Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-08-17

D"' o s''S P''sotSCA WAS III ClasC "a wv S@li
one OF which was standing towards the
bark, supposed she was captured. The
prlvateer was about forty tons. had four
FOUNDER and 20 men 9 of which were on
board the brig and bark.
Arrivedbr Sally, Law, 90 days from
Trinidad.
Abstracr from the brig .SaAIy's Lag book.
The following vessels were left as the port
of Spain, (rrlnidad,) the 18th Of July,
1905.
Ship Volunteer of Philadelphia; ship
Alert, Of Boston, captain Meres 81 DAYS
from Boston, touched al Barbados on the
18th and I4,h July, and arrived at Trini-
dad on the 7sh; brig Friendship of Alex
andria, captain Brook, TO sail in TWO days
brig Sampson of s--, taking ia her
cargo brig Benjamin, of New Haven do;
several other briggs, names unknown scar.
Ethan Allen, of Baltimore, captain Bryden
to sail in 5 or days.
Schooner Parnel, Ford, Of New Haven,
from Baltimore: sloop Dispatch of Ros.
ton, arrived 9th Jolly; sioop Farmers
Daughter of Great Egg Harbor, captains
name not known. The Sally sailed from
Trinidad on the 9Th July in CO. with the
ship Alert. About ten miles from the port
ofSpain spoke sloop Stork, of Boston, cap
tain Adridge IS days out, had been taken
by 2 Spanish privateers, and detained or
4 DAYS.
On the 3o;h July, the Sally was boarded
by the French privateer Resource, captain
Iannet. When the captain wen. on board
they took our people out, and sent prize
master and Z ore men on board, and began
to plumber every thing they could lay their
hands on. After having rummaged the
babiu, and taken every thing they wanted,
they ordered Mr.. Burn, a passenger, on
board the privateer, with his trunks and
baggage they had then taken from him
upwards of SIX hundred ounces of gold
coin; some iesvelry to the amount Of Isl.
sterling with several other articles. He
was then made TO write and sign paper,
dictated TO him by the captain of the pri-
vateer, the purport of which was, that
Mr.. Burn acknowledged himself a British
subject, and that he freely abandoned to
privateer Resoa,ce, the whole of his pro-
perty, except 400 dollars, and his clothes,
which the captain was 70 return him. Mr..
Barn was then returned 60 pieces Of his
money, which might weigh about 20
ounces, and his clothes, and was sent again
on board the Sally.
Nine men that had been captured on
board Of different vessels, by the same pri-
yateer, were likewise sent on board of Us
with them were sent about 2olbs. meat,
100 lbs. bread, and a sixty gallon cask OF
water, and Wa were allowed to proceed on
our voyage after adetention ofnine hours.
They took Que keg of brown sugar and
half leaf Of sugar, most of our fowls, one
pig, and most of our porter, wine, and
rum; they took our pendant, all our need ;.
les, irvine and fish hooks, and half a bolt of
canvas, and broke open .he captains trunk
and took some tea out besides some other
articles. Some of them wen, down the
fore-castIe and broke open the 7eople's
chests, and took from them every thing
they fancied, but part of their things was
returned by order the captain of the pri-
vateer; an old burgre was given us.in the
room OF our pendant
! The f0Nouing vesseLs 7vere taken dy the tii.
1Qteer.
A schooner belonging TO New York, but
retaken by the British.
! The sloop George, Of Norfolk, captain
/ Raynolils, cut out Of Turks Island, where
! he had pns in with the loss of his rudder.
! The Hamburger barque Hebe, captain
! Hartcup, from New York, bound to the
| Havanna, captured about ten days before.
| The brig William of New Haven, capt.
I 3. Thompson, from ST. Crox bound to
! New York. The two last mentioned ves-
/ sells were Siong with the privateer.
! August 7th. on the edge of soundings,