Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-11-10
CHARLESTON, October 81

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in all. IL persons. A few hours after
sailing she was chased by cutter pri.
vateer, who cut her of: from the land
and after chase of nine hours, came m
with and captured her. She proved to
be the Caledonia, capt Colston, mount.
ing guns; four 9 pound carronades,
and two long and two short skies with
/ about 40 men. They informed captain
p. that they were days from Nassau,
and that the Dart was their FIRST prize
Several American privateers, they say,
have been carried into Nassau, among
them the schooner Sarah Ann, Moore.
Of Baltimore, and pilot boat schooner
from Norfolk. They stated their inten.
ton to be to cruise of this port until
this day, when they should return to
Nassau. On Thursday afternoon, being
close in with the bar, they allowed cap.
tain Pray and seven of the passengers
F.! to take two small boats and come into
port. The boats reached one OF the is.
lands on Thursday night, and yesterday
morning came up to town. TIE British
cutter and her prize were both in sight
of the bar yesterday morning.
November7.
Arrived, British brig Francis Blake,
Coffin. prize master, with cargo of 40
cattle captured on the 18th ultimo in
sight of St. Thomas by the privateer
schooner Nonsuch, captain Levely, Of
BaItimere-Bound from St Johns, Por.
torico, to Martinico. The following is
an extract from the Log-book Of the
Nonsuch. September 10, lat. Is, 4s,
long. IS, so, captured the British schoo.
ner Fame, Labastipe, from Trinidad,
bound to Para Spanish Maine) with
part of a cargo of d'y, goods, valued at
$4,000 dollars. The Fame has arrived
at Savannah September II. in sight
of Trinity, (Martinico) fell in with Bri,
fish ship mounting sixteen lS or "a
pound carronaSes, with about 200 troops
on board, and schooner mounting six
Founders, and crew of about 50 or
90 men. Captain Lovely ran in between
tine two vessels within pistol shot, and
commenced an engagement, which last.
ed for three hours and 20 minutes, dur
ing the most of which time, smart fire
of large guns and musketry was kept up;
but the guns of the Nonsuch (cavro-
nadesI after getting heated BY being re-
peatediy fired, broke from their breach
ings and were all dismounted. In this
situation captain Levely determined on
attempting to carry the ship BY board.
ing, but some OF the rigging of the Nom
such being unfortunately sho, away, they
were unable to bring her up along side
the ship. and the two vessels conse-
quently escaped. Tie force of the Non.
such is ten 10 pound carronade., with
about 100 men. H. this action she lost
in killed and wounded IL men, viz
Killed, D. Christian, Lewis Kelley and
David M'Carty, sesmen. Wouuded,
Mr.. J. Wilkinson, sailiEg master, since
dead i; Mt. - White, prize-master,
wounded in both feet; Charles Cook,
dangerously; Charles ARIEL, r. Man.
mig, Peter Nelson, Nicholas May, and
Zachariah Fuller. The less on board
the enemy's vessels could rot be asccr-
tanned, but from their being full of men
there Is no doubt but their loss must
have been very great.
British cartel schr. Nassau, briggs,
s days from Nassau, with 1913 passen-
gers, IL of them prisoners OF war. A.
mong the prisoners are captain Martin,
OF the privateer Nonpareil, OF this port,
with 10 of his crew; captain Moore, OF
the privateer Sarah Ann. Of Baltimore
and 81 OF his crew; captain Garraway,
OF the privatcer Dash, of Norfolk, and
27 ct his crew: also. captains Catlett,
Fraser, Darrell, Barker, Kahn, Coarse.
Red6eld and Fsrrea Mcssrs. NJ. +.
Fscra!d., E. S. Chatter, G.. Carey and
Thomas Abbott. BY this arrival we
learn that the three British brigs which
were lately of this port, had returned TO
Nassau, having suffered III their rigging
SC. in the gale OF the l7,h & Is u!tlmo,
on thi, coast. They had been rei'ted,
and were again ready for sra Wien he
Nassau sailed, intended tol another
cruise of Charleston. The commndSre
had pctilion,h the governor to stop tie
sailing al the cartel, that she might not
give information oftheir cruise, but the
governor would not detain her. The
schooner Clifton, Davis, from George
town, with rice, was dismasted in the
gale off this port, and towed into Mas
sau by one of the briggs. The brig re-
deral George, Field, from Boston, taken
off this port and sent to Nassau, hal
been cleared. Five or six of the ere"
of the privateer Sarah Ann had been
sent from Nassau to Jamaica, to tas'
their trials as desertsrs from tae British