Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-10-13
cHARLEsToN, October S.

homes that such men viii be elected To
ye,,,eser, this state in the psxtC Congress,
IS VIII adapt mcasnscs cacula.cd to pre-
ven, the necessity of such whining pa
apn.phs as that which appeared IN the
CITY Gozctte of the soth ult informing
he people of the Northern States, tha'
: estton stockings are selling IN this city
at the enormous price of three and to.'r
dollars pair"-while we cannot Set
FIVE cents for as much of the raw mate
rial Of which they are made as will make
four pairs of them.
A gentleman who arrived in town on
Saturday, from Savannah, gives US the
following Information:
That the British packet ship Princess
Amelia, arrived in Savannah river on
Thursday last, lst inst prize to the
Americas privateer schooner Rosie,
commanded by Commodore Barney
The packet mounts 10 guns and had %
men; she was taken alter desperate
engagement Of IS minutes, IN which the
Brush captain, sailing master, and tour
men were killed, and six or seven men
woundcd-the ship much damaged III
| her hull and rigging. TIE Rosie had
10 men Killed, and but few Wounded
The Commodore would have burnt the
ship, as not worth sending III, but tor
desire to accommodate Henry Dyett,
Esq. and lady, who were passengers in
| the packet, and the wounded prisoners;
all of whom speak in the highest terms
of the humane treatment they rccciTed
from the commodore and MIR. jenkins
the prize master.
A Spanish schooner which had left
Augustine about the 10th uit. pat into
Tybee on the lst inst. the captain of
which reported, that two days before lie
saiied, the United States troopsu u. der the
command Of Col. Smith had broken
up their encampmen. before Augustine,
and fallen back to St. Johns River, that
the gates of Augustine had been opened,
and the Governors proclamation issued
Offering u free pardon to all those inhab'-
tants who had been compelled to join
the patriots. The SpaDiards had taken
about ten Of the patriots, who had been
active in the rebellion they had been
tried and condemned to lie shot, and the
execution was to take place in few days.
They were in daily expectation OF re-
:nforccment of 1000 men from Havana,
and also Of strong reinforcemenls from
the Indians.
October 6
Democratic humanity are ere
dibly informed, that the editor of the CT
ty Gazette, in conversation with seve.
raj gentlemen, on Sunday last. on the
subject of the late report, received by
the way of England, that the Russians
had been defeated by the French, with
the loss of $4,000 men, declared, "that
he wished he had the bod es Of the Rus
slams on his farm, that he might manure
The soil with their blood"
A gentleman recently from St. Mary's
informs us, that the distressed State Of
the inhabitants of East. Florida, is beyond
language to describe most of them have
been obliged to fly from savage foe,
leaving their all behind them and in
this situation to seek for refuge among
strangers, glad to find any kind Of shell
ter for tbs mselses akd families. With
this population the city OF FernandiDa,
on Amelia Island, has become so crowd
ed as to produce much sickness while
the wrctched fugitlves are destitute OF
the neccssarics of life. Whether these
people haze been Obliged to Join the pa
triors, or have remained true 10 the le-
gl,mate government of Ihcir country,i is
not the question. The hre which has
consumed them was kindlcd within the
limits of tie United States, aud the suf
ferers have strong claims for relic On
the American people.
Arrived brig Madeira, Manlova, Phi
ladelphia. Sept. %, Cape Henry bear
ing w by n distant 81 miles, spoke prii-
sa,eer sch. Charming Nancy, captain
Westcott, on cruise-in few hours
after VAS boarded by the British frigate
Maidstone. the Spartan in company, then
in chase OF a schooner after four hours
detention they permitted captain Man
love to proceed. The officers of the
Maidstone informed that they had taken
several prizes, and that morning was
within gun-shot ola large privateer sch.
but she escaped after receiving 4 broad
side from the Maidstone. Oct. 3 Charles
ton bearing w. distant 20 miles, was
boarded by the pr:vsteer sloop Swift, Of
Newport, Topham, cur 40 days on
cruise, had taken nothing.
MlDDLEBURY. (Err, Sept. 10.
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