Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-05-30

or;ie v required him to proceed to sea
immediately from Annapolis, and resume
his former station, cruising along tue
coast, as before, for the purpose of guard
ing our maritime jurisdiction from viola
ton by toiai,l cruisers.-rat. Intel.
The President of the United States did,
OH the ED inst. appoint JoHS TATLoE,
Esq. Major OF the cavalry Of this district.
ibid.
We solicit the attention Of ourl aders
10 the subjoined account from paper
printed in Halifax, North Carolina -
they will be amply rewarded for their
t:a,Gble. In correctness CT detail, classic
elegance Of diction, and pure fcrvor Of
patriotism, it is equal to any thing We
have ever seen in the chaste columns of
ne Aurora. We doubt not but MIR.
Peaie, OF Philadelphia. will give it a
place in his splendid collection of Curio-
sites: il might DC appropriately placed,
we think, in the hands OF one OF those
politicians in his Museum who boast the
scnblapcc OF the s. human face diyinc."
The idea, toe, OF an $ Eagle ieaIing
Ball by The nose" is quite novel, and
might furnish subject to some ingeni-
Gus pencil.
{" Thoughts that breathe, and 7cords that
burn
/ From the North Carolina Journal, Of
Friday last.
LATE ENGAGEMENT
.Bei-ceen the United States Frigate, the
! President, Of ii GnaS, and the British
! Frigate Pioarro.
! 1t appears from letters received by
gentleman in this town from his cores
pondents, that the British frigate had
been for some time cruizing off and on,
between the Capes of Virginia and Sandy
Hook, and had on several occasions de-
tanned our merchant ships and country
crafts, in pursuit of their lawful trade
and commerce. The captain Of the Eng
! lish frigate, like the master he serves,
and his government aversc to the PES
traints Of law and morality. and disci-
plincd in crimes, rapiie and injustice, a.
mone ether ships, detained and violently
impressed "a Boy out Of the 'SpitGre, Il ship
belonging to Portland. Massachusetts. al
though the captain of the ship remonstlat-
ed and complained Of such treatment. ana
told him the boy was his apprentice, that
he knew the boys father, knew the boy
from his nativity---All this produced no
thing from the British captain but insult
and abuse. and was finally told that the
king. his master, wanted men and would
have them In consequence Of this. and
report thereof being made to the proper
department Of goyernment-{C3 The
President God bless him) ordered com
modore Rogers of the ship President, who
is as brave as Cas=ar. to so in quest OF
the Pirate, and take this Boy, and all A
merieaus found on board the British Fri
gate. at the risk of his life, from the iron
grasi, Of n,inion Of a tyrant. Comma
dore Rogers got his ship under weigh, and
stood tothc southwark, with q crew whose
hearts were stout and strong, and who
did net forget they were Americans, their
hearts flowing with patriotism' and DO
SONS burning with manly rage and inais-
nation at the insult recently offered their
country. soon fell in with the British fri
gate. The captain Of the American, with
his Eagles flying at his main and fore-top
+! (those eagles. the elnblcm OF america.
! whose bread wings arc yet destined TO
overshadow the world. anu to lead John
Bull by the Nosc) hailed the Briton' anu
demanded 1chat right he hdd 10 cr",@e
1cithin hejnrisdiction OF the Cn"en 1'ases
and the eaters thereof, to stop a"d detain
neutral merchant ships belonging to Cit
4eps of the United States, and to impress
natural born ,iaserican ci!i=enstrom o"
board such ships 2 The Briton replied by
pointing to his Cannon. which menace
nrfnueou,luproduced a broadside. She