Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-03-17
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CHARLESTON, March s.

Arrived schooner Venus, Tate, HAVANA, 8
DAYS. The schooner Mary Ann, Bonnet, had
arrived at HAVANA and sailed again tor Ma
,apzas. three days before the Venus. The ship
p arv Ann, Anderson of this port, bad arrived
at HAVANA from England Markets, Flour,
20 dolls. to ~; RICE, dolls. Is cts. (; Coffee,
dull, to cents Sugar, plenty, s dolls. to
per cwt.-Bills on the y. States, per cent.
premium.
From the journal of the schooner President,
arrived at New Orleans hom Jamaica -
Sailed from Montcgo Bay 10th January,
1912 On tic l4l, at 5 O'Clock, off Cape
Autonio, hove in sight Of an American schoon-
81, to wihdward, Steering N. N. w At half
,ast S saw strange sail bearing down for the
AnelIc az, ard hoisled Spanish colors and
.oarCled her She then bore for rs With Tie
! teria.n, Il h.ch She ID taken posse sslan.
! Fl ed t,yo guns at u.s. and bore down close
..,.2cg our stcriI, aad had double roy OF men
on deck, armed WITH nuskets, ready to lire
i..to US il case Of resistance. AT s, hailce,
nd ordered US in peremptory tone to set
e boat cut. Captain Fowler told them it
yas Icaky. aud could rot. TAev answered,
Get you boat out, you son Of Il b. and be
I'D 10 you, get nc boat out" Captain
Fowler then vent in iler. with bis papers,
While he was gone thcy boarded us about 20
~ Number, armed with swords and small! arms;
and the moment they were Oh board began 10
abuse t.le ma;e and people; demanding the
money Tor thc cargo Of Hour which they told
rs we Dad taken OFT, ui,>. threatened so hang
me mate On the yard arm, il he did not inform
them where ii was hid Capt. +. returned,
md men more came on board The captain
Of the Eriyateer Gid not want to see Captain
rs. papers, and would give no satisfactory
answers to the questions put TO i.im as to his
right 70 board aid plumber an American
asked him where be was from, he said he did
not know.-asked him il he was pirate; to
which he would pot answer, but told our cap
tain to get Oh board his own vessel. these
pirates lor such they must Beg the moment
they got on board, placed a guard OF 5 men
at the companion, whilst the rest went below,
and for three hours and half were employed
in plundcring; at the same time then boat
was employed in carrying away every thing
they plunoered US Of The mate and people
were ordered down below several times to-
gcther, and separately surrounded; threaten
Ing, If we did not say where money vas ND,
that they would murder every soul On BOARD,
and set the vessel On fire. They broke open
the Captains and all the other trunks, which
they plundered of cash and clothes, scattering
and destroying what they did not Carry OIL;
and knocking the births to pieces, with the
Of finding money secreted IN
them They robbed us OF almost all our
stock Of porter, wines, spirits, bread, cheese
and potatoes: and what they did not take, de-
sfyovcd, by cutting il pieces and throwing
about the hold. They robbed captain :. OF
cash 70 the amount OF SIS dollars, about SO
dollars from the passengers, and the vessel OF
all her spare rigging, canvas, compass, log,
and glasses, which prevented our keeping
correct reckoning-ah the needles, all the
nails, all the carpenters tools, & axe except
ed ard all the twlnc except one bail--ln tact,
every thing Of value they could take they did,
so that We could not repair any damage we
might rCceiye--scsttcred the Captains &C
count books ab ut the hold, stove our boat,
and hgulcd of for, Cape Antonio.
Some OF the pirates crew said she was
French priyatecr, fitted ont in France. She
bad only one gun Oh deck, Though there were
more in the hoId) AID complement OF As
men, French, spaniarls and Americans, well
armed with small arms. TVS pirate and
some Of his men are well known TO two OF the
Presidents men, one of whom sailed viii the
pirate when acting as mate on board the schr.
Mary, from, EIavann& to New Orleans. The
schooner is also weliknoWn, and can be proved
to be the Republican under repairs at New
Orleans when the President sailed. The Anne
rican schooner hailed us in the night; her
name is the Martha, FROM Kingston, bound to