Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-31
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BY thc ,:;ir eyI5ir, Captain Daniel. from
CANON. ii" etli'rr of tn. Mercantile Ad-
vertiser has received the following ariiclrs
Of Intelligence -
Nj sail Of b i,ish East-Tnlia corpa-
ny's sn?s, 81, f.isate, and a gun brig,
were laying at Ghampee, h,;ng detained
there by ,he Chinese, until they received
permission from the court of Pekin, TO pro-
c.ed to Whampoa. This was III consc.
q,,cnc- of The misunderstanding Of the at.
tair which occurred last year.
The I.adrones arc disaHected 10 the Chi.
nese povcrarnca,, ard are daily INCREASING
in power, a-e very daring, making fire.
Cucnt excursions up the rivers, burning and
pIaudering the villages, and massacreing
all that attempt to resist them. Their force
BY SEA is estimated from 900 10 1000 junks,
ctfrom to % guns, AND powerfully man
ned--;heir coLnrxiu and a5etters upon
shore, are much more numerous and wide
ly disseminated through the maritime pro.
vinrss, who amply supply the rebels with
provisions ard ammunition. The efforts
10 suppress them BY the vice.roy Of eau
ton, is ceeG!e and Of no effect, he having
no cor6dedcc in those he sends against
theii: as they arc AS often inclined 10 act
With he Ladfones, rs against them. SO
wide is The ,lis,,fcciion spread, that the
lower oder of tie Mandarins, are not to
be trusted with the executing the orders of
governmc ut. Their mode Of warfare is
saneuinMy to the highest degree, as they
murder tbs native prisoners on both sides,
with all the horrors OF savage barbarity.-
Application was mads by government thro'
the security merchants 10 the Americans At
Canton, for their ships to drop down tie RI;
YER for few 6"y', TO protect the passage
from the Boga-T ygris - W'ampoa, which
the Americans could not consistently COM
ply with, as being delenceles merchant
ships, & not fit to fight their battles al.
though a number "f American seamen vo-
.lunteered their services on board o. coun.
try ship mat government had chartered for
a clmze of IS days, TO act in conjunction
with feet of men Of war iunks, to cru;ze
between the Doga-Tygriss and Maccow-
the latter made off u a man, as soon as
they saw the enemy, and left the ship to
sustain the conflict alone, in case the La
drones thought it proper to engage her,
They however sheltered themselves i'll shoal
water, not wishing to come near her. Pre-
yioas to this, about the latter end Of Au-
gust, or 20 sail OF Ladrone junks, of
the largest size, made formal attack on
the ship Atahualpa, captain Sturees, while
a, anchor in Maccow roads,. Captain S.
Notwithstanding Fart OF his crew were on
shore repelled their united ettaek with the
utmost bravery for length Of time, when,
taking the advantage of breeze, cut his
cable and run under the guns OF the tort at
Maccow. The spectators Of this affair,
from the town Of Maccow, spea1 in the
highest terms Of praise Of captain SIS con-
duct, by whose spirited bravery, and ex-
cellsnt management, the AtahualPa, was
rescued from such a superior force; the
attack was led on the side of the Ladrones,
bv the admiral junks OF % guns. Inc
Atal.ualpa mounted 6 six Founders, aud
had her rigging much cut, and several .hos
in her hull, but fortunately no person On
board was injured. A short time before,
thew captured Portuguese brig from Goa,
bound 20 aIaccow, which they fell in with
among the LENA. Islands two. masted YES
sells are much more the object of their at
tack than ships. Measures have been taken
"A apprize the Americans OF their danger,
sha, they may be on their guard. The LA
drones only attack a single vessel at a time