Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-05-13
NEW-YORK, May :.

rived yesterday from Antigua, iaforms =,
that the British feetuuder Admiral Cocb
rane had arrived at that island abou, a for.
| night before he sailed, and proceeded II
leeward and that fey days afterward,
! Commodore Hoods advice boat arrived
with intelligence that squadron of tweplv
! sail of vessels ofwar, consisting of French
1 and Spanish, had arrived to windwsrd
that dispatches were immediately forward.
ed to recall Admiral Cochranr, that Ii.
militia were again under arms, and tha, an
! embargo was hourly expected.
May 9.
We have the pleasure Of KNOWING tb,,
-onr fears respecting the fate of the people
who had committed themselves TO the me,.
cy of The waves in the .ong boat Of the
ship Jupiter, were groundlcss. Thev hav.
been provid:n,lally preserved. This ~
lremely i'steresting intelligence is I'm,
annouucedin the Bosten Gazette of Mon
day.
We are happy to learn that the passenger.
and crew Of the ship Jupiter, who embark.
ed on baard the long boat, were fallen IN
with by several fishing schooners. soon af.
ter they pared with the yawl, ans happily
rescued from their pzrilovs situation. Mr
Gilbert ]. b. Smissasr,, one OF the pa,ssn.
gers, arrived at Boston on Tuesday, from
Marbehead, where he was brought BY
vessel who received him from one Of The
fishing boats. He informs that the pscpl,
preserved with him were ali in health, and
distributed araong the several fishing yes.
sells On the esnks.
Captain Williams, fforn Cape Fra ,coi,
informs US that on the l3sh Of ApriI., about
forty miles, TO the nortlward of the; Mona
passage, an engagcmeottook place betwsen
the French Privatcer. formerly the Liz
s!ocP Of war, and the British sl3 % of war
Reynard, which continued an hour and an
half, ard terminateG with the blowing 10
of the Lily. Her crew copsi .sted 81 on.
hundred and sixty men, Of whom, we are
sorry to add, sixty were Killed during I'll. +
action, sixty perlshed with the vessel, and {
iorty were preserved. Captain " con-
firms the account of the return OF Dessa
lines and Chrlstorhe - the Ca2e WIKI
part OF thelr army buttheir resurn ii was {
reported was IN consequence CT thsir cS,
Psoting visit at the Cape from the Roche.
tort squadron.
Eatract o "a letter from 8,st9n 10 the Eatu
ct the Aercan.ile Aagertiser. dutfi San.
day gierooon, Mays.
. his afternoon arrived here the SD
Alert, capt. Lewis, frrm St, Domingo,
VIA Halifax, days from the Iatter place 4
Passengers, Mr. Charles Hill, Alr. Tho
mas Roegs, si.s. Cochran and daughters,
and twenty eight Of tie crew of the BRIG
Happy Couple, OF l:ew-Y York, which yes
sel was condemned some time since. Incl
Prince Esrest packet had Just arrived q
Halifax fren1 England, and was to sail mi
mediaselvfor New York. Left under adj
juaieatlon, ship John, Patterson, of New
York, iron New-Orlesns for Bordeaux b
schooner Success, of Philad elphia from 8
Gnsdaloupe ship Orleans, of ditto, t.on
Marsei!les; and schooner Harmcny, 81
Alexandria, from St. Martins, all detaln' Is
ed on account of having French propef9E
on board; and the brig Alliance, OF BatF
more, tor HisPaniola, on accoun. OF belns
armed"
Extract fran letter, Ct a late date, Jfo
Bordeaux.
:" Our Consul seized here few dgE
since, the ship Eagle, belonging formerg
80 house ia Philadelphia. This vesss 4
was sold here to Frenchman, in $780,.
~ho was now fitting her out under her ON
American papers, which had never bsshI