Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-07

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receive when brought into those Porss as
nr;zes !; and from ,hose we have sufficient
reason TO rejoice ant be thankful that they
do not more frequently occur. ! Falluds
particularly to the case of the sch'r Iris,
! Pearson, of Fredericksburg the brig
Catharine, Seward, of Norfolk /; the ship
Patty, Loughlin, of New York; the brig
Polly, Trip, and the schooner Mary Ann
Anthony, of Boston.
The Iris was captured in April last, by
a French state vessel, called Lie Mosquito,
CO mm anded by lieutenant Brouard, few
days after her departure from this port for
|! Norfolk, and brought into Moyaguez, a
port in the west end Of this island; where
her cargo, worth per invoice, (besides
squansi,y of cash) 1000 dollars, aud the
vessel, worth about 1900 dollars. were
sold by Brouard, as they entered the port,
for 1000 dollars. There can be no doubt
that it was the duty of this government TO
have in,erfered, to have prevented the
| sale, and even. knowing the pretext tor
capture, THAT she had been trading with
the Brigands, and was last from Cape
Francois) to be false, TO have liberated the
l<prize This was NOT doue. The vessel
was afterwards, say in June, adjadged at
ST. Domingo. and capture declared illegal.
LIN consequence, the agent OF The under.
| writers, who is now here, demanded that
the ship and cargo should be restored IN
the same condition, and with the same va
! Iue, as before the sale. A decree to this
effect was rendered by the judge and con-
armeo by the governor, on the 18Th OF
November, and ordered to be executed ia
! FIVE days at Mayaguez; the purchasers OF
,hs cargo, who it is supposed had perfect
understanding with the captors were also
sentenced to pay to the king 6us OF three
times the appraised value of the vessel and
| cargo. This decree has been In the hands
of a Notary ever since; and the agent,
Notwithstanding his daily applications, can.
not have it ratified by the secessry forma.
/ lities. In the mean time, opportunity is
! saorded to those against whom it is given,
| to traverse, and render it Ia effect nuga.
tory.
| The Ca,harine was captured bye French
privateer brig lie General Blanchot, capt.
lean Baptist Micheal De5rux, in August
last, on her passage from Antigua to Nor
| folk, with valuable cargo of Ell punche-
! Gus ofrum, and carried into La Aguadilla,
an open and unshelsered port in the west
| end of that Island, The capt (Seaward)wss
obliged to 60 TO Martinique to defend his
rights in his absence the cargo was land
| ed aud plundsred to the :aIue OF ABOUT
ave thousand dollars. On the I'd instant
he returned with.a decree releasing the
prize and restoring the vessel and cargo
without damages or interest.
The agent Immediately petitioned his
excsllepcy the governor to put him in pos.
session ofhis properly. < demanded justice
for the illegal disposition made of a part of
the cargo. To this petition no answer has
yet been returaed /; and it remains 10 be
proved whether the intendeucy will, as
certain great orator would say, uindicGte
the injury. II justice is rendered, may
venture to remark, that it will be an agree.
bic surprIze.
The cases of the other three vessels are
infinitely worse and apply more particular
| ly to the bad regulations which prevail in
this colony and to the corruption of some
| of the magistrates. shall succincsly state
them, aud leave you to form your own
judgement.
1 The Patty, Philadelphia built chip was
1 purchased at St. Thomas, for account of
| merchants at New York, and having gone
to SantS Domingo to load with mahogany
] and tyewoods, was there at the time Of
! the selge by the Emperor Jean jaques.
General Ferlaud compelled captain Lough.
lin to take gu beard as many women as his
vessel would receive, with whom he pro.
I ceeded to Porto rCayslls, Oh the Spanish
/ Main.