Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-02-06

any OF the ships ct that navy ireai enl9y'nS
the hospitality Of our ports ind. harbors.--
ssWe,have Frequently made considerable pro.
sress IN bringing ours ives to this opia:,.,
when We have E-en arrested by accounts
of Bri,isa Slips sfw,r r.cs~ias our vessels
and:r their convey for protccuan-of their
wrestling them from Frenrh privst.ers,
which had taken them asa bsn prize, and
restoring them t. their owners---and O! their
bestow,ng comforts and ccostesies upon
them in every SEA. Suck thihss sometimes
sagser our belief, .nd mike Us almost
question the ihfalibi!ity even Of Congress
itself. Among u,h.r Instances of the na-
ture we havt mentioned, ca:cu lated to pro.
dace this scep,ical f;ct upon our minds. 10
the following, received by the Freedom,
capt. Ford, recently from ;he Indian seas.
II seems that the American brig Apoilo,i in
distress for water, had been for maay days
u,,successtully eIdcavorins to beat up to
the island of S.. Helena, when sine was OBJ
served by his Eritannic Majr.,y>- snip Ii
or, then III port, which went GU: alter her
and towed her in. We don't know whether
this may not be considered a. an abridge-.
ment OF the jreeaom q the sras, and deserve
the punishm mt oil accommodation from
OUT ports but however that may be, it
made different impression on the AmeIi.
can captain, who expressed his gratitude in
the following letter.
To Capt lin Heath o,e IF his Britannia ma
irs VS. ship Lion.
81. As'e"a R0sds, Stpt. %, 1909.
SIR,
b. pleased to accept nv grateful thanks
for your very kind assistance in going wiah
hi. mi sw's ship Lin, after the American
brig Apollo, under my command, and your
humanity towing her into tits harbor.
Had YOU not ,hus had the goodness feel
ingly 70 consider the situation that then
stood in. the condition Of thu Apollo, my
self and the crew must have bscr prrilous
in the rxtrrme this YOU will be PLEASED to
allow, when | declare TO you, sir, that I
had not above twenty gallons OF water on
board at the time | anchor cd in th-s. roads.
and the utter inpossibility of gaining il,
left no other alternative than BY bearing
away for some port Of South America, win
sueh a slender stock Of water for eight
people.
have the honor to subscl;t,e myself
your ever grateful, humLls and ebedient
servant,
(Signtd) WIN. BRAGG,
Vas'er american iry ApeKo.
Copy Of Captain Heathcosr', Answer.
H.B. III. shi2 Lin, St. Helena Reads,
September 80.
SIR,
In reply to your letter. Of yesterday.
date (Which have jus, received) I cannot
refrain from first INDUCING in the personal
qualification Of assuring you haw happy j.,
makes me to consider myself th- m dunn
OF benrtaction u one 50 ssnsiL.= Of ob!ea
ton as you certainly are.
Being well aware Of your d:s;ressfu! pre-
dicanent (knowing the scarcity Of water
on board and the nature of your carcu)
whsn saw the Apollo after TWO days hare
beating, SO fAr to the leeward OF the island
as to preclude all hope of her rrgaiainy,
without assistance, the anchorage here,
which she had very nearly rc.thvd pre-
viously, your disappointment and dan.
ger could not fail of MAXIM me rejoice
that no exgen'y Of his Britannia 1n,jesy's
service prevented my doing What, under
the existing circumstances would, am
sure, have been The will Of nj, sovereign
master, whose ship has as you So fully to.
scribe, been employed in the Cause of hu.
mainly. and service4 ble to subjects Of A.
m-rica.
1t is grea. blessing to posses, ample
means of performing acts ri k;ndn" IS bu.
as no particular acts OF mine ave been ex.
hibi,ed 10 the pre,rn. intance, however
much / am grat'fsdfby your very hand
acme aekn~Ied gm-nt, canno, Al,.rr my.
% with the idea ofdesrrvins So much in.
divid1hl praise. l am much indebted to
the prudence and p:rsevrrins activity Of
the officers and men On whom The result Of ,
my .ndeavors more Immediately depend.