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POTOMAC and SHENANDOAH
LOTTERY.

POTO.N.aC and SHENANDOAH
LOTTERY.
WHEREAS book of Tickets in
s w the Second Class of the Poto-
mae and Shenandoah Lottery, now draw
ing in Georgetown, containing one hun
dred tickets, numbered from 2l6ol to
al7oO, both inclusive, was on Wednes.
day the 18th instant, misiaid or s.rssP.i.
tiousiy taken from among the papers OF
the Potomac Company hereby eau
ton all persons from making purchases
or receiving transfers of any OF the be-
fore described tickets, as they are the
properE Of the Potomac Company, and
no prizes drawn against any OF their
numbers will be paid
JONAH THOMPSON, Agent.
Of Potomac and Shenandoah Lottery.
November %.
i'lalitcr Paris, &c.
The Cargo of the schr. Mary, Capt.
MLellsn, from Portland, of
90 tons Plaster Paris
10000 feet Merchantablc Lumber
2 bogsheads old 9Th proof Jamaica Rum
For sale by
Lawrason g Fowle.
Who have y so landing from schooner
Sukey and for sale,
90 barrels Tanners Oil.
December Is.
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MEDICINES.
4 HARPER, n

l.RY and DRUGGISl
\. Fd5an Street, ohhoS't'
and ner'
ktp LLoYD'S-
received in addition &c
|mer Stock, a general as
| ud:ciaes ofthe first qua
which he will sell whois
hail on as COOL terms
burca.saG in Baltimore 9
{ Country Merchants an
c,a be supplied on the
Is for cash, OF on a goo
,as also received a &C.
lmeni OF Surgical hsfrL-
Pie
kr.ag Patent Medicines
,paAice 9ittsrs,
Ointment,
& able Elixir. for Cough
[sm,s, Consumpt.ons, Sc'
o-af Powders,
loc;be Paste,
N.i~rd,
+E',mcrt SC sc,
highs , cash price g'TeF
bit
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lxltiN u. LhDD
Ras far Sale, the Cargo Of the Schosne,
Leader, consisting Of
$500 bushels Liverpool ground Alum
Salt,
10 Crates Liverpool Ware, of Dishes
Plates, Bowls, Pitchers and Mugs,
70 bushels Potatoes,
boxes Tacks and Brads assorted
Also, 700 Tow Clota Bags Of 2 bush.
els each.
November IA
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(DAILY) BIZ S. sNowDEN q ]. D. SIM
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
BIZ LAWRASON g FOWLE,
The Cargo Of the brig Dolphin, CAPTAIN
Swift, from Bostop--being
1000 bushels Liverpool coarse Salt
100 casks Lime
100 boxes Mould & Dipt Candles
10 hhds. N E. Rum
$50 reams Wrapping paper.
80 boxes Soap
October %
LANDING
From the Schooner Sophia, Captain
Thoms, from Portland, and fol sale
by
Lawrasor & Fowle.
hhds West India Rum,
Is barrels Tahners' Oil,
100 boxer Soap,
so do Mould Candles,
40 boxes bottled Cyder, of one dozen
each,
a2o reams of Vellum Foolscap and
Pot Writing Paper.
boxes Seine Irvine.
October %
FOR SALE
On board the sloot Priscilla, now lying
al, Merchants Whorf,
Hhds retailing Moiasses
200 Bushels Liverpool Salt
80 Blown do.
so Potatoes
Noveuubersl4
Notice IL, coy giVca I'd
The poor women Of the town OF Alexan-
dria, that or application to the subscrl-
Der, they can be furnished with cotton
to spin, and that liberal price will be
paid for SPINNING the same.
faac Robbins.
december l6.
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| ;, -, &c.
Loaion P, Nladeira)
Madeira
\, -
ioqr. casks Sherry fS
4eAs Malaga !
SnnPOwder, imperial and
'on Teas, of a ve,y sape-
'as Sd prof Antigua Rum
northern do.
io,nses.
La Sugar,
s.'shi M4tder,
Ae;meSs,
P9er and Pimento,
saa sound Ginger,
PiEd Cotton, nice quality,
'-As-s < Spanish Indigo,
,".i,H and dIpt Candies,
: Chocolate.
; c7El-lains 5 gross each,
Ha'S and wrapping Paper,
.t'trPocl ale Salt,
v N'ieans and w. India
een Cosse.
Tsal assortment of osher
foa sALE sr
l.Hampson & Co.
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;,,o chic twenty third OF Ap1h' :,
Ne wear Of our Lord one thousand no.. am1 ss
nus ,,narea and ten, to be fully eon'f's
ed and ended. ona seal the day
and date first above written.
Stoned sealed and delivered a N ,1'
presence of GEO, G PkEs ,,,hnr;,,
p' In consequence Of the above a ua,trac.
vested in me, arising from a cch On. a.,
With Mr.. r. Paul, hereby appo,". ti''
following persons the only agents ', so' civ l
s.,s Of Pspl's Columbian Oil, IN toe .i'H
IS pa,timorc. viz. Dr., Edme Duca'.''
s;cn Of the Golden head, No 70 Wa, =, !
ket.street. Messrs. Henry NJ I'D
Son, Druggists, sign OF Ce.Su' ris", y,
No. ass Markes-st. near inc co' n,,
Howard.st Doct Jesse Talbot Drug
pest. corner Of Hanover and Markets.
Mes,rs. Warner and Hanns' stst,onea>
corner of Gay and Market Sta Mess' ;
r. R. wits Lottery Office, .corne
ofSt Paul's Lane and Market-st. n
MiItenberger, Stationer, No 10 sls,
Of Franklin, N Howard-st' NESTS
Iohn & Thomas Vance, Stationers, Nc
va Marhet-st.-At FeRs Poin'' b!
DR.. Henry Derry, Druggist NO -,
Marke,-st. and Nathaniel hnign' oa
TONER, Fell's-street-City Of Hash"s
tou Messrs. David OFT, & co. Drug
pists-PhNadeLthm. NJ. Thomas Low
at Dr. Edwin A. AtIee's, No 70 Mort
4tb St. John, Y. Bryant, Drugsis'
Corner of I'D and Pine-Streets-Jefe
miah Morris, Druggist, No. 293 Mar
het"street-Stephen North, Druggist
No. IS High st. between "a and 6
| streets, Messrs. Crowl s. Segar, III 3
| pists, Market st.-Ne7v York, Messrs
John s Thomas L. Clark, Druggists
Maiden Lane, Messrs Laurence .
Reese, Druggists, Pearl ST. Messr:' .
aR Waites's. Nos. SO and "a, Maldel
Lanc.-York rown, DR.. John Fisher
Drug. -.Annaholis. Messrs' Childs &
| Shaw -Gf0TSe Ae'yH' -
Drup-Laucsster, DR.. Samuel Fan
nestock, Drug-harrisbury. Dr' Joh'
c. Wrestling, Drug-East0n' u 1 no
mas H. Dawson, Drug.-Petersburs
Vrg Messrs. Love and Cutler, Drug
gists.-Hagerstown. Dr.. Frederick MI
-Fred",5ckts s:I Dr. , JOIN
S. Miller, ,Druggist-Unehcsfer. Mess
Johr s. Abm. Miller, DrugPists.-Han
oscr. Messrs. Frederick * WIN. SAVER
mann, Druggists.-cartist. DR.. Johr
Fahnestock, Druggist.-8rook p4l'
montgomery COY Mr.. Brice Gassaway
AND IN ALEXANDRIA, Br
RICHARD H. LITTLE, Druggist.
Also,,wholesale or retail, at my Drug
and Patent Medicine Store, No. l6
sign of the Mortar, Centre Marhe'
Space, Baltimore.
JOHN LOVE.
March % law3m
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Grand Restorative Tor nerv-
rs disorders, inward weakness etc.
'us ss's Iadian Vegetable Specific Tor
ne Vcnereal 1e. ret,erx
Lees Persian Lotion lot 'e''e's
md Eruptions. of,,vs
''I u,se,s Essence and Extract OF MINIS,
ard. for the Rheumatism, ETC.
Lees Eye Water.
les I aotA-A he Drops.
1ae's Dpmssk lip Saive.
Lees Corn Plaster
Lass .Aaod,ne Elixir, for the cure
u headaches.
Lee. Tooth Powder. -.
The above Celebrated Medicines
n,;nue. 10 be faithfully prepared, a"o
ID b. he Proprietors, No Vs. fH'
reet 3 ilimote. A.,
AID b, their appointment IN Alex
,adria, tv p:.. .r.e,
IN HING ,TON, Fairfax.stree'
To country merchants ant Others
Tho purchase TO sell again, iioefa
.coun; will DC given by the propr'e
rs.
70 detect countcrfcits, observe eac'
,.,icle has on the outside VIZ PIPER, thu
MICHAEL LEE, and Co.
N. 3 Al the places OF sale may h'
d lcratis) pamphlets containing ca
IS Of cures whose length prevent
mir being here with inserted.
oct
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ROBERT GRAY.

Has just received-tor saIe-a few CO.
pies Of
Lees Memoirs Of the War in the Snuth.
ern department of the United States
Blount's Practical Navigator and Coast
Pilot
yackson's Book Keeping
Books Of Common Prayer, IN plain ane
morocco bindings
Mair's Introduction
Lancaster's Epitome
rather and Daughter BY Mrs. Opie
Amckerbo ker's New-York
Practical Iiety
The Rams'ler, by Dr. Johnson, in fon
neat Pocket volumes, bound in board:
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Fairfax ceu,,,
!, WILLIhNnp'

Fairfax Ceuat,I
], WlLLIAMDEsI
commonwealth ,wrt
for the County aoS:ssl
mayors, baili5s, c,1s
roushs, within M
Virginia Wberes1
late Jailor, ard I'LL
sen. Jailor, for tSi,c1
Radcliffe, shcsifd1
eomplainca ca oss /
| that Elijah Grat..a,,1
to the Jail ofthc c,,s
| Court thereof, fer NJ
! cured In the So;t II
| Superior CoOri, nj
| County Aforesaid, n
| to be tried for ,S.1
| And also a negro VOL
| mitted to the Sid ,]
runaway She sid }
cy and that she n
| 1 "f"kihs near Frcd]
nia-did torcibI,, a
| means, opeu the doc|
the nigh, Of tic al
thcretrom, and tia, !
without the kncvletl
against the will ol,]
| Kldwcll, and DanieIs)
foresaid, and are ID
| These arc therefor, !,
COMMUNICATED
| ,'you,in your rcspe,]
and precincts to NAH
way Of hue and CIV
Grayllan', and neg,
and her having lou!
take and safely con,s
her to be safely corn
Fairfax county, item
he and she shall h
by due course ofav
hand and seal thi. q.
Der 1912.
| W. d
| Nov. 80
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Mcrke Street,
LEES

Genuine Essence s. Extract OF Mustard
4 5af9 and ehectuai remedy for A.
cute and Chronic Rheumatism, Govt,
Palsy. Lurl5ago, Numoness. White
Sweilings, Chilbi@ins, Sprains, Bruises
. Pain in the Face and Neck, etc.
Extract Of a letter from Mr Niche mia'
Gregory, agent for the proprietors,
dated Norfolk, Way Tnly "a, 1919
Messrs. Michael Lee e Co.
Your essence OF MusI,r is highly
approved Of by number Of persons
this city, who have had occasion to ap-
ply it in cases of Bruises, hprains Sc.
You may send me urther supply !;
also, send ne some,more of Your nj.
Bilious Pills as they sci! we'll the
whole OF your Me ,iicines a,e in consi-
derahie demand. Yours truly,
N. GREGORY.
Lees Ambitious Pills, Tor the pre-.
veDtIon dubious tevers, &c.
Lees Elixir for violent colds, coup rs
&c
Lees 1nfsllible Ague and Fever
rops,
Lees Worm destr Dying Lozenges
Lees Itch OintH,ent. warranted to
iure BY one application, (without Mer.
Sury.3
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[acCln inc InS'I,..
Only Fur "a
And One c'n a. /
Dollars still ID .'.JnI
number of other ID
chow" ,.ho wish to have ''s, "A
sbe above caap:,r'n
MY NY Eight l for 81 81
A few Ticsss,pp1
,ss'",1,sd
ryad c9' - Is . j
(, For '' RI
February
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AhOyt.Aana Sy,ltm.

xxTHILST was in European ~
w asystem of >hort-ha'd "aspoo-
y,sncd III Philadelphia in nc over
semen, OF that Work il is SAID 20 %
he system FUSED by Mr. LLOYD j.
liking drwn the Debates OF Conc res )
system SO easy that any man OF ora'.
ry capacity nlsy clearly compreheh>
il ha.t an hour, aud socn practlce d
, its fullest extent, without any inrlhei
Instruction than Whit will be conveyed
- few pages-the whole art oe'us
.omprlsed IN eighteen sinfle cha' ac1e's
,i.hout anyof those perpieAlhg afoi,
;a,y marks with which tie learners oil
the other systems, are Obliged to Dur
hen their memory or emsarfsss their
practice" This is all very true and
he publication was at tina time patrons
zed by Mr.. Madison, jr. Mr. Jefferson,
and almost all the then members oi
Congress, many of those ge't'emsn
subscribing for ten cohies each; but thai
ystcm was very far from being per
ft,rt. though some OF is secret f'rnc'.
tiles were divu!gcd , and every kind OF
work since printed on this subject, has
'aken advantage of what was then dis
closed
am now about to print the system
IL its perfect ate intended Tor the
use Of schools, with such plain lnstruo-
lions for learning it, that person OF
tolerable capacity with proper assldulty
may write it in SIX HOURS, as swiftly
IS the script hand can be written by The
most rapid writer's.
THOMAS LLOYD.
REPRESENTATIONS pay one dollar
own, md another on the delivery oil
,ae work on or before lst July 1913
The Subscribers already excee&
90 and consists of several hca"s IT
apartments, members Of congress, al
,os, al the distinguished character: o.
&c revolution, together with The rev
divine. physicians, LAWYERS, professors
, incipal merchants, &c of Phiiadei-
phia
inscriptions received at this ofi-e.
,nu at R. l. Wei; htman' 8 and D. Ra
pil.e's box stores, w shington
a. Those printers who will give
he above few insertions and eceiye
subscriptions, transmitting the sub.
srription papers to p Byrnc Pailu-
1elphia, shall receive copy of the
DIRK, beside the usual allowance.
January "a
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g. Edv]
\Vu!5aAA;9'' .! t,' !

w a san; !.. s.'l
in Alexandra, props
eight weeks from d
and resume the bun
Any persons drM
children, or OILERS d
be instructed il RAJ,
mat, Arithmetic, G7d
Navigation, OF ottd1
Of the Mathemallcsl
vlted 10 make aPfN-
have come 10 town.
of residence near TIKI
St. A>aph strten ai
mas Shrete, J no
Stabier, no viii al
that may be neet:4E
lstmo 29th
Rma
e. JOSEPH
Reshecthflg mju1
f~
THAT he has rcd
Roy al-stTt Ell 10 the
BY Mr.. b. "d'i"-
aouse , WIers &c e." .
h'Nf BtSiH4S
aranchss--@e '!S
All kluas 0! M'rF.
as Piano to'is'' ." y,
G 10 :.o, >, c 1t n''' t:' !
fifteen dollars He
of his materials, &
work and the :!ria
tends paving to A
sure him enccura:r'
rous public. AID
o. hu.ia ess will b
.bortcs noti.e
'"e .'o,eu|,frss.
>'' y - c..
- SuperhDSs:
DIR. S.s.lIOKE,I
DER O, the BAH
, ,nu " of 1,is, Sry.li,bc
rent parts Of the !
proprietor is nov
It to the rAcuLrsh5
persuasion r. .s that ooF'
IN the choice Of 'D
be BE- sratifod in !'es
ppssssp::.!'. N ,es',;'s.d:
Certainty Oh A,rL il
passes LILO wv"
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RECEIVED

m Sehooner Melinda, from Boston, and
Scar. Regulator, from .Mesv York.
A &C mplete assortment OF SHOWS o.
all descriptions and fashions.
- In Store, b
Cotton, Window Glass, Ravens DacX'
Fine Soaps, Spanish Horse HIDES
Trunks. 80
E. Gilman.
July - costa"
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March %
LIES r.IiXin,

A so,e slgn remecy f"l colds, obstl-
nate coughs, catarsghs, asthmas, sor
thro.ts and apr acnlng 90 sumption:
Messrs. Michael Lee, q Co.
You re At berry to use my nam'
in TIE recommendation of Lees Elixir
AS from repeated tiials | have found II
IN excellent remedy Tor colds, coughs
sc. %
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RD b AIRY.

RD SRNY.
BALTIMORE, Inne 90 $40.
Messrs. Michael Lee q Co.
Was attacked WAN most violeh'
:otd, a severe cough add psln III the
breast which contmucdto gro~ worse
- during which my appetite lied m
nv voice altereG s" much that 1t was
With tie utmost cxcrtion | could pr
aounce single sentence louder thar
my breath. Some Of my trends hay
,ae OBSERVED to me that much goo
IA n=an lone by the use OF Lees -
lx,. advised me to procure bot'S
Som Messrs Warner ,nd llama,
y nich l ac> ordingly did IND TO thcb.
persons unocqu1inted with the merit
Of this mc;i,ne, it vii! appear @st>-
nishing that three doses should remov'
the pairs in my Breast, anu tic ase OF
one bottle only restored me 10 perfect
htalth.
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Hat Mandatory.
A A RON Fl F. w F s.

n n n ~ ~ II T. w e y,
HAVING removed his HAT MA
L i NUFACTORY to King, second
square above Washington street, near.
~ opposite to Mr.. +. w. Peyton's
storc--Respectfully returns his thanks
10 his friends and the public for past "a.
gers, and solicits continuance OF
their patronage, and hopes from long
experience and assiduity and attention
to give general satisfaction.
HE HAS ON HAND
A general assortment of
FUR HATS,
OF the best kind
ALSO,
Wool Hats,
Of a very uperior quality.
Inae 9 90
Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-02-25

=. MEN would be 50 ready to applaud
them As those who now condemn them.
Indeed it will be seen by the above
molten, that the sore fsint in the con.
duct Of the clergy is that they arc near.
II unanimous in their opposition to the
men who are now permitted by heaven
to scourge US for our national sins.
Charitable and liberal men know that
all general and sweeping condemnat,ons
Of whole bodies of men must be unjust
how peculiarly and cruelty so is the
present denunciation against the clergy,
who must have knowledge, virtue and.
piety at least equal to that OF any other
class, let the honest and virtuous de-
eide.
Men are bad in proportion to their
temptations-human nature Is the same
in all descriptions Of men, and we can
not admit the supposition, that men set
apart fer the purposes of religion, who
have no motives of ambition or avarice,
Can alone be liable to such lndiscrlml-
nate censure as MIR. Austin has been
pleased to bestow.
If then the Clergy are as intelligent
and as virtuous, as pious and as patriotic
as any other equal number OF men grant
ifvou please they are not more SO, what
a dreadful satire it is on the government
for one of its friends to admit, thst
they are united and MEMORABLE in their
opposition to our present rulers"
The Chronicle itself never denounc-
ed the clergy as a body-even Governor
Gerry, in his famous manifesto, called
proclamation for Thanksgiving, paid
a we'll deserved compliment to the great
mass of them at the expence OF "tew
exceptions. 1t was reserved tor an
enlightened young man of Charlestown
to discover, /" that it had become Gus
tom almost universal, for them on the
Roly Sabbath, to write political dis
courses, false in premises, ALWAYS
offensive to real Piety, and TOTALLY
destructive of Religion and Morality" {"
We do not indeed reecllect any thing
equal to this motion, since those OF Dan
ton and Anacharsis Clootz in the mad
dest moments of French frenzy-and
we only wonder that the honorable NOV
er, instead of terminating his motion
with a proposition to turn the house OF
God into debating club, had not pro-
posed to Danish the worship ofthe Most
High, and introduce that Of the Goddess
Of Reason.
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FOR THE PALLADIu 81.
REMARKS on THE ABOVE.

If we were personally hostile to Mr..
Austin, We should r. loice in the occa
sion which he has afforded US, BY max
ing the above extraordinary motion -
but having no such feelings towards
him, we can only receive it with min
gled emotions Of regret for his impru-
dence-surprise at his uncharitable re-
marks-and sa,i sfaction al the good
sense and virtue Of the house, in express
sing their strong disapprobation of this
rash measure.
Mr.. William Austin, Of Charlestown,
laid on the table Of the house of repre-
sentativcs toe above unparalleled mo-
TIM, which was, to the honor Of the
house. refused the ordinary respect Of a
commitment, by an immense majority,
eight individuals only rising in support
Qi Its commitment.
1t has long been fashionable among
the lesser wits OF democracy to denounce
the clergy for exercising their rights III
common with the rest Of their fellow ci-
tizens, by expressing their opinions on
certain public days in which they are en-
joined by public proeiamations to con-
slider the political situation of their
country.
This right they exercised With most
salutary effect during our revolutionary
Struggle, and the few among them wEn
accord with the present disastrous I'd.
minisiration, in support of measures de
structive OF our countr:, are hailed as
patriots, and are promoted to Offices Of
political distinction.
1t has long been apparent that the OBJ
lection is not so much TO the eI>r E
+" Preaching Riddles, as to the f.oEaes
which they freach."
Ilthey could now conscien,iously Join
in crying hosanna to the present war,
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Joseph Vaudeville,
February 20

Joseph Vaudeville
esrxer of King and Fatrfar Streets,
HIS FOR SALE,
las Chest Ia and IA Chests new
Teas
Ganpowder, Imperial Hyson, Young
Hyson, Hy,on Skin and SouehonS
$4,000 ID: Coffee
rs hhds. Muscavado Sugars
100 barrels do.
$4,000 lb. loaf and lump Sugars
,-aL---i-NIA.sE noland Hmm ----
IS puncheons West India do.
lao barrels Whiskey
4 pipe. French Brandy
80 Hogsheads retailing Molasses
so bags Pepper and Pimsnto
500 10. Spanish Indigo
LOCO 10 choice Nader
500 lb. refined Salt Petre
Is ca,k, Gun.powder.
Which with his usual general as
sortmcnt of the best Wines, Liquors
and Groceries, he will dispose of Oh
reasonable terms.
Aug 81.
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WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 2a
Coty ofa letter from Commodore VIZ.
LIAM BAIsB9lDcE, TO the Secretary
sfshe Navy, dated
u. S. FRIeArR CONSTITUTIONS,
St. Salvatore, Sd Jan. 1918.

o. Ou(V0dOTS3 SU SoNs 1000
S1R,-I have the honor to inform you
that on the ceth ultimo at 2 P. M. in
South lat. Is, 8 and West long. So, a.
bout 10 leagues distance from the coast
Of Brazils, I fell in with and captured
His Britannia M2jesty's Frigate Java OF
- guns, and upwards of 400 men, com.
manded by Captain Lambert, very dis
tinguished officer. The action lasted |
hour IS minutes, in which time the G.
nemy was completely dismasted, not
having spar OF any kind standing. The
loss on board the Constitution was 9 Kill
led and 3 wounded as per enclosed
list. The enemy had 80 killed and lol
wounded certainly (smong the latter
Captain Lambert mortality but by the
enclosed letter written on board this
ship 10y one of the officers of the Java
and accidentally found, it is evident that
the enemy's wounded must have been
much greater than as above stated, and
who must have died of their wounds
previously to their being removed. The
.etter states 60 killed and 10 wounded.
For further details Of the action, l
beg leave to refer you to the enclosed
extracts from my Journal. The Java
had in addition to her own crew upwards
Of 100 supernumerary officers and sea.
men to Join the British ships of war in
the East Indies also Lieut.. Gen. His
top, appointed to the command of Bonn.
bay, Major Walker and Captain Wood
of his staff, and Captain Marshall, mas
ter and commander in the British navy
going to the East Indies to take COM
mand Of sloop Of war there.
Should l attempt to do Justice BY re.
presentation 10 the brave and good con.
duct Of all my officers and crew during
The action, should fail in the attempt;
therefore suffice it to say, that the whole
OF their conduct was such as to merit
my highest encomiums, Ibeg leave to
recommend the officers particularly to
the notice Of government, as also the
unfortunate seamen who were wounded,
ana The lamlllcs OF those brave men
who fell i'll the action.
The great distance from our own
coast and the perfect wreck we made
&c enemy's frigaie, forbade every idea
It attempting to take her to the United
States; ! had therefore no alternative
but burning her, which did on the alst
ultlmo alter receiving all the prisoners
and their baggage, which was very te.
dlous work, only having one boat left
out OF and not one left on board the
Java.
On blowing up the flisate Java, pro-
'eeded to this place, where have land.
ca all the prisoners on their parole, to
return to England and there remain IN.
II regularly exchanged, and net to serve
N their Professional cahaci,ns in any
race or IN any manner whatever against
nc United States of America, until said
exchange is effected.
nave the hoper to b, sir, with the