Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-03-28

scs, TO make their governors and great men
OF, but the principal part of them were arti-
sens and persons in middle life such as lea
ther breaches makers, ship-wrights, silver
smiths, contectioners, and probably hair-dres-
sers: But as they did not propose to Law aque-
ducts, they neither brought mechanics to
build Manhattan water works, nor a, gentleman
to inspect them at 1900 dollars wear. They
set sail as soon as they were ready, and landed
at Amboy. The principals in the speculation
being notified of their arrival, assisted them,
so far, as to provide means to transport them
On to the city OF GaliohoLs, where they were
, left to themselves. To their utter astonisb-
ment, these poorFrenchmen found themselves
in the midst of an immense wilderness, and at
3 trightful distance from all civilization. How
! ever there they were, and there they must re-
main; they had no choice but to live along as
well as they could. Unused to the climate
and to their new situations, wretched and for
T, lorn, they began to decline and die with ra-
! pidity and to finish their misfortunes, they
found before great while, that they had no
| title to the land Those that remained at
length presented statement of their whole
case to Congress, and petitioncd for grant;
! which was made them to the amount of $4,000
. acres. Here we must leave them, and turn
once more to Joel Barlow and his friend Play-
| fair at Paris.
Joel and Playfair had touched the purchase
| money, aid q round sum it was. They, how
! ever, took good care to Say nothing about it
to their employers In America Months e.
| lapscd, but no satisfactory account came : let
| tiers followed upon letters, and still neither
money nor explanation was received in return.
| At length the company sent gentleman of
! character and intelligence, across the Atlantic,
to see If ne could not find out Mr.. Joel and
bring him to some account. Joel he fonnd in
Paris, but alas poor Was Joel, and ptiful was
his story. That he and Pityfir had effected a
Sale at d crown AN acre, and that the purchase
money md been received, he did not deny,
but he a,ded that Pisyf.ir had rot the whole
as d church mouse, and consequently unable
10 Pay dollar. Here ends the formation as
to Mr. Burrows first essay il trace, in
the cialarter of an agent.
The nextc. winch we shall la before lie
public, is found il. the second volulae ri ko-
binscn's admiralty Reports. An abridgmclt
| of facts is AL cur limits will permit.
In the summer OF 1920, we find our friend
Joel in the character Of American consul -
Algiers, where, having succeeded in procu,~
ing the liberation of some American prisoners >,
ne chartered the ship Fortune, owned by two
Jews, Algerne merchants, by the names of
Busnah & Bacri to Garry them to Marseilles;
and the Algerlnes being 1T war with Genoa
and Tuscany, it was thought best to send out
the vessel under the American flag. For this
purpose, Barlow took bill of sale of ncl', IN
hrr 1pit
to Marseiiies, directing the captain to des-
troy the instrument when he got there Had
the transaction ended here, no blame would
have been ascrbcd to the Consul but Joel,
it seems, thought this too good an opportuni-
ty for making something, to be lost; he,
therefore, dispatched aletter to Capt. Smith,
ad American citizen at Marscilies, in which
these words are found: IS The Jews who own
the ship, wish you to take the command OF
the vessel Gfer the .4mericans ieave her. |
wish you to keep this secret for the present"
bill OF sale WAS, at the same time, sent on,
and delivered to Smith, by one of the Jews,
signed i. Bacr, acting by order and for &C.
count of MIR. j. ,3ariozv" Smith, according
ly, received the bill of sale, and took upon
himself the command OF the ship, under pro-
lection of the .H1nerican .jaeg; although she
continued to be the sole and entire property
of Messrs. Busnah & Bacri. About the mid
die of November she set sail in ballast for
Zone, on the coast of Africa, where she ar
rived in January following, and was i,1medl-
ately laden with cargo OF wheat, to be de-
livered at Marseilles thou Oh in the bill OF
lading specified for Genoa. In which, also,
the cargo appeared to be shipped by the q
f0resaid BusAat s. Bacr, the Algerine Jews ,
On this voyage she was captured by the F.
glish. The Jews went to the Dev, and made
representation of the whole matter, corn !,
planning that their property had been captured :
while sailing under the american flag, with the
knowledge Of the American consul. The +.
Dex then sent for Mr.. Joel Barlow and &C.
1nanded satisfaction and Mr.. joel Barlow, 20 :
get out OF his scrape, very honestly sat do%a
and drew an order upon his government Tor !
the sum of 34o,5s7 %, the sam demanded
as the Va; lie of the ship and c.. go 70 b. pau.
witn;n six months in Algiers ihdlt ne ihen
paid, giving them q right . draw at thFee