier
this she captain Of lheport obicrsed, that
he would intoem. general Is Cro!s OF ny
defermma'ion, and what had !aded he
tween rs.
Onshe eyenirg Of the fn1e DAY Nov.
a7hl was again applied to by thr cap
tsin Of the peri, who again informed ne,
that general Ia Crof had ordered him to
puf only three (our Of the tx negroes On
board myNefel. ] replied, thar deemed
the crime AS great tor three, or che, as a
dozen, and tia! ] would not receive them
on sny cordi,ion y,'atever. On which
he loiiciled very hard, faying, il would be
very esfy uppwg tb<m Ger ds0yd, after
my eettiog Gear Of the land, and that this
WAS he generals qcyS.
On the morning of the 2Slll Of Nov.
he captain Of the porr informed me, that
had general la CROSS permiilion to pro-
ceed 10 iea without any OF tie negroes.
When proceeded to clear CIT ny yeael
as he duties amounted TO conGterabit, |
had fafpsnded this, thinking il prldent
hat all ihould be let,led fit rejecting The
negroes, having put little confidence in the
tervants OF guyernmeaF.
O. The evening Of the zqsh, / Put my
pafs on board the commolore's ihip who
gave p,rm Zion 10 proceed, accordingly !
weighed anchor, and while making fail the
man OF wars boat came along hde, with
orders no: 10 proceed TO iea till morning.
The noxs rnorning easly ] weighed anchor
snd proceeded 10 fea, at which time the
nationai ichocnef Mozambique, capt. Lu-
cas-, alfo weighed anchor and food alter
ne. This was on Monday, and ihe con-
tinued shaang US until "Wednesday morn
ing, Dscernber II, at S o'clock, A. NJ.
Degg lizard theu bearing n. three leagues
difanee, when The fch'r hoihed a btoad
national pendant and fred a gun to lee
ward, which I rock no notice OF know
ing tbaihe,euId nor foppofe Us a itTacges,
icon after he fred fho. near to US, when
/ hove TOO /; he th,n run W along tide and
ordered me 10 fend my bear on hoard
with my papers. B.ing unwell myieli
ar thar time, | ient my mate with he vef
iel's papers, with orders nor TO receive
any negroes, being fafpicious this was in
tended. Immediately on The macs get
ting On board the Mozambique he WAS
taken below by captain Lucas, under pre-
fence OF looking al the papers, where he
remained probably ten minutes, when he
was ordered on board my vefel, but on
goirg into his boat, he found three negroes
in her. He then told captain Locas it
was againll his orders TO take.sny negroes
on board the Argo, and requeaed the ME
of trumpet to fpeak with me, which
capt. Lucas retufed him, making uie of
the mott abufve language, and bidding
him so On board & make fail Immediately
and proceed directly on his csuffe, threat
ching, if he found the brig again among
the iilands, to fink Us; which orders
was compelled 10 obey.
The negroes brought en- board fuflcient
proslions for fix or fever days, and fad
they were told by captain Lucas lwho is
faid to be nephew to General La Crois(
that The bea of prayGors and wine were
Wesiouly put en- board my vefel tor their
uie.
One Of me Negroes, from What | could
learn, was triaei@al eliJoi he HrigaadsI
who capi,pla;ed with general L. Creis,
about Ten days previous 10 my falIing,I
and is man OF great activity md ir-|
trleue !: one of the other two is (aid 10
have been commandant at Bsfia'erre,
where the Negroes FRI ro(e on the whites,
and third appears to be iefvant TO the
TWO.
After receiving the Negroes on board
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