Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-09-04

W PAT "a wv IAt'o.iH eilu ibol OS .Qlsc0yered
all this tine They were passedby more ~
a dozen sail, one OF which came so ni.h Ion Lon
that they could distinctly sec the ne, nj, I'm
deck andon the rigging locking at them. h W.
ITO the inexpressible disappoin,men, of 1 ,t
starving and freezing men, they sl;Aed NV nv
dictates Of compassion, hoisted sail and :, n.,
" abandoned them to their fate.
BALTIMORE, September :.
Ertract from the Schooner Resolution, r.
Box. 1hos. ,-Auten, master, from Bsl;nass
bound to Charleston, S. c.
MONDAY. July &c. 1879
Moderate breezes and hazy at II A VI
Patuxent bore w N w. distal ce 4 leaan- 'i'
at2 p M. was fired at by small scbcnns,'
which p,Oyed to be the Hornet, Cspt. H.
Frost, who immediately boarded rs with fen.
men armed with cutlasses, and two officer.
who after examining the papers ordered lbs
patches to be opened they llen laied rbs
privateer and asked perniss IN Of Capt F,o>t
to open the main matches, Which he cor s,n,aa
TO. He then came ON board himself and e.xa
the Captain much abusive language, sweatinr
he would follow the schooner to her dcstin,J
port (Charleston) he then went OH board and
continued all the afternoon backing ard flImc
and sailing round us With orun, and fife plsT'
Ing the tune of Yankee doodle.
TUESDAY, July 81.
Commenced with moderate breczcs st Y
E. standing down the Ray III company with
small schr.; * A. M. hauled in for Nv.
Point Comfort, at neridsn the lighthouse
bore North, at 2 P. NJ came too in Severn ri.
yer, with the small Bower and the Capt vent
on shore; al 8 P NJ, the pryeteer passed
close along side, when Capt Frost called out
saying, you have the blood. hse hsing, allud.
ing TO a small red fiy al the miz n tcp-mast
head, the mate answered, yes, Sir; he then
said, damn you | will pull ii down for you;
immediately after his boat with four men aid
TWO officers came on board, one capt Selars,
the other not known: they said they wished to
count the -four OH deck and in the cabin, and
Immediately began breaking up the tiers; the
~ told him he expected the would stow all
they broke Gu, at WI ich he 8 W in a great pa,s
sion, using much abusive language swearing
he would see her Kelson, &c. he then went
% board the privateer but returned in few
minutes, accompanied by Cap, Frost and Mr.,
Y aver, all OF them very much intoxicated
il coming along side Capt. Frost observed,
il there was any courage N board he would
soon cool it down, he then Jumped on deck
EIlowtd ~ the rest, one cf whom had air
o. st | /; Cap. F o,t then challenged the
mate To go on sore and fight him with p.o
tolls, and began to shove him round the deck,
repratng the challenge 10 go en- ,hore or fight
him across flo If BAR tic m tie tLen said
he would goon shore and fight rim provided
ne would go with only their two friel ts; dur
ing this time, he sent man t. the mast head
haul the hy dow ,l>ut f d ny the nae was
rilling to fight him, he ordered II to be hoist
ID up again, saying damn me where IS your
um and water, which the steward Immediate
y got for him after taking stiff gass,he
rceIcd TO the gunwale. and got in his boat or
leripg his officers and crew to follow, whlch
they accordingly did
THOS. AUTEN,
NICHOLAS OWINGS, Afat'.
J G. w. GARDNER, Passenger.
w. LOPEZ, Passenger.
bis
JAMES x DAVIS, Pilot.