Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-04-06

LASI NICHl the Smoke-hOuse OF
allr. Roberts, corner Of King and Colum-
bus-streets, was broke open, and four or
fve hundred pounds Of BACON, stolen there
from.
Arrived at Philadelphia, on Saturday
last, the brig Ann, capt. Lord, from Mar
tinico, which place he left the 18th of Fe-
bruary- He informs, that he arrived there
the 10th of January; in the course OF fit
teen days arrived american vessels, but
none afterwards. On the Cd of Feb. the
British sent boats into Fort Royal and
cut c. t the brig Curious of twenty guns,
and so men on board, ready to sail tor
France the next dav; the captain General
had taken his passage on board, to go to
France. The Captain of the brig was on
board, and made his escape out OF the Ca
bin windows, swan on shore, and the next
dav the wounded men, were sent ashore
in flag OF truce. On the Sd of February
the British landed 500 men on the S. w.
end of Martinico, who were repulsed by
200 militia, ten of the French was killed,
and or 1owounded; 6 Ehglishmen were
found dead the next morning. On the 9th
the British sent a cutter schooner into Fort
Royal Bay, supposed as a spy to view the
harbour; the first shot from the tort sent
her to the bottom; Is men made their es-
cape.in the boat as we were informed, and
forty-6ve went down with the vessel; on
the 9Th, there was an English schooner
crossing the Bay Of St. Pierre, as we are
informed by Danish vessel that had six
ty-fve men on board, as she was'in compa-
ny with her, by an accident some fire got
to her magazine and she blew up at i / A.
NJ. not one of the crew saved. The Brl-
fish Commodore sent proclamation since
those accidents happened, and declares the
Island in a state OF siege and has called all
his forces from Guadaloupe to surround the
Island, and has erected two batteries on the
Diamond Rock, and On the South West
part Of the Island, and anshors his ships
there; he has at anchor, three ships on the
N. w. side, under the lee of the. Pearl
Rocks, and has declared that he will take
every thing at sea, great or small, ne can
lay hold Of, and has destroyed number of
country boats coming with produce. The
French has taken the private negroes from
the plantation to erect batteries in every
place on the island, where boat can land.
The inhabitants are determined to keep
them off, if is in their power; the NUM-
Der of military troops on the Island are
5000 militia under arms.
Americans at St. Pierre, are the seh'r
Georgetown, capt. Miller, Salem, to sail
in DAYS. At Fort Royal, brig Mentor,
Whitney, Salem, chased into Fort Royal
by British Man of War, on the 10th Feb.
On the eth Feb. lat. 27, n. long. IS, w.
spoke brig Sally and Nancy, Broom, of
Baltimore, bound to St. Domingo, out 8
days, all well; schr. Nancy, Richards,
New-York. Sailed in company, March
nth, in lat. IS, SO, N. and long. 70, 50,
w. fell in with part of the wreck Of a large
vessel and went to her with the small boat,
found about thirty feet in length of the
middle Of the vessel, her main chains re-
naming on both sides the bows, stern and
upper work gone and the bottom gone Dc
bout three feet below the lower deck, she
Hau Deen 70 lece foedHl3 tWeiF0 Id sc new
red cedar knees bolted to her lower deck
beams, pointing by her sides; she had
black sides, a white boot top, and was
sheathed and appeared tobe wrecked but a
few days.
On the esd, in lat. SO, SO, and long. 70,
spoke the sloop James, Hazard, from St.
Thomas, bound to Philadelphia, out rs
days, all we'll.
The same evening, spoke the schooner
Resolution, from Richmond, boundto N.
York, out 36 dacs, allwell.