Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1812-05-08

and Hour 20 per barrel-none at market.
&c. II. Books.
Extract Of q letter fran a merchant IN Port.
au- Prince to another in New York, dated
March IL.
=" have to communicate TO you the a.
greeablc news we have Just received. Je.
remie, and all that ACCOMPLISHMENT, have re-
VOTED against general Borgella, and de-
clarcd IN favor OF president Potion. Aux
Cages aud the other ports will of course be
obliged to do the same. This event took
place on the 9th instant. The advantages
10 be derived at Port.au.Prince from SO IA.
vorable a Circumstance are well Known TO
you. We shall have coffee and logwood
coming from these quarters in great abnn.
Dance"
EstractoTa letter from a gentleman in Sue
den, distinguished by bhflaath,opy, learn
ing and exfensive travels, TO his acadsmi-
car friend, an Gid SUEDE, in Philadelphia.
=" The horrors of war throughout the ma,
tions OF Europe threaten to eStinguish civil
~lization and throw them back into barbarism.
Let the United States of America take
warning, and by all possible means endea.
vor to preserve peace"
Flour at Lisbon, the last accounts, was
II /: so, to Is dollars, and on the rise-At
Gibraltar, S 19-At Oporto and Teneriffe,
19-Corn and rice in proportion-ln Eng
land, -four was IS dollars, and wheat near.
ly S dollars a bushel-In France, -four was
~ dollars, and rice from 8 to 9 dollars a
hundred, and a prospect of prices advanc-
Ing.
From the facts stated above, it is reason.
able to suppose, that if it had not been for
the Embargo, the American shipper would
have obtained very handsome prices for the
articles enumerated-the farmers would
have continued TO grow rich-and our sea-
men and labourers would have had full EN-.
ploy. What, now, is odr situation.
dk@. GAG.
Hay nsfice-or damages on heWrong side.
Brig Washington, Brown, and her cargo,
are cleared by the High Court at Copenha.
gen, the vessel having been proved to the
satisfaction of the Court to have been Anne
merican, the voyage legal, and the cargo
not contraband. The following is a copy
of the Danish Decree of restoration :
DECREE. The ship Washington, liti-
gated in this place, together with her cargo,
are hereby restored yet, so that the cap.
tain Joseph Brown, shall pay to privateer
Captain Roune, as q compensation for the
expenses caused to the latter, for bringing
in Of the said vessel, TWO THOUSAND
RIM DOLLARS, Danish currency, and
pay the court charges due the Prize Court.
For the rest, the costs of the prizes are an
nulisd, The right of the Custorh.H House
Tor The sound toll not paid by the said ship
on her preceding voyage, is reserved, the
present owners seeking a remedy against
the real persons concerned"
Signed and sealed by the proper authori-
ty, 18th Feb. 1912.
A letter from Mr.. Robert Dawson, Mas.
ter OF the brig Hannah, Of N. York, dated
PiYmouth, March 8, says, " | sailed from
Savannah on the first of Feb. and yesterday
arrived abreast of the Starts Point, at two
O'Clock IN the morning, and perceived a
SAIL coming up fast-at 8 was hailed, and
on answering from Savannah bound toPorts-
mouth, and that 1 was an American brig,
nc ran up along side, and keptup a constant
fire OF musqleery for eight or ten minutes,
which has done US considerable damage
He afterwards boarded US with twenty or
thirty men, HOVE THE NATE OYER
B0ARD, wounded most of the crew, my
sell they beat out of the cabin into the fore
castle and then back into the cAbin-took
the Dat off my head, broke open all my
chests and trunks, and piundered them OF
every thing valuable-took my papers.
writing desk, and all the cabin stores-took
nyseH and al the crew 90 board their yes