The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-06-21

down 70 quaran,ine.) Left Portuguese brif
Sacramento, Farnsw orth, for Salem Spa
nish briggs Dos Amigos, Arnold, Boston
| S days; Guiana, Evans, Philadelphia St
Jago, White. New-York; schr. Isabella
Baush. do. No vessel there under the A
merican flag Ship David, Green, of Bos
ton carried in by the privateer Rolla, hat
been cleared, sold 10 a Spaniard, and sail
ed for Jamaica. April 30, off St. Domn
| go, the Rolla captured the brig Sir Georg,
Provost. Humble, from Halifax, for Jamai
| ca, cargo fish, and ordered her for New
Orleans. The Rolla left St. Jaeo Is day
before capt. Ring. Several French priva
| teers, and others fitted out by the Revolu
| tionists at Carthagcna, were cruizing OF
St. Jago, and annoyed the trade very much
Two schrs. fitted out by the governmen
had gore in quest Of them. AT ST. Jaeo
! lumber Sc dollars. Flour %, beef IA, polk
%, butter and lard l9 cents, hoops ant
| shocks high and in demand-Island pro
| duce, i'll general, low; coffee S, and suga
4 dollars. The Dash has been chased
number of times on the passage, dific
rent times from the lat. OF as. Spoke Jun,
Q, lat. ~, long 70, ship Athens, of I!ud
son, from Cadiz for New York.
| Swedish brig Gustavus, Sporsell, from
Matanzas via Bermuda (where she was car
! iicd in, and clcarcd.) Sailed from BeImu
da May IL. Spoke nothing.
We have been favored with two ualifa,
papers, COT 2eth May and Cd Junc) from
which we have made the following selcc
| tons -
HALIFAX, Nay 2s.
Eatrocf Of letter from, an officer in II
NJ. s. Or1iheus, dated NIay ~, off BiocI
Island.
Z" In our late affair with the Ho!kor priya
teer, 60 guns, we fairly beat her in sailing
and run her on shore half way between
Point Judith and Stoningion. She had q
men, out OF which ] am confident ncar,
so were killed. We lost serieant jerk
killed; and Ek!es shot through the cheek
but now recovering. Nearly 500 mili,i;
came down AMI got behind the sand bank ;
within half pistol shot. Our lads behaved il
Almost gallant sii. ;sevcral OF them even oo
with their nuskets on the top-galIan,
masts and Yards Of the brig. A inidship
man and several of the Families pcopie
w!.o had been t.ken in prizes, were on
board the privateer; and two marines ;oi
that ship were killed IN getting on shore
from her"
J,lne ?.
Extract cf a letter from Quebec, dated Ssh
Mag
The Woolwich ~, armed erfutc, ar
rived here yesterday morning with com
!nodore sir James l.. Yeo, and about forty
captains, heuteuanls and midshipmen, and
$50 picked scamen for the lakes; all oil
whom sailed again I'm schoone IS for Mon
treai before the evening. Sir George Pre-
vost went off with his suit in the steam
boat the evening before, in consequence OF
the disagrccable intelligence lust received,
that the American tlotilIa had attacked and
taken York (the seat of government in
Upper Canada) and that gen Shsaffe was
rctreating on Kingston"
p. S. Since writing the above the post is
in, but no farther particulars, excepting
that the attack on York was made in six
teen vessels, and the loss of men on both
sides very great: Captain M'Nel of the
8th regt. was killed also 10 of his corrpa,
ny and 80 wounded"
ddmraLtY office, Landon, .fhr;l 90.
Letters OF which the following are comics
and extracts, have been transmitted t,.
this Office by lieut.. Chsds. late first lieut..
of his maiesty's ship Java,
United Stnfes fi1sate Constitution.
off 81. Salvador, Dec. 81, 1912.
SlR-lt is with deep regret that write
you, that his maicsty's ship Java is no
more, after sustaining an action on the goth
inst. for several hours, with the American
frigatc Constitution, which resulted in the
capture and ultimate destruction of his ma.
Jesiy's ship. Capt. Lambert being DANCE
rousIy wounded in the height of the action
the melancholy task of writing the detail
devoives on me.
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