Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-04-18

10 reply, ,hat the Frenchmau wac tod
board, and that be should no, l. '0' %
carpenter. AZ tots tine, H.. ave C Tie
having her pi!o, oa board, hid es''vsa
Ger wy TO ran up the river s s,s uS
Diaoa was under way to ~iudvsrd 'es
As soon IS the efic Ger reached y. y y 'er'
she bore away, run stern on sbe Co., ''a'
when lieut. Aampthorne, aod SO or AZ 'a'
armed w''h eulasses aud pistols @e'
and demanded the Freuc,nap ar ~
perter. 9"
Cfpts'u Giichriss replied, tia, ~ =
should be taken but himseI.. aud ora |'
his carpenter below. Kempthotpe oy ssy
ais seamen to seize some Of the c,,s
which captain Gl!chrlss opposing. KY
shorne directed them 10 eejz7 him, TI
they attempted 20 do; as he was r,scn;'
one OF his sramen, they cur him acros. ~
head, disarmed aud threw him upon a.,S
where they tied him aud his 6rss oH..s
They ne3s tied rope round his srcooi
officer, ,hrew him overheard aud dyap,.s
nltE % OCaGU tue IJl30a
This outrageous exercise Of power, end
ea by the release of captain Gllchrist and
the return of his officer, aud permission
proceed 70 Whampoa. 4 few GAYS sFs,
arrived the schooacr Topaz, captain NJ
choIs, owned by Messfs Sni,o aod FL
chanan, OF Baltimore, and Gas examined
by an officer from the Dana. The rer,
day, the ah OF August, three Erc!ish Z
one Aoesican ssaman, Belonging to he
sChoooer, sent letter TO !leuienaD Remp
,horae, expressing wish ;c:eass The scEt
ard eoter his NIL sty's service, and re.
guessing beat tpishl BIZ SEQ, iof lhcr,
which W as dons, aud demand made By
kemphoro for their wages, which b.ine
refused, he found some mccoy Of lie
schoonef's, by directions Of oue oil tie
runaway seameu. paid them himself, ADD
retutned on board his vesseI. He wss
there Informed BY these sailors, that The
schooner had bsep com hitting p!satlcsIde,
preda!ioas On he sCuth west coas! Ct 4.
,aerlcs, 65icg at, and plunderlog uadev
Engish co.ors, three Spanish brgs Win,
GO. questioning sheir yesaci'y, h immedi.
a,eiy armed his boats, aud proceeded i9f
the schooner. She was under w2y 9uDniog
IL fox the Portuguese haibor, called the
Iypa, by permission Of ne governor ct
Macoa. As Ihs boats approached, Captain
Nichols desired ile Oh 10 keep OF, deter.
niaed, as it 10 supposed, got &c scaer the
same insults hss had besn offered TO capt.
G:Ichr,st, and as Ihe boats sal! approached,
he presented biondei boss al Ire SeaTesi :
the men from WHICH boarded almost mme.
dlatr,v. Lieut.. Ke0ipsaorne WAS slightly
wounded on the seo.fle and soocksI ovtt'
board. Ihr boat theo dropped aston 20
pick him up, ~h'ch having done' 'hsy
bearded 90 each qaa'ter, "onnoed Two
,neu aud boy, aal iorced iAeiT "noi'
crew 70 re;,eat forward, where cdp'' W.
chols was sho, through The body by me
sa,lioe master OF The b'ig' aud eSPtd
i'm noed safely. The remainder ct TIC crew
Il {, 70 INC tyrscas!e, and the schooosr rs"
n,ain7d enutely IN the possession % ,''
British, whc gaoved her alopgs'ca tNe VI
ana and sa,t:ed her cargo Into Inc 1"1Sa
huu, tuglhe. cetcn cay.
Shortly af,er arrived the Fbs on Gap'a'a
Pelew who approved o. hsu'easn' N:"pc
lbornc's conducr, took the dcp's'''00 u
The sesmep belonging to The schoopef' 'a4
although Ut a circumstance "ae5pI'eu "
induce The paolIc 70 pace any oS!'e' u '','
assertions Il The di2f-cted seameo' 0ios''
&C her for Bombay FIR trial 90 su'P'' ".
Of piracy. Il t,Gues. was made :"
hours afterwards To seuteuahi hcmP'"','-
By an American gentleman at ',.'c'r e. -
sf1e boay ot captain Nichols, woo 'o'g i've ~.
ed him sha, j, was already blrie0'
hmc,icsns 5000 learn, @i:h 0dnoIS0 ep 1I
tons Of regges a2d iodgoa"on' ,n.' = t, w"
beeo camu3tied 20 The V&8es ~i;'o'' .,
or cereuooy, they were, no"s's''u He
he further losuI cd by captain rel'e"' ~