Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-01-11
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FRIDAY, JAsuARY II.

N.r- $780,
MARRIED last evening BY the Rev. ar.
Muir, MIR. Amos ALEXANDER, to Miss
ELIZA WRoE, both of this Town.
The question of recession was, vester.
day, after an animated debate OF four days,
dete rmined in the House OF Representa-
Gves III the negative, by large majority,
~ tor, and 70 agafnstit. -.
The New York prin,s state the arrival at
that CITY, OF capt. Hamilton, from Naples,
and tina, he has Brought dispatches to 60
errnmem,, {, ON commodore Prebte. we
learn on enquiry, that tho Secretary OF the
NAVY has receiveda letter from the Navy
Agent at Naples, dased Oct. the 3o''',
winch, however, furnishes no Information
in addition TO that previously received and
published.
Other accounts give some circumstances
not unworthy oi uo,lee. The. letter from
eommnelore Barron, ofthe ceth. September
states that he was preparing to attack lr'.
poll (w,thout the gun and mortar boats
VITA The frigates, the President the Cons.'-
tuition the Congress, and the Cons:eltatI-
on; and that this attack would be made as
sooa as they; had completed the aaslrs:of
the few Injuries received by the Constitu-'
tioa 10 the action of the first Sept.
Il appears also, thas-csmmodore Preoie
and MIR. O'Bricn, under the impression
that the gun boats and mortar boats could
not longer, with any prospect OF success.
keep the sea, directed them on the 7th OF
Sept, two days previous to the ARRIVAL OF
commodore Barron off Fripoii, to repair
to Syracuse, on which day they according
ly Left the feet.
A letter from an officer on board the
President, dated Syracuse harbour, Sept.
oath. states the following facts, which are
too interesting, too illustrative OF the high
herolsm of our seamen, and too honorable
20 the memory Of tho deceased, TO be
withheld from the public.
Il wrote you from Gibraltar the 18th
August and from Malta the, 9Th inst. since
which We have been off Trlpoli, and ARR.
we'd here two days since. Two days pre-
vious ia our arriving off TripotI a boat was
filed with 100 barrels of powder started in
loose, and 800 shells the command was
gwen to our friend Somers, who had with
him Eeutenants Wadsworth ard Israel,
with about ten men, his orders were to get
in AZ nigh the tcwn aud batteries as posi-.
bic and pu. FIRE to the trains, he had with
him small boat to effect his escape from
l. I ex,rl,,r oh
in the Syren waiting for him, When we
arrived of TripoIi We were Informed that
he 90, well in and set FIRE to The trains, bat
by some accident il was supposed the train
communicated to the dry powder before
tney go, OF sufficient distance from the
vessel. But by an arrival here last night
of a small vessel from Malta, the captain
Of whom was at Iripo!i at The time of the
explosion, he informs that Somers had
go, well in, when two gun boats full Of men
were sent to board him, which they effect.
ed, 100 Tripolitans being on board Of his
boa,, he found h- musteither fall into their
hands Or blew himself up; he chose the
lat,lr aud with MS, own hands put the
match, to the powder, which instantly dash.
ed to pieces the boats, and every person
in the M. About too shells fell iuto the
town and castle, at this instan, there was
the greatest CONSERVATION every where and
wi,iI 200 men believe the castle might
, have been taken" r.
Among the brave fellows, who thus
ended their DAYS, and laid we'll founded
claim TO glory. were Captain Somers, of
Jersey, Lieut.. Wadswor,h, Massachusetts,
midshipman israel. Of Martland-..whose
name. have been stated before, but which
are now given with greater precision to
prevent mistakes.
The vessel blown up was a lugger, of
but ht,le value, taken from the enemy.
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