Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-09-01
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& The ship Alpheus, Sisson, from hence,
arrived at Liverpool the 9th July.
4 Schr. Mohawk, Mamnet, from hence,
at Kingston betweenthe Esd and 10th July.
By gentleman passenger in the schr.
Fair American, we learn, that the garrison
and inhabitants of the city Of St. Domingo,
weregin such extreme want of the necessa-
ries of life, prior to its surrenderto the Bri-
fish, that -four sold for 100 dollars barrel,
and every other article equally dear that
cats, dogs and mules meat sold at one dol
lar per Is. and that they were determined to-
feed each other before they would surren-
der to the Spaniards. Allthe French were
quitting the city as fast as possible, as it was
given up to the Spaniards by the British.
All American vessels found at the city at
the time of its surrender, were condemned.
[Norf Her.l
Capt. Seward of the brig Diana, arriv-
ed at Providence, r. /. from New-Orleans,
reports that ten thousand French fugitives
from Cuba, had arrived at Orleans before
he sailed ; and he spoke in the river, bound
up, four ships and brig full OF passengers
from same place. Captain S. further says,
that all such vessels as contain slaves, are
seized, and those which had been tried
were condemned.
The following is an extract of letter
from Captain William Peckham, OF the big
Lucy, of New Bedford, who sailed from
that port for Martinique, dated
6 Martinique, July 20, 1909.
am very unhappy to inform you of
nv misfortune. was captured by a French
privateer on the 18th instant, about four
miles from St. Pierres, my mate and men
taken out, with all my papers, and French
pirates put on board, armed with pistols and
dirks, and ordered for Basseterre, Guaua..
loupe.-At7 O'Clock the next morning was
retaken by his Britannia majessy's brig the
Scorpion, near the Isle Of saints, and car.
ried to St. Pierres, where expect to- pay
a salvage Of one eighth Of vessel and cargo.
Markets very dull. Flour s dolls. SO cents.
per bbl. Goldfish SO dolls. per qnt.
bread "a dolls. per~bbl. !; oil so cents per
gallon candles so 70 cts. per ID. lum-
Der, boards 20 and % do's. pei NJ; SHIN
giles and Z per NJ. We are not Above d
to take any thing but molasses, which is II
cents per gallon, cash"
From the Boston Csnttnel Of dug. 26.
Vessels daily arrive from Portugal and.
Spain but they do not furnish those details
of events which we usually receive from
other quarters. Captain Coffin, from Lis
bon, mentions, generally, that the patriots
were in high spirits; and that the English
and Portuguese were Ouly lsth) In, Pur-
suit of the French. From Cadiz advices
of the 18th July, corroborate the above
The accounts from Valencia, by capt. Davis,
are to the 2sth June only (which time
the vibrations had not ceased, which were
occasioned by the shock given in the news
of the defeat of Blake, near Sarragossa,
with the loss of his cannon, &c; and when
some fears were, entertained OF the French
again appearing at their gates. But our
latest accounts from Spain are nearly a
month subsequent to the date of gen. Blake's
reverse !; and then nothing like doubt existed
on the public. mind and confidence in the
success of the patriots cause was nevsr
higher. On the subject of Blake's defeat,
we find the following article in the Gazette
of Valencia, June II, 1909.
6 The painful impression on the public
mind, produced blythe defeat OF the army
of Arragon. on the eighteenth, is consl-
derably lessencd by the adylces that our
loss is not SO great as was at first thought.
The dispersion has not been OF any conse-
quence, and the troops dispersed by that &C.
cident, are reuniting in various important
,,o;n.s Ou- loss &c calculated at frOns5 TO