Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-17
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
To Companies of Insurance andto the

AS the risk TO which mercantile adven-
tuners are exposed at sea, are thought to
be generally known, aad as .haser may
prove fatal to insurers and merchants,
think It my duty to make item aware of
a danger, hitherto unheard OF, the effects
Of which have lately experienced.-.-l
mean the danger of being rescued from
the hands OF prisateer, by public YES.
sci Of our government.
TheAmerican schooner Felicity, belong.
ing to me, was on herf return from Cam.
peachy to this place, boarded bya Bri.
fish privateer, (,hr May Flower, captain
Jnhnson,) at the mouth of this river. The
privateer having expressed an intention
Of carrying my vessel to New Providence,
the pilot Of the Balize left her and went 2.
shore with the passengers.
The capt. of nv schooner being in per.
feet order, had nothing to fear from the
English, and was already reconciled with
this disappointment, when out OF the river
came oae of the protectors of our coasts,
Che revenue cutter Louisiana) after OK.
,changing:a Few shots with the priyateer:
none of which had any other effect than
that of making the usualnolse &; the priva
teer bore off, and lett the Felicity,
which came close to the cutter aud
cast anchor III the riyer.--On hear.
ing this circumstance, i thought that not.
withstanding the incontes,ible neutrality OF
my vessel and her cargo and ,shc little
risk they would have run in New .Provi.
dence, ! was indebted to my government
for the pro.e ction of their more speedy re-
scue. | gave some qualification to the
crew of the cutter and my thanks to the
commanding officer. Lreceived my vessel
and cargo, disposed of this and sent the
vessel upon another voyage. | little tho't
enas any further mention would be made
of the circumstance above related but |
still entertained some grateful idea for the
pa,ernal care of our government, so little
did expec. that / should ever have to
pay for it.
But some months afterwards on the re.
turn ofthe schooner Felicity, from another
voyage, she was librled and seized at the
suit of the captain, officers and crew OF the
cutter, demanding salvage on the vessel,
and on the cargo she had ON board, when
so handsomely rescued from the hands OF
the British .privateer. 4 turned tothe laws
of congress on that subject, and believing
they contained nothing that could counte-
nance such pretension, ! remained per.
fectly quiet on the event OF so extraordlna:
nv a suit. But was mistaken, as you will
find by the Judgment hereafter copied, rem.
dered by the honorable Dominick a,
Hall, Judge Of the United States, for the
district of Orleans.
!" United States distrie, court, for
The Orleans district,
MONDAY, Feb. "a, 1906.
Neweome and Others
Schooner Felicity -
"Ordered and decreed by the court that
the plaintiff in this cause, receive tor sal
wage, the sum of fifteen hundred and III
~ seven collars, the same being one tenth
Dart# of the value Of said Felicity and car
CO."
)" I certify the above to be true
1srAL] copy from the minuses OF 'hs
4. court"
Nezv Orleans, Feb. IS, 1905.
j. ]. c. for
S. MTNTOSH, elk. & Reg.
And now fellow citizens, see hence that
priva,eers are not wha, We ought most TO
dread, the protection of our people Is
worse, much worse than British vexation.
l told these serviceable men, that We did
not wish for their assistance, that We wcfe
under no apprehension from the English
that we had no reason TO be afraid OF going
TO Providence. But we must he protected,
if aos for our own advantage let It be toi
tha. of our protectors. Thus have l lost
irrsceyerably one tenth par. OF my proper.
ty when had no other inconvenience to