Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-03-18

which I shall presently briag in review
! - shich the national character OF the
| vessel is particularly mentioned, the pro
nortion of impressments from British
ship, must be much greater. An ao-
s,ract of the result OF these applications
is as follows.
| Whole number Of applications 1888
| OF these are said to be original
.snl;c,tions 1882
Duplicate applications SOC
of these had been discharged or
ordered to be discharged 4s7
| No, on board the ship specified los
On hoard of ships on foreign sta
ton ~
Shin on board of which they arc
said to be lost +
Shin an board of which they are
said to be not in commission 8
Deserted 10
Drowned or dead
Applications unanswered 1853
Refused to be discharged.
Because they had no documents SsS
Because their documents said to
be insufficient 2lo
Because they had voluntarily en-
listed 1870
Because married in Great Britain II
Because alleged to be British sub
jec,s 40
Because said 10 be prisoners of War 2
Because they do not appear to
have been impressed 6
1888
The documents said to be insufficient,
are of various kinds, such as certificates
of naturalization, projections from con.
suls and vice consuls and notarlal affi-
davits, made either in the United States
or in Great Britain. To avoid repeti-
ton in every abstract, merely state do
cuments insufficient, without expressing
any opinion # their validity, only that
they are considered AZ inadequate by the
British government.
In the same report from the depart
merit of state, we have a communication
made by Mr. Savage, consul at Jamaica,
of SO cases of impressment in tho West
Indies; 8 Of whom appear to have had
the customary projections; 81 ciain to
be Americans, and few who were On.
furnished with projections appear to ex.
hibit other proof. | find an account of
the discharge of Of this number, BY
the commanding officer on the Jamac.
station, which, with two others, under
different circumstances, arc the only in
stances that | have met with Of dis
charges IN any other way than through
the agent at London. Since Mr.. TIhots
to the West Indies IN 1897. A
part Of these SO are included in the
e and list of 1883; bow many ! have
not asccrtaincd, nor, according to IN OBJ
servati.n already mac, IS 1t material.
The next communication which | fad
on the subjec, OF inpressments, IS re-
port from the department # state OF
Of the house of representatives of Jann-
AIRY s, preceding. IN tie letter which
accompanies this report, it IS stated that
the aggregate amount OF inpressments.
previous 10 that time. since the conn
OF the wars III EaroDe,
was 2273, and that ii was not easy to
with accuracy, how MANY ct
these were citizens of the United States
rais report gives the names of el3 sea
men. said 70 have been Impressed, but
does not furnish the means OF ascerta;A-
ing how pany of this number are erigi
nal, and how many only duplicates OF
former applications. All however are
included in The total Of 2273 | am un.
able TO discover from the documents
now this number is made out. 9l3
added TO 1888, makes an eXccss oil IFS;
added TO 1882, the number OF original
il leaves deficit OF % IL
We add SOS. the only no. which 1t would
seem could fairly be added, as that was
the sum TOLL Of the applications, the
deficiency will be still greater. That
total must therefore be made out BY
the bringing forward of some number
not stated in the documents. OF which
we must be contcn,edlv ignorant. The
plumber 9l3, IS divided in the report
iuto the following items No l, con
,ains statement of 500 cases, IN which
application had been made for 4 release
between September /, 1904, and May
IS, 1905. with the result. These are
not numbered as in the former docu-
men,; no information is given how ma
nv er them are duplicate applications,