Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-23
NETWORK, October 18.

days from 81. PetershufSh, al-d 70 H"'i
Wilde-Wa,l (Orkncvs). Left the snip Bet
sew, MsDoueall, Of New York on the 18th
of 4Auguse, all well, bound for London
LET, at Cronstadr, August /, ship Gospoft,
Dirkham, & Leopard, Clarke, nearly rea-
dy to load Tor New-York ship Hope, Lo-
vet, beginning to load for Beverly; Juno,
Bates, OF Boston Roda and Betsey, Boul-
dy, of Norfolk; ship Isabella, Greene,
from Gottenburgh, had been near the guard
ship, tour miles below Cronstadt IL days,
adnittance uncertain. During the voyage
fell ia with many British ships OF war, and
treated generally vita great pollteness, par.
ticularly by Sir James Saumerez, and AL
the officers of the ships they pointed Out
in the most circumstantial manner, where
dangers we've to be apprehen9ed, and how
to shun DANISH and Norwegian pirates
August Oath left Gotlenburgh. lhe ship
Zane, Coiiey, arrived there ABOUT the 2oth,
who had been boarded two days before near
Wingo, ty fourteen armed men, who pre-
tended to be Swedish fishermen, but We're
Danish pirates, and took possession OF the
snip, and steercd over TO the Dahlsh island
Lesson, where they were preparing 10 an
chor, near two pylvateers and 6Mtery'
and every man having calcuiatcdthe amount
Of his priZe money, when Captain Z. and
about dozen of his brave crew agreed to
re transfer the property to ihe right owners
BY attacking and beating the Dane, which
was soon accomplished, after receiving Sc
yeral wounds but none dangerous two or
the Danes were missing but none Killed.
On the arrival of the Jane at Gottcnbureh,
the surgeons from the British ships Went
on board, AID rendered their services to the
wounded inthe most-humanr manner, and
Captain C.. was able to walk the deck, hav
ing nearly recovered from his wounds
August q, Naize of Norway, n n. W..
twenty leagues. fill in with the ship t.ndea'
vor, Lovet., of Salem, bound to lonnln
gen, who bad that morning been released
from Christian Sand, after three months
detention, and Captain Lovett favored Cap
tain S. with thc annexed list and laws OF
privateeriug. August 3Oth, Oft Aberdeen,
SPOKE the british brig KestaI, from New
Xolk. September the third, sailed from
the Widewail Of Orkneys. September the
9th, passed within mile of Rockal, form
ed like hay-stack, and bold all around,
about fifty feet high, and the same in dla-
meter, in LAT. So, ~, long. Is, So. Sept. IS,
lat. 81, so. long CO. spoke the British brig
Ulysses, from Whitehaven for St. Johns:
N. B. 9Th, LAT. SO, IS, long. Sc, spok
barque Fame, from New York to Hull
and ship Union, of Wiscassett, from Leith
to Boston.
List ofAmerican vcsseAs detainedot Norway.
Ship Noryh American, DriBkwater, OF
Portland condemned; ship Jane, M'Lellan,
do. do. Hcrschall, Lewis, of do. cleared ;
brig Suwarrow, Leach, of Beverly con
demned ship Rachel, Joseph, of Sa'em.
cleared; Endeavor, Low tt, do do. ship
Doris, Chamberlain, do. do barque Pac
fic, Bucket, OF do. condemned /; brig Indus
try, Cooke, do. do. Edward and Henry,
Foster of Gloucester, condemned, brig Ann,
Howe. of Boston, condemned +; schooner
Washington, Jones, of Boston, cleared
ship Good Friends, Thompson, of Phi!a-
deIphia, condemned /; ship Atlanta, Fonn-
tain, do. do. brig Elizabeth, Campbell of do.
cleared; ship Commerce, Skinner of do.
condemned !; ship United States, Harding,
of Boston cleared ship Commerce, inger
soil, of Salem cleared brig Belle Air, ia
cobs, of Philadelphia, not tried ; schooner
Lunar, Martin, Baltimore cleared ship
Chesapeake, Mum, do. do. ship Wonolas-
ket, Randall, Portsmouth, condemned brig
Washington, Blackler, Marblehead, clear
ed brig Bx6eld, Foster, Boston, cleared;
ship James, SpaHord, Philadelphia, not tri.
ed Icon, Byron, do. do. America, Stone,
Newburyport, d.. big Topaz, Hcrtick, do.
do. brig Elenor, SWEET, do. do. -, boyer,