Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-08-24

lac Snip Daily Capt. GTaEnAr, arTigc ca
a, Baltimore, in gl9-dass from Ferroi,
spoke, IN lat. SO, long. 74, the sieop Unity
from this port, boun5 soz.isbon.
The schooner Hope, arrived at Hatta-
.aosa in as days from DsmaraTa. IA lat.
IL, spoke the brig Dolphin, II hours from
E.ubadoes, bound 70 s5is pors.
Ne are Informed that T. The Cathedral
Church Lottery ia lsaI.inors, sss2 com~
1aracc dra7uiag early ~ octsafr nrss. he
managers have not shoug1r 1t advisable to
commence the drawing discharge alotte-
sF, during the warm MeathcH.
We have declined publishing several ar
ticies which iaave appeared relative TO the
capture of the HopeweHa and Rocltand OF
this port, because they seemed to reflect
on the captain. The following letter to his
owner aHords,satisfaction on this head.
lM. Z. Daily s-A9v. J
Copy Of a-letser to -G,eovge B6rnezOazl Esq.
SIR,
No doubt ere this you t.aye heard Of the
capture of the ship Hopeweli and brig
Rockiand. Owing to~S. w. and S. S. w.
winds, was obliged to go to the eastward of
Bermuda. In latitude RI, So, longitude
e6l, 81, on the sethjune, at 3 "A. NJ. saw a
brig which appealed to be DIGGING us, and
at day light she bore dowa on US, ho,sted
an English ensign, and sred q gun to lee.
ward. We were thenyunder all the sail we
could set, but finding she came up with US
very fast. we hoisted American colours and
fired gun to leeward, and shortened sail.
| hailed the Rockland, and desired Capt.
Akens to keep on our lee bow aud near us,
as wished to speak the priyateer first, and
know what she was before we attempted a.
ny thing, she was then on our weather
quartz, the Rockland not keeping in her
station dropping more to leeward and near
y on our leequarter; thep lvateer was tn, "A
almost within hail of us, but Immediately
up helm and run along side the Rockland
and commenced firing under English CO.
lours, which was returned from the brig;
the privateer being between us and the brig
prevented my firing until got situation
to FIRE clear Of the brig Rockland, which
was in less than a moment, when we COM
menced firing TO the best advantage we
could; the Rackland fired only one broad
side and some musketry, when she was
boarded, they only left three msn ON board,
sheered off and gave US a broadsids, and
attempted to board US, but was repulsed
by our quarter gun pixies and musketry,
they then kept clear ofsur pixies and played
continually with all their men with muske-
try; our msaseeing their ship mates fall-
ing, most ofsthe landsmen quit their quar-
tiers the prsvateer seeing this attempted the
second time toboard us b. cutting our nett
ing and oyerpowering US by numbers, was
obliged to haul down our colours and quit
the deck, otherwise be cut in pieces. We
had three men killed, four badly and two
slightly wounded; the FIRST who fell was
poor Mr.. Bird. when they bearded us no.
thing saved our lives Blu. their thinking we
were English, and asked US how we dare
engage under. American colours, and did
not,believe we were Americans even after
we had arrived. After the Rockland was
boarded we engaged the privateer close on
board for forty minutes. When the black
General found we were captured he ran be.
low witha pistol with intentions to blow the
ship up, and with much difficulty we pre-
vented it. lie set al the cartridges on Ere in
the cabin and Storage, which was in
pouca-subs. and only my laying the maya
zine sscuttle over, saved the ship and our
lives; when he found he could not blow the
ship up, he put the pistol to his head, and
blew his brains out.
The privz,eer took out all the passen-
cers. officers and men, except myself, car