Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-03-24
PHILADELPHIA, March ls.
BLOCKADING SQUADRON.

PHILADELPHIA, March ie.
BLOCKADING SQUADRON.
Errac: cfa letter from Leesburg, Nev
Jersey, March Is.
Our inhabitants are in great state OF
alarm. On Sunday British II, came
into the Delaware, and is now about o
miles within the Capes On Monday a
frigate anchored alongside. Last night
at ls o'clock, two of the Cape May pilot
boats were driyen in Maurice river, and
captured by one of the encmy's tenders.
They took two sloops out of the river,
loaded with wood. This morning they
captured a schooner.
On Tuesdaya ali schooner, having
a large launch towing astern, was seen
in the cove to the eastward OF Egg ISL
and. She took sloop loaded With wood
Just out Of West Creek. Another sloop
came on. of Dennis Creek at day light,
two miles ahead of the enemy, and es.
capped. The captain of this sloop re-
ports, that he saw three large ships. APP
parently 74's near tine buoy Of the Four
teen feet Bank.
On Wednesday, a schooner and a
sloop, appearing to have guns. stood up
the river until they opened Fins Pom,
from Newcastle, then tackled ship and
went down the river.
TIE Banks Of Wilmington and New
Castle have shipped all their specie, for
its better preservation, to this city, part
of which HIS arrived per Wilmington
Packet, and been deposited in the vaults
If the Pennsylvania Bank. The peo-
pie OF Wilmington are preparing them
selves with arms and Announcements, to
be ready at a moments waning. Colonel
Allan M'Lane is TO head this Spartan
Band 1t IS to be feared the English
intend to make an attack on The French
prize lately brought into the Delaware,
loaded with powder, rockets, Sc
Two Seventy four Gun ships were up
as high as Egg Island, in the Delaware,
On "Wednesday morning.
The British Transport Lady Johnson,
with military stores captured and sea,
for Philadelphia, arrived. a, Rcedy Island
the beginning of February and being
there detained By the ice was ordered to
Wilmington, no doubt that the officers
OF that la,e might SNAKE feeling Oh.
OF her" The town Of Wilmington is
now alarmed least she may be ,cmpta-
tation for the British now in Delaware
Bay to ia, that place visit, and the col
icccor is mastering all the force he can
10 protect the town and the prize.
We hear gen Bloomfield is to super
intend the first district of Pennsylvania,
and that col Iszard is ordered on TO take
the command at Ncw.York.
BY the Cumberland Stage, we learn
that oh Monday last schr. with a lead
Of "ooo, laying above Mauriccs river,
Jaw two British boat. pass up the Bay
but suspectins Oh their return tuat they
might take them, the schooners people
went On shore and mustered l6 or II
hands " III arms, to defend themselves
at nigh. row boat came cot OF Mau-
rice's River, and made fer the sehr
the people IN beard The .chr. hailed the
boat several times, bu, receiving no an
swer, fred into her, on which the boa,
returned tie FIRE, when they discovered
their mistake, as they were both Anne
r!cans tho they hsd suspected each other
10 be British-Thc schr. had TWO men
wounded and in the boat there was one
killed and three wsuntcd.
We are told. since the British slips of
war come into otr Bay, their boats gave
chase to Cape May Pilot boat-the pi.
lots finding the British boats were like
to cut her ofi from the land. the, hois,et
out their skiff, Sc, fire 10 the Pilot Boat
and made their escape.
Accounts from the Delaware BLOCK.
aiding Squaaron state, tina. il was this
side the Brown and progressing up the