Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-07-11

,,.d FROM Cape Henry on the 2oth
TINT hat, llIs bound to oporto' wiz : Ga 81
Narcee, ,o Corn, rice, -four, and bread - =.
Of lndla" me goth April following, then IN lat
That On m - % So, w. about forty leagues s
s., 70 ~ ~ island Of st. Marys, at day light
J. Of 'ps .h;ns and a brig, to the S. L. steering
saw tv - w w AT about eight o'clock, was mr.
70 the IKE tbe beadmost vessel, which proved
ed al = Fcench fYigate--sent a boat Tor me
. 70 Dc 80 IN board the commodore's shlp,
SnO ,sS being asked by the Commodore, where
wac md where bound, and OF what my cargo
rom . s's he 1.-THE COMMODORE ordered a boat
e0,''' l.owered, and requested me to return to
pW 81 and take out whatever belonged TO
ny 's' ,he vessel was to be sunk Immediately.
nle' aa - with BIN, observing, thatas
- hesn long out, It was probable he was
pc ~ ana;oted with the situation OF the two
ubae sar;es-oHcring at the same time to sheW
q he Presidents Proclamation, wherein
! !. /" Rcrlla, Milan, and Rambouillet DEGREES
~ declared 10 be revoked and OF no effect
Ss,si America. His answer was verba-
TOR Monsieur &C nest haa vroi c'est faur
w. .,yt ERE iamais el mare Uie."-Addlhg
,g.na;eur c'eat mrs ordreS de coulter 6aS fous
! so,i,,eps aR1ns, on revenans des PORTS de
- rs,,ics-H ne yauf hQS Ia feline a fafIe7'."
hat is not true it is false, and perhaps
n.yer will be the case whilst we live adding
aSir. it's my orders to siok every vessel
-oiog 70 or returning from the ports of our
ssnem0iss-Iti is not worth your while to tsk a
boutil"
idle Of nv brig, taking out all the -four, beef,
rork. and fresh water; cutting ell the new
s,as from the yards. At half past two P M.
.sn,e ,lay. they scuttIed her, and had the NOR
tHcatos to see her so down. They proved
= he two French frlgates and brig; the for
mer the Arianne, commodore Feretier, and
,bs Andromache, of Al guns each, and the
sMameuke brig Of is guns. They sailed from
N.nz on the 9th of January last, and had
made the Isle af Bermuda; thence they steered
10 the Western IslAnds, where they cruized
twenty two days. They took and destroyed by
their own account, 10, sail of American yes
sells, among which took copy Of the fol-
loving: schr. Polly from Boston to Guada-
loupe ship Mercury, Kelly, from New-{orb
.to Lisbon brig Alopzo, from ST. Cruz TO-
Portsmouth,, N. II. brig Pizarro, from Ma
dsira to N York and while was on board
they sunk the brig Happy Couple, OF Baltl-
more, for Oporto; ship Iris, Donaldson, from
Providence TO Gibraltar; schr. Sally, of b.
verly from Msiorca to Boston, with cargo
Of vine, an also S 2l62 in siver, which l saw
delivered into the hands of tae Purser. On
1.-The 4th Mar fell in with the ship Woodrop
Sims from Lisbon to Isle of May, on board
which ship was put with % American mas
tiers aud seamen, and three Portuguese, and
ordered for America, with four barrels -four,
800 bills bread, 100 lbs. rice, 1875 gal
ons water, 27 gallons brandy. This be-
ing insufficient for 80 men, I've being then
nIat. IS long. 2, w } the captain concluded
10 run for Madeira, to obtain more provisions
or land some of the raen, as the ship was bound
to the Isle of May for salt. From Madeira /
took passage to Norfolk in the schooner Ellen
and E,niline. During the nine days was ON
board the French frigate, was treated with
toe utmost politgncss by the commodore and
all his officers but all the American masters
except capt. Hewet and myself, were put to
mess with the midshipmen, while the masters
Of the English vessels lived with the ieuten-
ants.
JAMES CRAIG.
Baltimore, 9th July, 1912.
Cify Of Baltimore, SIS.
Ga the sixth day Of July, eighteen hundred
and twelve, before me, Samuel Sterett Notary
Public, residing in Baltimore, personally APP
Feared captain James Craig, who hath sub
scrlbed the above narrative, and made oath
that the matters and facts therein stated, are
just and true. Quod attc8for.
SAMUEL STERETT,
Notary Public.
BOSTON, July l.