Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-10-25
CHARLESTON, October r..


A French rrIvatceI tchooncr has beer crlizing
of the bar for TWO days patt; lhe brought TO ali
the outward bound veliels ysRerday.
The mp Dolphin, Stpiib, for this port, was
&c fail from Guadaloupe a few days after The lie.
anaer. Captain Vinccns was boardcd By the
French priyateer now c,uhng of our .bss; the
mounts II or IL guns, ia from Barracoa or 81.
Jago~ 49,
Captain Brown fpoke ysacrday, in Tytet, the
fhip B liza, Stokes, from Liverpool for Savannah.
The fehoener Ann, captain fisolosk, for shi.
port, failed with captain Flsgg, from Tabalco,
and parted company three days aftcs. Go the
9TH September, captain +. fpoke the Brisiih pilot
boat ichoonef Duke. OF A,hol, of New Pfoyi-
dence, with hes a French priyateer of enc eigh.
teen FOUNDER, which ihe had captured two days
before.
The brig Mary, or the 24th September, in
heavy f4ualI, was thrown on her beam ends, in
which Gtuation Che lay upwafds OF an h ur, when,
having cut away her msirrnaf, fhe righted.--
September ze, 10 lat. 90, IS, long. 81. 80,
'fpoke the Bnsith ffigate Vile dc Milan, Under
jury MATS. for Halifax, having carried away her
fore and main malt, in a heavy gale of wind,
fifteen, days before. The captain OF the trisate
informed captain -Tabcr, tina. he had fpoken, in
lac. e3S, long. 81, the brig Ruby, from New
Haven for Barbados, with hive iteck, dif:nated,
September 50. faoke brig -------- capt. VinteE.
"a days from Gpadaloope Tor Philadelphia. Cap.
tain V. had taken four men from the wreck ofa
vead Belonging 20 New York; the fupcrcayga
mate, and three men were loft. Oetopcr s. Lar.
81, so, long. 7S5 (ppke fret of Ave fcho0ncrs,
from ST. Domingo, for Norfolk and Baltimore
two Of which were aimed.
Capt Taber left in Wa!wich Bay, hip Hnns
ter, Butler, from Btaziig, with 1900 bbis, OH
for New Bedford; and HlP Herald, Coffin, from
New Bedford FIR Brazis. ::
,The-osis Pilgrim, Smith, from Rhode 1ifand
for Savannah, got 1fh re on the South Breakers,
near Cockfpnr, on the 18th inf. She was cor
off wits much difi-u!,y, VITA tie lois OF her
cabies and anchors. !
Yeitsrday arrived the Brtifh {oop OF war Pc
tfel, captain Lamborne, and the American ir,,f
Two Friends, capt. M'NeiI, both from Kogs
ton, Jamaica. On Saturday, at one o'clock. Oh
North Editio, the Petrol, was engaged by IN
French priyatser (chooncT, which las been cruz.
ing of this port for fotse days paa. TIE priva.
teerEi q aIoug fide, and attcmltcd te board when
hroaaide from the fettel was poured into her,
which made gFeatyhsvoc am@ng tie crew. The
action la.fed abous twenty minufrs, when tn
F, enchman heered off, ard lct all fail to elcape-
The a ,op OF war gave chale, which was coatinu.
ed tor fomc hours, bat by taking and maneu
VI fhe OF h w,aihe. age o III lhipa e.
capped. Lieutenant Maitland, and enc man, Of
the Petrol, were Killed IN tie TX rm'h, and four
men wounded, one Of Which !uppof moftaly.
Wien. the pnvateer attempted % BOARD, one OF
her crew, an American, iptarg into one OF the
port holes, and isnw pf'foncr on board the
Pet.-l.
The psivatesr is ,he Superb, capt Dominique,
the fafns that c4piased the big Janr, of Bali.
more, tlort time fnceo They took the petrel
Tor Guiueaman, nor did thsy dfcover their
miaske tall thsy got along fde, Whcn they
fS.rnd her to be flip OF war, one OF the French
officers attempted to hlul down The pFiva;eer.scc.
lottrs, bOt the captain lnRant!y blew our his
brains. The pfivateer received much injury IN
the atfion, had her larboard bows beat In, and
had erea, nu.nber OF her men killed and wound
cd.
The remains OF lieutenant Maitland were this
nornipe depod,ed in the burial ground OF 81. Phl.
lrp's church. A detachment OF mares and lea
men from the fhip, attended the funeral, and per
formed the cutpdiry h,nors ons the oecalon.