Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-09-05

and Of the latter 100000 were stored in
.Gottcnburg, neither would bring the orr
ginal cost in the United States. Of to-
bacco, cotton, rice snd hides, the quanti-
ty in market was large, and sales of these
articles could only be effected at losing
prices. Upwards Of forty sail of Ameri-
can ships had passed the Sound and Belt,
since the navigation opened for Russia
The greater part had touched at Gotten.
burg. The Russian ports were the only
ones accessible, Sweden excepted. In
consequence of the large quantities of CO.
lonial goods arrived and expected to arrive
at st. Petersburg, the markets had mate
rally declined, while Russian commodi-
ties had advanced in price.
The ships Bingham and Bengal, and
schooner Belle, of Philadelphia, had az
rived at Cronstadt. The ships Othello
and Columbus, from New York, for st.
Petersburg, had passed the Belt into the
Baltic.
Admiral Saumarez with squadron of
6 ships of the line, was lying in Wingo
Roads, 10 miles below Gotteuburg. At
these roads, fleets of merchantmen arriy
ed from England as usual, and proceeded
with convoy to the Baltic. The British
still continued to grant licences to Swed-
ish, Danish and Russian ships; and not
withstanding the declaration of war by
Sweden against England. the ships of the
former were not molested by the cruisers
of the latter, and it was generally believ-
ed. that q secret understanding existed be-
tween the two countries.
The Danes stiff continued their depre-
datiOnS on American commerce and had
captured several American vessels since
the arrival of MIR. Erving at Copenhagen.
There were number Of French priva-
teers in the Baltic. The ship Hercules.
OF Philadelphia, after detention oftwelve
months in Norway, was liberated and
sailed for Russia the last Of April, but was
captured in the Baltic bya French priva-
teer, and carried to Dantzic. The brig
Catharine of Boston, and the ship Allan
tic off New-Yerk, were captured in May
last, by the same privateer, and sent into
the same place. The crews were pressed
by order of Governor Rapp, and sent to
Antwerp, TO be put on board the French
men of war fitting at that place. Nine
men were pressed from the Atlantic, not
withstanding their American projections,
to which the Governor paid not the least
respect.
The Powhattan was boarded on the pas
sage six times by British ships of war; on
the Banks of Newfoundland by tie Miner
va frisate, treated politely !; and off Nan
tucket Shoals, by the sloop of war Indian,
and strictly examined. The boarding eff
Ger intimated that the Powhattan would
certainly lie detained ami sent to Halifax,
had her cargo been sufficient object
he informed that the Indian had recently
captured brig from Bordeaux for New
York. lie stated also, that several Ame-
rican vessels had lately been captured,
from Russia. and sent to Halifax, for hay
ing stopped at Gottenburg, and that all
such would be sent in, as Sweden was con-
sidered an enemy and touching there and
proceeding thence to Russia, would be re-
garded as going from one enemy's port to
another.
He remarked that he considered all A.
merican vessels liable to detention, except
such as were from English ports, and
from those of Spain and Portugal.