Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-01-02

before ta:ir tie parture.
Those acquainted with the Spanish navy
saw. me IA ne. captured by the English,
i, oAe Of ;ns iaes, fr,gates 10 the wskld.
A curious circumstance lately happened
at Glas.,y il See,lsni. As Lord Brad
Law passed through that place on his tour
10 the Il saiand,, he waited some clothes
made, .ad ordered the waiter, at the S;ar
Inn, to send for the principal ta!lor.
The mau, with The best iutentIohs, IN
stanr!y dispatched message To the Rev.
PrIucipal i'srfor, of Glasg"w College.
who soon after made his ape arapce, when
the eclaircisemc!n with MS LGyIs!p was
trIy iucicrous.
a letter from 81. Pstersburgh in Rus
.ia, dated August ~, states, =" We have
:. as, received very favorable accounts re-
s9ecting eur naviga,ors, for whom we "cre
not without apprehension. They are dat
ed the lst of February, from the island OF
St. Ca;harinr, near Rio Janairs. NJ Won
hrusenstern, the commander - ch!eI OF
the expedition, writes. that they intended
L. proceed the next Ga 40 the southwark,
70 double Cape !i1rn, which will be done
abru; ,he V .nal equinox, beng the most
L4agtrcus ,.rnc OF me year. he ships
saliei from fcasuife on the eth q! Octo
bsr, ware she Spanish governors neral
r,-ened lhrci IA the mos, lrie 1dty manner.
4 he vorasr tu the Brsziis was YER, ted~
oIs, OWING to the strong contrary wind
. 1I,inuaI rams, AMI excessive hear. he
brls 4 clothes of the srameA were a.
waJs vet through, md ~. Won krusen-
stern entertained strong apprehension Tor
the heath of ,h- crews; but the III, >lr,s
OF prSc~usiOn taksn BY HIN were attended
with the best success, SD that There was
not one sick man on boar d OF ei her vessel.
He Caused his 20 be kept, tor ,wo or th'e
hears a-dav IN the sailors ward room, ADD
gave them, instead of brandy, very good
wine, and twics day very weak punch,
with plenty of lemon and sugar. Inc
stock or lemons aud fruit they had taken
wl,h tne n fro n reneriffe was SO consider
able int It lasted them Till they arrived at
ST. G.,aArrne's. The frequent rains fur
ni.ncI them WAFER, which was carefully
husOAna.d Tor drinking, at the same time
;; gave tnr mea an opportunity OF often
wasa,ng their linen for which purpose
great ;ent was spread on deck, where the
Russian sailor, were perfectly at th>i. ease,
as they found there the convenience Ut the
hot ba,hs of their own country. Oo the
26Cn OF November, alter Tour weeks
voyage, the SHIPS passed the line. he
trado-NInds carried them rapid.y 70 the
soumward. About the ION degree OF
soIta latitude commodore krusenstsrn
took SrrA AIN, TO discover the island AS
crnc 10 lAscsrslUn) the existence of which
has occn ,ispu,-l Tor these 500 years,
aui ualcn n feroase had sought Tor
II VAN; end Ne i. now convinced that this
r.a"l doeS not exist between 20 l-2 ana
II arg'ec. Latitude (S.l Ms far as 81 de-
Grrcs 20 mlnutes iongatu,v Vi. from Grecn-
"'c". Goa, cad, II tn1re r,;>it, be SUI h
-! ls!-dy. Ii must DC within 70 leagues o.
cast 81 brazil On the ll,h Il lie.
crmHcr I,rt rn%ie Cape Frlo the la;i.ule
.-"1sSHS.erH's observation, is lad dovn IN
tee commensurate dss lens a, ~, degrees
S"' "..'. Ga ia. I Z -,1 l. cemo r. near
D. SHt1ar.ns's, th-v wea,hctrd a heavy
"'o''A. "a tie 19h, Portuguese bna,
'".H' 10 Ihsm with pilots, ,s'to olr-r,,i 70
''>r he sups through me Passage between
t't '>'A""a ANerado ard GI, which I.a
,'r'",e describes - vsyy DANGEROUS. ~.
'"' S'ascnststn accepted the of-r. on
s"t"sc 70 examine that Strait, which
'>'''S'!s the way considerably he f1uau
: ,ert,c;y ssie, so that they cou,d sal
>''e b} Doth islands WITHOUT any r,sk. Or
|'e 2l>t Of Dec. in the evep,ng. th- YES
'c's cast anchor beiwses ST.. Caharine's
Island aud the continent. Here lnry were
distressed 10 find, that the masts nf ,hr
secoal vessel, the Neva, were goud for
nothing. This circumstance obliged our
naSasators to stay full six weeks at ST. Ca.
iEsr.nr's, and thus to loose the bes, season
tor '!ouh!iag Cape Horn. They intended
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