Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-03
Edmund Randolph.
9ohn Wickaam- =
1ohn Baker.
NORFOLK, June 90.

On Friday afternoon, one of the schooners
which have heretofore attended the British
ships OF war, cast anchor near the tert, and
Immediately an officer left her in boat and
proceeded up the river to the British Consul'S.
This information was soon spread through the
town, and the effect produced may be easily
conjectured. number Of boats put Off from
the wharyes, after two of them had reached
the boat another officer Whe had remained Oh
board the schooner, hoisted white flag, the
signal for fig q aac-, fer the first time, for
certainly land We can say SO from our own
knowiedge) she did net come Up as a flag Ct
truce.
Before the officer reached the British Con.
! sal,s, ne YVES met with by number of citi-
zels, who offered no personal violence but
aFprehsndlng 1t, or that the officer might be
detained, the C0nsu! claimed the protectonos
the civil authority. and the sanctity of the
character IN which the officer had come
The latter ground was rot tonable, as war does
not exist, and again the vessel had not come
up as lag Of truce ought Respect howeyer
tor the civil power, and sentiments Of genera
slty, prevailed, and in about an hour after his
arrival, the officer was put on board his yes
sci, without receiving the smallest violence or
injury. and Immediately departed
May this spirit Of moderationxp roduce ef-
feet where it ought, If it does not, it will COM
1nand respect even from those who will not
.be influenced blythe example
Our distant seadars will, no douet, look
With anxiety for intelligence from this quar-
ter. Our duty will be to carefully collect and
.collate all the Information in our power, and
publish such only as We shall consider may be
interesting, and at the same time, such as We
believe be correct. We shall cndeavor to
avoid the thousand idle rumors, which are
daily circulating.
Yesterday evening the committee received
information from Hampton, that an attempt
to land ct that place would be made from the
British ships below. Nearly 500 citizens i'm
nlediately volunteered their services to man
the gur-5oats, and proceed insta1tIy to Hamp-
ton, and,they will so off this afternoon, four
il. number. No place can be better defended
lby Gun -soats thar Hampton, on account of the
bar, which prevents the access of large yes
sells. There may be no real foundation in
this belief, but the unprcpared state iii which
the Chesapeake was attacked, inspires an unfI
common vigilance and suspicion.
DIED on Saturday Iass, at the MarIha1
Hospital, RoBrRr MACDONALD, one OF
The ssamen wouns:ed 90 board the Chssa.
peake iriga.e. Yesterday his funeral was
attended by nearly four thousand citizens
the body was brought over from the Hos,
.pi,al Point, attended by procession OF
boats, 20 the market wharf Minute guns
from the artillery 6risg during the time.
all the American shipping with colors halt
mast. Afrived as.bs county wharf pre-. B
cession was formed, which marched up S
Market Squase, through Catharine street,
TO Freemason syeet, aod from thence 10
Christ Church. where an appropriate. i'm
pressive, and patriotic discourse was de-
sliyered 10 a most numerous coDgrs gatIoa
BY the Rev, Mr. Davis.