Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-09-08
BesToN, Aug. 81.


Spoke, August 10, lat 81, 40, long. 70
Spanish brig st. Ramon, Martin, fror:
Havana for Boston, which sailed about =
days after the A. NJ. August 27, c Co
5. about leagues was boarded from q
small English prlvateer schooner-de-
famed hours, and permitted to proceed
half an hour afterwards, fell in with an
English ship of war, which called her
self the Majestic. The Spanish schr
Industrial, sailed July 10, for Boston, and
saw her on the 4th and 5th OF August
A Swedish brig was going into HAVANA
August 3. August %, off our Light,
was boarded BY boats from the NgmPhe
frigatc--the Captain OF the A NJ, vas
treated politely by the officers OF the a
bove mentioned British ships OF wss
He was on board the Majestic 2 or three
hours, but learnt nothing of consequence
on board . she had whole battery OF
guns on her upper deck, and grea'
many men The Spanish ship -----
Williams, from Portland, had arrived :.
Havana, and Swedish ships from de-.
Ship Margaretla, aud big Hazard, had
been sold there. The British brig OF
war Variable, on cruise, sailed in few
,days before. A French schooner from
Bordeaux foe New-Orleans, cargo bran
civ and silks, hal been sent into New
Providence.
Cleared. SpanisHschr Maria Dolores,
alias Ell General Cuesta, Perez, Tene.
rife and Cadiz.
Arrived at quarantine, Spanish schr
Javeilanos, Llgrand, Havana, 27. Was
boarded on the n!ght ol the 28th instant
off Cape Cod, from the Majestic, "a
from Halifax. had her cargo holsted out
and exa bined To the kelson, lettern bro
ken open, sc. She put on board II
men, the crew o. the Spanish schr, Eu-
phamia, from Havana sor Boston, captur
ed on the 25th, and sent to HALIFAX Tor
having copper on board. On SUNDAY
in the BAY, was boarded from the Nymph,
and again strictly overhasled--l6 days
since, spoke brig St. Ramon, from Fla.
yans for Boston. The crew OF the ku-
pha1ia state, that the Majestic had AZ
Founders on her upper deck, with 900
men, including goo marines.
Last evening arrived ia town, Mr. +.
Ephraim G. Dunn, Sd mate OF the schr
Dash, Of z guns and 40 men, Captain
Killeran from Portland For Aux Cages.
who gives the following intelligence
, hours after the Dash sailed from Port
land, she was chased by frigate, and
escaped, after throwing over 5 hhds.
fsh-put into Cdstine, completed her
lading, and sailed again--i2 hours out
carried away bcr main boom, returned
and sailed The third time--was chased BY
several s0ips OF war and escaped.
On the 5lh August, lat 80. long 81,
experienced very violent gale, which
lasted until midnight of the 9th as
hours) hove over guns, all the oars
and heavy spars on the lee side-got
out for a drsg, the square sail boom, with
a bower anchor, and another rough spar,
20 keep her head to the wind, but all to
no purposes hours before the gale a.
bated, a sea cast her on her beam ends,
and /. was deemed necessary to cut away
her foremast,S when she rlghted-rig-
ped iurv-msst, and put away for the
FIRST port il the y States.
Angus, Z, captured the British sehr
Polly, DAYS from Liverpool, n. 5. tor
Dominica, WITH fish, Mr. Dunn and tour
men put on board, and ordered tor the
first port in the U. States--parted from
the Dash same day, she steering N. w.
August u, lat 4l.4l long 6s, the Pol
" was recaptured b. the Statira frigate,
and ordered for Halifax.
On Friday last, off N. York, the Stati-
"a boarded the William, from Lisbon Tor
NeuDer,, on board of which Mr.. Dunn
and his men were put, and landed at
Newport. Mr.. d. received good treat
usent while on board the frigate. He
states that on Thursday last, Off Sandy
Hook, the S. captured, for breach OF
blockade, Spanish schooner from La
puira for New York, with indigo, &c.
and sent her to Halifax.
On board the Laguira schooner was a
Can't Craft, of New-York, who was put
90 board the William with MIR. Dunn.
He said he lett L2guira with only part
Of a cargo, in consequence OF the revo-
lutionists being within Is miles OF the
place and at sea spoke ship, which IN
formed that they had entered the city.
The Statira bad taken no other ves'
sells than the a5oye--On Tuesday last,
she stood close in with Sandy Heck,
when battery erected there fired three
shot at her, which fell short-the ). IN
tended to attack the battery, but the Spa
nish schooner which she took, heavlng
in sight, she gave chase to her, and a.
bandoned the enterprise. 2 days before
she spoke the Valiant, "a, and Acasta
frigate, bound of New-Lendon.