Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-03-12

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bring orders 10 detain all American vessels in
EngiisA ports. At Barbados tAsy have a.
ready enlarged them"
Efoss does Mereury 81 Jan. s.
Els naai-sts's snip Argo, who arrived here
on the tR~eniFthird, after leaving Goree,
toached At ST. Jaeo. one Of the Cape deVerd
islands as, oAtained there a report which had
only two days previous abou- the third or
fourth instant reached that island, and which
carries along With 1t a very plausible and pro-
babe appearance. The report at St. Jago
stated that admiral de Cenpry, had fallen in
sith The Rocsasort squadron after they had
Quilted their pOTs and having succeeded il
bringing them 10 action, Obtained a victory
over tasm, which putt in his possession six Of
tkeir large ships, and one of smaller size,
most probably The formers the line, and the
latter 4 frigate, and that the remainder effect
Cd their tetuga mo port.
Prsyioas to the Argos arrival at St. Jago,
sumo Of &c British men Of war. and other
Tesscis employed In the service of the expa-
triated family Of Portugal. mad touched there,
and on TIE seventh instant thu American ship
Swift arrived here, fell in with the London,
Monarch and Marlborough, British-and Re-
r4rl, Portuguese, ships OF the line, IN lat. 2
50, S. ioDg. %, fourteen days from Lisbon,
en their voyage to the Bsazils, with some OF
the princes and nobles On ocerd.
Captaia Ssoyer, G. brig Delaware. arrived
II Portlanfon Monday the twenty-second ut.
in 50 DAYS frora St. Andero, Spain. Capt. S.
i~ator7rs, that re vas induced TO leave that
place wns.aout waijing TO take q full cargo On
board, fearful that a. American vessels would
be stopE7sa.
On he thirteenth OF January, information
ss9eceiTea 81 the American consul, that q
brig belonging to Norfolk, and from thence
! onna 70 Bilbor, had been captured within
foar iezgnes Of the port, By French PFiFa-
tecr, 9saearr;ed into St. Antonio, for having;
! sooken an English armed brig, which accord
| ne 50 Banspartt's proclamation IS a sufficient
| reason for nIuadaFing and eondennnlng Ame-
! ricln vessels.
On the sans day, the French consul in
formed him, that tic late DEGREES OF the
| French emperor were taatamount to a decla-
| ration Of war against the u. s. and ADVISED
him to hasten his deFafture.
Captain Stoyer was advised by the vice con-
| slii, IS well as by lis co-signee, that In con-
| sequence OF the alarming s~itustion Of the two
| countries france and the United States} his
! busiaess required the utmost expedition, IN
| order to secure a passport from the place -
These apprshensions were repeated the next
| day, In consequence of a letter from Mr.
| Erying. consul general at Madrid, to the vice
| consul at St. .Andero, advising that 1t was ne
| cesssry that all American vessels should de
part Immediately. His apprehensions fol
] their safety was created BY intelligence OF an
embargo on al American vessels al Bordeaux,
| but did not learn on what account The C.o
| consul at St. Aadero, IN a letter to captain
!; Slower, coai-Ened The above.
About the aEst CT January there was a sc.
neral rejoicing It St. Andero, in Consequence
of the combined fleet of France and Russ;
having arrived at q French Port IN th'
straits.
It vas reported, that $4,000 French troop
were marching through Spain, for the west
ward. desiiaed for Portugal, and that provi
sions were transporting from different parts Q
Sps;n. for tie inhabitants. of Portugal, wh
were in a starving condition, IN ~consequenc
of the blockade CT their ports by the Ems