Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-01

TTts =, issty IS sloop Ct war IoirihDiis, >sAt
tain Bradshaw, arrived here on SATURDAY 1897 $
from the l;scsapsskcs after passage DISK
.avs. w;shs dispatches to the honorable y Ice
Ad,niral- Be,as eiev. These dispatches relate
~ 81 unp,es,s.nt contest, which has taken
. ,,,acs between the United States tcIgate Che.
saneake Commodore Barron, and ms 1najes-
r.eo,sarIl, Capt, Humphreys AS TINS
i an event of the utmost Importance TO tso
nations, whose best interest is to Dc M AM
~ with each other, We have cnaeaVoro ~
col,ect as fir as possibIesthe intere I'aftl
4 r,,lars. The order of Vice Admiral berAe-'
Law. with which we have been lsRofcd, VIII
shew the ground ofdifererice the prepflety
of the order given and that pact Of the OF
which gave 10 Coininodore Barren, thee
reciprocal right Of search, must sifeW tolese,
=, candid mind, a sincere disposition TO asola s
wouadihg the feelings of thcsC amnaoaofe' Or
Infringing the question to this painful issue
The manner In which Captain Humphreys
ca, riea into effect the admirai's order Will fui-
Ssly appear in the subsequent interesting letter
from an officer belonging to the Leopard, ana
rejects the highest hsnor on Captain hum
snhreys who has sllewn, ON the one flnd' the
,nast patieut Gorbeagance and on the other,
ME ,,s0st ms determination to 90 his
duty.
E.xtrccs ct letfgr .loa, gentleman on soos'e'
his aaaicsty's shin 1ee1fart, datea
CHEsAFEAKR Bay, Juge IS, 1907. e
sl Jurs2asriyed here on the 9 st instant
and, agrecaby 10 tlc orders of the hon. VICE
admiral Berkeley, Fin the event Of meeting
the United States frigate CHESAPEAKE, TO
search her for dasefters, OF whom we had IN
formationl the next morning the signal was
made from the Be.oaa to proceed to sea,
which we die. at 9so'clock this morning; tie
Chesapeake was then passing the. Behcna a.
bout three nli,es within Us. e-stosd to the
S. f.. wish the wind at S. ". until eleven,
when it sEAtca to Z. which retarded the pro-
gress cF thex igate, being obliged to bsat--
We kept on a Mud, under easy sail, until she
got within two miles ofus, whea She shorten
: ed sail, and we bore down to her; we were
4 about Is CT "a miles from the land: when
sufficiently close the captain hailed, and said
he had dispatches from the British command
er in chieE-the answer was 6 send them on
board, / shall heave too, 2 which he did ac-
Cqgdingly--I was sent on. board with the Adj
a iFe, ogsh and ID ls!tsr from 9ape Hum
cute the Admiral's order in the most AMIGA
Bile manner; and, after the Commodore read
the order and letter, he told me, his orders
from his government were most percmptory
i'll not suffering any foreigner to muster his
ships company, but that hs would write an
answer to Captain Humphreys ietteE, if /
would Be the bearer al il to hira--attet having
answered In the al:.cT atiVe he wrote, saying,
that he had no desesters, and that his instruc-
& lions prevented his allowing the Chesapeake
to be searched I'returned with this answer,
after being OH board 80 minutes. As the Adj
1ariral' S order was positive there was no al
ternatigc but force-15o we edged dewn to her,
md Captain Humphreys hailed, and said, that
Commodore Barron must be aware that the
order ofthe British commander in chief must
s be obeyed--the only reply, (which WAS thrice
repeatedly was, $ do Northumberland what You
say Now as we were to Mindward, and
heard distinctly his answers, it was evident he
alse must have heard what Capt. Humphreys
said. Orders were then given to FIRE a shot
across her bows from the lower deck; after a
minute another and, in two more, no salts
factory answer being given, Captain Hum
phreys ordered the FIRE to be opened On her,
beginning With the foremost gun, and in sue
cession after: but rs the order was not per-
fecty understood, broadsidewas poured into
her. Commodore Barron then hailed, when
orders were given toscease firing, but rs he
only said he was going to send boat on board,
and as they were preparing to return the tire,
it was supposed an article to gain time, and
orders were again given to krc-two broad
sides more were the result, when she struck
Two lieutenants, with several midshipmen,
went then on board the Chesapeake to search
for deserters, and after being there three
hours, returned with four-three belonging
to the Melampus, and one to the Halifax -
the latter is the fellow who abused lord James
Townsend at Norfolk. -Commodore Barron
esuraka TO 1Canfrin HNrnnhrevs SAVING fiat