Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-10-07
ARRIVED YESTERDAY,
Brig Active, captain Black, in 20 days
from Point Petre, Guadaloupe.
ID LIST Of vessels left at Point Petre tn
14th .Sebtenber:

Volunteer, Calwell, from Philadelphia
for do. uncertain.
Messenger, Butler, from Barbadues for
New York, in 1o.days-. .s+4
Polly, Ledet, from New York for Go.
uncertaip.
Briggs Washington, Woster, from New
York tor do. uncetsain. iao4
Lear, Cornell, from Philadelphia for
do. uncertain. fe
Il Sta.ira, Geer, from. New York fer do.
10 IS days. f
t Flying F;sh, Foster, from Boston for
do. In 20 days. s. .i.s a#
Schooners Alliance, Rocke, from New
York for do. in 8 days.
|. Five Brothers, 'MsKeever, from Phila-
delpl,ia tor do. in18 days.
NynHph, Cover, from Baltimore for DO.
in 10 days. =
| Racer, Bottar, from Baltimore for do.
10 20 days '>'
Triumph, fallen, from Philadelphia for
do. ia 3 days.
Sally Ann, Chaminga, from NewYork
Tor DO in 10 days. $50
Enterprise, Gahagen, from Baltimore
Tor do. uncertain.
Trent, -, from Newberu log DO. IN.
certain.
Federal, s.artPoH, from Portland for
DO. III S days.
And several more Americans, names
nknown.
Be,seY, Da1is, from Baltimore fer 90.
ID 20 days.
Emtrasts from a for:rnai kept on 5oard' the
bryg ACTIVE.
August 2lst, arrived in Point Petre,
Cuadaioupe.
2s,h, privaseer brig Of 20 guns and one
hundred and fifty men, sailed for Laguira
with $50 troops. under the command Of
the captain OF ihs Pors, en purpose 10 CO.
operate with the Spaaia-ds against Miriam
da.
September 1O,h, had heavy gale Of
wind, something Of a hurricane, but 20
damage done in Point Petre among the
Shipping, bu. considerable done ie the.
country by blowing down trees, &c.
18th, sailed from Point pesre, and on the
18th, in lat, 81 SO, aud long. G4 SO, fell in
with the above mentioned privatees, On
continuation of her crui2e Cater having
landed her sroops at Laguira) WHO 'aforn
ed Us that Miranda had tnet with severe
repo'se f:t m the Spaniards, a, Lagui.a, and
compelled to retreat 10 his shipping for
shelter; they aIso added tina; no hopes are
entertained of his Miranda ever succeed
iug in his operations unless he had afoEce
of from forty TO fifty thousand n'en, the
whole of the country being united against
him. This priva.eer had taken three prizes
(Euglish) ore of them government schr'
of "A guns, after smart action, aud XII.
ling seventeen of the schooner fsen /; the
/ other two were merchsn,men, one OF them
brig, laden with run, and IN sight when
we were brought too by the prlvstser.
The privateer in the above action with
the schooner bad her boat shot to pieces,
! which made her insiat on our boarding her
iu our own boat, but treated very friendly
and net detained. On leaving US she stood
30 the northwest under press OF canvas,
we;hazard an opinion to cruize somewhere
off Charleston.
2sd. in lat. II Is, long. So, fellinwth
the lower yard of a (seemiugly) "a or 80
gunsSafp, with part of its rigging on it, such
as slipgs, trusts, &c. also the head rope Of
{ the sail, witEssome small fragments of the
sail attached to it; twas painted yellow,
French make, and about thirty iron hoops
on it. =
goth, iula,t. IS and S6, had tremend.
Gus gale Of wind thar commenced at Sc. by
E. and ended at s. In the evening of the
same fell in with the feet under the COM
mard of sir J. d. Warreo; and on the
3oth, after the gale abased, was boarded
ID .a.,l,.e .r,d txa ,ted r,nliaal,r