Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-04-24

and at length run aground ii.uo ~ w ~.
.l e+.a.tow,r CT Msrabon. Our boats * those
:. ~ ~ Tmerald were sent to bring her on
". ". Erench in the mean time made good thsir
,- ns but a high surf soon destroyed the
'a ,ar Al tf.s moment nothing was 70 DC
go, hut barren uncultivatad sands, As Tar as
tba -vf. could reach but IL a snort ,iile W.
J'.sc,;ed several Arabs, both loot ana horse'
,sn,i,y advancing; the French perceiVedtheif
- ZOO Lite, but ONE were SO fortunate as
~ ,,et on board our bots which pulled to-
wards the shore, in hopes OF saving their IN
fo,runate enemy. Mr.. Fame, mldsIpni.ui'
now Captain Fame, from the Emerald' win
noble spirit of humanity, swan through INC
bioh surf to the shore, having rope III his
hand, by witch the French captain ana iouf
searnen happily were saved From them we
,e.r,rd that she was the cutter = Anemone,
Of 4 gums and 60 men, Citizen Carbon, OF
G,rron, commander, having on board dene-
raj Carmin and Captain Valctte, ald-de camp
70 General Bonaparte, now emperor OF rance
also courier with dispatches from 1oulon,
and party Of soldiers that the cutter hau
sailed from Toulon on the 18th OF July, ana
touched at Malta, from which place she mac
taken her departure SIX days. Finding there
was no possibility of escape from US, the ge-
neral ordered Captain Garden, OF t'"fooi'' 70
run the cutter ashore, who urged inc aal'Sei
of high surf, and the numerous hordes OF
wild Arabs that infested the coast; the gene
raj said he would cut his way through thehi 10
Alexandria, which was not more thah thice
leagues off. No sooner however, had ne land
ed but the Dcdonins, who till this time were
l.
in ambush behind the sand hills, began TO shew
themselves dismay and terror sclzed on All,
ncr could we behold their distress Without COM
misseration, although they had SO entirely
brought it upon themselves by refusing to
surrender to us, and had hred on our boats
when escape was no longer IN their power
our people approached them as near as the
break rs wou!Hperm.t, and were repeatedly
b,iied by tne rrs.ch to be taken on board
but only captain u. ana tou. men were brought
of. We s..w many Cheers and men stripped,
several were Inul,crcd u cold blood aLd ar-
parcntly without any Cause, and among them
the unfortunate general and AID dc camp, "ho'
CT their knees, iI,tTcatCd tor mercy An a.
rab, on horseback, unsiung his o..T5lne, and
SreG al the eenera!, but the shot missed ham,
killed the aid dc camp iediatciy oehlho
nm: he then fired a pistol at the genera,
who instantly fell The couricr,' also, VINO en-
do.yorej to escape, was pursued and murder
co, and al Arab, vino got possession OF lbs als-
o.tches, INSTANTLY rode away with tnem,,
: The above interesting detail 70 confirmed
i. all its particulars, II aictter from caps dn,
now Sir Samuel Hood, TO admiral lord Mel
son. published in the Gazette, and daisd -Ad.
nir.tv OHice, November %, 1873, which
closes WITH this passage -
~Oa the approach Of the beat OF our ship,
the French cutter fired on them, cut her Ca
bic, and run in snoSe ;ato the breakers gene
raj Cari.ain, and aid de-canp Valette, having
landed with the dispatches ard the whole OF
the crew, were immediately attacked by the
Arabs. TIL two former and some otners
making resistance were killed, and al the
rest stripped of their clotnes. Her coinmal-
der and few Of the men, about seven, maze
their escape naked to tie beach, where our
boats had hy this time arrived, and begged on :
their knees to be saved. au happy In say
ing, the humanity Of our people extended SO
far as to induce them to swim on shore win
lines and Small Casks to save them, which they
Fortunately effected. Amongst these was PAR
ticularly distinguished Young gentleman !,
midshirman of the Emerald (now capt fane)
who brought of the commander Carbon, at
the ba gard of his own life, through the surf.
Should this authentic narrative become
known TO the French government, or those
in authority under il, such an heroic act ct
humanity towards an enemy from BRUSH
nidslipman, cannot appeal unavailinsly on be- :
haif of th :, officer, nov British coamander, I;
who, BY the fortune OF war, is become cap !
tive.