Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-02-05
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/. AMELIA IsLAND.
"A small island extending tro.n ST. M.
rvs River (Which is 3hs sJu,hern bouaa.,y
of(;.oreia, and Of thc Ua.sed States 70 s.;
Jobn'. River, iii the Spanish prov!uee a:
, East Florida. Tkis island, formed BY IN
;ule, which connects the mouth. oi ties.
two rivsrs, was Placc Of bu. ,r!aas sons;.
de.a:io,. therefore not generally know, on ~,
III our r, suic.ive sys,cc,.
By The Patty and II d'a, arrived on h,
10Th ult. at Charleston, in seven days from
Amelia, we Learn the comInandant at Aas.
liza informed the captains Of the EGs!ish
vessels there, tina. he had JUST received /,
letter (Which might be depended on, Las
would Civ. no Information as to the su:aus
ofit) stating, ,ha, the French who had blea
driven out OF Cuba, had gone to Gua4s
Ioupe to collect forces suilicien. tc make .,
formidable attack on Amelia. In sou,v.
ou.nce Of which Information, the Byi,sa
captains appointed as commodore, eapts;a
Foster, oil the ship Maryann, (farnsriy an
American Eas, IndiSman) mounting q
guns, and signed an agreement 10 abide
strictly by his .. dsrs. Capt. Foster was
no, at St. Mary's but was momrntly ex.
pectcd. There were in all about 40 sail
Of vessels at ST.. Amelia among which
were the ship Hibsruis Of 10 guIs, & some
other armed vessels. The people at Anne.
liza were under considerable alarm in consr-
quence of the above report. Two or three
of the American captains lately arrived
from Liverpool, signed the agrss sen. % &C,
uader capt. Foster, in case, of an attack.
The cotton along the bsach for mile and
a half, was piled up five tier high. Freight
for rice in American vessels 81. los. BIZ
fish vessels 81. Cotton in American yesscla
Sd, in Bpisish 4 I'D.
WILMINGTON, IN. CO. fan. 1o.
Captain A. Pond, of the brig Mar.hs
Pond, who arrived here yesterday, If ST..
Bartholomew on the 9TH inst. He inform.
US thar about the c4.E ut. British SQUAD
ron of IL sail Of the line had arrived at
Barbados in pursuit Of Toulon Aret-!has
no French vessels Of war had arrived as
Guadaloape, except 2 irisa,cs, from which
were landed 500 men, atl.r which t,.cy in.
s;an;lr made sail, without droppiux anchor.
a corvette that had accompanied them,
was taken AID carried intn Anticu.. An
expedition OF about 20 sail OF transports
and Vessels of war, was expected to salk
f.om Martinique against Guadaloupe, on
the SIN last. n very valuable Spanish snip,
bound from Caaiz to the Havana. had
been captured by tho French and carried
i 10 s.. Martins. -.
Returned into this port yesterday in dis
tress, after having been out 80 Gays, bound
for New York, the brig Fair Trader, capt.
Lewis, having exps rienced heavy gale Of
wind eff Cape Hatteras, which carried o.
ve:tcard the dcck-load Of cotton, aad ca.-
rid away her main top mast and quarter,
a, which time tn ma,c, John III. Ea,,-
wood, was carried overheard and persisted.
Alter scudding before the wind as far a.
tae 3ermudas, tell in witA The brig g Fourth
Of July" from Charleston bound to New
YORK, aud had mrt with similar disasters
aud va. making tor SONS port in the West
ladses, her sa!.s bsIny 80 bad ~ nss to
maxi the continent. put on board the Fair
Tracer al. h>r letters Tor New York. Saw
a vessel bottom up, bui could not learn hrr