Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-10-02
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|" No. =, commanded by lieut.. RALpH
IzARD, was the 6rst Of the Americal
gun-bcats which arrived at Gibraltar
"t the crew, We understand, is entitled &c
apremium in consequence"
Extract Of q letter frsm captain Chase, o.
the shit Huntress. to his oJvneSa tn Mew.
bu,yport, dated Lsndsn, august o.
g Doubtless you will be surprised on o.
pening this; but not more 80 than l feel ag.
gravated in being compelled to address you
from this city. After an sgreeabls passage
until the morning of the 6th instant. a, 4
o'clock; being then 10 sight Of the islandoi
Schouea, was brought too aud boarded by
the British frigass Amethyst, capt. Spran-
ger, who after OBTAINING me hours, put
men and prize.mas.er on board. and Or
dered the Hun,ress for Yarmouth, where
we arrived the 9Th instant, from whence /
proceeded Immediately 10 this place, where
arrived yesterday.
The only pretext the captain OF the fri
gate assigned for sending nae in was, that
the greater part of the cargo was the pro
duce of an ensmy's colony, and that pur.
chased and imported by an American into
the United States did not n.atralize the
properly; that of course, when taken IN
this way was liable to con6scation; for
which opinion he applied to a late decision
of sir VIM. Scott.
Son these grounds there are about 90
sail of Americans brought in and detained
within few weeks, and have been almost
daily arriving.
6 have applied to the American consul
and minister. who appear TO be much sur.
prised atthe conduct of the British Govern.
ment; they further observe that they can.
not conceive that government will ever es.
tablish the above az principle. They fur.
ther say, that they think that government
has not given any particular orders for these
captures is is however very uncertain
what our fate viii be, or how long before
it will be determined: rheie has been no
trials on similar circumstances with ours !;
what has been condemned, is where the i'm.
portasion has been in the same vessel in
which it was re-shipped, on which circum-
stance they lay great stress"
IN. B. The Huntrcss ls = new ship, and
on her FRS. voyage.
Extract Of letter from Henry Lyme Mar.
tin, mid hipman, on board the Essex to
apentle man in Raleigh, N. Carolina.
Syracuse, 5uly2, 1905.
HDFAR Sin.
!" BEFORE this reach.
es you, the news of Peace with Tripoli will
be made public. About an hundred OF the
Philadeiphia's crew came on board the
Essex. 1t was really affecting to see SO
MANY free who were lately slaves to an IN,
feeling. barbarous race. Our men did net
wear the countenauce of citizens and free.
men of the United States. There was
something indescribable in their looks;
their eyes. phisiognomy, all told she tale,
/" They had been slaves"
There was court Of enquiry held at this
place, 90 the conduct of Captain Balnbridge
aud the officers late of the frigase Philadel-
phia. They were acquitted with honor.
Captain b. returns in the President with
the Commodore and Captain Barron
Captain John Rogers has the command
COW.
I" The squadron, exeep, the President,
continues in the Mediterranean till we have
visited and settled affairs with the Barbary
powers, or until We receive dispatches from
America
/" Johnson Blakely. Of Wilming,on n.
c. our old school mate, is now acting lieut..
ON board the frigase Constitution, Commo-
dore Rogers. Mr.. BIakely is thought
highly of a. an officer and man OF abill-
tiee.
" Notwithstanding the character OF gen.
Ea.on's expedition bears some resemblance
to Quixotism, it had great influence IN
| bringing about an immediate peace. The