Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-13
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FRIDAY, snprssp,. :,
EXTRACT Of a letter jiJem Havo,,,
the 10Th uLt. "' "a

vessels ,es asI bound from the ou,po e. sffP?,ng
ana' has IN great measure subs;d A. iaAaI
have not heard of any la,rly, aNs
" A large Spanish Letter g
mounting, 10 guns, 12 twelve - nsiqlct
and SIX 80 pound carronade,, il P'uedtH
from Monte Wed, in S. Amer, 'SaF
with 'alow, junk, beef, candles a. ~ 'S sd
win an English sloop of war, with, .i s
leagues of this port--sn eueaeem.o s Il
place, and after an hour and i an baItl I''
lighting, tie Englishman sheere9 "a "a 1a'(
happened in the afternoon of Frid,rl .al'
IN the course of the night follcwin,oA 4
sloop of war accompanied BY a pr IS %
came up with the ship again: conseon.' fi
another engagement ensued aud a1t.,,
obstinate combat for a coOsidarsbl. ~
both the sloop OF war and private, ,a;
shecred off. 'F'0
" This is tie Spanish captains ac,o,,
andls partly confirmed BY the report otS
captain ofan American vessel, who ~,
near them as to be obliged to aherS'
course TO get out OF reach Of the balls, II.
Spanlards had one hundred men. fun IS
whom were killed and seven wouudedn
The following information was received r.,
Captain Gage, oftbe fchooner Sea. Flowr Gro,
Havana, arrived at New York.
The fchooner Caroline, Of ChsTI,1op, ri,
L, Cranhop, tnafer, laden with cargo d nm
from Jamaica, bound to CbarleGon, tie ucer.
ty of Mr.. Andrew Kerr, merchant there, "a,
captured off he uef end of Cuoa The 18Th ID.
iy. by French FeIuoca privstesr called ii. u.
lante, ore Paul, commander, who ock aid yt(. +
Eel into fmall bay near Cape Antonio, took III. /
rum out, put it on board Of another American I
veRel (the ichogner Mary, OF Csmbd.r N c. /
which YVES captured by the fslpcca, and is E,& |
nle Of by privateersmen as fore nip for hu
plunder) and they have armed the lchoooer CT,
roiine, and is new cr1izing in her agauE th
American commelce, and has actually taken viii
him tie ithooner Sea Horfe, CT Chsre2on, S. G.
Walk, mater, from La Guira, with cargo Of
10000 dollars, The crews OF (aid veGsi,w.lt
treated with great intunanity and bartarity b.
faid pirates, and afger fufsring much inlfey ia
dwelling from III: wet end OF tie lland where
they were landed by the privafeenmcn, CaPi'.
Cranaon ard V.lk arrived atAayanaa tcwtYi
before Captain Gage failed.
Complaints of this piracy had been made By
the parties 10 government, but it does not Ten
tiipofed to take any effective G,eaIrTcs to bring
10 Intfice thcfc maraudeis, who helisr thcmIelVa
within the government, or to below the ptoPa'
~ of the iuf,rers.
By Captain Grois We have received Paris p
pers TO the Iosh, AID Bourdsaux papers to Lt
18th JsIy. in the(e P&Pers We perceive OD,FF
articles worth extracting, which atein t0" Gays
psper. We noted that they contained an HH'0F''
tic account OF the cap.urc Ct !a.1aica by tn: CON-
bined fset, but this las wits Of Bolton isy "
q Norfolk news') IS French news, Peace a9'
pears TO be def,ab!e Object in France, a; We
Judge fun ,he editorial fpecnlasions on that VO'
is5t inseed +; fomc affirm pofitivcly t"at pea"
is very near at hand. Thefe papers 90 not 0'"'
ton the DEAN Of ralleyrand, and as our hls' az
,eeular that intelligence mutt be premature
lNu{ok LsGg"J
Captain Taylor informs US that sfe-'
number of vessels have been recently car
ried into Barracoa-amoug them TIC O.o
lane of Baltimore, and schooner oTloa "
ing to the same place, both with '"'u ,"s
careoe. from 81. Domingo. nc jas.
was captured after very hard'loooIT, sr.
ton, in which the commander capt, N u
nedv, his mate. and IS men, we're A' y .;
and 8 wounded; the Frenchmen 0aa =.
killed and wounded. The gunner anu H.. l.
veral of the men are passengers ~ u.s., ~"
Lear. The schooner Martha aoo Ne" :. ,
Ford, of Baltimore, had been tasen :. n
Spanish privateer, which followed n X r v1
OF the port, and carried into sn'an P sn
adjacent, where she was plundere:g, i "a,
was afterwards released, and had sa'Ie ~. ~
81. Jago de Cuba. Left no vessels I ho.,1
hg to this port. Capt. Taylor was O0" juan
ed on the passage by the bTi'lsa s0'