Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-09-28
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NEE PEOPLE OF COLOUR
NoRFoLK, Sent. 10.


NoRroLK, Sept. 10.
Extract of letter from HAMBURG H.,
ted 10th July, to merchant in th;,
place. '''
You will have heard some time
ago OF the capture of the sh;ns I,no
gene, Georgia Planter, and Herald
carried into Copenhagen by Danish
Prlvateers, and the Rodney into Calais
by French privateer, all waiting trial
l am sorry to inform you that the brio
Hloernia, capt Boush, has also he-n
captured, and carried into Cbr;a,;.n
sand by Norwegian priva,eer.
I" There are about fftv Am.-;.
vessels detained in the different ports
OF Denmark--Several have been con-
as mned IN the first court, on ,he mo.t
fidiculous ground. Indeed. from what
" saw IN Copenhagen, very few can
escape: one does not know who 70 an
ply 70 ior assistance; merchants, iu.lr-
es' ano all are suspected to be directly
or indirectly interested in the priva.
teers. The few that have been releas-
Cd were obliged to pay some hundred
dollars to the captors for their trou.
DIE, and the expenses of the court.
- do this, they find some IRE pu-
iarity In the papers, such as supercsr.
goes ma mes being on the bill of ladinr
and invoice, and not on the roll of =,
9ulpage; or the Mediterranean mass
dated 1909, in place of 1910. or SOM
thlng equally frivolous.
8 "lhey are not ashamed tn make
superstition and conjecture the basis NJ
sentences; in fact suspicion is condem.
nations Oflate there is a comm;ss;or
named, with the ayowed object 70 ex-
anime ships papers and if clear, thew
are TO go on, without examination Of
the court. Some coming from Rus
sra have passed that way, but for NV
part, have not much confidence r
believe 1T is decoy for about 100 A.
merican vessels now at G ,ttenburo
bound up the Baltic, but afraid to- o.
proceed.
restrictions on the trade in thi,
quarter are continually multiplving.
the Danish government have shut ali
their ports in the North Sea TO onr
lag, yet this change has had very liz
Heeeffect on prices at Altoona, Sugar 10
me only article which leaves profit.
Ihe Russian ports are ov=rstocked with
every kind of produce. In the Prus.
sian ports, Sugar, Cotton, and Drv
Goods answer still, but Tobacco. Rice.
Indigo, Pepper and Coffee are low. tho,
better than in Denmark. Tea ia /.
drug all over Europe"
1t has been repeatedly asserted thar
France and Great Britain equally can.
vass the commerce of the u. States.
and this tale is repeated again and A.
gain in the democratic papers. either
without any knowledge of facts. or if
koowing them, total disregard of
truth. When we compare the rela.
tive naval strength OF France and Eng.
Iand,it would not much surprise ne.
II the captures made by the British
spuld amount to as much AZ tboss
made by France.
The Editor of this paper has, for
seven years past, held a situation in
the Once of the Marine Insurance
Company OF Norfolk, which gives
him an op gortunity of being ioformed
upon this subject, from documents
which cannot mislead; he has for the
information OF his readers, extracted
from the books a statement of losses
'ustaIoed by captures of property in-
'ured IN that Office, by all the belIieer1
;nts, from March 1904, to this tine.
whieh presents the following result:
Amount Captured by
the French, s 22sIss ~
Recovered by
compromise, 1900 10
Do. bysentence
reversed 1862 GO